German explorer Graetz plans Africa by car voyage at sixty
Paul Graetz an early 1900s explorer and his wife Uta Greetz announce a continent crossing by car from Cape to Cairo. They will travel with a driver mechanic and cameraman, selling shares and books to fund the 16,000 mile expedition. Graetz defends age and vitality citing past feats and promises lectures and film profits.
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Tstone
Cape
Cairo
Herr Greetz
Uta Greetz
Mummy
Greetz
Graetz
Graeta
Prompty
Edie
Africa
Congo
Zamboa
Graets
Germany
guLtit
Hils
Frau Graetz
Konrad Adenauer
Daniel Malen
Quebec Hits Majority French Speaking Population
The article notes that more than 60 percent of Quebec’s 3.5 million residents are French speaking. It highlights language distribution within the province and underscores the cultural prominence of French in Quebec society.
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Quebec
Boswell’s Journal Unearthed A Literary Treasure
Yale publishes Boswell’s London Journal 1782 as the first Boswell papers volume edited by Frederick A. Pottle with a preface by Christopher Morley. The nine month London diary reveals Boswell’s efforts to join the Guards, his ghost fears, social life in London with Garrick and Goldsmith, and his candid prose versus prior prudence.
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Yale
McGraw-Hunll
Frederick A. Pottle
Christopher Morley
Boswell
Joseph Wood Krutch
Strange
Lord Auchinneck
James Boswell
London
Johnson
Chauncey
Dubln
Malahide
Ralph Heyward Isham
Fettercain Exouket
Aberdeen
London “Journal
Louisa
Bowell
Garrick
Goldsmith
Samuel Johnson
Fasselas
Pepys
Rousseau
Casanova
Mosman R A Q B Picnic Draws Crowd From Regions
A bright sunny day marked the 195 annual Moseman RAQB picnic with hundreds of children in Mossman and visitors from Cairns Julatten Mt Molloy and Daintree. Activities included swimming races and sand garden displays judged by Miss Power and Messrs Locke Trewise. Prizes went to winning pairs Miss Giudice and Nell Masters Williams and Wasley and Misses J and B Coates. special prizes were donated by Messrs Locke MacKenzie and Miss Power. Some gardens were damaged before viewing, but W Milton and committee led a large volunteer group to ensure a successful day.
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Mossman
Moseman Raqb
Cairns
Julatten
Mt Molloy
Daintree
Miss Power
Messrs
Locke
Trewise
Giudice
Nell
Masters Williams
Wasley
B Coates
Loke
MecKenzie
Power
W. Milton
Ore weighbridge row in Mareeba unsettles ore trade
The Queensport Ore Producers Association Mareeba informed by the Minister for Agriculture Mr H B L that the Mareeba weighbridge will be moved to Chillagoe Townsville. Ore exporters seeking to retain the weighbridge at Chillagoe claim it will facilitate shipments and reduce delays in Panthela and nearby districts. The decision affects timing, costs, and logistics for ore delivery to processing sites and markets.
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Mareeba
Queensimo
Ore Producers’ Association
H. BL
Chillagoe
Townsville
Chillagne
Panthela
Yugoslav Army Seen as Europe’s Toughest Force
A five week visitor, Julien Bryan of the International Film Foundation, says Tito’s Yugoslavia fields Europe’s toughest force and would resist a Soviet invasion to the last man. He notes heavy border guards with Hungary and Romania, lighter lines near Albania and Greece, and predicts rebels would fight in the mountains. He cites anti Russian sentiment grown from unkept promises and calls for greater personal freedom since the split with the Cominform.
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New York
Iap
Jugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Yugoslavia
Julien Bryan
International Film Foundation
Bryan
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Juenslavia
Cominform
Jugoslavs
Swacret
Tito
Belgrade
US Information Service
Leopoldville Booms as Planned Tropical Chicago
Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo is described as a coming Chicago of the tropics with rapid growth. From 1939 to 1949 European residents rose from 7,000 to 15,000 and Congolese from 667,000 to 120,000, while new industries, expanded river ports, and a planned two-centre development push the city toward a 1960 projection of 30,000 Europeans and 280,000 Congolese residents.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Central Africa
Chicago
Tropics
Sones Tex
Congo River
Everpower
M. Ricquier
Sovice Cuma Cenily
Johannesburg
Casadace
Ricquier
Ricquer
Industrias
Strive to Do Better Than Equal Strive
A compact reflection on pushing beyond parity by choosing steadier effort and continuous improvement. It urges focus on quality over chasing a set benchmark and highlights disciplined practice as the path to true betterment.
Navy wreck disposal in Bristol Channel described by BBC reporter
BBC reporter Tom Thompson narrates how HMMS Lindisfarne and ELMS Trendra clear 500 coastal wrecks in Britain by year’s rate of 100, using depth charges and echo sounders. He details 40 charges around a wreck, 12 blow nearshore to protect houses, and a final seabed check, with stunned fish scooped up and a merchant ship yardlong console seized for Ward Room meals.
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Lindisfarne
Elms
Trendra
Bristol Channel
Britain
Lindiwarpee
BBC
Tom Thompson
Thompson
Ong Conmercel
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