The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1953, Page 10

Page 10 THE KEY WEST CI TIZEN Friday, April 24, 1953 Released Americans Bring Back Bitter Memories Of Horrors In Prisoner Camp By ROBERT EUNSON FREEDOM VILLAGE Some | Americans captured early in the Borean War came back today, bringing bitter memories of a val- ley where 260 of 309 U. N. prison- ers dicd...of a long march which ciaimed 400 lives...and of more than two years of misery. Most of the Americans freed yesterday by the Reds had been recently wounded. But many of the 40 who cae back today were the “‘old boys” swept up in the fall of 1950. Time hadn’t dimmed their mem- ory of death marches over frozen North Korean highways, of hunger, brutality and pour medical treat- ment. And one reiusning prisoner | told of tiny cages where men were “for just saying things out of the way at Communist lec- 5” ba men were pale and some | were emaciated. They limped or were carried from Communist ambulances. But even the most seriously hurt tried to smile and answer questions during this first stop on their long ip home. wR day's group of 40 Americans was the biggest returned by the Reds since the exchange began Monday. It boosted w 119 the num- ber liberated. Some said they were treated all right. But Pfe, Wayne Hubener of Franklin, N. H., found his captors brutal. He related in a calm voice: “{ have actually seen only one Cancer Goal ‘Is $5,000 For County — “Those who work for eancer con- trol all year around, in Monroe County know how badly money is needed,” said Bob Daniels, Ameri- can Cancer Society crusade chair- man. The Monroe County Unit is seeking to raise $5,000.00 here. “Our volunteers have been touch- ed by the plight of the cancer pa- tient,” Bob Daniels said. “Skilled in making something out of noth- ing’ they have used salvaged mat- erials to make dressings, sickroom supplies and other items for the comfort of cancer patients treat- ed at home. But even these need some money, “Cellucotton filler for dressings must be bought and we make dress- ings by the hundreds. Sickroom equipment must be purchased when articles are not donated, and other little items paid for.” “We realize that the major part | of the Society’s funds must go for the long range program of educa- tion and research so that those who might otherwise become victims can be saved if at all possible,” Bob Daniels explained. “However, it is a natural human desire -to assist a stricken neighbor. That’s why our volunteer program is so successful.” “By contributing to the Ameri- the | C2 Cancer Society our workers pushed him off the mountain side.” Hubener was captured April 25, he was suffering and bad ated Another soldier tuld of a dea’ march in which 400 captives of the ; mmunists died. Pvt. Paul E. ments, 24, trom Indianapoiis, said the death march took place in the bitter cold between Decem- ber 3-26, 1950. ‘About 1,200 started out,” he said, “and close to 400 died.” * Clements said the men died from the bitter cold Regent ents. was captured Nov. 30, . He said the men had only field jackets and thin fatigue clothes—American woter . had not reached the front. It was then that the United Nations was rushing pell mell toward the Yalu River. Americans. on the mostly because of their physical condition rather than from the cruelty of the Red guards, Clem- | ents had shrapnel wounds in one leg when he made the march. He looked in good condition to- . Asked if the Reds made ~~ plied: | “T most certainly would say they did. It was well planned.” | _ Pfc. James R. Dunn of cgen “gon, S. C., sald the Reds left him by the side of a road to dic. Ten days after his capture, Dunn | said, he was wounded by an Allied air strike, The Chinese pulled out and “left me and another guy alongside the road, The next day the other guy died.” Six days later some Chinese picked him up and, although he could not walk because of his + ' “They rushed me along, pulled rifles on me; | crawled uphill afraid they would shoot.” Later he was taken to a hos- pital. j Cpl. Joe Lindsay Jewell, 23, of | Norwood, Ohio, told a story of hunger and death in “Death Val- Tey:” “I say 300 of us went in there and 40 of us went out. “Most died of meinutrition. The | men got so hunfry we ate dog a Couple of times.” Pfe, Virgil A. Kaver, 23, of | | j ; Om the success of the Key West know that all phases of the fight against cancer are being covered, not only service but education and research as well.” “You too can help prevent can- |eer. You can help the potential Patient. You can help those who have cancer now. And you can help support those who are work- ing to find MARCH, RUSSELL (Continued from Page One) dramatically addressed them and the audience: “1 am her to charge one of your teachers with being and unqualified. 