Daily Inter Lake, The (Newspaper) - April 21, 1953, Kalispell, Montana I Mostly Cloudy Mostly cloudy with a fow show ers in the vicinity today Wednesday High today 65 low tonight 45 high tomorrow 62 Sun set rise tomorrow THE DAILY INTER LAKE Northwest Own YEAR NO 293 KALISPELl MONTANA TUESDAY APRIL 21 1953 5 CENTS Second Prisoner Group Tells of Death March Pvt Herndon Jackson Fla PTf Arthur G Gregory 1 Mount Vernon III yp Accounts of Todd Alliance Puerto Kit Robert W Fleming By ROBERT EUNSON VILLAGE Korea death semistarvation and calculated brutality came Tuesday from the second handful of Allied soldiers returned from Communist prison camps Antl stories of many more dan ill Allied soldiers still in lied captivity indicated the Com tin not plan to free all sick and wounded as they had agreed to do Fait Again Tuesdays reports recalled the shocked words incredibly small uttered two weeks ago by Rear Adm John C Daniel the UN truce delegate when the Reds told him 600 sick and wounded would be repatriated The new development suggested that the Communists were failing once again on a solemn agreement LI Walter H Mitchell of Green ville said there w e r c quite a few left In the hospital at Pfc I Rail W Va Pvi L Dunn Jr Okla Pvt John 11 Lake Calif PR John S tlc Rubin Long Calif Pfc Fon W Va Pvt Jose W Garcia LJ and Pvt Charles Sacco O the camp they needed medical attention more Death Marches Reported The returned prisoners said treatment improved after the truce talks started in July 1951 but varied since with the ups and downs of the negotiations Death marches over frozen high ways in bitter winter weather were reported by two American soldiers Pfc Roger Herndon of Jacksonville Fla and Cpl Or ville R Mullins of Ky told of separate agonies in 1950 Reds May Be Breaking Solemn Pledge By ROBERT B Korea UP A second group of 100 disabled but jubilant Allied prisoners came back from North Korean prison stockades Tuesday as sumo of the 30 Americans exchanged Monday landed in Japan on their way home Many of the American and other who roll ed through freedom gate Tuesday laughing and joking in sharp contrast to the solemn air of those freed as the exchange of sick and wounded began Monday 55 Yanks Promised But Tuesdays group of 35 Amer Train and Plane Crashes Kill 9 Florida Train Leaves Rails Hundreds Hurt Manslaughter Charges Filed Against Two Charges of involuntary man DILLON S C slaughter were filed in Kalispell toppled off ils against Merlyn E Lan near here Monday night and inS of Kalispell and Bernard up into a mass of twist ed steel Officials said at least live died Lund of Big Sandy Both cases will come up in Dis Court next month County Three bodies were removed Attorney Edward Schroeter an 50 South Koreans told also of ser SUFFOCATED of dead fish line the Banks of Ashley Creek below the city sew age disposal plant after water taken for use in irrigation lowered the level of the creek and left the fish to die in he polluted waters below the plant Test made on the Wilier showed that the oxygen content was too low to sustain any fish life Most of the dead fish were suckers and squawfish Inter Lake Staff Photo Fish Killed by Kalispell Sewage Hundreds of dead suckers and lined the banks of Ash ley Creek Jast week end after the 12 British three Turks and diverting of irrigation water j choked the down to was captured in sick and Bounded comrades la trickle and left the fish to frigid winter of 1950 He said ncd tamPs and thc Polluted waters below the some 40 American and Turkish over sewage disposal plant their spring run up the WRIGHT PLANE REWARD FUND REACHES soldiers perished in a forced inarch north from Kunu where the U S Second Division met disaster in November 1950 FREEDOM VILLAGE Korea Si nn UN command released the follow Jis official list of 35 U S prisoners repatriated Tuesday Pfc Wilber M Warring Philadel phia Pa Pvt Louis Byron Center Mich Cpl Willie T Patrick Ark Cpl Harry E Purvis Vork S C Sgt Evard G Anderson Alabama City Ala Pfc Paul O BJan Brodhead Ky Pfc John M Jank Jr Philadelphia Pa Cpl Or Ky Sgt Tenn Pfc Joe T Heath Pvt George W Gray Ogden Utah Cpl Pedro A Ia Madera S Mcx MSgt Albert L Howard Nashville Pvt William G Atlanta Ga SFC Walti J Mitchell Grt Tenn Pfc ways during the bitter winters of 1950 1951 and 1952 The Reds have said they would stream the fish had been kept alive only by the volume of fresh exchange 100 South Koreans which came down from 350 North Koreans and ISO the disposal plant and di ncse Communists the polluted water When a leaving 55 Americans thc part of thc fresh water was have promised to tree still in Com munist hands 605 Allies All oi the 605 disabled United Nations and South Korean cap tives to be freed by the Reds are to be exchanged by Saturday Fri day night U S time the day full scale armistice negotiations ie resumed Some 5800 North Korean and Chinese sick and wounded will be jenn itc Sari M Wiseman Ronceverte w in Communist hands by May fc Lionel E Peterson Black River Tails Wise Pvt Juan iez Catano Puerto Rico Pfc Eddie San Antonio Tex Pvt A plane carrying 36 Americans turned into irrigation ditches the oxygen content dropped to the point where it would not sustain any fish Plant Inadequate The city sewage disposal plant which has been termed painfully Theres more than in the