Winning the Peace Reconversion Plans in Australia
General Motors Holden's annual meeting calls for immediate reconversion of wartime factories to peacetime use. E W Holden urges government support to share war costs and notes potential plant contractions as 1944 output falls versus 1943. He advocates low cost production, importation of chassis, and private enterprise as postwar backbone.
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Motors
Holden's Ltd
Australia
E. W. Holden
MLC
General Motors-Holden's, Ltd
Germany
United States of America
British Empire
Japan
Pacific
Ee Pehee
Aus
England
United Tes
L. J. Hartnett
Ordnance Production
Ministry of Munitions
Army Inventions Directorate
GMH
Swift air evacuation boosts morale for wounded in Europe
The article notes daily arrivals of Douglas C 54 aircraft delivering wounded soldiers to Mitchel Field and other Atlantic coast centers. Many soldiers reach clean beds within 30 minutes of landing and receive full surgical care within about 18 hours after departing Scotland bases. Since D day over 10,000 have been evacuated to Long Island by air, a key morale booster for troops.
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Mitchel Field
U.S. Atlantic
Europe
Mitchel
Scotland
Long Island
N.Y
Belonging To the Past
London workers used to pawn suits boots and even furniture for weekly loans now they mostly earn well and only browse pawnshop sales for jewellery bargains clothing and household pawns are rare in contemporary times.
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London
Irish Independent
London Letter
Australia considers liberal divorce grounds across states
The text argues for uniform divorce laws across Australia for both sexes, insisting grounds be no less liberal than any state standard. It calls for avoiding press publication of evidence from divorce proceedings.
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Australia
Sextette from Lucia recalled at wedding serenade
Life Digest recalls John Philip Sousa bringing his band to serenade a bride at her wedding. The bride recalls Sousa once serenading a friend with Three Little Maids from The Mikado and notes the coincidence of a triplet birth, as the sextette from Lucia played.
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John Philip Sousa
Alonn
Sousa
Arix
Lucia
Life Digest
Bus Scientist Sees Man Fail to Light Cigarette in Wind
A reader recalls a commuter on a bus upper deck struggling to light a cigarette in the wind. After seven failed attempts, the neighbor gives up as another passenger produces matches and lights a cigarette in a quick cluster. The man nods, tips his hat, and resumes.
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Mareia Winn
Magazine Digest
V.A.C.C. Raises £26,000 in War Loan Competition
Volunteers of the V.A.O.C. raised nearly £26,000 for the Third Victory Loan in an Australia wide contest. Top subscriber was A A Rankine of Maryborough Victoria with 31 subscriptions. H Ryan of Nundle NSW raised £8050. Runner up F J H Weinheimer of Ravenswood QLD credited £3890 and awarded a special prize. First prizes are model Sunderland flying boats donated by the Aeroplane Modelling Unit Sydney.
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A. A. Rankine
V.A.O.C. Post
Maryborough
Victoria
Aeroplane Modelling Unit
Sydney
R.A.A.F
Scotland’s New Education Bill Expands Compulsory Education
The article traces Scotland’s education history from 1496 to recent reforms, noting the Scottish Bill’s aims to democratise education, appoint local education committees, and extend provisions like nursery schools, milk and meals, medical care, and possibly residential colleges. It contrasts with England’s reforms and highlights teacher sabbatical provisions and support for handicapped children.
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Scotland
England
Shadows at the lamp light amuse London children
In London To Day a Birkenhead child was startled by her shadow under street lamps then, as the shadow moved, she laughed with glee. The piece notes how new street lighting affects young people.
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Birkenhead
Overworked Nerves and Pills Claim Relief
The article describes nervous system strain causing irritability headaches sleep issues and low mood. It advocates Dr Bracgar gore Pills and Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming they restore red blood cells and iron to improve oxygen delivery to nerves and tissues.
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Williams
The Effects of Noise in Industrial Workplaces
The article discusses how individuals vary in noise tolerance and rejects the idea of adaptation.Workers in boiler factories and rolling mills endure daily readjustment as noise damages hearing briefly each morning, with only brief silence possible outside studios or labs.
Test-Tube Baby Sparks Birth Registration Debate
Adelaide faces a legal dilemma as registrar rules require both parents’ names for birth entry. If not provided the birth may not exist in law, prompting potential legislation on adoption by de facto parents or treating the child as the husband’s offspring. The delay in Parliament could cause headaches.
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Adelaide
They Still Hang Up Their Stockings
A British child welfare worker notes a drop in belief in Father Christmas from seven to four or five years old. She cites real life stories in pictures, crowded housing, many Father Christmases in shops, and parents’ wider outside interests as reasons, yet children still hang up stockings.
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England
Belfast Telegraph
ManZan Promises Fast Relief for Pile Sufferers
A vintage advertisement urges readers to ask their Chemist for a tube of ManZan to ease irritation and swelling in the pile area. The copy stresses quick relief, hygienic nozzle application, and direct antiseptic medicament delivery.
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Peng Tequest
Queensland Insurance Co.ltd
W.A
Barrack Street
Perth
V.A.C.C
Volunteer
Air Observers Corps
R. G. Cameron
Rha
Volga
San Francisco Opera House
U.S
World Security Organisation
de Witt
de Witts
Mme
Mira Louise Trinity
ManZan
Hearne
Hearne’s
Great Britain
Empire
UF Prorecade
Western Australia
Pearse Bros
Pearse Bros., Ltd
North Fremantle
Beecham
Commonwealth Savings Bank OF Australia
Osram
Seene Pty
Murray Street
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