1 mean Marian Stark.” charged that Mrs. unfit Mrs. Stark, who is English and speech teach- jer at the High School, deleted words “anti-Communist,” mighty God” and portions of coln’s Gettsburg address from Bil- “Al |ly’s speech. She followed Billy to Miami where he was competing at the American Legion contest, he said and told an American Legion official: ‘I'm here to root for Dade County, not Monroe.’. O'Bryant said: this, Mrs. Stark has been in the schools 12 years. She has done ex- cellent work. I’m positive that there's another side to the story. I think the Board should hear her.” Mrs. Stark vigorously denied Roberts charges in an interview with The Citizen today; “That's a delibe: fie. 1 said nothing of the kind. | did not go te Miami to interfere with Billy’s speech, | had a medical appoint- ment that afternoon up there, As a speech teacher who has taken contestants as far as the State American Legion Speech meet in Tallahassee and whe is vitally interested in the Ameri- can Legion contest because of its teachings on Americanism, | attended all speech contests in the past four years. “At the conclusion of the judg- ing at the Dade County contest, when chairman complimented me | entry, I made this statement pub-/ Marthasville, Mo., said be had a | licly bad neck wonvnd end was sick most of the time “in the mining camp | at Death Valley. “I was beaten by the Chinese} because I was unable to carry a) Toad of wood. The Chinese beat me on the back with a rifle butt.” Later conditions improved, he said, when he was moved to Camp / One. But, he added, persons who; talked back during indoctrination lectures were placed in “‘jail...in cages that you couldn't stand up in and you could be sent there for just saying things out of the way at Communist lectares.” Across the road from Freedom Village is the Republic of Korea Fifth Mobile Hospital which is processing returned South Korean | soldiers. An officer working there said a ROK returnee told bim the Reds prohibited POWs from dis playing POW camp signs in the hopes the camp would be hit by a U, Nu alt raid. The Reds refused the prisoners’ fequest that they should mark the camp.” he sald SIGE Bk to The Citizen | ““| wish to take no credit for Mr. Roberts’ success. He has done it all himseif’.” Mrs. Stark continued: . “I never made that statement) on rooting for Dade, because the} success of Monroe County in the American Legion Oratorieal Con-! test has been of the things I have} worked toward to the exclusion of | “This is the first I have heard of | | Deficiency this month _ Southeastern Wreck, 40 & 8, Here Saturday The Southeastern Wreck of the 40 and 8, fun and honor group of the American Legion, will be held in Key West on Saturday. Voitures from Dade County, Broward coun- ty, and’ Palm Beach County, will also’ participate in this wreck or | initiation, The ceremonies will be conduct- ed at the Post Home of Arthur! Sawyer Post No. 28 on Stock Is-| land, Chef de Gare Harry J. Metz-| ger of the local Voiture 728 has} announced. A parade is scheduled for 1 p. m. on Saturday beginning at the Cor- ner Duval and Truman Avenue, proceeding along Duval Street and disbanding at Eaton Street. A dance is planned at 10 p. m. at the Post Home on Saturday for the Voyageurs and guests. Admis- sion will be free to all who have registered. The public may also at-, tend the dance. However, an ad- mission will be charged. Local Legionnaires who will be initiated are Herman Gordon, Jud- son Stephens, Anthony A. Meigel, Melvin’ J. Edwards, and Judd Bowles. Legionnaires from Mara- thon include Post Commander Daniel J. O'Connell, William F. Tracy, Warren C. Williams, Willie Sansing, Frederick Dahleiden. A | large group of PG’s or Poor-Goofs are being brought from the Miami area for initiation also. The Forty and Eight is organiz- ed on a County basis, there being ers ht ae i RE Sa5EE5R : 3 The Weather Key West .and vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy and continued little | change in temperature thru Satur- day. Moderate to fresh easterly winds becoming southeast and | south. Florida: Fair today. Saturday in- creasing cloudiness with scattered | thundershowers in extreme north | Jacksonville thru the Florida | straits and East Gulf of Mexico: | Moderate southerly winds over | north portion and moderate oc- | casionally fresh east to southeast | winds over south portion today. | Saturday moderate to fresh south- | east to south winds. Fair weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate. occasionally fresh easterly winds | today and Saturday. Partly cloudy | weather, Widely scattered light showers. i Observations taken at City | Key West, Fla. April 24, 1953 | $:00 AM. EST | Temperatures | Highest yesterday nuts BAT Lowest last night 72 7 78° 00 ins, Total last 24 hours Total this month Total this year __. Excess this year __. Meative Humidicy at 200 AM | -|“Life In Hawaii” | Will BeShown At Lions’ Den Tonight at 6:45 the Cubs of Pack 251, sponsored by the First Pres- byterian Church, will present a program entitled “Life in Hawaii” for their parents, Cubmasters, | Den mothers and Den dads. The meeting will be held in the Lions Den on Seminary Street. The program will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by the singing of “America.” “To You, Sweetheart, Aloha’ will be sung by the group. Awards are to be presented by 0. J. Washburn, Cubmaster, assist- ed by committee chairman Alfred Lind Skits will be presented by all five of the Dens in consecutive order. A special hula number will be given, and the closing cere- mony will include the singing of “Aloha Oe” and serving of refresh- ments. . The parents will have an oppor- tunity to view Den displays and a game period will be carried on. Committee for Pack 251 consists of Lind, Jack Weech, Paul Saw- yer and Elmer Nonemacher. Cub- masters are Washburn and Guy Ballou. Mrs. Annie Curry, Mrs. Virginia Ballou, Mrs. Rita Sawyer, Mrs. Flannery and Mrs. Clovis Claxton are Den mothers. Possible Fire Nipped In Bud A quick call by the occupant of the house at 3533 Flagler avenue yesterday at 4 p. m., and an equal- ly rapid response by the fire de- partment, nipped a possible fire in the bud before flames could spread. Charles Cremata, fire chief, said that the woman in the house saw smoke and immediately turned in an alarm. The embryo blaze was caused by a short circuit. Chief Cremata commended the lady’s action and added, “She put in a call right away. That’s what the fire department is for. . .and again I advise people to report a fire at once before trying to do anything on their own.” He added that investigation of the $10,000 house fire Wednesday at 1033 United street, had revealed nothing as to the cause of the orig- inal blaze which spread and left the house a mere shell, PAUL ALBURY (Continued from Page One) ment in the field of communica- tions. The Southern Bell representa- tives explained that hundreds of telephone calls and television pro- grams can now be transmitted simultaneously without the use of wire or cable by means of high- frequency radio beams called mi- crowaves. This new skyway com- munications route permits static- free transmission from towers which are «bout 30 miles apart and range up to 290 feet in height. The microwaves travel at the rate of four billion past a given point each second before they are plac- ed on regular wire circuits .and carried to telephone sets or receiv- ers in the home. | OFFICER BOB (Continued from Page One) submitted in writing. In explana- tion of shying from verbal defense, Garrison wrote he was doing so because “‘due to nervous shock and humiliation, 1 might miss im- portant details and also because I am financially unable to retain an attorney.” From there on, the written decla- ration not only told of his past domestic difficulties, but launched a scathing attack on City Manager Dave King and took a whip crack at The Citizen for publishing items in connection with the expose. In hot broadside Garrison said that the solid mess began when his present wife (they were married April 13, just 13 days ago) wrote to the Mayor and the City Com- mission on March 1, charging City Manager Dave King with being a “Peeping Tom.” After that episode, in which King went to Garrison’s home to see