Indian Daily Mail, 20 February 1947
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Title Section15 1947-02-20 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. HI, No. 9. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS15 words
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249 1947-02-20 1 Sequel To Indian Political Deadlock Attlee To Make Announcement Today: White Paper To Follow !>. Authoritative sources here said on WedIho British Government has decided to recall Lord Wjveil f 1 1 hls P° st JUS Viceroy of India. The decbion ifl said toAP - 249 words
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Article73 1947-02-20 1 ....AND ALL THIS MONEY WASTED? Unton, Feb. 19. The visit M Ito BrUMi Cabinet Mission to India tosi £31,250. This Has ihe supplementary for civil and revenue department* for £115,000,000 ]'s>ued foday as a White Paper. Included also m a £66,881 MippJementary estimate for nd Burma services are the MunsReuter - 73 words
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Article326 1947-02-20 1 Persistent rumours and suggestions are current m London today to the effect that a change m the Viceroyalty of India is imminent, cables Fraser Wighton, Renter's Political Correspondent, m a message received m Singapore about midnight. Official quarters are silent on the subject, but the political world isReuter - 326 words
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67 1947-02-20 1 Chinese Allege Insincerity, Discrimination Against Filipinos Manila, Feb. 19. Negotiations underway for more than seven months between the Chinese and Philippines Governments for a general treaty of friendship and trade between the two Asiatic neighbours, were suddenly suspended by the Chinese Legation on orders from Nanking, it was announced today,AP - 67 words
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Article46 1947-02-20 1 10. -The marriage In I'eter Maitland Artillery, and the w,n take place I 20. it was anthe wcond dauount Wavell, Viceroy Viscountess Wavell. f^g re.cpwon will be WettOjTa House, New ne younger son of hal Sir Arthur and 1Bm "f Wcntwortr?. APAP - 46 words
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Article12 1947-02-20 1 J» -The Greek f «*ed permission for <* noid a matt meet- ReuterReuter - 12 words
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Article87 1947-02-20 1 KOO-M ARSHALL TALK NO DETAILS New York, Feb. 19.— The United States Secretary of State Gen. George Marshall, has discussed with the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Wellington Koo, the question of economic assistance to China. Speaking at a Press conference, Gen. Marshall said Dr. Koo was "veryReuter - 87 words
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97 1947-02-20 1 Housing Racket: Malaya Can Learn From H.K. Hongkong, Feb. 19.— The first court case involving "key money" may, be the opening of an official campaign against the housing racket m Hongkong. Wong Yuk-lp. a landlady, convicted under the Rent Control Proclamation of 1945, was fined HK$2,OOO for instructing Rent CollectorAP - 97 words
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Article152 1947-02-20 1 RANGOON STRIKE IS OVER Rangoon, Feb. 19.— Rangoon dockworkers and oilier labourers, who have been on strike nearly three weeks, will resume work tomorrow. The decision to call off the strike followed the acceptance of most of the workers' demands as a result 02 negotiations between the strike committee and152 words
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118 1947-02-20 1 Washington. Feb. 19.— -U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, m a pointed lesson on the American democratic system, on Tuesday rejected a Russian protest that Under-Secretary of State Dean Acheson bad made remarks "rudely slanderous and hostile to the Soviet Union." Gen. Marshall's replyAP - 118 words
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Article61 1947-02-20 1 Amseterday, Feb. 19.— The name of Princess Juliana's fourth daughter born on Tuesday will be Maria Christina. Officially it will be her Royal Highness Maria-Christina, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nasau, after her mother; Princess of Lippe-Biserfeld after her father. Official notice ofAP - 61 words
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Article390 1947-02-20 1 London, Feb. 19.— British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced on Tuesday that Britain probably would not refer the Palestine question to the United Nations until September, that she would make no recommendations as to a solution and that Palestine immigration would remain, for the timeAP; UP; Reuter - 390 words
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135 1947-02-20 1 (From Our Own Correspondentj Pondichcrry, Feb. 19. Mr. Suppiah, one of the members elected to the French India Assembly left for Paris yesterday. On the eve of his departure, Mr. Suppiah said: "During my sojourn m France, I shall ask the French Government to change135 words
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106 1947-02-20 1 Punjab League's Terms For Withdrawing Satyagraha From Our Own Correspondent) Lahore, iefo. 19. League leader Xa/imuddin met the Punjab Governor yesterday and expfavned ihr provincial L— gue's Urins for withdrawing Salyagraha. The League's demand*, include the removal oi ail restrictions on civil liberty, replacement oi the Public Safety Ordinance by106 words
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Article64 1947-02-20 1 tlioni Our Own Correspondent) Madra t, Feb. 19. It is likely that the rice content of the food ration m the province may be m(- i.id to 12 ounces ftom the Al week of March. The Premier, who returned hum Delhi yesterday evening, said crops64 words
