The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 19, 1953, Page 2

Liberated POWs Number Nearly |“Ivory Hunter” 26,000 As More “Escape” Camps By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN SEOUL (®—New and bloody Mass breaks from Allied stockades today swelled to nearly 26,000 the legion of anti-Communist war pris- Oners liberated in South Korea’s bold defiance of the U. N. Com- mand. More than 1,800 bolted from five Prison camps and a hospital last might and early today on the heels Of those ordered reieased Wednes- day by President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea. U. N. Command headquarters in Tokyo placed at 25,952 the total Koreans escaping in the past two days, and 9,398 those anti-Red Ko- feans remaining in custody. The figures differed somewhat with those released by the U. N. pris- oner of war command, which said its totals were “rough.” Those making the break early today included 494 who battled U. S Marines at Ascom City camp, near Seoul’s big port of Inchon on the west coast. The U, N. Command said the leathernecks had replaced ROK guards at tne camp before the South Koreans had opportunity “for collusion.” Whether the mass releases and breaks for freedom would wreck the two year-old armistice nego- tiations—now in their 11th hour— remained to be seen. At Communist request, a full- dress meeting of the armistice delegations was set for 11 a. m. Saturday (9 p. m., EST, Friday). There was no quick official Com- munist reaction to Rhee’s defiant move. In Moscow, the Soviet press carried the story under the head- ing “provocatory actions of the Syngman Rhee clique.” The reports published there implied collusion between some American authori- ties and the South Koreans. Additionally, Russian newspap- ers published U. S. Secretary of State Dulles’ comment that Rhee violated “the authority of the United Nations Command;” and Prime Minister Churchill’s state- Rhee has voiced vigorous opposi- tion to any armistice leaving Ko- Tea divided. Besides the mass break early : (Friday. at Ascom Ciiy, hundreds of Says— Tn Bill Gibb’s ‘‘Safety Notes” last week, he quoted me as say- ing that “wear and tear on tires is 2% times more per mile at 65 than at 40 mph.” Wish he had gone a little bit further and added that speeding isn't the only form of reckless driving that increases car expenses. For instance . Spinning your wheels get-away at traffic lights, sliding around corners, bruising Plecs it curbs -- all of these 8 oT materially reduce the life of prevent injuries against curbs! Here at Dick's Tire Service, 929) Truman Ave,, we also re-cap tires gEFE.ce sept! 3 H zg g2 ve a cavity, Why don’t you take} same precautions with the! on your car? Drive by my; lace and let me inspect them . There is a large parking lot | Tear and it won't take very SESEEE2 2° seg eyterrnestars prisoners bolted at U. N. Camp 4 at Yongchon, in South-Central Ko- rea; Camp No. 5 at Sang-Mudai and Pusan and a handful at Taegu. At Ascom City, 13 prisoners were killed by guniire and 17 were trampled to deatn as 494 other POWs clawed through a barbed wire fence to freedom. Ten more POWs died later of injuries to boost the death voll to 40. A Marine spokesman said the gunfire came from a rice paddy outside the prison compound, evi- dently from Koreans ,aiding the break. Two Marines were wounded. AP Correspondent Milo Farneti reported the stockade was liter- ally blood soaked. About 109 were recaptured. Some 980 remained in the camp during the break. At Yongchon, about 770 POWs crashed through, under and over a nine-foot barbed wire fence to free- dom despite tear gas shells fired by South Korean guards. There about 267 stayed behind. At Pusan, about 170 patients fled into the predawn darkness from a POW hospital. The prisoner com- mand said 93 were recaptured, leaving 2,830 Korean and Chinese prisoners still in custody there, At Camp 9, on the outskirts of Pusan—huge port on Korea’s southeast tip—all 34 North Korean trusties disappeared from their jobs in the officers’ mgss and in the check room of the officers club. Only one camp of the seven con- taining anti-Communist North Ko- reans still retained anything like its original numbers, That was at Taegu whete only five POWs fled. Some 842 prisoners remain there. The U, N. Command assured the | { THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Communists via courier that it was making “every effort” to round up the prisoners— but it appeared an almost impossible task. Rhee announced dramatically Thursday he personally ordered the compounds thrown open. He called upon South Korean civilians to shelter the prisoners. South Korean military and gov- ernment officials were reluctant te comment on the bloodshed in the mass break at Ascom City. The Marines denied firing on the pris- oners. i Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herren, commander of the Korean commu- nications zone, said in a formal statement: . “It would have been most un- fortunate if U. S. troops employed |maximum force against Korean prisoners whose wnly motive was to resist return to Communist control. Such action would have repudi- ated the principle of no forcible repatriation to which we have ad- hered since the truce negotiations began.” ENGINEERS’ COURSE GAINESVILLE \#—Keynote of the College English Assn. institute here June 24-26 will be ‘‘Preparing engineers for executive positions in business.” The institute is being held in con- junction with the national conven- tion of the American Society for Engineering Education, which opens. Monday. Launched a year ago, the CEA institute is based on the premise that the modern executive must also be educated in the basic tools of language. 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Roving rhinoceros and elephant herds provided the most danger- ous challenge to the film com- Pany when they charged the mov- ie unit on several occasions, en- dangering the lives of players and set workers, disrupting filming and damaging valuable equipment. An adventure-film sof modern Africa, “Ivory Hunter” tells the exciting story of a* game warden who becomes sickened by the Slaughter of animal life and sets out, against great odds to estab- lish a wild animal sanctuary in the African jungle. Cast principals and film techni- cians made their location head- quarters at Amboseli, 200 miles south of Nairobi, and just under Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Life became a constant adven- jture for the film company once it had settled in its hastily construct- jed village huts — right in the} | midst of the dangerous jungle life. | The spectacular location film-| ing of “Ivory Hunter” embraced the Kenya, Tanganyika and Ugan- da areas of East Africa and color- ful native tribes of these regions are seen in important supporting roles. “Ivory Hunter,” a J. Arthur Rank presentation, received Eng- land’s highest film honor when it was slected for showing at the 1951 Royal Film Performance. Har- ry Watt directed, PILOT IS KILLED PENSACOLA (#—A solo train- ing flight crash of an SNJ (Texan) trainer Wednesday killed Lt. (J. G.) William J. Handy, Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa. 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That’s all.” Ambassador You Chang Yang said Paik would relay President Eisenhower’s views as told to him during a White House call yester- day. But Yang added he knew of “no special message” Paik might have been given for President Syngman Rhee. It was learned that Paik con- ferred yesterday with Secretary of State Dulles, who restated Ameri- Bill’s Licensed PAWN SHOP 716 DUVAL ST. can policy for a truce on terms dangers U. S. officials see in the present situation. SCHOLASTIC RECORD CHICAGU —John C. Przypysz- ny, 25, a “straight A” average ‘ student through 19 years of school- ing, received his University of Ili- nois medical degree Thursday. Przypyszny maintained his top scholastic record through eight | | years in grammar school, four in| {high school and seven at college, | | He will intern at a hospital’ where | his father, Dr. Casimir Przypysz- |ny, is a senior staff member. RADIO and ti CIFELLI'S ("7 Factory Methods Used — All Work Guaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. 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