Marines Freed Reach Home Soil Homecoming
The Happiest Guys in World, Freed Gls, reach home soil as repatriated prisoners Louis A. Pumphrey of Cotondale Alabama and Lionel E. Peterson of Black River Falls Wisconsin depart with travel orders. They become the first to receive permission to leave for home, signaling the start of peacetime return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Louis A. Pumphrey
Cotondale
Ala
Pfe
Lionel E. Peterson
Black River Falls
Wis
State Dept. Revealed Benching Achesonites
Senator Mundt charges a rapid State Department purge of Acheson era policy figures. Dulles claims Europe aid could shift from outright grants as allies grow capable. He notes talks with Britain and France and a Western defense build up. A secret committee meeting said 350 policy officials were replaced for policy reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Mundt
R.S. D
State Department
Toj
Acheson
Secretary of State
Dulles
Senate Appropriations
U. S
Europe
America
Eisenhower
Moore Security
Munch
Senate
Emaciated POW Trekked From 150 To Sixty In Korean Hell
The interview recounts Col. Wendell Treffery of Terryville Connecticut detailing his brutal Korean War captivity at Kangye in 1950 51. He describes freezing marches brutal guards and a nurse who amputated toes as he survived on morphine hidden in his boot and his mother's words Keep your chin up while enduring 48 days of march and a winter camp ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Wendell A. Treffery
Treffery
Terryville
Conn
Kangye
Korea
Changjin Reservoir
Traffery
Islash
Yalu
No. 4
UU. & Government
U. S. Army
Borthea Asplund
Union City
Philippines Delegate Returns Home From United Nations Post
Manila reports Carlos P. Romulo, Philippines delegate to the United Nations and ambassador near Washington, has returned home after consultations on foreign affairs. He recalled harsh wartime ordeals, including starvation and brutal camps near the Yalu, and said he would marry his fiancée Bertha Asplund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
United Nations
Near
Washington
Aiken Seeks Clarity On Eisenhower Agriculture Plan
Senator Aiken predicts Congress may not approve President Eisenhower’s plan to reorganize the Agriculture Department. He warns the plan could grant enduring powers that let cabinet members continue reshuffling beyond any expiration, with Benson empowered to act as needed despite congressional fate.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken R.wij
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Congress
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
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Robert W. Fleming
Memphis
Ned M. Kelley
Ashland
Ohio
Travis Air Force Base
Robert Wainbrandt
el Cajan
Calif
Travis Base
Air Bass
Juan Rivera Ortiz
Guayanilla
Puerto Rico
Lester R. Todd
Alliance
Neb
William H. White
Greenville, Tenn
State Dept
U. N
Ralphs
Adea Pasteur
Warren
State Building
Sacramento
Lon Ike
M‘mahan
SEARS
RTE
Sears Hosiery Club
Fifth Park
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