Indian Daily Mail, 24 February 1955

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail ,VOL. XI NO. 13 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955 FOUR PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 381 1 Pak. Premier Hopes India Will Not Opposes Eden And Dulles Pledge To Curb Communism In S. E. A. BANGKOK, Feb. 23: The SEATO Council went into secret session m Bangkok's gold encrusted Anuntti Hall this morning, to hammer out hard measures for stemming Communism m South East
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  • 141 1 Polling Day. April 2, will not be a Pudlic Holiday m Singapore. Being a Saturday, there should be ample opportunity fcr every elector who wishes to record his vote to do so either beofre, during or after office hours. The Chief Secretary said yesterday
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  • 66 1 COLOMBO, Feb. 23. Ceylon Buddhists are ''shocked" by a proposal to export monkeys to be used m Atom Test, according to Mr. H. W. Amarasiya, President of the Ceylon Section of the World Federation of Buddhists. Mr. Amarasiya quoted m the evening paper Timesi of Ceylon
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  • 33 1 tfAINUKUK, Feb. 23: Mr. John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State told the SEATO council that the United States was sincere In its desire to defend South East Asia.- Reuter
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  • 94 1 SAN IFRANCISOO, Feb. 23. —Two children from Malaya. How Wing Kufca, 4, and a flster, Hoh Swet Mvi, 6. children of Mr. Hoh Wing Sang of Penang. began learning to live as United States residents yesterday. They arrived here Monday night under the American refugee relief
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  • 78 1 NEW DELHL Feb. 23. lnd a's Health Minister, Rajkumarl Amrit Kaur, said yes- 1 terday American assistance r.as played "an important role" m improving health m India and other under-developed countries. The Minister inaugurated a public health conference sponsored by the U.S. Foreign tsperatlons Administration
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  • 152 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) MADRAS, Feb. 23: There were inspired reports from Delhi yesterday that Commerce Minister Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari was withdrawing his resignation since Prime Minister Sri Nehru has agreed to give him overall control of the production and other Ministries connected
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  • 77 1 Hermann Field, the Cleveland, Ohio, Architect Imprisoned' five years ago m Communist Poland, arrived by train la London last week and was greeted by his two aona, Hugh, 11, and Alan. 9. He came with Ms Londonbom wife Kate from Switzerland, where he baa been recuperating
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  • 38 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 23: New York Radio stations yesterday broadcast reports from Formosa saying Chinese Communists warships were moving on the Nationalist held Manchishan Island. The reports were attributed to official Nationalist sources. Reuter
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  • 99 1 Enrolement in Ind. Schools Decreasing A press statement issued by the Singapore Education Department gives figures which show increase m enrolement m English, Chinese and Malay schools tout a decrease m Indian schools. There were 201,472 pupils enrolled m Singapore schools at the end of January 1955. Comparative figures for
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  • 30 1 Meanwhile three terrorists surrendered yesterday morning (Wednesday) on the Kala Estate m the Kuantai district of Pahang. The surrenders began when a .terrorist surrendered to an estate worker.
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  • 78 1 W NEW DELHI. Feb. W. Q 8 —The Government tg 6 Ciecboslovakia has decld- Sed to present a four- X seater aeropiane to Prime Muuster Nehru as a a" 00 2 X will gesture to India, it X 5 learned here. AC*©- fi 5 choslovak
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  • 171 1 NEW YOKK. Feb. 23: Venereal diseases m the United States are on the increase again and their spread among young people is "alarming, a joint report by three American 'n«alth organizations said today. Teen-agers ana young aduas make up more than half the infectious
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  • 70 1 CAIRO, Feb. 23.— The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect who has been seriously ill during the past two months, will leave by plane for Nice Feb. 28, a spoksman said yesterday. The Aga is now m good condition, the spokesman added. The BOAC cffice
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  • 169 1 STREET-WALKERS MONGRELS CLEARED DRIVERS APPEAR SMART BANGKOK, Feb. 23. —This Thailand capital of Emerald Buddha* and gold roofed palaces has been given a "new look" and a thorough apring o leaning to receive the eight SEATO Foreign Minister meeting here today. Police squads have cleared the
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  • 31 1 Vying with the SEATO visitors for a glimpse of Bangkok's social side lights are three hundred and fifty American aocalled "mlliionalres'i' who arrived m the luxury liner "Kungahclm". Reuter
