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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-01-29
AMONG THE
H0MEMAKERS

Potomac Valley Homemakers'
Club met in the Recreational Cen
ter, of Cabin John Gardens, on
January IL.
The president, Mrs. J. Rex Pim-
lott, told the club that it was neces-
sary for her to resign as president
CT the club, as she and the family
are moving to Frederick. The club
was deeply concerned and accepted
her resignation with regret for she
has done a very fine piece of work
with the club and has been most
helpful in writing of the activities
of the Extension Program in arti-
cles sent to various farm papers.
Her most recent one was in the
January issue of the Free State
Farmer"
After due elaboration, the club
held a short election and chose
Mrs. Louis Daniel to succeed Mrs.
Pimlott.
Mrs. Pimlott still wishes to keep
her membership in the club and to
get back as often as she can.
Mrs. Goodwin, of the American
Red Cross, asked the club to help
with the bloodmobile donation
which is to be held in March or
April in that area.
Mrs. N. M. Burgess turned a
substantial amount of money into
the club treasury realized from the
bird prints that had been sold.
This club has been most successful
in raising funds for their various
charities through this project.
After the business meeting the
Ho ne Demonstration Agent pre-
ser ted the demonstration on
ct. ends in Table Service" which
eau sed considerable discussion as
the traditionalists and contempor-
airy individuals argued the points
bro ught out in the demonstration.
JIomewood | Homemakers' Club
was met by the Home Demonstra-
ton Agent on January IL, at 8
PM, at the home of Mrs. C. j..
Aronson.
The president, Mrs. Ralph Rector,
had brought several thousand T..
B. notices that needed to have ad-
dresses pasted on them and while
she conducted the business meet
ing members took care of that task.
Everyone was very much inter-
ested in the talk on Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow which is the first
of the series on the study of nine
teenth century poets, which had
been prepared by Mrs. Carol Sleek,
First Vice President of the Home
makers Council.
This club was very receptive to
the ideas given in the demonstra-
ton on Trends in Table Service.
The Chestnut Ridge Group met
the evening of January 13 in the
home of Mrs. Mary Kastner. AS
this was the fourth meeting of this
group a slate of officers was pre-
scented, as they wish to become a
member of the Homemakers' Coun-
Gil.
The first president of Chestnut
Ridge Homemakers' Club is Mrs.
James w. Miller.
Stephen Knobs group met at the
home of Mrs. H. Cullison with the
largest attendance they have had
to date. Mrs. Leo Fisher, Chair
man, appointed Nominating Com
mittee to bring in slate of officers
to be voted on at the fourth meet
ing of the group.
The demonstration for the even
ing was show to repair an inner
spring cushion" The agent had
the various steps in the demonstra-
ton ready and by the time the
meeting was over, the cushion was
ready to take home and be placed
back in the chair to the delight
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-01-29

of Mrs. Richard ]. Payne, who was
cooperating.
The Comus Homemakers' Club
members were guests of their pre-
sident, Mrs. George Welker. The
club was pleased that Grandmother
Welker was there to enjoy the
meeting.
1t was good news to learn that
the little Morton boy is home and
is better.
Again there was a lively discus
sion in regard to the subject mat
ter given in the demonstration
Trends in Table Service"
Mrs. Welker served some of her
delicious fruit cake and in the
course of conversation about fruit
cake, she said that she had a fruit
cake that was about 1875 years old
and went out to the pantry and
brought it in. 1t was stored in a
sealed glass container and was the
wedding cake of great aunt.
A new club is to be formed on
the evening of January 10 at the
home of Mrs. Homer Fatt, Hold
ridge Road, Glenmont Heights.
This makes the forty-third Home
makers organization.
There has been request for an
other club in the Georgetown
Heights area.
Mrs. Talmadge Watkins and Mrs.
Charles A. Watkins entertained the
Cedar Grove Homemakers Club at
their regular meeting on Monday,
January IL. Mrs. William John
son, president, presided over the
business meeting in which the
twenty-six members present dis
cussed plans and problems for the
new year.
Mrs. Wilbur Watkins, Sr., who
is chairman for the making of
toys, scrapbooks or other articles
fer Children's Hospital, showed the
group a number of scrapbooks
which she had finished and gave
instructions on how to make terry
scuffies for the children.
A talk and demonstration on
Trends in Table Settings" was
given by Mrs. Gladys Hinenburg.
Interest was shown by questions
and comments given in discussion
by the group.
At the close of the meeting the
hostesses served refreshments in
buffet style, consisting of ice cream
and cake with coffee, minis and
nuts.
The Clarksburg Homemakers
Club was entertained at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Day on Tuesday
afternoon, January 10. Mrs. Ken
meth King called the meeting TO
order. The business meeting in
cluded plans for various members
to attend training meetings or
schools which will be held at the
Extension Office during the next
few weeks.
Trends in Table Settings" was
discussed and demonstrated by Mrs.
Gladys Hinenburg. Members en-
tered into the discussion by asking
questions and making comments. q
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Gen. Dean to Stay in Tokyo
IS Days for Dysentery Care

