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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
1
Allied forces plan a defensive stand north of the 34th parallel in Northwest Korea to slow a Chinese Communist drive toward Pyongyang. General MacArthur’s spokesman said UN troops dig in from Koksan to Chinnampo along the Yellow Sea, covering the routes to Seoul.
Stassen visits Tokyo and analyzes the stalled Red waves as Chinese troops move south of Pyongyang and American positions hold at Koksan. Officials warn another offensive may come once strength builds, while the main Chinese force crosses rivers on foot toward the south. Harold Stassen meets Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney at Haneda Airport.
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are reducing horses to 153 and expanding gear with aviation and a requested helicopter. The 3,489 uniformed members patrol 539000 miles in the north, including 46860 by dogsled, with a view to further mechanization.
Nine years after Pearl Harbor the world remains at war. The United States faces strengthened industrial war capacity, Russia and allies far surpassing Western manpower, and likely atom bomb potential. Experts warn a general war could bring American cities under threat, with Korea and Southeast Asia conflicts cited as ongoing flashpoints. The article reflects on postwar aims, UN creation, and enduring global tension.
In St Louis on the November election campaign Democrats spent 105 446, more than twice the Republican outlay of 46 080. A report filed yesterday notes contributions to the Democratic treasury from labor unions. Republicans reported spending 46 080 in St Louis.
Paris announces a January meeting of West European nations to draft an Atlantic Pact European army and confirms immediate formation of West German combat teams. Gen Jean De Lattre De Tassigny named high commissioner in Indo China with full powers as France shifts to rapid rearmament amid Korea crisis.
A daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Clarence Reinsch in Keeliztown at St Marys Hospital. The note mentions the Guarani Indians as natives of Paraguay.
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