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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1953
Page
1
Forty Americans freed from captivity recount brutal memories of the death valley march and harsh conditions in North Korea. They describe hunger, cold, and brutality, including a prisoner killed by a Chinese guard and others left beside roads to die.
The United Nations seeks an indefinite extension of the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners in Korea as 40 more Americans are freed. The group brings to 120 the original promised, with additional Allied and Turkish, British, and other elements included. talks note progress and potential wider exchanges under Geneva conventions.
NATO's top council urged early ratification of the European Defense Community pact. It asked five alliance members to seal an agreement with West Germany to form a combined European army totaling about half a million German soldiers within a two million strong force, despite West Germany's parliament delaying its decision.
A stowaway, Roger Rondeau, 24, rode a disabled KC97 during a Boeing test flight and died after the crew parachuted to safety near Fort Lewis. Pilot Capt. Charles Cresswell said no one aboard knew of the stowaway's presence. There was no parachute for him and authorities described the wreck as a fatal in-flight emergency.
Four U S warships and Panther jets supported a bombardment to rescue wounded personnel on an Allied held island at Won san harbor entrance. The Manchester Owen Henderson and Epperson fired on shore batteries while Capt Joseph McConnell tallied his 10th MIG and Lt Douglas A Lockwood Jr damaged another. Along the front Allied and Red forces clashed in 14 Red probes and 16 UN patrol skirmishes amid bitter small scale fighting.
James Partridge, 17, fell into the Thames at a boat yard. After workers pulled him out he mounted a bicycle to get dry clothing and was killed by a car in a street collision.
Bulletin from San Diego reports a Navy plane carrying five aboard is missing and believed to have crashed in the ocean near Point Loma. Coast Guard and search efforts are underway as officials assess the incident.
West Germany’s upper house postponed ratification of the treaties to rearm today. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer announced he would present the agreements creating a European Army with 500,000 rearmed Germans to the West German president for signature and a peace contract with the West.
The NATO ministers study the annual review of each nation's arms spending as Europe plans to pay about 12 billion dollars this year. The United States expects to match that outlay with aid and force maintenance in Europe. Secretary Dulles says Europe must set the pace in rearming.
Warden Arthur Bernard of Nevada Penitentiary announced a back-to-the farm program leasing 500 acres for inmate labor to grow hay grain and potatoes amid rising living costs in Carson City Nevada.
John L Lew asks Congress to strike all labor laws passed in 21 years, arguing the Wagner Taft Hartley acts sow industrial strife. He claims only the 1932 Norris-LaGuardia and 1914 Clayton Acts would remain and that the Taft Hartley Act is a perennial thorn in labor.
Western Electric offers five to seven cents per hour raise to 17 000 District 10 CWA workers who install Bell System equipment in 43 states. The midnight strike deadline was called off and negotiations will continue after the contract expired.
A 1953 analysis reports tightening Soviet control across 16 republics under Malenkov and Beria. It notes purges of Stalinists, police posts filled by Russians, and a push for higher production amid May Day rhetoric.
A bank holdup in St Louis ended when a bandit shot himself as police fired tear gas. One officer was shot in the head, two robbers wounded, and a getaway driver escaped uninjured. Police surrounded the Southwest Bank as employees hid in the basement.
North Korea releases May Day slogans broadcast by Soviet and Chinese allies praise aid to the war effort while omitting any call for peace in Korea. The slogans, aired via Pyongyang radio and picked up by The Associated Press, emphasize socialist labor celebrations.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur says U S threat to strike Red China might force the Soviet Union to settle Korea and other global issues on equitable terms. He cites leveraging power to end the Korean conflict and criticizes diplomacy inertia while defending his 1951 bombing and blockade proposals.
Sunday's Journal reviews Middletown housing expansion driven by special assessments and zoning shifts. It notes the impact on city development and previews related features in Society and Sports sections.
Oscar Lee Clark pleaded guilty to a car theft and asked for a five year term to match his friend Leon Wilkerson. District Judge Clarence Mills suspended Clark's five year sentence despite Clark's protest and desire to be imprisoned to stay with his companion.
National league action sees the St. Louis game with Chicago postponed due to wet weather. No reschedule time announced.
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