31 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1950
Page
1
Report from the Korean front describes a critical lack of ground troops to form a beachhead perimeter. American divisions and a South Korean corps are stretched across a 150 mile front, with communists able to flank and infiltrate in suppressed fixed lines.
Eighty members of the Canadian American Girls Band reached Medicine Hat early this morning aboard three special pullmans. Under conductor Arthur Thompson they practiced at Arena Gardens and will give a concert tonight at eight. Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for students, proceeds to Manitoba flood relief. The band departs tonight for Calgary and Edmonton on a coast-bound tour, skipping Lethbridge for 1950.
North Korean forces are reportedly receiving tactical guidance from Russian officers embedded with divisions. Capt. Walter C. Clarke of Fort Worth says prisoners confirm Russians with several North Korean units, from captains to lieutenant colonels, aiding campaigns and training. The North Korean army divisions cited include the 1st through 5th infantry, described as veterans well equipped and skilled.
Prime Minister Attlee appeals on radio from Chequers urging Britons to sacrifice living standards for rearmament as he denounces Communism and warns that the North Korea conflict could trigger a new world war. He calls for renewed enlistments in armed forces and civil defense.
London delegates in Parliament discuss wartime compensation payments. Treasury has paid over 2.8 billion dollars for enemy action damages, with 1950 settlements pushing total above 3 billion. Critics say many late claimants were denied, risking justice for thousands whose homes and property were damaged.
The Atomic Energy Commission says from January to June it produced a record amount of materials for weapons including uranium 235 and plutonium. It notes accelerated operations across the project, plans for new facilities, and continued research into radiological methods that could contaminate targets and cause mass displacement.
King Leopold III proposes temporary power transfer to his 19 year old son Prince Baudouin if the Flanders Wallonia dispute ends and socialist demands shift to parliamentary channels. Violence grows with three anti Leopoldists killed in Liège as 2,500 march in Brussels amid widespread strikes and unrest.
Two young girls who had begun to explore the intricacies of spelling chat about breakfast. The first reports an awful good breakfast and the second agrees noting something real nice that begins with an n. The dialogue wanders through possible N words ending with an egg.
British Columbia mills secure a $7,000,000 lumber order from the United Kingdom, representing half of the UK’s total 180,000,000 board feet this year. The remaining 90,000,000 feet will come from Washington and Oregon mills. Delivery is set between September 1950 and March 1951. British buyers have purchased about 167,000,000 board feet from BC so far this year.
London court circles speculate that Princess Elizabeth will have a second child, possibly due around mid August. The king’s daughter is on leave from Edinburgh while her husband, on the destroyer Chequers, has recently returned from Malta where he served as a lieutenant aboard the Royal Navy.
Soviet deputy foreign minister Jakob Malik signals Moscow will reveal plans at Tuesday’s United Nations Security Council session. Russia also hints at changes in top UN committees with Semyon Tsarapkin to lead the security council committee of experts and Maj Gen Ivan Skliarov to head the military staff committee replacing French officers. Return to these groups remains uncertain.
The walkie talkie proves handy beyond the battlefield aiding civilians and services nationwide. Fire chiefs pilots marshalling ships and police departments have used portable two way radiotelephones for orders, dispatch, and coordination. Railroads and utility firms employ them to speed classification and tracking, with licensed users across government, forestry, Red Cross, and contractors.
U S forces joined by tanks push to shore up Allied lines in South Korea as North Korean Reds shift attacks from the center to the west and southwest. Chinju falls near Pusan as American units redeploy to new positions within fifty miles of the port, with the 2nd Infantry Division under Maj Gen Laurence B Keiser reported landing to plug gaps along the southeast coast.
Fragmentary text hints at U S efforts to support a presidential chairmanship, with Renney mentioned and assurances for leadership. The garbled source limits clarity on person, date, or organization details.
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