Tucson Daily Citizen (Newspaper) - August 25, 1953, Tucson, Arizona GI Reported Dead To Return Home defense department told a Montana father today that his son Corp Henry H Kern whom he had mourned lor a month as dead is alive free and soon to come home Jake Kern a farmer living near Hardin Mont felt more bewilderment than hope when he was told his sons appeared on the 21st list of returned American prisoners of war in Korea made public last night He said he had been officially notified July 19 that the corporal had been killed in one of the last actions of the war We his purple heart he said Defense officials and a spokesman said there could be no doubt that it was Corp Kern who was released number and unit assign ment identified him There was no doubt either that the elder Kern was notified his son had been killed The spokesman said that came about in this way Eyewitnesses from Kerns own squad told of seeing him killed by the burst of an enemy artillery shell in the Chinese Communist offensive at They said they were unable to recover his body The evidence went through the regular channels Eighth army to the adjutant general and was considered conclusive The grim telegram of notification to next of kin went out Today the adjutant generals office hurried to dis patch another officially notifying Kern that his son is alive and will soon be on his way home to his family which includes five brothers and a sister I hope this is right and the other wrong the father told the Associated Press 400 More PWs Released By Reds 1651 Die In Camps 400 Others Wont Go Home Communists Say PANMUNJOM Communists returned 400 more prisoners to freedom today claimed that 400 other captives refused to go home and announced 1651 had died in captivity Of the 400 men who passed through Freedom Gate in the 21st day of Operation Big Switch 130 were Americans All were in good physical condi tion In addition the Communists re leased 250 South Koreans eight Canadians three Australians two Netherlanders and a Greek THE HEWS who thus far have released 8620 captives or two thirds of the 12763 promised an they would free 133 Americans 17 Britons and 250 South Koreans tomorrow to night Tucson Twelve North Koreans being returned to communism spat in the face of Lt Col Arthur Lefevre of New York who angrily protest e dto the Communists radio and the United Nations military armistice com mission each announced 400 allied captives of the Communists had refused repatriation THE RED RADIO claimed the list of names was given the UN last Thursday but allied authori ties said the roster was not re until last night The number of Americans on the list was not given but it was believed most of the 400 refusing to return to democracy were South Koreans who had been told in nearby Kaesong they would be executed by President Syng man Rhees government Returning Americans have re ported 15 to 20 U S soldiers in camps No 1 and 5 plus a small number of British and Turkish captives had chosen to remain with the Communists THESE AMERICANS also re ported some of the men who re fused to go home had been urged to accept repatriation by the Chi nese and their refusal todo so had embarrassed the Communists Peiping radio also announced the Communists formally had notified theU N that 1651 allied prisoners 1050 non Koreans had in Communist compounds Some of them were killed in air raids by United Nations air craft the broadcast said See Captured Page 14 20 More Page 4 GEN HARDY John S Hardy commanding officer of the air division at air force base was informed today that he has been promoted tothe rank of brigadier general Hardy took command of the division from Brig Gen W P Fisher in Au gust 1852 Fisher attained the rank of general after the division was created at DM in September of 1951 THE Increasing cloud iness j cooler tomorrow I 2 pm US Weather Table Pans Unofficial sun FINAL Sports Financial VOL NO 203 TUCSON ARIZONA TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 25 1953 FIVE PAGES NEW ZEALAND BACKS INDIA FOR MEETING School Meet To Be Open A special meeting of the Tucson public school board to discuss allocation of of additional has been scheduled for pm tomorrow The meeting will be held in room 101 of the high school vocational building and will be open to the public It was originally set for pm today as a closed session at the school administration office Oliver Drachman president of the school board in chang ing the date of the meeting said agents and other citizens who wish to be will be given an oppor to speak at tomorrow nights meeting At least 20 agents have asked that their firms be con in granting the addi tional insurance Jerry Lee Still Critical Jerry of Jerrys Ming House and Jerrys Lee ifo mar ket remained in critical condi tion in Yuma