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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1951
Page
4
A Jan 13 dispatch from Korea describes a refugee exodus estimated at 2 to 3 million, with families marching south under brutal conditions. Civilians suffer hunger, exposure, and freezing weather as U.N. and allied forces strive to keep routes open amid chaos and limited aid from a strained South Korean government.
Tokyo Jan. 13 Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters ordered tighter censorship on dispatch sources. Only MacArthur or his chief of staff Maj Gen Doyle O Hickey may be quoted on security matters. Censors say rules target stories from Chicago Daily News correspondent Keyes Beech and aim to protect morale in Korea. Echols, in charge, will travel to the United States for a public information conference.
Ten American doughboys stranded in Central Korea's snowbound peaks trekked seven days through minus twenty weather to reach help. A wristwatch owned by Private Henry C. Thomas of Helena Oklahoma proved the key, guiding them with Korean guides including two teenage boys Kim Tong Sock and Kim Soong and local families. One man was killed and another wounded in an ambush. the group reunited with U.S. forces after a perilous night in huts and mountains.
A Vatican source says Catholic bishops worldwide will reexamine service club types such as Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Optimists in light of a decree banning priests from Rotary. The ban, published by L Osservatore Romano, aims to curb clerical ties to worldly groups and public meetings.
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