Indian Daily Mail, 25 March 1955

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail OL. XI NO. 42 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955 SIX PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 131 1 29 Out Of 3O Nations Will Participate Only C. African Federation Unable To Send Delegate DJAKARTA, Mar. 24: Prime Minister Nkrumah of the African Goidcoast informed the Joint Secretary of the forthcoming Asian African Conference that his country will send a delegation to the
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  • 78 1 Japan To Suggest Asian Payments Union? COLOMBO Mar. 24: Plans for economic co.operation he. tween tie five Colombo powers India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Indonesia will be discussed by officials at Ban. dung. Indonesia, shortly before the Afro-Asian talks start In mid-April, it was learned here. Informants said any plan
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  • 45 1 (According to a« agency report some days ago. the Central African Federation had "declined" the invitation a s its Prime Minister would have to attend the State Parliament at the time and hence would not he able to proceed to Indonesia. Ed.)
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  • 57 1 TOKYO. Mar. 24: Prime Mi. mn Ichiro Hatoyama said yesterday Japan would send Masayuki Tani. former Foreign Minister and now adviser to the Foreign Office, to the Afro.Asian conference to be neld at Bandung, Indonesia April 18.2.V Mr. Hatoyama said both he and Foreign Minister Mamoru antgemitsu
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  • 170 1 ARUBA SAILING BACK TO RUMANIA HELSINKI. F.nland. Ma*. 24. The Finnish tanker Aruba yesterday was reported sailing oack to Communist Romania with her cargo of Jet fuel originally destined for Red China. A highly placed source confirmed that the Aruba had turned about m the Indian Ocean and was sailing
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  • 173 1 KUALA LUMPUR: A bill to amend the Election Offences Ordinance 1954 la to be introduced m the first Council session of the Federal Legislative Council on a Certificate of Urgency, a Government Gazette notification stated yesterday. Experience of elections m the past j^ears and discussion m
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  • 38 1 feu A Mar 24.~Forty viiaTV Manil lf ontr -V pi^f aPP r oved by PhilipKonJ, 6 dangew, B^w m Hong swo. g Wf h ek V ?o^! n b ked f P a AP
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  • 135 1 PRESTWICK SCOTLAND, Mar. 24.— A big pile of dirt studded with tiny diamond chips was dumped back c-nto Prestwlck airport Wednesday. Pome estimates of the vhlu« ranged up to US$2BO,OOO. The eight tons of dirt were scooped up and sifted after a British Overseas Airwayi Coiporation Stratoonilscr
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  • 81 1 PROVINCE RHODE ISLAND, Mar. 24. A law wa» introduced m the state legislature Wedneslay to impcse heavy penalties for illegal traffic In "Goof Balls" and "Pennies." These are barbiturates or stimulants which m some areas have bees used In youth sex parties. The law provides
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  • 26 1 OTTAWA. Mar. 24. —The government definitely plans to withdraw remaining Canadian forces from Korea fcoon, it waa leaf!?*'* authoritatively WedfiCiday, AP
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  • 64 1 Tbe Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, (left) welcomes ex-King Norodom Sihanouk Varman (now Frtnc* Norodom) at New Nelbl on March 18. The former Cambodian Ruler, recently abdicated m favour of Ms father, was leading a goodwill mission to India which he had planned while Mtlll King
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  • 69 1 NEWARK, New Jer**y. Mar. 24. Luigi Palermo was walking: along a Newark Street yesterday. A woman stepped out of a car and asked h*tn if bis back troubled bin*. He said he did have a few aches and pains, and permitted the woman to nib
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  • 72 1 MOSCOW, Mar. 24: Pravda, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, accused the Western powers today of bringing the London talks on disarmament "to a blkid alley." An editorial said ttie Western powers wanted to "frustrate the hopes of millions of common people of all countries: for
