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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
4
Seattle women accused of wearing more padding than others rally in a public clash over alleged false fronts. An X-ray group notes more frail lines on Seattle chests, while technicians admit foam pads and bust cups move rapidly in department stores.
During wartime operations an air gunner fired shells that hit a Leeds shop Alters' works nearby a beech tree in a German forest. One shell exploded as a plank was fed into edging equipment. Ernest Glough of Leeds suffered a cut hand. the sole casualty.
In Los Angeles JS, Mrs. Doro thy Bemis Radford was granted a divorce on the grounds that her husband refused to let her sit on his lap to watch television. The court found grounds for dissolution based on the couple’s domestic discord and control issues.
Six year old Lesley Holt from Kogarah woke beside her pink koala bear Koko after undergoing the blue baby operation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney. Nurse Sister June Huston reported Koko stayed with Lesley in an oxygen tent throughout and the child showed remarkable recovery.
In Finningley near Doncas overhead cables sparked a village power scare as fridges, kettles, clocks and radios malfunctioned. Households reported smoking appliances turning red hot while lights blew, clocks stopped, and a grocer’s clock fried. The fault traced to a damaged overhead line.
Christian Dior presented a gaucho inspired spring line featuring a cowairl dress with buttoned chap lines and a silk scarf at the neck. A large sombrero and wide cowairl gloves completed the mood to keep the atmosphere authentic.
Paris fashion notes describe Perugia made lightest shoes for Schiaparelli held by magnetic attraction with a low cut pump featuring shell foot support and beach styled linen spats on sandal soles. Travel Service plans NZ producer outreach. tourists travel by ship from January to April with guided itineraries.
A man posted a newspaper ad seeking a partner under 21 to wed on Saturday. After interviewing a few of 254 responses, he chose 18 year old Irene Krevbs and married her before a crowd at the Frog Ito stallroom.
Macitaly T Hull an Italian seaman named Arturo Macdon id appeared before Stipendiary Magistrate Mr J. BR. Macdonald. His ancestors were Scots, the ship's master explained when asked how a Tallan had a Scots name.
A china shop owner in Hamilton, Ontario, attempted a $150 stunt by riding a bull into his store. The bull caused mayhem and damaged about $100 worth of china before being controlled.
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