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  • 69 1 Rs. 714m. Surplus For Indian Railways From Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI, Feb. 23: Railway Minister Mr. LaiBahadur Sastri presenting the Railway Budget m the Lok Sabha yesterday announced that a surplus of Rs. 714,000,000 was expected next year. Some concessions were announced, the most important being a reduction of
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  • 42 1 TOKYO, 'Feb. 23. Pyongyang Radio last night said North Korea has rejected a United Nations Command demand that three neutral rations truce inspection teams go to North Korea to look for evidence of Communist violation of the Korean armistice I agreement AP
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  • 43 1 Mr C Kesavan a former Chief Minister of TravancoreCochin State, will be arriving here today by s.s. Rajula. The •Rajula* will berth at Qodown No. 8, between 10 and li a.m. Mr. Kesavan ie on a short visit to Malay*,
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  • 110 1 India's Support To Red China Criticised NEW DELHI, Feb. 23.- M Vishnu Deshpande, oppositlc member of parliament, today tabled an amendment m the House of the People criticising the Indian Government's support of Coommunist China's claim to Formosa. It regreta that the Government "has made itself open to a change
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  • 311 1 Sind Court Dissolution Order Stayed By Fed* Court Govt. To Engage Br. Lawyer? LAHORE, Feb. 23: Pakistan's Supreme Judicial Authority yesterday halted action by the Sind Provincial Chief Court to restore Taniizuddin Khan to the Presidency of the Constituent Assembly and to turn five cabinet ministers out
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  • 38 1 JAKARTA, (Indonesia* Feb. 28. Indonewam Pre- sident Soekamo plans a pilgrimage to Mecca on July 18 as official guest of the Saudi Arabian Government, Religlious Affairs Minister K. H. Maskjur said yesterday. AP
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  • 511 1 Privy Council Reserves Judgment LONDON, Feb. 23: Judgment was reserved by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday m the appeal by Mr. R. P. S, Rajasooria, Advocate and Solicitor of Kuala Lumpur, against an order of three Judges of the Supreme Court
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  • 93 1 LOW DON, *cO. ZS. Mr Andrei Uromyko, Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister, is expected to arrive here today for disarmament talks which could show whether the recent reshuffle m Mos cow had led to a major shift In Soviet policy. Mr. Jacob Malik, Russian
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  • 108 1 VIOLENCE IN ANDHRA ELECTIONS From Our Own Correspondent KURNOOU Feb. 23: The fourth round of polling begins in Andhra today tense and unruly atmosphere. Though the first three rounds of polling went off without any real disturbances, t&we have been increasing clashes between Communist and Congress work«rs. An explosive situation
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  • 111 1 Feb. 23: Two dinners were given last night m honour of the visiting President of Turkey, Celal Bayar, and his wife. One was for the men. The other was for Mrs. Bayar and the veiled women of this remote northwest province who never mix with menfolk.
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  • 109 1 COLOMBO, Feb. 23: A notice to quit Ceylon that was served on two Japanese monks, G. Mikl and G. Okon, stirred up criticism of the United States today. The monks were asked tv leave on the grounds that their visas had expired, a high b'oreign
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  • 43 1 IjONDON. Feb. 23. Air Marshal Sir aifford Sanderson. OommandfarHm-caiief Far East Air Force from 1952 until la.it November has ret red the official London Gazette sa:< last night, From 1&8 to 1949 he was A'r Officer commanding Ma* lays.- Reuter
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  • 501 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pore, Thurs. Feb. 24, 1955 INDIA'S ATTITUDE TO CHINA QPENING the Budget I Session of Indian Par- i liament, President Dr. I Rajendra Prasad reviewed i the World situation and < warned that "the threat f of war again darkens the future of humanity," and pointed to
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  • 972 2 Plea To Maintain Traditions! Academy For Mysore BANGALORE. Inaugurating tne Mysore State Academy of Dance, Drama and Music Mr. P. V. Rajamannar, Chief Justice of Madras and Chairman of the National Academy, observed that he was against following democratic principles m art, if it meant that
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  • 61 2 Kashmir Trainees For Indian Institutes JAMMU: The State Government has sanctioned a R&. 60.000 scheme for the tiaining of the State's young men m various technical institutions m India. Already several boys have been sent to Amritsar, shantiniketan and Tnavanopre-Oo-chin for this purpose. The State Directorate of Industries Is also
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  • 118 2 Twenty-six civil servants from the Federation of Malaya. Singapore Brunei, North 5°r neo Swat*** comprise the latest and largest groan of Asians to come under the Colombo Plan to study public adminJstrnt'ott In Australia. They began their six months' visit to Australia by a stay m the