Conrad National Bank of Kalispell to be given as a re ward to the person finding the airplane which disappeared be tween Crescent City Calif and Redmond Ore with four Flat head residents aboard on Satur day April 2 The drive to raise the reward fund organized fay a group of Upper Swan Lake area resi dents reached Monday sponsors of the drive reported inadequate for a city the size of re to Kalispell has been forced in re cent years to release larger and Alexander C Luther Toms Creek Va vt Joseph Jamaica on Page G Gen Ridgway Rejected Van Plan To Launch Seaborne Strike By DON already given before WASHINGTON a decision on any further nave been told that Gen There were indications B Ridgway turned down group might write its report James A Van Fleets plan for further testimony Allied seaborne strike against night Gen George C Communists in Korea in confirmed testimony giv the subcommittee last week that Van Fleet then commander had signed a controversial di the U S Eighth Army in recently told a Senate directive issued Sept 27 services subcommittee he was about three months after the ing to turn me loose for such fighting began instructed assault but that higher armed services to assume for not approve it Van Fleet now retired said purposes that the war would be by June 30 1951 he could have destroyed had taken office as secre Chinese armies with the of defense six days earlier No directive has been criticized a slowdown order At the time Vail Fleet gave telephone from his home in testimony Ridgway said in Paris he had absolutely no N C Marshall said he had signed the directive at the In June 1951 he was Far Eastern commander he is now of the joint chiefs of staff and that this er of the Western European was signed by Gen Omar N fense larger amounts of crude sewage and improperly processed sewage into the creek health officials said This has resulted in an ex pollution of the stream given rise to foul odors Still Missing The missing Piper Cub pilot ed by Forrest A Buzz Wright also carried his sister Mrs Roy Bud Wilhelm and nor two chil dren Leonard 2 and Katherine seven weeks An intensive search for the plane from the air failed to turn throughout the area as the proc UP of it and belief that essing of the sewage continues in stream Industrial wastes have also contributed to the pollution health officials said Twisting and turning in slug gish corkscrew turns southwest of the city Ashley Creek has been a health problem since Kalispell was big enough to boast a sewer sys tem For many years the citys sewage was dumped into the creek without any the body of a man found near Klamath Falls Ore might be Wright proved unfounded The reward fund was raised in the hope that it would late further search HOY the plane Contributions w ere received from Great Fails Havre Mis soula Columbia Falls Bigfork Swan Lake Seeley Ferndale Goal Now Sponsors the reward fund drive had originally set a goal of but with the fund so near the mark they now hope to reach that higher fig ure We want to thank everybody who has so generously to this fund Mrs Betty Toycen of Swan Lake and Mrs Jack Lee of Bigfork among those helping to raise the search fund said Monday the torn cars Only one the fire man was identified One per reporter who maJe an early estimate of 10 to 12 dead said he iad seen six bodies 125 Injured More than 125 injured were rushed to seven hospitals in near by towns squads stood by Tuesday as hugh cranes tugged at he cars thrown about like match Passengers aboard the Atlantic oast Lines Miami to New York Flier were pitched about shortly midnight General sion followed Those able to move grabbed clothing and They rushed out through he frosty night some barefooted ome half clothed Somebody built d big bon fire in a cotton patch Pinned For Hours Some of the injured lay for lours pinned in the shattered cars of the Atlantic Coast Lines fast passenger train the East Coast Skilled rescue workers called from their beds used acetylene orches to reach the victims Doe tors crawled after them some times operating on the spot to Itee the injured giving first aid Part of the train caught fire and the burning oil emergency lights and cutting torches cast a weird Tideland Debate Limit Sought FBI Arrests Union Leader SILVER CITY N M CP A lay and was scheduled to reach Sew York at a m Tuesday The engineer B B Sweeney of WASHINGTON Sen leader charged with Moun N C injured se Lanning was the driver of the car in which Robert Engle was fa tally injured last month The ac occurred near the Greal Northern overpass east of the city Lanning admitted to having sev eral drinks of whiskey before the accident and was issued a citation for driving while intoxicated Re sponsibility tor the accident was fixed on Lanning by a coroners jury Bernard Lund fatally shot thi Rev Charles E Bolin also of Big Sandy in a hunting accident las Oct 17 A coroners jury returnee a verdict of accidental death Presbyterian Sessions Open Representatives of Presbytery and Presbyterial groups of the Presbyterian churches of north in Kalispel ses west Montana met Monday to attend glow over the tragic scene Site of 1943 Crash sion of fellowship and conferences Meeting at the First Presbyter ian Church the representative Monday heard Freeman a laymans conventio which he attended in Chicago n