down with malaria-although
the doctor here says it was prob
ably amoebic dysentery."
Gen. Dean said his prepara-
tions included saving dried fish
from his regular rationS. He
said he always was under guard
of at least one North Korean
master sergeant and his room
always was lighted-"an electric
light when we had electricity
and an oil lamp when we did
not"
MANY Near Misses"
Asked if American bombs ever
fell near the house he was held
in near Pyongyang, the general
said, ut seemed to me there
were many near misses"
He said, however, that guards
rushed him to an afraid shell
ter when the warning sounded.
Sometimes we wouldn't hear
them come in," he said, "be-
cause those jets would come in
low and fast" =.
In reply to a question as to
how he felt during bomb raids,
Gen. Dean said, Il hoped and
prayed they would hit a military
objective. I felt that even if
they hit this house they would
at least get this guard"
Evening star., 1953-09-06
THE SUNDAY STAR AS
Washington, D. C. -"
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1858

muniSt Affiliations while em.
ployed by the Federal govern.
ment; John Howard Lawson and
Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood writ
ers convicted Of contempt Of
Congress: the lawyers held in
contempt while defending top
Communist officials; and julius
and Ethel Rosenberg. executed
as spies for Russia.
The Attorney General, de-
scribing his department as NOV
ing in every possible direction
to thWart Communism, said the
FBI currently estimates Com
munist Party membership in
this country at lust under
25,000." However, he empha-
sized FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover's recent statement that
for every active party member.
there are 10 more persons will
ing and able to carry out their
orders"
That. said Mr.. Brownell, adds
up to a quarter million persons
who would collaborate or SYM
pathize with a movement to
overthrow our form Of govern
ment by force and violence"
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Philadelphia Wary
As, Science-Fiction
PorIey Blasts off
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S.
This staid old city takes a look
at the future today as more
than 1000 science-fiction fans
begin arriving for the three-day
18th annual World Science Fic-
ton convention which opens to-
morrow.
Philadelphians are in for a
shock tomorrow night with an
assortment of men from outer
space-mechanical robots, moon
men (and women), ETC., running
loose. The occasion is a cos
tune ball. highlight of the affair
for the readers, writer's, and
scientists attending.
On the serious side, the SCI
ence-fiction fans will exchange
views on the prospects of inter-
planetary travel in the immedi-
ate future. The list of speak
ers include Willy Ley, former
officer of the German Rocket So
ciety and author of the Con
quest of Space" and DR.. I. M.
Levitt, director of the Fels Plan
etarium here.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
BY The Assoel1isd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. B.
"A courageous young Jap
aneSe- American who won the
Medal of Honor in Korea. re-
turned to America today with
366 other former prisoners of
war and Immediately announced,
'this country is the most won-
derful in the world"
First to come ashore, S/Sergt.
Horoshi H Miyamura of Gallup,
N. Mex, was welcomed by Is
relatives, ranging in age from his
65-year-old father Yaichi to a
~ 2-year-old nephew, Ronnie
Tanikawa of Downey, Calf.
His attractive wife. Terry. as
she threw her relocated arms
around the handsome hero. said,
this iSethe happiest day of my
life; happier even than our we'd
ding day"
The 27-year-old sergeant
naturally did not wear the Medal
of Honor as he walked of the
transport Marine Adder. Though
he is very proud" of the "great
honor" the medal has not yet
been formally presented. He
wore only the infantry combat
badge.
"Out? YOu Bet"
Sergt. Miyamura, thin and
good looking, was asked if he
intended to get out of the Army
His answer was prompt: "You
bet. Right away"
Behind Miyamura, came 100
men destined for Letterman Hos
pital in the San Francisco Pre-
sidio. Only one was a litter
patient-Corpl. David 0. Ortiz
OF Fresno, Calf. The rest were
walking, and in uniform.
Some of these men were due
only for a physical check-ur
before being processed for re-
lease. Those with friends ano
relatives at the Fort Mason dock
visited with them before going
to the hospital while their COM
rades boarded hospital buses.
All but six of the ex-POWs
were Army men. There were five
Marines and one airman.
1919 on Rotation.
Also returning aboard the
Adder were 1919 other military
personnel returning on rotation
from Korea. Long after the
former prisoners of war had left
the dock, these men were still
on the ship.
They were leaning over the
rail, carrying on shouted con.
versations with relatives on the
pier. The shouting was almost
conversational in tone, the ship
Evening star., 1953-09-06
By the Assoeicted Press

