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Justice Goldsborough adjourns J L Lewis and UMWA civil and criminal contempt trial following Govt summation of evidence; UMW atty says trial record falls to establish contempt
O'Dwyer seen making pay rises dependent upon transit fare rise; conf with Civil Service Forum reprs
excerpts from memoirs, The Second World War; illus: preface; Book I; World War I aftermath; Ger reparations and disarmament; French and US policies; seeds of Hitlerism
Pres Roxas dies; succeeded by VP Quirino; pol career revd
Sec Marshall reptd to have scoffed at Central Intelligence Agency repts that Communists would attempt sabotage of conf, House subcom; Rear Adm Hillenkoetter says one warning was kept from Marshall by O J Libert and Amb Baulac; Dr Gaitan assassination called non-pol but used by Communists; Hillenkoetter reads excerpts from agency's secret repts on Communist plans prior to riots
1948Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011)[†]
Reginald B. Alcock, was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
1948The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.[†]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.