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March 19, 1927

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FORD IS 'LENIENT' ON SOVIET, SAYS EDITOR OF HIS PAPER, FIRST LIBEL SUIT WITNESS; SAPIRO CALLS CAMERON Dearborn Weekly's Chief Insists Auto Man Gives Him Free Rein. VIEWS HIS, NOT FORD'S Independent Opposes Bolshevism While Manufacturer Is Tolerant of the Test. QUERIES ON JEWS BARRED Court Sustains Objections by Defense -- Reed Asserts Farmers Paid Sapiro $1,000,000.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

W F Cameron, ed of Dearborn Independent, on witness stand says magazine represents his views, not Ford's; Gallagher gets order to exclude all witnesses except Black, business manager of magazine, during examination of Cameron; questions on Jews barred; attempt of Gallagher to cross-examine Cameron, called as witness for plaintiff, foiled when court sustains objection of defense; Reed attacks huge fees collected by plaintiff; charges Lowden participated in secret conference for purpose of forming natl and internatl organization of farmers; gives names of those loaning money for scheme; charges unethical professional practice on part of Sapiro; Gallagher protests that secret conference and federation have nothing to do with trial and threatens if suit goes against them to make Reed's outline of what defense intends to prove basis for appeal; Reed contends articles were printed in good faith to protect Amer farmers and growers

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Richie Ashburn

1927Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1997)[โ€ ]

Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1948 to 1962, most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was a four-time All-Star player and member of the 1950 National League pennant winning team known as the Whiz Kids.