TOKYO, Sunday, Sept. g.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, held
in solitary confinement by the
Communists for three years, an
nounced today he would remain
in Tokyo is days under care of
an Army specialist. He said he
had a trace of amoebic dysen-
terry.
Gen. Dean said he was in ex-
cellent health otherwise and felt
splendid.
The general, who commanded
Americas first division in the
Korean war and won the Medal
of Honor for his fighting leader
ship at Taejon. indicated he
would retire from the Army
soon.
He said he had promised his
family that after he had COM
pleted 80 years in the Army he
would devote his time to them.
IF I live up to that promise
/ will have to do it (retire),"
he said.
At First Church Service.
Gen. Dean attended Protestant
Episcopal services today at st.
Luke's chapel.
This is the first time I've
been to church since June, $780,"
he said. THAT time ! was in
Korea"
Gen. Dean received commun-
ion from the Rev. Judson Lee
man. vicar of st. Luke's. After
the service, he visited a half
hour with the Rt. Rev. Henry
Knox of New York, who had
preached the sermon.
The general, who won the
Medal of Honor for his fighting
leadership against North Korean
tank columns at Taejon, said he
spent months plotting escape
while a captive but was watched
so closely he never had a chance
to make a break for freedom.
Always Planned Escape.
He said at a news conference
he had planned to escape his
North Korean captors from the
minute I was captured"
But in the first year of my
captivity. illness kept me from
it." he said. From August, 1852,
l made preparations but the day
before the date I set I came
Evening star., 1953-09-06
BAT Transatlantic Hop
Aqain Smashes Record
BY the Assoeiated Press

TAMPA, Fla, Sept. 5.-Trans-
atlantic crossing records from
England to MacDill Air Force
Base are falling like pins in a
bowling alley.
1t. Col. Benjamin B. Klose
piloted a BAT Stratojet bomber
from Fairford, England to Tam
pa today in 8 hours 7 minutes.
That bettered by six minutes a
new mark set only Friday by
Col. Michael Mccoy, the flying
grandfather.
Fourteen planes from the
305th Bomb Wing, which had
been stationed in England for
three months, returned to their
home base at MacDill today.
The 305th is swapping places
with Che 306th which now is in
the process of flying to England.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Honor Medal Winner Leads
POWs Ashore in California

deck and the wharf were so
close.
Among the crowd of several
hundred was Corpl. Willis
Pontious of Macy, Ind, who
came in on the transport Haven
yesterday. He was there to greet
friends he made during q
months as a prisoner in North
Korea.
One mother, who is accus-
toned to having sons go to
war, almost collapsed when her
youngest boy came home.
She is Mrs. Josephine Bala-
menti of Cleveland. Five of her
ten sons fought in World War II.
Three of them were on hard
with her to welcome home Pvt.
Sam Balamenti, who was a
prisoner of war for % months.
Evening star., 1953-09-06

nese and 1900 North Korea1.s
held by the Allies have refused
to return to Red rule. These do
not include $1,000 anti-Com-
munist North Koreans who were
released by their South Korean
guards last June.
Prisoners of both sides refus-
ing voluntary repatriation will
be moved to a camp in the de-
militarized zone. They will be
guarded by Indian troops while
explanation teams" from the
Allied and Communist sides seek
to win them back.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
BrowneII
Continued From First Page.

