The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1952, Page 10

THI Page 10 EY WEST CITIZEN Friday, May 9, 1952 By DON HUTH SEOUL, Korea ®— Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway ordered Allied troops “to use whatever force is | necessary” to free an American | tion, |Baptists Arrive |For Convention | MIAMI (® — The first of some | 16,000 Southern Baptists began ar- jriving today for the 95th meeting of the Southern Baptist Conven- to continue through next general “without delay” from his ; week. Communist captors in an Allied | orison camp on Koje Island. Preliminary meetings begin Sun- Political Notes By The Associated Press Republicans had foreigh aid as a clearcut issue in their presiden- tial campaign today while Demo- crats wondered anew if civil rights would split their party again. The top contenders for Republi- can nomination—Sen. Robert Taft | day and the convention proper | of Ohio and Gen. Dwight Eisen- Red prisoners of war, defying the | opens Wednesday. More than half | hower—were at sharp odds over order, today still held Brig. Gen. | those attending will be “messen- Grancis E. Dodd, commander of | £¢TS’ who are official representa- the Koje Island Prison Camp, as | tives of Baptist churches. hostage. Koje is a few miles off | Korea’s southern coast. Ridgway said the Communist POWs are demanding, in exchange for Dodd, ‘“‘phones, permission to organize, writing pxeper and some other things.”” Ridgway, supreme U. N. com- Mander, answered the demand by ordering Gen. James A. Van Fleet, his ground commander in Korea, to use force, if necessary, to res- @ue the hefty 52-year-old Dodd. Van Fleet flew to Koje for a personal inspection. He returned without comment to his headquar- ters at Seoul Friday night. North Korean POWs captured Dodd Wednesday. But the Army kept it secret until today. Details were still meager. An Eighth Army spokesman said Dodd and Lt. Col. Wilbur Robert Raven, Newton, Tex., were seized while standing at the gate of a| prison compound talking to leaders of the 6,600 Communist prisoners. “The gate was a wide one,” the spokesman said. “Dodd was stand- ing in the center of the gate. “When the prisoners grabbed him, it was an organized mob and he was swept inside. “But Rvaen was standing beside @ post of the gate. When the pris- oners grabbed him, he seized the post, held on, and by fighting and Breeze through Summer with ARROW Lightweight Sports Shirts So light you scarcely know you're wearing « shirt! Thou sands of tiny windows in the Biry, mesh-weave fabric are open to every brecze. Cool, short sleeves. Exclusive Arafold collar Jooks perfect open or with a tie Sanforizeddabeled. In white and colors. For the Brands You Know! LEWINSKY’'S MEN’S SHOP 526 Duval St. Phone 146 It will be the fifth time since the convention was organized in 1845 that it has met in Florida. “Magnifying the Church” will be the convention theme. Dr. J. D. Grey, New Orleans, president of the group, will preside over all sessions. |kicking managed to free himself. j The post saved him, but Gen. Dodd |had nothing to cling to.” The Army said Dodd has been treated well by the Reds. He com- municated with guard posts out- side the barbed wire stockade by Army field telephone and couriered messages. He received American food while the North Korean POWs ate their usual Ouwls or rice—both passed through from outside. Dodd relayed a Communist de- mand for 1,000 sheets of writing |paper and a “hospital representa- tive.” The paper was stacked out- ide the gate. But Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson, newly named prison camp commander succeed- ing Dodd, allowed neither paper nor medic to pass through the gates. Instead, Colson demanded the | Reds release Dodd forthwith. The North Koreans ignorec the de- | mand. | Ridgway called the seizure of | Dodd a “flagrant and fundamental defiance of United Nations author- ity.’ He said: I have authorized and directed 'Gen. Van Fleet to take whatever Jaction is necessary and to use | whatever force s necessary to re- |cover Gen. Dodd.” Ridgway issued the orders on his final visit to Korea before leaving the Far East to take command of NATO forces in Europe. He flew {back to Tokyo today with Gen. Mark Clark, his successor in the Far East. Koje has been the scene of two | bloody ricts by Communist, prison- ers. One American soldier and 90 | Red POWs were killed. But this is | the first reported incident in Com- pound No. 76 where Dodd was cap- | tured and held. | Dodd himself negotiated with his captors for h’~ release. He was reported to have “felt strongly that a meeting this (Fri- ,day) morning may be the final meeting.’ But as the day wore on there was no sign that it was suc- j cessful. The only information available was that handed out by the Army. News correspondents were not per- | mitted to go to Keje. Ridgway said jthe situation was too tense. Lt. Col. R. P Rosengren, Eighth Army information officer, told newsmen bluntly they would be in- terned if they reached the island before the Army gives permission for them to go. Military officials at Pusan, Kor- telephoned Mrs. Dodd at Fort | |Sam Houston, Tex., to inform her that the general was all right. It | Was assumed this informatica was relayed to the general inside the | compound. the amount needed to finance as- sistance abroad. Eisenhower, in a cable from Paris to Sen. Tom Connally of Texas, said a one billion dollar cut already proposed in Congress would hurt. Any deeper slice off the $7,900,000,000 asked by Presi- dent Truman would endanger the nation’s security, he said. Taft promptly replied that even a slash of two billions would not imperil the program or U. S. se- curity. After telling this to report- ers, Taft said in a Hartford, Conn., speech: “I don’t think the Ameri- can people ought to run the world (or would) be good at it if they tried.” Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had asked Eisenhower's views, He re- leased their message exchange Thursday after Sen. Richard Rus- sell of Georgia, who seeks the Democratic nomination as Presi- denf, cabled Eisenhower. Russell wahted to know if the general thought $6,900,000,000 approved by Connally’s committee would cover the cost of European defenses. President Truman told his news conference Thursday he has not budged in support of the civil rights plank adopted four years ago by the Democratic Party. The resultant Southern revolt then cost Mr. Truman 39 electoral votes in the 1948 presidential race. Key Southern lawmakers, in view of Mr. Truman's pat stand, disagreed as to whether civil civil rights differences can be Patched up. Sens. Burnet Maybank of South Carolina and Walter George of Georgia said they ex- pected a compromise and a united party by general election time. Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia, how- ever, said he sees little difference between the 1948 and 1952 situa- tions. Russell, in a National Press Club speech, sharply denounced propos- als for a compulsory Fair Em- Ployment Practices Commission (FEPC), core of the dispute. FEPC would ban job discrimination “THE STORE Key West's Largest Ladies’, Make quarters For | | | Style A GIFT FROM PEARLMAN GEY THE HASIT PEARLMAN’S INCORPORATED This Store Your Head- MOTHERS DAY GIFTS BEAUTIFUL HANDKERCHIEFS, domes- tic and imported, hand made linens in- dividual as well as boxed. LOVELY SLIPS AND NIGHT GOWNS PHOENIX HOSIERY . . BEAUTIFUL HAND BAGS . . HOUSECOATS . . NEGLIGES . . PAJAMAS. ITEMS FOR THE HOME... Very Attractive Boxed Linens Such As Towel Sets . . Pillow Case Sets . . Table Linens . . Bed Spreads Etc. QUALITY SHOES Trim Tred . . Fashion Craft .. $6.95 To $9.98 /FEARLMAN’S Can Write Name PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (# James B. McCurrin says he can write his own name, but nothing else. the wrong places, viz: at the bot- tom of personal checks. They ar- rested him Thursday on charges of issuing bogus checks, three of them for a total of $35. inst Negroes and other minori- ties. Mr. Truman also told reporters he reserves his right as an Ameri- can citizen to say who he would loke as the next President. He declined, however, to express a choice at this time. Politics otherwise: nevada Republicans and Demo- | erats open 2-day conventions to | pick the state’s 10-vote Democratic and 12-vote Republican delega- tions. Retired Lt. Gen. Albert Wed- emeyer, a Taft leader, was key note speaker at the GOP meeting and Eisenhower boosters com- mented: “It looks like they’ve pulled a fast one.” Illinois Democrats, at a Spring- | field convention Thursday, praise their Gov. Adlai Stevenson a: “ideally qualified” for President. | They approved such a resolution | over Stevenson’s protests that he | is running only for re-election as governor. New York Gov. Thomas Dewey | told his state’s 96-vote Republican | delegation not to vote for him at| any time during the nominating convention. Dewey, the GOP can- didate in 194 and 1948, said he is all-out for Eisenhower this time. In West Virginia, which holds its primary Tuesday, Eisenhower re- Portedly was gaining strength. But even his most optimistic backers count on no more than seven of the 16-man delegation to be chosen. Taft has a majority of the candi- dates for the posts pledged to him. Democrats choose a 20-vote dele- gation. Sen. Estes Kefauver’s Washing- ton headquarters said the Tennes sean has won nearly six times the popular support of his nearest com- Police say he wrote his name in| New Cargo Plane To Be Built MIAMI (?—A new type of cargo airplane to compete with railroads | will be manufactured in Miami | starting next month, according to |an announcement Thursday. | Airlift Inc. announced the factory will employ 2,000 persons and ini- | tial construction will be on an AL 38 model for 38,000-pound payloads for freight hauls between Miami |and Latin America. | Backers include Gen. Hugh Kneer, retired, former inspector general of the Air Force; Gen. Ray Dunn, retired, former com- mander of the Air Force Troop Carrier Service, and Walter Bal. lard, Washington businessman | Engineers say the new ship will 'fly cargo at 10 cents a ton per mile, or one pound for every pound j of its weight. Present aircraft re. |quire three pounds of weight for every pound carried. | | Ned Day of West Allis, Wisc is the 13th bowler to be elected to the ABC Hall of Fame. The jfirst Hall of Fame election was jheld in 1941 | chosen. when 11 were KEY WEST 7:30 P. M. YOUTH FOR CHRIST A MEETING FOR YOUNG PEO2?LE OF ALL FAITHS. MEETING AT: SATURDAY Answer To | Communism - | WHAT IS THE ANSWER? Come, Hear Carlos Gruker, A Violinist and Preacher of the Gospel of Christ. From Behind the Iron Curtain! 729 FLEMING ST. THREE HOTELS IN at POPULAR PRICES MIAMI Located in the Heart of the City RATES ROOMS WRITE or WIRE REASONABLE for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE ° ° ° Ritz Pershing Miller Hotel Hotel Hotel 132 E eat St. a Ist Ave. 229 ae Ave. 102 jooms ete ‘ Elevator Rooms Solarium Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Fly to Havana Also For Reservation Three Flights Daily ppaaeal a anywhere in the Leave aaviee Flight Key West lavana : 982 10:15 A.M. 11:00 AM. 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