23 May 1944
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 23, 1944
Page
1
Garmer's Cash Store offers heavy weight flannels singlets long underpants and wool garments with coupon incentives. Prices range from 2/10 to 53/9 and coupons tied to each item. Boots and rain coats promoted as part of winter requirements with a call to visit for comfort shopping.
Allied forces press on the Adolf Hitler Line in Italy with Fifth Army spearheads threatening the line. French troops reach positions to threaten the line’s rear in the Liri Valley as American units seize Fond and push toward Terracina. A massive air offensive targets war transport from Brest to Coblenz and beyond, described as an absolute shambles. Allied carriers raid Sourabaya in Java while German forces brace for a Russian push on the central front. The Japanese northern Burma defense is under pressure as the invasion manual found in Hollandia hints at broader Allied plans. The Vice President travels to China to deliver rapid aid, as US forces coordinate with Chinese efforts.
Barrington Dalby notes football played by Greeks and Romans used leather balls filled with air feathers or feather stuffing. He cites Plato and Rabelais mentioning leather balls and a reference to the bladder used in medieval ball making. The origin is described as ancient with various materials and forms.
Sqd. Leader L. A. Nicholls recalls in a radio talk how leaflets warned the German people that bombing could be dangerous. He cites a comedian exchange about an armourer chalking on the biggest bomb, Beware this might have been a leaflet, reflecting wartime propaganda and morale tactics.
Church notices list service times for multiple denominations in Gloucester, Stratford, Craven, and surrounding towns. Rev. J. A. Smith leads Anglican rites at Kia-Ora and Gangat, while Rev. D. Glyn Jones and Rev. B. Hinds lead Presbyterian and Free Presbyterian services respectively.
A historical political appeal notes that Weave r and Bruxner served in government 1932 to 1941, and claims producers received little aid until recent years. Weaver promises help to producers, but a dairy farmers deputation was told to take or leave a price of one shilling per gallon. The piece urges voting for a producer within the electorate, criticizing party promises as failed. Authorized by J. F. Colliton.
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