Rainmaking by Air: Clouds Sprinkled to Create Rain
In America, pilots drop dry ice into cumulus clouds to induce rain, a practice spreading to Australia. Reports detail flights over Chicago, Richmond, Coleman Texas, Fort Worth, and Kansas City, with showers varying in scale while costs remain modest. Australia’s CSIR and RAAF test cloud spraying from Point Cook as next steps.
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America
Australia
Chicago
Richmond
Brook Minor
Chicago Tribune
St. Charles
Ilinois
Coleman
Texas
Fort Worth
Ed Ritchey
Kansas City
Spencer Chemical Company
Mission
Kansas
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Burlington
Iowa
Nsw
CSIR
Blue Mountains
RAAF
Point Cook
Vic
Wool price confusion explained by Western Australian brokers
The WA Wool & Produce Brokers Association led by Dalgety Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co and Westralian Farmers Cooperative notes private offers for wool mislead growers. They urge selling by public auction through Associated Brokers to secure current market rates as open sales in the Eastern States rise about 20-25 percent from last season, boosting Perth sale expectations.
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WA gWool & Produce Brokers* Association
Dalgety & Co. Ltd
Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd
Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd
Westralian Farmers’ Cooperative Ltd
P.c
Perth
W.A. Wool & Produce Brokers’“ Association
Ale Fellow In Lodi Gaol Cheer Plots Lead To Inmate Siphoning
A Lodi California report notes an inmate Jacob Hohnstein attempted to spread cheer by siphoning booze in the jail. He was caught with pot and turned into an insider during the incident.
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Lodi
California
Jacob Hohnstein
Film and stage notes from Hollywood and Canada
Columbia pushes Ron Randall into favorable press, while Disney backs a bigger Alice in Wonderland project. The Marx Brothers end their act as Groucho splits with Chico and Harpo in Copacabana. John Farrow and family plan a Ireland holiday as Maureen O'Sullivan leads The Big Clock cutting. Deborah Kerr's MGM deal rivals Gable and Garson, Linda Darnell moves to The Walls of Jericho, and Melvyn's brother gets My Own True Love at Paramount. Jasper figures include world climber, guide and 20 locals in Emperor Waltz with Crosby and Fontaine.
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John Farrow
Maureen O'Sullivan
Ireland
Farrow
Maureen
Jasper National Park
Ernie Niederer
Jasper
Canadian Rockies
Niederer
Bing Crosby
Joan Fontaine
Fragmented regional paper fragment for SEPT 12
A garbled OCR snippet lists many local papers and places across regions. It mentions dates and a string of towns and papers, creating a fractured record without a clear single event or person. The piece resembles a publishing index or header list rather than a coherent story.
First Thought In EKomance In Saskatchewan Bathing Tale
A fragment from a Saskatchewan item reports a native man bathing in a shallow pond when seven sounds drew his attention. He waited as urges and passengers passed by while he stood his ground with a bucket, covering his unlathered ears.
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Ekomance
Saskatchewan
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Ne Eafert
Columbia
Ron Randall
Studio
Margaret O'Brien
Alice In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Walt Disney
Alice
Disney
Marx Brothers
Copacabana
Groucho Marx
Chico
Harpo
Marx
Groucho
Carmen Miranda
Deborah Kerr
MGM
Clark Gable
Greer Garson
van Johnson
Lassie
Hills of Home
Tom Drake
Janet Leigh
Linda Darnell
Amber
Walls of
Jericho
Lamar Trotti
George Douglas
Melvyn
Paramount
Phyllis
Calvert
Grace MacDonald
National Library of Australia
Boyup Brook Bulletin
Brifbretown
North Midland Times
Northern Times
Coolerroie Minér
North Eastern Courier
Preston Mall
Dowerin Guardian
Goomalling Gazette
Harvey-Waroonn Mall
Eastern Recorder
Dampler Herald
Manjimup
Advorata Sourner
Tentinel
Mullena Mall
Norseman-repersnee
New York
Hronicla Pemberton Port
South Western Advertiner
Bsnnhiyerr “Rope Newn
IS Motors Pro
Sydney Atkinson Motors Ltd
Clte
Nla.gov
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