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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
9
Yale professor Werner Bergmann argues that removing salts from sea water could turn coastal deserts into productive lands and unlock medicines from marine life. He notes 300 million trillion gallons of ocean water hold minerals and nutrients. large scale desalting could supply fresh water and industrial needs while plankton offers potential medical compounds.
A koala attended a meeting in the Victorian State Cabinet room where a sanctuary committee convened. The bear sat on a table played with a phone and chewed gum leaves before a delegate arrived with the animal and placed it in the room with a supply of leaves.
Seventy year old Ba wule Kangah, chief of the African Gold Coast, has 101 daughters and three sons after a three day stretch in which his 29 wives bore children. Four wives had triplets and two had twins. all the babies are girls. The chief praises women as better workers and the tribe celebrates.
J Arthurs Rank a film expert warns at a women's conference that children exposed to adult films face brain torpidity and entertainment over danger. Victor Mature learns he owns no suit after his mother ships his wardrobe to the Salvation Army. Lily Pons critiques New York fashion, calling the city crowded and dirty and praising American women’s style.
Alan Alan of Cobham Surrey 23 buried alive in his backyard to test Houdini’s claim. Dressed in trunks his hands tied a rope around his waist a 4 foot grave lowered with earth stamped down. After fifteen minutes the rope twitched and helpers freed him finding him semi conscious. He blamed the crowd for stamping too hard.
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