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Evening star., 1952-04-04
Four IsraeIis Expelled
From France, One
Parliament Member
By the Associoted Presa

PARIS, April 4.-The Interior
Ministry said today four Israeli
citizens, all members of the Ma
tionalist Heruth Freedom) Party
of Menachem Begin, are being ex-
PEELED from France. All the min
istry would say is that their pres
ence is "inopportune."
The four included E. Shostak,
a member of Parliament. A fifth
man was held on charges of illegal
possession of arms. Police said
they found five pistols and a sub
machinegun in his room.
"Party Business" Credited.
Begin is the man who headed
Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Jewish ex-
tremist group which figured in
clashes with the British prior to
emergence of Israel as an inde-
pendent nation. He is leader of
the Heruth Party. whose members
demonstrated against Israel's deci-
sion to talk with West German
representatives on reparations for
harm done to the Jews under
Hitler.
In Tel Aviv, Begin was quoted
as saying the four expelled men
were in France on party buSi-
ness" and were not involved in
any attempt to break up the
Preparations talks by acts Of
violence.
Explosives i'm Letter.
A letter containing explosive
material was received)at the Ger
man Embassy in the Hague this
week addressed to members of the
German delegation attending the
reparations talks. Police said the
letter was signed by the Cor
ganization of Jewish Partisans. ="
Jewish leaders have said they
know of no organization of that
name.
The "partisans" have claimed
responsibility for the mailing last
week Of package containing ex-
posives address to West German
chancellor Konrad Adenauer. One
man was killed when the package
was opened in Munich police
headquarters. Jewish leaders said
the package may have been
mailed by anti-Semites trying to
stir up new hatreds in Germany.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Red Fire Pins Down
Allied Patrol in Korea
For About 4 Hours
By the Associafed Press

SEOUL, Korea, April 4.-Com-
munist mortar and machine gun
fire pinned down an Allied patrol
for four hours early today near
the Punchbowl in eastern Korea.
The raiders broke out finally
under a screen of smoke and
bursting shells laid down by
United Nations artillery.
This was the biggest action re-
ported today along the 155-mile
front by the United States 9th
Army. Three very small Red
probes were forced back between
the Punchbowl and the east coast
The minor action followed the
pattern of March. when, an 9th
Army spokesman said, Communist
Evening star., 1952-04-04

losses dropped to a new wartime
low. He listed Red casualties for
March as 4,648 killed. 1866
wounded and 176 captured.
Warships and planes supported
Allied infantrymen around the
clock. Thunderjets, BIG Super
Forts and light BPS bombers hit
Red revetments from the air,
while the cruiser st. Paul turned
her 8 and 5 inch guns on mortars
and supply depots.
Allied planes hitting far back of
the Red lines reported slashing
rails in more than 200 places and
destroying nearly ~ storage build
ings yesterday. Land-based planes
hit in the west, while carrier
Iplanes struck in the northeast.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
I FOUND.

CAT, male. Maltese, white: vic. 1900
Huntington ave. Can KI. 9-a069.
COCKER, male, black, old, injured: near
Wheaton, Nd; rabies tag 269664. LO.
5-6436 or 81. 1888.
DOG. brown, toy collie size,l plumed tall
black and white marks on face. Owner
or good home. TRI 0342. &
PUPPY, tan and white: found vicinity
14th and Underwood sts. NV. Owner
describe. AA. o64o.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
District Agency Plans
Camps for Children

The District Recreation Depart
ment will operate nine-day camps
this summer for children between
z and IA, beginning June %.
Four camping periods of two
weeks each will be offered at each
camp. The program will continue
through the week of August Is
Camp hours will be 9 am. to 8
pm. Monday through Friday. One
meal win be served.
Trained personnel will supervise
hikes, craft classes, games. skits
and study groups. Registration
forms may be obtained from public
or parochial schools or by sending
a self-addressed envelope to the
Recreation Department.
Camps and their locations are:
Fort Bunker Hill, Otis and Joliet
streets NE: Camp Bald Eagle
Nichols avenue and Joliet street
S.W.; Camp Oak Knoll, Oregon
avenue and Bigham drive NV;
Fort Stanton. Seventeenth and
Erie streets Sc; Camp Cherokee
Potomac Parkway between the
Connecticut and Massachusett.
avenue bridges: Fort Dupont, Min.
nesota and Massachusetts, avenue.
Sc; Camp Emery, Concord anc
Georgia avenues NV; Camr
Glover, Forty-second and Davi.
streets, and Fort Chaplin, Texa.
avenue and B street Sc.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Calculated Risk Taken at Koie,
Temporary Camp, but in Vain

