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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1934
Page
3
High film salaries top even President Roosevelt in 1933
Despite a £3,917,478 loss in 1933, at least 110 people in the U S film industry earned higher salaries than President Roosevelt. The top unnamed actor made £63,000, an artist earned £59,250 with £2000 weekly, an actress £38,200, and a director £30,000. The text also notes an odd aside about a cephalopod misclassification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Gelignite Missing at Elizabeth Castle
Holidaymakers in Jersey learned a quantity of gelignite was missing from the Elizabeth Castle magazine. A visitor found the magazine door tampered with and two and a half packages of gelignite vanished. Police are investigating the loss amid fears children may have taken the explosive. A separate note mentions compressed air used in South Africa to extract diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Elizabeth Castle
South Africa
Lecture Under ChlorOform Lifts Lofty Question
Patients at Charing Cross Hospital London heard a lecture on Cromwell and Napoleon while the lecturer awoke from choloroform. Rev Walter Wynn Chesham Buckinghamshire gave the talk claiming memory of the event while under anaesthetic. He raised questions about trance states latent memories and the brain under anesthesia and noted experts offered varied explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charing Cross Hospital
London
Oliver Cromwell
Napoleon
Walter Wynn
Chesham
Buckinghamshire
Towns
Cesham
Sull
Mr. Wynn
Snobbery Sermon Targets Australian Women
Sydney report on Monday describes Rev. Father McLoughlin attacking snobbery among women at St. Anne's Church Bondi Beach. He warned of upstarts who shun poorer sisters, insisting true breeding and education teach humility beyond flashy manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Father McLoughlin
St. Anne's Church
Bondi Beach
Australia
Lightning strike hits backyard stumps in Lismore
A lightning storm in Lismore caused two tall stumps at Stewart’s Main Street home to shatter. Timber flew in multiple directions, with a two pound fragment smashing a neighbouring window and injuring a five year old boy on the head. A five foot stump piece landed near HL Rann’s back door after travelling across two allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lismore
Nimbin
Stewart
Main Street
HL. Rann
Man dies on Ben Lomond mountain climb
A 65 year old Glasgow man, William Lippiatt, perished while climbing Ben Lomond. He left Whinlochara with friends on August 2 and was found by two visitors about 800 yards below the summit after a search by air and on foot was hampered by mist and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lomond
William Lipiatt
Glasgow
Lippiatt
Whinlochara
Aberfoyle
Gen Lomond
Rowar- Jennan
Perthshire
Stirlingshire
Indian Rope Trick Mystery Ends With Illusionist's Death
London based illusionist Arnold de Biere who died recently likely took secret behind the Indian Rope Trick to the grave. He spoke of being within sight of success and planned an autumn outdoor performance. He traveled widely, led a famed magic career, and owned a signed ace of hearts from Edward P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold de Biere
London
de Biere
Mr. de Biere
Europe
Edward P
Prince of Wales
Spain
de Bierer
Magicians’ Club
Occult Committee
The
Magic Circle
Dream Reef Found by Three Amateur Prospe ctors in Waikato Hills
A Wellington message relates Unat fossicking on the Waikato Land Settlement Society property uncovered a reef in a unlikely gold bearing area. The reef location came to one prospector in a dream his late father showed him 1.9 characteristics matched the reef. The find highlights dream guidance guiding mineral search and amateur prospecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Waikato Land Settlement Society
Doctor's Collapse in Balgowlah Home
Dr Thomas Nesbitt Wright a retired army doctor was found unconscious on the floor of his Balgowlah home after a long period. Neighbours and police responded as ambulances took him to Royal North Shore Hospital. He appears to have collapsed Saturday night while preparing tea with gas jets burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nesbitt Wright
Wanganella-street
Balgowlah
Howard Heddle
Victor-road
Brookvale
Wright
Manly
Smith
Fernside
Dr. Wright
Royal North Shore Hospital
Gloucester
Judge Uses Frontier Theater In Libel Case
At Laurensberg near Aachen Germany a judge ordered a Dutch based witness to testify from the German side of the frontier at Vaals. He commandeered motor cars and transported the court to a spot opposite the frontier to hear the libel case against the Burgomaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurensberg
Aachen
Germany
Holland
Vaals
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