SCRAMBLE FOR URANIUM
Received Monday, 7 p.m. . LONDON, Sept. 2(3. Immediately after the revelation that tliey have the atomic secret, the Kussians have begun demanding the reciuitmeut of many thousands more i (jl'tii.'iu.-N in work in the iuanium mines, says the Dailv Alail's Bertin correspon- , dent. An order to the ''Genmui authori- i ties of Alerklenburg Province at the weekend, says that 20,000 workers inust be found before the end of the yenr for transpoi'tation to the Aue district of Saxotiy, a well-known centre oi uranium deposlts. To step up "recruit • ing," tlie Alecklenburg autliurities have been told they may send husbands and \\i\es or engaged eouples if both volunleer To work in the mines. The Associated Press Prague corresj'omleut savs a new uranium mine has been opened at Ainie.sk about 25 milos xmth ctf Pr igue, under the direetion of Ibissian engineers. The diggings are ti" third on Czechoslovak soil known !> be j rodu. ing atomic metal.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1949, Page 5
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