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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
3
Wartime appeal urges donations of skins via local agents to support the Allied war effort. The message emphasizes Australia providing items Russia requires and asks individuals with skins to send through designated channels.
German youths ages ten to eighteen show military rigidity and nervous tension as authorities push Luftwaffe auxiliaries for older teens. Cor respondents note mixed behavior from heroism to reckless looseness. Older parents lack schooling to guide children while teachers struggle amid total war.
A critical view argues that Australians lack self expression as unions and the Labor Party misrepresent workers. It claims imported secretaries dominate discourse, wharfies resist Communist influence, and that Labour’s salesmanship and half truths thwart true national voice.
Nancy Vanderbilt di Cicco head of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Service teams with Gracie Allen and Martha Raye in a discussion led by Ruth Reiser about beauty focus. They argue legs are the most beautiful part but face and figure receive excessive attention today.
Canada’s June 1942 livestock totals show cattle at 8,944,700 with horses, sheep, and pigs also listed and Ontario leading in cattle while Saskatchewan tops horses and Alberta has most sheep. Luise Rainer returns to cinema co starring with Jean Gabin in RKO’s A Thief in the House.
Aftermath era stirs Britain with clash over continuing government controls. Planners push for currency supply coordination and early policy decisions to prevent chaos, while anti planners led by Lord Beaverbrook seek rapid relaxation of wartime restraints. Penny Singleton's husband Robert Sparks serves as a major in the U S Army.
The minister criticizes workers for losing benefits while earning more, working longer hours, and lacking holidays. He argues workers are conscripted and misled about employer motives. Senator Cameron claims management pushes wages down while cost plus rises, with refunds reaching thousands of pounds.
In old sheep country the best shepherds were Chinese. John woke the flock at daylight and moved them to prime grazing. At sundown he herded them back to the yard while rumors claimed they had fared poorly.
President Roosevelt warned that the end of the war will leave millions of refugees, including Russians, Indians, Poles, Belgians and others, facing an uncertain future. Sir Herbert Emerson notes that many will not return home and governments may be unable to receive them, creating a formidable postwar problem.
The New York Times notes Britain’s wartime losses with a vast underwater fleet ob gales of submarines and escorts. Thousands of brave men lie at the bottom, the sacrifices that kept enemy ships from shores and protected global commerce and liberty.
A Sydney report notes long Sunday shifts on the wharves yield over £5 for 11 hours, with weekend totals above £7. It contrasts this with a doctor in the Air Force earning just a little more than that in a week.
Government entomologist Mr T McCarthy and Parkes agricultural instructor Mr E C Powell discuss the use of parasites to control a garden pest. M Basalis released from Western Australia showed mixed results inland, with coastal crops mostly held in check but inland areas still troubled. Experts note many parasite trials fail while California leads such experiments.
The Michigan State College Laboratory reports lucerne as a rich source of vitamins A and D found in cod liver oil. Vitamins extracted from lucerne are said to be tasteless and odorless.
The U S Army Quartermaster Corps purchased 750000 pairs of dice for troops. Major Harold R Giblin notes the purchase aims to boost morale and that gambling is not encouraged. The remark appears in the Christian Science Monitor.
Henry J Kaiser outlines a 282 foot wing no fuselage aircraft with four 8000 horsepower engines. The flying wing would weigh 175000 pounds and carry about 45 tons of useful load, enabling a 7000 mile nonstop range. Built largely from magnesium, the project aims for production before the war ends. Errol Flynn denied by the army after third medical.
A U S funded program via the Near East Foundation will help postwar Greece restore cattle sheep and other livestock. Cornell University will study methods for rebuilding food resources including goats dairy cows chickens geese turkeys sheep hogs and rabbits under Prof F B Morrison and S Stephanides with 15 faculty advisers. Ava Gardner filed for divorce from Mickey Rooney but remain on same lot as Metro publicity pushes.
An ad promotes Heenzo as a three in one remedy for chest nose and throat complaints. It claims drops for nostrils at night and morning relieve head colds and sore throats with gargling for instant relief. A bottle priced at 2 shillings makes a pint for family use.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows Canada's grain production more than doubled in 1942 compared with 1941. Wheat reached 007,688,000 bushels with oats 651,976,000, barley 259,234,000, rye 24,703,000, and flax seed 14,991,000 bushels, with 1941 figures in parentheses.
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