IKote while he was supreme COM
lmander. His successor. Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway only went to
Koje when it became a hot spot.
Killings Almost Daily.
Civil information and education
specialists were assigned to Koje
to develop a civil education pro-
gram for the enemy captives.
Army officers who watched the
program said It was making the
prisoners harder to control.
Later. when soldiers patrolling
the compounds saw the Com
munist prisoners raise flags and
posters made from materials sup
piled by the information and edu-
cation" program. they felt their
Judgment more than justified.
It wasn't long before the poten-
tally explosive situation on Koje
became clear to the more observ-
lant officers on the island. A day
rarely went by when prisoners
were not killed. inside the COM
pounds.
Communist leaders were in con-
troll. Opposition was not tolerated.
Camp authorities frequently en-
couraged prisoners to inform them
Of what was going on inside the
compounds. When such informers
twere found out, POW leaders took
care Of them.
POW Leaders Used.
/ From the beginning, camp off,
cials worked with the prisoners
Through leaders elected by the
tPOW'S themselves.
/ The system has continued right
up to the present time. Camp
authorities are forced to deal with
il spokesmen who were chosen BY
4 the POWs or who forced their
leadership on the unorganizeo
mass of prisoners.
! Another cause for much o1
Koje's trouble was the fact thai
many of the guards were poorly
disciplined. trigger happy South
, Korean soldiers.
:. Conditions on Koje went from
bad to worse until, during a five.
Iday period last September. fight,
; in the compounds and between
| POWs and guards sent about 10(
: prisoners and a dozen U. N. guards
to the hospital. Many of those
hospitalized, including IS who
were dead on arrival, had been
beaten severely by their fellow.
prisoners.
i International Red Cross officials
refused entrance to North Korea
to look over camps where Allied
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Rhee Assembly Fight
Rages On In Korea;
|12th Member Jailed
BY the Assoeioted Press

PUSAN, Korea, Sunday, June l
The fight between President
Syngman Rhee and the Soutt
Korean Assembly took new turr
yesterday when the Assembly
voted to shelve the resignation ol
Vice President Kim Sung 500. Il
was just what Mr.. Rhee wanted.
Meanwhile. however, Mr.. Rhee'.
police arrested another Assembly
man, making II jailed in the last
week.
Eleven of those held are &C.
cused of plotting with the Com.
munists to overthrow the Rhee
administration and collaborate
with the North Korean Red re-
gime. No formal charges have
been filed, however, and American
diplomatic sources have called ths
accusation "eyewash." The 18th
AsSemblyman in jail is accused o1
killing a Korean army captain.
Election Is Real Issue.
Diplomatic sources say that the
real reason for the struggle be.
tween Mr.. Rhee and the Assembly
is the forthcoming presidential
ELECTION. His term expires in July
and the Assembly is required BY
the constitution to elect a presi-
dent sometime before June %. Mr.
Rhee, aged II, has said he is not
IA candidate but has refrained from
saying he would refuse another
term.
Vice president Kim, who is 81
is being treated abroad the United
States hospital ship Haven in
Pusan harbor for, an undisclosed
illness which American doctors
say is major.
He resigned Thursday with ar
angry TRADE calling Mr.. Rhee 9
traitor" because of the arrests o.
Assemblymen.
Resignation Merely Tabled.
If the Assembly had accepted
the resignation, it could have beer
construed as endorsing the attack
on Mr.. Rhee. Instead, the resigna-
Ition, was merely tabled.
Some middle-roaders and anti.
Rhee members voted with Rhee
supporters. SO to 0. The other
members of the 183-seat Assembly
were either absent or abstained
Mr.. Rhee controls only So seats
After the plentary session, 9s
ASsemblymen at a closed caucu.
discussed possibilities of com.
promising with Mr.. Rhee on other
issues If he would free the i'm
|prisoned members and .rescino
martial law. Mr.. Rhee, who l1a.
previously refused to do either
gave no indication of relenting.
Evening star., 1952-06-01

prisoners are held. worked freely
at Koje.. Many officers. in fact.
are convinced that the Red Cross
must share a good deal of the
blame for the deterioration of
conditions on Koje.
Forced by fragrant violations on
the part Of the prisoners. various
commanders would send troops in
i to regain control. The Red Cross
fled a report on the strong meas
ures taken, and the United States
Government. sensitive to the i'm
lplied OF even outSpoken criticism,
backed down. Koje then got a new
commander.
Since Red Cross reports are not
released publicly, 1t is impossible
to check the validity of this rea-
ISoning.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
BY WilIiom Jorden
A..oeloled Pes. Iorsisn core.ponden

