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  2. CHINESE COMEDY.

    SHANGHAI, May 14.—Over 2,000 Chinese college students commandeered and manned a 45-car freight train, on which they set out ...

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  3. WORLD RESTORATION.

    LONDON, May 14.—Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, who made his maiden speech, lasting 55 minutes, in the House of Lords yesterday, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. HUNGRY GERMANS.

    LONDON, May 14.—The Commander-in-Chief of the British zone in Germany (Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Sholto ...

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  5. LABOUR CONTROL.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Senate passed yesterday the controversial Labour Bill by 68 votes to 24. The House of ...

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  6. ITALIAN CRISIS.

    ROME, May 14.—Announcing his resignation yesterday after a brief stormy Cabinet meeting, the Premier (Signor de Gasperi) said a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. ARABS THREATEN BOYCOTT.

    NEW YORK, May 13.—Because of the refusal of the United Nations Assembly to direct the proposed Palestine inquiry commission specifically to consider the question of Palestine independence, the Arab States threatened today ...

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  8. KOREA'S FUTURE.

    WASHINGTON, May 13.—The United Press learns that the Secretary of State (Mr. Marshall) and the Soviet Foreign Minister (Mr. ...

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  9. ROCKET TESTS.

    LONDON, May 14.—High officers of the Dominions forces and the United States Air Force were invited to Wiltshire Downs to watch ...

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  10. AUSTRALIANS PRAISED.

    LONDON, May 14.—"It is a really fine gesture. We are very grateful," the Minister of Food (Mr. Strachey) said today when ...

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  11. U.S. WOOL TAX PLANS.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—Republican leaders in the House of Representatives tentatively agreed at a conference yesterday to delete ...

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  12. TROOPS SEEK KILLERS.

    JERUSALEM, May 14.—Three hundred British troops combed the Jewish settlement of Givat Shaul, in the Jerusalem area, in a hunt for ...

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  13. "MASS WEEP."

    NANKING, May 14.—To focus attention on the plight in which China finds itself as a result of civil war and economic difficulties, 1,000 ...

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  14. NO AUSTRALIAN PROTEST.

    CANBERRA, May 14.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told Mr. Abbott (C.P., N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives today that ...

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  15. GERMAN BUSINESSMEN INDICTED.

    Revelations of how the international cartel controlled by the German chemical trust, I. G. Farben, held up both British and United States re-armament are made in an indictment of 24 officials of the concern who are shortly to he tried at Nuremberg. It is alleged ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. WITNESSES TO MURDER.

    LONDON, May 14.—Two passengers who were in the corridor of a compartment on the Guildford to Camberley train on April 24 saw a ...

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  17. INDIAN PLAN DELAY.

    LONDON, May 14.—It is authoritatively stated, says Reuters political correspondent, that the return of General Lord Ismay (a ...

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  18. FIGHTING IN SHANTUNG.

    NANKING, May 14.—The Director of Information (Mr. Hollington Tong) today told a Press conference that Nationalist forces ...

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  19. INDONESIA'S ECONOMY.

    BATAVIA, May 14.—The Republican Minister of Economic Affairs (Dr. Gani), in a statement issued today in reply to a ...

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  20. CARING FOR REFUGEES.

    LAKE SUCCESS, May 14.—The Australian delegate to the United Nations (Col. W. R. Hodgson) yesterday signed on behalf of Australia ...

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  21. GENEVA DEADLOCK.

    GENEVA, May 14.—Following the deadlock in the wool tariff negotiations with the United States, Dr. H. C. Coombs, head of the ...

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  22. POLICE SEARCH FOR KILLERS.

    LONDON, May 14.—After fruitlessly questioning scores of suspects and following up many blind trails, detectives seeking the gunmen who ...

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  23. ANTARCTIC WHALING.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—Australia, New Zealand and Britain, in separate Notes, have informed the State Department that they will ...

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  24. FRENCH ARMY PLANS.

    PARIS, May 14.—The Minister of War (M. Floret) revealed today plans for a mobile streamlined French Army equipped for atomic ...

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  25. BRITISH VESSEL ABANDONED.

    MONROVIA (Liberia), May 14.—The British ship Stanhill (2,337 tons) is fast aground four miles east of Tabu. She is on fire astern ...

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  26. NIPPON SETTLEMENT.

    WASHINGTON, May 13.—The possibility that the Council of Foreign Ministers formula will be dispensed with in writing the Japanese peace treaty and a body similar to the Far Eastern Commission may be used instead was admitted by authoritative quarters today. British ...

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  27. AMERICA'S DIPLOMATIC WORRIES.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—Reuters correspondent learns that at least seven of the 15 men holding key positions in the upper echelon of the State Department will resign in the near future and the Secretary' of State (Mr. Marshall) will not only be faced with the difficult problem ...

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  28. HUSBAND TO DIE.

    LONDON, May 14.—Eric Charles Briggs (41) was convicted yesterday at the Leeds Assizes of having murdered his wife, who died of multiple ...

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  29. STABILISED FARM PRICES URGED.

    THE HAGUE, May 14.—The Dutch Minister of Agriculture (Mr. S. L. Mansholt), opening the first annual conference of the ...

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  30. ARAKAN REBELS' CRIMES.

    RANGOON, May 14.—More than 2,000 troops have been sent to Arakan where "open rebellion" is reported after the re-arrest of the ...

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  31. BLUNT WARNING.

    FRANKFURT, May 14.—The Commander-in-Chief of the American zone (Lieut.-General Lucius Clay) today issued a warning that ...

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  32. DOLLAR A WORD.

    NEW YORK, May 14.—The "New York Times" and the magazine "Life" announced today that they had obtained the United States ...

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  33. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated. the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian ...

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