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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
9
An American and UN foresters discuss turning lignin from wood waste into petrol and lubricants. Hydrogenation could yield petrol from lignin, reducing reliance on oilfields. Private and government programs fund synthetic fuels research amid forecasts of large future supply potential.
Rita Hayworth endures a neuralgia attack during filming in Lone Pine as director Charles Victor arranges large arc lamps to stay lit between takes. Ginger Rogers shares fashion gifts from Paris and Champs Elysees. Clifton Webb names Hollywood’s best dressed. lists actors and executives.
Percival James Packman has completed a potato harvester after seven years of work. The machine, operated by three people, replaces a 20 man crew and saves at least £3 per acre while lifting up to 80 tons per hour. It works on soft wet soils without damaging itself, marking a departure from orthodoxy in design.
Dr R E G Armattoe of Londonderry reports at a 1947 meeting in Dundee that geography and intellect influence hairiness. He cites Sweden as unusually bald among men and notes many European scientists show frontal baldness or moustache-like hair in women, with overall disappointment in hair patterns.
A compact trivia card tests Faroes, painters, rulers, and literary clues. Questions cover volcanic islands, art figures like Pisarro Picasso Milton Manet, Zola's J accuse framed Dreyfus, Australian history, NSW rivers named after a governor, a famous detective novel from a nursery rhyme, and a New York song writers street.
A memo outlines a coordinated notice across multiple Wheatbelt and regional papers. The supplement appears under a joint issue masthead titled ISSUE OF MAT 7 with crosspaper distribution notes and archival references.
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