Il
KOJE ISLAND, May 31.-The
United Nations command took q
calculated risk in its handling OF
Communist war prisoners on K0je
Island land lost.
That is how one veteran Koje
officer summed up the fantastical-
ly confused situation at the UsN
POW camp No. / here.
It took the kidnapping Of q camp
commander by, Communist pfis-
oners who held him hostage fol
78 hours to convince the Army to
take actions that many have
known should have been taken q
year ago or more.
It took the propaganda out
bursts of the Communists at PAN
munjom to make the U. N. COM
mand realize the deep political
Importance Of this step-child In
stallation where 10000 war pris-
oners and civilian internes once
were held and which now hold.
more than $4,000 captives con.
trolled and disciplined by rabif
Communist leaders.
The U.N. POW camp original.
was regarded as a temporary in,
stallation. 1t never got off tina
footing.
When the truce discussions be,
gan the Army apparently decided
the fighting would be over sool
and that war prisoners would n,
longer be a problem.
Indifference and Optimism.
This combination of indiffer
ence and optimism put and KEEP
the Koje camp on q shoestrinl
budget and made army officer
regard assignment to the islam
prison as 9 form of insult or rep
Erimand or as a relaxing chang
from frontline duty. Very few con
lsidered Koje the challenge tina
later events proved it was.
i AS compounds were complete
each was filled with 5000 t
5000 prisoners moved from main
land detention areas.
j There was no appreciation O
the fact that putting so man
prisoners in one enclosure woul
only increase the audience of an
troublemaker and make the en-
forcement of authority, if tha
proved necessary, more difficult
There was no effort made origi
nally to seperate Communist
from nom Communists in Koje'
|30-odd enclosures.
The friction inside the barbe,
wire fences quickly led to blood
struggles between the POWs.
The indifference of higher head
quarters toward Koje Island
POW camp was glaringly ap
parent. So far as is known, Ger
douglas Macarthur never visite
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Britons Blast BungIing|
On koje and Propose
Recheck on Screening
BY the Associoted pye..

LONDON, May 31-British
papers and Laborite members OF
Parliament today lambasted what
they called American bunglihg in
handling Communist war prisoners
on Koje Island of Korea.
Some Of these critics sug-
gested American "mismanage-
ment" might be blocking the way
to a Korean truce.
Communist refusal to accept
American figures on screening
prisoners and the United Nations
principle Of not repatriating pris-
oners who do not want to return
to their Red-controlled homelands
are regarded here as the chief
obstacles in the truce negotiations.
Three Laborites introduced a
motion in the House of Commons
asking that Lord Alexander, De-
fense Minister. propose a check
of American prisoner screening
when he makes his Forthcoming
visit to Tokyo.
Would Give Issue to u. N.
Another Laborite M. p, Eman-
uel Shinwell, who was Defense
Minister in Clement Attlee's gov
ernment, proposed that the whole
prisoner problem be dropped into
the U. MS lap.
The influential Times of Lon
don joining a week-long chorus
Of criticism of the United States
on the prisoner question, urged
the Allied powers to clean up the
Koje Island camps. It said the
prisoners should be screened anew.
If need be, in the presence Of
Chinese and North Korean repre-
Sentatives.
Lord Beaverbrook's conservative
and imperialist-minded Evening
Standard called for wholesale re-
turn of Red prisoners, regardless
of their personal wishes. This is
the view of some BritonS who want
q quick truce in Korea, but it has
not won any other important
press or official support.
Timidity Rather Than Brutality.
Two widely read but politically
different publications took the
same line. They are the independ-
ent liberal Economist and the pro-
Laborite New Statesman & Nation.
The Economist said that the
camp disorders ''have given color
to Communist accusations that
North Korean and Chinese prison.
ers have been subjected to brutal
treatment" Actually, the publica-
ton continued, "the defect of the
American administration seems to
have been timidity rather than
brutality, for the Communist COM
mittees were permitted to govern
the compounds by a sort of mar
tial law and openly defy the au-
thoritieS."
The New Statesman & Nation
said that There has clearly been
muddled mismanagement and
worse on the part of the American
camp authorities-a deduction
borne out by the removal of the
officers directly responsible-and
it is now impossible to accept the
American no-repatriation totals
as accurate"
Evening star., 1952-06-01
|Boafner Cracks Down
|0n Officer Who Led
koje Demonstration
BY the Assoeiaied Press