Guild as representative of the
independent. liberal bar"
Lists Major Trials.
Mr.. Brownell said the Guild
had 1nterceded ION behalf of the
Communists" in nearly every
major case involving the party
or its fronts.
He listed the cases of Ger
hardt Eisler, who skipped the
country after convictions for
passport fraud and contempt of
Congress: Carl Aldo Marzani,
convicted of concealing Com
to the Communist Party line"
Guild President Earl B. Dick
erson of New York denied the
accusation and said the Guild
will demand a hearing and fight
against being put on the Red
list. Mr.. Dickerson described the
Evening star., 1953-09-06
; GIs Killed in Korea
In Bomb Disposal Blast
By the Associaied Press

The Defense Department today
reported three members of a
Marine bomb disposal squad lost
their lives Thursday in a mishap
in Korea.
An information officer said
Capt. Benjamin C.. Porter and
Sergt. John Ogden Bird, both of
Denver, and third man. a
corporal whose name was with
held pending notification of next
of kin, were killed in an acci-
dental explosion.
He said no details of the
miShap have been reported to
the Pentagon and an investiga-
ton still is under way.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Held in Manchuria,
B29 Pilot Reveals;
GriIIed on Germs
BY the Associated Press

FREEDOM VILLAGE, Sunday,
Sept. 6. - An American B29
superfort pilot freed by the
Communists today said he and
10 crew members were held cap
tive in Manchuria seven months.
Capt. Theodore R. Harris of
Van Nuys, Calf, last allieo pris-
oner released by the Communists
in Operation Big Switch. said
the Reds held him in Mukden
and charged him with germ
warfare and many other crimes. !"
Capt. Harris was the aircraft
commander for a reconnaissance
B29 bomber shot down July 4,
1852 by Red anti-aircraft fire
and five MIG Jets.
Eleven men of the 13-man
crew survived. All II were taken
to Mukden on Jan. Is, 1858
where they were held separately
in solitary confinement until
they left Mukden last Sept. 2,
Capt. Harris said.
Prepared Confessions Presented.
He went on:
He was questioned almost
continuously but refused TO give
military information or to sign
confessions" of germ warfare
chemical warfare and other
"war crimes" Prepared confess
sions were presented to him to
sign.
He could not say what hap
pened to other members of his
crew during their long imprison-
ment. He has not been allowed
to talk to any of them since they
were taken to Mukden.
The 10 other crew members
came to Kaesong in the same
train with him, but were still
segregated there and at Kaesong.
AS far as he knew all the other
crew members have been re-
patriated but he has had no
chance to talk with any of them.
Mental Strain Constant.
Throughout the time he was
held at Mukden, Capt. Harris
said, he was not mistreated
physically-but:
They kept menta! strain
on me but was able to hold off.
"I signed nothing. admitted
nothing. I would not confess to
false charges"
Capt. Harris said he knew he
had been taken across the Yalu
River into Manchuria but that
he did not know definitely until
yesterday that he had been held
at Mukden.
Yesterday a guard-interpreter
''let it slip that that is where
and my men had been held
separately, Capt. Harris said.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
North Koreans Hate
Chinese for Power
Grab, POW Asserts
By the Assoeiotod Press

INCHON, Korea, Sunday, Sept.
GA released American prisoner
who speaks Korean fluently and
talked to North Koreans on the
sly said today the Koreans have
a slowly simmering hatred for
their power-snatching Chinese
Red bosses.
1.-THE Chinese and North
Koreans mutually disliked each
other" said 1st 1t. John E. Cald-
well, jr., of Ocala, Fla, in an
interview.
There was no doubt about
that. The Chinese held the power
and the Koreans could not open
ly show their hostility.
81 once saw a small Korean
child run out at a group of
Chinese in a distinctly hostile
attitude toward them. The
mother, frantic with fear, dashed
out and grabbe the child and
put him inside the house. It
was evident that the kid had
heard his parents talking in
strongly unfavorable terms about
the Chinese"
Had Sly Conversations.
1t. Caldwell, a Korean Military
Advisory Group officer, was freed
September 2. He said the Chinese
Reds forbade prisoners to talk
with civilians under pain of pun
ishment but he kept secret the
fact he knew Korean and man
aged conversations on the sly
during imprisonment dating back
to November 80, 1850.
Chinese Reds were prominent
everywhere. 1t. Caldwell saw
villages entirely inhabited by
Chinese. Apparently the Korean
populace had been moved else
where.
Chinese ran North Korea'S
transportation system.
"The railway guards, the
brakeman, the locomotive driver
and the station personnel were
all Chinese" he said.
eff we saw any Koreans they
were usually doing menial tasks
or work subServient to the
Chinese"
1t. Caldwell never saw a Ko-
rean eating rice.
"The Chinese soldiers were
eating kaoliang "a kind of sor-
ghum) and rice" he said.
There was no question about
the Chinese eating much better
than the Koreans"
"The North Korean people en-
tertained an unholy fear of the
Chinese" 1t. Caldwell said at
another point.
whenever any one gave us
anything they would ask us not
to tell the Chinese.
1.-THE Koreans were forced to
do all the menial labor for the
Chinese political officers. Only
the Chinese military soldiers
did their own work.
When men were not avail
able, Korean women were forced
TO do work for the Chinese. The
Korean workers were paid of in
kaoliang and corn
1t. Caldwell said there was
sound reason for believing that
North Korea's population has
been drastically depleted. He
said observers believe that S to
10 million North Koreans either
were killed or have fled into
South Korea, reducing the pop
ulation there to about 3 million.
When the Korean war began,
South Korea had 81 million.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Iris Society Formed

