07 May 1951
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 07, 1951
Page
1
A US troop contingent arrived at Keflavik airport near Reykjavik to aid Iceland's defence under NATO. Initial detachment reportedly about 200 men led by Brig Gen Edward John McGaw. European reaction sketches a small mission surveying potential air bases in the North Atlantic defenses.
A mobile recruiting unit opened in Medicine Hat to enlist men for the 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group. The SAR vehicle will operate from Royal Service Station and Patterson Armouries with Major D L Whittaker and staff. additional districts Redcliff and Bow Island to follow. John L Fisher to speak May 30. Scout Cub leaders sought. AVM C R Dunlap to address Wings supporters.
Exports to Communist nations capped by monthly quota but figure not disclosed. Canada plans for a brigade group in Europe with strong recruiting. Typhoon deaths in the Philippines rise to at least 10. U S ambassador meets Soviet deputy foreign minister with no reason given. Canadian cruiser Ontario receives a Maori welcome in New Zealand. Korea war casualty list reports one wounded and three injured in a battle accident. Calgary emergency civil defence set tests with ham radio operators under simulated air attack. Canada vows unity as ground forces to Europe are sent. Forest fire over 350 acres burning near Sudbury. officials expect control soon.
Sir Hartley Shawcross hinted Britain may cut exports to China due to failure to settle in Korea. He denied military goods are exported and noted continued US discussion while considering further action. UK exports to China in 15 months totaled 4.9 million pounds. purchases from Peiping regime in Q1 reached 2.7 million pounds.
Boston report says a 46 year old widow cried Save me then ran from a house. Seconds later a man who chased her fired on her in the street and killed himself inside the house. Grace Milligan was critically wounded. Police named Lloyd Carter, 36, a former mental patient who had been drinking for several days, as the assailant.
A six engined B36 bomber crashed during landing at Kirtland air force base Albuquerque killing 23 airmen. Two survivors were critically injured as flames rose 200 feet with winds and sandstorm hindering rescue efforts after a three hour flight from Carswell Texas.
In British Columbia a CPR freight derailment killed engineer R. J. Purdie 55 fireman Vernon G. Mobley 25 and trainman Henry H. Vickers 32. The accident near Spuzzum North Bend 100 miles northeast of Vancouver halted service and an inquest was set for today.
Lake Success will fade from world headlines as the United Nations wraps up meetings May 18 and moves from the Lake Success site to its New York skyscraper complex. By early June the building will be turned back to Sperry Gyroscope, ending a diplomatic era.
Defense Secretary George Marshall told Senate committees that Gen Douglas MacArthurs Korean war proposals risk an all out war with the Soviet Union. He cited a March 24 MacArthur appeal as undermining chances for settlement and said MacArthur violated orders with public statements.
King Farouk marries 17 year old Narriman Sadek in a public gala at Abdin palace in Cairo. The nation observes a holiday as gifts pour in from foreign heads of state and diplomats. The couple plan a tea party and a diplomatic reception as celebrations continue with gun salutes signaling the marriage.
Three scouts claim to help an old lady cross the street. The scoutmaster chides that it took all three to assist one woman who did not want to cross. The exchange reads as a light humor vignette about misinterpreted help.
United Nations forces push front lines north of the 38th parallel near Inje and west of Seoul in cautious offensives. North Korean and Chinese units offer stiff resistance with ongoing skirmishes across the central front and near Munsan while allied air power disrupts red reinforcements.
Francis G. Winspear, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, warns Detroit audiences that Canada’s main problem is manpower with a 14 million population and a 5 million labor force. He cites vast mineral wealth, low exploration, and rising future production, including iron ore growth projections into the 1960s. The talk highlights investment shifts and optimistic mineral output forecasts for national production.
Ottawa briefing outlines how divisions brigades battalions and regiments fit in. It defines a division about 18 000 men with three infantry brigades and support units led by a major general. It notes brigade groups and the naming of the 27th brigade and reserve army cadence.
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