| KOJE ISLAND, Sunday. June /.
Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner
today cracked down on the North
Korean Communist officer respon-
sible for last Thursdays demon
stration in Prison Compound e6.
The Red officer. a lieutenant
colonel. was placed in special Gus
tody and not permitted to return
to his compound. Prisoners there
had attempted to cut a hole
Through a barbed wire fence. The
demonstration was broken up by
100 American and British troops
with tear gas.
Gen. Boatner issued the order
when the officer staggered into
the Koje prison camp command
er,s Office to report on the demon
stration.
A public relations officer said
the Reds attitude was so insult
ing that Gen. Boatner ordered
him jailed ito cool off,"
/ Insulting to General.
The public relations officer said
''you can say that he has been put
in pokey for being insulting to the
general in the generals own Office
this morning."
A prisoner interpreter was then
sent back to the compound to
spread the word.
i Meanwhile work was rushed on
new and smaller compounds to
house the rebellious Communist
prisoners of war. American and
South Korean engineers worked
lunder the glare of spotlights last
might in an effort to speed com.
Ipletion of the buildings.
The first of new 4.0O0-man en-.
closures-which will embrace eight
=lstockades for 500 prisoners each
lis about three days from com.
=lpletion. There will be 20 com.
I pounds for the 10000 Chinese anc
. North Koreans.
Il Tension on Island Eases.
i: Tension on this strife-ridder
island has eased considerably. The
Communist dominated inmate.
behind the double and tripleC
barbed wire fences were unusually
quiet yesterday, Nine were killee
Thursday and Friday in two out
breaks against the guards.
Guards of six United Nations
lAmerican. South Korean. British
lCanadian, Dutch and Greeks
continued anti-riot training. They
: will move soon into the present
lcompounds and separate the Reds
Into the smaller, more easily con-
|trolled areas.
Prisoners in compound 66 gave
Iup today the body Of a NORTH
Korean major killed accidentally
Thursday.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
Ancient Postal Service

HONG KONG. - Confucius
wrote that there was q Chinese
postal service. a royal post carried
by stage and courier, in the Fifth
Century before Christ.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14
Sheriff Checks
Vandalism Report
Tank Of Oil Drained
On Turner Property

A tank of oil, the property
of Mrs. Carrie Turner of near
Macksburg containing 65 barrels,
was drained sometime Sunday
night, and the contents allowed
to flow down the creek.
Sheriff Clayton Mckee was
called to the scene of the van
dalism early Monday morning
but was unable to find any clues
as to who might have. committed
the rash act. There were no foot
prints around the tank nor could
fingerprints be taken because of
the rough surface of the spigot.
Mrs. Turner could offer no ex-
PLANTATION except that it may
have been done out of jealousy.
The value of the destroyed oil
which was ready for shipment,
was given as $4,000. The tank
had been filled during the week
and placed approximately 200
feet from the farm home, in con-
venient readiness for shipment
by truck.
No member of the household
heard any strange noise, nor
were their two cross watchdogs
aroused at any time. The throttle
had been opened very slightly
so as to allow the oil to flow
quietly.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14
New School Site
To Be Selected

The Board of Education of the
Belle Valley District has called
a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 10, at
7:30 p. m. at the school building.
The purpose of the meeting IS
to determine the location of the
new grade school building, to
be built soon. The architect for
the school will be in attendance.
Edgar Poland is president OF
the board of education. All in
terested persons are asked to at
tend the important meeting.
It will be remembered that the
voters of Belle Valley approved
the 100000 school bond issue at
the November election. It calls
for the construction of a new
four room grade school building
to replace the present building,
located on the hill east of Belle
Valley.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14

and Hiley Beymer building on
East street and they will retain
their lease until September 1858.
Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Bond
said that the sales room and the
repair room would be moved to
their new building, Monday,
Sept. l.
Dealers in Ford tractors, New
Holland binders and balers and
other farm equipment, the Noble
Tractor Sales has been located
in the Robey building for the
past three years.
The new business move is in
line with their policy of expan-
sion and affording better facili-
ties for their customers.
At their new location, they will
continue the handling of the Gulf
products and the service depart
ment of the garage.
Mr.. Reed said today that he is
enlarging the former Murphy
welding shop at the rear of his
horne on West street and it will
serve as the future home Of the
Kaiser Frazer agency. Mr.. Reed
4g2p retained the vacant lot on
gA21 and this will serve as a
deg lot for his new and used
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14
Draft Board To
New Local Office
Now Occupying
Harper Building

