The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1953, Page 3

Returning Prisoners Tell Of Seeing Russian Soldiers In Uniform In North Korea By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN The second batch of 500 disabled PANMUNJOM, Korea (P—A sec-| Chinese and North Koreans ap- ond group of 100 disabled but jubi-|Peared a little less grumpy than lant Allied prisoners came back|Yesterday’s 500 as they headed from North Korean prison stock-| north through a brand new arch} ades today as some of the 30 Amer-| erected by the Reds to match the | icans exchanged yesterday landed | Allies’ Freedom Gate. | in Japan on their way home. The Communist arch was em- Many of the American and other | blazoned with Chinese characters | United ‘Nations prisoners who |Proclaiming “Long Live the Chi-| rolled through Freedom Gate to-|nese Peoples’ Republic! Long Live day were laughing and joking, in | the an - Peoples Democratic sharp contrast to the solemn. air | Government! _ Of those freed as the exchange of| The smaller U. N. gate bears sick and wounded began yesterday. | the simple slogan: . But today’s group of 35 Ameri-| “‘Welcome—Gate to Freedom.” cans, 12 British, 3 Turks and 50| United Nations prisoners who’ South Koreans told also of serious-|¢ame back Tuesday, while jubi-} ly sick and wounded comrades still | Jant over their release, told soberly | in Red prison camps and of death | Of pain and suffering among com- marches over frozen highways dur- pm Res .* } oo tiple nee aie se of Black River Falls, Wis.; Army | The Reds have said they would/Pvt. Charles Sacco of Ontario, exchange 100 South Koreans for}Canada; Puerto Rican Pvt. Juan 350 North Koreans and 150 Chinese | O80rio-Melendez, and Army Pvt. unists tomorrow; leaving 55| Roger Herndon of Jacksonville, Commi Americans the Reds have promised | Fla., told of friendg who died on Wants Picture Cut BEIRUT, Lebanon (®—Lebanon’s board of film censors has Tecom- menided that the U.S: film “Ivan- | Lebanon’ AN IMPRESSIVE SILENCE descended as Key West Gold Star Mothers looked upon the monu- ment dedicated to the memory of their departed sons Sunday afternoon. Ceremony was in Bayview Park with Mrs. Maude P. Roberts in charge—Citizen Staff Photo. to free still in Communist hands. All of th 605. disabled United | died of disease and of hunger. Nations and South Korean captives to be freed by the Reds are to | Sian soldiers who tried to get Com- be exchanged by Saturday, the day full-scale armistice negotiations are to be resumed, Some 5,800 North Korean and Chinese sick and wounded will be back in Communist hands by May 1. 8 A plane carrying 36 Americans and other Allied sick and wounded from Korea landed Tuesday at Tachikawa airbase, near Tokyo. Air Force officials said there will be daily flights until all U. S. prisoners are in Japan on their way home. Twelve of the Americans flown to Japan Tuesday were carried from the big transport on litters. 50-day marches . . . of'men who Another told of uniformed Rus- ‘Official List Of 35 G.L’s Repatriated munist guards drunk so they would shoot the American prisoners. “The first ambulance to pull into the neutral zone Tuesday was load- ed with Allied prisoners shouting and wisecracking. The first man out was Pfc. Paul O. Blanton of Broadhead, Ky. The second was Pvt, John M. Jankovits Jr, of} FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea Philadelphia. ¥ was. a.m (#—The U. N. Command released The sun broke through the clouds | the following official list of 35 U. S. as the first British trooper, Pvt. | Prisoners repatriated today: George Chambers, stepped out and} Pfc. Wilber M. Warring, Phila- started to clown. » | delphia, Pa.; next of kin, Etta War- Any’ Limeys out there,” he | ring, 1910 Titan St., Philadelphia. Another member of the almost| Pvt. Louis Kerkstra; father, Newsmen at the airbase were not! decimated ‘Gloucestershire Regi-| Ralph Kerkstra, 2089 100th St., By- permitted to interview them. In the Panmunjom neutral zone between two warring armies even the weather was more cheerful as |S° his meaning was plain. ment yelled: “Any scotch out there?” - There was no burr in his voice, ron Center, Mich. Cpl. Willie J. Patrick; next of *| kin, Edith Mae Patrick, Hillman, From another ambulance there | Atk. the exchange of sick and wounded sevtiven went through the second — muffled voice of an “Hubba hubba!” Two Turks saluted smartly as they stepped down from the am- bulance, They were greéted by the Turkish liaison officer on hand to speed them to Freedom Village, a tent city erected to give first atten- tion to the warped bodies of he men on the road back. The first 50 of the Allied trickle of 100 moved out fast. By a little fafter i1 a, m. tae second 50 were emptying out of the Communist yehicles and ‘stepping on free ground again. They moved slower and were less jocular. All were given speedy medical care, food, cigarettes and a warm welcome. Many of the returning prisoners showed few signs of wounds or illness. Some spoke bitterly of friends left behind who, they said, | ‘were hurt far worse but for some ‘reason did not make the Commu- nist repatriation list. All wore the blue cotton uniform, peaked cap and tennis shoes the Reds gave them just six miles up the road at rubbled Kaesong, the Communists’ truce headquarters. Allied