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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1953
Page
18
The Army released 43 additional names of Americans reported by the Communists as dead in captivity, bringing total identifications to 837. The list excludes 185 names awaiting final identity and family verification, with states showing service members and their families, including entries from Ohio, Mississippi, Iowa, and Pennsylvania, among others.
A repatriated soldier recounts North Korean civilians digging up American graves on Loot Hill behind Ca 1 to steal clothing, with bodies replaced. Sgt. Carl J. Bats of Inkster Michigan recalls grave robbing continuing until armistice talks. He says nearly 1000 Americans and British were buried on Boot Hill and burial details suffered under harsh conditions.
A Japanese court will try four Russians captured when a boat was seized off northern Japan. Police say the Russians abducted a Japanese courier from Sakhalin on August 2 and hid code books and 120000 yen in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido. The courier was arrested August 3 and the ship was seized August 8 as it returned to retrieve him.
A Belgian missionary Sister Franciscus Waelkens says an encephalitis outbreak in Kanchow Kiangsi Province has killed over 250 children in two months. She describes rapid hospital work and a reduced prison sentence to two years of hospital service while performing extensive operations.
The Defense Department released names of 12 more American prisoners of war listed as escapees from enemy camps in the Far East. The total of those identified stands at 29 of 147 believed to have escaped, with 17 others still unverified. Families were told that Communist reports about these men have not been independently confirmed and none has returned to Allied control. The Army names include Adolph Joseph Jr., William Widener, William Jester, Gerald Scott, Raymond Pearson, George Kristanoff, and others with listed hometowns such as North Chicago, Loganstart, Indianapolis, Wakefield, Mousliers, and Pengilly.
Cpl. Ira J. Obenauer, a Church of God evangelist from Bonne Terre Missouri, says the Lord gave American prisoners hope and saved them during a harrowing Inchon incident. He witnessed a miracle as jets strafed a prison area, with about 300 prisoners housed in one and several smaller buildings. bullets wounded many, yet no Americans were harmed. He read scriptures to prisoners when possible and urged belief in God rather than denominations.
Adlai Stevenson returns from a six month world tour and plans to brief President Eisenhower on his travels. Asked if he consulted the President, Stevenson says Eisenhower asked him to report on his return and that every American should respond to the President's requests.
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