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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1947

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey & Curley a Necessity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 7

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey & Curley a Necessity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 7

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey & Curley a Necessity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 7

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Graphic Pictures of Much Discussed lbw Decisions England Stirred By Ibw Rulings

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Ibw decisions against Edrich and Compton in yesterday's Test play have…

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Pretty College Girl Was Murdered After She Saw the "Dance of Death" The FBI is patting itself on the back, pleased because praise is showering on it from police forces all over the world after G-men have solved one of the toughest murder cases of the decade. For months the FBI had been trying to solve the riddle of the death of pretty young college student, Henrietta Schmerler, murdered after she defied the taboo of the warlike Apache Indians, and watched the warriors prance through their annual Dance of Death. Soon, Henrietta's Apache murderer will go to the electric chair

The World's News · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 5

IT is roughly 2000-miles from the campus of Columbia University, in New York City, to the Whiteriver Apache Indian Reservation, in…

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Police Suspect A Perfect Murder Her Body Was Packed in the Honeymoon [?]Uggage Police of three countries are puzzled by a crime which shrieks "murder" but one which is likely to remain unsolved for all time. Police files in Washington, London and Belgrade have pictures of the suspected victim; in a police storeroom is the trunk which once contained her honeymoon clothes but later probably contained her bloodstained body; in America's Sing Sing Gaol is the man who probably committed the perfect crime, and by that means saved himself from the noose or the electric chair

The World's News · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

THE baffling mystery has become known, as the "Honeymoon Trunk Case," because investigators believe that clever, wealthy Agnes…

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Free Band Concert

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 26

The A.B.C., in conjunction with the Sydney Municipal Council, will present a free military band and organ concert in the Sydney Town Hall this…

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Dance Unmacabre

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 12

This is the witching hour of noon; Bedlam breaks upon us soon. When the stroke of twelve has…

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Graphic Pictures of Overseas Events

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 28

THE TREACHEROUS Goodwin Sands claimed another victim on Dec. 27, when the Northern Victory went aground and broke in…

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Words & Pictures Bib and Bub

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 11

Auntie Bear was a teacher of singing. Said she, "Such happiness it's bringing." But she would keep windows open wide, And everyone felt so cold inside…

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Find The Ball -- No. 4

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 28

The ball in this cricket picture has been obliterated. Can you find it? If you think you can, mark in ink a cross to indicate where you believe the centre of the missing ball should be…

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This is how to play Hub-ball

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 4

Throws for goal must be made from the circle and only after the ball has been handled in three sections, remaining in possession of one team…

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Half-mile Pictures From Moorefield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 10

FLYING HANDICAP.—All the risers in this picture, taken as the field passed the half-mile, appeared to be riding very confident races. G. Moore, on the winner Brazier, had a good hold on his mount, who at this stage was at least four horses out from the rails. Brazier moved up to be second for home and got to the front half way down the straight to beat Oriental, who finished strongly, and the weakening Western Monarch. Clipper's fourth was impressive, as it was his first run for some time…

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Police Cordon Round Theatre

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police, remembering former notorious gangster John Dillinger, who was ambushed and killed in a Chicago…

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Police Cordon Round Theatre

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police, remembering former notorious gangster John Dillinger, who was ambushed and killed in a Chicago…

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Police Cordon Round Theatre

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Police, remembering former notorious gangster John Dillinger, who was ambushed and killed in a Chicago…

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Minerva Theatre Changes Hands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 4

One of Sydney's three commercial stage theatres, the Minerva, of King's Cross, has been sold to an undisclosed purchaser…

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"Find the Ball": No. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 10

Below are details of the third "Find the Ball" Competition which the "Herald" is conducting for the Children's Hospital. In the picture published below, the ball has been, painted out. Study the picture carefully and MARK WITH A CROSS, preferably in ink, what…

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No Approval Yet for Theatre Sale

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 5

APPROVAL of the sale of the Minerva Theatre had not yet been received from the Federal Treasurer, the managing director of Minerva…

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No Approval Yet for Theatre Sale

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 5

APPROVAL of the sale of the Minerva Theatre had not yet been received from the Federal Treasurer, the managing director of Minerva…

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