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September 17, 1949

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RAJK AVIDLY ADMITS A PLOT IN HUNGARY WITH U. S. AND TITO; Ex-Foreign Minister, in 4-Hour Self-Denunciation, Describes Plan to Overthrow Regime AMERICANS DENY CHARGES Yugoslavs View Spy Trial as Aspect of Cominform Tactics in Growing Balkan Crisis Rajk Avidly Admits to a Plot In Hungry With U. S. and Tito

By the Associated Press

Rajk confesses plot to overthrow Govt with Yugoslav and US backing; links Yugoslav Min Rankovitch, ex-US Min Chapin, Amers G S Kovach and M Himmler, and Cardinal Mindszenty; Rajk por

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Navy Requests Its Officers to Cease Public Criticisms of Defense Plans; NAVY URGES HALT TO PUBLIC ATTACKS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

linked to Navy request that officers curb pub statements; Crommelin to testify, Navy ct probe

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4 Western Soldiers in Berlin Flee Soviet Jail, Tell of Abuse; 4 SOLDIERS OF WEST FLEE A SOVIET JAIL

By Kathleen McLaughlinspecial To the New York Times

US Recruit Sienkiewicz and 3 Brit soldiers, held for mos by USSR for crossing into USSR zone, escape to W Ger; charge Russians interrogated and mistreated them; 4th Brit soldier and 1 French civilian, freed by escapees, are missing; Brit Maj Gen Bourne asks probe by Col Yelizarov

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48 European Journalists End Tour Of Nation With Gala Greeting Here; WESTERN EUROPEAN JOURNALISTS AT THE CITY HALL JOURNALISTS GET WELCOME BY CITY

By Richard H. Parke

Forty - eight journalists from fourteen western European countries received a gala New York reception yesterday, the climax of an intensive, two-week coast-to-coast sightseeing tour.

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CRIPPS WILL FACE PAY RISE DEMANDS ON ARRIVING HOME; As He Leaves Here the British Ship Workers Insist Upon a Pound-a-Week Increase HE IS SEEKING ECONOMIES Chancellor 'Full of Optimism' on Prospects for a Solution of Dollar Shortage CRIPPS TO BE MET BY WAGE DEMANDS

By Raymond Daniellspecial To the New York Times

unions seek £1 wkly raise

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Notable Births

1949Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)^[†]

Ronald Gordon "Ron" Stevens was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until his resignation on May 15, 2009. He was subsequently appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta on May 20, 2009, by the government of Canada.

Historical Events

1949The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.^[†]

SS Noronic was a Canadian passenger ship that was destroyed by fire in Toronto Harbour in September 1949 with the loss of at least 118 lives.