New Toy at 1948 British Industries Fair
Cas tos Ltd in London showcases a construction and educational toy for ages nine and up. The simple box includes prams wooden moulds and tools to produce exact reproductions of ancient and modern buildings. A cement mix sets in about 15 minutes.
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Castos Ltd
London
Opera Workers Give Up Jobs for Stage Careers
A group of performers including a nurse, radio mechanic, secretary, storeman, typist, and several singers quit their jobs to pursue opera. Miss Beth Caskey, a trained nurse, spoke of serving with the AIF in New Guinea and taking a Commonwealth Reconstruction Training course in singing. Storeman Arian Johnson, aged 21, said his big chance arrived 11 years early, having not expected a professional engagement soon.
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Beth Caskey
AIF
New Guinea
Commonwealth
Sydney Conternetarian
Storeman
Arian Johnson
Waistline Workouts Shake Up Fashion Conscious Women
A wellness guide urges women to strengthen abdominal and back muscles to improve waist lines and reduce health risks from excess fat. It notes many house chores lack real exercise and offers a simple daily abdomen exercise lasting through a circular arm raise and knee lift.
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