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  • 69 1 |PNOMPENH>, Mar. 2*. Ex-King Nortodom Sihanouk arrived home In Phnompenh yesterday from his visit to India. Ex-King Norodom Sihanouk on his arrival announced that m addition to economic aid India had promised Cambodia to "help to preserve our iuJependenre and integrity." Political observers Here thought this
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  • 114 1 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Mar. 24: A twenty-one member trade dele_ gation consisting of leading Andlira businessmen is leaving: here for Singapore on first of April on a two-month tour of the Far East. The delegation sponsored t>y the Andhra Chamber of Commerce, Madras,
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  • 136 1 irom Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI, Mar. 24 daughter must have equal share like son declared Mrs. Lakshmi Menon, Parliamentary Secretary to Premier Nehru, speaking i n the Rajya Sabha ou the Hindu Succession Bill She said the Bill's provision that daughter should get only half
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  • 30 1 VIENNA, Alter. 14. Dr. if'ranz Iytftser has been appointed pirst Austrian Minister to Japan since the war, tho Austrian Foreign Ministry announced. He will leav. for 'Tokyo In April.- AP
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  • 239 1 GOPAL REDDI MINISTRY TO BE SWORN IN, MONDAY From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Mar. 24: The New Andhra Cabinet headed by Mr. B. Gopala Reddi will be sworn m on Monday. It will consist only of six members and three more will be added later. Following are certain of inclusion;
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  • 43 1 He Stole Legation 's Money COPENHAGEN, Mar. 24 lorn Cimpu, 24-year-old Rumamian legation cjhauffeur who sought political asylum m Denmark last month was gives a suspended sentence of six months Imprisonment yesterday for stealing 6.000 kroser (about £3,000 belonging to the Legation.- Reuter
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  • 273 1 Gets Seven Thousand Pounds For Performing Funeral Rites For Nepal King Tribhuvan KATMANDU, Nepal, Mar. 24: The Indian Brahmiji priest who performed the funeral rites for King Tribhuvan was showered with Thousands of pounds sterling worth of gifts here yesterday then
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  • 46 1 Madras Minister Drops Caste Suffix From Our Own Correspondent MADRASS. Mar. 24: fte« vonue Minister Mr, ManL kavelu Naicker told press, men yesterday that he had decided to drop his suffix In. dicating Caste and preferr. Ed hereafter to be called plain "M. A.. Manlckavelu." Copyright
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  • 51 1 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Mar. 24: After 65 hours' discussion spread over 15 days the Legislative Assembly yesterday passed all demands. Thirty demands were fully digcussed and the Speaker ap. plied the guilllotlne only for the remaining twelve. This is considered a rpnord In Budget debates.—
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  • 380 1 Russia's Belated Entry Into Pacific War Was Purposeless -MacArthur NEW YORK, Mar. 24: General Douglas Mac Arthur said yesterday that he was not consulted about the Yalta Conference but if 3ie had been he would have recommended "emphatically" against bringing Soviet Russia into the Pacific War "at that late date."
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  • 53 1 From Our Ow n Correspondent KASHMIR, Mar. 24. Bush shirts have been banned m the Kashmir Legislative Assembly The Speaker Ghulam Razooi prohibited members from wearing bush »hirt 8 inside the House on ground that such an apparei was n °t condusive to the dignity of
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  • 105 1 INDIA GOVT. MALAYA OFFICES DESIGNATIONS KUALA LUMPUR: Negotiations have been proceeding for. some months regarding the designations of the offices of "Represntative of the Government of India m Malaya" and "Agent of the Government of Ind'a m Malaya at Kuala Lumpur*'. After consultation with He P Majesty's Govern, rnent. anj?
