Korea’s rich history and division outline a nation’s saga
New York July 13 Koreans built movable type paper money and early bridges. The piece covers Korea’s early innovations, cultural symbols, colonial era struggles, and the 38th parallel division with population figures and social roles.
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New York
Korea
Europe
Gutenberg
Brooklyn Bridge
Chosen
United States
Seoul
Orient
Marco Polo
Land of
Yi Sung Kei
Peninsula
Russia
Ghandi
India
Mansei
Meneneeg
US Consul Called Bandit Leader in Sinkiang
Pravda claims former US Vice-Consul Douglas S. Mackiernan remains in western Sinkiang leading anti-Communist bandits. It accuses the State Department of concealing his whereabouts, tied to a warlord Niman. State Dept. denies and says Mackiernan may seek passage toward India.
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Moscow
Pravada
Douglas S. Mackiernan
Sinkiang
US State Department
Mackiernan
Urumchi
Usman
Peiping
Niman
State Department
Himalayas
India
Czechs Announce New Army Rules
In Prague on July 13 Communist President Klement Gottwald issued a decree abolishing prewar Czech army regulations and adopting Soviet inspired rules. The defense ministry withheld the new order from publication while a supplementary note outlined changes toward ending caste notion of officers and rewarding exemplary soldiers while promising justice to all.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Ministry of Defense
American Freighter commandeered to carry war cargo to Korea
Vancouver reports the American freighter California was seized on arrival to load war cargo for Korea. The ship, owned by States Steamship Co and chartered for direct Korea tonnage, will discharge a copra cargo and sail to an unnamed U.S. port. Captain J E Garigle of Portland vows to stay with the vessel.
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Vancouver
B. C
Korea
United States Maritime Commission
K. C. Middleton
Dodwell and Company
California
States Steamship Company
J. E. Garigle
Portland
Ore
Two Quakes Recorded Near Fiji Islands and California
University of California seismographs recorded two moderate earthquakes on Thursday. One quake occurred near the Fiji Islands, the other near California, with readings indicating similar magnitudes and shallow depths.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Seismograph
Fiji Islands
Werd
Mexican Police Ring American Embassy
Heavy police guards ring the US embassy in Mexico City but no incidents occur. The Mexican Communist party held a nearby meeting and police say the guard was mobilized in case of trouble. A leftist sympathy meeting for jailed U S refusers to answer questions about communism is planned.
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Mexico City
Mexican Communist Party
Three Flying Boats To Aid Mexico Coast Patrol
Lieutenant Telemaco Lara Munoz has orders to Los Angeles to buy three flying boats for coast patrol. The move follows Mexico’s announced intensification of Pacific Coast patrols due to the Korea War, with planes set to arrive in time for winter naval maneuvers in the Pacific.
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Mexico City
Telemaco Lara Munoz
Los Angeles
Mexico
Pacific
Korea
Lara Munoz
Russia Historian Lets Loose on UN Head Lie
Moscow dispatch notes Eugene Tarle, Soviet historian, blasting UN Secretary Trygve Lie in Pravda for backing American intervention in Korea. Tarle accuses Lie of betraying duties as secretary general and aiding armed intervention, a continuation of Moscow’s recent condemnations.
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Moscow
Eugene Tarle
Trygve Lie
Korea
Communist Party
Pravda
Tarle
Lie
Europe
United Nations
Irrigation Pays Off For Western Lands 1946 49
The US Bureau of Reclamation irrigated western lands that produced over 500 million dollars in crops annually from 1946 to 1949.
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US Bureau of Reclamation
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