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  • 202 2 LiONDON: The Congress Party under Mr. Dhebar "has dtveioped a forceful campaign against the Communists," said The Times Delhi correspondent last week. Citing Mr. Dhebar's statement at Calcutta that the Congress and the Communist Patty oould not coexist m India because democracy and 0
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  • 119 2 KARAUKAL: The Collector of Customs and central Excise Pondichery, has informed cne Karaikal Chamber of Commerce that goods imported at pondichery from abroad t-efore the de facto transfer ot power will be permitted to be taken to Karaikat by rail without .production of import licence, or
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  • 195 2 G. D. Birla's Capitalism Explained LONDON: The Flnanj ai Times, m its sericus "Know loin Competitors," intro'luce-i Mr. G> D. Birla as the "rirst Umdu capitalist of world importance and not the last" The article by the papers Calcutta correspondent traced Mr. Birla's rise to industrial power through the family
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  • 133 2 OTTAWA Canada has decided fto contribute 84,480 dollars to construct biological control centres m India and paxistan the External Affairs Ministry announced last week. The money is to come from Canada's Colombo plan allocations. The External Affairs Department said the stations} wound provide valuable links m
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  • 369 2 Medical Diet Or Religious Fast? Air India International Prides In Providing Special Amenities LONDON, Feb. 21. Air travellers are getting more choosey about the food they eat enroute. That is inevitable as flying becomes more and more an everyday affair; and the big airlines are prepared for
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  • 222 2 NEW DELHI, India has decided not to ask Burma for the benefit of a price reduc tion, which she was entitled to under last year's IndiaBurma rice deal. When India last year entered the agreement tc purchase 900,000 tons of Burma rice at £48 a ton,
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    61 2 SIR ANTHONY EDEN, the British Foreign Secretary, photographed as he left Carlton Gardens with his wife for London Airport on Feb. 19. He was flying to Bangkok for the Conference of the South East Asian Defence Community Powers starting Feb. 23. On Hie way, he stopped m Cairt to confer
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  • 147 2 KHATHMANDU: Crown Price Mehendra Vikram has been invested with full powers to deal with the Cabinet crisis m Nepal, well informed sources said here. The Crown Prince, who returned here last week after consultations with King Tnbhuvan at Nice, was expected to announce himself as
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    • 401 2 THE INDIAN BANK LIMITED, MADRAS. (Liability of Members is limited) (incorporated m India) "G Form Statement (U "t£ So" l *Z c i" dian Ccm P*»*es Act VIl „f 1913) The Share Capital of the Company te Rs 1,00.00,000/Divided into 1,00,000 share* of Rs. 100 each r., 72? number of
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  • 873 3 Tamils Should Feel Proud Says Kamaraj MADRAS. The celebrations m connection with the 101 st birthday of the late Mahamahopadlhyaya Dr. U. V. Swaminatha Aiyar, the renowned Tamii scholar, commenced with the opening of an exhibition of his works, manuscripts, notes, photographs, etc, by
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  • 117 3 NEW DELHI: Ove r 1,500 voluntary organisations m the country have requested financial a^d from the Central Social Welfare Board, which will meet m Delhi from February 21-28 to consider grants for the next financial year. From August, 1953, tc December, 1954 the board gave aid amounting to
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  • 100 3 MADRAS: Only one baby out of ten born m Madras State m a year reaches the age of 70. Statistics reveal that the survival rate is lowest m the age -group 50 to 70, four out of ten being lost m this group. One baby is
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  • 235 3 TRIVANDRUM: ''Many j rominent modern painters of India seem to be searching more ana more for a personal style m art, and their achievements .n this line have been considerable too," is the opinion ot Mr. Stanley H- Best Regional Representative of British Council m Madras,
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  • 32 3 PHOTO. The Shah of Persia and Queen Soraya arrive at Highbury, London, on Feb. 19, to watch the First Division soccer match between Arsenal and! Leicester City. AP
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  • 127 3 MADURAI: A meeting or the College Tamil Teachers' Association held on last week Dr. M. Rajamanlckam, Professor of Tamil presiding, discussed the position of Tamil m the proposed pre-university, and three-year degree courses. Sri R Krishnamoorthy, Secretary invited suggestions from members. The meeting adopted resolutions urging
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  • 179 3 VtRUDHUNAGAR: Mr. P. Rajamani, Secretary Ramnad District Dravida Kazhagam, has issued a statement requesting the electorate to vote for the Congress candidate, Mr. S. Natarajan, m the ensuing by-election to Lok Sabha from the Srivllliputtur constituency. The members of Kazhagam, he says In the statement, had
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  • 30 3 The Tablet erected In commemoration of the inauguration of the Periyar Hydro -Electric Scheme by Sri K. Kamaraj Nadar, Chief Minister of Madras on Feb. 11.
