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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
10
A news brief notes a turke y shortage amid a strike impacting meat deliveries. Australia has delivered 50 tons of turkeys, while plans to import 1,800 tons were hindered by labor actions and disrupted processing. The British Prime Minister and officials discuss the impact.
A Melbourne Stutterers Club is being formed to help stutterers cure themselves through cooperation. Sponsored by M O Connor, former Sydney club secretary, and stuttering specialist Word Lewis, the move follows Lewis work described in the Herald. In three weeks Lewis has aided about 130 sufferers, aiming to unite Melbourne stutterers to cure by conscience through discussion and peer support.
Vincent Bernard Joseph Lesina of Cairns appeared before Gordonvale Court of Petty Sessions on December 3 charged with vagrancy under The Vagrants Act. Witnesses testified to alleged entry into Lucy Windsor’s dwelling and sightings around Gordonvale on November 4, with Lesina denying the accusations and claiming to have been elsewhere at the time. The hearing adjourned to Cairns on December 5 for further proceedings.
In a formatted note, General Cooke questions General Miller's statements about conduct. The document references improprieties, ration control, and authority, while denying specific misconduct by U S troops.
More than half of Auckland’s 1400 girls engaged to American servicemen have canceled the arrangements and will stay instead. Many faced divorce after marriage as about 350 brides were already divorced. The move appears led by the American husbands in most cases.
London reports quoted Professor Hahn denying that Russia or Germany developed a cosmic ray weapon surpassing the atomic bomb. He said cosmic ray research was ongoing under British supervision with experiments progressing toward broader breakthroughs, but no deadly weapon had been produced.
A top secret probe in Washington on January 9 investigates how fabricated telegrams and coded representations appeared in editorials. The inquiry targets the Herald Tribune and the Christian Science Monitor amid claims of deception and misinformation.
AAP dispatch from Meanie cites Turkish and Soviet outlets gossiping that Stalin was ill and traveling with top Soviet officials nearby. Tasvir notes Stalin's illness as dangerous though no paper specifies the illness type.
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