t Th Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Friday. November 24. 19S0 ' . x...
Propaganda Purposes Behind
Release, Freed Soldiers Believe
Faith WiU'Keep Lor id icith ls, r
roers Told
Holiday Churchn
. By Barbara Brines and
Dm Whitehead -AN
AMERICAN HOSPITAL,
Korea. Nov. 22 -(Delayed)- -JD-Twenty-seven
U. S. war prisoners
'freed by the Chinese communists
aid today they believed the. reds
released them for propaganda
. purposes. ;
; Bathed, fed and relaxed after
their ordeal, the prisoners talked
about their adventure and its
' strange and happy conclusion.
. The group, freed near allied
Ikies Tuesday night, said the reds
treated them well. Some were
Wounded but none was in serious
condition. " " " ' ' - "
Handshakes and a last-minute
lecture on' "American imperial
Ism- preceded their . liberation,
the captives said. Then they were
permitted to walk through the
jnoonlight to the safety oi their
own lines. ' : :
V The soldiers themselves said
Jhey believed their release was a
propaganda move. Their red cap
tors told them to assure their fel
low Americans that the Chinese
communists did not want war.
The reds, they said, blamed the
Korea a fighting on "American
Imperialists," and called Presi
dent Truman, Gen. MacArthur
and Secretary of State Dean
Acheson no good capitalists.0.
"I had to agree with them as
long as I was a prisoner," said
one infantryman with a grin, "but
that was only because I wanted to
get home."
The hospital commandant pro
hibited use of any of the prisoner's
names. A sergeant told this story:
The Chinese attacked from the
north on Oct. 30, at 12:30 ajn.
the sergeant, in a ditch, was wat
ching the fight when he heard
someone yell, "my God, here they
are."
"I looked around and the first
thing I saw was a long bayonet
on the end of a rifle." he said.
"I fired once and missed. I fell to
the ground, and the red soldier
shot me in the, right side. Soon a
kid fell on top me and the Chinese
soldiers shot him twice.
"The kid saved my life. I don't
know who he was. He died while
lying on top of me, and I played
dead. Then it seemed the whole
communist line ran over me."
. The reds withdrew, however,
when the Americans counterat
tacked. The wounded crawled into
a dugout, the sergeant said, but
the Chinese got so close that they
were tossing grenades into It.
; Two days later the sergeant's
group surrendered.
"All of us who could stand were
lined up against an embankment
and a red captain told us not to
be afraid, "the sergeant said." He
said they would not hurt us and
would take care of us."
The Americans were permitted
to keep their cigarettes, watches
and other personal possessions.
They were marched to Pyok-
tong. a village near the Man-
churian border. The captives re
ceived daily lectures on commun
ism and the ills of capitalism.
They got medical care from two
American doctors, also prisoners.
Three days ago the reds select
ed 2? captives, fed them a good
meal of rice, barley meal and
vegetables and loaded them into
trucks. They traveled for - two
nights, hiding during daylight.
The third night the trucks were
halted and the Americans were
told to walk to their own lines.:
With two sergeants and a cor
poral in the lead, the group start
ed down the road. It was a lonely
march. Most of them still feared
an ambush.
Then the advance guard saw a
cigarette glow in the dark. A
voice shouted: i
"Haiti Who goes there?"
"God, but I was glad to hear
that voice," said the corporal.
The men identified themselves
as war prisoners, and got a hearty
welcome from the outpost of the
first cavalry divisions seventh
regiment.
By WlnaUn H. Taylor
Church Editor, The SUtesman
Because "the Lord has been with us until now, and we have faith
to believe he will continue to be with us" was the reason the Pilgrims
expressed thanks and modern America should.
So said the Rev. James I Wilson, pastor or Jason Lee A&etnoaisi
church, at Salem's union Thanksgiving service Thursday.
A capacity crowd of more than BOO persons attended tnt program
in Court Street Christian church,
sponsored by Salem Ministerial
association.
Wilson said some will not give
thanks because of worry and fear,
though there never has been a
time free from worry. Then, "no
matter how much! we have, we
may fail to enjoy it and to appre
ciate it." 1
Some, he added, are never quite
free to enjoy their blessings, al
though some in dire circumstances
have shown their appreciation. In
this connection he pointed out
that a large share of the world s
population will never know
enough to eat.
Compared to the modern uni
ted States, the Pilgrims of New
England had little to be thankful
for, Wilson declared. To them the
forests were a barrier and a thing
to be feared, rather than a valu
able natural resource; they were
afraid of more trouble with the
Indians: their harvest of that year
was adequate but they had no sur
pluses to burn or dump at sea.
