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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1953
Page
5
War ships of the U S Seventh Fleet including an aircraft carrier and its planes joined joint exercises with Nationalist China's army and air force at Formosa Taipei today. The drills featured naval air and land component cooperation amid rising tensions in the area.
Local lenders advertise a Get-Acquainted plan offering $30 to $1500 or more on salary and other plans for bills and expenses. The Aetna Finance Co at 142 American Ave Long Beach promises fast phone service, easy approval, and options to cut high payments in half while advancing extra cash. Residents in nearby towns invited. hours listed with Friday nights until 7:30 pm.
The Haven sailed from Inchon Korea carrying 104 sick and wounded American servicemen freed from Communist prison camps. It will stop at Yokosuka Japan to pick up more patients and is expected to dock in San Francisco on Sept 14 barring delays. Doctors say most aboard suffer tuberculosis and malnutrition. most are ambulatory.
A group of about 150 American and British POWs known as the problem children were freed after enduring months of torture and forced indoctrination by Chinese captors. They recounted beatings, jailings, and endurance in harsh camps before being moved to Freedom Village and finally released to return home.
Three U S prisoners describe open air water baths in mid winter solitary confinement beatings and the cold cure as punishment after resisting communist propaganda. They say they faced accusations of instigating against communism and were among 60 Americans liberated by the Reds today. Robert E. Brooks and John J. Curtin from Missouri and New York both faced extended solitary terms and threats, with Curtin claiming a nervous breakdown after abuse. Allen G. Conley of Virginia received three weeks in solitary for allegedly planning an escape.
Mrs Minnie Bell Clay 29 of Pampa Texas was killed when her car veered off State Highway 41 near Ringer Oklahoma after hitting a 10 foot pipe detached from a passing truck. Her 2 year old daughter Phil lis was thrown 30 feet and landed on a pillow also hurled from the car. The father in a nearby pickup and trailer stopped within a few feet.
Sgt. Hiroshi H. Miyamura of Gallup New Mexico, a 27 year old Japanese American, learns Brig Gen Ralph Osborne will award him the Medal of Honor for heroism during a 1951 battle. He stayed to cover his men as they withdrew, fought Chinese troops, and witnessed 40 to 50 enemy bodies as his squad held their position before capture.
Three Army corporals recollect a U S airplane crewman died after being lashed to a post in the sun for refusing to confess to germ warfare. Irvin Edwards, David E Fortune, and William J Carpin recount the ordeal at Camp 2 Pyoktong Manchuria and note airmen and officers received special treatment.
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