Fierce Ground Fighting Near Taejon Reported by Allied Forces
Canadian Press reports fierce ground fighting on routes to Taejon as American and Australian air forces pound North Korean troops. Advances north of Taejon and along the Kum river indicate heavy action with allied air strikes diminishing enemy artillery fire. Australian Mustangs claim eight tanks and five trucks destroyed in the Chonan Chongju area amid continued pressure on front lines.
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OKYO
Taejon
South Korea
Korea
Kum
Reuter
Seoul
Associated Press
MacArthur
Reuters
Chonan- Chongju
Chongju
Umsong
Britain unlikely to spare troops for Korea say Gordon-Walker
Winnipeg July 12 British Commonwealth relations secretary Patrick Gordon-Walker said Britain probably could not spare ground troops for the United Nations forces in Korea. He said regulars are needed at home for national service conscription and to cover duties in Malaya Hong Kong and Germany. He spoke after inspecting flood damage and presenting Mayor Coulter with donated silverware.
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WINNIPEG
Britain
United Nations
Korea
Patrick Gordon- Walker
Gordon - Walker
Canada
Australia
Malaya
Hong Kong
Germany
Manchuria
South China
Canton
Spectre of Red Volunteers Foreshadows Korea War
Washington officials warned that hordes of volunteers from Russia and China could join North Korea, risking a prolonged conflict. Estimates suggested it could take until next fall to secure victory even without direct Soviet or Chinese forces, due to tough North Korean fighters and supply lines. Officials cautioned another three weeks of bad news may precede any build up, with reports of volunteers possibly appearing at the front.
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WASHINGTON
United States defence headquarters
Russia
China
Korea
Stalingrad
Okinawa
North Korea
Far East
U.S
Print shop owners plead guilty in major counterfeiting case
Jamestown New York July 12 Two owners of a print shop pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to counterfeit more than 1 million dollars in US and Canadian currency. Judge John Knight set July 25 for sentencing of Alfonso Stablewski 41 and Henry Stevens 45. They were arrested during a crackdown on counterfeiters.
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JAMESTOWN
N.Y
United States
John Knight
Alfonso Stablewski
Henry Stevens
Remembering Daniel Laidlaw V C A Daring Piper of Loos
Daniel Laidlaw VC died at 74 in Shorescean Berwick England where he served long as sub postmaster. He earned fame as a piper with The King's Own Scottish Borderers at Loos in September 1915 marching on the parapet under gas and fire, pipes in hand, inspiring his unit.
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Daniel Laidlaw
V.C
Shorescean
Berwick
England
Montreal Star
King’s Own
Ducharme Faces Gallows Friday Orders Last Meal
Frederick Red Ducharme, convicted sex slayer, set for execution Friday in Vancouver’s Oakalla jail. He orders a 10 pound roast turkey with a simple dressing, salad, ice cream, pie and cherry brandy as his last meal. Guards say he remains confident new evidence will free him. appeal court rejected his bid for a new trial and the case awaits Supreme Court action. He claims an alibi for Nov 8 and has had only one visitor, a priest.
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VANCOUVER
Frederick
Red) Ducharme
Oakalla
Ferne Blanche Fisher
False Creek
Ducharme
British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
Two New Selling Drives Slash At Stock Market
New York July 12 two fresh selling drives pushed the stock market lower in a brutal session. Major equities fell sharply with General Motors and Chrysler each down about four dollars as frantic selling overwhelmed the exchange. Reports a Bulgarian motorized unit near the Yugoslav border aided the decline.
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NEW YORK
United States
Korea
exchange 50
General Motors
Crysler
Yugoslavian
Hail storms strike prairie farms across Canada
July reports describe damaging hail across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba with 50 to 100 percent crop losses in towns like Hafford Avonlea Bengough and Swift Current. Alberta hail insurance covers about 75 percent of business with estimated 200000 acres hit. Northern BC and southern Alberta suffer worst, while Manitoba sees lighter damage. Continue on Page Two.
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Hafford
Blaine
Saskatchewan
Avonlea
Bengough
southcentral
Swift Current
Alberta Hail Insurance Board
SOUTH ALBERTA
Raymond
Magrath
Fort St. John
B.C
Alberta
Manitoba
Alberta board
Hotel Watchman Kills Baker in Pittsburgh Berth
In the Schenley Hotel basement a 59 year old watchman, Dominick Omogrosso, killed Alfonso Morano while he baked biscuits and wounded two other hotel workers in a breakfast rampage. Morano died after a gunshot as he dropped egg yolk into batter. Police say Omogrosso yelled I get even and claimed others mocked him. He faces homicide arraignment today.
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PITTSBURGH
Schenley
Dominick Omogrosso
Alfonso V. Morano
Morano
Herbert H. Kinde
John Harper
Omegrosso
Omogrosso
Three Canadian Destroyers Turned Over to U.N. Cabinet
Prime Minister announces Canada will place the destroyers Cayuga Sioux and Athabaskan at the disposal of the United Nations for a Korea police action. The ships sailed from Esquimalt British Columbia and will depart Pearl Harbor after refueling as orders allow. Details depend on General Douglas MacArthur with Pearson briefing later this afternoon.
