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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1939
Page
1
A catalog style notice lists fancy worsted wool items with latest styles and prices. Items include three Pisce aur models and pawns in Syl designs. Prices range from 39/6 to 48/6 with various cuts and finishes.
Early today two hotels The Oaks and The Girral were burned. Miss Bechel, niece of The Oaks licensee, awoke to a fierce blaze on the top floor. Four men and four women perished. Damages estimated at £7000. Girral fire believed caused by an explosion. no water supply hindered efforts. Owner Robert Bamford escaped as heat prevented saving valuables.
President Roosevelt presented a 9.0 billion dollar budget to Congress for 1939-40, seeking nearly 500 million in new taxes to fund farm benefits and national defense. He earmarked 1.89 billion for defense, with 1.319 billion available immediately, and forecast a deficit of 3.936 billion bringing debt to the statutory limit. He defended New Deal spending as a value-building investment.
Police hunted a man who fled after being handcuffed on a bush road between Condobolin and West Wyalong. Two officers stopped a truck at 2 am amid fraud complaints and arrested a man riding as a lift. He vanished into darkness as officers searched, with at least 20 police scouring the area.
New Zealand mill owners praise the governments import licensing policy saying it will enlarge mills and create more jobs. They expect wool based products to compete globally while dye-stuffs imports remain open. Protests over credit and payment methods continue as banks liaise with London offices. The Premier asserts the policy protects local industry and expands trade both at home and abroad.
George Packham of Orange aged 50 died after his lorry crashed into a passenger train at Parkes gan works crossing last night. His son Russell, 18, sustained severe injuries and shock. A passenger on the carriage was also injured by debris.
After an all day session in Brisbane representatives of the Wheat Board and millers agreed on a formula to set flour prices at £12 12s 6d a ton for two months with audit review. The minister said the accord balances consumer interests while pondering wheat prices and freight responsibilities. The dispute had lasted over a month with earlier bids on freight sharing opposed by the Wheat Board.
In a first cabinet meeting, Hiranumi pledged to continue the prior China policy and mobilize national resources to achieve Japan’s goals. He praised the public as “the people behind the guns,” while media anticipate a brief ministry and speculate Ikeda may resign from finance, signaling possible economic shifts.
A large Port Kembla public gathering tonight supported waterside workers and urged the Federal Government to gazette a prohibition on exporting war materials to Japan. The meeting also demanded a inquiry into an alleged assault on three waterside workers at Wollongong involving a person named Peadlitay or Horny.
A Brisbane police search for the Point Lookout victims faces a missing Constable M G McLean who rode a motor cycle to patrol 22 miles and did not return. Fellow officer Constable F Mann searches by bicycle as night falls with rising seas hindering progress. A handkerchief and red Jumiper scarf tied to Miss Saundera are identified as belonging to victims as divers probe a tunnel and rope attempts fail.
London officials urge a house to house census of shelter capacity for child evacuees in case of war. Up to 3 billion children to be evacuated first, with mothers or guardians accompanying younger ones. Schools to move as units, while many stay put to serve national needs.
Bucharest correspondent reports Romania adopts a totalitarian form with King Carol as head and a single monopoly party. Jews barred from the Executive Council named the United Front of National Re naissance. Germany protests over ban on other parties and German Romania party demands.
Berlin reports a half yearly Reichskredit Gesellschaft review showing Germany's war material capacity rising after annexation. Antimony to tungsten minerals up, lignite share 80 percent of world output. radium output second in the world. Trade balance worsened by Austria. grain imports rose as harvests grew. storage and consumption figures listed. Industrial production up 6 percent. state claim on national income at 47 percent.
London report details a three hour meeting between Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Beck and Adolf Hitler. Key topics were Danzig, the Polish corridor, Ukraine, Teschen minority, and frontier plans with Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Italian Count Ciano helped arrange the talks, signaling closer Poland axis cooperation.
The Qantas Empire flying boat Camilla and a K N L M plane completed a Darwin to Brisbane leg en route to Sydney in a rare one day service. Delays from London weather and engine trouble slowed both aircraft but the Camilla reached Brisbane at 6 30 p m and left for Sydney at 7 14 p m by moonlight. The Dutch plane arrived Darwin at 4 a m and landed Archerfield before continuing to Sydney, covering nearly 3600 miles in about a day and a half.
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