whether he was really ill as he claimed in exemption from duty, the police officer wrote that King took “personal revenge on me.” ‘Garrison also said that there was discrimination against him as there had been to “no other in the city personnel.” The report continued saying bluntly that King’s “revenge” at being accused as a “Peeping Tom” branched out into an attempt to cost not only Garrison’s job through investigations, but also to stop Ann Benton, now his wife, from further employment at the Naval Air Sta- tion. Next, he prodded The Citizen in | his statement. “Never since I have | been living in Key West do I ever remember anyone having an apply to wed item featured on the front page of The Citizen (clipping as evidence) which not only states that I have applied to wed. It also brings out, and I quote, “Both have been the center of contro- versy since my wife hurled a charge at City Manager Kjng.” Further written revelation of the circumstances leading up to the scandal told the background. Gar- ison said in 1946 he left his former wifé, Rosa Virginia Garri- son in- Washington, D.C. because she “was an alcoholic,” and had been placed in Gallinger Hospital as a mental patient. Garrison then went to Bedford Springs, Pa., where he was employed at the Bedford Springs hotel. Ann Benton was also employed there. “We fell in love with each other,” he wrote. At the close of the sea- son, Garrison claims he tried to locate his wife in Washington but was unsuccessful, The next jump was from Bedford Springs to Florida. Garrison told how he worked at the Hollywood Beach hotel, Hollywood, Fla., and that the object of his affection was employed at the Whitehall hotel in Palm Beach. The romance evident- ly continued on commuting basis, and they hoped to “make things right” pending the location of Gar- rison’s wife who for mysterious Teasons could not be found. Gar- rison admitted in his statement that fie knew he could not get a divorce 'from “a mentally unbal- anced woman.” Still hoping for the best things in life, Garrison bought property in Key West and the couple made a home here. Garrison beeame a member of the city police depart- ment and outside of a past sus- pension, and some illness, every- thing was rosy, until the charges of conduct unbecoming to an of- Thorpe described Radio Relay as one of the many new advances that have resulted from research done at the Bell Telephone Labor- atories in the past year. He used his model equipment to show how metal lenses focus the radio beam from horizon to horizon along the chain of towers. These lenses are 80 effective that only five watts of Power - the amount in a normal jash light is needed to relay the signals along their way. A question and answer period followed the demonstration. Announcements were made to the Lions concerning the cake and candy sale which the Ladies Auxi- liary will conduct Satorday after- noon in front of the San Carlos Theatre. The Ladies Auxiliary has also | planned a spaghetti and meatball | dinner to be given at the Lions! Den May 4 beginning at 5 p. m. | Proceeds from the dinner will go} toward the fund to send some} worthy local girl to nursing school. | 2S SS eR | MOTHER’S DAY | (Continues trom Page One) time for them to reach home by Mother's Day. } A USO-YMCA official said to- day, “Now, remember, there ane all other speech activities during, Barometer (Sea Level) 8:00 A.M. only two short days left in which the time that being run.” While Mrs. Stark was talking | te the press at Key West High | the contest was 30.08 ins.—1018.6 mbs. | Tomorrow's Almanac | Sunrise. _ 5:56 am. 6:34 p.m. close of the school year “for aum-/ etous reasons.” March's attor-' ney, J. Y. Porter, says he will ask Cirewit Cort Judge Agquiline Leper, Jr. for a writ of manda mus, which would, be said, com-' —. 