Many Tongues Create Problems In Indian Life
Calcutta report outlines India’s language chaos with 225 languages and 24 dialects accounting for 96 percent of speech. Hindi remains official but unevenly understood, while English acts as a lingua franca. Prime Minister Nehru cautions against partisan linguistic statehood and favors strengthening Hindi alongside other regional languages.
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Calcutta
India
New Republic
Indian Republic
Andhra
Sai
Nehru
Subcommittee Begins Work On Budget and Redistricting
The subcommittee reviewed the state budget including a 10 percent raise for public workers and a 17.8 million cushion fund. It considered retirement funding needs and the mental institutions budget. Separately a Senate House district realignment bill was set for hearings to reflect the 1950 census.
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D. S. Coltrane
House
Senate
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Rockingham
Alamance
Pitt and
Cabarrus
Cumberland
Richard T. Sanders
Durham
State Supreme Court
Carl Hicks
Greene
Car Liability Insurance Still Unpopular In Massachusetts
Massachusetts after 25 years of compulsory auto liability insurance remains widely unpopular among motorists. The system raises premiums based on local accident rates, with city drivers often paying more, and carriers must cover losses through higher prices. Claims rose from 43,437 in 1947 to 69,319 in 1951, while average payout increased from 329 to 356 dollars.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Retrieving Cat Startles Hunters in Memphis
In Memphis, a cat on Fred Howard’s place joined beagle hunts and performed a remarkable retrieval. Ramon Gee recalls the cat chasing a fallen quail, catching it in its mouth, and calmly holding it until Gee reached it. The cat then helped locate a second bird, stunning the hunters with its dog like skill.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fred Howard
Ramon Gee
Howard
Gee
T. G. Tinkle
Howard Place
Tinkle
Pine Needles Said Source of Drugs by Soviets
Budapest based Magyar Nemzet reports Soviet scientists claim pine needles yield key substances. One ton of needles allegedly produces 100 kg fiber material, 60 kg resin, 2 kg perfume oil, 150 kg tanning material, plus pectin sugar and vitamin C for 1,000 people for 100 days.
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Budapest
Magyar Nemzet
Senate probes use ex radio chief forced to resign
The New York Times reports Senate investigators have sent former Berlin radio chief William Heimlich to Germany as an investigator for a subcommittee studying overseas information programs. Heimlich, once head of Radio In American Sector, was said to have been forced to resign amid charges of incompetence.
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New York
New York Times
Senate
Germany
Berlin
the Times
Washington
Jay Walz
William Heimlich
Columbus
O. Walz
Heimlich
United States
Walz
Senate Foreign Relations
Ralph Nicholson
Charlotte
N. C
Nicholson
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Inater
RIAS
Klisher
U. S
Anti-Freeze Warning Issued By Chicago Club
The Chicago Motor Club warned members to add anti-freeze before stations run out. A club official blamed a misprint causing fall bulletins to be mailed instead of spring notices.
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Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
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