Indo-Pakistan tragedy threads forced marriages and abduction
A stark report outlines thousands of Hindu and Sikh women abducted during partition era violence. It cites Red Cross photographs, testimonies of survivors, and police complicity, with estimates of 30,000 to 50,000 missing or abducted across Jammu Kashmir and Punjab.
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India
Pakistan
Partition
Red Cross
Delhi
Naoshera
Jammu
Punjab
Fronter
Women's Higher Degree College
Joollunder
R. M. R. Sahni
East Punjab
Kashmir
Gujarat
Sahni
Poker Chances and Odds in Card Hands
The article argues poker blends skill and chance, noting outcomes depend on winning or losing. It cites probabilities for hands like one pair and straight, mentioning exact counts such as 1,098,240 and 2,598,960, and gives odds for events like a straight flush at 40 or 64,974 deals.
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Fortune
Lottery-like card odds spark talk of instant distant letters
Larry E. Gubb, president of a Buffalo radio firm, predicts soon people will drop a letter into a slot and have it reproduced instantly thousands of miles away at a cost less than current airmail. He cites card odds such as four of a kind in 624 deals and flushes in 5108 deals as examples of improbable events becoming common concepts.
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Larry E. Gubb
Buffalo
New York
Britain presses dairy reform through Animals Bill drive
Government moves under the Animals Bill aim to expand disease-free cattle herds. Since 1944 tested free herds rose from 16 000 to 32 000, over one seventh of Britain's cattle. The plan targets disease areas, extends subsidies for bovine tuberculosis elimination for more years, and shifts resources to free large areas. Licensing extends to horse breeding, removing inferior bulls and boars from farms.
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Britain
House of Lords
Spiv sows death and deceit in Tangier market
A horse owner duped by a Spiv sells a dead horse for £400 after the animal died. Tangier, as an international zone, becomes a haven for a freewheeling black market with rapid currency trades and soaring fortunes. The Spiv thrives on schemes as gold, jewellery, and foreign currencies flood the market.
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Spiv
Tangier
Fogbound Melbourne Bus Becomes Standoff With Pedestrian
Thick fog shrouded Melbourne as a bus halted suddenly after the driver shouted at a pedestrian who appeared in front of him. The pedestrian retorted by demanding the driver leave the footpath.
Television growth swells U S audience reach
The article notes 21 commercial stations nationwide and reports a six month rise of 150000 television owning families. It compares the increase to the populations of Hobart Ballarat Broken Hill and Canberra.
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Hobart
Ballarat
Broken Hill
Canberra
Puzzle Q&A Fragments on Language and Geography
A reader presents a mixed list of trivia queries covering geography languages empires and common terms. Questions include what city is called the motor world and the fate of Horatius on the bridge, plus queries about antimacassar and Andalusia.
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Skagerrack
Kattegai
North Sea
Duluth
Detroit
Chicago
Sidiataautah
Ottoman Empire
Andalusia
Spain
South America
Horatius
Exhibition at Imperial College Shows Sensitivity of Bubble Pressure Meter
A highly sensitive machine capable of measuring the pressure inside a bubble was among many scientific devices displayed at the Imperial College of Science in London.
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Imperial College of Science
London
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Sui
de Witt
Mother Nature
Melbourne
Television
USA
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Fas
Dalgety G CO. Ltd
DeWitt
Western Australia
Pearse
Pearse Bros. Ltd
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