Pressure Based On Taegu South Fighting Heavy
Allied troops closed a big hole in the northeastern Korea front but lost Battle Mountain in the southwest. The five mile gap near Yongchon and Kyongju was closed with American air support easing pressure on Taegu. Battle Mountain near Haman saw heavy fighting with 15000 North Korean losses cited and the mountain changing hands repeatedly.
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Associated Press
OXYO
Korea
Battle Mountain
Yongchon
Kyongju
Taegu
Haman
Pusan
U.S. 25th infantry division
Red
bald mountain
Masan
Alberta air training bases eyed for RAF use next year
Defence Minister Claxton announced Canada will host RAF personnel training next year and re activation of an Alberta airfield is possible. Rumors point to Macleod No 7 SFTS or Claresholm No 15 SFTS, with Penhold near Red Deer also mentioned. Weather favors southern sites. hangars intact. Lancasters stored at Macleod. some buildings in use by reserve army.
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Alberta
Defence
Claxton
R.A.F.i
Canada
Macleod
Claresholm
Macelod
Penhold
Red Deer
Yale Scientist Proposes Nucleus-Based Polio Origin Theory
Dr. Joseph L. Melnick of Yale, presenting at the seventh congress of the International Society for Cell Biology, suggests infantile paralysis may originate in nuclei of spinal cord cells. He and Dr. John B. Leroy found poliovirus in ruptured nuclei after removing cytoplasm, challenging the then prevailing cytoplasm-only view.
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NEW HAVEN
Conn
Yale
Joseph L. Melnick
International Society for Cell Biology
Melnick
Yale school of medicine
John B. Leroy
The Left Hand Corner shows aborigines on new stamp
A summer stamp issue in Australia features the head of a central Australian aborigine. The article notes about 50 000 Aborigines mainly in the north were Stone Age hunter gatherers in 1788 when Europeans arrived. It contrasts their lack of soil farming with Canadian Indians.
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Australia
Canada
Senator urges rearming of Germany and Japan
Ottawa dispatch reports Pacific coast senator Thomas Reid of British Columbia urged arming Germany and Japan to defend their homelands. He argued Canada should not bleed manpower fighting Communist aggression everywhere and praised the RAF transport squadron for its trans Pacific air lift to Japan.
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OTTAWA
Japan
Germany
Thomas Reid
British Columbia
Canada
Reid
United Nations
R.C.A.F
John T. Haig
Korea
Gordon Fogo
Sontario
Defence
Claxton
Haig
Tryggie Lie
Flurry of Buying To Beat New Taxes in Vancouver
A last minute attempt to dodge new taxes sparked a downtown shopping rush in Vancouver on September 9. Buyers sought cars tires radios and electrical appliances but stock ran out as dealers reported all items sold or spoken for. New taxes apply at the factory or import level, not to goods already in stock.
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VANCOUVER
Striking Textile Workers Fire On Con stables In Bombay
Police fired on striking cotton textile workers in Parel Bombay's industrial district as they attacked stables and passers by disrupting traffic. A bystander on an upper floor was killed by a stray bullet.
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BOMBAY
Reuters
Parel
Living costs rise in eight Canadian cities in July
Ottawa reports July price gains in eight Canadian cities driven by higher meats and coffee costs. Sugar, yas, and sugar cited. Higher telephone rates in Ontario and Quebec pushed up service costs in Montreal and Toronto.
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OTTAWA
bureau of statistics
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal
roranto
First Of Trapped Miners Crawls From Gas Tomb
In Scotland the first of 118 trapped miners at Knockshinnoch Castle Mine crawled to safety after gas-filled tunnels. Rescue teams passed breathing gear to others as a 720 foot escape shaft was used. Gibb McCaughtrey, 22, led the surface return amid coal dust and exhaustion.
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Associated Press
CUMNOGC
Scotland
Knockshinnoch Castle
Gibb McCaughtrey
national coal board
coal board
No Declaration of War in Korea Says Claxton
Ottawa September 1 Defence Minister Claxton told the commons that Korea fighting is a police action and no one has declared war. Canada will not be first, he said, when asked about Canadians on active service who could be taken prisoner. He noted UN forces observe the rules of war regarding prisoners.