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  • 27 1 KANAZAWA, Japan. Mar. For the first t>'me m 300 year a thla city has no Uo.aht prla All 180 of them r-u«t ypsterday. i^xes too hi*h AP
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  • 704 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pore, Fri. Mar. 25, 1965 THEY SWEATED BLOOD FOR NANYANG \yE are one of the very few aon-Chinese supporters of the Nanyang University proposal. At the— time it was mooted a great hue and cry was raised against it, saying that its establishment would prove disastrous to
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  • 930 2  -  Woodrow Wyatt M.P. By LONDON. The Labour Party may be many things, but it is not dull! Ever since I have known it it has always been lively, argumentative and vigorous. Parties of the Left are often supposed to be somewhat monolithic, rigid and unswerable. The
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  • 102 2 KARACHI: The U.S. Pakistan agreement for a greater flow of U.S. private capital is m the offiing, it is stated here The agreement will provide for a visit of a U.S. Govern-nent-sponsored industrial investment mission to Pakistan consisting of top U.S. industrialists, bankers and businessmen. It
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  • 107 2  -  NAFEN CALCUTTA; The unit values of exports of black pepper which reached a high level iv 1950.51, showed a steady dec. line In the succeeding years, according to the figures now available. The export value of pepper was Rs. 802.9 per cwt. m 1950--51 but it declined
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  • 98 2  - Sugar Output NAFEN NEW DELHI: An increase of about 30 per cent m sugar production over last year's is expected during the current sugar year November, 1954, to October, 1955. The all-India estimate oi sugar production by vacuum pan factories for this year is put at 1,299,000 tons, against the
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  • 19 2 fhoto. GISJow G E?T 's«i^eekr e crsSdJf V attgeiSt OIM P elcom a»rive 8 «t AP
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  • 276 2  - ELEPHANT MARKET—GLUT NAFEN NEW DELiHI: The Indian elephant market *a experiencing a regular glut. With export banned and with few buyers m the country coming forward, these stately animals have fallen out of demand. Prices have slumped from the pre-war and war-time high levels to an average of Rs. 8,000
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  • 116 2  -  NAFEN CUTTACK: A scheme for opening 100 welfare centres for Hanjans m the State has been undertaken by the Orissa State Depressed Classes League. The scheme i s estimated to cost Rs. 400,000. It may be mentioned mi n this connection that 300 social workers are
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  • 508 2  -  Daphne Clare NAFEN By An enterprising tribal girl from southern Bihar, m her late twenties, is doing her first term of a very unusual course at the Sohool of Oriental Stu. dies, London University. She is studying her M.A. m social anthropology, specialising m Indian
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  • 665 2  -  NAFEN LONDON A record number of 87 women will contest the 126 seat* m the London County Council m the elections at the end of thi« month, when 2.500,000 Londoners will go to the polls elect their representatives m what has sometimes
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  • 95 2  -  NAFEN madras: Madras Chief Minister K. Kamaraj kept UP his record of Bhoodan collections of 1.000 acres a day when he taured three taluqs of Tiruchirappalli district xn the beginning O f this week. He collected m one day 1,000 acres of land as Bhoodan
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  • 405 2 BOMBAY: Mr. Morarji Desai Chief Minister of Bombay said he was against any foreini help given to India with strings attached. Addressing the annual gene ral meening of Bombay Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Desai said he personally felt that condi tions placed on such
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  • 123 2  -  NAFEN KARACHI: The Pakistan Foreign Office Is believed to be "iactiviely considering" a proposal to relax to a certain extent the present visa restrictions for visitors from India. The proposaJT, accorddng to information available h« tf emanated from the Pakistan High Commission m New Delhi. Although
