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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1953

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Largest POW group freed on the 14th day

PANMUNJOM August 18 125 Allied prisoners including 25 Americans and 25 Britons freed in the first of four exchanges under the Korean armistice. Crowds chant as South Koreans strip Communist garb and march north, with Red Cross officials reporting on welfare and access amid the broader three line repatriation totals.

Panmunjom Camp 1 North Korea Red Cross United Nations Red Cross James W. Nicholson ARC Reds U. N U. N. Red Cross Nicholson Washington, D. C South Korea Lodge U. S Russia Red China India

Hungary Reds Pardon Briton

Hungary's presidium pardoned British businessman Edgar Sanders who was sentenced to 13 years in 1950 for espionage and sabotage. Sanders, expelled from Hungary, cited grave health and children in a clemency petition from his wife. Italian subject Vincenzo Sciotto also received clemency. U S. businessman Robert Vogeler had been released in 1951.

Budapest Hungary Edgar Sanders Sanders Vincenzo Sciotto U. S Robert Vogeler Vogeler Foreign Office Britain

Woman Found Dead In South Carolina Motor Court Identified

Orangeburg report identifies Kathryn A. Cloud of Clarksburg West Virginia as the deceased. Ronald E. Ross of Clarksburg is held for questioning in connection with the death. An inquest and autopsy were conducted with tissue samples sent for analysis.

South Carolina Clarksburg Orangeburg S. C Kathryn A. Cloud W. Va M. M. Neel Robert Randolph B. N. Collins Ronald E. Ross Randolph Orangeburg Regional Hospital Medical College of Charleston Clemson College Tidewater Hospital Beaufort Miss Cloud Ross South Carolina Highway Patrol

Aracoma profits fund Midelburg Island amphitheater

Logan notes profits from this year’s showing of The Aracoma Story will be used to build an amphitheater on Midelburg Island. The tale centers on the Indian princess Aracoma and her white renegade husband Boling Baker, with the first performance set for tomorrow night in Midelburg Park depending on the weather.

Logan Midelburg Island Midelburg Park Aracoma Braddock Boling Baker

Mossadegh Warns Iraq Over Shah's Exile Flight

Tehran reports Mossadegh's government solid after crushing a palace coup and warning Iraq to avoid trouble for hosting exiled Shah. Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen Soraya fled to Baghdad. Iraqi leaders consider Premier Fatemi says Iran expects Baghdad to prevent incidents between two neighboring states.

Tehran Iran Mohammed Mossadegh Iraq Shah Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Soraya Baghdad Imperial Guards Mossadegh Hussein Fatemi Fazollah Zahedi Zahedi Parliament Square

Custody Granted To Wife Of Father In Unusual Case

New York August 17 A state supreme court ruling grants custody of a child born to a wife’s husband’s mistress to the wife who raised the girl for 12 years. Justice Maximilian Moss notes the child chose and the couple provided a loving home.

New York State Supreme Court Maximilian Moss Jane Doe Richard and Catherine Roe Roe Miss Catherine Miss Doe Richard Moss Richard Roe

One-Time Red Emplois Cited In McCarthy Hearing

At a Senate hearing, James Phillips testifies that Edward Rothschild was a onetime Communist. Other GPO figures Fred Sillers and Isdor Kornfield are implicated or linked to alleged espionage concerns surrounding secret documents. Phillips cites a 1938 Red cell meeting at the Printing Office.

Washington Sen McCarthy R-Wis James Phillips Edward Rothschild Phillips Rothschild Fred Sillers GPO Senate Sillers Navy Department Frederick Sillers Jr Rolla Bertha Lomax Isdor Kornfield Kornfield Communist Party Irving Studenberg Mary Markward Silver Spring District of Columbia FBI

US Bows To Red Demand On Austria

Washington agrees to shelve the abbreviated Austrian treaty and resume talks on a full pact provided Russia raises no extraneous issues and is ready to conclude an Austrian independence treaty. France and Britain join in similar notes urging resumed negotiations in London. The dispute centers on a short form treaty omitting 150 million dollars in compensation for assets seized by the Soviets.

Washington United States Russia Austria U.S Soviet Union France Britain Moscow U. S Kremlin London Potsdam Adolf Hitler

Reds Report New Twin Jet Fighters Seen in Korea

Repatriates described sighting a smaller twin jet fighter bomber near Pyongyang two days earlier. Eyewitness accounts from Cpls Borelli Jewell Giannini Delaney and others said jets flew in formation and over Pyongyang with MiG escorts. Officials note possible IL28 type and reference post armistice air activity and unresolved truce concerns.

Freedom Village North Korea Red Air Force Pyongyang Korea North Fifth Air Force Frank Borelli San Francisco Charles W. Jewell Wilmington Del Michael A. Giannini Huntington Station N. Y Jewell Giannini Borelli Cpl Richard L. Delaney Necedah Wis John A. Kirk Hometown W. Va Pfe Kenneth Pittman Grove Oak Ala

Miners Death After Fall From Conveyor at Arista Mine

40 year old Princeton miner Kensie Clay Danieley died early yesterday after losing footing on a conveyor belt atop Herndon Mountain near Arista. He was a Danspur Coal Co helper and veteran of World War II. Funeral set for Bethel Methodist Church with burial at Rowland Cemetery near Gardener.

Princeton Arista Kensie Clay Danieley Rt. 3 Gardener Wyoming Herndon Mountain Danspur Coal Co Danieley Mercer County Bethel Methodist Church Mary Sanders Shell Chieen Janice Jack Richard Carroll Danieley Margaret Shell Esther Danieley Lessie Saunders Charley Jessee Douglas Edward Stubblefield Bailey Funeral Home Denieley Rowland Cemetery

Rhee Boycott Seen Should India Attend at UN

United Nations news cycle reports Soviet bloc diplomats favor a broader Korean peace conference including India and other nonparticipants. Rhee faction opposes India’s attendance. U N General Assembly debates Four resolutions with U S Ambassador Lodge urging India stay out while some delegations push for Indian inclusion.

United Nations N. Y India Soviet Union Moscow United States Red China North Korea Syngman Rhee

German Unity Plan Attacked

The State Department attacked Russia's plan for German unification as aimed at delaying a Big Four meeting and postponing free elections. Paris and Bonn echoed concerns that the Soviet proposal would upset the Atlantic Pact and hinder a German settlement. Chancellor Adenauer called it totally unacceptable amid calls for a German peace conference and a unified parliament.

Washington State Department Russia Germany Paris Konrad Adenauer West Germany Bonn United States Britain France Joseph Reap Reap Kremlin Soviet Union

Huntington Man Sentenced In Stomp Death Of Puppy

William E. Jones, a Huntington jewelry store owner, was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for kicking his 3-year-old son's puppy to death after the dog allegedly bit his son and hand. The magistrate noted conflicting testimony about rabies and illness. Jones claimed the dog bit him and his son, and the dog died after being kicked to break free.

Huntington Puppy Aus William E. Jones Jones C. Harold Kitchen Kitchen The Humane Society

Deceased POW Names Release To Be Delayed

The Defense Department said there will be a one to two day delay before additional identifications are released for Americans reported by the Communists to have died in captivity or to have escaped enemy hands. The delay allows rechecking of Communist lists and verification of family names and addresses.

Washington Defense Department

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