Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1953)
F,mAV AUGUST 7, 1953, HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH KAr.LS. OREGON PAGE EIGHT 394 More Allied Prisoners Freed; Holdback Rumors Grow By MILO FARNETI PANMUNJOM (.A A healthier group of 394 Allied war prisoners came out of Communist captivity today and added to mushrooming reports the Reds are holding back some POWs including perhaps a,000 to 3,000 Americans. r feignty one Americans were among the group released today under a brilliant sun at this way side village in the third day of the Korean war prisoner exchange "Operation Big Switch." Although the Reds had promised Man Accused oS Cutting Race Track Phone Line ' BATH, England OB A 32-year-old greyhound owner was charged Thursday with cutting the tele phone cable to Bath race track ; personnel as they did earlier, 400 an iinofllcial count showed six mentally and physically than the snn'ti. irnrpmiK miMinz from the and weary men released the scheduled 230. There was no im mediate explanation. The Reds also sent back 25 Brit ish, 25 Turks, 12 Filipinos and 7 Colombians. They said the next group, sched uled for 9 a. m. Saturday (7 p. m. Friday, EST), would Include 80 Americans, 250 South Koreans, 35 Turks and 25 British. . That will bring the total ol Amor leans released to 311, still only a bare fraction of the 3,313 the Reds have promised to return. In all. tlie Allies are handing over 74,000 Reds for 12,763 Allied POWs. The U. N. Command sent back 2.753 Communists Friday, a quieter and better-behaved group than those of the first two days, who ranted wildly In last-minute shows of defiance. They still sang and chanted, but they were more re strained and did not attack 17. N. In Washington, Gen. Mark W. Clark, U. N. i'ar East commander. first two days. Even so, some were told a news conference there la 111 and needed medical care. evidence the Reds hold from 2,000 The Reds, showing eagerness for to 3,000 more Americans than the the first time, started the ex- 3.313 they listed for return. He also change at 8:55 a. m , five minutes i said "thousands and thousands" ol ahead of tunc. i South Koreans are unaccounted for. The Americans laughed as they clark said Washington Instructed climbed from the Red trucks and , (um l0 Eign the armistice but re lokcs cracked from man to man. serving the right to pres for in They waved and smiled and yelled j jormatlon about additional captives last month In the attempted million dollar swindle of British bookmax ers. ' Leonard Phillips was remanded to custody for a hearing Aug. 14 Police gave out no additional de tails. British horse racing's mystery of the century came about July 16. when the cable was cut just be fore the 2 o'clock race at Bath. A horse entered under the name Trancasal won the race, at odds of 10 to 1. Cutting of the lines pre vented bookmakers all over Eng land from laying off bets via the telephone to shorten the odds. Li censed bookmaking is legal in Eng land. - After the race, the clerk of the course entered an objection on grounds that Francasal wasn't the winner. ' Scotland Yard inspectors said n much faster horse named Santa Amaro had won the race as ringer under Franca-sal's name. Tlie Allied repatriates, wearing faded blue Chinese uniforms, ap peared in much better condition io correspondents awaiting llicm. When the trucks stopped, they Jumped quickly to the ground, grinning. The South Koreans appeared more worn and sick. Some were masked with gauze, for lung dis eases, others were gaunt and thin. Some had to be helped from trucks. However, an ominous fear blurred the happiness of the pres ent exchange as reports grew that tne Keas may be holding out thouS' ands of POWs, many of them Am, ericans, in their bleak Northern stockades. Returning prisoners have told of U. S. oritcers being sentenced for "instigating against peace." No Use Building Gallows Before Hangman Found NEW DELHI. India WrAuthor Itles of Travancore-Cochin state are going to hang 23 year-old Kelan Madhavan Aug. 20 on a murder charge if they can find a hangman. Reports reaching here today from Trivandrum, capital of the state in Southwest India, said Jail officials don't quite know how to proceed with the state's first execution since