U S Forces Hold Firm Before Taejon Air Power Slows Reds
Tokyo July 18 AP North Korean Communists have slackened their assault on South Korea after heavy casualties as American forces hold all along the front. U S 24th division troops defend Taejon rail centre while South Korean troops strike at Red concentrations and then withdraw. Jets mustangs and light bombers bombard behind lines. heavy air power looks to slow enemy supply lines.
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LETHBRIDGE
ALBERTA
U.S
TAEJON
OKYO
South Korea
United States
U.S. 24th division
U.S. Eighth Army
U.S. Far East
defence department
Washington
Program of Tax Cuts to Tackle Domestic Low Mood
Geneva July 18 British policy outlined by Hugh Gaitskell minister of economic affairs proposes immediate tax cuts and higher government spending to counter a potential domestic low mood. If needed, housing program would be expanded and more industrial building encouraged, with bank credits extended to support plant and equipment demand.
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GENEVA
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
United Nations economic and social council
Britain halts oil shipments to Red China over Korea efforts
London reports London has stopped all oil shipments to Red China. British service departments will take over Shell stocks in the Far East for their use under UN Korea resolution. Only Shell had sold oil to China earlier. six months supply was 26 000 tons.
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LONDON
foreign office
Britain
Red China
Far East
Korea
Red
China
Shell
air force
United Nations security council
Shell company
British Methodist minister backs communism over war
Dr Donald Soper a leading British Methodist minister told delegates at the Methodist conference he would rather see a world over-run by Communism than drift into a third world war. The remark drew a hushed reaction as he spoke July 18 in Bradford England.
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BRADFORD
Yorkshire
England
Reuters
Donald Soper
Left Hand Corner Cat Guards Grieving Grave
Smokey the cat visits the grave of Teddy the wire-haired terrier each day at a grassless knoll near a Hamilton lunch counter. Owner Isabel Edelkoort recalls Teddy’s 16 years and says Smokey spends hours by the site, a scene described as a display of devotion a daily ritual.
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Smoker
Teddy
Isabel Edelkoort
Hamilton
Ont
Smokey
Drafts Message To Congress On Korea Crisis
President Truman plans to ask Congress for 5 to 6 billion dollars in military spending authority and up to 220000 more troops to confront the Korea crisis, with limited allocation powers and anti inflation steps but no tax hike. Senate leader says higher taxes unlikely.
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Associated Press
TASHINGTON
Truman
Korea
congress
E.D.T
United States armed forces
Scott Lucas
Illinois
senate
North Atlantic Alliance
house of representatives
Tenders Called to Scrap Depression-Hit Rail Line
Edmonton July 18 CP Tenders for scrapping a depression hit rail line that never rolled are issued by the C N R Edmonton purchasing department. Board of transport commissioners earlier granted dismantling of the Hemaruka Scapa branch in northern Alberta spanning 22.7 miles of main line and 0.6 mile of siding at Whatcheer Alta.
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TENVERS SCRAY NORTHERN
EDMONTON
C.N.R.‘s
board of transport commissioners
Hemaruka-Scapa
Alberta
Hemaruka
Spondin
Alta
Whatcheer
U S Forces Hold To Taejon Front In Korean War
Front line dispatches say American lines are intact and holding near Taejon despite Kum River bridgeheads. U S troops stand ready for battle while North Korean spearheads suffer heavy air and artillery losses with invaders scarce in sight. A map of cities and ports is provided for reference.
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Kum
Taejon
Front line
U.S
daily news
Herald
No Aerial Troops To Korea
Ottawa reports indicate strong opposition to sending Canada’s airborne infantry brigade to Korea with cabinet decisions possible Wednesday. Top military advisers met and will reconvene to review proposals as government circles weigh alternative plans amid calls for increased aid.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Security Officers Hunt Saboteurs in British Naval Bases
Security officers nation wide join a search for sabotage suspects following Portsmouth and Gosport explosions and suspected destroyer damage. Investigations list four earlier Devonport incidents and suggest trained operatives behind the attacks. Security at naval bases tightened amid navy concern over a large scale plot and possible cross service reach.
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PORTSMOUTH
England
Reuters
Gosport
Fortsmouth
Britain
NAVY
Notables Among Victims In Indian Air Crash
In New Delhi July 18 Brig H H Angle of Kelowna chief UN military observers in Kashmir and 21 other persons were killed when an Indian National Airways twin engine plane crashed in the Himalayan foothills near Kashmir during a heavy rainstorm. Gen Courtney Hodges and Sir Owen Dixon were scheduled to fly but were cancelled. An Air Lines plane landed at Pathankot, while a US embassy plane landed at Jammu. The incident killed several notable figures.
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NEW DELHI
India
H. H. Angle
Kelowna
B.C
United Nations
Kashmir
Himalayan
Courtney Hodges
United States
U.N. Kashmir
Owen Dixon
Australia
air lines
Pathankot
Jammu
F. M Sutherland
New U S Pacific Task Force May Head To Battle Zone
A U S source reports ships of a new Pacific Task Force possibly including three Canadian destroyers may sail for the Korean theater. The heavy cruisers Helena and Toledo and destroyers Chevalier Hamner and Chandler lead a 12 ship group at sea five days, initially seen as training rather than deployment to load ammunition for the Philippine Sea and other fleet units.
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PEARL HARBOR
United States
U.S
Helena
Toledo
Chevalier
Hamner
Chandler
Hawaiian
Philippine Sea
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Stalin Nehru back China admission to UN
Moscow July 18 Stalin and India’s Nehru agreed that Communist China must be admitted to the United Nations before a Korean war settlement can be negotiated. Tass published letters show Stalin urging UN security council action with five great powers including China. Nehru replied that he was consulting with others on the issue.
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MOSCOW
Stalin
India
Nehru
China
United Nations
Tass
U.N. security council
people’s (Communist
Soviet Union
U.N
Russian advisers with unit of North Korean army
U S army said there is definite information that Russian advisers, numbered between 10 and 20, accompany a certain North Korean unit. Identity not disclosed. Attlee says Britain is doing its best to support the U.N. Korea declaration. North Korean radio claims 2500 American deaths near Kum river while U.S. Eighth Army reports light casualties in past 46 hours. Philippines cabinet backs no Filipino troops to Korea. Mother and baby drown when car plunges off ferry near Holland Manitoba. Americans welcome Canadian transport planes to aid Korea airlift. Fort Yukon Alaska faces forest fire threat. village within wind-swept fire range.
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U.S
BRITAIN
U.N
ATTLEE
LONDON
house of commons
United Nations
Korea
KUM
TOKYO
Pyoncyane radio
Kum river
Eighth Army
MANILA
Philippines
Quirino
TREHERNE
Man
Adiniboine
Holland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Edwin Walker
Walker
OTTAWA
FORT YUKON
FAIRBANKS
Alaska
API
Arctic Circle
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TAEGUS
UTCHIN
PYONGHAERI
YONGHAE
WONGDOK
IKYONGJU
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Devonport naval base
Devonport
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