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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
1
National Safety Council bulletin warns drivers about winter skids on wet pavements and loose gravel. It outlines skid control methods, safe steering, gradual braking, maintaining visibility, and reduced speeds, emphasizing preparation, calmness, and following distance to prevent loss of control.
Washington reports radical changes in United States atom bomb work. Atomic Energy Commission chair Lilienthal says the explosive core will be produced on an assembly line at Hanford Washington within twelve days. Production will use trained workers rather than scientists, with safety measures driving costs.
The program features two films Silent Conflict with Wil lem Boyd and Mother Wore Tights starring Betty Grable at Tio Theatre. Tomorrow and Saturday bring Australian Review Child of Divorce Brevity and more with Mother Wore Tights continuing. Also showing are Lared and The Unknown with cast including George Sanders Lucille Ball Karen Morler Jim Bannon and Regis Toomey plus Always Together West of Abilene and related acts.
Washington June 15 President Walter Reuther of the United Automobile Workers Union urged President Truman to address the growing unemployment problem with aggressive government action. He said the government was aware and would push for corrective steps, noting legislation may follow, after Senate Democrat Leader Scott Lucas warned against pessimistic talk.
The Geraldton Cecile Club returns to Wilcock Drive for Sunday racing. Juveniles run a three mile handicap and two lap trial, while seniors race eighteen miles. Notable entrants include I McKillop and R McCagh. Handicaps list multiple riders with varying seconds, reflecting the event’s entries. The article also notes the American Declaration of Independence was originally written in French.
In Birmingham on June 13 a hooded gang seized L. G. Stovall, 31, after he left his children home alone. He was lashed twenty times with a leather thong and accused of not supporting his family. The incident follows earlier terror acts in the region and amid a climate of rising violence linked to extremist groups.
Robeson, the prominent Negro singer, extols Soviet Russia noting tractors instead of tanks and widespread cheers for world peace. He is traveling from the Soviet Union to the United States to testify for twelve Communists on trial.
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