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Newspaper

Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Mar 31, 1949

Page

12

House Proud Women Prone to Nervous Eczema Says Doctor

Dr J B Sneddon of United Sheffield Hospitals links neuro dermatitis in house proud women to mental strain and over cleanliness. He cites cases from a 50 year old woman upset by her daughter's marriage and a solicitor whose eczema flares after weekends with his mother in law. He notes common sites and urges sympathetic life history inquiry, sedatives, and X ray therapy with almoner led social support as cures.

J. B. Sneddon United Sheffield Hospitals Sneddon Shefffield

Everyday Glamor Rules for Home Beauty Routines

A vintage style guide outlines daily beauty practices from morning showers with alternating hot and cold water to quick 5 minute exercises. It emphasizes thorough cleansing at night, makeup removal, moisturizers, hair care, nail buffing, and elbow cream rubs to keep figure and complexion neat and ready for any occasion.

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Exchange of Money and Marriage Demands in Family Scene

A wife asks for ten pounds at once, saying generosity doubles. The husband agrees saying here are. A young man seeks to marry the daughter as a film star’s father questions if divorce can be pursued in the style to which she is accustomed.

U.S. Auto Industry Expands Plant Capacity

A recent survey shows the U S motor industry has more than doubled productive plants since 1941 with about 400 000 production machines valued at 2 800 million dollars and 200 000 new machines installed. Most are more efficient yet steel shortages limit full capacity use while 1949 foreign aid for rearmament appears insufficient to absorb improvements.

Rifle range exchange over shots and bullets

A sergeant challenges a recruit on rifle range accuracy while the recruit jokes that he cannot be responsible for bullets once fired, highlighting tension and humor in a training setting.

Radio Active Isotopes Used in Steel and Foundry Gauging

Radio active cobalt and selenium isotopes measure steel sheet thickness during rolling and gauge molten iron in foundry cupolas and coke furnaces. These techniques help control car body production and casting quality.

Cvan Fron

Paris Creation Lights Up Like Beacon

A beacon of fashion in Amy Blatt’s Paris knitted collection features a strapless full skirt dress sewn from spun glass thread in gold on rose taffeta that glows under light. The lineup highlights hand knitted and crocheted pieces with machine knits and fabric-knit ensembles, plus gowns, jackets, and sweaters by designers Kostia de War Rene Patton Jean Bader Laure Belin and others.

Amy Blatt Paris Blatt Kostia de War Rene Patton Directoire Jean Bader Laure Belin

Young dog licences? Frail pups fool sergeant

A police sergeant visits homes to verify dog licences. At one house the mistress denies licences for two dogs claiming they are too young. The sergeant gently comments on the “frisky little beggars” and she replies that no one would suspect they are mother and son.

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