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165 1947-02-20 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Feb. 19.— A demand for the release of Indian National Army prisoners was made by members when the Central Assembly yesterday took up for consideration a nonofficial resolution moved by Ghani Khan, son of Ghaffar Khan.165 words
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Article102 1947-02-20 1 (By Our Staff Reporter) At an emergency meeting of the <J< mmittce of the J.r.S.A. held yesterday eventaf, it was unanim iiivlv resolved to reject the award oi back na> made by < government on 14-^- 17. It uas also resolved U fall m Ji>e102 words
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247 1947-02-20 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta Feb. 19.-— The Bengal Hindu Mahasabha Executive has adopted a scheme for the creation of a separate homeland for Hindus m Bengal. The Executive U of the opinion that amr minority ol a: least one CTOre Of247 words
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252 1947-02-20 1 rhe Council of tin Singuporc U lion of Postal and Tele-Commu- ma Workers while exprt t disappointment m the way G ncrnment has dealt with the whole question oi back-pay, rejects lit term* oj settlement cmb( died In the Colonial Secretary's er ol 14th252 words
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Article55 1947-02-20 1 Lgkong, Fob li Mental pa».( uts In Hongkoti] are beJ trai Perred to Ca n >n because 01 lack »t accomm< i hen s« far r»~ persons have been en thej and th government i^ pas the Canton Municipal Council a mai nance tef otAP - 55 words
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594 1947-02-20 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Thursday, Feb, 20, 1947. INDIAN SITUATION A REVIEW THINGS are moving fast m India and invariably heading to a climax. Whether this climax will tafce the form of a crisis or not, is yet to be seen; but for the moment everything depends on the nature594 words
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554 1947-02-20 2 India's Muslim Community Not "Stooge Of British. Nor Anti-National London, Feb. ID. An appeal to Western powers to learn from the ideals of unity and brothrehood of Islam was made, on the eve of the departure from London of the Arab delegates to the Palestine conference, by Madji Abdur RehmanReuter - 554 words
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118 1947-02-20 2 Rangoon, Feb. 19. U Aung San and other members of the Burma Executive Council held daylong conferences yesterday m an effort to settle the strike of bank employees and clerical staff of commercial firms which has paralysed all trade and commerce In the countryReuter - 118 words
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105 1947-02-20 2 New York, Feb. 19.— Two factories costing $1,000,000 for the manufacture of cigarettes, and another costing even more for the production of stoves, are to be erected m the Bombay area following the visit to the United States oi Hunatlal Shah, head of the BombayReuter - 105 words
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200 1947-02-20 2 STRIKES CAUSE ACUTE SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN RANGOON Rangoon, Feb. 19.— For the fifth day m succession Rangoon banks and business houses remained closed Monday as a result of widespread strikes involving well over 40,000 workers. Day-long picketing by the strikers affected not only large commercial firms but also leadingReuter - 200 words
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133 1947-02-20 2 MOST PHOTOGRAPHED INDIAN WOMAN LEAVES LONDON London, Feb. 19. London is losing one of its most photographed women 23 -year -old Mist Maria m Afzal, a second officer m the "Women* Royal Naval Service and the first Indian woman to hold an exocutivc position at the India Office. Miss Afzal,Reuter - 133 words
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Article87 1947-02-20 2 Calcutta. Feb. 18.— The Bengal Muslim League Council has requested Maulana Akram Khan to withdraw his letter of resignation and continue as President of the Council. The resolution was proposed by H. S. Suhrawardy, Chief Minister of Bengal, and carried by a majority. About 500AP - 87 words
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Article56 1947-02-20 2 New Delhi, Feb. 19.— The Government of India will consider the desirability of renaming a lane between officers' quarters at Deolali, the trooping centre about one hundred miles from Bombay, known as "Smuts Avenue," it was stated here. The lane was given this name m 1943Reuter - 56 words
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Article63 1947-02-20 2 Calcutta (Air Mail). Professor Ahmed Ali. author of "Twilight m Delhi" and Head of the Department of English at Presidency College, Calcutta, will soon be leaving for Nanking as Visiting Professor to the National Central University In China. Besides delivering lectures on English literature heReuter - 63 words
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122 1947-02-20 2 Colombo, Feb. 19.— Legislation to prevent Buddhist monks becoming members of the State Council or local government bodies and from holding government office is contemplated by the Ministry of Home Affairs m Ceylon. Requests have been made to the Ministry from several sourcesUP - 122 words
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Article, Illustration107 1947-02-20 2 Sardar Baldev Singh, Def^ Member, accompanied by Mem bers of the Nationalisation Com mittee recently visited the Selec lion of Personnel Directorate at Meerut, where they sslv, Officers' Selection Board at O rk. The Defence Member grw, officers of the Selection of p^ sonnel Directorate (top pictt^ To commemorate 'Kaugawlfcv107 words
