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March 20, 1949

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Headlines from March 20, 1949

Refugee Albanians Say Russians Prepare Frontiers to Fight Tito; ALBANIANS REPORT MILITARY ACTIVITY

By Camille M. Cianfarra

Albanian refugees, Rome, rept USSR arms Albania

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Moscow Broadcasts Pact Text in Russian

By the Associated Press

Moscow radio gives full text

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N. Y. U. TEAM VICTOR IN COLLEGE FENCING; Takes 3-Weapon Title With 80 Points, 8 More Than Navy -- City College Third

By Michael Strauss

One of the top powers in the sport since the middle of the last decade, New York University regained a place it has held eight times in the last twelve tourneys when it captured the three-weapon crown at the 52d annual Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships yesterday.

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African Handbook for Importers

By Unknown Author

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THE PLAY THAT WAS BORN IN A SPEECH; THE PLAY THAT WAS BORN IN A SPEECH

By Harry Gilroy

THE play that Sidney Kingsley brings to New York on Wednesday had its genesis in a phrase recurrent in the 1947 speeches of Gen. George C. Marshall -- "the police state."

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1949Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator^[†]

Richard Dowden is an English journalist who has specialised in African issues. Since 1975, he has worked for several British media and was formerly Executive Director of the Royal African Society (2002–2017). He is the author of the book Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, which has a foreword by the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Dowden lives and works in London.

Headlines from March 20, 1949

Refugee Albanians Say Russians Prepare Frontiers to Fight Tito; ALBANIANS REPORT MILITARY ACTIVITY

Moscow Broadcasts Pact Text in Russian

N. Y. U. TEAM VICTOR IN COLLEGE FENCING; Takes 3-Weapon Title With 80 Points, 8 More Than Navy -- City College Third

African Handbook for Importers

THE PLAY THAT WAS BORN IN A SPEECH; THE PLAY THAT WAS BORN IN A SPEECH

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