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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 04, 1950
Page
5
Glasgow reports a second smallpox death last night as health authorities race to contain the outbreak. Medical staff describe rapid spread with hundreds vaccinated and planned mass vaccination centers preparing for broader coverage across the city.
Notes recount a failed attempt to set an air record by the Bixbys party, with engine trouble delaying lifting from Calontea toward Tulesterday. Mechanics say repair would take until later today, Bol Tixby cites unofficial status but aims to surpass Odom’s time within a year.
Frank La Salle a motor mechanic aged inrsave years pleaded guilty in Camden New Jersey to kidnapping Sally Horner thirteen. He was sentenced to thirty to thirty five years imprisonment. Sally said La Salle forced her to accompany him on a tour of America and to be intimate with him under threat of exposure as a shoplifter, with the prosecutor describing La Salle as a moral leper.
Unclear OCR text describes rising floodwaters near Dubbo in April, affecting about twelve households. Residents report heavy water arrival from Weir Holbes, with deaths and damage mentioned. Businesses and calls for aid appear amid a tense flood scenario and ongoing urban disruption.
A fragmented Kalgoorlie report describes a driver who dozed at the wheel. The afternoon crash involved a tram or train setting with injuries and damaged vehicles. witnesses and Mr Matthews provide vague accounts of the incident and its consequences.
The dulvent and Easter holiday will bring a four day vacation with shops and offices closing Thursday afternoon and reopening Friday morning. Post and telegraph services suspend on Easter Monday, with limited bread deliveries on Thursday, and no deliveries on Good Friday or Easter Monday. Special railway express trains will move fruit and perishables to Midland Junction to meet holiday demand.
A busy Easter schedule unfolds at Geraldton with racing and swimming events. Visitors from Perth join locals for four days of competition and social events, including a carnival at the Wepluadke Beach and a yacht club program.
Race list from a metropolitan meeting at the Headquarters rink with entries including Tyrolive Jolesair Prangio and others Five-year-olds and aden shown for junior handicap. Showrooms of Western Australian Farmers offer Diesel Wheel Trustur inspection and preparations.
Ooturney to Port at 7 o'clock Monday evening. The second day in the final match for the 1K Alles Shield premiership of the Northern Listmivis Cricket Association at Queensark on a sunny afternoon next. Bowls The Irerait on Rowtide Club's teens will open to play through the Raster vavaten with the exception of Foal Peidas.
List of acceptances for Easter Cup and Bases Cup races over a mile and a half, with entries including Lady Lucia Stor Sle Myth Gold Tats Ware T Beau Vase and others, showing trainer names and odds alongside several horses in the field.
A fragmented notice lists multiple donors and supporters for a Red Cross appeal in Northamptonshire. Names include Mrs. AC, Miss Be a ting, Mes. J. Taylor, and Mr. S Haale, with contributions ranging from £1 14s to £5 5s, and references to the Northampton Branch of Women’s ISL and associated charitable activities.
Fi and Tors embark on a strange quest in The Dark Woods seeking a legendary peppermint cure. They face eerie woods and puzzling signs as they chase a remedy rumored to heal all ills.
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