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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
9
Delivery by Caesarean section becomes standard in animals thanks to penicillin and sulphonamides. In Poverty Bay a stud ewe and a pedigree heifer underwent successful operations, saving valuable livestock and allowing rapid recovery and return to milk production.
The report details a difficult Caesarian delivery for a Southdown ewe after a rough coal extraction incident at Janny Gray colliery in Fife. A second lambing event required the same surgical method to save both progeny and dam, highlighting the need for prompt veterinary action and anesthesia.
A Manhattan attorney named Tatman Flitschberg testified in his wife’s separation case about leaving tender notes on her pillow before work. He described writing phrases like Cherub rise and shine while she recalled hearing swearing and insults that she says reflected their troubled marriage.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that murders are undercounted in the United States with only about 13,000 deaths officially recognized out of an annual 300,000 violent deaths. It criticizes coroners for failing to identify murder cases and calls for improved medical fact interpretation.
Researchers use radioactive tracers to follow how diseases affect livestock. Radiocobalt reveals cobalt needs in grazing animals and persistence when fertiliser provides it. Radiophosphorus helps study range paralysis in fowls, aiming to improve prevention and cure methods and reduce costs.
Prepared at Hendon Middlesex a 21 year old emigrant to Canada Mr Gordon Tothill started his journey with a five foot long musket fashioned in 1863 by his grandfather to defend against Indians.
Bralsgard experimental station in South Sweden touts the world s first X ray pears with 11 fruit so far showing advanced development. Dr I Granhall heads the project noting global novelty despite prior attempts while drafts were sent to Prof Marne Siegbahn s Physical Institute in Stockholm for exposure to X rays.
Forty five year old? No 35 year old engineer M Frank Johnson of an Ashby de la Zouche soap works fell into a vat while noting precautions. The vat is 11 feet deep and near boiling at 12 degrees below boiling. He dragged himself out and was hospitalized severely scalded.
Shirley Temple delighted fans at the LM MEWS SE commissary after eight years away. She wore a gold lame frock and talked of her baby daughter while meeting old friends. News also covered Hollywood marriages and star comebacks including Sabu, Susanna Foster, Diana Lynn, and Lionel Barrymore walking again after a hip injury.
Scientists using radioactive materials aim to produce factory grown foods and cut costs by improving fertilisers and pest control. Experiments track how tracers move in plants, revealing optimal fertilising times and placements for crops like corn, tobacco, cotton, and potatoes while probing radiation effects on growth.
Researchers investigate a process turning atmospheric carbon dioxide into starches, aiming to replicate it in factories for materials such as synthetic gasoline and coal. Radioactive tracers reveal partial steps, while sunlight drives key exchanges. DDT and other insecticides will be studied for safety and efficacy in farming systems.
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