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Article : 116 wordsArchbishop Dunig said last night that on Monday he received a cable message from Cardinal Pacelli, Secretary of State at the Vatican, stating that the ...
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Article : 47 wordsKing George VI., wearing shorts, walking to the sea for a swim during his visit to the Public Schoolboys' holiday ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 81 wordsThe Chamber of Deputies, by a unanimous vote, authorised the Government to float a Polish loan of £13,500,000 to assist Poland to carry ...
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