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Central Press
Prairie provinces
St. Laurent
Fort Qu’Appelle
Sask
Calgary
U.N
Korea
Pearl Harbor
prie
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pearson
Esquimalt, BC
British Ship Kefalonia Released Near Formosa
The 7000 ton British steamship Kefalonia was released July 7 by the Chinese Nationalist navy near Formosa. The ship, under radiogram from its captain, heads toward the Communist-held port of Dairen in Manchuria.
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SONG KONG
Formosa
eaid
Kefalonia
Dairen
Manchuria
Bearded Man Targeted in Farm Animal Slashing Spree
In Thessalon Ont on July 12 police hunted a red bearded man described as a bear like prowler who reportedly cut steaks from a horse and two calves for food. A calf first found slashed, later a horse and another calf were discovered similarly injured. Residents reported sightings near farms and gardens.
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THESSALON
Ont
Where Are People's 'Police' in Berlin and Europe
Berlin and East Germany report growing activity by the communist people’s police with troops moved from training centers on unspecified assignments. Western press cites possible deployments to Korea or the Balkans as part of Soviet era pressure fronts amid Cominform activity. Bulgarian motorized units head toward the Yugoslav frontier fully equipped, signaling regional mobilization.
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RICHARD R. KASISCHKE
ERLIN
Marchal Tito
Yuro- Slavia
Berlin
east Germany
west
hich commission
Neue Zacitnik
Communist people's police
BELGRADE
Yucolavia
Reuters
Borba
Pilcrade
torday
Yaroslav
Rain And Wind Cut Attendance At Big Stampede
Calgary July 12 Rain showers and cool winds reduced attendance at the Calgary Stampede on Tuesday with 45 004 through the gates versus 66 943 last year, a drop of 21 939. Officials trust the overall week will still set a new record total of 407 954. The second day featured a three way tie for first money in major bucking events and United States riders leading in three of five top events, led by Casey Tibbs Cam Lansdale and Buster Ivory.
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CALGARY
United States
Victoria Park
Dick Coscrave
cowboys
Casey Tibbs
For
Pierre
Cam Lansdale
Turner Valleyv
Buster Ivory
Modesto
Calif
Theatre Ceiling Collapses Injuring Sixteen in Richmond Park
A section of the Park Theatre ceiling collapsed Tuesday afternoon in Richmond Virginia injuring sixteen people. Police reported no fatalities and described the incident as nonFatal with Emergency crews on scene investigating the cause and assisting victims.
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RICHMOND
Park theatre
Wally's First Husband Leaves Estate to Widow
Earl Winfield Spencer Jr, first husband of the Duchess of Windsor, left his entire estate to his widow Lillian. Probate was filed yesterday. the will mentions no later wife Wallis Warfield, whom he divorced in 1927. Spencer died at 61 in Coronado California on May 29, with an estate reported over $25,000 according to his lawyer.
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LOS ANGELES
Duchess of Windsor
Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr
Lillian
Wallis Warfield
Spencer
Coronado
Calif
Press Calls Strachey Resignation After Debated Speech
LondonJuly 12 British papers largely urged War Secretary John Strachey to resign after the House of Commons debate over his language about a plot in politics. The Daily Telegraph Daily Graphic Glasgow Herald Times Manchester Guardian and Yorkshire Post joined the Liberal News Chronicle in demanding his exit. The Ex press and Daily Herald did not comment while Daily Mirror backed the government. Strachey said his "plot" remark referred to a Conservative attempt to topple the government and not to the Schuman Plan.
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LONDON
John Strachey
Daily Telegraph
the
Daily Graphic
Glasgow Herald
Liberal News Chronicle
Times
independent
Strachey
sween
Manchester Guardian
Liberal
Attlee
Yorkshire Post
Daily Express
Daily Herald
Daily Mirror
house of commons
Schuman
American forces withdraw across Kum River south of Chochiwon
American forces pulled back across the Kum River south of Chochiwon late Wednesday with a rearguard delaying action. Canuck destroyers poised to depart Pearl Harbor for Korea within 48 hours for RO Korea defense only, not Formosa. Britain says precautions taken. typhoid cases rise in Alberta and Saddle Lake region. Pleven forms new French cabinet. more quakes hit Colombia. seven storage tanks burn in Fairview Oklahoma.
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KUM RIVER
Korea
Chochiwon
OTTAWA
Pearson
Pearl Harbor
Republic of South Korea
Formosa
BRITAIN
LONDON
Reuters
Emanuel Shinwell
house of commons
LETHBRIDGE EDMONTON
Saddle Lake
Alberta
Lethbridge
PLEVEN
PARIS
Rene Pleven
France
Flesen
Robert Schuman
European steel and coal pool
COLOMBIA
BOGOTA
API
El Sigto
Cucutelli
Arboledas
FAIRVIEW
Okla
Oklahoma
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