Santa Claus Will Have Toys Again
NSW report says after partial lifting of restrictions toymakers are producing more varied goods for Christmas. Machines craft toys from planes to trains and blocks, with few dolls except for Austrian maker Julian Lowinger and his wife in Crow’s Nest who have 25 years in doll trade. Experts emphasize hygienic educational toys and standard beauty set by European dolls.
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N.S.W
Julian Lowinger
Crow's Nest
Air
Lowinger
Sydney
Austria
Jean. Wyndham
Pri Pal
Government Controlled Medicine Questioned by Doctor
Government controlled medicine lacks Dr. C H Dickson’s endorsement. He cites a case where a doctor prescribed a hot water bag for a patient aged 18. The prescription, deemed invalid for not using the medico’s letterhead and lacking illness details, was followed by a proper form six months later with a bed warmer offered, but the patient had died three months earlier.
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C. H. Dickson
BMA
Night Landing Test by VAOC at Mordiallog Victoria
A staged night forced landing by an Anson aircraft near Mordiallog Victoria tested VAOC procedures. Postmaster signalled in Morse, flarepath lit by emergency team, beacon lit, and wind direction relayed to pilots. Crew received coffee and first aid on arrival, and the drill aims to bolster distress aid across Commonwealth airstrips.
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Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Mordiallog
Shelley
Baak
RAA
F. Wiley
V.A.O.C
National Safety Council of Australia
Farmers Pool urged to aid Western Australia farms
An officer of the Manpower Directorate underscores the Farmers Pool scheme to boost co operation among Western Australian farmers. The plan seeks inter district help during seasonal work, with volunteers aged 19 to 45 offered flexible periods and paid wages. Rural workers outside age limits may volunteer, with army support noted. Accommodation is to be reasonable. Additionally, an ad promotes The Modern Home Physician book by Albert's Book Shop in Forrest Place Perth at a very low price, touting its 32 pages of diagrams and 930 pictures for home health guidance.
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Western Australia
Army
Albert
Forrest
Place
Perth
Release of Servicemen Quota and Procedure
An officer of the Manpower Directorate outlines a new manpower release scheme for the Army and RAAF aimed at freeing up to 45 000 men by June 30 1945 for rural and essential industries. Restrictions exclude medically classified A personnel serving outside Australia or awaiting reinforcements, trainees, certain tradesmen, and key personnel. Applications for release from the RAAF will be judged on merit. dairying industry exemptions possible. writing to commanding officers required for any release related to essential production.
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Army
RAAF
Scte
Australia
Armay
Manpower Directorate
Pastoralists Readiness and War Efforts Spotted in Letter
A letter to the Bulletin outlines anxious yet hopeful plans for this year’s shearing. It covers permits and rations for shearers, tobacco, petrol, and alarm clocks, plus the need to file forms for manpower. It lists War Agricultural Committees and National Service officers handling exemptions and applications across districts and towns.
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Lot
Tealowels
Tobacco Distribution Committee
Shearers
Depmly
Nazi Core and Appointed Supporters Describe Tyranny
The excerpt portrays Hitler's regime as built on a core of well paid administrators and various Nazi youth groups, supported by opportunists and millions compelled to participate. It asserts 12,000,000 loyal followers, mercenaries, and crime partners, with a largely apathetic population unable to resist.
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Nazi Party
Hitler
George Axelsson
N.Y
Fruit Fly Threat Persists in Offseason Control Urged
Undersecretary G. Barun-Tay warns that neglecting fruit fly precautions during cold weather allows renewed spring activity. Entomologists emphasize continuous poison baiting through winter, especially sunny days, to curb overwintered populations and protect forthcoming citrus fruit.
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Barun-Tlay
Jenking
Barun-Tay
Aly
Baroq-Hay
Fies
Gold Diggers in Western Mining Shows Returns
Report notes rising yields from Meekatharra and Marble Bar as older, unprofitable mines burden labor and materials, while productive operations benefit. South Africa’s minister opposes keeping failing projects afloat and favors private enterprise basis for gold mining.
