Americans jailed for telling camp horrors in Korea
Returning U N prisoners said two Americans were held at Kaesong for speaking with Red Cross teams. Communists released 50 Americans that day, plus 50 Britons and 300 South Koreans, with 75 more promised Sunday. The UN pressed for release of repatriable captives and protested entry of news crews to Panmunjom. A second shipload of 440 Americans sailed from Inchon aboard General W F Hase.
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Leroy Hansen Panmunjom
Korea
Kaesong
Red Cross
Reds
United Nations
Joint
Prisoner of War Commission
Panmunjom
Amer
Icans
Joseph M. Simpson
Montgomery
Ala
Inchon
W. F Hase
Storm Delays POWS Flight to Hospitals
East Coast storm delayed the trip of eight ill former prisoners of war to near home hospitals. The four engined military transport landed at Andrews Air Force Base after delays at Scott AFB Illinois due to weather. Officials said the craft had been evacuated from Andrews because of the storm threat.
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Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Andrews
Returning POWs Suffer Tuberculosis Transported to Base Hospital
Returning prisoners of war were carried from the transport by stretcher and placed in the base hospital within hours. Many suffered from tuberculosis, reflecting the harsh conditions of capture and transit.
POWs Used as Extras in Chinese Propaganda Films
U S POWs in Korea describe being used as extras in communist movies. Private Ernest R Rodriguez of Watkins Colorado says prisoners were made to fall out in old helmets and charge hills while cameras filmed them, with North Koreans present at the top.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Reds
Pfc
Ernest R. Rodriguez
Watkins
Colo
Free Book Promises Relief From Arthritis and Rheumatism
An enlarged 44 page booklet titled Rheumatism offers non surgical, non medical treatment insights and claims to remove underlying causes. It asserts drugs only provide temporary relief and invites readers to request the free book from The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri without obligation.
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Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Storm
U.S
Poe
Italy
Ping
Robertshaw
Jacquard
Lawson
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