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...novel," Appeals Court Judges William Healy and William E. Orr wrote of Judge Harris' decision. "There is no showing," they said, "that Bridges has in the present juncture committed any recognizable crime or that he has . . . sought to ... impede by [any] means the prompt loading and dispatch of ships to the Far East." The jailing...
After nearly two months of fighting, U.S. and South Korean troops were still the only U.N. ground forces in the war. Promises from other nations of about 33,000 men were still unfulfilled. This week, in response to MacArthur's plea, London ordered the immediate dispatch of two battalions (1,500 men) from the Hong Kong garrison, part of 6,000 Britons who have been pledged to fight in Korea...
...last week broadcast the news that the 2nd Infantry Division was landing at Pusan while soldiers were still hitting the beach. But if any help had been given the enemy, the fault was not Costello's alone. He had picked up his information from a United Press dispatch, was ahead of the newspapers only because his morning broadcast beat early afternoon editions...
Cause to Sweat. The prime blame for the leak should have been put on Howard Handleman, International News Service bureau chief in Tokyo, who wrote the first dispatch announcing that fresh U.S. troops had arrived in Korea to the tune of two brass bands. Handleman's report violated a correspondents' agreement to wait for an official release from General Headquarters, ignored a GHQ ruling against revealing the arrival of new units until they were in action. After he filed, U.P. put out the story also. Said Handleman in self-justification : "I stand on what I file. If they...
...their holidays to consider a request from the U.N. for Canadian ground troops in Korea. After a three-hour cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent gave a summary of Canada's plans. The cabinet had decided to: < ¶Turn down the U.N. appeal for ground troops. ("The dispatch at this stage of ex isting first-line elements of the Canadian army . . . would not be warranted.") ¶ Send an R.C.A.F. transport squadron (up to ten planes) to help the U.S. airlift across the Pacific. The North Star planes, with crews and 200 ground personnel, were to fly to McChord...