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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1944
Page
4
The Australian Associated Press reports in London that Doctor F. J. Wiseman, president of the Methodist conference, died in his sleep at his home after delivering two sermons at Methodist churches in London. He was 65 years old.
Readable fragments describe a Palace Theatre program featuring Universal Success with Ballsmy in a dual role and a sixy wastrel. A secret agent plot appears amid other acts and a Guests of the Air episode. Names include Laurence Guvier and May Petrie with other show notes and international news items.
London dispatch reports the BBC aired the new Soviet national anthem for the first time after Saturday night prayers. The announcer noted, by special request of Sir Winston Churchill, Stalin had sent a copy of the new anthem to Britain.
American servicemen were sent to Homebush Bay to handle meat consigned to the US Army. Cold storage employees refused overtime pay for Christmas Day and New Year holidays, with about 100 servicemen working day and night to process carcases while staff operated machinery.
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