Indications Are Allies To Fight For South Korea
Gen MacArthur reports more than 1.35 million Communist troops poised to strike UN forces in Korea. Frontline numbers show 444,406 Reds along the 38th parallel with 277,173 Chinese and the rest North Koreans. nearly 1,000,000 en route or in Manchuria. Allied leaders plan intensified defense as Lt Gen Ridgway meets President Rhee and vows to stay the course.
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OKYO
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
South Korea
Manchuria
Horea
Matthew B Ridgway
Syngman Rhee
10th Corps
Eighth Army
How Strong Is Kai-Shek
Formosa observers differ on Chiang Kai-Shek strength and the potential impact of his 500,000 strong Formosan army. Some American advisers praise his popularity and guerrilla forces, while many foreigners doubt a mainland counteroffensive is ready and fear defections. Red China may field up to 12 million by 1951, making the balance uncertain as debates continue.
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WARREN WHITE
TAIPEI
Formosa
Reuters
Chang Kai-Shek
Far East
Chiang
Nanking
China
Li Tsung- Jen
Red China
Insurance clerk wins £91832 pool as life of leisure begins
George Borrett a 45 year old insurance clerk from Liverpool pockets £91832 from a football pool per the London Daily Mail. He plans a two month tour with his wife their nine year old son David and his mother in law before buying a new house and sending his son to another school then returning to his job. He has spent less than £100 so far mainly on clothes for family.
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London Daily Mail
Liverpool
George
David
M. Evans
Britain
Europe
GEORGE BORRETT
Christmas Tragedy Leaves Widow, Son Wounded
In Harrisburg on Christmas night a widowed mother learned her 20 year old son, Robert L. Smith, a soldier in the Korean War, had lost both arms and both legs. Reporter Bill Loftus conveyed the heartbreaking news to Mrs Clara Smith of Middleburg as the story unfolded, with further details promised on page two.
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BILL LOFTUS
ARRISBURG
porter
Clara Smith
Middleburg
Robert
Robert L. Smith
Weather not factor in Mount Okanagan crash
Canadian Pacific Airlines officials say weather was not a factor in the DC-5 crash on Mount Okanagan last Friday. The pilot and co-pilot were killed. fifteen passengers and a stewardess were uninjured. Authorities have not determined the crash cause. some pilots suggest weather was not unfavorable, and a later Vancouver to Penticton flight reported good weather.
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ANCOUVER
Canadian Pacific Airlines today
Mount Okanagan
C.P.A
Vancouver
Penticton
Calgary
CPA
Central Press
CPR
R.C.A.F
Taylor Named Alberta Railways and Telephones Minister
Gordon E Taylor, 40, of Drumheller, named minister of railways and telephones and acting minister of public works by Premier Manning. MacMillan remains minister of public works while hospitalized from a heart attack. Taylor, a Social Credit MLA since 1940, runs an insurance and real estate business and previously chaired party whips. Born in Calgary, he trained as a teacher, taught in Drumheller, served as an RCAF navigator in 1942, and led Boy Scout and youth work including Camp Gordon in 1940.
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EDMONTON
Gordon E Taylor
Drumheller
Alta
Alberta
E C Manning
Taylor
D B MacMillan
MacMillan
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Social Credit
Calgary
Calgary Normal School
Gordon
RCAF
Canada considers reopening air training to Atlantic pact flyers
Ottawa officials say Canada weighs training Atlantic Pact allied air crews beside its own expanding air force. Plans focus on hosting foreign trainees amid taxed facilities, with Britain seeking 1000 RAF men yearly and Australia none. Canada would again serve as a training hub as in WWII under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Norway
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
RAF
Britain
RCAF
Clear-cut Korea victory out of reach amid slow retreat and high Chinese numbers
Belman Morin reports from New York on December 27 that a decisive victory in Korea is unlikely due to manpower shortages while morale among UN troops remains high. He notes a future drawn-out withdrawal across the peninsula, contingent on how many divisions China will expend, with potential severe costs for the Chinese in a prolonged campaign. The piece previews three Morin dispatches from the Far East.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Far East
BELMAN MORIN
NEW YORK
Korea
Pacific
Japan
Mothers Will Attend Funeral for C P A Pilots
Vancouver awaits funeral for two Canadian Pacific Airlines pilots killed in Mount Okanagan crash. Co pilot Leo Doucettes mother plans to travel from Sudbury Ontario by Trans-Canada Rail. Captain Quinton Moore's mother from Calgary will come by train for burial in Nelson BC after inquest opened at Penticton before Coroner W H White. Bodies released for burial after viewing witnesses. hearing adjourned.
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VANCOUVER
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Mount Okanagan
Leo Doucettes
Sudbury
Trans-Canada
P @Q Moore
Calgary
Quinton Moore
Nelson
Penticton
W H White
Active Service For 7500 U S Officers
The United States army ordered 7500 national guard and reserve lieutenants and captains to report for active service between March 1 and March 22. It will also call up 100 Women's Army Corps officers along with 890 medical officers 850 dental officers and 410 medical service corps officers. This marks the first time officers from national guard and organized reserve units are called to active duty.
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WASHINGTON
United States army
national guard
army
Bombing Of Dams Is Staged
Washington officials weigh whether allied bombers should target dams on the Yalu border as a pretext to widen Far East war. Experts argue there is no military reason to delay, noting seven dams on the river with two operating and five planned. Destruction could hamper Manchuria arsenal output and North Korean plants, though risks are deemed high.
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WASHINGTON
Manchuria
North Korea
Russia
Yalu
Far East
MacaArthur
Tokyo
Yalu River
China
Mukden
Two missing girls found safe on Mount Seymour
Vancouver reports two teen girls Marilyn Long 15 and Frieda Neufeld 13 were found safe high on Mount Seymour after a snowstorm as ski troopers searched the area. Highway 3 near Fernie remained closed by a slide four miles west.
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VANCOUVER
Mount Seymour
Marilyn Long
Frieda Neufeld
SLIDE FERNIE
B.C
LONDON
Reuters
Scone
Alan C. Den
Westminster Abbey
BIC
Rease
ESY
SAIGON
Indo China
Manel
Daphec
Harel
Indo-China
RUSSIA
BULGARIA
WASHINGTON
Remia
Europe
State department
Sofia Nev
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Virginia Kretowicz
Butt
Virginia
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