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  • 659 3 Bombay High Court's Ruling BOMBAY: A full bench, of the Bombay High Court, m giving a ruling on an Important point of Hindu Law relating to the right of an adopted son, held that if on the death of a sole surviving coparcener., his property had devolved
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  • 269 3 ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES PROSPECTS CALCUTTA: The decision cf the Union Government to set up Development Councils for heavy and light electrical industries will help the country, it is suggested, to eliminate, over a period, her dependence on foreign countries for her requirements of electrical goods. Imports of electrical engineering goods have
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  • 1025 3 TEXT -BOOKS FOR VARSITY ACADEMY COUNCIL DECISION MADRAS. A meeting of the Academic Council of the Madras University was held at the Senate House, Dr. A. JLakshmanaswami Mudaliar, Vice-Chancellor, presiding. The Council was informed that the Syndicate of the University had resolved that any alumnus of this University serving m
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  • 386 3 The attempt of a member to bring m a resolution recommending to the appropriate authorities that women candidates be allowed to appear for the Intermediate (or pieUniversity Course), the B. A. Degree, and the M. A. Degr«a Examinations "which do not involve or require laboratory or
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  • 617 4  - No Defence Commitments With U. K. U. K. Will Quit At A Moment's Notice Kotelawala COLOMBO: Sir John Kotelawala told Pressmen here that Ceylon had no defence commitments with Britain as was commonly presumed by many. "We are masters of our own naval and air bases and we can certainly
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  • 20 4 Sir John Kotelawala arriving at Colombo Airport (18.2.55) after attending Commonwealth Prune Minister» Conference at London recently.
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  • 231 4 EMBARGO INEFFECTIVE AGAINST CHINA? LONDON, Feb. 23. The Chinese Communists hinted yesterday they have found ways of breaking through the Western embargo on shipment cf strategic goods to the Peiping regime. Peiping Radio announced th© signing of contracts amounting to £4,000,000 with a delegation of 24 visiting British businessmen. The
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  • 183 4 COLOMBO: Hindu priests are up m arms against the Hindu Religious Trusts and Temporalities Bill which will be taken up for discussion m Parliament on Friday. The All-Ceylon Saiva Samyak Kurukals (Priests) Union and the Jaffna Vetha-Agama Sithantha Sabai have addressed a petition to all Members of Parliament
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  • 96 4 YATTYANTOTA: A woman was queen of the household, Mr. Thanupillai M.P. for TlnneveHy (India), told meeting of Sinhalese and Tamil working women he'd under the auspices of the Ceylon Democratic Congress. India. M>*. Than pillai said, regarded Ceylon as ft younger brother, whom •he would never
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  • 136 4 Woman Leads Attack Against Police Post RANGOON, Feb 23. Three hundred Communist rebels, led oy a woman commander, attacked an irrawaddy River ponce station, near Pakokku. Central Burma, killing a policeman's wife and capturing three officers, reports reaching here said yesterday. The woman leader, 'Boh Sem Shin (meaning Major Diamond
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  • 93 4 Fishing Boats Mistaken For Subs? NEW WORK. Feb. 23.— The U.S. Navy said yesterday. It was checking a report from a North Carolina coast guard station that two submarines had been sighted three to five miles cff shore. A plane and a blimp were sent out to take a look
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  • 79 4 LONDON, IFleb. 23.— A top British Broadcasting Corporation official says a LondonMoscow television link this >ear has been discussed with Russian television experts, New York may be tied m later, he added. Cecil McGivern, BBC's television controller, made the disclosure at a meeting of the European-Atlantic Group,
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  • 85 4 NEW YORK, Feb. 23.— New York, sometimes called "the worlds dirtiest city,'' Is m deadly earnest about cleaning up. Sanitation Commission Andrew W. Mulrain has sworn m 200 new sanitation patrolmen, to add to the present fcrce of 50, and they are undergoing a week's training course.
