POWs Return from Korea Prison Camps Vow Vengeance
A bitter group of American ex-prisoners vow to punish perceived traitors who joined communism under pressure. They wear the term reactionary as a badge while recalling brutal treatment at the hands of Red Chinese captors. The exchange brings 100 Americans, 24 British, 25 Turks, and 250 South Koreans home on day seven. An additional 328 Americans repatriated earlier sail from Inchon toward San Francisco aboard the Gen Nelson M Walker, with 17 seriously ill aboard for Honolulu.
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Panmunjomp
Freedom Village
Inchon
Nelson M. Walker
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Released Prisoner Recalls Bayoneting In Korean Camp
Pfc. Richard W. Godlewski a Bayonne New Jersey native freed from Communist custody in Korea reports he witnessed Red soldiers bayoneting captives during a northbound march. He described guards firing and prisoners dying of starvation while food rations were scarce.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Bayonne
N.J
Richard W. Godlewski
Americans to U S base after exchange at Panmunjom
The article notes arrivals expected at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco around 6 a.m. Wednesday as part of a large prisoner exchange. It cites figures: 648 Americans among 3,313 Reds held, 2,372 Allied captives returned, 12,763 Reds listed, and 19,406 of 74,000 Red prisoners released by the U N Command. It also mentions more Americans and Allied personnel scheduled to return and quotes bitter reactions from released prisoners amid harsh treatment reports.
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Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
County Fair Program Brings Centenary Events and Shows
The itinerary covers Wednesday through Sunday at Crane Pavilion and Annex Grandstand with 4-H Beef Auction Grain Vegetables Home Economics and poultry events. Friday highlights include opening night, two for one grandstand admission, and Centennial festivities. Also scheduled are parade dedication of the Fine Arts Museum Eagle's Day and various county pages.
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C. Elmer Anderson
Christ Episcopal Church
H. E. Rasmussen
Pioneer and Historcal
Packinghouse union splits as locals withdraw
J. B. Kirkpatrick, president of an Atlanta local, says more than 5,000 UPWA members in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina voted to disaffiliate in Atlanta. He cites Communist infiltration as the reason for the break with the United Packinghouse Workers of America.
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Atlanta
the United Packinghouse Workers of America
J. B. Kirkpatrick
CIO Packing House
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
UPWA
Kirkpatrick
Man Plays 69 Holes on 69th Birthday
Morgantown West Virginia University professor Dr R C Spangler plans to play 69 holes of golf to mark his 69th birthday. He previously celebrated with 67 frames of bowling two years earlier and is taking it easy this year.
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Morgantown
W. Va
R. C. Spangler
West Virginia University
ROKs Send Album Momento to Dulles
Seoul announces the South Korean government information office sent a green-covered 12 page album to U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as a token of friendship. The gesture underscores growing ties between Seoul and Washington during the Cold War era.
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Seoul
Office of Public Information Today
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Parade to feature over fifty units in centennial celebration
Wayne Austin and William LaDue say more than 50 units will join the centennial parade on Wednesday noon. Participants must report by 11 am at Horace Austin State Park for lineup. The route runs North Main to Oakland then west to Eighth Street ending at the Fairgrounds.
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Wayne Austin
William LaDue
Horace Austin State Park
Main Street
Austin
Austin and LaDue
Oakland
Eighth Street
Eighth
Fairgrounds
Wheat Opens Higher as Market Reacts to Breaks
Chicago wheat futures rose early on gains extended by several cents in active trading on the Board of Trade. New buying drew support after the past two sessions sharp declines and traders said the slide could push farmer approval of Friday's wheat marketing quotas referendum. Other cereals were mostly higher. Wheat opened 1 to 3 plus cents.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Diplomats to Decide on Members Agenda of Korea Conference
East Berlin reports say the Soviet backed regime jailed farmers for theft of grain and blamed slow harvesting. West Berlin distributed about 2.1 million food parcels to East zone citizens as authorities planned a new delivery system after August 27.
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Korea
West Berlin
East Berlin
U. S. State Department
Neuwe Zeitung
Mecklenburg
U S Women Claim They Have The World’s Best Legs
Mme Henri Bonnet wife of the French ambassador asserts American women possess the most beautiful legs and notes fashion designer Dior favors shorter hems. She demonstrates by lifting her skirt about two inches and says the hem is mid calf depending on the woman.
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Christian Dior
Mme
Henri Bonnet
United States
France
Extra Centennial Edition Copies Still Available
Readers can still buy extra copies of the Centennial edition from the Austin Daily Herald office. Wrappers will be provided to mail copies to relatives and friends.
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Austin Daily Herald
French Rail Strike Expands Over Economy Decrees
A Communist led CGT strike halts rail traffic across France with postal, telephone, and telegraph workers striking through a seventh day. Coal miners, gas workers, and other unions join as the government considers requisition orders to force a return to work. Paris court convicts five noncompliant workers.
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Paris
France
Joseph Lanier
U N Diplomats Begin Talks on Korean Conference
United Nations diplomats arrive for a week of behind the scenes talks on the Korean political conference. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr leads U S delegation after returning from Korea to press limits and participants while Vishinsky Lloyd and Schumann arrive in New York.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N. Y
U. N
General Assembly
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Korea
Lodge
Eisenhower
White House
Denver
New York
Vishinsky
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Schumann
United States
Russia
India
State Dulles
Washington
Perseid Meteor Shower Visible in North Sky This Week
The American Museum Hayden Planetarium says up to 40 to 50 shooting stars may be seen hourly tonight through Friday in the northern sky. Best viewing after midnight and away from city lights. This annual Perseid meteor shower promises a bright celestial display in clear northern skies.
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New York
American Museum-Hayden Planetarium
Planetarium
Mower County Fair Moves West With Centennial mood
The Mower County Fair shifts toward the western Crane Pavilion and surrounding exhibits as 4-H booths and stock areas fill the grounds. Highlights include a beehive demonstration, a new animal lineup, the Siefert Quads, a horse drawn vehicle museum, and a big Centennial parade related events with Gov. Anderson. The fair opens with the Mower County Revue and Frontier Days performances amid possible rain.
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Horace Greeley
Mower County
Cedar Valley
Children’s Farm Yard
Siefert
Minnesota
Pub. Co
Eisenhower Urges Renewed Economy Drive in Government
President Eisenhower asked for faster federal spending cuts in a letter to department and agency heads. He urged Congress to adjourned work be followed by a focused drive to reduce costs, while Rita Hagerty noted the aim to avoid a special session.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adm
Athur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hagerty
Law Binds Charlestown Firms to Sunday Licenses
Town Council admits oversight over 225 years allowing many businesses to operate Sundays without licenses. Town Solicitor James O Watts told the council that no business may open on Sunday without a council license, a license never issued in the town’s history.
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Charlestown
R. L
James O. Watts
Watts
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