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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FAGE NINE U.S. Spy - Hu ® Chairman Claims Certain Testimony ~ Will Uncover Ring| By Douglass B. Cornell Washington, Aug. 6 ((AP)--The spy-hunting Un-Ameri- can Activities Sub-Committee went underground today for a secret rendezvous with a mystery witness. Representative Karl Mundt (Rep.-S.D.), acting chair- man of the full committee, said the testimony, added to some already on record, "will prove the existence of a Com- munist spy ring which reached high into the government during the war." nt Moves F or Talks With Mystery Man But Mundt refused any clues as® to the identity or location of the man. All he would say was that the witness is "obscure" in the public mind and .that . his name so far hasn't figured in the hearings. The sub-committee was supposed to leave Thursday night, arrive at its destination by noon today, start questioning the mystery man this afternoon, and get back to Wash- ington by Monday. The Senate Investigating Com- mittee was to go ahead today with its sessions digging into the way the United States government's loyalty program is being operated. The central figure in the Senate inquiry. js. William W. Remington, suspended Commerce Department official. named by Miss Elizabeth T. Bentlay as a source of wartime secrets for Russian spies. Reming- Jon has denied this. Mundt left the impression that the mystery witness turned up by the sub-committee has had some sort of dealings with the Commun- ist underground or Spy network. But he wouldn't say so definitely. He described the man as "a per- son in a very splendid position to tell the whole story." When his testimony is added to that of Miss Bentley and Whittak- er Chambers, Mundt said, the com- mittee expects to fill in gaps and build up "adequate proof to bear out their statements about the spy ring." Miss Bentley and Chambers have described themselves as former Communists. Chambers told of be- ing a Red from 1924 to 1937 and serving as a courier for an under- ground "apparatus" in Washing- ton. Miss Bentley testified that she was a wartime courier who took se- cret information obtained from government officials and put it in- to the pipeline to Russia. Missing Child Is Found Alive Sydney, N.S., Aug. 6--(CP)--Four- year-old Berneta Morinet, missing in the woods near George's River since Tuesday when she strayed from her family's camping tent, was found alive today. Duncan Beaton, one of hundreds of volunteers who joined the search, located the girl on top of George's River Mountain, about 2% miles from the camp. She was taken to Harbor View hospital at Sydney Mines and was described as "in pretty good condi- tion." No further details were avail- able immediately. First clue to the girl's disappear- ance--a footprint in the mud--was located Thursday and concentrated the searchers on the area. 16TH CENTURY CONQUEST Chile was explored and conquered in the 16th century by Diego de Almagro and Pedro de Valdivia. Horses, Cattle Once Trod Where Liberals Meeting By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 6 -- (CP) --There were smoke-filled rooms, all- right, but in some the cigar aroma was all but stifled by the clinging re- membrance of livestock. Bandwagons there were, too, but they were of the psychological kind rolling for one candidate or an- other. There were glad-handing politi- clans; backwoods delegates from the far corners of the dominion; the Prime Minister up there on the platform signing . autographs; a blowup of Sir Wilfrid Laurier look- ing benignly down on the party of today; the undercurrent of history in the making. But above all it was dull, this opening session of the National Liberal convention. It was dull with the dreary disinterest that comes when men want to get down to brass tacks--in this case drafting a platform and singling out a leader --but most spent the day in a stuffy hall wading through the formal preliminaries, While the microphoned voices droned on from the platform, the men--and women--from. the con- stituencies shuffled their feet; they dered about the aisles of the liseum's floor; they knotted nto oups to talk up the chances of one candidate or another. To and from the sweltering cau- cus rooms, they walked up and down cleated ramps used for herd- ing livestock in and out of this building used for agricultural exhi- bitions. The stalls had been knocked down to provide standing room, but | no amount of airing could camou- | flage the all-pervading barnyard at- mosphere. The early apathy was expected to | give way to livelier interest by Sat- | urday when the convention gets | around to picking a leader. | The candidates themselves were a study in contrasts. | External Affairs Minister St. Laurent, the odds-on favorite in | the leadership stakes, sat impas- | sively on the platform through the | plenary session. At adjournment | times, he did his hand-shaking chores and eased out quietly, leav- | ing his battery of supporters to volunteer electioneering. Energetic little Agriculture Min- ister Gardiner was a dynamo by comparison. He was all over tne place, consulting frequently with his workers, earnestly talking to un- certain delegates and generally master-minding his own vigorous campaign. Hon. C. G. Power, former Air Minister, the third definite candi- date, was busy, too. But he appear- ed to be running pretty much of a lone-hand game as compared with the other two. In fact, he said dur- ing the day he didn't even know who was going to second his nomi- nation. Discontent Among Nations Said Causing By DeWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst They say little straws show how the wind blows, but one taxes the liberty of doubting whether the course of the straw is very helpful in the case of whirlwinds. Thus