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October 11, 1950

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Headlines from October 11, 1950

FOE GIVES UP PORT; Republican Units Make New Advances That May Peril Pyongyang FIGHTING IN CENTER HEAVY First Cavalry Troops Meet Resistance but Push On 12 Miles Over Border

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

SK 3d and Capital Divs capture Wonsan; threaten thrust toward Pyongyang; US 1st Cavalry moves ahead slowly against stiffened opposition; seen attempting flanking movement S of Kumchon; crosses Yesong River to Yugadon; SKs in central front clear Yonchon, advance 10 mi; US 25th Div continues mopping up in South; captures Yongdong, Chongyang and Koesan; NK prisoners doubt effective guerrilla warfare

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By Winston Churchill: The Second World War; INSTALLMENT 2--THE FALL OF SINGAPORE

By The New York Times

THE events in Malaya up to the end of December 1941 have been described in a previous volume. It is at least arguable whether it would not have been better to concentrate all our strength on defending Singapore Island, merely containing the Japanese advance down the Malayan peninsula with light mobile ...

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Premier of North Tells Army To Fight to End Against U.N.; Kim, in Defying MacArthur's Ultimatum, Warns Communists of 'Grave Crisis,' but Promises People 'Final Victory'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

NK Premier Kim Il Sung rejects MacArthur surrender demand; orders NK troops to fight to the end; charges UN aggression; admits grave crisis; promises final victory; MacArthur hdqrs silent

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World News Summarized

By Unknown Author

President Truman will meet General MacArthur over the week-end at an undisclosed Pacific point to discuss "the final phase of United Nations action in Korea" and "other matters" within the General's "responsibility."

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95 Passengers Held Under Security Act; VULCANIA PASSENGERS SUBJECTED TO CLOSE SCREENING

By The New York Times (by Sam Falk)

SSs Vulcania and Italia crews denied shore leave, NYC, under Internatl Security Act ban on entry of 'totalitarians,'

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Notable Births

1950Catlin Adams, American actress^[†]

Catlin Adams is an American actress, acting coach and film director. As an actress, she appeared in films including The Jerk and The Jazz Singer.

1950William R. Forstchen, American historian and author^[†]

William R. Forstchen is an American historian and author. A Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from Purdue University.

1950Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author^[†]

Amos Gitai is an Israeli artist and filmmaker, born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel.

1950Patty Murray, American educator and politician^[†]

Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician who has served as the senior U.S. senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, she held the position of president pro tempore of the Senate from 2023 to 2025.

Historical Events

1950CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.^[†]

A field-sequential color system (FSC) is a color television system in which the primary color information is transmitted in successive images and which relies on the human vision system to fuse the successive images into a color picture. One field-sequential system was developed in 1940 by Peter Goldmark for CBS, which was its sole user in commercial broadcasting. The Federal Communications Commission adopted it on October 11, 1950, as the standard for color television in the United States. Its regular broadcast debut was on June 25, 1951. However, a few months later, CBS ended color broadcasting on October 20, 1951. In March 1953, CBS withdrew its color system as a standard, creating an opening for all-electronic color systems from other manufacturers.

Historical Context for October 11, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]