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241 1947-02-20 2 Cl» IV ALTER MASON, Wi.l«d Fro., The first development w;u the BoaT 1C w lO i U f the Sikh £«2S Boaids Working Committee that it nl approved of the Muslim League movement.. One committee memmU l f dIC V ca the Sikh ttonselvSAP - 241 words
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242 1947-02-20 2 injur^ ff"* and nine were police Jade a lZm\slZf c Z^to SS£A2r s.on. the Modi. J—gLSfc Zgttttgj me editors of five Muslim League newspapers m Lahore have decided not to comply with the Punjab Government order requiring provincial paper* to submit forReuter - 242 words
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334 1947-02-20 2 Representatives of si which met m conference at Car berra last week appointed cor I toes to plan the creation of a perl manent South Pacific Comir.^;:-! to consider means and advice gor-l ernment on methods of advau I the social, economic, educa I334 words
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Article58 1947-02-20 2 New Delhi (Air Mail).— The police stopped a procession of Muslims led by an elephum because, it was stated, no permission was given for the elephant to take part. The Muslims were celebrating the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed. The processionists refused to proceed without their elephant and afterReuter - 58 words
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234 1947-02-20 3 If Colonialism Is Forced, Asia Will Explode, Says Dr. Judd HuntinKton. West Virginia, Feb. 19. Representative judd, Republican of Minnesota, on Tuesday called on the States to make unmistakably clear to all concerned that ill stand by the democracies m Europe, but weAP - 234 words
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Article33 1947-02-20 3 Copenhagen, Feb. 18.— A Danish Dakota carrying night mail made a forced landing last night on ice m Deresund off the Swedish port of Malmoe. It caught fire, but the crew escaped.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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199 1947-02-20 3 Mineapolis, Feb. 19.— Tryjve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaking at a round table national conference of Christians and Jews, called war talk an idiot's dream. The people, he said, don't want another war. Some people suffered more than othersUP - 199 words
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538 1947-02-20 3 Broadway— Hollywood Wrangle New York, Feb. 19. Bri tain s President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, has P ut the cat among the pigeon*, pigeons of both Broadway and Hollywood, with his recent warning that unless British fibn sReuter - 538 words
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111 1947-02-20 3 London, Feb. 18,— Neuny all members of the Nationalist, topposmonj Party were absent when me King and Queen and the two Princesses arrived at Governmen House, South Africa, tne Dany Herald reported from Capieiown. Only ten of the Nationalist Members of Parliament and no senators wereReuter - 111 words
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114 1947-02-20 3 Wimbledon, Feb. 18- An ancient waterwhecl. first mentioned m the Doomsday Book, has saved a Winioledon arm stopping production through the fuel cuts. The wheel is turned by the river Wander and i*> harnessed to shafts WAiich provide power for halt the machines m aReuter - 114 words
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Article98 1947-02-20 3 Jogjakarta. (Air Mail; Aniar-i •.(•ports that the Indonesian Nationalist Party headquarters ha* called on the nation to establish what it calls a "national unity front" with the objective ol "wanting off attacks of colonialism and imperialism." This announcement wa.^ Issued m view of the new development* preventingReuter - 98 words
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355 1947-02-20 3 London, Feb. 18, The l orr.munists m South Africa have decided lo boycott all demonstrations connected with the Royal tour. 1). l)u IMessis, South African delegate to the Empire Communist Part} Conference, which opens here <<n Feb. li<> toldReuter - 355 words
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Article142 1947-02-20 3 NChicago, Feb. 18.— Arthur B. Fuyt\ President of the Far East American Council of Commerce and Industry told a trade conference here that Orient challenge on United States businessmen carfiot be ignored. He said although the area is now generally politically and economically disrupted "the peoplesUP - 142 words
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Article59 1947-02-20 3 London, Feb. 18.— BLsley, famous range m Surrey for British riflemen will be the scene of the shooting competition for the 1948 Olympics from August 2. The events will probably include full bore at 500 yards, any target pistol calibre .22 inches (5.5-mili-meten at 50 metres andAP - 59 words
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88 1947-02-20 3 London, Fob. 18.— King George yesterday cabled his sympathy from South Africa to the people of shivering Britain. No. 10 Downing Street announced: 'The King has sent v telegram from HMS Vanguard tnanking the Prime Minister for keeping his Majesty m touch with theUP - 88 words
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87 1947-02-20 3 The United Sates Government iia.s reacted favouraoiy to the Bntisn approach concerning tne resumption oi normal trade relations with Japan, h was authoritatively learned today, writes Reuters diplomatic corr spondent. It is understood tni b Biitiah approach to the State Department was niaac recently.Reuter - 87 words