General hospital to day following a headon crash Sunday in which six died and five were injured Killed were Lees wife and six yearold daughter Evelyn and four persons in the other car Four of the Lee children were Injured Lee sustained internal injuries severe cuts and a broken leg Highway patrolman said Lee for a vacation attempted topass he met Funeral arrangements for his wife and pending at a local mortuary Inquest into the deaths was for today at Wellton Meanwhile F Lewis Ingraham Yuma county attorney said he wanted to establish ali the Before he makes any decision that would involve court action as a result of the accident LATE SPORTS By Associated Press Philadelphia Phillies today announced the sale of utility Connie Ryan to the Chicago White Sox 1 of cash Involved was not disclosed The Ryan who throws and bats righthanded came to the 1931 from Cincinnati LEAGUE Washington at Cleveland Philadelphia at Chicago night games starting pitchers page 15 XEW 000 02 020 0 McDonald and Berra Hoeft and Batts NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Philadelphia night games starting pitchers page 15 the University of Washingtons 6 foot 1 inch center has signed with the Milwaukee Hawks of Uie National Basketball association General Manager Ben of the Hawks declined to reveal the amount of Houbregs salary but said it was one of the paid to a collegian entering pro basketball Houbregs was the Hawks No 1 draft choice Ker ner also signed Houbregs teammate Joe Cipriano highest scoring guard in Washingtons history PROVIDENCE R Lenczyk of Conn tho 1948 champion eliminated Joyce Ziske of Waterford WIs on the 20th hole of their third round Match in the 17 8 Womens Amateur golf championship today The long hitting Miss Kiske winner yesterday British womens cham pion Stewart put on another surprising performance today before being beaten Tucson Phone Strike Near Union Votes Reject Offer A strike of the 524 union em ployes of the Mt States Tele phone Telegraph Co here ap virtually today when members failed to ratify the contract offered Jerry Bailey agent for local Communications Workers of America of members voted unanimously to take the The employes contract with the telephone company expired June 10 but has been extended from day to clay while bargaining agents negotiated THE MEMBERS today voted on the only i terms the union could reach with the company The contract wanted were out all together and the company refused to give any ground whatsoever That Was the main reason we voted not to ratify the said He said the membership voting today resolved to take action on our own if necessary Earlier the thousands of members throughout the moun tain states had voted to strike if current negotiations failed Other locals throughout these states were voting today and tomorrow on whether to ratify the contract offered Observers felt that a majority would take the same action as the Tucson local and that an area wide strike would curtail most telephone calls Meanwhile the union already on strike in seven states threat ened a walkout which could dis rupt service in 40 states the United Press reported Press SHAH RETURNS Kasham Iranian religious leader stoops to kiss feet of Shah Mohammed Rezi Pahlevi Tehran Sunday The new Iranian leader flew his own plane from Baghdad after short exile Pamphlets Litter Streets Ira n Reds Seek Revolt TEHRAN Iran Premier and were put into solitary confinement treason trials today while the royalist government alerted troops against a threatened Communist lt was disclosed that had been held in the barracks of army since he was spirited from the Tehran officers club where he was first held after his arrest last Wednesday TODAY THE aged and key cabinet members ousted with him in the royalist coup were taken to prison and confined in separate cells in solitary confine ment Irans outlawed Communists openly advocated the overthrow of the shah but the government seemed in firm control with the army and the police behind it In a continued crackdown against Communist cells it Was Parole Okay PHOENIX The Arizona board of paroles has recommended that Robert Araiza former Tucson night club opera tor sentenced to two years for manslaughter be released at fhe press service said union the expiration of his minimum officials at New York had set tomorrow the deadline All of the recommendations Some sources said a strike might must be approved by Gov How come before then Long lines ard Pyle before they can be placed employes of the American phone Telegraph Co and the company were deadlocked About 3000 of the 22000 employes had already staged walk outs to attend union protest meet ings the press service said announced that troops and police seized a big arsenal of weapons in a hideout of the party