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February 11, 1949

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Tokyo War Secrets Stolen By Soviet Spy Ring in 1941; Agents Led by Pseudo-Nazi Obtained Data Permitting Use of Troops in Siberia to Defend Moscow -- 2 Here Deny Role NAMED IN THE ARMY'S REPORT ON ESPIONAGE TOKYO WAR PLANS STOLEN FOR SOVIET

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

Gen MacArthur rept on USSR spy ring, Far East, made pub by US Army; names Dr R Sorge as group leader who posed as loyal Nazi eventually becoming Ger embassy press officer, Tokyo; names A Smedley, G Stein, O Hozumi, M Klauseen, B de Voukelitch and M Yotoko as agents; credits group with getting data enabling USSR to defeat Nazi armies driving on Moscow; charges A Smedley and other writers with influencing US officials on China Communist problem

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Tokyo Cabinet to Be Anti-Red Coalition

By the United Press

TOKYO, Friday, Feb. 11 -Premier Shigeru Yoshida's Cabinet resigned today at the opening of the Japanese Diet's special session.

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By Winston Churchill: The Second World War; Volume II -- Their Finest Hour Book I -- The Fall of France INSTALLMENT 7: THE FRENCH AGONY By Winston Churchill: The Second World War Volume II -- Their Finest Hour Telegram to the President -- My Visit to Tours -- Increasing Degeneration -- The Great Mandel -- Conversation with Reynaud -- My Refusal to Release France From the Obligation of March 28, 1940 -- Resolute Attitude of MM. Herriot and Jeanneney -"L'Homme du Destin" -- French Government Decide to Move to Bordeaux -- President Roosevelt to M. Reynaud, June 13 -- My Telegram to the President of June 14-15 -- A Grave Suggestion -- The Petain Government Asks for an Armistice -- A Second Dunkirk Evacuation -- The Lancastria Horror. ON FRENCH DIPLOMATIC FRONT INSTALLMENT 7 -- THE FRENCH AGONY Book I -- The Fall of France 'ONE FRIGHTFUL INCIDENT OCCURRED AT ST. NAZAIRE'

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REMINGTON LOYAL, U.S. BOARD DECIDES; Commerce Official Reinstated as Panel Rejects Charges of Miss Bentley, Ex-Red Remington Cleared of Disloyalty As Board Rejects Bentley Charge

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cleared of disloyalty charges made by E T Bentley, US highest loyalty rev bd; ordered reinstated in Commerce Dept post with back pay; will pursue slander suit against Bentley, NBC and Gen Foods

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ARMS COUNT LOSES IN U. N. AS TRUMAN BARS ATOMIC DATA; Council Rejects Soviet Demand That Big Five Account for All Troops and Equipment PRESIDENT'S REFUSAL FLAT He Declares That Number of Bombs in U. S. Should Not Be a Matter for Discussion U. N. COUNCIL BARS SOVIET ARMS COUNT

By A. M. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

Council rejects USSR resolution, 9-2

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Notable Births

1949James Silas, American basketball player^[†]

James Edward Silas is an American former professional basketball player, who played the point guard position. Born in Tallulah, Louisiana, Silas played the majority of his career with the Dallas Chaparrals/San Antonio Spurs of the ABA/NBA. His nicknames include "the Snake", "Captain Late" and "the Late Mr. Silas", the latter two referring to the fact that Silas seemed to play his best late in games.

Notable Deaths

1949Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857)^[†]

Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several languages, grew up in Sweden, attended medical school there, then studied medicine in Paris and opened his first practice in France. He was married to a wealthy Englishwoman and spent most of his adult life in Italy.