Invaders Routed From Two Strategic Towns In Korea
United States and South Korean forces expelled North Korean troops from Yongdok on the east coast and from Yechon inland in central Korea after heavy artillery and house to house fighting. A40-page continuation reports a broader Red pincers forming around Taejon, with advances toward Kumchon and Chonju as the assault centers.
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Korea
T’OKYO
United States
Taejon
Yongdok
first cavalry division
Pohang
25th infantry division
Yechon
central
Leopold Returns to Belgium Calls for National Unity
BRUSSELS Belgium July 22 King Leopold III arrived home from exile and urged Belgians to avoid further strife. Opposition parties demand abdication, while Leopold pledges to pursue appeasement and concord and to back Belgiums Atlantic defence policy and social progress. No clear settlement path emerged as rivals vow legal action and possible general strike.
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BRUSSELS
Belgium
Leopold III
Leopold
Prince Baudouin
Black Green TV Breakthrough Promises Richer Blacks
A Cambridge firm announces a major advance in television with a plastic filter in front of the cathode ray tube to render dark areas truly black. The development, named Black Green, is touted as the greatest single advance since the commercial set’s evolution, aligning with London department store history and Selfridge style banners.
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BLACK SCREEN TELEVISION UK Information Office
Cambridge
England
Mackenzie King in grave condition after pneumonia attack
Former Prime Minister Mackenzie King, 76, suffers acute pneumonia and lapses into unconsciousness at his Kingsmere summer home. Dr Campbell Laidlaw reports the illness has grown from serious to exceedingly grave, with a history of prior ailments dating to 1948 Paris circulatory issues.
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Mackenzie King
Gatineau Hills
UAWA
King
Kingsmere
Campbell Laidlaw
Ottawa
London
Paris
List of 589 Successful Medical Exam Candidates
The Medical Council of Canada lists 589 successful candidates from spring examinations held in Halifax Montreal Kingston Toronto London Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver. Alberta names include William Amman Mamie Bailey Harold Bell Margery Blayney Donald Cameron Donald Colter Barney Dlin Neil Duncan George Evert Ernst Frinton Margaret Hunter Robert Jamieson Harold Lynge Lloyd MacLean Ernest McCoy John Nattress Robert Paraday Harry Shaw Ernest Shortliffe John Skene Fred Spackman Hero Struvey De Groot Henry Toupin Mathew Wesolowski William Wickett Jacob Winogren Allen Wright and others.
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OTTAWA
Medical Council of Canada
Halifax
Montreal
Kingston
Toronto
London
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vancouver
Alberta
William Cecil Amman
Olds
Alta
Mamie Elizabeth Bailey
Okotoks
Harold Edin Bell
Taber
Lloyd Douglas Maclean
Calgary
Ernest Edward McCoy
Fulford Harbor
B.C
John Ronald Nattress
Robert Paraday
Harry Shaw
Prince Albert
Sask
Ernest Carl Shortliffe
John Stanley -Skene
Fred Neal Spackman
Hero Berend Struivey De Groot
Regina
Henry M. Toupin
Mathew ‘James Wesolowski
Vancouver sea captain Wright dies in Tokyo at 56
Capt. J. A. Wright, 56, longtime Vancouver mariner, died in Yorkosuka hospital after an illness. He captained the SS Lake Chilliwack, his last command, and formerly the ill fated Greenhill Park which exploded in port in 1944. He also steered the Lake Canim through the Nationalist blockade of China, the first Canadian master to do so. Survived by widow and two daughters.
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VANCOUVER
J. A. Wright
Tokyo
Western Canada Steamships
China
Yorkosuka hospital
Pledge No Strikes From Petroleum Workers Union
Los Angeles July 22 The independent union of petroleum workers wires to President Truman a pledge for no strikes during the Korean emergency. The move appeals to duty to brothers abroad and aims to support wartime efforts.
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LOS ANGELES
independent union of petroleum Workers
Truman
Chinese Reds Prepare For Assault On Quemoy
Chinese Reds opened shelling on Quemoy Island near Amoy as Nationalist forces report about 1,300 ships gathered for an assault. Intelligence and Nationalist sources warn of a likely large invasion against Formosa with 1,500 sta-going ships concentrated along Fukien coast ahead of an attack.
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TAIPEI
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Amoy
Quemoy
Hu Lien
Reuters
Fukien
Cyclonic Winds Hit Munson Area
Cyclone force winds struck the Munson district on Wednesday evening causing about 1000 dollars in farm damage. Two granaries a garage and a machinery shed were lifted from their moorings and scattered 500 yards into a wheat field. Fifteen years ago a similar windstorm damaged the Rosgen barn.