including rifles pistols bombs explosives The Communist party ed at be brushed aside through unity WAS open bid by the Communists since Gen Fazol lah Zahedi engineered the last week that toppled ROK Protest Is Criticized UN Debate On Membership For Truce Meet Continuing O UNITED NATIONS N Leslie Knox Munro called on the UN today to ignore South Koreas threatened boycott and recommend the inclusion of India in the Korean peace conference Munro addressed the general political committee as more coun tries lined up in support of India South Korean Foreign Minister Y T Pyun said yesterday his gov would find it impossible U S Opposes Africa Probe central committee littered the and returned the triumphant streets with pamphlets denounc ing the royalist coup that ended the regime of Mo hammed Calling on the people to rise against the and the shahs against the people the Communists said the AngloAmerican bayonets point exile said the country was 100 per cent under control in spite of the Communist campaign to create unrest He said however the govern ments first task was establish ing law throughout Iran UNITED NATIONS N United States will oppose an demand for consid of the Moroccan situation by the U N security council a spokesman said today This virtually dooms the pro posal to defeat Britain and France already are known to be against consideration of the ques tion and one or two other mem bers are expected to vote in the negative or abstain Seven af votes are required to put the question on the councils agenda THE COUNCIL meets tomor row afternoon The bloc sought un successfully in 1951 to bring the issue before the security council On that occasion the United States abstained and the question failed to get the required seven votes i The Asians and Arabs blamed the United States for their failure They later brought the issue to the The U S delegation pave no explanation as to why a nega tive vote would be cast this time instead of the abstention A spokesman said only that the United States would vote no on the ground that the Moroccan is sue was not felt to be a threat to international peace and secur Income Tax Probers To Check Local Airmen Escape Crash In Japan Husbands of two Tucson wom en the 13 crewmen who parachuted to safety last night when their Superfortress and crashed into a mountain west of Tokyo the air force said today The two Tucson men were Capt Marvin F Pelletier 4617 E Eastland st navigator and Staff Sgt Raymond J Hagen 758 W lOuisiana st flight engineer Capt Pelletier 33 moved to Tucson in 1950 and graduated from the University of Arizona ast year He was recalled by the air force and after he was sent overseas from a Texas base his wife returned here to live She school here while he was n the university The wife of Sgt Hagen lives here with her mother Japanese up the men who had parachuted to safe ty There were no reports of in juries or property damage in effect 37 was convicted of shooting Robert Bacon Nogales automobile dealer 1952 in front of the Club View Inn on West Speedway He claimed at the time he fired The county cases handled besides W F Kuhnley sentenced July 2 1952 to three years for receiving stolen property Recom mended commute to time served Lyle Alexander sentenced Oct to one toone and onehalf years for burglary Parole at ex of minimum sentence John Howard Soto sentenced Sept 25 1952 to one to two years for theft Parole at expira tion of minimum sentence PETE sentenced Sept 12 1952 two to three years for burglary time served Bob L Frakes sentenced Dec 22 1952 to oneto two years for bogus checks Parole granted last month be revoked Richard Starts sentenced Sept 12 1952 to two to three years for burglary Commute to time served Rudolph sen ten c e d Mar 23 1951 to five to six years for robbery Parole at expiration of minimum William E Holmes sentenced Oct 5 1951 to two to three years for burglary Parole at expiration of minimum sentence James A Mitchell former oper ator of Jimmys Chicken Shack sentenced Dec 31 1951 for re the earnings of a prosti tute No action taken PHOENIX A door to door check by internal revenue agents to determine if individuals and businesses are filing all tax returns they are required to will begin in Phoenix tomorrow THE PROBE will be rapidly extended to other cities of the state and will eventually take in virtually every community Wil liam McRae acting director of the bureau of internal revenue for Arizona reported t McRae said itis possible the canvass may also begin in Tuc son tomorrow but if final arrangements cannot be made it should be under way there at least by Thursday Other cities that will be in cluded in the expanding check are Yuma Globe Flagstaff Bis bee Douglas Miami Prescott and Casa Grande THE DATES that agents will reach these towns