cently The program for the open ng day was concluded hy Holy Communion and a Fellowship hour At the sessions Rev Elwyn Tes she of Martin City acted as mod rator for the Presbytery and Mrs The wreck occurred shortly beE R Cameron of Missoula was ore midnight miles south of Dillon only 12 miles south of the North Carolina line and only about miles from Rennert N two ACL passenger trains jion Hot Springs Victor and Kila rashed Dec 16 1943 killing in attendance at the meet persons and injuring 187 ings Roaring northward the night the train carried an esti 300 passengers many of hem vacationers returning from a in Florida The train left at 745 a m MST Mon moderator for the Presbyterial Presbyterians from Kalispell Missoula Poison Whitefish Lib Pby Martin City Hamilton Day Helicopter Crash Kills Two Marines processing whatsoever When the present plant was constructed 20 rears ago it was adequate or the citys needs No major im have been made since City Engineer Frank ROhio said Tuesday pressure is inS falsely he was not a Commun growing for an attempt to limit M Tuesday described his arrest as Senate debate on a to stopping tactics by mining lish state title to merged lands within their his Clinton Jencks was arrested told Sheriff Pete Rogers ic didnt know what happened He said a freight train covered that time Scott said boundaries With the debate entering its Monday night by the FBI following his indictment under the 1947 la Four Others Missing As Plane Sinks SAN FRANCISCO carrying 10 persons id into San Francisco Bay with a roar and a flash late Monday night after unloading 44 pas engers at San Francisco airport Two survived four were killed and four were missing The of five and five pas engers on the Western Air Lines were on a short hop San Francisco o Oakland last leg of a flight rom Los Angeles Survivors The two who survived are Stewardess Beverlee Nelson 27 laya Del Ray Calif and St Clair Mich She suffered no ser injury Jerry Adams 21 Fairbanks Alaska a passenger He was in evere shock when rescued but was recovering at Oak Knoll Hospital Oakland Four bodies were recovered by U S Coast Guard crews The giant of the argest types of passenger craft at pm MST in 15 feet of water in the southern part of the bay about 4 miles from San Francisco and 6 from Oak and Site of 1937 Crash It was almost the same spot where a United Airline plane crashed in 1937 killing 11 and exactly a month after the crash of a Transocean Air Lines transport that killed 36 in a landing at tempt near Oakland Apprentice Seaman Devon C Peterson 23 Utah of the Alameda Naval Air Station plunged into the oily water with a line from a crash boat and rescued Miss Nel ion and Adams Peterson said he swam for 15 minutes in the water mong floating bits of plywood clothing and plane seats all that remained of the giant lane on the surface Were Lucks We were lucky he said We ound them right away Search for the missing four con through the night under the ght of million candlepower flares through an overcast from PORTAL Ariz Marine helicopter with a lieutenant into the day colonel and two others aboard crashed into a mountain side Mon day night and burned killing two Coast Guard helicopters and on Survey Recommendations In a survey of the city sewage i disposal plant the State Board But would be an interesting Health listed the Adequate facilities should be in stalled to relieve the pressure on the present equipment which is grossly overloaded at the present 14th day the Republican relations act commonly known told reporters he does not believe as the Law the backers of the could mus ter the necessary 64 votes to clamp debate limitation same stretch only 10 minutes fore the Champion derailed The trains fireman Charlie Hunt also of Rocky Mount died his flaming locomotive His Spo Air Force Base in Tucson would not confirm which was the sur following it would put some peo on the spot he observed Some of the opponents of the who have joined in lengthy Halk against it arc outstanding critics of Senate filibusters On the other hand some jf the advo A flow meter should be installed the measure always have o gauge the amount of sewage debate limitations in thc which goes through the plant A gas meter should be installed to measure the amount Continued on Page 6 chief of staff testified behind closed doors afternoon to the armed service subcommittee which has re ported ammunition shortages Too Much of a Gamble Artists Named for District Music Fete at Saturday State Science Meet To Open on Friday Released on Bond Held in Grant County Jail over night he was released Tuesday when the local of the Internation al Union of Mine Mill and Smelt er Workers office posted 5000 bond for him is just another effort of e companies and their represen to use the Act to slop unions I am guilty of body was cut out with torches Five coaches seven Pullmans two diners two lounge cars and baggage car comprised the streamliner Eleven overturned and six remained upright for past the rank and file of our local un ion and I intend to keep right on doing that Jencks said S restrict Attorney Williams at El Paso said the two count indictment charges Jencks violated the law when lie filed a MISSOULA The Montana for labor union Todays Chuckle Her car stalled at the comer and the traffic light changed