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  • 109 2  -  NAFEN NEW DELHI: The Union taiucatlon Ministry is increasing the number of scholarships awarded to foreign students for study m India this year. The allocation for the year Is Rs. 725,00 ft which marks an increase of Rf- 100. 000 over last year's. These scholarships were
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  • 150 3 w order Star,' beautiful, buoyant Blna Rai came to the industry m response to an advertisement by Pro-ducer-director KlHhore Sahu who cast her In the romantic lead mi n "Kalighata". Her sensational debut mi n this film was followed by a series of majoT assignments,
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  • 160 3 V. Namasivayam whose m!, C u has been associated with the publicity of many of ri?,Li n morable Pictures proJjced mi n Madras, is a reputed renowned artist Hi s posg*- heralds, banners and oard.n Ks have won the p'.auSr7as!kV PUbliCa^ Pr JSS a s a boy
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  • 101 3 Gyan Mukherjl ha s signed Dillp Kumar and Bina Rai lot the leads m a social drama which he plans to launch m Bombay towards the end of this month. The other players and the music director have not yet been selected. IN MALIKA BINA
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  • 124 3 NARGIS went to the Muljl Jetlia Market. Bombay's biggest doth market, m an old black "btuqa," to buy some cloth at cheap rates for K. K. Studios. She did quite a lot of haggling and bargaining but bought Httle. She then asked to be shown some silk and taffeta,
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  • 64 3 ROY. the greasepaint goddess, steps down fi'om her celestial pedestal to portray, for the very first time, a nautch girl m "Kanoon," the mahurat of which was performed on February 6 by Raj Kapoor and Nargis. Jointly produced by Best TUrns and the workers
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  • 89 3 SHEILA RAMANI, the lovelorn cafe singer of "Taxi Dnvei" and the traiant prncosfl of Railway {platform,' takes a leap back Into times whan Haroun Al Rashld held sway m old Baghdad and becomes a vagabond princess dn Hind Pictures' "Awara Shahzaai." Sheila plays a dual
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    591 3  - Stage Screen K. A. Abbas >>«»wwvwvr«MnnAAAAAXXX»CCCOCC lOOOOOOf X "Munna" Is A Great Picture A Drama Of Intense Human Interest By Glory Of Indian Boyhood Among the many Indian films which have won international fame is K. A. Abbas's MUNNA' a drama of deep human interest and penetrating child psychology. Produced
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  • 260 3 "For example," he said "when oine-goers see one artiste m two roles m the sam t < frame what is it if not a lie! Flying palaces, flying carpets and flying men they are all a part of the trick cameramen Explaining how it is done-,
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  • 21 3 Nadira. who made her debut m Mehboob's 'Aan', was born m Cairo m Egypt m 1932
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  • 12 3 There are altogether 3,600 cinema houiee 4* India.
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  • 56 3 Hedy Lamarr's comin* to Ind.a for the release O f "The Judgment of Paris" has been fixed. Mr. Sureah Borker, thu Bombay distributor, left for Rome o n Tuesday to finalise ncr Indian programme This Italian-made colour Die. ture will be released simultaneously at the
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  • 56 3 Happily married l n two films, Nirupa Roy and Balraj Sahni play husband and wife m yet four more pictures. When these are completed the two-some will have 10 children to their credit! The score-card wilj read: "Do Bigha Tamin one: "Aulad" one; "Garam Coat" three; "Krishna Sudama"— one;
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  • 168 3 JT was actually this problem of beauty that stayed Bimal Roy from passing the offer round to a couple of very talented Bombay leading ladies. The story demands that Chandra be prettier than Paro but, with Meena Kumari playing the latter, it has n ot been
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  • 87 3 Meena Kumari Is the 'sunshine' of the Indian screen and she enjoys being a bit temperamental, no matter witfa whom, an (ii leaves the audience wondering how such an extremely loving and lovely character on the screen can manage to be So cross' off the screen.
