THE WEATHEKCloudy and windy, turning coldet Sunday. ' Noisy around 3 p. rru58 PAGES TODAYEntered ai Second Clflsa Matter at the Pott officeof Middletown. Ohio, Under Use Act of 1879MIDDLETOWN, OHIO. SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 19.2.SUNDAY ONLYI’RICE TEN CENTSHintTieast inIni\ew Proposal(Find Any,IIN Camp SaBy SAM SUMMERLINMUSAN, Sunday -AlliedPuzzledtoday gave look to theonpmnegotiators another careful newest Communist plan prisoner exchange in hopes of finding a solution to thetruce-blocking issue.The Red* insisted their two-sentence proposal of Friday contained something bodied a solution ing deadlock.Allied negotiator* had another chance to question them in talk* which began at 11 am, today (9 pm. FJ5T, Saturday) at Pam-munjom.Diligent searching earlier hadfailed to unearth any switch in Its# old Communist demand forforced patriation of all prisoner*of the Korean War.A. r x COMMAND spokesmanSaturday night called it “almost aludicrous situation ”“We have a fine treasurehunt going on, the apokea-man said. “The Communist* keep vaving there’s a treasurein their proposal. We say we've looked and ran'l find it. They aay look again—it la there.“We have yet to find it.t* why we are being much slower to give another categorical rejection. It is the job of the staffofficer* to ferret out that something new “The proposal's exact wording 1** “After the armistice agreementfs signed and becomes effective, the Korean People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteers shall release and repatriate ail of the 11,559 prisoner* of war intheir custody, and the United Nation* command shall releaseand repatriate all of the 1.12,474 prisoners of war in its custody.“The list* of the names of the prisoners of war stated above shall be finally checked by the staff officer* of both sides THE FIOUEER are the number of names carried cm the respective prisoner of war liststraded Dec. 18.This proposal carried a broadhint by the Reds that they werewilting to wipe off the book* many thousands of men on both sides whose name* failed to appear on the December lift. 'Those “missing include: some 51,000 South Korean troop* whom the Communists once said they held but now say were “released,at the front,” and 44,0lt;X) personsthe Allies once carried as POWsbut mo«.t of whom the UN. nowsays have been reclassified as interned civilians.*•()hio'is19 32lassState ( haniasTin)Middiis’THAT MIDDIE MAGIC PAID OFF—Completely happy about their 63 53 triumph over Steubenville in the Ohio Class A finals at Columbus last night are these Middletown High cagers. It was the 1I4lh victory—and the biggest one—for Coach Paul Walker. Fans shouldn’t have worried. Confident Bill Weith, Journal photographer, “Cooked up” this picture of the Middies several days ago. Back tow, left to right—Walker, Manager F.lt;| Cross, Lacy King. Tommy Dillman, Owen Lawson. Manager Don Snyder, Eric Back, Ralph Phibbs and Assistant Coach Bob Kramer, Kneeling — Leonard Johnson, Dick Vice. Ronnie Stoklev. Cliff Hafer, Don Barnette, Paul Walker, Jr., Mascot, and Paul Johnson.wiamwii . ■LI ] Asmallsa wtiDixieAlaw_...horde63OvmJer Sinclie:tielory lllasls 28-(inSi milStlt;nvillieto aClass AtheBy JERRY NARDIELLOJournal Sports EditorCOLUMBUS—{Special)—A greatgreat bunch of kids last night—they wonstate basketball championship! ^And Middletown’s Middies made it look easy as they put on a tremendous burst in the first half to run up a 63-53 victory over previously undefeated Steubenville before 8,-496 fans at the water-fogged Fairgrounds Coliseum here.Thus, for the fourth time in nine years, the Middies returned state Class A basketball pennant to Middletown, and it’s the second time that Coach Paul Walker has wonhonorThe Middies also tied Dayton Stiver* in the number of “A crowns annexed. The Dayton five won four other times m the early years o ft he state classic before It was divided into Class A and Bdivisions.