have not been set but McRae said it would be as soon as possible towns will be added later By next week or perhaps the end of this week we will have a if nil force at work he stated We hope to put about 20 agents in the field The federal tax chief for the state emphasized that the main of the investigation is to determine if taxpayers are filing returns for the various types of taxes they are required to pay The accuracy of the returns is not an immediate concern of the door to door agents but will be checked up on in the normal audits conducted by the internal revenue department THE AGENTS will be checking to determine not only if income tax returns have been filed but also returns for excise social se curity admissions cosmetics lug gage and other federal taxes if they are applicable to the par person or business in Similar checks are all ready under way in many parts of the nation They were ordered by T Coleman Andrews director of internal revenue bureau at Wash ington D C McRae stated that all properly authorized agents will carry identification cards with their picture They will be required to show the credentials at any place they stop to make Inquiries They will obviously not be able every home or business but hope to take representative samples to sit in the conference with India unless India was seated with the Communists MUNRO SAID he could not be the government of Korea would jeopardize the conference on the ground of Indian pation If it does he said it would jeopardize its country For the general assembly to decide its course on the tions of the Korean statement Munro said mean it has abdicated its independence Among those lining up behind Britain and her Commonwealth partners for the inclusion of India were Iraq Ethiopia Mexico and Syria The Communist bloc also favors India Pyun and Col Ben Limb South Koreas permanent observer at the U N declared last night The re public of Korea finds it impossible to collaborate with India on the same side SYRIAN DELEGATE Fa rid Zeineddine expressed the hope that South Korea would agree to Indias participation in the con ference If South Korea can scuttle the conference for that reason he said it can do so for others Sir Percy Spender urged the United States and In dia to try to settle the question by private discussions His state ment came as rumors circulated that the United States had ap India at a high level in an effort to get her to with draw The question of Indias mem should in the interests of world peace be resolved if it can without any dispute widened by a vote of this committee Spender would I in accordance with the publicly expressed views of the great Indian leader Mr Nehru It Could Rain Ah Arizona where but here Before our very eyes Can clouds approach so very near And only tantalize It looks like rain Of course its looked like rain for the past few days but the weather man says it really means it this time It seems theres a tropical storm brewing off of coast of Baja California and its kicking up moisture into the upper layers and sending it northeast toward Tucson To days humidity is 20 percent age points higher than yester days Thundershowers are expect ed tonight and should increase tomorrow The high tempera ture yesterday was 102 just one degree less than the rec ord high for the date but cooler weather is expected to morrow afternoon CAMP SOUVENIR Citizen Photo Members of the Tucson Boys Chorus back in Tucson yes after a vacation at the 76 ranch near Willcox brought back many souvenirs Here David Enz takes a good look at the one Gene Griffin brought shiner Gene says he got while diving into another chorister in the ranch swimming pool See other pictures page 8 Tucson Tonight Tomorrow Cowboys go for their first AT pennant in 12 years and Corky Reddell tries for hurling win No 25 at Hi Corbett field tonight Open to the public of regu lar league play in city softball cir cuits three games Santa Rita park v PM baseball two games Estevan park 8 Cowboys vs Mexicali Eagles AT league base ball Hi Corbett field 10 reptiles and display Arizona Sonora Desert museum near Old Tucson in Tucson Mountain park softball three games Santa Rita park baseball two games Estevan park 8 PM Tucson Cowboys vs Mexicali Eagles AT league base ball field Index Red Cross team at Commu nist prison camps were allowed to see only handpicked pris Page 24 City makes more office moves Page Z The Citizen goes to see boys chorus mem bers at camp Page 8 W R Manning M D president of Pima County Medical society guest editorial poses the question Why A New Pima County 10 Double Talk experts Dave Feldman and George Mc Leod talk of baseball and racing Page 15 Ariz Album 10 Financial 20 Comics 19 Meetings 20 Crossword 19 Radio TV 17 Editorials 10 Sports 1517 Films Womens 1213