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  • 94 3 Bharat Nirupa In Gemini Film Gemini Pictures. O f Madras ha ve opened a distribution office m Bombay fo r distribution of their pistures m the Bombay and Madhya Bharat circuits. Mr V. R^ Anantha Knshnan is the branch mana«J& ci mdir ndi P ictur e, "InsaniXni* s«• kely to
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  • 246 3 Shashikala— The Most Intuitive Girl Of Indian Screen SHASHIKALA, who delighted film fans with her recent success m Samaj and matched histrionic honours witii the thespian -like Ashok Kumar, is one of the most intuitive actresses of the Indian screen. Born m a poor Maharashtrian family, she had had littie
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  • 97 3 Saucy Impish Shashikaia gAUCY, impisji Shashikaia who regaled audiences w-'tii her antics as the uncouth dariinc- of the slums m "Samaj" and who is already under contract to aU India Pictures for the:* production Ho<»r-e-Arab, has now been cast m "Sltara." She has taken over the role originally allotted to
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  • 240 3 D A ME Sybil Thorndike DBE LLD, whom Pears 'Cyclopaedia (vide Pp 105) introduces as a celebrated British actress, had a great success m Macbeth' as also m GBS's 'St Joan 1 and m several Greek tragedies. Wife of Sir Lewis Casson, the actor,' she
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  • 141 3 is, after all, to play the mother m Mehboob Khans Gevacolo r "This Land ls M L ne v But Dili P Kumar will not be her son. AJit i s tipped to take his place. l P «?iil P Kumar
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  • 77 3 Premier Nehru Never A Fan MR. NEHRU said: <1 re member fifty years ajfo 1 saw a Wwcope In Bombay m 1905 or so. I was then young; and the cinema too was youiuj. "Then m foreign lands I perhaps saw some films at times. But 1 never became a
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  • 90 3 Nargis And Dev In Madras Film It Is understood that Nargis and Dcv Anand have been teamed for the first time m a picture likely to be 'aunched by A. V. M. Productions, m Madra s by the end of March Dilip Kumar is understood to have been signed to
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  • 1139 4 I have written this article m the midst of great activity at R. K. Studios. For the last many weeks, we were busy m the preliminary work for one of the biggest and most colourful sets of Shree 420 and scores of
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  • 206 4 Messrs. A. V. M. Produc tions, Madras, write to us stating the report that Lata Mangeshkar i s filming her own production at A.V.M. Studios is wrong. They add that 'Bhai Bhai' i s produced exclusively by Messrs. A.V.M m their studios and the cast of
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  • 66 4 Vivaciou* husala Kumari who gives a couple of dance recitals mi n the film NANBAN (friend). It Is a Diamond attraction. V. Nagiah. T. 8. BaUah Manrhar, P, k. Saraswati' Friend Kamasamy and Thangavrlu play important roles. It is one of these pictures which with all the
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  • 122 4 NIMMI Holds A Press Confab IJOMBAY journalists, who arc more feared than loved m the fil m world, are liable to be featured In a sequence m Shahid Latif's new picture, "Society," In one of the scenes the heroine. Nimmi, playin~ the P ?I of an aristocrat's** daughter, holds a
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  • 136 4 gOMBAY film-makers had better beware or Dilip will be marching off southwards again. His experience with "Azaad" seems to have been a pleasant one. for not only is he toying with the idea of another assignment m those parts but is tempting Bimal Roy to make the
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  • 69 4 Asoka tht- great is the screen idol, Ashok Kumar, according to an examinee befor e the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission Revealing this mi n his address to the Gangved Vidyalaya m Banarna. Mr. K. M Munshl, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, said that
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  • 210 4 Q THE Annamalal Unlver- X V sity ha» awarded the title o X of "Dance Queens'* to the Q O Travannore stetera, Lali- X >[ tha, Padmini and Ragini. O ft The title was conferred C O by Mr. L. P. K. Rama- X X nathan Chettiar on
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  • 220 4 When Padmini. one of the Travancore Sisters, was about to depart from a function got up by the Madras Law College Students Association one of the executives said, 'Padmini will now be garlanded', and that threw the actress into some confusion. Marriages and garlanding are very
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  • 43 4 Madras Chief Minister Mr. K. Kamaraj Nadar Christening the film 'ON RAY KVLAM' (Every man Is My Kinsman). It is Thiriveni's maiden picture. On his right is Mr. J. Slvashaiunugam Pillai (with walking stick) speaker of the Madras Assembly.
