South Korean Troops Land On Tokchok Island
An Allied landing by South Korean troops on Tokchok Island deep in Red territory was announced. North Korean forces retreated on two fronts as UN attacks pressed north of Taegu and in the Changnyong sector. The operation followed shelling by British ships and could mark a waterborne center for enemy communications.
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Tokchok Island
Red Territory
Associated Press
OKYO
Red
United Nations
Taegu
Changnyong
Kline
Inchon
Seoul
Yellow Sea
MacArthur
heddquarters
navy
Tokchok
Chinni
Central Press
Naktong river
U.S
Chinjn
Waegwan
Yongdok
Pohang
Kigye
Japan backs UN stand in Korean War white paper
Tokyo reports a government white paper declaring Japan supports the United Nations in the Korean War as a self defense measure. It places Japan with Western democracies in the anti Communist bloc and calls on all Japanese to help prevent acts of patriotism.
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TOKYO
Japan
United Nations
U.N
One of World's Shortest Railways Sees Major Overhaul
The Mattagami Railway, run by Abitib Power and Paper Co., plans radical changes including replacing half its rolling stock. A new diesel engine will replace the old steam locomotive that hauls the junction to the CNR three miles away. The line carries 65,000 tons of high grade sulfites yearly, while cars belong to the CNR.
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Mattagami
CNR
Abitib Power and Paper Co
Mediator Works To Avert Canadian Rail Strike
A government appointed mediator Dr Mackintosh met management and labor in Montreal to avert a country wide rail strike set for Aug 22. He held talks with railway heads and union negotiating teams, listening and planning further sessions as unions press a 40 hour week with unchanged pay. The dispute involves 124000 non operating employees across 15 international unions and two Canadian brotherhoods.
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ONTREAL
Donald Gordon
Canadian National Railways
W. A. Mather
Canadian Pacific
Dr. Mackintosh
A. R
putti
Moose Jaw Couple Killed in Gander Plane Crash
Mr. and Mrs. F. Henderson of Moose Jaw were killed when a Newfoundland Airways Norseman crashed on take off at Gander Lake. Henderson, the airline’s manager, was at the controls. a mechanic and pilot saw the crash and towed the submerged plane to shore. A cocker spaniel also drowned. Transport officials launched an immediate investigation.
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GANDER
Mid
F. Henderson
Moose Jaw
Newfoundland Airways
Norseman
Gander Lake
Henderson
Belgian Communist Leader Julien Lahaut Assassinated
In Liege Belgium two gunmen hunted after the slaying of Julien Lahaut 66 year old Belgian Communist party chief and veteran MP shot four times at his doorway his wife nearby Lahaut had just sworn in Crown Prince Baudouin amid heightened tensions as Belgium nears potential civil conflict with Leopold's return Le Drapeau Rouge claims Leopold partisans carried out the murder defining it as an assassination.
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LIEGE
Belgium
Julien Lahaut
Communist party
Lahaut
vive la republique
Baudouin
Leopold
Brussels
STORM CENTRE
chamber of deputies
Le Drapeau Rouge
Lecrexig
Drapeau Rouge
Economic alarm as rail strike looms in Canada
Ottawa faces a potential complete stoppage of continental railway, telegraph, and related services after a wage dispute. Officials anticipate 500,000 motor trucks mobilized to move essentials if railways halt next Tuesday, with meat and milk distribution at risk and airlines and buses handling passenger travel. Government has not named an emergency committee or plan, and curtailment of telegrahic and telephone services is expected to accompany the disruption.
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OTTAWA
Canada
continental railway
thei
TOKYO
Korea
N.Z
WELLINGTON
New Zealand
Reuters
Tom Macdonald
EDMONTON
University of Alberta
Lethheidee-Magrath
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Rea Deer
Wetaskiwin
Lacombe
Camrose
Last of quadruplets born in Australia war bride's family
In Ellingen Australia on April 19 Mrs Betty Sara an English war bride gave birth to the last of her quadruplets a boy The first baby a girl and the second a boy were christened at Bellingen hospital later The fourth child a girl arrived earlier doctors say the last is the weakest yet all others are doing well The father Percy Sira an ambulance superintendent paced the hospital anxiously cheering the new arrival and praising the birth as a balanced brood
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ELLINGEN
Australia
Reuters
Betty Sara
Jonicht
tivid
Bellingen hospital
Sara
Percy Sira
Fire razes grandstand at Renfrew park in Edmonton
Fire of unknown origin gutted the grandstand at Renfrew baseball park in Edmonton Alberta Friday night after 11 pm. Six fire trucks responded as the structure burned completely. Park manager John Ducey was away and damage estimates were not yet available. amid uncertainty a weekend series between Calgary Puritys and Edmonton Eskimos may be affected.
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EDMONTON
Renfrew
Alberta
Calgary Puritys
Edmonton Exkimos
John Ducey
the
aty
Smith to lead U.S. CIA replacing Hillenkoetter
Walter Bedell Smith, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and Eisenhower chief of staff, will become director of the Central Intelligence Agency in September. White House officials said the change reflects no dissatisfaction with Hillenkoetter, who requested sea duty with the navy. The move follows debate over intelligence warnings prior to the Korean invasion.
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WASHINGTON
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
Moscow
central intelligence agency
Smith
Russia
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Charles Ross
White House
Hillenkoetter
C.I.A
navy
Ross
South Korea
Hulenkoetter
CIA
Dwight D. Eisenhower
supreme headquarters
Clerk Charged In Suitcase Theft
London dispatch reports 35 year old William Wakeham charged with stealing a suitcase containing secret atomic research papers for Britain's Ministry of Supply. The case centers on the August 8 disappearance at Euston Station, with the suitcase recovered intact in Folkestone.
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LONDON
William Wakeham
John M. Greenlees
ministry of supply
Britain
Greenlees
Euston Station
Wakeham
Folkestone
Just Like Home Comforts for British Trusties
Britain's prison commissioners report recommends more comforts for selected offenders. Privileges include hanging pictures, bedspreads, books, and fountain pens. women may hang curtains. High-conduct inmates may pursue hobbies like chess and drawings, but cards remain banned. Convict garb shifts from shapeless clothing to blue or grey jackets with matching trousers and ties, plus waistcoats and roll-neck sweaters for outwork.
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ONDON
Auk
Britain
cauleize
forbicucu
Bar- Stall
North Korean Invasion Losses Estimated At 50000 Men
Washington reports United States Army estimate that North Korean forces have lost about 50,000 men in the South Korea invasion. South Korean losses are placed around 37,000 through three weeks ago. Daily casualty lists continue, with updated figures withheld until of value to enemy.
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WASHINGTON
United States army
South Korea
Morea
defence department
Korea
North Koreans build up for new assault front
AP dispatches report four Communist divisions may regroup for a new assault on UN lines at the north central Korean front, from a prisoner of war source. North Korean probing along the Naktong river front continues as 200,000 Communist troops allegedly move from China toward Korea.
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TOKYO
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Naktong river
CHINA
KOREA
WASHINGTON
Alexander Wiley
Rep
Wis
congress
Korean
Wiley
senate foreign relations committee
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Central Press Canadian
Dominion
U.S. General
Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
NEW POST
Wakeman
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