Allied Prisoners Leave North Korea in Historic 100 for 500 Exchange
One hundred disabled Allied war prisoners walked Freedom Road from Panmunjom to Seoul in a staged exchange with 500 red Allied sick and wounded. The双way swap includes 30 Americans and 12 British among the returning group, with talks resuming Saturday as 605 Allied POWs are traded for 5,800 Reds.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Freedom Road
Canada
South Africa
Greece
Philippines
Wothers
Prisoners Freed in Panmunjom Exchange List of Returning Americans
The article lists Americans exchanged from Panmunjom after captivity in Korea, naming their ranks, hometowns, and next of kin across cities such as New York City Lecomte Baltimore Bordentown St Louis Palestine Burlington Chicago Puerto Rico and others. Non Americans include 12 Britons 4 Turks and individuals from Canada South Africa The Philippines and Greece.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Panmunjom
Carl W. Kirchenhausen
Audubon Ave
New York City
John T. Porter
Lecomte
Margaret Porter
U. S
Baltimore
Robert C
Rexville
N. Y
Lowell Nolan
Theodore Jackson
Palestine
Tex
Maggie Davison
RFC
David W. Ludlum
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Ruth C. Fidler
Gay St
Raymond H. Medina
Bronx
Esperanza Medina
Oklahoma City
Faye
Fifth St
Avenue 1
Hereford
Clintonville
W. Va
Amos Hinkle
Odie Lawley
Medicine Park
Okla
May Belle Lawley
Box
Paul F. Schnur
San Francisco
Ida Marie Schnur
Jones St
Canada
South Africa
Philippines
Greece
Freed American GIs Describe Treatment by Reds
American and U N troops freed from Communist prison stockades reported variable treatment. Some noted improvement after armistice negotiations while others cited poor food and conditions. Several described indoctrination efforts and propaganda, with officers often treated worse than enlisted men.
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James Lee Pinkston
Salisbury
N. C
Korea
Jones
POWs Return From Korea In Good Health
The Army hospital commander states 50 disabled United Nations prisoners arrived and all seemed in very good condition. Lt. Col. Charlies Hollings worth of Chickaska, Oklahoma, notes no serious illness among the returnees.
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Freedom Village
Korea
United Nations
Charlies Hollingsworth
Chickaska
Okla
Returning U.N. POWs Reunite With Clark at Freedom Village
A Reds prisoner exchange brings 100 Allied soldiers home from Kaesong to Freedom Village. Pvt. Carl W. Kirchenhausen leads the first Americans across the line, amid cheers and gifts. Gen. Mark Clark greets them. Clark notes a stoic, relieved mood as prisoners depart in ambulances and helicopters.
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Medina
David Ludlum
Ft. Wayne Ind
Sfc
Robert Lee
Columbus
Troy
Ala
Pinkston
Carl W. Kirchenhausen
New York
Pfc
Robert Stell
Baltimore
Freedom Village
Stell
Cpl
Kenyon Wagner
Detroit
Pfe
Almond L. Noland
Rexville
N. Y
Noland
William R. Brock
Rome
Bulances
South Korea
Aenes
New York City
John C. Daniel
U.N
Mark Clark
Kaesong
Clark
Freedom
Robert C. Stell
Donald K. LeGay
Leominister
Mass
Reds
LeGay
GE Strikers Open To Arbitration Offer
Two top union officials propose that President Eisenhower name any arbitrator or arbitration board to hear the Evendale plant strike issues. GE rejects, saying it can handle negotiations better than any outsider.
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Cincinnati
Eisenhower
General Electric Co
Evendale
Boston 4 Washington 2 in First Ball Game
The American League game saw Boston defeat Washington 4 to 2 in the opener. In the National League, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh was postponed due to cold conditions.
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Boston
Washington
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Tornadoes Lash South in Weekend Destruction
Pint size tornadoes and hurricane like winds battered three southern states over the weekend killing 10 people and injuring more than 400. Alabama saw heavy damage to a cotton mill and many homes while Georgia and Arkansas reported extensive losses. Gov. Gordon Persons estimated Alabama losses at four to five million dollars.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Columbus
Jackson
Montezuma
Arkansas
Georgia
Gordon Persons
Lee County
Siluria
Ala
Three Day Battle Against Blaze Nearing Success
In Albuquerque a thousand firefighters push to contain a banana shaped fire over 23 500 acres in Lincoln National Forest Southeastern New Mexico. Weather may decide the outcome with gusty winds feared to return today. official W L Hansen says control is possible if conditions hold.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Lincoln National Forest
W. L. Hansen
Weather Bureau
Arizona
VOA Work Seen Ineffective by Senate Panel
A Senate foreign relations subcommittee report based on 55 U.S. foreign correspondents in 41 countries finds Voice of America short wave broadcasts largely ineffective. It cites poor reception and notes locally produced programs sometimes reach larger audiences. praised are exchange of persons and information libraries, with calls for better field officer coordination.
