14 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1950
Page
1
The passage references United States stance on Formosa and Taiwan claims, Chinese Communist threats to Hong Kong, Vietnam fights in Indochina, Burma with Thakin forces, and British Malaya battles with communist guerrillas, portraying a tense global struggle.
AAP reports a UN secretary general urged urgent support from member nations including combat troops for the Korean War. He dispatched telegrams asking for effective assistance and noted concerns about atomic weapon use.
Field dispatches describe artillery duelling across the Kum river and guerrilla raids behind American and United Nations forces signaling a major North Korean offensive. Late reports claim the red forces may have opened a full scale attack along the river line with a bridgehead reportedly not confirmed by Gen. MacArthur's headquarters.
The item blends local notes from Medicine Hat with wartime reports. It mentions editor and numbering quirks, local residents Andy Nelson and Hon. J. L. Robinson, and weathered city details, alongside reports of North Korean advances near Taejon and Kongju with US artillery and air attacks.
Ottawa reports that 1951 will see the Royal Canadian Air Force expand to five regular fighter squadrons largely equipped with the F86 jet and based in eastern Canada. Defence plans accelerate orders for jets and CF 100s, with radar expansion around key targets, amid Korea and warming peacetime production.
London Express reports Field-Marshal Slim, chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived in Singapore the jungle war’s Malaya HQ. He toured Australia and New Zealand, bringing renewed loyalty and resolve to troops, especially the young soldiers, as empire crisis unfolds.
Madrid reports indicate Franco will not beg for UN aid. The 1946 UN resolution calling for ambassador withdrawals is seen as an insult to his regime. Observers expect the fall assembly to revoke the withdrawal resolution while Franco weighs internal reforms amid external criticism.
A Quebec farmhouse eight miles east of Rouyn burned killing seven children trapped in second floor bedrooms. Eva Degagne, 15, survived after being rescued by her father who escaped with their parents and another brother. The fire destroyed the two story clapboard dwelling. cause unknown as neighbors recalled baking bread that evening.
A fragmented dialogue shows a mother questioning a child about activity in the pantry. The child replies with a humorous deflection, hinting at a light domestic moment rather than a serious event.
London Reuters reports Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin reappeared in public for the first time since entering a nursing home six weeks ago. He looked much slimmer after two rectal operations in three months and will travel tomorrow for a two week convalescence at Eastbourne on the south coast.
AP reported a small Communist force breached U S Kum River lines after artillery exchanges with two Red divisions threatening Kum positions. Australian and American air forces hit Red ground forces, while Moscow radio quoted Communist claims that UN intervention is mocked. Washington said US ground forces would be welcome in Korea if needed as Western powers fret over Russia’s moves. London observers expect U S resolve to turn events despite worries.
President Truman answered a question on resisting aggression worldwide with caution. He said the situation would have to be met as it develops. Reports allege Chinese Communist forces and Russian volunteers support North Korea, but foreign power help may not be suddenly used to crush South Korea. Continued on page five.
Dr. William B. Kountz reported that sex hormones renewed signs of youth in about 50 patients aged 65 to 90. Women menstruated again and tissues improved while men showed similar gains. autopsies showed better nourishment and blood supply. The study cautioned on potential liver tumors in animal trials.
Budapest reports border violence between Yugoslav and Hungarian sides with explosions and firing along the nine mile zone. Bulgarian notes and Belgrade denials accompany disputed relocations and travel restrictions as postwar friction rises.
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