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MUNSON
Alta
Peter Rosgen
Rosgen
Bodies recovered after car plunged from ferry approach
Winnipeg report states two bodies were recovered from the Red River near Holland Manitoba after a car went into the water Monday. The deceased are Mrs Willis Graham, 28, and Edwin Walker, 37, found about 300 yards downstream. The infant Linda Jane Graham remains missing.
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WINNIPEG
R.C. M.PS
Holland
Man
Willis Graham
Edwin Walker
Americans in uniform likely to climb to 2,000,000
Washington July 2 22 The number of Americans in uniform probably will climb over 2,000,000 within the next few months. The armed forces have told the House Armed Services Committee they seek a higher ceiling than the 2,005,882 figure set by Congress. Current strength stands at about 1,458,000. All services except the air force plan to call up reserves to reach the target. the air force may draft WWII veterans if needed. Senator Connally warned Congress faces a decisive decision on U S strength.
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WASHINGTON
United States armed forces
house of representatives armed services committee
senate
congress
air force
Harland Parks
house
air arm
U.S
Tom Connally
Dem
Tex
Canadians throng recruiting stations as sanctions take effect
Ottawa dispatch reports Canadians continued to fill recruiting posts nationwide as Canada enacts economic sanctions against North Korea. The armed forces aim to boost ranks by 6 000 to 8 000, with naval enlistment surging futures including a first draft of 74 sailors headed to Cornwallis NS and a second draft a week later. Reservists and veterans signified willingness to serve again as needed. embargo on exports to North Korea also took effect.
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OTTAWA
Dominion
navy
Cornwallis
Digby
R.C.A.F
Russian Sub Reported Seen Off Newfoundland Coast
A Sunday Herald report says a Russian submarine with a black hull was seen about 410 miles east of Newfoundland on July 12 early morning. The trawler reportedly saw the sub surface 200 yards away, Halifax officials declined comment for security reasons, and earlier sightings had been reported along the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coasts.
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Sunday Herald
Newfoundland
Halifax
Tnit
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Grand Banks
Canadian Commander Hobart Gay Leads U.S. Cavalry Inland
Maj Gen Hobart R. Gay commands the First U.S. Cavalry division after landing at Pohangdong on Korea s east coast. His column pushes inland in a thin line to deter North Korean forces from severing supply routes from Pusan to Taegu.
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Central Press
Hobart R. Gay
Pohangdong
Pusan
Taegu
Three Armed Bandits Escape After Bank Robbery
In New Westminster British Columbia two armed men fled last night with about 9000 dollars from a golf course hideout after holding up a Bank of Nova Scotia branch at Maillardville. A third robber who aided in yesterday’s payroll theft remained at large. Police used rifles and bloodhounds to track the bandits who dropped some cash on the fairway amid a lengthy manhunt.
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NEW WESTMINSTER
B.C
Bank of Nova Scotia
Maillardville
Vancouver
Vancouver Golf and Country Club
Renewed Red Attack Feared Near Taejon Front
Bulletin reports US and South Korean forces bracing for a renewed Communist assault south and east of fallen Taejon amid uneasy quiet on the front. Fire disrupts Vancouver pier and grain elevators on Burrard Inlet. Maj Gen William F. Dean officially listed as missing in Korea, with possible wounding. Four Belgian gendarmes killed in Brussels truck crash en route to Leopold II's arrival. Captain BR D Grieg wins King’s Prize at Bisley with 277.13 aggregate. Fifteen Yak- fighter bombers raid US Korea airstrip. no confirmation. Heavy fighting erupts on Ceram Island between rebels and government forces.
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TOKYO
United States
fallen Taejon
BRUSSELS
Reuters
Hning
Leopold
U.S
KOREA
South Korea
Japan
INDONESIA
JAKARTA
Ceram Isand
Amboina
United States of Indonesia
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Chonup
INVADERS
Selfridge
Gordon Selfridge
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The
Canadian Press
THUNDERBIRDS
nord
Thunderbird
Canada
Munson Area
Resgen
North Korea
Nfld
Al UHAWA
NAVAL
Columbia
Burrard Inlet
DEAN
army
William F. Dean
United States Mth Division
CAT
KR. D. GRIEG
BISLEY BISLEY CAMP
Surrey
CPi
BR. D. Grieg
Royal Scots Fusiliers
National Rifle Association
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