officers repurted the Reds were carrying out a strange Bro- | cedure at their receiving point. Chinese and North Korean prison- | ers returned from Allied camps were dusted with insectieide—even | their rations and personal posses- | sions were sprayed, | The Allied officers said Red | spokesmen. explained that it was all a precaution against Allied germ warfare. t z Coffee Was Strong’ SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Po. | ‘lice investigated the strong coffee at the Delores Restaurant and said they found grounds—for charges of | { liquor without. a license. | i hooked the owner, Clifford | | Perkins, 41, and his counterman, | Hugh Lewis, 31, after a 3:30 a.m. raid, The specialty of the house was “coffee. royal.” Police said the } java was spiked, | H Spr pmineainenitiie | Saturday is the most dangerous | ‘day of the week in traffic. | LET'S GO + GENERATOR GENERAL TUNE-UP Murray Auto Electric 105 Simonton Street DIAL 2.2851 j } { i GIVE IT TO THE LONG. DISTANCE OPERATOR Cpl. Harry E. Purvis; brother, James W. Purvis, Box 206, York, 8. C, Sgt. Edward G. Anderson; wife, Sue Anderson, 835 N. 33rd St., Ala- bama City, Ala. Pfc. Paul ©. Blanton; father, mg Blanton, Route 3, Brodehead, y. Pfe. John M. Jankovits Jr.; fa- ther, John M. Jankovits Sr., 962 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia. Cpl. Orville R. Mullins; mother, Mrs. Pearl Mullins, 4429 Decour- sey Pike, Covington, Ky. Sgt. William H. White, Chuckey, Tenn.; wife, Edith White, Route 8, Greeneville, Tenn. Pfe. Joe T. Heath; cousin, Dex- ter Adams, 423 E. Vine St., Mur-! freesboro, Tenn. Pvt. George W. Gray; mother, Mrs. Cecil O. Gray, 170 Binsford Ave., Ogden, Utah. Cpl. Pedro A. Herrera; mother, Mrs. Eloisa T. Herrera, La Ma- dera, N. M. M. Sgt. Albert L. Howard; wife, Jacqueline Marie Howard, 1203 McChesney St., Nashville, Tenn. Pvt. William G. Moreland; wife, Geraldine Lance Moreland, 1857 Voloberg St., Atlanta. Pfe. Walter H. Mitchell; sister, Miss Cora L, Mitchell, Hotel Brum- | ley, Greeneville, Tenn. Pfe, Earl M. Wiseman; mother Mrs. Katherine P. Wiseman, Box 443, Ronceverte, W. Va. Pfc. Lionel E, Peterson; mother, Mrs. Edward M. Peterson, 402 > -rghaa Rd., Blackriver Falls, Pvt. Juan Osorio-Melendez; mother, Marie Melendez, Cabara Street, Catano, Puerto Rico. H Pfc, Eddie P Zidal; 857 Brighton | Ave., San Antonio, Tex. | Pyt. Alexander C. Luther; moth-' er, Mrs. Mary B. Luther, Toms Creek, Va. ; Mt. Vernon, Til. Pvt. Juan Rivera-Ortiz; wife, De- lores Ramos Boquebraadas, Gua- | ayanilla, Puerto Rico. ' Pvt. Lester R. Todd; father, Wesley 1. Todd, Altiance, Neb. | Pie, Nicholas Jiminez-Osorio ' ther, Pizszaro Jiminez-Osorio, Bo | | DOG RACING =| Medianis Baja, Loins, Aldea, Pu! FIRST RACE 8:15 P.M. DAILY OOUBLE Ist & Ind QUINIELAS EVERY RACE i Your Grover SELLS That Good | Pvt. Robert W, Fleming: next | of kin, Mrs. W. A. Fleming Jr} i }(no relationship given) 3327 Tut-/ weiler Ave., Memphis. | Pfc. James L. Ball; mother, Mrs. | | STAR * BRAND mass _ COFFEE and CUBAN |——TRY A POUND TODAY—— pg Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS Isaac Monree Ball, Bellburn, W._ Pvt. John B. Martin; father, El- mer Martin, Box 4, Tule Lake, | Tuesday, April 21, 1953 Fire Department Has 16 Calls In Past 18 Days A debris fire which gained head- way at the Coral Isle Trailer Park Saturday night required 20 minutes and 75 feet of booster hose to ex- tinquish. The call came in at 9:40 p. m. and fire apparatus was rush- ed to the scene. The Key West fire department has had 16 calls in the past 18 days, Caution is advised residents as the door fires may endanger property if they are unwatched, The fire chief here has been re- quested to compile a list of all fire fighting and emergency equipment in a letter for M. Q. Bullock, chief of training at the Miami Fire Col- lege. His request came as the re- sult of a letter from the office of Civil Defense which has assigned the Miami Fire Department the task of listing all available fire fighting equipment, “Virtue Is Not Photogenie”~Kirk CANNES, France @®U-'S. mov- ie star Kirk Douglas tickled French film critics last night with ‘an old Hollywood saw—“Virtue isn’t pho- togeni¢.” cix The actor quoted the “Saying at his first all-French press confer- ence. Replying to a critic who asked whether it was true that Hollywood is the last stopover be- fore hell, Douglas said: “It’s often true that in Holly- wood virtue goes unnoticed, “For example, a perfect gentle- man who loves his mother would attract no crowds, but point out someone whose reputation for wickedness is established and his following becomes immense.” Mrs. Gartola Garcia, 33% Wetten Bivd., Los Angeles, Pvt. Charles Sacco, Lorain, 0.: mother, Mrs. Mary Josephine Sac- co, Guelph, Ont. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | ficfally discharged yesterday oy season has been very dry and out | Judge Lopez, with State Attorney Spring Term Of Circuit Court Convenes Today The spring term of Circuit Court was convened Mon. at 10 a.m. by Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr. Calling of a Grand Jury will be postponed until a later date, ac- cording to Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams, since there are no homi- cides to be investigated at the pre- sent time. 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