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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
3
Squadron leader Mayes a Sydney University obstetric professor argues women should be paid to bear children. He says it costs 50 to 70 pounds to have a baby and a mother is the country’s top public servant, praising returning servicewomen while warning of future demographic decline without financial support.
The piece argues that Russia's glory comes from its long history of repelling invaders, not current politics or social causes. It cites Stalin urging inspiration from great ancestors and notes the remarks published in Moscow on November 7, 141. George Soloveytchik reports from London for the Nineteenth Century.
The Commonwealth Land Transport Board and Vic Director of Emergency Road Transport plan to block border hopping via Gambier. A travel identity check will require bus operators to verify permanent residence and priority permits for cross border travel. Victorian and South Australian operators would bar residents lacking permits or residing far from the border.
A Pacific war correspondent for the New York Times contrasts Japanese prisoners with arrogance among their captors and notes a national inferiority complex appears vividly among captives.
A translated account describes a 42 year old factory father, his wife, and two children surviving on 1430 to 1940 rubles monthly. The family lives in a one and a half room flat paying for heat and central radio, with bread, butter, and meat rations, and supplementary income from repairs and sewing. It notes their resilience, social life at the factory club, and cautious budgeting during wartime.
Wing-Commander Love praises No 2 Wing A T C cadets for long commutes to attend lectures and squadron parades. Cadets ride 30 miles twice weekly on motorbikes, another 15 miles by push bike thrice weekly, and fourteen peers used a gas-producer car for training. The ATC backs cadet education with volunteer instructors from wartime service.
Fragmentary note hints at U S ice cream trade activity with ambiguous reference to 3 M H and possible market stir. No clear events or identities confirmed in readable text.
The document notes Canada ships nearly half of U S vessels across the North Atlantic and furnishes most nickel and about 40 percent of aluminium for the United Nations. It also credits Canada with over half the mechanical transport in North Africa, 40,000 vehicles for the campaign, the continent’s largest small-arms plant, the second largest tank arsenal, and the world’s largest aluminatum plant.
A camp commandant joked for an NCO to silence engines at the Victoria aerodrome during a camp concert. The NCO, accompanied by an un loaded sub machine gun, went to the site and caused authorities to report the matter. Further developments were expected.
An advertisement calls for sheep skins from country sympathisers to aid eleven skin-dress firms in the eastern States. The Commonwealth has declared the tanneries protected and guarantees manpower and chemicals. Over a quarter of a million skins have gone to the U S S R via the Red Cross. The WA committee targets £10,000 with Fremantle selling agents handling consignments free of commission.
The notice urges advertisers to mention this paper in all business dealings. It emphasizes accurate billing and prompt payments and notes the newspaper as a preferred local publicity partner.
The Western Australian League of Service reports on postwar reconstruction efforts. Delegates note focus on educational development youth services housing and welfare of the morally and physically unfit. Federal praise and calls for expansion accompany a plea for wider citizen participation via the Overseas League address in Perth.
Wiltshire boasts a personal bleeding record of 13 pints in 10 minutes and four gallons two pints in two and a half years. He challenges others to beat his rate, cites hospital certificates, and displays a Red Cross transfusion card and a silver cup for most blood donated in New South Wales.
The article notes more than a million Americans will be employed in the U S aircraft industry this year a figure about twenty times higher than employment levels when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
Rabbiter earnings in the Singleton district reach 85 pounds in two nights while overall rabiting brings in about 5000 pounds weekly. In three weeks 90000 pelts sold at local markets per NSW report. one man netted 85 pounds in two nights and another trapped 2650 pelts in 16 nights. Even schoolboys earn a few pounds weekly as dairy farmers pivot to rab biting during the ed period.
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