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  3. £2 MILLION GIFT TO HAVE U.N.O. HOME IN MANHATTAN

    A gift of 8,500,000 dollars has been offered by Mr. J. D. Rockfeller Jnr. to the United Nations to purchase a large tract of land in Manhattan for a permanent site for the Organisation but he stipulated that New York ...

    Article : 236 words
  4. Venezuela Insurgents Fail in Attempt to Seize Power

    Insurgents seized Venezuela's major airbase at Maracay at sunrise and immediately dispatched a bomber over Maracay and Caracas. A military spokesman said that a Venezuelan army aircraft ...

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  5. AZERBAIJAN SURRENDER AS TROOPS NEAR

    Tabriz radio, which had previously announced that Azerbaijan troops "were marching on Teheran," last night broadcast a welcome to the Persian troops, which had arrived to preserve the independence of the Persian ...

    Article : 299 words
  6. NO RECALL OF MONTGOMERY FOR SPEECH

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) will defend FieldMarshal Montgomery in the House of Commons against a ...

    Article : 135 words
  7. DANES BUYING EXTENSIVELY FROM BRITAIN

    Britain could not ignore repercussions which would follow if it paid Denmark prices for agricultural produce entirely out of relation to those ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. U.S. Correspondents Kidnapped by Greek Guerillas.

    Robert Vermillion and John Phillips, two American Press correspondents, who were touring Thessaly, are believed to have ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. CABINET, SOLE DECIDER OF MILITARY PACTS

    Replying in the House of Commons to a request that the Government should not enter into any military pact with any other ...

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  10. BRITAIN EXPECTS EARLY REPLY FROM ALBANIA

    Mr. Anthony Eden, in the House of Commons, asked whether or not further information could be given on the ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. LABOUR NOT TO PRESS REFERENDUM ON UPPER HOUSE

    The defeat of the Bill, providing for a referendum on the abolition of the Upper House, will be discussed by the State Cabinet on Monday. ...

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  12. JAP PRINCES RENOUNCE PREROGATIVES

    Emperor Hirohito held a family council to-day at which 11 Princes renounced their special Royal prerogatives thereby restricting such ...

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  13. NEHRU CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA

    A resolution calling for the proclamation of India as a Sovereign Republic, which was presented by Pandit Nehru, was the only busine[?] ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. U.S. Alarm Over Anglo-Russian "Jockeying"

    Mr. Byrnes is alarmed Dy the deadlock-over disarmament and by the trend of British and Russian "jockeying" says the "Herald-Tribune." ...

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  15. TERRORIST JEWS RAID ARAB VILLAGE

    Thirty Jews, believed to be members of the Haganah organisation, raided an Arab village near Jaffa, wounded the headman, abducted his son and cousin and later "court-martialled" them for alleged theft of arms from a secret Jewish cache. ...

    Article : 228 words
  16. INDIAN PASSIONS STIRRED AT LONDON TALKS

    Reporting to the House of Commons that the talks in London with the Indian delegates, in an attempt to solve the differ ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. PASSENGERS ON SHIP SUFFER FROM FOOD POISONING

    Advice has been received that 250 of the 1,000 passengers aboard the Dominion Monarch, which is en route to Australia, had taken ill when the ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. PURCHASE TAX "AIDS BLACKMARKET"

    A drastic reduction in the purcnase tax on jewels and silverware is recommended in a report to the Board of Trade by a committee consisting ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. ECONOMIST FAVOURS RISE IN U.S. WAGES

    The Committee of the C.I.O. has prepared the ground for impending wage demands by releasing a report by Mr. Robert Nathan, former ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. British Soldiers Make Reprisal Raids For Italian Attacks

    About 100 British soldiers armed with truncheons and stocks, stormed through the centre of Padua yesterday, overturning civilian cars, ...

    Article : 132 words
  21. NAZI-ISM NOT YET STAMPED OUT IN EUROPE

    Nazi-ism and Fascism have not yet been rooted out in Europe. They are lying dormant and it is possible that they might once more be fanned into flames. For that reason, the Lord ...

    Article : 127 words
  22. B.B.C. BRAINS TRUST OFFENDS

    The Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Beasley)' has protested to the B.B.C. over a statement by Dr. O. E. M. Joad, a member of the Brains ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. B.B.C. STAFF ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING GIFTS

    An inquiry is to be conducted by Sir Valentine Holmes, K.C., into allegations in the House of Commons by Wing-Commander Cooper that ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. TROOPS NOT ARRESTED FOR LEAVING SHIP

    Soldiers, who walked off the Empress of Scotland, are not under arrest and will sail for the Far East on the next available ship, declared ...

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  25. SHARP EXCHANGES WITH FOOD MINISTER IN COMMONS

    The Minister for Food (Mr. Strachey) figured in sharp exchanges which broke the usual decorum during the debate on the Restaurants Bill ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. TRUSTEESHIP DRAFTS APPROVED

    The Trusteeship Committee approved by 35 votes to 8 of trusteeship agreements, including the Australian draft for New Guinea and the New ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. RUSSIAN FISHERMEN RESCUED FROM CASPIAN SEA

    More than 3,000 Russian fishermen were rescued from the ice-covered Caspian Sea which froze after one of the worst hurricanes on record. ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. EARTHQUAKE TOLL IN SOUTHERN FORMOSA

    Quoting an official report the Central Newsagency stated that the toll of the earthquakes in Southern Formosa early in the month ...

    Article : 56 words
  29. GREEK CHARGES RIDICULED BY BULGARIA

    The Bulgarian Foreign Minister (Kimon Georgiev) ridiculed in the Bulgaran Parliament Greek charges that armed bands are being trained ...

    Article : 125 words
  30. NEW PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND

    The two Chambers of Parliament elected Dr. Philipp Etter, Vice-President of the Federal Council, as President of the Confederation for next ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. GREECE LAUNCHES DRIVE TO END GUERILLA WARFARE

    The Greek army opened largescale mopping-up operations in the Mount Olympus area. Three small towns, Rapsanl, ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. INDONESIANS EIRE ON DUTCH TROOPS

    A Netherlands military statement disclosed that Dutch troops in clearing up the area around Macassa, where martial law has been ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. EGYPTIAN STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE

    Press dispatches, which Cairo newspapers were not allowed to publish, say that three students were killed and 16 injured, some seriously. ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. RESEARCH INTO DUST IN MINES

    Dr. D. Jones, Professor, of Mining at the Cardiff University, will fly to Australia to make investigations into the incidence of the effect of dust on ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. BLUM TO NOMINATE FOR PREMIERSHIP

    The Socialist Party announced that Blum had yielded to party pressure and agreed to lead a "caretaker" Government of National Unity if ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. LIMBS MAY HAVE COME FROM SEWER

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police believe that the dismembered legs of a child, found on Maroubra Beach, may have come through a sewer outlet to ...

    Article : 47 words
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