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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
3
Households stock soups for cold weather using scraps from the kitchen. Recipes include cabbage and onion soup with stock milk and sago. vegetable soups with celery carrot turnip and potatoes. and a blended flour-thickened milk soup seasoned with parsley nutmeg and meat extract.
Compiled by Sister Nicholson, Infant Health Correspondence Nurse. Notes that many breast fed babies have infrequent stools, normally bright yellow and soft, occurring every 36 to 48 hours. Mothers may worry about this infrequency, but these babies are not constipated.
An article outlines a global scale wartime trade plan linking Australia New Zealand Canada and Britain to optimize shipping and production. It notes massive transfers of weapons vehicles and equipment valued in the tens of millions of dollars and highlights Empire air training schemes as a key example of the growing effort.
The text outlines infant constipation remedies emphasizing patience and regular routines, abdominal massage, and careful feeding adjustments for breastfeeding mothers. It also describes postwar food import schemes, empire collaboration, and U.S. aid plans to stockpile staples, milk drying for New Zealand, and war material exchanges within the sterling bloc.
A Boopal reader reports relief from sleepless nights headaches and back pains after using Williams Pink Pills. She says the product strengthens nerves improves blood, reduces anaemia and restores vigor, encouraging others to start using the pills today.
A five year ban on the Clifford Odets play Till The Day I Die in New South Wales is removed. The Chief Secretary explains the earlier ban and cites wartime climate and German protest as factors. The piece notes anti Nazi sentiment and mentions a prior German consul protest in 1936. Also covers a Busselton chain letter scare and its damaging, cruel impact on a local woman and relatives in the ALF.
The article notes Krupp works at Essen are burning after alleged British air raids. It argues the plant’s prominence was ignored by allied planners and hints at financial motives behind war strategy. Dr Evatt supports higher soldier and family living standards and increased allowances for the armed forces.
Canberra residents were astonished to see Captain F. Lloyd riding a bicycle against icy winds. The assistant secretary to the UK High Commissioner in Australia reportedly avoids petrol, a rare sight for government dignitaries.
The Eastern Group Supply Council meeting in Delhi outlines wartime logistics across Asia and Africa. India sends sandbags and textiles to Egypt, Malaya, Australia, and the Middle East while Canada funds Britain through a 1.5 billion dollar program. A bomber ferry pilot recently set a transatlantic crossing record of 24 hours.
To meet Army and Air Force needs the oil companies will collect a cash deposit on all drums sold or in circulation starting August 1. Heavy drums incur a 2 shilling deposit and light drums 1 shilling 6 pence. Applies to all drums except those holding lubricating oil and greases.
The guidance recommends giving prune juice daily when necessary and introducing prune pulp for older babies after three months. Start with about half a teaspoon mixed with juice and gradually increase to two or three teaspoons in a day.
Anthony Eden toured the Goldfields in 1926 staying at the Palace Hotel Kalgoorlie for the Imperial Press Conference. He represented the British London Times alongside Lord Burham and Lady Violet Astor. The visit included tours of the Golden Mile and Coolgardie and a farewell stop at the Old Camp.
The note explains using a blanket with wood rollers in a mangle to dry clothes. Repeatedly running the blanket through the rollers removes moisture and helps fabrics dry faster, while constant dampness can cause the wood to rot and shorten the mangle's life.
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