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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 10, 1946
Page
4
Miss Doreen Drexel, a youthful member of a prominent American family, promotes Pond's Two Cream and Pond's Vanishing Cream. She asserts the products drape her skin in a groomed, smooth look and soften her complexion.
Fragmentary text describes a process or plan involving people named and a release, with unclear aims and several garbled phrases. It mentions names, a place possibly Leroi Kani or similar, and references to making fresh for something. The overall meaning is obscured but suggests coordination and preparation prior to a release.
The article critiques current tax assessment and returns complexity and notes cross party support for simplifying the tax code. It cites the Associated Chambers of Commerce study toward simplified direct and indirect taxes, and highlights former NSW Premier Lang's call for drastic tax relief and a simpler system to fund rising living costs. It mentions Lang’s influence within the Labor Party and the political contest involving Lang's Sydney and Dalley seats.
Wartime research promises lighter household chores and transport by using magnesium. The metal’s ultra light weight and strength could replace heavier alloys in furniture, tools, vehicles, and appliances, enabling easier cleaning, lifting, and handling while boosting efficiency and comfort. Manufacturers eye aviation, automotive, and industrial uses, with household applications highlighted for housewives, including lighter kitchenware and furniture.
New York dispatch reports Eric Cooke of Britain bicycling from England to New Zealand. He plans four months by ship to reach New Zealand then pedal the entire journey, traveling light with a three speed bicycle and minimal gear. He hopes to reach New Zealand, endure harsh climates, and find a life with a companion along the way.
The National Safety Council backs a new booklet Fire! to teach children fire safety. About 100000 copies are being distributed across Victoria with proceeds supporting home and forest fire prevention.
Fragmentary text outlines U S postwar reconversion aims from the Office of Reconversion. It mentions four economic objectives to guide peacetime policy, including stabilizing prices, avoiding inflation or deflation, sustaining rising standards of living, and ensuring opportunities for business growth as millions of new firms emerge.
Amid postwar talks the Big Four seek a workable Trieste settlement under UN guidance. US Britain France and the Soviet bloc push for a promissory solution to Europe's Adriatic key, noting competing claims by Italy Yugoslavia and local ethnic groups and the rise of historical boundaries.
Tokio September 7 Japanese unions including seamen and railway workers planned a general transport strike in defiance of General MacArthur's ban. Influential factions within both unions refused to join. railwaymen opposed the strike and passed a resolution condemning those alleged to be acting under outsiders' instructions.
From Canberra special correspondent reports Australia prepared for World Trade Conferences to form an International Trade Organisation. British and Dominions seek to modify imperial preferences while the United States pushes for postwar economic reconstruction and a two way trade system led by exports and imports. John C. Winant comments on lending and rebuilding, stressing broader import expansion and a coordinated postwar framework with IMF and World Bank.
An A.P. report from Rome notes that the Italian delegation to the peace conference protested against M. Vyshinsky's claim that Italians are better at running than fighting. The letter to Mr Leif Esaland, chairman of the political territorial commission, expresses painful astonishment at his statement.
Fragmentary report quotes Yugoslav ambassador to America M Kosanovic predicting a chaotic reception in Washington. He says he faces a wave of hostile press and public anger as Tito era tensions loom, then vows to pursue policy changes amid a crisis.
A recent motion by the self-styled anti Communist State Council of the Road Transport Workers Union aimed at purging union officials. It claims several fined officials are Communists or suspected Communists, with the union counting about 12,000 members.
The Screen Cartoonists' Guild pressure at Disney is reported to push payroll costs toward 1.9 million dollars, threatening profits and prompting a slowdown. Disney halts several features including Song of the Booth Fun and Fancy Free How Dear Be My Heart and All in Fun due to labor pressure and rising costs.
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