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Washington
Voice of America
Free World
Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee
Sen. Hickenlooper
Browa
U. S
Hickenlooper
Gram
Sheaer
William Benton
D-Conn
Benton
State Department
Robert L. Johnson
Cecil B. DeMille
Department of State
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Foreign Relations Committee
Point Four
Mutual Security Administration
Harold E. Stassen
Dulles
Harold Stassen
New York
Yoshida's Party Tops Japanese Balloting
Pro-American Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Liberal party won 199 seats in the 466 member House of Representatives, short of a majority. Turnout reached about 73 percent with the Communists winning one seat. dissident Liberals and rival parties fell short of forming a coalition. Yoshida secured reelection but coalition chances remained uncertain.
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Jim Becker
Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
House of Representatives
Japan
Yoshida
Ichiro Hatoyama
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Hatoyama
Shigemitsu
Korea Front Quiet After Prisoner Exchange At Panmunjom
Fighting along the 155 mile frontline steadied as prisoners were exchanged at Panmunjom. U N reports a few patrol contacts and three light Red probing attacks near Allied positions. Murky weather grounded most aircraft and 225 plus fighters supported heavy Western Front bombardment earlier.
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Seoulp
Panmunjom
Reds
Eighth Army
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Inchon
Kimpo
Navy
Wonsan
U. S
Eyes
Ohio State Trustee Dismisses Physics Professor
Columbus bulletin reports OSU trustees dismissed Dr. Byron T. Darling after he refused HUAC inquiry about communist ties. In Washington Eisenhower sent Congress a Justice Department reorganization plan designating the deputy attorney general as second in command, bumping the solicitor general.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Trustees
Byron T. Darling
House UN- American Activities Committee
Washington P
Eisenhower
Congress
Justice Department
Department
Eisenhower Taft Golf Round More Secrets Than Scores
President Eisenhower and Senate Republican leader Taft played 18 holes at Augusta National in secrecy with no disclosed scores. They planned another round as Taft arrived from Washington, Hagerty saying both were unhappy with their play and the President delayed returning to Washington to golf again.
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Marvin L.arrowsmith
Augusta
Eisenhower
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Augusta National
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Washington
Westinghouse Reopens Wage Talks With IUE and Others
Westinghouse Electric Corp and CIO International Union of Electrical Workers began wage negotiations for 45 000 IUE members. The talks start a broader bargaining phase with four national unions totaling 82 000 workers. Independent United Electrical Workers talks start Thursday and AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Friday. Negotiations with the independent union for white alloy workers not scheduled yet. IUE reps started bargaining with no formal demands. A strike could be called after April 30 if no agreement is reached.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ealge
Schedulio
IUWE
Ford Plant In Canton Struck In Pay Dispute
Pickets at three gates of Ford Motor Co. forging plant in Canton, Ohio, march in a three-classification pay dispute. The walkout was called Sunday night by the CIO United Auto Workers after talks with management since January.
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Canton
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Board Declares U.S. Communist Party A Moscow Puppet
A government board ruled the U. S. Communist Party is substantially directed from Moscow and ordered disclosure of membership lists and a financial accounting. The four-member Subversive Activities Control Board certified the party as a subsidiary of the Soviet Union with the order subject to court review.
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Washington
U. S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
J. Howard Mce Grath
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Vito Marecantonio
John J. Abt
Joseph Forer
Seven Step To Freedom In Moscow
Seven British civilians and an Irish priest freed by North Koreans arrived in Moscow by Trans-Siberian Express. They were greeted at Yaroslavsky Station by Sir Alvary Gascoigne and other British Embassy members. An RAF transport plane will fly them to England tomorrow. Fourteen French civilians also interned are due next week.
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Moscow
Yaroslavsky
Siberia
Britain
Hero
Alvry Gascoigne
England
Siberian
Gascoigne
Louis Joxe
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
U. S
North Korea
Humphrey Sees No Low Mood If Peace Fails to Threaten
Secretary George M. Humphrey told 1000 editors at the AP luncheon the United States is not headed for low mood even with uncertain Korea. He urged tax cuts as government spending stays under control and warned that fear of a low mood is unjustified if defense is reduced.
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New York
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
United States
Korea
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Associated Press
Worldwide News Gathering Cooperative
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Oz Humphrey
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