The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 14, 1953, Page 8

POWs Move Toward Freedom Allied Planes Guard Convoy Of P By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea (M—Allied planes flew guard today over the Poute of the first Red motor con- woy carrying sick and wounded U. N. war prisoners slowly toward freedom. _ An Air Force spokesman said the air sentinels and special, secret ecautions made a mistake bomb- g virtually impossible. The reconnaissance planes pa- trolled through the day over thick ¢elouds hiding North Korean roads. The Reds said the 2¢-vehicle con- _ Woy was the first to start the long ip from North Korean prison mps to Panmunjom, where 600 “Allied POWs will be traded for 5,800 Chinese and Communists be- ginning Monday. Two more convoys were to ieave North Korea tomorrow at day- break. The U. N. probably will start Moving its-700 Chinese and 5,100 North Korean sick and wounded by train this weekend, The 320-mile trip from Pusan to Munsan takes about 15 hours. From Munsan, the POWs will be taken to Panmunjom by ambulance. A South Korean Wefense Minis- try spokesman said the 450 South Koreans being returned will have to be “reindoctrinated” possibly for six months to free them from any effects of Communist teach- ings. “Some of them must have been indoctrinated . . .,” he said, “and they will have to be reindoctrinated Page & Cafeteria Opens At Poinciana With 354 Eating Principal Albert Carey reports that Poinciana elementary school cafeteria opened Monday, April 13, with 354 children eating at school. This is 57 percent of the entire student body which is exceptionally good for the opening day of the cafeteria. The meal was’ served with no confusion and great satis- * faction was expressed with the new facilities. Prineipal Randolph T. Russell announced that the Harris ele- mentary schoo! will be closed on Friday, April 17 for its visitation day so that all teachers may visit either county schools or schools in the Miami area. This is part of the In-Service Teachers Training program under fhe direction of Leland S. March, Supervisor of Instruction. Poinciana Elementary school had its visiting day on March 20th and Truman Elementary school. on March 27th. The visitation day for the other schools will be announc- ed later. Caribbean Trip For Local Man A cruise in the Caribbean, with visits to San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas ia the . Virgin Islands, was enjoyed by Chester L. Burks, chief commissaryman, USN, husband ef Mrs. Rosario C. Burks of 2333 Fogarty ave., while serving aboard the destroyer USS Jobn Hood participating in ‘‘Op- The mission of “Springboard peeing onl undergo od personnel ve 8 our training in air defense, anti- submarine warfare and support tactics. ‘The-ship returned late in March. | TEMPERATURES AT 7:30 A.M., EST Alanta .. Jacksonville... Kansas City KEY WEST Key West Arpt . Los Angeles Louisville. ..... Meridian Miami Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans New York Norfolk Okla City Omaha Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis San Antonio THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | before they are freed to go back to their communities.” The Communists still were await- ing a U. N. reply to their latest request for resumption of fall scale truce negotiations at Pan- Te munjom. There was. no indication when Gen. Mark Clark, U.N, Far East commander, would answer. He had told the Reds earlier that a re- newal is the “second order of bus- iness” to the disabled POWs ex- change. Ay In Pusan, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai told the National Assembly, “South Koreans prefer death to an armistice, with- out the unification of South and North Korea.” There has been speculation about possible settle- ment without unifying Korea: Wednesday morning three con- voys totaling 68 venicles were to be on the way from the Yalu River on the Manchurian border to Kae- song, the Red “prisoner holding point and truce headquarters. six miles from Panmurijom, =’ The convoys probably carr yno more than half of the 600 U.N. prisoners. . ' About 120 are Americans. The Communists have not announced the order of. delivery. The first Communist convoy de- parted from Chonma, just below the Yalu River in extreme north- west Korea. The convoy is marked with red crosses on the hood aad red flags Tuesday, April 14, 1953 _— THERMAN — Key West and Vicinity:: Clear to partly cloudy and mild today Moderate to fresh northerly winds, occasional- ly moderately strong offshore to- day, diminishing and becoming northeast. SMALL CRAFT warn- ing until sunset today. Florida: Fair today and Wed- nesday. Cooler this morning. Slightly warmer Wednesday. erate east té*‘@outheast winds. Fair weather.’ © : Western Caribbean: Moderate to fresh north to northeast. winds Key West, Fla., April 14, 1953 9:00 A.M., EST Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night _ Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours... Total this month —_. Deficiency this month .. . Total this year ..,.. Excess this year Barometer (Sea Level) $:00 A.M. 30.05 ins.—1017.6. mbs. ul He 2eoR ‘Tide high water +4 & 5 iy iH ; a He B ue s a B Ss i # dp g if uF Hi fi z iz £ i Ail ’ tea if F a Ea re a HW it: i i I F : f errs gee if i Type Casting Is Out For Geo. Dolenz lenz isn’t quite sure what he ‘is. ht wa ae first came: to Seale wood, was typed as a co! Blaying- 16. pictures in 2% years. , Thén Howard Hughes tabbed him Vand Resigns Post MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (—An at- tack of stomach ulcers has caused Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. to with- draw his. appointment as White House appointment secretary. Vandenberg, one of President Eisenhower's campaign aides and a son of the late Michigan sena- tor, said he didn’t know how long the ulcers would hang on and add- ed: “The uncertainty was unfair to. the President.” P Vandenberg said rumors of trou- ble between himself and the Presi- dent were “‘definitely not true.” He said he had almost recov- ered after a month at Miami Beach and plans to leave tomorrow for New York to resume his job as consultant for Nelson A. Rocke- feller’s International Basic Econo- my Corp., a private investment firm operating in foreign coun- tries. |McGRATHS FILE SUIT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. H— A suit for $65,000 damages in con- nection with a fire at their Palm Beach home last Sept. 17 was filed in Cireuit Court yesterday. by “imer U. S. Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath and Estelle A. McGrath. The McGraths claim careless and negligent employes of a paint company caused the. fire and named as defendants Fred Evans, Ira L, Walden and John Walden, doing business as Walden Paint Company. TRIAL OF SAILOR (Continued from Page One) ~— 4 Ita TODAY'S. STOCK NEW YORK w—The stock mar- ket was steady today with trading inclined to be rather quiet. Prices spread out over a range of around a point higher to smail fractions lower. Little activity showed up at start, The steels, motors and pers and oils displayed a tendency. Aircrafts, which were out front all day yesterday, steady and quiet today. Chemicals had some of today’s best plus signs. Higher stocks included Goodrich, Caterpillar Tractor, Allied Chem- ical, Eastman Kodak, American Tobacco, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Paramount Pictures. a to latively small serve praise for the which they carried who was accepted for what he was and left alone. To play a con- that he be lenient in the case of | li Elmer Vogt, accused of. serving alcohol to a minor. As a result he was fined $50 on the charge: The State Beverage Department cases against five local bar-owners and tenders will come before the jury tomorrow morning at 11 a.m., pars Court Clerk Harry Dongo At 10 a.m. the jury will consider the case of Calvin White, alleged to have been responsible for the accident in which Anthony Les- kosky lost his arm last year. The Judge drew 25 more names for jury duty, to be subpoenaed and returned tomorrow morning. SCHOOL SET-UP (Continued from Page One) a flurry of objections from small county legislators. In another House action, the committee on’ motor vehicles re- jected ‘a bill by Rep. Campbell, Okaloosa, to make auto license tax prefix numbers conform to Population ranks of counties. An indication that the adminis- tration’s program wil! start mov- jing before the Legislature this week came when the committee on government reorganization held - | up action on two proposed central purchasing bills after Chairman Murray suggested considering it along with Gov. McCarty’s pro- hen | posal which will be brought to the group for sponsorship Thursday. Murray also said he will offer late this week an administration backed bill to set up a statutory committee to study constiuional fevision and make recommenda- fons to the 1955 Legislature. The first big push from adminis- tration forces appears to be mak- ing up for the governor's bill to take some of the profits away from the bigger dog tracks and put it in the state treasury—or perhaps even the 67 county bank fs. accounts if the Legislature prefers ; it / 3 : f i i ie ill ir ef iff Be ri i fii if ; i if i F i ny UNREST FOLLOWS SCIENTISTS FIRING WASHINGTON —The Washing- ton Academy of Sciences said to- @ay there is “x feeling of deep concern and unrest” among scien- os me 4 c i | i it i it 7 i F it that way. 0 ; exalt ORIGINAL | 1114 Treman Avenue i BE Bio terri =e § I i Phone 2-7641 LOCAL CANCER — (Continued from Page One) $1500. 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