Canada expands defence program high cost no ground troops kept
The Canadian government authorized a rapid defence expansion amid the Korean War. The plan seeks millions more for defense, possibly adding 8,000 regulars, boosting fighter production, and aiding UN forces in Korea. Canada will not send ground troops now, but may join a UN international force. No. 426 Transport Squadron will aid airlift but not fight. Regular strength rises beyond 47,000. cost estimates pending.
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United Nations
Korea
St. Laurent
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Montreal
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Military Funeral for Const Herschel T Wood in Regina
A military funeral was held for Const Herschel T Wood age 25, son of RCMP Commissioner S T Wood, who died Saturday in Calgary after a road patrol automobile accident. About 200 officers from Regina station and officials from government, city, railway police, army, navy, air force and judiciary attended at the RCMP cemetery.
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Herschel T. Wood
RCMP
S. T. Wood
Wood
Calgary
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army
navy
airforce
The Left Hand Corner on a British Visitor to Eire
A London correspondent notes a British visitor returning from Eire with a quota of food allowed by both governments. The most popular item in parcels is sugar for women and bacon or ham for men. Butter is scarcer than last year while choco lates and Irish beef remain common, with variations in weight among women.
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London
Eng
Ottawa Journal
Jaci Summer wey
Belgian King Leopold Returns to Belgian Throne
The Belgian parliament voted 198 to 0 in favor of Leopold's return from exile in Switzerland ending the regency of Prince Charles. The decision follows controversy over Leopold's 1940 surrender to Germany and his 1945 marriage to a Belgian commoner. Socialists and others opposed the move, with abstentions marching from the chamber.
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Associated Press
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Paul-Henri Spaak
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Offers To Raise 10,000 Canadian Volunteers For Korea
Toronto businessman Edward J. Pyman offered to raise and equip 10,000 Canadian volunteers for Korea within 30 days and have them ready to embark in 90 days with intensive training. He said he could mobilize the men via a United Nations pledge and noted past success in Finland and Israel volunteer efforts as a Canadian army and RCAF veteran.
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Edward J. Pyman
United Nations
Pyman
Finland
Israel
R.C.A.F
Italian peasant woman gives birth to second set of quads
Antanzaro Italy July 20 Reuters Marianna Liol, 32, gave birth yesterday to her second set of quadruplets in two years. The babies arrived in the seventh month. Hospital doctor said mother and babies are splendid. Liol and husband Domenico Lioi toil in Calabria fields to feed ten mouths. The father, aged 40, said Never again and questioned how they will live on their earnings.
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Italy
Reuters
Marienna Liol
Catanzaro hospital
Calabria
Domenico Lioi
Giovanni Romancla
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Half American Units In City Said Withdrawn
A United States air base in Korea reports heavy fighting near Taejon. Fires roared through Taejon valley as allied air forces attacked. Capt Herman C Mitchell of Roanoke Virginia described burning vehicles along a highway northwest of Taejon. Villages west of the Yundung River were aflame with a persistent air blitz. Refugees fled toward the southwest as Red artillery fired from the northwest. Mustang pilot Lieut John P MecCann of Jacksonville Florida said central Taejon burned fiercely at 445 p.m. local time.
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Herman C. Mitchell
Roanoke
Mitchell
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John P. N MecCann
Jacksonville
Fla
Tacjon
McCann
Giant U S Rocket Fizzles Out at Cocoa Launch
COCOA Fla July 20 The U S Army big V-2 with a blue WAC Corporal nose failed to lift after nine hours on the platform at low thrust. Officials blamed a fuel valve that did not open and said a second attempt may be possible on Monday.
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Fla
United States army
Atlantic
New Rocket Gun Takes Heavy Toll In Taejon Fight
American and North Korean forces clash around Taejon as U S troops, using a new 35 rocket gun, knock out at least 11 tanks in a day of fierce house to house fighting. The key rail and highway junction around Taejon is reported abandoned by defenders.
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South Korea
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Korea
Formal Offer Made Striking Guildsmen
NEW YORK July 20 The World Telegram and Sun yesterday gave 400 striking newspaper Guildsmen its first formal offer since a strike began five weeks ago Talks continued after an American Newspaper Guild spokesman said the offer duplicated proposals the union had made informally in prior negotiations and does not meet the Guilds position The offer covered only job security grievance procedure and union security.
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American Newspaper Guild
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Cupid Works Overtime at Chalk River Plant Marriages Rise
Report from ITAWA July 29 notes Chalk River workers at the national atomic project live in Deep River Ontario with 1247 marriages recorded and a rising birth rate since 1947. The Lanett journal cites a study claiming no evidence that atomic exposure harms offspring though some cases show defects. Births peaked in 1949 and continued into 1950 with 281 children born by June.
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Cupid
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Chris
Leading Reds In Berlin
Top Communist leaders from Eastern Europe and China gathered in Berlin for the opening of East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party convention. The event drew many Cominform figures amid tensions over Yugoslavia and Balkan unrest, with UN cautions about possible actions against Greece.
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Truman Warns Nation On Price Control And Korea
President Truman warned the nation he is prepared to order price control and rationing if necessary amid rising prices from speculation. He labeled scare buying as foolish and selfish, and denounced profiteering as aiding an enemy. He described the Korean attack as raw aggression and faulted Soviet inaction, signaling tax hikes to fund defence and curb inflation.
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WASHINGTON
U S Marine Corps Reserve Units On Call for Active Duty
United States Marine Corps advised all organized reserve ground units to be prepared for active duty on ten days notice. No units ordered yet, but HQ is compiling a list of first-called units.
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