4:08 p.m. — 3:36 am. 1:95 pm. pel O'Rryant to follow the law which, be says would keep March in office. March had no comment to make, wo had Russell. servicemen may submit their let- aers.” Speaking directly to the servicemen, he said, “They need not be masterpieces—just sim- ple and sincere letters to your mother for Mother's Day. Each serviceman should write a letter to remember his mother on Moth- ers Day—so, hurry, berry! im front of the San Caries Thes- re. The gondolas of Venice must be Mack since other colors are pot permitte- ficer were brought up. Wrote Garrison, “After the at- S KW KIDS GET THRILL (Continued from Page One) stalked over to him, bent over him with a pleading look for his auto- Gilbert Roland was never without a crowd of ladies and some men who gathered around the popular veteran star. Bob Youmans who is Roland’s stand-in wore the same rough-tough outfit as the star, old khaki pants, a greyish shirt, and a red bandanna handkerchief flashing out of one pocket. ~Roland carried on an animated conversation in Spanish to two twelve year old Cuban girls who came for his autograph. Always af- fable, he charmed the youngsters as well as the adults who hovered around him. Casa Marina’s bartender Ed- ward Brady is standing in for | cohol, Wagner. Other stand-ins made us think we were seeing double. The big fight scone between Peter Graves and Bob Wagner took up most of yesterday’s shoot- ing. At day’s end Graves, who plays Terry's outraged fiance in the film had some realistic look- ing blood streaming down his nose and chin, He admitted, however, it was the result of make-up not of blows. the scene, despite the fact that doubles are generally used for} such risks, tack by King, ‘I tried to locate my wife’s mother (the first wife, that | is) at Asheville, N. C.” He was informed that she had died. | Stymied at that end, he began. long distance calls to Washington trying to locate his former spouse. | He submitted to the Civil Service Board a list of thses calls. He also presented a letter from a former friend who tried to help in the hunt, as evidence that the search was in good faith. Finally a friendly Elk, now Cap- tain of the homicide squad in Washington, D. C., wired the in- | formation that Rosa Virginia Gar- ison White had been married to Russell Jabe H. White on Septem- ber 30, 1951. The telegram also offered infor-| mation that the illegally married | Mrs. White had incurred further jail record, that she was “living | in adultery” and that she would make no trouble about a divorce. Garrison filed suit for divorce in Key West and it was granted on April 9. On April 12, the police | officer and Ann Benton were legal- ly tied. Garrison concluded the reveal-/ ing document by asking the board | “for mercy and your honest and kind consideration in my case.” The board allowed clemency, but | did say that if Garrison wanderd from “the straight and narrow” during probation period, his remov- al from the force would be re- viewed at once, The neat red bow at the tail end of the case is that housebill 648 was introduced yesterday in Tallahassee by State Representa- tive Bernie C. Papy eliminating some authority of Key West City Manager over the Police Depart- ment. *‘WHERE’S THE DAMES?’ (Continued from Page One) Yor them and hoping,” the Holly- | wood men said. | Unless there is a change and/ soon, the 20th Century men might | say with justice, “We could do just as well in Augusta, Georgia.” And should you leave your hammock for ¢ *pin on the highways, remember: Bad actidents happen in good weather, too, Be careful—coming end going— the life you seve may be your own FLORIDA POULTRY, EGC and FISH COMPANY, Ine. 819 Simonton Street Phone 2.6385 (Formerty Charlie's Poultry Market) Special For The Weekend FRESH KILLED, DRESSED & DRAWN pei hose ee aas _._ 4Sc per Lb. CUT UP FRYERS — SUY THE PARTS YOu LiKE BEST Plenty of Frying end Roasting Chickens “Nothing happened. It’s the first time a star has doubled for a double.” Busiest man of every day is director Robert Webb who throws himself into every scene with full gestures, illustrating to the actors exactly what he wants and expects them to do. The actors and the crew have been so busy during the daylight hours and so tired at night that they have yet to go out on the quiet drinks at the Birdcage bar at the Casa Marina and talk. Terry and Bob, who are ob- viously very interested in each other, have not had time to go out by themselves. The young actress works like a trouper but lives like a Spartan, or Mormon rather. She does not drink coffee, tea, coca cola, nor does : i ; I ys i 73 a Padae ull HE F E 5 3 z i Osa: Et gE ae pancake FLAT pillowy CUSHIONED | refreshing WHITES The longer you wear them the finer they feel... FLORSHEIM ‘Their “feel” gets softer 245 their finish the longer you wear them, end care for them. 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