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63 1947-02-20 3 Jogjakarta, <Air Mail).- -The Indonesian Supreme Defence Council hag announced regulation In connection with the creation .of military zones m Republican territories, Antara reports. According io the aunouncenn ut* the local commandants ol desig-j nated military zones are aiTordod .special powers Ln respect or tne63 words
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Article84 1947-02-20 3 London, I'eb. IS. The last l'oj>)»> Hay has raised nearly £0.">Q.000 and is to be spent this year on welfare and henpTolcnt services. A considerable proportion will be dispensed through thousands of service committees all over Britain to alleviatr temporary need among x -service people.Reuter - 84 words
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80 1947-02-20 3 Tokio. Feb. 18. Th( paper "Tokyo Times" said toda: that Japan f a 5,000.000 Buddhl will rally together to stage a political offensive ;i <r :»insr the Com munists m the general flections expected late In April. The paper ;i aid that the BuddhistsUP - 80 words
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Advertisement28 1947-02-20 3 (■001) NEWS W HOUSEWIVES i-imMert stocks i»t t m«rn lirantfj Ifutnlnium uraren hive arrived Thr vitality hetlci lhan tli«* prr-wnr St;indar<l S P MEHTA. Nirlb Rrtdzc Titbit ftmcwtwr28 words
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Article40 1947-02-20 4 The Provisional Government of A/ad Hind Day falls on Friday, the 21si February. A simple wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the ex-INA memorial site at 5.30 p.m. sharp. All Indiana m Singapore arc requested to attend.40 words
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247 1947-02-20 4 Indian Delegate Criticises n New York, Feb. 19. The accusation that the Secretariat report on the Far East showed "prejudice against economic advancement from the East" was made m the United Nations Working Group for Asia by the Indian delegate, B. N. Adarkar. He alsoReuter - 247 words
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Article415 1947-02-20 4 An armed robbery took place m Lim Ah Ping Road on Monday at about 8 p.m. The robbers, four Chinese, entered a house and robbed the Chinese victims of $319 and valuables worth $138. There were three street robberies on Tuesday, but on two robberies no arms415 words
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Article112 1947-02-20 4 At a general meeting of the Jasin Local Indian Congre.ss held on 14th February. 1947 at 4.30 p.m., m the Kamala Theatre. Jasin, presided over by Sri. O. AR. Arunasalm Chettiar. the following were elected new office-bearers for Sri. Ratilal Hirachand of Jasin: Chairman; Sri. M.Reuter - 112 words
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192 1947-02-20 4 The Government of Madras have sanctioned a scheme for the promotion of twenty transport Cooperative Societies to operate m almost all the districts of the province for the employment of exservicemen. During the war there was a stoppage of imports of motor vehicles, thereby192 words
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Article163 1947-02-20 4 Singapore, Feb. 19.— A new En<rUsh language newspaper, to be named the "Tiger Standard/ is to be published here In the near future by Mr. Aw Swan, son of Mr. Aw Boon Haw, the multi-million-aire industrial magnate of "Tiger Balm" fame, Reutcr learns from informedReuter - 163 words
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Article131 1947-02-20 4 Tokyo (Air Mail).— Considerable confusion is expected to result rrom tho Ministry of Education's announcement that, effective April Ist, schools In Japan will teach the Japanese language m the Roman alphabet, and that changes will be made m the spelling of romanised characters. The newReuter - 131 words
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Article28 1947-02-20 4 The Hospital Youngsters met the Medical College Union at soccer on the College ground, the match ending m a goalless draw, both sides missing a lot of opportunities.28 words
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202 1947-02-20 4 Faris, Feb. 10. Because of in- < leased venereal disease, the French Minister of Public Health has asked fhe National Assembly to restore compulsory examination of prostitutes. If the Ministry's bill is passed. 11 will be compulsory for all women known to be practising prostitution 10Reuter - 202 words
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411 1947-02-20 4 In the death of Professor Percy Maude Koxby, the chief British Council representative m China, Britain has lost a man of whom she can be proud, and China has lost one of her best friends. Professor Roxby was head of the Geography Department411 words
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164 1947-02-20 4 "Canada Handing Over Territory, Army For Aggression" Moscow, Feb. 19. The Izvestia said yesterday that under the agreement recently signed between the Canadian and the United States Governments for continued co-operation between the armed forces of the two countries and collaboration m the use of Canadian national defence estatblishments, CanadaReuter - 164 words
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Article165 1947-02-20 4 London's Scotland Yard gives full credit to its Information Department for the growing co-ope-ration of the public m the war against crime. Statistics show that 60,095 calls, sponsored by the "man-in-the-street," were made to the Yard's information room m 1946, as compared with 37,661 m165 words
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Article27 1947-02-20 4 Chichester, England. Feb. 19.— Mattlicv. Phipps, a?ird 82. the author of scores of adventure stories and serials, died here on Monday. It was lrariu-d on Tuescfiy.- APAP - 27 words
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