Tides And Sun May Provide Alternative Sources Of Power
In Sydney retired engineer Julian G Thain powers his home with two backyard windmills and a workshop system costing £18 since 1935. He argues wind, tide and solar energy could ease coal use, noting tides could drive turbines on seafront towers and Russia already uses solar plants including a large factory at Tashkent.
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Sydney
Julian G. Thain
Bunnerong
Thrain
Russia
la Giant Canning
Tashkent
Unnerving In Annarbor Divorce Suit
Clark Tibbitts is sued for divorce by his wife Helen who alleges marital strain. The article notes unrelated remarks about bathers in Russia and a sun heated pool concept with glass domes and aluminum framework.
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Annarbor
Clark Tibbitts
Helen
Russia
Tor
Massachusetts
Danish Engineer Invents Auto Lighting Window Eye
A Danish inventor has created an electronic eye device to cut wasteful window lighting. The unit detects a person within three feet and switches on the display, then turns the lights off when they depart. The design includes a metal window attachment and a compact box housing, and the inventor has patented the device and plans burglar alarm use.
Top US film salaries 1946 and cross Atlantic film deals
The Treasury list shows Betty Grable as the highest paid US woman in 1946 at 299 333 dollars, with Bing Crosby at 25 000 dollars the top actor. Charles Skouras received 985 900 as NT Amusement and Fox West Coast Agency head, and other luminaries include Bob Hope 275 000 and William Wyler 432 000. Alexander Korda signs agreements with Selznick and Goldwyn to co produce four films in a major US UK collaboration.
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Betty Grable
Twentie Century Fox
Treasury Dept
Bing Crosby
Charles Skouras
National Theatre Amusement Qpv
Fox West Coast Agency Corp
Bob Hope
David Niven
Loretta Young
Ronald Colman
Ray Miulland
Danny Kaye
Wiliam Wyler
GC. W. Deyo
Woolworth Company
Alexander Korda
David O. Selznick
Samuel Goldwyn
England
Hollywood
Britain
Selznick and Goldwyn
Korda
Selznick
Joseph Conrad
Islands
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Grahame Green
Selanick
Gregory Peck
Joseph Cotten
Jennifer Jones
Dorothy McGuire
Shirley Temple
Korda-Goldwyn
Sir Percy Blakeney
Baroness Orcey
Michael
Forever Ample Sundae Debuts at St Louis Drug Stores
Forever St Louis drug stores begin selling a 10 scoop multi flavored ice cream sundae named Forever Ample. The new treat targets dessert lovers seeking a large indulgence at participating outlets.
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St. Louis
Baboon Escape Terrifies Woman in Ipswich Sussex Cottage
A baboon named Elizabeth, six years old, escaped from a nearby fair in Ipswich and terrorised a woman alone at her home. It crossed a street, entered the house, shut the door, helped itself to oranges, ransacked drawers, played with powder puffs, and climbed into bed before police arrived as the woman fled to a kitchen sanctuary.
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Ipswich
Sussex
Elizabeth
Stout
Lefevre Claims World Pipe Smoking Record
French writer Frederic Lefevre says he kept a pipe lit for 65 minutes without refueling or relighting. Nantes critic Pierre Bodiguel counters that 55 minutes is a beginner mark. Bodiguel asserts his group’s record of 1 hour 27 minutes 16 seconds since April 6, 1935, with his 20 best men sustaining 60 to 80 minutes.
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Frederic Lefevre
Pierre Bodiguel
Nantes
M. Bodiguel
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