21 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
1
Unofficial word hints higher prices for pop chocolate bars and candy as sugar runs affect households. The Annual Rotary Carnival is slated for September 28 29 30 in the Arena with preparations already underway.
London Conservative Daily Graphic's political correspondent forecasts Hartley Shawcross likely to replace Ernest Bevin as foreign minister after the parliamentary summer recess. Bevin is recovering from a recent operation. Referencing a Venezuelan aircraft story remains unclear in this fragment.
Washington AP reports administration officials and Congressmen push for excess profits tax to curb Korean war profiteering. Some fear broad authority in a defense production bill. others urge rapid price drops and continued consumer relief measures amid sugar and food shortages. Senator Paul Douglas outlines continuing controls with steel allocation and civilian production limits.
Britain’s first postwar inquiry into marriage and divorce laws is urged by 104 MPs from parties. Lipton leads a motion for a Royal Commission to ease 20000 yearly separation orders and end issues like maintenance and remarriage. The debate, not yet scheduled, follows Lipton’s calls against desertion and giss-and-run tactics.
A gentleman seeks a corset for his wife in an awkward exchange with a saleslady. The man blushes as he asks about bust size while the assistant inquires about fit and material, ending with a frank confession that the item is simply worn out.
A US infantry task force in Korea claimed the first sizable ground victory, driving North Korean troops from Yechon after a 16 hour battle. The 24th Division held ground southeast of Taejon as Allied forces pressed the east coast offensive. Casualties were light and enemy losses were unspecified.
Ottawa report says young Canadians besieged naval and other recruiting stations nationwide. Officials seek guidance as thousands volunteer for all three services. Army offices note high applications while 80 percent of usual staff would be diverted. Air force sees a marked rise, and many WWI veterans inquire about roles.
Washington says military leaders doubt that A bombs could end the Korean war quickly. Terrain and troop concentrations limit effectiveness. Use against wartime targets deemed impractical with few strategic targets in North Korea. An unofficial guess suggests 1,000 bombs might be built in two years.
In Berlin for a Communist rally, top Soviet officials present a staged show of good behavior as East German authorities open traffic on the Autobahn to the west. Talks unfold on resuming electric power, while air safety reports note unposted fighter flights near Berlin. The Socialist Unity Party rally enters its second day with no clear purpose given for the high level visitors.
The Kaiser-Frazer plant in Detroit closed as 10 000 pickets surrounded the factory. Workmen began leaving benches at 11 p m in protest of suspending union shift chairman Ralph Clark. Five thousand laid off workers were recalled on Wednesday while the plant, producing gears for Kaiser and Frazer cars, operated at half capacity for two weeks.
Ottawa reports R.C. AF No. 426 transport squadron gathering in Ottawa to join UN pacific airlift to Japan. Four engined ships, crew of 20, return from training near Cairo Trinidad and Daual near Montreal, plans backdated by Defence Minister Claxton. Blackout on movements of Canadaub ships as UN commander MacArthur directs.
The Alberta Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board will open hearings in Calgary in December on Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp plan to export Alberta gas to the Pacific Coast. The company seeks an export permit and aims to build a Texas to Pacific Northwest line with a Vancouver link via Pincher Creek in southwestern Alberta.
Belgian security forces and gendarmes brace Brussels amid scattered demonstrations against the monarch's anticipated return. Interior Minister Chauwer vows control as clashes flare and leaders meet to discuss the plan.
In Australia, rustlers raid large sheep flocks at night and load them into trucks for black market sale. Some raids target wool men and ranchers report flocks returning shorn weeks later with numbers unknown. Police investigate widespread, elusive rustling amid vast, lonely outback ranchlands.
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