MacArthur Says US Could Defeat China With Less Effort
Gen Douglas MacArthur testified that the United States could defeat Communist China without expanding total manpower, needing only a small fraction of the 3,462,000 men. He urged releasing power in the Far East with added air and naval increments while criticising President Truman and Defense Secretary Marshall.
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Truman
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Korea
Lyndon Johnson
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Defence
George C. Marshall
Res Units to Build Brigade for Europe
Ottawa reports a manpower drive to form the 27th Brigade Group for Europe. Forty two reserve units will recruit 5,500 to 6,500 men, with composite arms from coast to coast. Training to battle readiness spans six to eight months as Korea and NATO developments shape timing.
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Korea
Kentucky Derby Heated Scramble At Churchill Downs
Kentucky Derby runs today at Churchill Downs with 23 entries for the 1 1 4 mile classic. The 100000 prize and 77th running draw vast betting interest as no clear favorite emerges between Battle Moon and the Whitney entries Mameluke and Counterpoint.
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Harry F. Guggenheim
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Counterpoint
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny) Whitney
Alberta Reserve Units to Join European Brigade Formation
Three Alberta reserve units and four British Columbia units are selected to join General Eisenhower's European force as part of Canada's infantry brigade group. In Edmonton two Loyal Edmonton Regiment companies will proceed to concentration and replacement training. Calgary forms part of a composite squadron with Lord Strathcona's Horse, while Calgary unit crests stay with new tank crews. Sapper from Lethbridge's 33 Field Park Squadron will raise two engineer troops for immediate concentration. Okanagan Dragoons in BC recruit from Kelowna Vernon and Penticton for the BC contingent.
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Big Four foreign ministers meet stalls over disarmament wording
In Paris the Big Four talks between Soviet and Western deputies produced no progress as they spar over disarmament language. Gromyko denounced Western war mongers while Britain France and the United States rejected his proposal to place only Big Four disarmament at the top. Delegations recessed until Monday with no agreement.
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Russia
Ernest Davies
Tax Fight with Govt Ends With Man Dieing
Kaspar Beck's three year battle with the income tax department over a 28634 debt ended with the 67 year old Allan district farmer found hanged at his home southeast of Saskatoon. Sheriff seizure of 24 quarter sections last October yielded 22100 while unofficial land values reached about 100000. Judge Smith refused sale confirmation in April and Beck's attorney Emmett Hall hinted at an orderly settlement if the government did not appeal.
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U.N. Forces Push North as Reds Pull Back in Korea
United Nations tank columns advance into no man’s land on the western front seeking withdrawing Communist forces. The Red spring drive wanes with about 70,000 confirmed enemy casualties by Van Fleet’s estimate and roughly 50,000 dead and wounded per daily tolls.
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Canada Cuba sugar deal aims to ease living costs
Ottawa reports Canada struck a sugar agreement with Cuba, fixing a quota of about 150 million pounds at a favorable tariff. Cuba gains trade concessions on manufactured goods, with Cuba sugar entering Canada at the most favored nation rate and rebates available up to the commonwealth level.
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Five personality types and their feared fates
Nathaniel Gubbins identifies five classes The Assertive The Stable The Spontaneous The Persistent and The Sensitive. The Assertive types strive for power in work and war, likely to be lonely at the end. The Stable are dull but reliable mediocrity, careful with words and money, unlikely to advance.
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Smilestones and social labels in a skewed survey
The passage satirizes social groups labeled as Spontaneous, Persistent, and Sensitive with derisive traits. It casts the Spontaneous as gullible optimists, the Persistent as nosy pests, and the Sensitive as perpetually sorrowful yet powerless, branding them the World's Mugs and critiquing pity politics.
Opposition Wages Tax Fight Ties up Ottawa Commons
Three opposition parties stage a stand in the Canadian Commons over the planned rise of the sales tax from 8 to 10 percent. They argue the cost of living, already up, would worsen with the tax, and push for a separate vote on the tax increase. Social Credit leader Solon Low signals willingness to prolong action.
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Commons
Social Credit
Solon Low
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Social Credit Party
Next 15 Years Will Be Colder Wetter Says U S Professor
Boston report on MIT meteorology professor Hurd C Willett who studied sunspot cycles to forecast a cooler wetter climate for much of the world over the next 15 to 20 years. He cites glacial advancement and uses a 200 year weather yardstick in Journal of Meteorology.
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Hurd C. Willet
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Willit
American Meteorological Society
Journal of Meteorology
Willett
Fighting Rages as Syrians and Israelis Clash Near Sea of Galilee
Heavy artillery and mortar fire erupt along the demilitarized zone north of the Sea of Galilee as Syrian and Israeli forces exchange attacks seeking control of Tel Al Muteila. Both sides accuse the other of violating the cease-fire and claim heavy casualties amid ongoing border fighting.
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Sea of Galilee
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Jordan
Heleh
Tel al Muteila
Walloping 96 Percent Fight to Curb Truman Funds
In Washington the House argues that 96 percent of President Truman emergency funds show a push to cut government spending. Reports from London and Asia note China Korea tensions and Red Cross typhoon drills as global context.
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House of Representatives
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