06 Sep 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
1
Medicine Hat reports new water rules adopted after a cabinet canvass. Two water inspectors reassigned to weed control as reservoir pumping will meet lawn care demand.
In Florida the Gulf storm left two dead and more than 400 homeless as Cedar Key suffered 125 mph winds and near total destruction. Aid trucks from Albany moved in while the hurricane drifted south toward the Tampa Bay area.
Allied forces retook Yongchon halting a North Korean push toward Taegu and its highway junctions. North Koreans sent two tank brigades and 84 Russian tanks to press toward Taegu as American Fifth Air Force planes claimed 17 Red tanks destroyed or damaged. Pohang again fell to the Communists after heavy air and ground action along the 120 mile front.
Trade Minister Howe prepares to directly engage in Canada U S joint industrial mobilization planning aiming to secure U S and Canadian approval of a set of principles. Key items include repealing Buy American Act limits and removing tariffs on Canadian arms while ensuring non discrimination in material allocation and bilateral controls.
Finance Minister Abbott said he will announce tax changes at 8 p.m. EDT tomorrow to help cover higher defence costs. He spoke at the Commons opening and gave no details, planning to move a motion to allow committee of ways and means for the proposals. He noted the $850 million defence appropriation bill and aims to finance 1950 51 without a deficit, despite higher spending.
The article reports a near crisis as President Truman disavows General MacArthur to calm Britain and the United States over Formosa. It outlines British qualms about MacArthur, U.S. election-year politics, policy differences within the UN, and strategic bombing in Korea, promising deeper examination of these points.
In Lake Success, the 11 U.N. Security Council members including Russia’s Malik and U.S. Warren Austin have become a major TV draw with about 30 million daily viewers on CBS and NBC. Public interest exceeds that of national elections, with fans shaping roles for Malik as villain and Austin as a wise grandfather.
The boss questions Brown about his health after a race day. Brown replies he was ill but worse after the fourth race, prompting the boss to note the visible sickness earlier.
The U N Security Council faced a bitter session as Russia’s Jakob Malik accused the United States of aggression in Korea while denying Western claims of a downed Soviet plane. He said the U S resolution would justify American aggression and portrayed North Korea as fighting foreign invaders.
Moscow radio quoted a Soviet statement asserting the downed aircraft was an unarmed bomber on a training flight. The claim placed the plane on a route from Port Arthur toward Hai-Yuntao island near the Port Arthur military base, about 140 kilometers from Korea.
Washington reports the U S forces faced fourteen weeks of war it was unprepared for as North Korea pushed back and attacked. Gen McNarney says North Korean troops are well trained with up to date Soviet weapons. The piece notes Soviet claims of U S aggression and calls for a strict investigation.
Time will show Malik's month-long Soviet presidency of the United Nations Security Council was a boon for the UN. The display of Bolshevist tactics against democracy drew attention to the UN and shifted public opinion toward the world body, as critics argued facts defeated lies in open debate. Malik, once affable, transformed into a publicized provocateur, a portrayal noted by U.S. delegate Warren Austin.
British forces in Korea faced machine gun fire from North Korean troops last night near Taegu, with Brig. B. A. Coad saying the situation was under control. American and British units advanced along the Nak Tong River, taking eight miles of front as Reds renewed artillery bombardment.
New York City bans sirens on police, fire, and ambulance vehicles to avoid confusion with air raid alerts. Civil defence director Arthur Wallander said unannounced sirens after Monday will signal an alert from the United States Air Force. Fire apparatus may continue belt signals. sirens to be used only as temporary air raid warnings with radio stations broadcasting signals.
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