Backdoor Siam Route Feeds Vietminh Against France
An AP report outlines a hidden supply line from Siam to Indochina, aiding Vietminh in their fight against French forces. Smuggling operates largely at Nankay across the Mekong, with goods from China waning as Korean War commitments grow. Vietnamese refugees in Nonkay near Bangkok work openly for Vietminh. Siam pursues a balancing policy, officially anti communist yet accommodating a Vietminh diplomatic office while keeping border trade quiet. The Mekong’s width, weak French control, and lack of modern policing enable night transfers of weapons, medicine, kerosene, and opium, alongside heavy gear still arriving from China. The French cannot fully stop the smuggling, which weakens their hold in Indochina.
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Indochina
Vietminh
Kingdom
Thailand
Siam
Red China
Bangkok
Saigon
China
Nankay
Mekong River
Vientiane
Laos
Mekong
Nonkay
Ho Chi Minh
Robbery at West Side apartment ends in gunfight
Police trapped a group of intruders raiding the Wolfner family apartment in Chicago. Three men were captured. one was killed when he opened fire. Victims included Walter Wolfner, his wife Violet Bidwill Wolfner, and daughter Patricia Bacher with her infant Cary. Jewelry and clothes valued about 20000 were taken. Police and witnesses described a tense siege with tear gas and machine guns.
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Chicago
West Side
John Pieck
Walter Wolfner
Violet
Charles Bidwill
Wolfners
Wolfner
Patricia Bacher
Cary
Thelma Ferguson
Pieck
Edward Troogstad
Rene Bergman
Michael Spans
James Abbott
Charles W. Bidwill
Bidwill
Chicago Cardinals
Soviet 49 Steel Output Estimated at New High
The British Iron and Steel Federation estimated that Russia produced a record 23,220,000 tons of steel in 1949, up from 18,600,008 tons in 1948. The figures appear in the federation's 1949 statistical year book released today.
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London
British Iron and Steel Federation
Russia
Dollar unlikely to fall much further says economist
University of Miami economist Dr Reinhold Wolff states the dollar will buy about 53.9 cents worth of merchandise today versus 1939, a level unlikely to drop further. He notes the cheapest point was 52.8 cents in 1947, also versus 1939.
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Miami
Fla
University of Miami
Reinhold Wolff
Pact Meeting Set for Ottawa
The 12 nation North Atlantic Council will meet in Ottawa on September 15. The meeting, announced by Paul van Zeeland, will precede the regular NATO summit in Rome at the end of October. Delegates will discuss issues ready for council discussion or action at that time.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
London
Paul van Zeeland
Canadian External Affairs Department
West
N.A.T.O
Rome
van Zeeland
German Farm Workers Strike for Pay Increase
About 21,000 West German farm workers walked out in a 25 percent wage hike demand. The strike began in Lower Saxony and officials expect spreads to at least two other states next week. Current average pay is 94 pfennigs per hour with some receiving board and lodging.
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HANNOVERSCH + MUENDEN
Germany
Lower Saxony
News of Maureen O'Sullivan's father's will filed in London
Major Charles Joseph O'Sullivan father of actress Maureen O'Sullivan left an estate valued at 268461 pounds after taxes and debts. His will released for probate says Maureen receives one fourth of the residue after specific bequests are fulfilled.
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Maureen O’sullivan
London
Charles Joseph O’ Sullivan
Maureen
O’sullivan
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