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parliament
Haig
Parliament Hill
peace congress
James Endicott
Toronto
Russia
Canada
Fogo
Korea
Claxton
R. B. Herner
Saskatchewan
United States
OTTAWA
B. D. Fulton
Western veterinary college proposal debated in Montreal
Delegates at the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Quebec discussed a plan to establish a veterinary training college in western Canada. At present Canada has two colleges, in Guelph Ontario and St Hyacinthe Quebec.
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VET COLLEGE FOR
WEST
MONTREAL
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
College of Veterinary Surgeons
Quebec
Canada
Guelph
Ont
St. Hyacinthe
Que
Wheat Moves Higher on Reported Frost Damage
Wheat moved higher on the board in response to frost damage reports in Western Canada, while oats held steady and corn and soybeans showed mixed moves. The USDA cited 100 million bushels cut from Canadian wheat and another 100 million unfit for human consumption, though traders awaited Canada’s crop report next Thursday.
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Associated Press
Cne
board of trade today
mid-west
United States department of agriculture
agriculture department
United States
New England
WINNIPEG
Canada
Russia Says Bomber Unarmed Demands Compensation
A Soviet bomber, described as unarmed, was shot down by U.S. air patrols near the 38th parallel off Korea. Moscow demanded compensation and the United States asserted it expects an explanation from the Soviet government at a Lake Success meeting.
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Korea
U.S
38th parallel
United States
Lake Success
Alan R. Kirk
Moscow
Russia
Truman to use broadest U S control powers
President Truman plans a national broadcast on utilizing the broadest economic control powers in U S history. He signed the control bill September 1 and immediate actions curb credit to limit purchases, with further orders to direct essential materials to defense amid inflation fears.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
United States
congress
Roosevelt
federal reserve board
Remarkable 64.5 Bushel Wheat Yield At Tempest Alberta
OFT white spring wheat delivered at the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator in Tempest. Raised by John Lengyel on his Coaldale area farm, 3.5 miles northeast. Frost damage reported. grain graded 2 CW. E J Wiens notes the yield in The Herald on Saturday morning.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Tempest
E. J. Wiens
Herald
John Lengyel
Coaldale
Allergy to Drugs Blamed for Winnipeg Teen Death
A coroner's jury in Winnipeg ruled that Dianne Skynner, 17, died from an allergy to drugs given for an arm injury after a bicycle accident on August 29. She was hospitalized 27 days after the crash when an arm thrombosis developed, leading to her death.
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WINNIPEG
Dianne Skynner
Miss Skynner
Aus
Six Killed in Welsh Homes Collapse
Five children and a man died when three houses collapsed on a Swansea street. Ten others were seriously injured as the front walls remained while rear stables gave way. Neighbors recalled a roaring noise before the disaster on a main highway.
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SWANSEA
Wales
Reuters
Sawn Lumber Output Rises in British Columbia in June
In June British Columbia produced 312,514,000 feet of sawn lumber, up from 275,901,000 feet a year earlier, boosting six month total to 1,449,432,000 feet versus 1,349,238,000 in the first half of 1949. Output east of the Rockies fell while western production rose.
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OTTAWA
British Columbia
Rockies
west coast
Canada Parliament Okays Major Bills Amid Army Force Debate
Prime Minister St Laurent said parliament will decide the destination of Canada’s special army force, currently assumed to be Korea. The session approved three major bills: railways revival, $850 million for rearming and arms to Europe, and conscription for UN obligations. More measures, including price controls, remain to come.
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UAWA
Canada
St. Laurent
Korea
commons
atla
Europe
armed forces co
United Nations
Howe
Abbott
Miners Rescued in Gas-Filled 118-Worker Pit
Twenty eight of 118 miners trapped 729 feet down in a Scotch coal pit were brought safely to the surface after navigating a gas filled escape tunnel in gas masks. Other items note a deadly derailment near Dacca, Truman approves European force increases, an Aussie Mustang leader killed over Korea, rail strike talks resume in Montreal, Dewey warns of possible Russia war this month, and a Drumheller mine blaze extinguished after a long fire.
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NEW CUMNOCK
Scotch coal
UNITED NATIONS AIR FORCE
KOREA
Reuters
Pohang
Caedr
L. T. Spence
Spence
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Blood Indian band
St. Mary River
Pan
Canad yan
King George VI
Ballater
Deeside
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House
INDIA
DACCA
Pakistan
joint chiefs of staff
Dean Acheson
Louis Johnson
DEWEY
SYRACUSE
N.Y
Goevernor Thomas BE
Russtaars
Beretner
DRUMHELLER
Alta
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