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  2. Advertising

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  3. World Faces Food Shortage

    WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.—President Truman told a press conference to-day that the world faced a food shortage even worse than a year ago. He appealed to all Americans to join in a "waste less" campaign to avert a critical situation calling for ...

    Article : 337 words
  4. A MIGHTY TOSS

    Sheaf-tossing experts were in action at the Royal Melbourne Show, and the winner of the open handicap competition was F. O'Kane, who won the event with a 37-ft. toss from a 5-ft. start. Later, in an exhibition toss, shown above, J. Schwardt ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  5. SHIPPING TIE-UP LOOMS NEARER,

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Although Federal intervention appears the only means by which the Australiawide tie-up of inter-State shipping next week can be avoided, the Federal Minister for Labor and National ...

    Article : 283 words
  6. ALL-AUSTRALIAN AIRLINER ALMOST READY

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The prototype of a thrce-engined airliner is almost completed at the Bankstown factory of ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. England's Test Lead "Shake-up"

    Benind Marylebone Cricket Cluh's invitation to 45-year-old Gubby Allen to captain Englands team to the West Indies is seen a move ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. Nazis Possessed Deadly Gases

    NUREMBERG, Friday (A.A.P.).— Dr. Gerhard Schrader, in an affidavit read to the court that is trying I. G. Farben officials on war crimes. ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. RETURNED £6000 WORTH OF STOLEN JEWELLERY

    JERUSALEM, Friday (A.A.P.).— A 15-year-old girl walked into a jeweller's shop in Tel Aviv and left on the counter a sealed envelope ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. ONLY WEEKLY VISIT OF STEAMER DURING SUMMER

    There will be a once-weekly passenger ship service only between the North-west Coast and Melbourne this summer, ...

    Article : 191 words
  11. POUCE KILLED, £150,600 STOLEN

    JERUSALEM, Friday (A.A. P.).—Jewish terrorists killed four British policemen and stole £ 150,000 in a gun battle outside ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. FRANCE AT END OF RESOURCES

    PARIS, Friday (A.A.P.) — France's dollar resources would soon be exhausted. She would have to cease all dollar ...

    Article : 98 words
  13. CHURCH UNION HITCH

    SPRINGFIELD (Massachusetts), Friday (A.A.P.).—Rev. Herbert Secomb, of Melbourne, secretary of the Methodist General Conference ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. WANT TO REPAY GERMAN WHO FED THEM

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Two Australian soldiers are seeking to repay a German airman who shared his ration with them on Crete in 1941. ...

    Article : 160 words
  15. WARNING OF ECONOMIC

    WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.p.).—Warning that "a severe economic storm appears to be threatening," Mr. Marriner S. ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. ELDER STATESMAN JUMPS INTO SEA

    TOKIO, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Toru Shimlzu, elder statesman and member of the Privy Council which ratified the declaration of war, ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. MAY CARRY JET AIRCRAFT

    CANBERRA, Friday. — The two aircraft-carriers which Australia is to obtain from Great Britain may carry let-propelled aircraft, the Minister ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. More Powerful Atomic Weapons

    WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.). —The United States Atomic Energy Commission disclosed to-day plans for the development of more ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. TRIAL OF PETKOV TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE

    LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Britain, in a Note of protest to Bulgaria, said the trial of Nikola Petkov, Bulgarian Opposition leader, was a travesty of justice. The circumstances had confirmed the sinister impression that the Bulgarian Government was determined ...

    Article : 222 words
  20. MASS EXECUTION OF RACEHORSES

    SALEM (New Hampshire), Friday (A.A.P.).—Mass execution ot thoroughbred racehorses suffering from swamp fever ...

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  21. 200.000 INDIANS KILLED SINCE AUTONOMY GRANTED

    LAHORE, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The West Punjab Government announced to-day that several thousand Moslems attacked a Sikh-Hindu refugee train at Kamoke, about 25 miles west of Lahore, on Wednesday, killing 340 Sikhs and Hindus and wounding 250. ...

    Article : 332 words
  22. Famous Opera Star Takes Film Offer

    Lotte Lehmann, famous opera star, has finally accepted a film offer with MGM. The singer, who visited Australia in 1937 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. EXPRESS HELD UP 4 HOURS BY DERAILMENT

    HOBART. Friday. — Northern members of Parliament returning from the Parliamentary session, which opened this week, were held ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. To Work Longer Hours

    LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.). —Thirteen hundred employes of the profit-sharing firm of O. T. and J. Taylor Ltd., ...

    Article : 70 words
  25. BRITISH MASSES BEING 'STRANGLED TO DEATH'

    NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).—The magazine "Life to-day carries an 11-page report on "Britain's dim dictatorship" by the best-selling Left Wing novelist, John Dos Passos, who, after six weeks in England, declares: "Under a Government of their own creation, ...

    Article : 299 words
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  27. CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY MEAT

    NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.) —Senator Balph Flanders (Republican), chairman of the Congressional sub-committee ...

    Article : 129 words
  28. NO FURTHER IMPORT CUTS YET

    CANBERRA, Friday. — The Commonwealth Government will not consider further cuts in dollar imports until it hears ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. Aid for Orchestra if City Councils Will Help

    HOBART, Friday—"I am prepared to recommend an annual Government grant of £5000 towards increasing the personnel of the Hobart Symphony Orchestra from 17 to 24 players, provided that the Hobart and Launceston ...

    Article : 375 words
  30. ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY FOR N. ZEALAND

    WELLINGTON. Friday (A.A. P.—Reuter)—More than £10,000,000 will be invested in construction work and plant for ...

    Article : 138 words
  31. TO CLEAR WAY FOR MIGRATION

    LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.Reuter).—Dr. J. S. Smythe, leader of the Australian medical mission to Germany, arrived at ...

    Article : 111 words
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  33. U.N. ARGUMENT OVER NEW MEMBERS

    LAKE SUCCESS, Friday (A.A.P.).—Another argument over the admission of new members to the United Nations began yesterday in the Security Council when Poland, supported by Soviet, moved that Italy, Hungary, ...

    Article : 157 words
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