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  • 74 4 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Feb. 23; The C.I.D. has after long and careful investigation succeeded In breaking up a gang of robbers who have terrorised many districts m Madras and many neighbouring States for the last two years. Five members of a gang of
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  • 67 4 SAN SEVERO, Italy, Feb 23— Three years ago Antonio Vitulano broke his engagement with his childhood sweetheart, Angela Oatalano. Angela took it hard, ptabbed and wounded Antonio und was sent to prison. Last night the rouple met again m San Severo's main square during the carnival
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  • 55 4 Theosophical society, Singapore will be oelebrat.ng INDIAN NIGHT' at the Singapore Lodge, No. 8 Cairnnill, Road, today at 6.30 p.m. The programme includes Indian music, dance and food. and Indian paintings and books will also be on display. Mr. R. X Tandon, Commis sioner of India m Malaya
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  • 128 4 India's Robin Hood Shot In Leg! NEW DELHI, TOD. '80. —Man Singh, 64-year-o*d outlaw who is known a* "the Robin Hood of India" was shot hi the leg; In a rush with the poHce during the weekend bat managed to escape into the forest report from Gwalior said yesterday. Police
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  • 191 4 SARNIA, ONTARIO, CANADA, Feb. 23, Two Sarnia Dutch community leaders yesterday denounced a move to prevent Canadian immigrant groups from setting up their own schools. Henry A. Venema and A. b. C. Holland, pastors of the Christian Reform Church, m a Joint statement, referred to
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  • 57 4 A 3 x 4 feet Communist flag, made of cloth, was found hanging outside iKluang Chinese School, says an Emergency Communique issued m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. It adds: Three armed terrorists stopf>ed a timber lorry driver m a oggtoz area near Ayer Panas
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  • 70 4 MERU KENYA, Feb. 23 Five African home guards were acquitted here of murdering a Mau Mau suspect by beating him to death. A sixth man Robert Mibere, Assistant Supervisor of a School of Local Methodist Mls-s-.on and a former Headmaster who was similarly charged
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  • 207 4 SOVIET LEADS IN A H WEAPONS —Moscow U>NDON. Feb. 23.— The Soviet Union yesterday heralded the approach of Red Army Day with a claim that it Is leading the United States m the production of both atomic and hydrogen weapons. Moscow Radio carried a statement by I*t. Gen. Sergei 8
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  • 105 4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Men of the United States forces were among 300 people Injured by the Bikini bomb test a year ago, it was stated here yesterday by Dr. John Bugher, Head of the Atomic Energy Commission's Biological and Medical Section. He told the Senate
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  • 108 4 BR. STAND ON NEHRU'S PLAN FOR ''ATOM BAN' LONDON, Feb. 23: Mr. Arthur Henderson, a former Labour Air Minister, asked what consultations the Prime Minister had had with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharial Nehru, to implement the Indian proposal to the United Nations that all atomic and hydrogen testa
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  • 158 4 Quetta Quake: Mud Huts Save Villagers LAHORE, (Pakistan) Feb. 23. Mud huts saved severai thousand villagers from death last Saturday m an earthquake near Quetta. West Pakistan, the Provincial Governor said today. The quake killed 12 people and Injured 30 others but most people escaped m t!» mudwalled huts with
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  • 53 4 CHITTAGONG HEADQUARTERS KARACHI, Feb. 23.—Pakistan is likely to suggest at the Bangkok conference that the Manila Pact powers establish the headquarters of their projected organization at Chlttagong, mi n East Pakistan, it was reliably learned here today. Cittagong not only la far from trouble spot Southeast Asia bat lm an
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  • 386 4 No Right Of Entry For Cocos Islanders In Australia! Lords Debate On Bill LONBON, Feb. 23: A Bui to, transfer control of the Cocos Islands from Singapore to Australia was given an unopposed second reading Agreement m principle m the House of Lords yesterday. The Bill has already been passed
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  • 27 4 MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23. The Communist-line daily El Popular returned to th e newsstands yesterday after a twoday suspension due to nonpayment of its electricity bill. AP
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