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  • 826 4 Film Seminar Ignores Those Who Had Sacrificed Then For Film Industry »pHE Sangeet Natak Akademy is to be congratulated for making it possible tor different personalities m different capacities to come m close contact witth powers that matter. Such a Seminar wil] help create the right type of consciousness m
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  • 68 4 Shyama Collects Cigarette Paper Amamath took out i™ 1 cl arette ud threw away the empty packet, on the pets of Shabab Productions' "Haseena" Shyama ran like a little gin. picked up the carton and removed tnp silver paper. She explained 'that she Is collecting: silver paper to make tiny
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  • 167 4 T'HE charming and debonair Motilal revealed recrntly that he was nearly expelled from his college (the Hindu College, Delhi) on the very first day of joining— because of a row he had with a fellow student. It so hapjxened that Mott, after a game of
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  • 112 4 A snake sneaked into the projection room of a Bhagalpu r cinema to enjoy the melody of a snake-charmer's lute The king cobra took its place on the monitor, an instrument used to control the sound m the auditorium, sway, ing its hood to th
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  • 80 4 Shyama corrected the light* n e of a set of Shabab Productions' "Haseena." at Central studios Bombay She drew the attention of the photographer to shadows on either side of Amarnath's nose The cameraman, who had been about to take the shot' admitted she was right and
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  • 454 5  -  NAFEN Lancashire To Urge Govt? Flight Off Capital Feared LONDON. Pressure for governmental action to restrict the imports of Indian doth into the United Kingdom continues to grow. 6 Mr K< O Boanim»n, heal of a large Lanzashre textile group, m I***; Jo the "Financial
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  • 276 5 NEW DELHI; The Min<stry of Education, Government of india, have announced five prizes of Rs. i.OOO each and 30 prizes of Rs. 500 each tn be awarded to the beat books for neo-litc rates, subject to a fair distrbutlon or prizes among the various regional languages, Besides
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  • 79 5  - Marriage Costs Rs. 1-8 Only NAFEN MADRAS. Group marriages at low cost are becoming the fashion among the people here. At one such celebration last week-end. 20 couples were joined m wedlock at a cost of Rs. 1.8 per each couple. A Madras Corporation member donated saries and dhotis to
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  • 99 5  -  NAFEN MADRAS: East Africa is a promising' market fo r electric fans of Indian manufacture, but the Indian Trade Commissioner there insists that only superior products are acceptable and suppliers should make good defective fans and provide for repair service, if they are to have
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  • 74 5  -  NAFEN MADRAS: A factory for the manufacture of Mangalore tiles has been set up m Uganda. A new estabishment, which is equipped with an electric tunnel kiln costing over £78 000. will produce 300,000 tiles a year to meet the needs of Uganda's Public Works Department.
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  • 225 5 State Enterprises In Hyderabad Mysore MADRAS: The report that Hyderabad will set un and operate some more state enterprises confers extra interest on the Taxation Inquiry Commission's findings «n regard to the Hyderabad Government's investments. The Investment Trust Fund, primarily intended for developments under state auspices. Vis risen m the
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  • 147 5 JAMMU: The Kashmir Pre. tnier, Bakshi Gfiulam Moham. mcd, said m the State Assembly that had he not been under oath of secrecy he would have published the Correspondence between the former Premier Sheikh Abdullah on one side and Mr. Nehru 'and the late Ran Aihmed
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  • 24 5 PHOTO. The Finnish oil tonker Aruba. which is takin* 18,000 ton* of iet fuel a. a. Indian Ocean. AP
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  • 533 5  -  NAFEN An unusual career for an Indian girl is being pursued m London by Miss Janki Naraindas Mirchandani, from Bombay. She is the first Indian woman ever to study interior decoration at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She is working for
