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Idealist Founder's Faith Shattered Hooligans wreck a club

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Sat.--It was the best youth club in Britain. Its founder had faith in the hooligans of the city and wanted to do…

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No Tramp Steamer

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 19

Author-artist Mr. R. J. Gibbings was a passenger on the new Orient liner Orsova when she left Tilbury recently on her maiden voyage to Australia…

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Drama In A Lifeboat

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 28 March 1954 · page 59

THE NAME Jack Harvey has no prior association, so far as this reviewer knows, with literature; the fact is, however, that in "Salt in our Wounds," Mr. Harvey has written a novel…

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Invitation Mile Wrecked Records

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1954 · page 30

The Invitation Mile staged at last night's Harold Park Trot meeting provided a thrilling exhibition of speed. The winner, Blue Gamble…

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Lifeboat Rows From Burning Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

A lifeboat crowded with survivors pulls away from the burning troopship Empire [?]ndrush as smoke engulfs the upper decks off the coast of North Africa on Sunday…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (U.P.).--Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (U.P.). --Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP.).--Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP.). --Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (DP.). --Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at. the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BUP.). --Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP.). --Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving at the same time. While…

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Wrecked Hopes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 18

MEMPHIS. Term, (U.P.).--Two wrecker operators raced to the scene, arriving ar the same time. While…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding alone the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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