Indian indepen dence revived capital punishment there six years ago. The state hasn't had a hangman cince the pre-lndepcndence ruler, the Maharajah of Travancore, outlawed the death penalty two years ago. So far, nobody has- been found who Is willing to pull the trap. And the Jail authorities aren't building scaffold until a hangman is located. Watch Real Estate Listings To Learn Movie Economics HOLLYWOOD lPl For the surest ments and then sold them at a loss. I'm not going to do it again." Since she has to be out of her house in a month, Maureen has been frantically searching for an other home. She has been some what thwarted in her efforts by real estate agents who have their own ideas about how she should Uve. "They will drive me through cer tain districts and say, 'Of course, you wouldn't want to live here,' " she reported. "How do they know where I would want to live?" She has finally been able to con vince some agents that she wants to live fairly modestly. (A $30,000 $40,000 home Is considered modest by movie star standards.) Now she runs into troubles with the sellers. As soon as they find out he Is Maureen O'Hara, the selling price takes an abnormal jump. The actress has now taken to house-shopping In slacks outfits, no makeup and a scarf around her trade-mark tresses. But then the agent usually gives her away by introducing her as "Miss O'Hara." Now she has a friend go along to pose as the buyer. "It's the same thing whenever I try to buy something," said Maureen. "If I shop for some clothes, the salesgirl Insists on showing me the $100 creations. I almost have to beat her over the head to impress on her that I want to buy some dresses around $28.95 or $32.50." sign of economic change ' in the movie industry, watch the real es tate listings. You'll find a flock of costly mansions on the market. For Instance, if you have $300,000 kicking around the house, you could pick up the Blng Crosby manse. For some insight on the real es tate situation, I talked to the beauteous Irish colleen, Maureen O'Hara. She Just sold her stone canyon home to a doctor for $82, 500 and Is hunting for a smaller one. "It was ridiculous to continue liv ing in that big house when there are Just my daughter and myself," said the actress, who is shedding her mate, director Will price. "The house was designed for lavish .en tertaining. " "Besides, It is not economically sound to maintain such a house In these times. Two of the pictures I am considering now are out of the country. If I left, that means I would have to continue paying $200 a month for a maid, $100 for gardener, $32 for a swlmmine pool man, $6 for the exterminator, $4 for the water softener, and so forth down the lino. 'With the movie Industry onlnir through a state of transition, you Just can't keep up such expenses. It's hard to get your money out of big houses these days I've bought three places In Bel-Air, put in thousands of dollars of Improve- in later proceedings, Clark said the U. N. Command had to accept the Red figures or , use military power to force the Reds to sign the truce. . He said that if the Reds break i he truce he would favor using "any and every weapon" to re taliate. He did not specifically j mention atomic weapons, but pre-! sumably his statement would cov er them. Clark, who Is soon to retire as U. N. Cmunandcr, is In the United States on a brief visit from his Tokyo headquarters. '. The Reds have often said the figures they gave are correct. They i have said, however, that not all Allied POWs have been screened to see If they desire to return home: j Meanwhile, nearly 2.000 Red ; fanatics in Koje Island prison com-; pounds off far Southern Korea riot-! ed on the eve of their freedom. One Red was shot to death and four others were wounded when j U. N. guards had to fire to put down the first of three uprisings. They stopped the others with tear and vomiting gas. I The POW Command said the ! Reds apparently were trying to ! "save face" after the "disgrace" ! of being captured and were also 1 trying to avoid reprisals from the Red bosses they will soon rejoin by proving they never quit fight ing. The Reds barricaded themselves in their stone-walled barracks and guards were forced to enter the compounds. The Reds charged out and "small arms fire was employed," the POW Command said. There were no U. N. casualties. Meanwhile, more Americans moved along the pipeline to home. Tnose released Friday at Pan munjom were rushed to nearby Freedom Village for preliminary processing, showers, food and med ical treatment. The able-bodied prisoners re- leased earlier were taken to Inchon on South Korea's West Coast, to await shipment home by transport. At jncnon, they were getting the best the Army could rig up in barracks, food and recreation while they went through final processing. rne jirsi snipioad home is ex pected to leave within a few days perhaps three or four. H" : " : " ' Store Hours: 9:30 to 5:30 What are they wearing for Back-To -School Just Ask Drew's Manstore chool? Puzzled about whot to buy him for his new sc ui thpv know me u"-' 3-"""' . . . 1 . .L. assure yourself of buymq on.y in- salesmen. No matter his have never been better, and you can finest brands. See us today! Ask our experienced Our selections Nunn-Bush Shoe Jantzen Sweater Arrow Shirts Stradivari Sport Shirts Edgerton Shoes Samsonite Luggage Pendleton Sportswear Holeproof, Interwoven Sox Home of HART, SCHAFNER & MARX Clasped Hands. Stars. Stripes To Show Giver WASHINGTON Ml-A pair ol clasped hands on a stars and stripes shield and the words 'United States of America" will let the recipients of American aid know where It's coming from. The Foreign Operations Admin istration (FOA) has adopted the symbol to replace a variety of others formerly used, some tail ored to fit the wishes of specific countries. The new design, to be used mainly on labels, will mark most non-military goods. The Defense Department has Its own label. No-Man's-Land Celebration Set BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (At There will be a no-man's land cele bration In this Central Colorado town Sunday, marking the 17th an niversary of the day It was offi cially claimed for the United States. ' Some historians dispute the story, but local folks say an area centered here was overlooked in early treaties, due to contusion over mountain ranges. At any rate, a ceremony was held In 1036 churn ing the region for the United States. The local fire department will be In charge of the celebration. A cabin will be given away. Bull Dies io End Hiccoughing ' WILMINGTON, Ohio I.B-Fom months of hiccoughing were ended today for Pete, the bull. He Was taken to a slaughter house and killed, because he showed no signs of recovering. Pete's owner, Jerry Shanks of Martinsville, had put the 17-month-old bull out to pasture last April, when an operation by veterinarians at Ohio State University failed to stop his hiccoughs. The vets and shanks tried every thing they knew, but Pete Just kept on hiccoughing. Nationalists Get Most Warships WASHINGTON W The largest (hare of small warships to be pro vided Far East nations by ihe United States will go to National ist China. The Republic of Korea also will get some. Defense officials said yesterday this was all the Inlormation that now could be made public on plans to transfer the vessels. Congress authorized the President to turn over 25 ships, not larger than destroyers, to friendly nations In the Orient. The addition was expected to give the Formosa-based Chinese n edge In seapower over the Chi-, neae Communists, I I II I 'I MM l I I tW III VI VMM V N UTMt m fj EMS 1 '..nAUWfUiklfi... SATURDAY AUGUST 8, 9:30 A.M. FREE ORCHIDS TO MOTHER PRIZE DRAWINGS DOOR PRIZES 3 Little Puppies to be given away ff Cooper's jp Munsirtg- .S I wear 1 1 Underwear ' lit Wran9'er 5f Lee, Levi, J gl 3 Billy the Kid I 1 I OVERALLS J 0 x&W . . '0,. JACKIi JUMPER Clothes lor 1 IK. Vif '$ featurinq only the most famous labels os in their ' I Vilf M Al -4t I iy white ? am - a us m jj yam. mix don J-5 sy if CARLOS, m- f f jr )fj if days m , . IV sport N if rnDnc ff downstairs VSHIRTS 1 1 CORDS ji v W pus DREW'S MANSTORE BOYSWEARSHOP Drew's Manstore is ready oqain to serve the Klamath Basin with a brand new up-to-the-minute boysweor shop, featurinq only the most famous labels os in their menswear. Our boyswear shop is loaded with the newest styles ond colors for the vounq man 6 to 20. We invit' you to shore in our qrand opening tomorrow. KAYNEE APPAREL FOR Ij. j BOYS AND PREPS
