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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1952
Page
1
Miss Shakuntila Devi of Bangalore in Mesore state arrives in the United States this month. She demonstrates rapid calculation and complex numeral tasks, showing the cube rate of ale and ten digit numbers with minimal tools.
A DC airliner with 55 passengers collides in midair with a two passenger plane near Dallas airport on Wednesday. The airliner lands safely while the small plane crashes on a nearby street, killing its two occupants. The collision damages a propeller and an antenna atop the DC aircraft. An American Airlines spokesman said the small plane appeared to be approaching the airliner.
Opposition parties pressed for dissolution of the Japanese Diet on Saturday. They urged the secretariat to advance a bill calling for immediate dissolution as the present government has eight months to run before its term expires.
Sydney by election at Ashfield sees Labour surge to lead over Liberal by 873 votes. Result sparks talk of early state election as Cahill and senior ministers weigh demands for more works funding at forthcoming Loan Council meetings.
Police believe a deranged taxi murder linked to a recent Southport case, as the body of Edward Fisher was found in a culvert under McCarr's Creek Road Church Point after a statewide search. Detectives described a missing fibre seat-cover from Fisher's taxi and are pursuing the lead as witnesses report an erratic drive in the area Saturday. Mrs. Wymark alerted police after recognizing the taxi description in Sunday papers.
MARYBOROUGH a two year old boy Geffrey Hodges of North Aramaya died in the Demain Private Hospital after an accident eight days earlier. He suffered severe burns and shock when he sat in a bucket of boiling water prepared for laundry. Doctors fought to save his life but administered eight bottles of serum.
Brisbane report details injuries from three separate crashes. Darcy Burrow of Latrobe married sustained a fractured right arm after a car and motorcycle collision on Fairfield Road Yeronga. Mervyn Petrigon of Darra suffered multiple fractures and serious injuries after a fall from a motor cycle at Ipswich Round Oxley. Robert Morgan of Amberley received head injuries and a fractured left wrist in a separate incident at Amberley RAAW Station.
Brisbane police report three deaths from separate road crashes on a Saturday night. A motorcyclist, Harold William M Grell, 21, of Sandgate, and his pillion rider Leslie Porster, 251, Shorncliffe, died after colliding with a car on Harnibrook Highway at Woody. Three car passengers Audrey Mogensen, 128, Redcliffe. June Mogensen, 6, Redcliffe. and Myra Newman, 121, Ipswich, all suffered head injuries and were hospitalized. A separate crash near Eight Mile Plains on Pacific Highway killed Allan Jorge Bers, 1191, Logan Road, Gravatt, instantly after a sport car overturned thrice in Beaudesert Road. The report notes additional serious injuries and ongoing hospital care.
In Reading Hospital near London a 26 ounce newborn, Jennifer Knight, enters a second week of life support in a heated oxygen cot. Doctors remain cautiously hopeful as special wards nurture her, with weight expected to dip below 8.2 ounces in the first month and a doll bonnet and garments supplied by nurses after a mother, Doris Knight, cannot yet visit.
Two astronomers announced a new dwarf star about 26 light years away in the Milky Way. It is one third Earth’s size yet about 40 percent heavier, with a surface temperature around 15 000 to 20 000 degrees and a gravitational pull that would make a 150 pound person weigh near zero on its surface.
Melbourne endured an Antarctic cold snap with a 60.5 mph gale and heavy snow across city streets and gardens. Footpaths, trees, and a 2 ft buildup in Glenferrie Road marked the heaviest fall in living memory, with hail golf ball sized in eastern suburbs and snow reported as far as Wood Point. Numbers include 44F day temperature, 6.7 degree diurnal range, and snow in Emerald, Olinda, Macedon, Sunbury, and Yarra Valley areas.
Brisbane police face potential mass resignations as nine detectives were moved to unit duty. Officers say transfers may not be enforced until Commissioner Smith decides. Some detectives already plan to resign rather than relocate, citing personal and family concerns and unfinished relocations.
A Melbourne resident wore ski clothes and slid down Barker's Road Hawthorn after a hailstorm. The ground was six and a half inches deep as the man descended, then hurried on down the hill.
Plains, yesterday afternoon a car driven by Ceol soba Matthews collided at 5:45 when a tyre blew out, sending the vehicle out of control. Matthews, a single man aged 38, of Ext Street Comparaa, died. The injured woman Nawla Grove, 29, of Burrys Street Morrimalds, suffered head and bodily injuries.
Sydney reports the Minister for National Development Senator Spooner urged states to agree on a priority system for public works to best use funds in the coming year. He warned current bids exceed capacity and stressed overseas investment will only flow if resources are used efficiently and transparently.
A fragmented account describes a woman awakening from a dream in which she rode in a family motor car. She awoke startled, then grabbed her husband’s shirt as a reaction, suggesting a strange perceived event that blurred dream and waking life.
Reports indicate ALF veterans may volunteer for service in Malaya. Consultation between the Army and Internal Affairs sets possible numbers and terms. Volunteers from the Diggers could receive end-of-lap or ranger postings with preference given to certain service groups.
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