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Show May Keep Mum on News. - " b. 7. The Court of Appeals rendered an Interesting decision today that newspapers can not be compelled by the courts to divulge their sources of information except under special circumstances. The point was raised in a libel suit against a trade paper. The lower court ordered the defendants to disclose the name of the informant in-formant on whose statement the alleged libel li-bel was baaed. The Court of Appeals reversed the order regarding the divulging of the name of their Informant, but decided that the plaintiffs had the right to ask the defendants what Information In-formation they possessed Inducing their belief be-lief that their alleged libelous comment waa justified. |