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Article : 267 wordsNEW DELHI, Aug 4.—A communique yesterday announced that the Government of India was "not prepared to countenance the ...
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Article : 277 wordsLONDON. Aug 4.—The Associated Press correspondent in Moscow says that the man in the street is avidly reading the "Pravda" back page on ...
Article : 81 wordsBOMBAY, Aug. 4.—The Indian Communist Party announced today that Indian Communists were doing their utmost to convince their ...
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Article : 69 wordsWASHINGTON. Aug 3.—The Secretary of the Navy (Col Frank Knox) today decorated 21 naval aviators for their exploits during ...
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Article : 163 wordsREYKJAVIK (Iceland), Aug 3.—The US military authorities announced today that a German Focke-Wulf bombed a remote military ...
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Article : 91 wordsExcept where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...
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