CAPETOWN.-More than 100
iris lovers recently formed the
Iris Society of Southern Africa.
Twelve horticultural societies
from various provinces in the
Union have already affiliated
with the new group.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
POWs
Continued From First Page)

(ConClnueo from E1rSC Fage0
contrast to earlier groups. Some
were bundled in blankets.
Most of the final group of
Americans were pallid and gray.
They looked much older than the
average prisoner returned here
tofore-all indications of harsh
treatment.
There were 30 officers and 19
enlisted men in the first group
of 80 released. Many were majors
and lieutenant colonels. Others
were captains and lieutenantS.
Some had to be helped to the
allied reception center by Marine
guards.
One man carried a 3-foot
wooden crucifix he had carved
while in captivity.
Three released colonies rode
back in a Russian jeep. One is
Marine 1t. Col. Frank Schwable
of Arlington, Va. The Communists
had used his name in broad
casting proof" of germ warfare
in a long propaganda statement
last year.
The so-called confession" was
widely exploited by the Commu-
mist press throughout the world.
1t was labeled false by Wash
ington.
Arlington Man Not Interviewed.
Newsmen we're not allowed to
interview Col. Schwable at Free
dom Village. It was not known
if he had asked not to meet the
press or if the doctors had de-
cided he was not in good enough
physical condition for immediate
interviews.
Other flyers whose names had
been associated with Col.
Schwable to return included 1t.
Paul KniSs, of Monmouth, ILL.,,
and San Antonio, Tex; 1t. John
Quinn Of Altadena, Calf; 1t.
Kenneth Enochs. Youngstown,
Ohio; 1t. Floyd O'Neal. Fairfax,
S. c.. and Maj. Roy H. Bley of
Cabool, Mo. Maj. Bley's wife
lives at Santa Ana, Calf.
These were the so called "BW
Geological warfare) boys"
Communist newsman Wilfred
Burchett. who witnessed the ex-
change, said Is American flyers
had confessed" to germ war
charges.
Reds Warned by U. N.
The United Nations Command
yesterday gave the Communists
a list of men known to have
been captured by the Reds but
not yet liberated.
I'VE shall ask for an explana-
tion of their non-appearance" if
the men should not be among
those returned today, the U. N.
told the Reds.
"These persons have been
identified as prisoners of war
through your own efforts,
through broadcasts of your radio
stations. through supported
statements of our repatriateS
and through letters these men
have mailed while in your
camps" the U. N. told the Reds.
(Peiping's Red Radio said
the Communists also had
handed over lists of several
hundred Reds who they said
"are being withheld by the
Americans
The Communists have gained
approximately six to one over
the Allies in the total prisoners
exchanged at the close to today's
operations.
Today's exchange boosts the
American total to 1887, or 284
more than the 1913 the Reds
admitted they held at the start
of operation Big Switch.
Communist officials nave told
the Allies that about 400 U. N
prisoners have refused repatria-
ton. OF these only about 20 are
non-Koreans.
In contrast, about 14,5OO Chi
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Policeman Grobs Pigs,
But Troubles Continue
BY the Assoeiuted Press

ANADARKO, Okla. Police
man Bill johnson found two pigs
running loose in the northeast
residential district and spent q
putting few minutes before he
roped them.
Then the frightened porkers
dragged Mr.. johnson several
more blocks before he finally got
them loaded into q borrowed
truck.
I, guess nothing more can
happen now" he sighed as he
got into the truck to drive the
pigs to the police station. Mr..
Johnson got a few blocks-and
the truck ran out of gas.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Power Failure Durkens
Lights IS Minutes

A power failure knocked out
electric light and power in parts
Of the Southwest section and
nearby Arlington for about IS
minutes last night.
It took a little longer to re-
store street lighting in the vi
cinity Of the jefferson Memorial,
however, a spokesman for the
Potomac Electric Power Co., said.