Western Rain Front Heading To Coast
Western Queensland awaits coast bound rain with scattered, variable falls. Drought conditions persist despite recent showers. surface water and dam stocks remain limited. In Clermont and Charleville districts, several inches fell, but vast areas received little. Mackay and Victoria report rain easing drought and aiding crops, while New South Wales sees minimal rainfall.
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Queensland
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Blackall
Baynes
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Weather Bureau
Autralia
Mackay
Kowmalar
Victoria
Melbourne
Victorian
New South Wales
South Australia
Australian Dairy Produce Control Board
Mallee
Essendon
Mangalore
Sydney
Police smash big Communist spy ring in New York
Police identified Johan Enbom as a Communist agitator and editor held since January 10 in connection with a spy ring. A woman reportedly supplied information on spy Tong. Enbom, linked to Boden in Sweden, wrote under the pen name Pala Ficken and traveled to Stockholm to report to Russians.
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New York
Johan Frit
Enbom
Polce
Elas
Joss
Tong
Stockhlm
Boden
Speculation on the Future of the Duke of Windsor
London press weighed the Duke of Windsor's future after wartime roles and a return to public life. Reynolds News cited Churchill talks on a postwar post and noted his Admiral of the Fleet funeral appearance as signs, while observers doubted a permanent return to Britain without the Duchess.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
Reynolds News
Churchill
Bahamas
Britalyn
Sunday Pictorial
Duke
Minister Urges Need For Preparedness In Australia
The Minister for Territories warns that northern Australia including New Guinea and external territories remain vulnerable to potential attacks, recalling Japanese raids a decade ago and urging continued vigilance and preparedness to meet future threats.
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Canserra
Australia
Paul Halyesterda
YY Alyot
Sterritories
New Guinea
Northern Territory
RAAF trainee drowns in Kern Toit Creek Melbourne
Melbourne reports an RAAF trainee Keith William Reeves aged 19 from Middle Head NSW drowned while swimming in Kern Toit Creek Sunshine. He was with trainee Robert Frat from Bulimbu Brisbane. attempts to save him failed as divers and police could not recover the body. The incident prompted speculation about politics and royal affairs in the press.
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Keithwilliam
Reeves
Middl Head
Nsw
RAAF
Kern Toit Creek
Sunshine
Robert Frat
Bulimbu
Brisbane
Elizabethan Eva Gives Promise Of More Greatness
Canberra Archbishop Mowll tied British monarchy to Commonwealth unity at King George VI memorial service in Parliament House. He spoke of an Elizabethan era of prosperity and urged support for the Empire, as crowds gathered and services neared capacity with radio programs filling the day.
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Australia
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George the Sixth
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Mowil
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Burgmann
St. John's Cathedral
Dean W. Harta
St. Stephen's
Duhg
H. M. Weller
George
Aramac
Alpha
Pine Hil
Church of Eng
Health Causes Rumours
London reports circulated that the Prime Minister remained in good health after his return from talks in America. Officials said his cold on the journey had subsided and he had quite recovered.
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Britain
America
Persian Deputy PM Struck in Stomach at Public Safety Event
A 15-year-old Moslem, Mohammed Mehdi Rafice, is being held after striking the Persian Deputy Prime Minister in the stomach during a public safety incident at the grave of a newspaper editor who was assassinated years ago. The deputy was speaking at the ceremony when the attack occurred. the assailant is in custody.
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Alice
Anne Fdinister
Hirs
Sein Palba
Polar Icecaps Melting Says Expert
Cleveland doctor warns polar icecaps are melting rapidly with half century losses in Norway and Alaska glaciers. He notes Norwegian seawater and Spitzbergen climate shifts lengthened shipping seasons from three to eight months, while impact remains gradual but accelerating.
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Carlson
Norway
Alaska
Spitebergen Hay
Two Men Arrested in Police Raid
Two men were arrested in a police raid at a house in Anburi early yesterday morning. They were charged with possessing weapons and harassing a person, and the investigation centers on alleged stand over tactics linked to the incident.
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SP Bivkmaker
Anburi
Armistice prospects in Korea show 50-50 odds
Washington officials, citing James Reston of the New York Times, say chances for a Korean armistice remain little better than even with no dramatic extension of war or peace in sight. Allied and Communist positions clashed as air battles and naval patrols continued, while talks on a Korean settlement faced limits to Korean issues.
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Washington
James Reston
New York Times
Korea
Far East
United Press
United
Tercay
Munis
Alles
United Nations
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Turner Joy
United States
Fifth
North-West
Hares
Manslaughter charge against truck driver in Melbourne
Melbourne police charged Moorabbin truck driver George Bidwell with the manslaughter of Eric Joseph Bassett of Beatherton. Police allege Bidwell took Bassett into his vehicle and later summoned a doctor who found Bassett dead.
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Melbourns
George Bidwell
Moorabbin
City Watch- House
Eric Jnseph Bassett
Beatherton
Bidwell
Bassett
Hun
Missing chapter in history uncovered at Ninur temple site
Dr Donell McCown announced a post war archaeological expedition near Nippur Iraq uncovered hundreds of Sumerian tablets near an ancient temple. The team reports three Sumerian statues and lower layers with dozens of rooms while cuneiform tablets may reveal epics and myths of gods.
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Chicago
Sealorts
Ninpur
Iraq
Donell McCown
McCown
Baten ‘Tratital
Janay
Nippur
Baghdad
Canal Zone Rail Traffic Ban Relaxed
Reuters reports that the British commander in the Canal Zone announced a relaxation of the total rail ban. Early Saturday General Erskine ended the complete stoppage as Egyptian Army units moved and reinforcements arrived, with two British cancelled canal voyages following the shift in plans.
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London
Reuter
Ismailia
Erskine
Canal Zone
Aine
Nicosia Siereeen
Poisoned 10 With Arsenic Say Police
Paris Sunday Dispatch reports Marie Besnard, a middle aged widow, will be charged in Paris on February 20 with poisoning two husbands, a mother in law, a father in law, two sisters in law, two cousins, an aunt, both parents, and a family friend. police describe her as schemer who befriended all.
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Luaum
Sunday Dispatch
Paris
Pitiers
France
Wrsen
Marie Besnard
Thousands See Wreaths for King's Funeral Draw Crowds
London crowds endured a long wait on Saturday as police closed a three mile queue to see wreaths sent for the King. About 10,000 were turned away with many dispersing after lingering near tributes from monarchs and governments. Buckingham Palace issued a court circular of gratitude. the Queen Mother hopes tributes will be accepted as heartfelt thanks.
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Waithme Hanne
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mother
Margaret
Queen
Marlborough House
News of the World
Duke of Edinburgh
Evening News
Gloucester
Prince Charles
Banaringeham
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