More Recruits To Be Sought
Ottawa reports plans for greater recruiting to close a 7,000 to 8,000 man gap between current manpower and the 69,000 ceiling. Suggestions to raise the ceiling to 85,000 exist but no cabinet support yet. Military advisers say voluntary service cannot meet rapid expansion needs.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Canada
Cabinet Defence Committee
Claxton
Howe
Pearson
Finance
Abbott
Chiefs of
External Affairs
Defence
City crews replace ties on south end bridge
Workers on the south end of the railway bridge replace old ties with new, chamfered timbers drilled for spikes. The task requires careful uniformity to avoid spoiling sections and will take time due to rail removal constraints. All civic employees except the fire department switch to a 40 hour week starting Jan 2 with city offices moving to a five day week and city hall closing Saturdays.
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CER
City
Autouive Gasualties in Korean War Update
United States casualties in the Korean War rose to 38 325 through midnight Dec 22. The figure covers notifications to next of kin and does not reflect all losses. Deaths numbered 6 432, with 5 742 killed in action. Wounded reached 27 012, with later deaths from wounds. Army 22 066, Navy 420, Air Force 306, Marine Corps 5 524.
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Washington
United States
Department of Defence
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Canadian army grows 25 percent in 1949 50 expansion
Ottawa reports active and reserve strength at 76,546, up 25 percent from 1949. Regulars total about 20,000, special force 10,400, reserves 46,000, with 15,500 more than last year. The rise driven by forming a special force brigade for Korea and elsewhere, one battalion sent to Korea, others training at Fort Lewis.
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Defence
Claxton
Special Force
Korea
Fort, Lewis Wash
Three convicted of breaking and entering in Alberta garage
Three people were convicted of breaking and entering after being found around a smashed safe inside a locked garage in St. Albert Alberta last week. Two of the convicts were women.
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Edmonton
St. Albert
Alta
Ottawa Experts Say Price Controls Chance Remote
Ottawa sources say price controls are highly unlikely this time. The cabinet plans to seek parliament's power to act if needed but avoids invoking the War Measures Act.
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Ottawa
Ostawa
Canada
St. Laurent
London
Ancient Stone Dumped in River Sparks Theft Theories
London police cite Essex reports of a heavy bundle dumped into the River Crouch by night from a small boat. No trace of the Stone of Scone is found near the bank, while a five ton stolen truck linked to Glasgow is recovered in Kensington. Authorities weigh Scottish nationalist extremism as a possible motive.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Crouch
Essex
Chelmsford
Scotland
Hallowed
Kensington
Glasgow
Britain
Eskimos Happy People Despite Hard Arctic Life
London excerpt recalls Canadian archaeologist Douglas Leechman’s months in Northern Labrador. It describes Eskimo life with dances, storytelling, and social customs, noting their warmth, love of trade goods, and rare use of the word don’t.
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Don Taylor
London Express Service
Douglas Leechman
Labrador
Arctic
Leechman
Atlantic Council Confab Shifts to Dreamlike Realities
Peter Inglis notes the Brussels North Atlantic Council meeting felt unreal and dreamlike. Diplomats and journalists faced tiring proceedings, odd hospitality, and tense manners as spectators observed a circuslike atmosphere around the Palais Provincial and Hotel Metropole.
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Brussels
Palais Provincial
Hotel Metropole
Pat and the Scotsman Liquor Incident
A court hears Pat claim he was arrested while drunk. The judge questions the purchase source and Pat admits a Scotsman gave him the liquor. The judge sentences Pat to thirty days for perjury.
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Pat
Egyptians Ready Civilian Defences Amid War Fears
Cairo authorities announce elaborate civil defence preparations to shield Egypt from potential world war impacts. A dedicated civil defence department is to be formed, emergency hospitals and stockpiles of drugs are planned, and the fire service urges departments to safeguard against air attacks. The move follows lessons from World War II and global security tensions.
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Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
United States
Britain
Council of Ministers
UN forces brace as Chinese move to cross Korea front
UN forces along Korea's midsection gird for a Chinese mass assault as Gen. MacArthur warns of up to 190000 troops advancing in the next two weeks. Chinese units 60 000 strong approach Seoul area while air power targets rear area concentrations.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
Reuters
8Th Army
Kaesong
Seoul
China
US 8Th Army
North Korea
Cockney Reading Of News On BBC Upsets Workers
Cartoonish Cockney reading of newscasts lampoons BBC time service as unions demand worker representation. It mocks shortages in Korea and Pyongyang parlance, notes rising prices and taxes and forecasts a harsh weather front. It ends with a joke about skipping the 9 pm news and going to the pub.
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Nathaniel Gubbins
London Express Service
BBC
Korea
Pyongyang
Dingdong
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