Australian car industry yields wool profit
General Motors-Holdens Ltd purchases woollen products worth £150000 in 1948. 45 of the companys five car styles use cloth upholstery and wool usage is expected to rise with Holden in full production. Felts carpets cloth batts and other woollen trim total £144500 in 1948 with 6866 bodies trimmed in wool.
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GMAH
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Fishermen's Benu
Port Melbourne
Australia
Australian wartime captain ties knot with Australian bride
Captain Bob Metcalf married Faye Wells of Elizabeth Bay in 1946. He arrived in Australia in 1942, later served in New Guinea, and began work for the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commission in November 1946. He reports US Army surplus goods in Australia valued at 27,000,000 dollars and notes Australians’ high regard for war veterans.
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Elizabeth Bay
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Australia
New Guinea
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Foreign Liquidation Commission
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Australian Ron Randell cast in Make Believe musical
Surprise casting features Australian actor Ron Randell as lead opposite Ruth Warrick in a Columbia musical Make Believe. Randell, praised as a fine singing voice with a light baritone by friends, will soon record his own composition There Is No Time before embarking to Hollywood.
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Ron
Down Under
Ruth Warrick
Randell
Australia
Hollywood
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Baltimore Bystanders Misread Rescue in Domestic Dispute
In Baltimore bystanders explain why they did not aid Mrs. Rita Franke as she chased a burglar through the street holding his coat-tails. They thought the scene was a husband and wife quarrel, not a crime in progress.
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Baltimore
Rita Franke
Please Return Empties How Honest Are the Travellers
An experimental honesty scheme at a by pass petrol station near The Hague to Utrecht Netherlands asks motorists to pay by postal order for returned petrol cans. The owner proposes to extend the idea if the public proves trustworthy, otherwise he warns motorists may be stranded.
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Hague
Utrecht
Olland
Western Australia
Unknown dog roams Springfield with revolver in its teeth
Springfield police seek the owner after a stray dog wanders streets carrying a revolver clenched in its teeth. Investigators warn the public to avoid approaching the animal and to report sightings with any identifying details.
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Cornell team maps skull protection for crashproof planes
In a Navy backed study, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory researchers led by Edward R Dye used eggs to model skull impact. They found that cushioned, yielding supports and sliding seats reduced shock, suggesting passengers could survive a 150 mph crash with an uncracked skull.
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Cornell Aeronoauitical Laboratory
Cornell
Navy
Edward R Dye
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Dye
Roy
Magic Eye Machines Sort Mail
London postal services considered a high tech sorting machine called magic eye that could sort mail by size and postage. The device would read addresses and stamp orientation but apparently could only read addresses and not fully automate sorting to packets and parcels.
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Magic Eye
London
Fortune
Marriage By Rules Regime Cited in Massachusetts Divorce
Mrs Sophia Swallow of Holde Massachusetts won a divorce on grounds cruelty alleging her husband dictated strict rules for her conduct and finances. The list included control over money and purchases, limits on social activities, and a rigid bedtime.
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Sophia Swallow
Holde
Massachusetts
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