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Evening star., 1953-09-14
POW Returns Home
To Mother and Her
Chocolate Cakes

A family reunion and a big
chocolate cake were waiting for
Corpl. George H. Ford, %, a
released prisoner of war, when
he stepped off a plane at Ma
tional Airport this morning.
Word of his burning desire
for a chocolate cake like my
mother can bake" was sent
ahead to Mrs. Gwinnett l.. Ford
of 161 Hickman street Sc, by
her son.
He telephoned his mother a
few minutes after he landed
from the transport Marine
Phoenix, in San Francisco, yes
terday,
Captured Just Before Truce.
Next to seeing her and other
members of his family, the
mother said. her sons desire was
for that cake he dreamed about
while languishing in a Korean
prison camp.
In addition to his family,
Corpl. Ford was met at the air.
port by Waldron E. Leonard,
veterans adviser for the Dis
trict. Mr.. Leonard asked the
soldier to lead a pledge of al
legiance TO the flag at Citizen
ship Day ceremonies at 2 pm.
Thursday on the Washington
Monument Grounds.
Corpl. Ford accepted and said
he was honored by the invita-
tion.
A computer for an artillery
unit, Corpl. Ford was captured
Evening star., 1953-09-14
377 Former Captives
Land Amid Scenes
OF Joy and Pathos
By the Assoeiutsd Prs,s

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IA
Planes, trains, busseS and autos
sped happiness across the Nation
today. Another shipload of re-
patriated prisoners of war had
docked and 377 more soldiers
were home.
For most it was a quick trip
through the processing lines and
then home. For some it was a
slight delay at Letterman Cen
eral Hospital while their medical
histories were checked.
None would be long from the
arms Of his loved ones.
: The Marine Phoenix, sixth of
the freedom vessels, is a large
imperSonal thing. But its cargo
was human happiness and heart
break.
Happiness spilled over the
decks and flowed around the
pier. An infantry captain pushed
close against the rail, laughing
and crying at the same time.
Mothers and wives screamed
Historically at the sight of
familiar face. Fathers wept
quietly.
But there also was heartbreak.
1--WE Buried Him."
Mrs. Ola Riddle of Richmond,
Calf, met the ship. Not in hopes
of seeing her husband; he had
never been repatriated. But to
learn something about him from
an Army buddy.
The truth came quickly.
He wandered out of the hut
in the middle of winter. He was
starving to death. We found him
in the snow the next day and
We buried him."
Thus did Mrs. Riddle learn
that Sergt. Hoyle T. Riddle, 80.
was dead.
Il just couldn't give up" she
said. the words catching in her
throat. But now somehow ]
feel better"
Corpl. Ralph w. Meier of
White Lake, S. OAK, knew some
thing was up" when he read
letters from his wife and mother
shortly after leaving the ship.
But 1t was a reporter who
broke the news: Corpl. Meier's
wife had remarked, thinking
him dead.
Il had never heard anything
about it. :. didn't know any,
thing about it. 4. I don't know
what to say"
II Don't Know What to Say"
He gazed across San Francisco
Bay and took quick, nervous
puffs, chain smoking cigarettes
while the story unfolded.
His wife Ava, only Is when
he married her shortly before
entering the Army, had married
Herald Kapsch of Mitchell,
S. Oak. last March. That mar
riage was annulled when she
learned Corpl. Meier was alive
and a captive of the Reds.
Il don't know how this will
work out or how I want it to
work out" she said last month
at the home Of relatives in South
Bend, Ind.
Corpl. Meier was captured De-
cember 81, 1851. About his cap
tivity he would say only "the
Reds are no rotten good"
About his tangled marital af-
fairs he commented: Il don't
want to be rude. But I just
don't want to talk about it or
answer questions or anything"
Evening star., 1953-09-14

OH, HAPPY DAY - COrpl.
George H. Ford, %, of 161
Hickman street Sc, a re-
leased POW, buys travellers
checks last night in San
Francisco for his Homecoming
here today. -AP WirephOtO.
just IL days before the truce was
signed. He told reporters in San
Francisco his forward observa-
ton post was overrun.
With Corpl. Ford was another
area POW, Pfc. Charles Honey
cutt, %, of Damascus. Md.
Reunited in Prison.
Corpl. Ford and Pfc. Honey
cutt trained together in Arkansas
in March, 1852, and didn't meet
again until they were placed in
the same prison camp.
Pfc. Honeycutt, born in Roam
Mountain Tenn, was drafted
from Damascus, where his
mother, Mrs. Ralph Nealan lives.
He was member of the Booth
Battalion of the Armored Field
Artillery's Battery A.
He was captured one day after
Corpl. Ford in the KumWa Kun
song area.
Corpl. Ford, a college sopho-
more when he went into service,
says he intends to finish his
schooling and become a teacher.
Was Church SOlOiSt.
His other great interest in life,
he said, is singing. Before leav-
ing for overseas he was baritone
soloist with the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Zion Metropolitan
Wesley Church in the 200 block D
street S.W.
Another area POW reported
on his way home is M/Sergt.
George Morar, %, of the Air
Force. His wife, Mrs. Betty L.
Morar lives with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Louthan. on
Route 4, Rockville, Md.
Sergt. Morar, who earned the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Silver Medal in Korea, was
expected to reach Washington
by plane this afternoon.
Young Soldier Returns.
Another area prisoner of war
returned home yesterday and
was greeted at Union Station
by his sister, Mrs. Max M. Mich
OILS. of 241 Burroughs street.
Fairfax Woods. Fairfax, Va.
He is Pfc. Charles E. Elliott,
20, one of the youngest prisoners
to be released by the Commu-
nists. He was freed alter q
months in a prison camp and ar
rived in San Francisco last
Wednesday, his birthday.
Hes feeling fine. though he
lost a lot of weight" Mrs. Nichols
said. He hasn't soften his ap-
petite back yet but when he
starts eating we'll put a little
weight on him"
Evening star., 1953-09-14
POWs
Continued From First Page J