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  • 52 5  -  NAFEN cent m 1952-53. The Stated association w itn sugar and paper factories has proved distinctly gratifying but its association with the Hindustan Aircraft has proved unprofitable and may be described as one of nrestiee rather than nroflt. Photo. -nr. p. NagaWngam aa c /acing the
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  • 150 5  -  NAFEN NEW DBL«i: The Central Education Ministry i s considering the establishment or a "National Book Trust" for the promotion of Indian languages, especially Hindi. The Trust will aim at assisting people of different regions m studying the traditional and cultural life of other regions and
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  • 134 5  - FIVE YR. PLAN PUBLICITY NAFEN NEW DELHI: Information centres on the Kive-Year Plan are to be set up m all the National Development Blocks to educate people m the progress 1 of developmental activities and to make them more and more Plan-conscious A start was made with the opening of
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  • 174 5  -  NAFEN NEW DELHI: India has contracted for the purchase of 600.000 tons of wheat this year under the International Wheat Agreement. Under the agreement, the annual quota fixed for India is 1,000,000 ton s of wrcat which quantity the International Wheat Council is obliged to supply India
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  • 870 5  -  JAMES TOMLINS NAFEN K>OOCXS BY DRITAIN thi 8 year is remembering George Ackland an English coffee-planter who founded one of Asia's greatest industries by losing a fortune. In the early -50s' of the last century, Ackland lost a considerable part of the gains
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  • 123 5  -  NAFEN TRIVANDRUM: Nearly 6« officers' posts and 450 subordinate posts will be created m the States judicial cadre when the separation of the Judiciary from the Executive takes effect on April 1 this year, it is reliably learned. In addition, arrangements are also being made to open
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  • 125 5  -  NAFEN CALCUTTA. The period o t shipment for export m respect of January-June, 1954, quotas of Onions and July-December, 1954, quotas of Biha r Chillies has been extended up to April 15, 1955, according to a Trade Notice issued by the office of the Joint Chief Controller
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  • 53 5 ';Aix:UTTA: Mr Mehr Chand Khanna, Union Rehabilitation Minister, will visit Assam next month after his 15--day visit to New Delhi In Assam, Mr. Khanna will ~u, dl scussion s with the Chief Minister and the r£ habitation Minister of the state and review and progress of rehabilitation
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  • 637 6 Colombo Municipality Calls Cabinet To Resign COLO MB: The Colombo Municipal Council, which conMidered a resolution of Mr. B. N. Ccoray. a U.N.P. member, that Mr. M. D. Randb, Minister «'f Education, should be removed from office for Inefficiency, adopted a resolution that the entire Cabinet should resign. Mr. Cooray's
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  • 46 6 BAGHDAD, Mar. 24; The Iraqi government is using its good offices to mediate m the present dispute between Syria and Turkey reliable sources said Wednesday night. Iraq's mediation, the sources said, is being done through diplomatic chdanels m Baghdad, Damascus and Ankara.- AP
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  • 133 6 MONTREAL. Mar. 24: Cham, pion pipe smokers m 15 countries and on two oceans will light up Sunday for the annual world championship, it was announced here Wednesday. Object of ttie contest is to see who can keep a regulation pipe smoking the longest on one filling of
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  • 62 6 BANGKQK, Mar. 24- A Tnai cultural mission comprising nearly 100 dancers and musicians will perfor m m Burma late this summer when Premier Pflbupxmggram g*oes to Rangoon on a state visit. The trip will be m return for a visit to Thailand m March of premier
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  • 71 6 To commemorate Shroe Ram Nawami, the birthday of Lord Rama on Apr. 1, arrangements have been made by the North Indian Hindu Association, for regular RAMCHARTT-MANAS -PATH at Bharatlya-Bhawan, 47, Cuff Road, Spore, between 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. m the evenings daily throughout the NAWAHATRA, which begins
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  • 34 6 BANGKOK, Mar, 24.— The I" rencfa EmUissy today announced the appointment of Ambassador to Thailand Ravniosd Offroy to serve concurrently as h»s country's permanent representative on the Southeast Asia collective defence treaty council.- AP
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