A saiem academy giris' mo
comprising Wava Darby, Aletha
Storey-and Janice Olsen sang, as
did John Schmidt Organist was
Mrs. John Schmidt. Ushers were
Hi-Y club members. The offering
will go to Church World Service
for its united overseas relief.
Other ministers participating
were the Kev. waiter rredencx.
the Rev. Eugene Stowe. the Rev,
A. G. Yates, the Rev. Louis E.
White, the Rev. Richard J
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Finds Bones of
Sloth
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23-WVA U-year-ld boy who prefers
inmHnv fossils tn niacin baseball has found the bones of a huge an
imal that roamed South Jersey 100,000 years ago, the Academy of
Natural Sciences disclosed today. .
The boy is James Ruble, of Moorestown, N. J, a suburban com
munity 10 miles away across the Delaware river. .
animal whose remains he
i The animal whose remains
fsund was a ground sloth, says Dr,
Horace G. Richards, the acade
my's associate curator of geology
and paleontology. ; ;
: Richards said the discovery, of
parts of the backbone, is, the first
froof this great bear-like animal,
5 feet VJong, once roamed the
South Jersey (mafcshes. Similar
finds have been previously report
ed - - one of them by Thomas Jef
ferson - - in ! what is now - West
Virginia and in Pennsylvania.
. . I The ground sloth long since be
came extinct. It's closest surviv
ing relative is the curious animal
called a sloth now found in South
America and best known for its
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Richards told this story of how
Jim discovered the fossil bones in
excavation for the New Jer
sey turnpike no far from his home:
Jim has often visited the exca
vations in the hopes of turning up
some fossil find. Some time ago
he discovered a cluster of shells
embedded in green clay. Research
convinced him they dated back
some 50,000,000 years.
He wrote Dr. Richards a letter
asking him to come and take a
look. Richards replied with a pro-
mise of a visit soon but before he
arrived -Jim had uncovered four
large bones, later identified - as
part of the back bone of the sloth.
They were buried under five
feet of gravel, just above the green
clay. ,
Jim thought he had uncovered
the remains of a dinosaur, know
ing that the first dinosaur found
in the United States was uncover
ed near Haddonfield. N. J., in
1858, and that a second was found
in 1947 near jSewell, N. J. Both
towns are within 25 miles of
Moorestown.
But, instead, Richards and oth
er paleontologists, identified the
bones as those of a sloth the first
oi the species ever reported from
new jersey. .
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The idea behind the new move
of the three nations is to make
more detailed information on
these devices available to colleges,
universities and other Institutions
the better to train experts in the
reactor field. ,
WASHINGTON, Nov.: 23 - m
American, British and Canadian
governments are planning to ease
secrecy about some of their at
omic energy devices --but they
say the move wont provide any
hot tips to "rival nations."
The U. S. atomic energy com
mission announced today the three
nations have adopted a revised
"declassification code" which will
permit the publication of certain
information needed to design,
build and operate atomic devices
known as "low-power reactors'
for research purposes.
A "low power reactor" is a de
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to give further information on the
nature and control of atomte on
ergy, and on how it might be ap
plied to man's needs.
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DECATUR, IL-(ff)-The city pf
Decatur has received a tax pay
ment from a Minnesota firm, but
n ust money on ine oeai. The pay
ment of one cent was a two per
cent tax on gross fire insurance
premiums collected in Decatur by
the Hardware Mutual Insurance
Co. of Minnesota during the last
year. Gross premiums were 48
cents.
City Treasurer Jack Lnftua
timated the one-cent tax payment
cost the city seven cents three
cents for mailing the tax form,
three for mailing a receipt, and
one for materials and labor.
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Share Turkey
ON THE! NORTHEAST KO
REAN FRONT, Nov. 23-(ffr-U. S.
marines and Koreans celebrated
Thanksgiving together, today in
the ruins of Hagaru, a town on
the southern tip of Changjin re
servoir. '
The day began with Thanks
giving service t Hagaru'i .Pres
byterian church The fter. Lee In
Swet, Korean pastor, led the ser
vices. He told about religion's
struggle under the communists.
Then the marines sat down in
the ruins to a Thanksgiving tur
key dinner which had been flown
up to the front. Outside knots of
hungry North Korean children
peered in at all that food.
And so all those North Korean
kids were Invited inside and ate
turkey dinner with the marines.
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