Scientist Convicted In Canada for Revealing RDX Secrets
Montreal, UP: Dr. Raymond Boyer, McGill professor and contributor to the WWII explosive RDX, was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to disclose RDX secrets to Soviet Russia. The jury deliberated 35 minutes. Sentencing to follow Tuesday as defense vows appeal. case tied to a Canadian spy ring from the Russian embassy disclosures.
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McGill University
Russia
Ottawa
Wilfried Lazure
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King’s Bench Court
Lucien Gendron
Philippe Brais
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Canada
Alaska
Brais
France
Peo- Pp
United States
Denmark
Hemispheric Pact Approved By Committee
Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the inter American defense pact to defend the United States and western hemisphere from non American aggressors. Chairman Vandenberg said the upper chamber will take up the treaty drafted at Rio de Janeiro and predicted immediate unanimous ratification. The report said the only serious threat to U S security is attack by an overseas power and urged quick approval to show strong leadership.
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Marshall accuses Molotov of aiming to confuse issues
London AP secretary of state George C Marshall warned the Big Four foreign ministers council that last year’s Moscow failure could recur and accused Soviet foreign minister Molotov of trying to confuse the issues during a one and three quarter hour session chaired by Marshall as the day’s talks closed.
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Fort Worth Woman Wins Miss Hush Radio Jackpot
Mrs Ruth Subbie of Fort Worth Texas won a radio show jackpot valued at about 25000 in merchandise by correctly identifying Miss Hush as Martha Graham NBCs Truth or Con sequences The prizes include a 1947 Buick super convertible Bendix home laundry a roundtrip to Honolulu two weeks Royal Hawaiian hotel a 2000 house trailer 1000 diamond and ruby watch RCA Victor TV a library of 100 records a 1500 beaver coat a 1000 home workshop building supplies and numerous household items
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INS
Ruth Subbie
Fort Worth
Texas
Miss Hush
NBC
Subbie
Martha Graham
Ralph Edwards
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Embargo on Oil Exports Sought by Edith Nourse Rogers
Washington a request to President Truman urged an immediate halt to all U S oil shipments abroad and to keep the embargo until domestic fuel and power shortages end Rogers telegraphed the plan to the president from Florida noting veterans and their families face coal oil shortages amid a nationwide energy crunch House committee will begin a probe next week into shortages of oil gasoline natural gas and electric power across many areas.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Florida
England
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Arabs Plan Armed Fight On Partition
Arabs in Palestine vow armed opposition to UN partition as deaths rise to 159 in the conflict. Palestine toll reaches 80 with 51 Jews 27 Arabs and two Armenian dead, while Aden reports 75 dead. Arab League leaders head to Cairo for a council meeting to map actions.
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Jaffa
Aleppo
Fawzi Bey Kawkazi
Samiel Solh
Beirut
Liberation of Palestine Committee
U.N
Syrian Chamber of Deputies
Jamil Mardam Bey
Perils of Pauline replaces Ali Baba at Jerusalem theater
In Zion Square the cinema swapped its feature on Saturday. The theater formerly advertised Ali Baba Goes to Town but now presents The Perils of Pauline. The change was clarified by AP reporting from Jerusalem.
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Zion Square
Ali Baba
Pauline
Aiken Attacks Push to Lengthen Work Week Hours
Sen George D Aiken labels NAM push for a longer than 40 hour week as a tactic to break labor rights. He cites GM president elect and NAM leader elect as backing inflation relief through higher production. Indicated by reports on proposed 44 hour week legislation by Senator Homer Capehart with overtime shift.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
National Association of Manufacturers
Aiken
Wilson
Sayre
Sen
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Newsprint Price Up $6 a Ton Affects U S Can
International Paper Sales Co announced by telegraph a six dollar per ton price rise for newsprint in the first half of 1948. The hike lifts the current prices to about 86 dollars in Canada and 90 dollars in New York, following a similar late year increase by Abitibi Sales Co. Ltd. The selling agency for International Paper Co, a major Canadian newsprint producer, issued the notice to contract customers.
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International Paper Sales Company
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Canada
New York
Abitibi Sales Co. Ltd
Toronto
International Paper Sales
International Paper Company
Nicholas Murray Butler In Critical Condition
New York AP reports 85 year old Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president emeritus of Columbia University is in critical condition from bronchial pneumonia. He was admitted to the hospital a week ago Thursday after suffering illness Saturday night.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
J. Butler
France Near Solution to Labor Ills Amid Strike Crisis
Paris reports indicate a turning point as police arrest 230 strikers under new anti-strike laws while the government outlines an economic policy to partially satisfy demands. Labor Minister Mayer meets anti Communist leaders and CGT factions seek negotiation to reinstate workers.
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Paris
France
Daniel Mayer
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Vincent Auriol
Dulles Confers With De Gaulle In Paris
John Foster Dulles, adviser to Secretary of State Marshall, met Charles de Gaulle in Paris amid Communist charges of trying to dictate American policy to France. The meeting, held near the Champs Elysees, followed Dulles’ arrival from London and came as he planned a fact finding mission. He later met with leaders including Schuman Auriol Blum and Leon Jouhaux, while Communist deputies condemned U.S. intervention.
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George C. Marshall
Charles de Gaulle
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Dulles
Raymond Guillot
France
London
Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Leon Blum
Leon Jouhaux
Eisler Rebuffed as Minnesota Cancelled Speech event
Gerhart Eisler, noted Communist leader, faced a second rebuff after the University of Minnesota canceled his scheduled appearance following an earlier denial of permission to speak at the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Minneapolis
Gerhart Eisler
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Slayer Bird Denounced by Lawyer Faces Death Sentence
Jake Bird, 45, convicted in Tacoma of murdering two women with an axe, was sentenced to die at Walla Walla on January 16 after his defense attorneys denounced him. He claimed he did not receive a fair trial and said his confession was beaten out of him. An observer shouted “He’s not guilty” during the sentencing. Bird had prior convictions including an Iowa axe attack.
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Wash
Jake Bird
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
E. D. Hodge
J. W. Selden
Bird
Bertha Kindt
Beverly June
Selden
Arthur Paulsen
Pierce County
Iowa
Carter Lake
Fort Madison
Snow Promised for Cedar Rapids Sunday Weather
Cedar Rapids expected to see cloudy skies and snow on Sunday with mix of rain in southern Iowa. Temperatures forecast to rise to near 50 in the southeast and around 35 in the northwest. midnight temp near 32 after a high of 34 between 4 and 5 p.m. Sunday night will be colder.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Commission Calls Tieup Unthinkable at Oak Ridge Plant
Oak Ridge union and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals face a stalled wage dispute with no progress after Saturday talks. The Atomic Energy Commission warned any disruption is unthinkable as mediation and potential Taft Hartley steps loom. Clyde Mills leads mediation efforts amid hopes no strike materializes before Tuesday contract expiry.
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United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Local
CIO
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Oak Ridge
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America
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Commission
Philip Murray
Clyde Mills
U. S
Ban on Exports To Russia Urged
Rep. Weichel Ohio urged a total embargo on all U.S. exports to Russia as a last resort to halt supplies to a potential enemy. He chairs the House Merchant Marine Committee which studies Soviet use of American ships. He warned that farm equipment and industrial machinery continue to go to Russia and proposed prohibiting ship clearances from U.S. ports to stop trade.
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United States
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Weichel
Ohio
House Merchant Marine Committee
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