25 Jan 1937
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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1937
Page
1
A fragmented advertisement lists clothing items with discounted prices. Items include suits two piece sets, serge knickers, grey worsted knickers, gaberdine knickers, cotton tweed knickers, blue face less shirts, P shirts, shirt waists, airway hats, tweed hats, and a reversible raincoat. Prices range from 1/3 to 15/6 with several reductions noted.
Sun Back Cardinal, Trimmed Whole, and Black Trimmed White swimsuits reduced. Two only sun back style sizes W. 15/6 reduced to 12/11. All black swimming suits: two units sun back, sizes W. 15/6 reduced to 12/11. Smart assorted styles include Bease lere Bop Halter Neck and Bun Buck costumes in multiple colors, reduced from 19/11 to 15/11.
At least 23 dead and vast flooding reported across 12 states as pneumonic outbreak tightens. Roosevelt launches a 2 million dollar Red Cross drive while towns race to evacuate, isolate, and rebuild amid severe river floods.
The Minister for Agriculture and Stock Mr Bulcock said the Co operative Dairy Factories Association executives decided on a uniform payment basis for butter suppliers to co operatives. He noted the current system was chaotic and unfair, pitting factories against each other and draining the cooperative movement of solidarity. A deputation urged uniform pay, and he plans serious consideration while negotiating with dairy interests for a workable scheme.
The Minister for War Mr Terauchi accuses Mr Hamada of insulting the army after a Thursday speech. Hamada says the official record shows no insult and warns he will commit hara kiri if the army is not respected, while urging others to do so.
English left handed batsman Fishlock fractures a bone in the back of his right hand after being struck by a Cot ten ball during the South Australia match. Placed in plaster, his tour hopes dim for the approaching Test. In Melbourne Leyland’s shoulder strain keeps him fielding close to the wicket and Bradman’s footwork is hindered but not critically. Doubts linger over Pleetwood-Smith’s availability for Friday’s Test as Sydney Shield duties continue.
At Southport main beach no fewer than 73 people were rescued from the surf by the Southport Surf Life Saving Club. The operation appeared seamless, occurring during the Governor’s life saving carnival, drawing little notice from beachgoers. In cricket news Wood-Smith faces bowing difficulty with a stiff left shoulder after a ligament operation last year. He is experimenting with a new spin and may be replaced by Grimmett in the Victorian side if the arm issue continues.
In Brisbane on a Sunday a gun stolen from J. Ms. Bauman’s display window prompted Det. Mullaly and Constable Hoyle to pursue a young man toward the Brisbane River. After sightings at Albert and Elizabeth streets, police cornered him by the riverbank and dragged him from the water as he prepared to swim across.
In Sydney at Kingsford Smith aerodrome Miss May Bradford pilot of a Klemm Eagle crashes short after takeoff colliding with a de Soutter monoplane. Miss Bradford and two female passengers Miss Harriet Coley and Miss Ellen Latimer die trapped as flames engulf the wreckage. Peter Hoskins's plane narrowly avoids collision. witnesses describe a roaring fire and failed rescue attempts as authorities recover charred remains.
In Valencia and Madrid dispatches a Belgian parliamentary speaker warns that the German drive in Spain mirrors 1914 Belgium’s fate. Reports say Graf Spee battleship surfaced near Valencia with seaplanes bombing Roquetas and Madrid endures the siege’s heaviest bombardment with many casualties and widespread destruction in Vallecas.
BRISBANE reports a three day sickness outbreak on the North Coast. Cattle are stricken with repeated infections and bulls and prize cattle have died. In Caboolture district horses are said to have contracted the illness as well.
In Los Angeles on Saturday Mrs Elaine Barrymore petitioned for temporary alimony of 600 pounds a month from John Barrymore. She claims his monthly income reached 24,000 pounds years ago and notes domestic service. Miss Bradford, a pioneering Australian airwoman, becomes a central aviation figure with licenses and a first class pilot certificate. She recalls a 2000 foot crash years ago but recovered, reflecting on her engineering work and aviation career.
A North Sea gale drives four steamers toward the Norwegian coal carrier Karmi, adrift with 20 sailors. Rescue arrives after a harrowing night as Captain Ellingsen dies of exposure. second engineer Sverre Hansen perishes post rescue. Leda and others struggle amid towering seas. Admiral Collingwood already lost.
Acting Minister of Native Affairs vows inquiry into conditions of 400 Maoris at Te Hapua the northernmost New Zealand settlement. Reports say they lack basics of decency, suffer malnutrition, and widespread tuberculosis with high child mortality.
A year old nine hand piebald Shetland colt is sent from Bethanga to a Queensland aquatier. Owner Mr W T Mitchell plans a route by car to Wodonga, train to Sydney, plane to Brisbane, plane to Charleville, then 300 miles by utility truck. He aims to breed the small stock with mares in Queensland.
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