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Newspaper

Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Sep 22, 1949

Page

9

Pest Control Armies Threaten Insect Invaders Across Africa

The Pest Control commandos operate from 13 England ports with hover lane sprayers and aerial insecticide sprayers. They plan a major push against the Colorado beetle threatening sugar beet crops and march from England to Africa through the Sudan Kenya Rhodesia and the south.

England Africa Sudan Kenya Rhodesia Benelux Caer Caen Channel Channel Islands Colorado Flo Perennis Bourn Cambridge

Chimp Sailor’s awkward engagement with Keefi at Taronga Zoo

A report from Taronga Park Zoo in NSW describes Sailor the chimpanzee’s formal engagement to Keefi. The couple met amid clumsy courtship, with Sailor's loud claps and spitting drawing jeers as Keefi guards her modesty.

Sailor St. Lewis Keefi Taronga Park Zoo Nsw St. Louis Kori Nabil Australia Kear E. J. Hallstrom Zoo Salilor

Joan Fontaine Disappears in Italy Raises Baby Custody Questions

Bill Dozier, Fontaine's estranged husband, cares for their baby in the wake of her absence in Italy while inquiries mount. Gary Cooper named best dressed by a major magazine draws crowds amid his usual high profile. Betty Hutton and Ted Sriska honeymoon plans. Hutton credits Fred Astaire for her famed routine. Caught in lighthearted celebrity gossip, Jack Carson sheds 20 pounds of muscle after three weeks of training. Bob Hope patents fair circuit in Michigan and beyond with lucrative three day stints. A standstill note from a would be suitor of a McCoy in Louisville appears amid tales of romance and rejections. Valerie Martin and Van Duffield, Girl Guides alumni, cycle through Italy and France after a Swiss gathering.

Erbert Holeins Finds Wrens Nest on Winter Clothes Line

Erbert Holeins of Hertag Michigan discovered a family of wrens building a nest from one pocket left on a winter clothes line. The discovery prompted caution as the nest remained attached to the line.

Erbert Holeins Hertag 'Michigarniy Nest Fm Tae Belitor

Restaurant dispute ends with gunfire in Orillia

Walter Richmond told police that after remarking the hamburger was cold, restaurant owner Harry Shore shot him in the ankle with a .32 revolver near Orillia Ontario. Police are investigating the incident and charging details are pending.

Orillia Ontario Walter Richmond Harry Shore Shore

Welcome N Zatiesville Ohio Robert McNutt Campbell

A 26 year old man named Robert McNutt Campbell arrived in the city jail on a drunkenness charge. He surprised inmates by greeting a familiar cellmate his father, whom he had not seen since 1929.

Zatiesville Ohio Robert McNutt Campbell Father

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