Three James brothers conquer 90 mile desert in SA
The A M P Society funds a one million pound land development as Ron M V and L H James transform 7553 acres north of Corrong in South Australia. They establish a dairy herd and sheep, turning virgin scrub into workable farmland after decades of effort. Their soil dressing of copper and zinc boosts crops pastures and stock.
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L.A. Brothers
A.M.P. Society
James Brothers
South Australia
Ron
M.V
L. H. James
Corrong
Pla
Watch Babies Born and Natural Childbirth Claims
Mrs Fox trained mothers to relax and perform exercises for natural childbirth claiming she used no gas air machine during her own son’s birth. An address to rectors cites her theory in practice. The piece juxtaposes early birth ideas with wider desert reclamation schemes by development firms.
Waterproof cigarettes aim for surf and shower use
Mr B J Halse of London Phillip Allman Tobacco Co demonstrates a waterproofed cigarette made with water resistant paper. The burning tip stays dry when submerged in water and the tobacco remains dry, though the ends may get wet. Halse expects surfers in Australia to popularize the product before global marketing.
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MR. J. B. Halse
B. J. Halse
London
Phillip Allman Tobacco Co
Mr. Halse
Australia
Hollywood Drive In Premier Plan for John Payne
John Payne intends to build a Santa Monica drive in theater to host the world premiere of Captain China. He already owns a Roanoke Virginia theater and plans another drive in at Pacific Beach. Signe Hasso eyes a comeback in Outside the Wall amid waning fortune with a London move eyed if the film falters. Burt Lancaster to visit the London Palladium in 1950 for a flying trapeze act and others may follow. Gene Autry Roy Rogers and William Boyd dominate Westerns with new ventures and Parisians and a French hoax reveal. Ethel Smith performs in Paris but tours reveal her American roots when audiences uncover her true language.
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John Payne
Santa Monica
Payne
Roanoke
Virginia
Signe Hasso
Ronald Colman
Hollywood
London
Burt Lancaster
Lancaster
London Palladium
Gene Autry
Gene Autry, Inc
Roy Rogers
Autry
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
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Dinah Shore
Eleanor Powell
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York Brome
Cemberio
Port
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Teodray
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