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July 7, 1951

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Yams as Source of Cortisone Proved in Mexican Research; YAMS PROVE SOURCE IN CORTISONE STUDY A Simpler Method Found Position Key to Process NEW SOURCE OF CORTISONE DEVELOPED

By Waldemar Kaempffert

Syntex Labs, Mex City, and US subsidiary Chem Specialties rept synthesizing cortisone from wild Mex yam (dioscorea); see US demand met in 3 yrs at reasonable prices; 8 young chemists credited; co plans $2-million plant, Mex; process discussed

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FIELD SENT TO JAIL IN CONTEMPT CASE, BUT WINS BAIL BID; Again Refuses to Name Those Who Put Up $80,000 Bond for Fugitive Communists MAY BE RELEASED TODAY Another Trustee and Woman Bookkeeper of Fund Also Flout Orders of Court Eight Now Being Hunted FIELD SEND TO JAIL; BUT WINS BAIL PLEA Judge Rejects Legal Doubts Trustee, Bookkeeper Called Prison Bars Spectators

By Russell Porter

Frederick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire "angel" of the Communist party and "front" organizations, was remanded to jail yesterday after he had rejected a final opportunity to purge himself of contempt of court.

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Woman Tells of Outwitting Reds In Seven Years as Agent for F.B.I.; COMMUNISTS ON WAY TO FEDERAL PRISON

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mrs M S Markward int on serving as FBI agent in Washington Communist Party (CP); her testimony in Com secret session on Communists among US employes, on Washington Navy Yd cell, and on number of cells in Washington noted

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RETAIL GROUPS ASK FEDERAL SALES TAX TO BALANCE BUDGET; Price Rises Caused by Deficit Financing Would Cost Public 'Far More,' Spokesmen Say BUT SENATORS DISAGREE While Committee Is Hostile to Consumer Levy, Backing for It Grows in Congress Conditional Support Given Retailer Groups Urge Sales Tax, But Senate Committee Is Hostile

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

rates proposed in House bill criticized as excessive by retailers reprs and M L Seidman, Sen com

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U.N. PATROLS REACH RUINED PYONGGANG; Other Allied Units Sweep Road to Kaesong for Mines--Guns Duel in Eastern Korea U.N. PATROLS REACH RUINED PYONGGANG Planes Hit Red Positions Patrols Encounter Fire

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

UN patrols enter Pyonggang; unopposed; withdraw; other Allied units screen rd to Kaesong for mines; brief clash reptd 9 mi E of town; arty duel reptd N of Yanggu; attack N of Hwachon repulsed; light contact reptd in other sectors

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Historical Context for July 7, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people^[†]