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Meekatharra
Marble Bar
S. Africa
Hospital bed charges spark cautious reaction in Victoria
The Commonwealth offer of sixpence per day per hospital bed occupied draws little enthusiasm in Victoria as critics note its conditionality on free treatment for absentees in public wards. The Westralian Agrarians debated country hospitals and warned that even with five shillings a day from the State Hospital Fund the policy would produce a substantial loss, given the average cost of treatment at sixteen shillings eight and a half pence per day and higher charges in private and intermediate wards.
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Victoria
Westralian Agrarians
Women wage rise signals postwar reconstruction in Britain
The Manchester Guardian reports a broad rise in women’s pay across textiles, mining, and quarrying, with July 1943 earnings up 15 percent for women and 9 percent for men compared with the prior year. Women workers in Royal Ordnance factories now earn over £4 weekly, surpassing prewar wages in most major industries. The trend suggests a new wage structure and reduced earnings gap between men and women as war ends.
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Britain
Beveridge
Royal Ordnance Factories
Printers
Manchester “Guardian
Russia Moves Rightward with New Family Decrees
Soviet Government issues four strict decrees on marriage divorce family and motherhood. Moscow correspondent Maurie Hindus notes the aim to surround the family with external obligations while easing parental economic burden. The move reinforces the family as the central pillar of society per the Herald Tribune.
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Russia
Maurie Hindus
Moscow
Teibune
Not Isolationist View Point in Public Opinion
The article argues Americans are not isolationist and fear the folly of retreat. It claims the public wants a peace organization based on democracy, mutual interest, legal responsibility, and practical enforceability, citing commentary from the Saturday Evening Post.
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United States
Misteus
Asnternations
Saturday Evening Post
The Fight for Air Supremacy in Britain This Year
The Times notes that in the first third of the year American air fleets in Great Britain lost about 40 percent of all bomber casualties for the entire previous year, while British bomber losses reached about 45 percent of last year’s totals. This implies roughly 11,000 trained American airmen and over 7,000 British airmen were killed or captured.
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Great Britain
N-Y
Note Hoarding in Australia War’s Aftermath
On July 24 the Australian public held £1763 million of a total note issue of £92 million. The public holding is now nearly six times greater than before the war. Growth stems from wartime developments and a large portion from black marketeering and tax evasion. Hoarding in Australia is greater than in any other Allied country.
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Australis
Dr Williams Pink Pills Relief For Nervous Fatigue
When Worried Tired Sleepless and run down this historic ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic. It promises to invigorate the system by enriching the blood and delivering nourishment to every body part, claiming relief from aches and pains and restored vitality.
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Taline
Williams
Wil Hhame
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Yate
Galeri
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Ighisog
Seawen Berigh
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Perera
Toe
Eas Ni
Eee
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Ers Ict
Larry Lauder
Peter Dawoon
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Mordialloc V.A.O.C. Landing Ground
de Witt
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Home
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C.-Kc
Teleen
Galovka
Bruce Fraser
National Service
KAAS
War Agricultural Committee
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Morawa
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York
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Pinjarra
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Collie
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Sussex
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Nannup
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Maniimun
Manjimay
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Upper Blackwood
Boyne Crack
Chittering
Swan
Midland Junction
Mundarity
Darling Range
Mundarite
Gerald- Kalgoorlie
Katanning
Narrogin
Northaan
Zan
Wellington Street
Gold Diggers
Hamilton Vaccine
Mamilton
Hamilton Pty. Ltd
Kent Street
G.P.O
LAHAT
Nk Hearnes
Hearne
Savieg Stames
W.g.hearne &Co. Pty. Ltd
Geelong
Electrolux
Dalgety & Company Limited
William Street
Austrai
Tom Sunadl
Esay Wilehage
Watt
Eavalope
Commonwealth Savings Bank OF Australia
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