♦ • eNEVER Rt.FORE this season have the Middies been as potent as they looked In the first half agaiflft Steubenville's Big Bed.With Don Barnette and Dick Vue—the graduating co»captains onWalker's great club—turning in|another brilliant performance inbowing out, the Middle* were the Class t h rough mi t.Barnette drew the assignmentm guarding Steubenville's all-state guard, Bill Ron, and he not:it\ReadyelconieJiamnseuMaybe championships Middletown’s Middiesfor are acommon thing. At any rate,any evident celebration wasWKpretty well tamed down here last night. Quite a few horns blew and there was rejoicing . .... .wherever groups had gather*yly h M UmgflyWMwU ,0 the r,dio «c-ftmn Mil back m th# PCnot on r # .foylh, Hnt he hi! six 9$ft of fix in jCOUflt. of tW jJHWthe fir*t half to spat k the Middies';victory at Columbus. Butnothing out o! the “ordinary”Vina* who broke the tournament loccuitldlt; **PS A record with 31 point*Friday against Cincinnati Withrow*. t ame up with 14 {Hunt* m thefirst half last night and added a! foul 1 hot to bring hi* tourneytotal to 59 points—-tops among the•cocas in the meet.Fans are reall? r\pe«ted tobreak loose today, however when the championship eager* of Coach Paul Walker make a triumphant return tothe city.A motor caravanteam at Franklinafternoon tocity via Route 78,will meet them t 30 thisotero to theA rot dor cad t■WB MIDDIES* great spree tothe early quartern-—pulilng cut tolead# at #-2, f-4, 12-6, 16-7 and, ,, . , . , ,Df-9 after the first tight minutm 1 w formed at'-completely demoralized the Big,^n«d. An* In their ml to *-t J | MWrt'e^ ovtr TrtlM Avein the game «»— Mam St., east on Central to Balti-•ouumrik1 limits of Franklin and will entertothe Stubber* weref6 fouls. Threw ofmore, south oti Baltimore toGirard and west on Girard to toecaught withAttg V§ed out of th# game'ms personals. hThe Middle* lost only Vice i Thousand* are espeeled to eon*r«!o which h.d mrn«l tn tninui ;ll£*1 J K!pM77in‘im. ..if „„ „ V|d. Hublt; ■«’»«■'■ lt;rf c mnwrc, andbe*’ tight j-/---- Quarterback Club have said will4*•1o, * *75!be* tight man-for-man defensetoo much to «‘r»rk.But whrn all lt;* row tide rrd.it «n th# M idriieV amarine“booling In th# first half that ttirnrd th# tld# They *#or#don It of th#lr f»r*t ff yhot*.w#ll abava th# nee mark, andhad M out of .16 fr## throw* to H#lp pro\id# th# #ru*h#r*If was a great night tor the■ * - u i ie*J and they recei ytj awonderful ovation fr^n the 6,-496 fan* who helped swell thetotal tournament crowd to 46.166*— a new recordtan one hour witfi a nurufmim of speeches” from “dignitiHnte”Baud m#ml#r« ar# to m##t at lh# whuol at 1:16 p, m. w h#r# th#y w ill hoard a truck to l»# fur»Kh#d hv th# llau-*#lman Tran*p«irtation ('•.and h# tak#n to Franklin.The rally at the gym to expected to get underway *©#tie firs* after 3 p. fit.AIrcMrashFatalif«*t !)ri\crAKRON—(AFWAIJCRR AND hi* Huh returnmmAkrnm^mMy mim ' \ n t o^ ■ ^ncopiiiion^ rIrcult* wiih •ad# planned from the out* the high school *ym. After thatthe first planned by the Quarter*; iniifcKkf r#0iiiider cff lh#tf which the Middles held threeM that I vwr*it v« which had donated theA midget autoillftci and bitcom pans on injured seriously ye** terday when a two-seat airplaneJames M, Matthew'*, 46, § weld-Injured was John Rarie. 24* alsoN17R8RB IN (XH.IIMI06CABOT, Ark. |.F-An automotdls hurrying five Little Rock nnmeto a tornadrestricken area cxsflkltd with a truck near here Saturday. The truck driver was killed, The state trooper driving the autonto*t»itf and the five nurses wcra lb*