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US-Yugoslav-Ital talks to allow Italy to export goods made with ERP materials to Yugoslavia reptd, Rome; official sources silent; move linked to planned Yugoslav pact extension
650 move; 450 to follow; some equipment reptd smuggled out in advance
Pres Truman orders new Army cts-martial manual into effect Feb 1; enlisted men to sit on bds; other changes
Whittaker Chambers disclosed yesterday that for ten years he had had "constructive" but not actual possession of the microfilms of top secret Government documents he asserts were filched from official files by a pre-war Soviet espionage ring.
identifies cables signed by Bullitt and Hiss in most secret code
1948Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic[†]
Luis Ángel Caffarelli is an Argentine-American mathematician. He studies partial differential equations and their applications. Caffarelli is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, and the winner of the 2023 Abel Prize.
1948John Waters, English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist[†]
John Waters is an Australian film, theatre and television actor, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and musician. He is the son of British actor Russell Waters. John Waters was part of the Australian children's television series Play School for 18 years.