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August 16, 1947

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Washington Rebuffs Moscow On 4-Power Japanese Treaty; Note to Russia Denies Accords at Cairo, Yalta or Potsdam Set Procedure -- Implies Ten-Nation Talk Will Be Held U.S. REBUFFS SOVIET ON JAPANESE PACT

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

US Sec Marshall note to USSR rejects 4-power treaty proposal; denies charge of unilateral action; text

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Eisler Guilty of Passport Fraud; Faces a Jail Term Up to 5 Years; FIND EISLER GUILTY OF PASSPORT FRAUD

By the Associated Press

convicted; defense to move for new trial; Eisler testimony against sister and statement that he never represented Comintern noted

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U.S. AT RIO URGES BAN ON NEUTRALITY IN ANY AGGRESSION; Marshall Shifts on Proposal for Defense Pact to Make Hemisphere Stand Solid DUTRA OPENS CONFERENCE Lie and Foreign Minister of Mexico Also Urge Unity -- Economic Issue Brought Up U.S. in Shift at Rio Conference Urges a Ban on Defense Neutrality

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

Pres Outra opens 1st plenary session Petropolis; Min Fernandes elected permanent chmn; Lie closes session; Mex Min Torres Bodet raises econ issue; Cuba moves for discussion of issue; Marshall discloses new US stand on defense treaty, bans neutrality, int following session

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POLIZIO ESCAPES FROM POLICE GUARD; Bookmaker Who Set Off the Inquiry in Queens Was 'Protected' Since July 24 BOOKIE WHO CAUSED INQUIRY VANISHES

By Unknown Author

bookie E Polizio (Joe Pledge) eludes police guard and disappears, Queens; 200 police trained in anti-gambling tactics; 6 bookies fined, Queens

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OIL FIRMS PLEDGE MILITARY SUPPLY; PUBLIC CUTS LOOM; Spokesmen for Industry Meet Army-Navy Leaders and Get First-Hand Data on Needs HEATING FUEL MAY SUFFER Services Criticized as Failing to Set Plans in Advance -- Central Agency Proposed OIL FIRMS PLEDGE MILITARY SUPPLY

By Samuel A. Towerspecial To the New York Times

Interior Dept reluctantly authorizes private indus exploration on million acre tract, Wyo

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1947Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand^[†]

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun, is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. senator from the Democratic Party and the first female U.S. senator from Illinois.

1947Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer^[†]

Katharine Eleanor Hamnett is an English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts.

Headlines from August 16, 1947

Washington Rebuffs Moscow On 4-Power Japanese Treaty; Note to Russia Denies Accords at Cairo, Yalta or Potsdam Set Procedure -- Implies Ten-Nation Talk Will Be Held U.S. REBUFFS SOVIET ON JAPANESE PACT

Eisler Guilty of Passport Fraud; Faces a Jail Term Up to 5 Years; FIND EISLER GUILTY OF PASSPORT FRAUD

U.S. AT RIO URGES BAN ON NEUTRALITY IN ANY AGGRESSION; Marshall Shifts on Proposal for Defense Pact to Make Hemisphere Stand Solid DUTRA OPENS CONFERENCE Lie and Foreign Minister of Mexico Also Urge Unity -- Economic Issue Brought Up U.S. in Shift at Rio Conference Urges a Ban on Defense Neutrality

POLIZIO ESCAPES FROM POLICE GUARD; Bookmaker Who Set Off the Inquiry in Queens Was 'Protected' Since July 24 BOOKIE WHO CAUSED INQUIRY VANISHES

OIL FIRMS PLEDGE MILITARY SUPPLY; PUBLIC CUTS LOOM; Spokesmen for Industry Meet Army-Navy Leaders and Get First-Hand Data on Needs HEATING FUEL MAY SUFFER Services Criticized as Failing to Set Plans in Advance -- Central Agency Proposed OIL FIRMS PLEDGE MILITARY SUPPLY

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