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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
11
Prime Minister Chifley declares 1949 a crucial year with high duty and responsibility. He warns against ignoring overseas shocks and markets while stressing defence spending is essential. He urges Australians to focus on peacetime productivity and highlights rural districts as leaders in improving the national position.
Australian postal authorities in capital cities will test FM radio telephone links between cars and public exchanges. AM and FM car phones will connect 500 vehicles to outside lines as Amalgamated Wireless and PMG test central transmitter links and optional exchange units. The Melbourne PMG tests linked outside phones to PMG radio cars. AWA may offer to run an exchange for car phones once systems prove reliable.
A dense prompt lists trivia questions on science exploration literature art and history. It mixes questions like who first flew Antarctica and who discovered the South Pole with misprinted garbled text and stray strings embedded within.
Boxing writers question if world heavyweight champion Joe Louis or Evrard Charles wants a June title bout at Yankee Stadium. Charles is seen as logical challenger after beating Joe Baksi. Louis notes Conn bout and says he will study Baksi reports before judging Charles as a contender.
North Coast Milk Products has delivered chocolate raspberry and coffee flavored milk for two years. Children wait after school for the new milk option just as they do for ice cream. The innovation eases mothers worries about children who dislike plain milk and increases their dairy intake beyond the minimum health ration.
Orville nd of Memphis filed a complaint alleging his 30 house pipes were filled with a sweet smelling deodorant by his housemaid. The case centers on property damage and household disruption.
In Paris Trygve Lie presented Australia’s Dr. Herbert Evatt and introduced Yugoslavia’s Ales Bebler, describing Bebler as the Tito of the British Commonwealth. The remark framed Bebler as a leading figure in the bloc during postwar diplomacy.
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