it is with cautious interest we note some easement of the sh finance officer in Berlin, cyclonic quarrel between Russia and the western allies. From Moscow comes word reliable sources say there is a good chance for "an agreement" between the warring nations. On top of that we get the Russian authorities' surprising move in relaxing their onerous fi- nancial blockade of Western Ber- lin for the present. This financial blockade, by the way, is distinct from the food blockade, although the latter wus imposed because of the financial quarrel between the Soviet and the Western allies. Some weeks ago the democracies made a new issue of German marks for their three Zones, which previously had been ndent on the Soviet currency. iThe Russians promptly outlawed € money in the British, United tates and French areas of Berlin on the claim the capital is part of the Soviet zone--an assertion which the democracies dispute. The Rus- sians also blocked the Russian mark accounts of the anti-Com- munist city government, as well as accounts of some business houses. The .result of this financial blockade ha been to deprive both Russ Action government and business of funds to meet commitments. The situ- ation was becoming serious when out of the blue the Soviet authori- ties released blocked funds to en- able the city government to meet its week-end engagements. Similar arrangements were made with busi- ness houses. Charles Gifford, Brit- ex- plained the surprising Soviet move thus: "They apparently did not want to bring things to a head in Berlin while negotiations were going on elsewhere" (meaning Moscow). . Well, supposing this does explain the Russian concession, we still want to know just why Moscow should suddenly decide to consider "an agreement" with the democ- racies. It strikes me that there are two prime reasons: 1. There is discontent and dis- affection among Moscow's satellite bloc of Eastern Europe. That is quite evident in countries like Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hun- gary and Poland. . 2, Russia and her red bloc are being squeezed economically be- cause of the division of Europe into the two camps. And of course, Western Europe is beifig squeezed, too, for these great areas are in- terdependent, They need an ex- change of raw materials, foodstuffs and manufactured articles. In fact the economic experts maintain that it would be impossible to rehabili- tate Europe fully so long as the iron curtain exists. Fe Lg Old Crow's Nest Still Flourishes But Is Different By DAVE MCcINTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer St. John's, Nfld, Aug. 6 -- (CP) --Ex-navy types in Canada will be glad to know stories of flaps and do's still travel along the wooden bar of the Crow's Nest and around the beamed room, mixing with breezes from the Atlantic where all the stories began. The Crow's Nest was hostel, home, and meeting place for navy men visiting St. John's during war years. Only one thing seems to bother the nest these days: Now that New- foundland is to be part of Canaia, it would like to get its crests back. Canadian navy officers carted off many ship's crests to Montreal after the war when they decided to set up a club there. Navy veterans may despair at the knowledge that the Crow's Nest now is a club for all ex-service types. An ex-officer of the R.AF. is Vice-President. From the windows overlooking the waterfront one can see the narrows through which corvettes and de- stroyers sailed from port to hunt the U-boat. The only difference now is the harbor is almost empty. Princess's Yacht Meets The "Queen Elizabeth' Kp The yacht "Blue Bottle," ven as a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of the Island Sailing Club passes the 3,000-ton Queen Elizabeth in the Solent off Hamble, Hants, Eng. ois Edinburgh by The 3 launch was on her sail-stretching trials in preparation for Cowes Regatta, at which the Duke is expected to race her. At the helm is Lieut.- Cmdr. Michael Crigliton, close friend of the Duke. 2 "a The Crow's Nest is on the fourth storey of an old waterfront ware- house. Thousands of navy and mer- chant marine men have climbed the 59 steps up to its warmth and |nights a week but the old Crow's cheeriness after a cold and danger- | Nest directive applies: "It is to be ous Atlantic run. hoped they will not clutter up the Women are allowed in three | war." Girl, 19, Caught In Grinder Suffers Loss Of Fingers Toronto, Aug. 6--(CP)--For 69 minutes Thursday, machinists cut a meat grinder Irom the riglit hand of Ann Fowler, 19, of Toronto. Dr. Smirle Lawson said some of the girl's fingers and her thumb will be amputated, He said the ef- ficiency of the machinists avoided amputation of three inches of the, victim's am, : Miss Fowler was. grinding meat at the head office of aychaln store wien her fingers were faught in the, machine's five-inch jaws. ¢ She turned the fnachine off apd' walked to the company nurse garry- iig the grinder. Taken to hospifak she was driven four miles across the city whén bospital authorities were unsuccessful in removng fhe meat grinder. Machinists used an electric metal cutter and a grinding machine to free the girl. She was under an anaesthetic while the grinder was cut away. Sheets were erected to prevent sparks from the machinists' equip- ment exploding the anaesthetic. Dr. Lawson said the jaws of fhe ma- chine were almost at her elbow be- fore it was turned off. Arthur Vincent, steel company superintendent who _directed the three workmen in cutting the ma- chine away with grinders and hack- saws, explained that the girl's hand was_caught in the hopper section of the meat grinder. The hopper, which weighed about 12 pounds, was detachable from the motor mech- anism of the machine weighing more than 100 pounds altogether. 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