red yel green red yellow green etc stepped be Whats the The polite policeman side her car ami said The helicopter was en route to Tucson from El Paso Missoula Airport Project Approved WASHINGTON W One air port project in Montana was among 26 approved Monday by the Civil Aeronautics Administration Construction of the 26 projects would cost thc federal government in matching as sistance They include Missoula to re construct the intersection the Later a senator who asked that County der While attending Montana State Later a senator ho music wll a his name not be used told porters Collins said the Van Fleet recommendation never reached the joint chiefs of staff for a decision He said Ridgway turned it down music wll a special program Saturday night for for Prof DC Loss Smith accompanist participants in festival The District 1 Music begin at 8 p m with a con lead band and will Mrs Korn studies for a nun her of years in New York under Margery Rose Ryan Tibor Kuzma and because he felt it was too much in auditorium with of a gamble And too there was 853 of the spotlight l lot of talk about a truce at thc Revue timc which probably had an ef fect This development came after the headed by Sea Dickinson and Mrs Dnn Korn Jr The public is Invited to the ses Chase Smith of Kalispell Mrs Dickinson a sona of thc festival There will culled at least a temporary halt In pianist will perform the no for the day sessions saw Concerto and Mrs Korn will be charged for the prano will sing Un bcl di performance lo help pay Both of Kalispell Guest will be Mrs W L Herman Weigert She with the Columbia I lop and the American Thea tre Wing and taught at Childrens Television Theatre No Charge for Day Sessions its inquiry Manhill Testimony mo front Madame Butterfly festival expenses Mrs Smith said her committee Mrs Dickinson was a pupil of Approximately 000 students W analyze and digest thc Bernico and John 16 schools will participate Academy of Sciences will open its annual meeting in Helena Friday and Saturday Dr L H Harvey of Montana State University the groups sec said Monday new officers will be elected Friday night leaders April 28 1950 swearing he was not then a Communist and not then affiliated with the Com munist Party Missoula Man 53 Boys State Head HELENA C Cogs well of Missoula has been appoint ed director of Montana Boys State for 1983 W C Wallace of Anaconda chairman of the Ameri can Legions aid Monday citizenship school Mau Mau Slays 12 More Natives NAIROBI Kenya ties Tuesday reported finding the bodies of 12 more native victims of the terroristic Mau Mau organization The dead found in shanty villages outside Nairobi were believed to have been exe on orders of a Mau Mau took the counts given at Dillon court held sessions in one of thc village huts i Cogswell Ig a faculty member at Montana State University Wallace said about 1100 Montana boys matter lady aint we got any ors you like runways and north Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Studies Freight Rate Problem The Kalispell Chamber of Com merce board of directors today voted to take steps to organize a local committee to take part in the Committees activities Thc board also authorized one of its directors Nat Boyd to repre sent the Chamber at thc Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate hearings set this Thursday and Friday at Butte The Kalispell Chamber has been asked to help raise from County for thc Montana Citizens Freight Rate Committee The Chamber board at ils weekly breakfast meeting in the Temple Tea Room this morning approved hc past six years The school also a motion to cither set up a Cham will be held In Pillon this year her committee or support a sepa rate organization to work with other communities in the county to try to raise this sum No final decision on which method to fol low was reached at todays meeting It was pointed out at the meet ing that the state Chamber of Commerce supported the establish ment of the freight rate group which is seeking to obtain freight rate adjustments to give Montana more equitable treatment In other business thc board au a trip to Helena for Mrs Lenore to attend the American Automobile Association travel school there next month The AAA will pay for all expenses in Helena while the local Cham ber will pay for the travel ex penses to Helena No Released Yet HELENA of at least 10 Montanans who have been re ported to be prisoners of the Com in Korea or China have been among those released in the first two exchanges Here are the Montanans whose names have appeared on unofficial POW lists The Rev Fr John F Curran oE Butte reported a year ago as un der house arrest in Red China Pfc Leland K Slavens route 2 Helena Pfc Richard Mechler General Delivery Clinton Missoula Coun T Sgt John T Great Falls Sgt George Blackbird Harlem Cpl Lyle W Jacobson Butte 1st Lt William P Keenan For syth Pfc Burton E Marry Anaconda Sgt Frederick W Tucker Glen dive Pfc Robert Jr Anacon da Tunnel to Open At Los Angeles LOS ANGELES UDA under Los Angeles International Airport first of its kind in country opens to highway after appropriate ceremonies Tucs he dollar under pass carries Sepulveda Blvd ont of the most heavily travelled thor in this area under tta middle ot the airport It U feet long with three traffic lanet in each direction i
