Leniency at Koje Island POW camp sparks critique
On Koje Island United Nations forces faced a growing crisis as Communist prisoners seized control, with early reforms failing. Guards’ discipline collapsed amid prisoner- led violence, executions, and executions, while international Red Cross officials drew blame as a new commander prepared to test a tougher approach.
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Koje Island
United Nations Command
Peat
Koje
U.N
Pan-muniom
U. N. Command
Britain
Kore
Haydon L. Boamer
Kose
U. N
People's Courts
ROK
Red Cross
U. S
Veterans Benefits Bill Faces House Vote Monday
The House consideration of a bill extending veterans benefits to those who joined after June 27 1950 is set for Monday with 40 minutes of debate. The measure would pay education benefits directly to veterans, sparking dispute over private versus public colleges and potential amendments.
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Washington
Korea
House
Rep
Teague
Texas
Springer
R-Tl
Earl J. McGrath
Commissioner of Education
McGrath
Fred D. Fagg Jr
University of Southern California
Fagg
U. S. Office of Education
Boatner Jails North Korean Officer After Prison Protest
KOJE ISLAND Sunday June. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner ordered a North Korean lieutenant colonel jailed in Compound 66 after a protest by prisoners. The officer's defiant attitude prompted the quick crackdown by 100 American and British troops using tear gas. He was placed in special custody and barred from returning to the compound to cool off.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Boatner
Xose
Red
Boamner
Compound 66
Umstead Leads Olive in North Carolina Democratic Governor Primary
In Raleigh on May 3, former Senator William B Umstead led Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington by more than 15,000 votes after more than half the precincts reported. Tarboro’s L H Fountain, age 38, appears to have defeated veteran Representative John Kerr of the Second District.
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Umstead
Raleigh
N.C
William EB. Umstead
Hubert Olive
Lexington
L. H. Fountain
Tarboro
John Kerr
Young Americans to receive bravery and service medals
The first Young American Medals for Bravery and Service will be awarded by President Truman. Recipients include Margaret Glassi a 16 year old Sacred Heart Academy student from Springfield Illinois who saved seven children from a burning farmhouse. Parker Stratt a Coral Gables Florida resident who rescued a girl from an attack by an alligator. and J Stuart William Oberg a Millinocket Maine civil defense leader who promoted a three point program and attended a UNESCO event as a US youth delegate.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Department of Justice
Truman
Margaret Glassi
Sacred Heart Academy
Springfield
Buffalo
Jll
Parker Edward Stratt
Coral Gables
Fla
Aon
J. Stuart William Oberg
Millinocket
United Nations —Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Four of 11 Moore orphans get homes
Four of the Moore orphans will live with foster families as of Memorial Day. Mary Jean and Barbara, aged six, go to the Babbs near Pittsburgh who seek probate adoption. Jeffrey and Jimmy, ages four and five, will join the Friesen family in Pittsburgh. Six other siblings remain, with the baby cared for in Royal Oak.
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Moore
Pontiac
Mid
Michael
Roseland Park Cemetery
Murray Moore
Leonard
Mary Jean
Barbara
J. Donald Babb
Pittsburgh
Babbs
Babb
Aker
Jeffrey
Jimmy
Arnold Friesen
Dr. Friesen
Royal Oak
Young Vandals Ravage Inside of Schoolhouse
Baldwin Park May 1 Two young unidentified vandals broke into a schoolhouse damaging the building and turning on gas jets in the cafeteria. Deputies said the incident appeared extensive with broken windows overturned furniture scattered papers spilled ink and various items smashed.
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Baldwin Park
J. A. Booth
Booth
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