The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1953, Page 3

Thursday, April 30, 1953 VANGUARD OF THE KEY WEST CITIZEN RETURNING POWs HEADED FOR HOME By G. K. HODENFIELD TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. w—Twelve American fight- ing men who may never fight again sped to their homes in the far corners of the U. S. today. They are the vanguard of the first 35 repatriated POWs to reach home from Korea. More will fly out of this sprawl- ing air base later today and tomorrow. And another 63 will be borne swiftly across the Pacific in giant C97 Stratocruisers. A few of those who arrived here} yesterday aren’t going home im- mediately, They are going to hos- pitals where doctors will try to mend their shattered bodies and broken minds. Yesterday’s repatriates were happy—but they cringed from the welcome that awaited them. Before they left the plane they sent out the word—‘We don’t want to talk to any reporters, We have talked enough already.” Then the 26. walking wounded filed off the big plane. They walked straight to a waiting bus. Some smiled; some waved, looked around curiously. Little emotion showed on their faces.. But strain was there, and pain, and the lines carved deep by war and captivity. White-jacketed medics then went | aboard and brought out the nine|.- - litter patients. An amputee, a man with tuberculosis, a soldier who couldn’t bend his leg. While the litter cases were being carried tenderly into a huge ambu- lance, there was a sudden com- motion by the bus. Pvt. Jose Garcia, blinded in one eye by the blast of a Communist grenade, slammed down a window and greeted his kid brother Alfon- so in a tearful, joyous reunion. Alfonso had reached the field late and got lost in the milling crowd, He finally spotted his brother and pounded “the bus to attract attention. Throughout the afternoon the two brothers stayed close together. They left together last night for home. After a 30-day leave Pvt, Garcia will go into an Army hos- pital. Days, weeks, or-months later he will come out and start life over. The bus and the ambulance moved slowly, almost gently, across the base to the bright new hospital. Reporters, cameramen, televis- fon technicians, enthusiastic by- standers followed in droves. For nearly two hours the men were kept in seclusion. Nayy, Air Force and Army doctors Sete them over} deciding “who ‘heeded immediate, specialized care . . who could be sent to hospitals near their homes . . . who could be: released at once on 30-day leaves. The men ate two-inch steaks and talked to doctors and caught a} of welcome 40 winks. Then five repatriates were ugh- ered into the hospital yaditorium, Two were litter cases. They were placed in hospital beds ringed by newspaper, TV and newsreel cam- eramen and reporters. The other three were seated. The barrage ef questions began— questions that had been asked and answered in Panmunjom, Freedom Our USED CAR LOT Is Open until 10 P.M. Each Night We Invite You to Come In and Look Over Our New NAVARRO, Inc. 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He had been shot down on a B29} mission. He didn’t know what hap- pened to the other crew members. He was a prisoner four months. Sure, he was glad to be home. The other little patient was Alberto Pizarro of Puerto Rico, captured on the Hook last Octo- ber. He, too, told his story again and again before attendants | wheeled him away. |_ Pfc, Raymond H. Medina of the | Bronx, New York, and Cpl. Theo- dore Jackson of Palestine, Tex., calmly and patiently told and re-| told of the monotonous POW diet of Red attempts to convert jthem to communism... their | surprise and gratitude at their repatriation. They told too of their | | Plans: Jackson, a 10-year veteran, will stay in the Army. Medina wants to go to college and major in English literature. A few other repatriates wandered in. They were questioned, left alone, questioned again, All were gracious, but happy when it ended. The lucky ones got their travel orders, partial pay, plane or train reservations home, transportation | into San Francisco, 40 miles away. Twenty-one were told they could go home at once—but only 12 felt up to leaving last night. Seven were told they would be flown today to government hospi- tals near their home. And seven were told they would be sent to hospitals best equipped and staffed for their special needs. For some the ordeal is nearly over. For others, the end is not in sight. If you want to store milk for three or four days, remove it from | the refrigerator as few times as Possible, and never leave it stand- ing around at room temperature when you do take it out to use. FOR“ATHLETE’S FOOT A :|KERATOLYTIC IS A MUST. What in & keratolytict An agent it deadens the infected skin. peels off, HOUR, Your! GARDNER'S PHARMACY SPECIAL Complete Electrical TUNE-UP $5.50 for 6 Cyl. $6.50 for 8 Cyl. 