The selective service board
moved last Friday to the suite
of offices in the DR.. w. c. Harper
building on Cumberland street
from the Farmers & Merchants
bank, where they have been
located since 1948.
The offices formerly occupied
by the draft board will be taken
over by the General Telephone
company, whose district office
is located here. Mrs. Charles Rice
is the local business manager.
Mrs. Lucy Jennings, clerk, said
that the contract was signed by
the government last week and
two men from state headquarters
in Columbus were sent down on
Thursday to assist in moving the
records.
Mrs. Jennings said that four
men would be sent to Columbus
on Aug. 18 to take their pre-
physical examination. Two are
going for the first time and the
1.-TWO others are rechecks. This
means that they previously had
failed a physical examination
and must report again. They are
subject to a recall on physical
: examinations until they are s.
years old.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14

who also purchased the pipe.
The two-inch extension hooks
up to the four inch line near the
Gould Brown property, at the
intersection of Olive and Cum
berland streets. 1t was necessary
to secure several rights-of-way
to lay the line thru the field on
the south side of state route 78.
The pipe was laid as far as the
Bernard Sailing property.
Expenses of the entire opera
ton will amount to approxima-
tely $4,000, paid for exclusively
by the affected landowners.
A fireplug with a two way out
let was installed near the Crock
& Shafer business place in the
center of Olive.
Trustees for the village on the
waterline project are William
Heppner, who is the treasurer,
Leander Crock and Gay Pitts.
There are three property own
ers who are eligible to the water
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14
Secresf Has Top
Voting Record
Goes On Record
With SO Percent

The house of representatives in
Washington took 70 roll call
votes in 1852 and Rep. Robert T.
Secrest, our representative from
the 18th district of Ohio, was re-
corded on 81 of them.
The roll call votes are the only
votes that 60 on the record and
Rep. Secrest went ION the re-
cord" SO percent of the time.
His 1852 percentage of SO per-
cent compared with his 1851
| figure of 90 percent. The average
House percentage for the 82nd
Congress was 86.8. The average
percentage in the House in the
81st Congress, in 1949 and 1850
was 84.7.
Rep. Secrest had an average
of SO percent of the on the re-
cord votes in the 81st Congress.
For comparison, here are the
82nd Congress (listed first) and
1852 on the record percentages
for the House party leaders:
John w. Mccormack ID.
Mass.), majority leader, 94-93; J.
Percy Priest ID. Tenn.), majority
whip, 97-97; Joseph w. Martin,
Jr., (R. Mass.), minority leader,
87-86; Leslie c. Arends (R. Ill.,,
minority whip, 1896.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-08-14

the Noble county courthouse
was largely attended, with
approximately 40 present.
Presided over by President
Robert Dennison, the group took
the matter under serious con-
sideration and after much gen.
eral discussion, the Saturday
opening was unanimously agreed
to.
Another matter, and a new
undertaking by the local chamber
of commerce, is the planned hal
loween festival to he beld in
Caldwell during the halloween
weekend. A definite date has yet
to be set. Chairman John Sham
hart is now working on the pro-
gram which will include a paint
ing project for the school chill
dren of the county and Caldwell.
The merchants of Caldwell
have agreed to provide window
space for the participants. Water
colors will be used and prizes
will be awarded to the best
painted or decorated window. An
evening of entertainment is also
Continued on Page Two)
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cars.
Mr.. Reed pointed out that he
was continuing in business as in
the past.
Wheeler and Bond were in
Detroit, Mich, the past weekend,
where they enjoyed a tour of the
Ford plant and watched the as
sembly line of the new 1858
tractors. They also viewed the
famous Ford museum. a
Employed at the Noble Tractor
Sales are Everett Cunningham,
salesman, Robert Larrick, me-
chanic and Dorothy Hurst, book
keeper.
Mr.. Bond also said today that
he and his Musical Farmers
would make a direct broadcast
over VILE, during the Noble
county fair. The broadcast will
originate from their booth at the
fair.