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To turn our heads the other way may not seem cruel at first thought but by doing so we are refusing to take a part in averting cruelty. Many people would not kill an animal with their own hands, but they would think nothing of put- ting.a mother cat and her kittens in a bag, tying it up and throw- ing it out along the Keys. This happened recently around Pine | Key. The poor animals starved to! death inside the bag. The kind of | people who do this could not bring | themselves to have the animals | put to sleep in the gas chamber, | when we have a humane society | near at hand to do this for them. | Or it might be possible for: the | humane society to find homes for! the unfortunate cat and her kit-| tens. | are | (R-SD) disclosed | ing increasin, | officials at the meeting in Paris | mittee explores these and other called a “th State Departmen nate “members ¢ team” from top pc of the P retary of St at a closed ses: By G. MILTON KELLY Reporting to dio and televi: night, Dulles con nomic aid in E a sick man uses gh to throw “We believe ti Get Rid Of “Acheson Team” e old Acheson e today, | WASHINGTON #—Sen. McCar- McCarthy said he has evidence! grants: Nevertheless, he said, the | By ERNEST 3. VACCARO WASHINGTON w — Sen. Mundt day what ne McCarthy Says accelerated” | ? British P British Protect positions. | » at least some S R d Shi aspect of Sec- ome e p questioning | nation over ra-/ thy (R-Wis) said today Chinese on networks last}/Communists are at least part 1 U, S. eco-|owners of some ships hauling the crutch | goods to Red China under pledged s is becom-| also that the French government | e,” he com-| owns three ships carrying cargoes mented in merica’s allies /to the Chinese Reds, and has yet in Europe setting strongito pay the U. S. government in } |purchased fro mthe U. S. Mari- U. S. will co: to spend “‘sub- | time Commission, he sai E stantial sums” with them | McCarthy said he hopes to shed Dulles said he told this to Brit- | light on the cargoes involved when State Department Tries To rt to elimi- a Senate ap-| 1 he gets well | protection of the British Nav: enough to require no more outright | full for any of them. They were | ish, French and other European | pic Senate investigations subcom- last week of the North Atlantic | matters in public hearings Mon- Treaty Council. He said these al-| day, The hearings had been sched- lies “welcomed a. relationship! ied. for tomorrow but were which would be dignified and self-| switched to Monday by McCarthy. respecting for all concerned.” | The U. S. has banred Americ The secretary declared the Coun-| shipments to Red China and Bri- cil provided for a steady buildup|tain and France have forbid of Western defense, which he de- ships flying-their flags to’ ca scribed as ‘“‘no longer a ‘‘push-| strategic materials to either the over’,”” and said the Eisenhower | China mainland or North Korea. administration’s plan to substitute | McCarthy contends there has trade for aid Will “get more se-| been widescale violation of that curity for less money.” ordet by. some British-flag ships. | Recently a dog was found dead | Mundt said the Senate subeom- tied to a tree out on-Stock Island.| mittee was informed at a secret} These two instances of course are | meeting this week that Dulles has deliberate acts of cruelty, hard to| “replaced over 50 persons in key | reconcile in a Christian land. positions for policy reasons alone.” Too few people really know what | A few involved s from policy their local humane society does. | to nonpolicy posts, he said, but res- He said ‘recent trade statistics f British origin show a “fantas- ie’? spurt in export trade to China. Much of the rise, he said, has been in the shioment of sodium compounds. He said he wants the | South Dakota’s Black Hills midway Electric 105 Simonton Street SAR zs fate f ! ! f 4 | i u i 4 5: ey ea 8 i i gg 4 Ree u; A if s « =} ¥ e 4 * i 6c i ke ag ag EE. 3 & ge * y ~ For seven years we have had aj group who have willingly given | of their time and money in order | to maintain an adequate animal} welfare program, Much has been accomplished in correcting condi- | itons of long-time neglect and in-| difference in Key West, but there | is till much more to be done. In| Be Kind to Animals Week, let us} learn to be actively kind, for “‘he | who is not actively kind, is cruel,” | | Five Speeches Slated } For The President | WASHINGTON — President Eisenhower is tentatively sched-| uled to make five speeches away from Washington from June 10} through June 14—with some fish- ing in between. The White House said yesterday the fishing probably would be in in this speaking schedule: June 10 at Minneapolis; June 11 at Garrison Dam, N. D.; June 11 at Rapid City, S. D.; June 14 at! Dartmouth College in Hanover, N. H., and June 14 at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. | | continued, if not intensified.” | tions, | least $7,600,000,000. |U. S. Department of Commerce |to determine whether these could be’ used to produce war-useful | j explosives, and why some of the | carriers had orders to avoid any ports where they might come un- der U. S. inspection. | McCarthy declined to give de- j tails of his assertion that Chinese | Commun ~ investors in Brit ish-flag vessels, hed He said we writish governm in a recent statement to Parlia- | ment, made clear its willingness to use naval power to protect ships |flying the British flag if Chinese Nationalist forces attempt to mo- ; lest them. ignations accounted for the rest. In addition, Mundt said, the ad- ministration has removed or ob- tained the resignations of 49 others “for reasons of su ility, secur- ity or homosex' * since the GOP ‘took over Jan. 20. Another | 112 applicants Save been denied jobs since then on the same grounds, he added, But in an interview today, he} id: “Tam very much pleased from the testimony of Under Secretary of State Denold Lourie -at the highly accelerated rate of turn- over now, which I am told will be hit sa Skip Alexander, Mike Souchak | and Art Wall, Jr., current mem- |bers of the touring professional | | golf circuit, are former Duke Uni- The appropria which called D ‘ons subcommittee s is considering the department request for 130 million dol in appropriations for the year starting July 1. 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