to. hear explanations why they
should return home and wait
while the political conference
tries to work, out their fate.
If the problem isn't settled by
about January 25, 1854, those
remaining will be freed as
civilians.
The first $50 Chinese being
brought to the demilitarized zone
this morning baked at being sep
arated from $50 others who ac-
companied them.
However. the Indian camp
commander, Maj. Gen. S. p. P.
Thorat. gave them IS minutes to
move in. The prisoners entered
the compound quickly.
Gen. Thorat explained he felt
he did not have enough men to
control any outburst of trouble
IN group of 500. Only about half
OF the 5000 Indian soldiers who
will guard the POWs are in the
neutral zone. The rest were ex-
pected to arrive by September. 25.
Other Members Approve.
Throughout the transfer, Gen.
Thorat explained to the repre-
sentatives of the repatriation
commission what action he was
taking and received approval
from the Czech, Polish, Swiss
and Swedish members.
Meanwhile, the four nation
truce supervisory commission met
at Panmunjom in what its chair
man called a routine session.
Maj. Gen. Sven Grafstrom,
Swedish delegate and chairman,
said the commission received
statistical reports from it's SUI
pervisory teams stationed in
North and South Korea and
scheduled another session tomor-
row.
He said the Polish delegate
did not bring up his expected
protest in the case of Polish
interpreter Jan Hajdukiewicz,
who last week bolted to Ameri-
can political asylum.
At the last meeting on Sat-
urday the Polish delegate
charged that Mr.. Hajdukiewicz
had been kidnapped by American
Army officers and demanded his
immediate return.
Communist members of the
Joint military armistice commits
sion so far have given no indica-
ton if and when they will reply
to an allied demand for an &C
counting of almost $500 allied
troops once known to have been
prisoners but never released or
reported dead.
The allies last Wednesday
handed the Communists a list
which included more than 900
Americans.
The u. N. demanded their
return or an accounting.
Evening star., 1953-09-14

manent United States delegate,
came back from a vacation last
night to join the group, which
includes his deputy, James
WadSworth. and these alternate
delegates: James D. Zellerbach,
San Francisco industrialist; Ar
chlbald j. Carey, jr., minister in
a Chicago African Methodist
Episcopal church: DR.. Charles
Mayo, of the Mayo Clinic, and
Mrs. OsWard B. Lord, a member
OF the U. N. human rights COM
mission.
Byrnes Veteran With Russians.
Mr.. Byrnes, now governor of
South Carolina, was Secretary of
State under President Truman
in 1945 and 1946. He has dealt
with the Russians in Big -Four
meetings and at the Paris peace
conference in 1916.
He is no stranger to Russia's
chief delegate, Andrei V!shinsky,
and Jacob Malik. The latter,
now Russian ambassador in Lon
oon, is due here tomorrew to
help Mr.. ViShinsky. Mr.. Malik's
assignment was regarded as a
sure tip that the Russians would
come up with some new disarm-
ament proposal based on their
claim of having mastered the
hydrogen bomb.
The Russians also NAV count
on Mr.. Malik's experience in
London to help the Soviet bloc
campaign to split the United
States and Britain. The Reds
worked hard on it last month
trying to. make the most of a
dispute over seating India in
the peace conference. But they
tailed and Britain has since
moved closer to the United
States with a promise to support
any move to postpone giving Red
emma a U. N. seat now.
Chou's telegram said his gov
ernment cannot be satisfied"
with the U. N. plan for a two
sided conference and expresses
deep regret at it."
His proposed conference line
up did not differ in principle
from the Russian plan for a
round-table of belligerents and
'neutrals" rejected last month
by the Assembly. Though the
Assembly, adopted plan provided
for only belligerents on the U. N
side, it agreed to Russian attend
ance on the Communist side.
ChOu's Proposal.
Chou proposed:
l. That the conference be at
tended by all nations of the two
warning sides-the 16 U. N. al
lies, Red China. and North and
south Korea; and by the five
"neutrals."
2. That the conference take
the form of a round-table but
that decisions must obtain the
unanimous agreement of both
oelllgerent sides in Korea.
3. That the conference settle
korea's future and then go on
to other Far Eastern questions
The United States has consist
emily maintained that a Korean
settlement must be followed by
general Far East conference
with a wider membership.
4. That as soon as the compo-
sition of the conference is set
tled through negotiation, the two
belllgerent sides in Korea con-
suit and make arrangements for
the place and time of the con-
ference.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Virginia Accountants Elect

ROANOKE, Va. Sept. IA (P.-
Samuel H. Baker of Richmond
was elected president of the
Virginia Society of Public Ac-
countants at the concluding ses-
sion of the society's 44th annual
meeting here. Other new officers
include Ralph P. Young of Win
chester, vice president.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Reds New Proposal
For Talks on Korea
Due 10 Stir Up u. n.
By the Assoclated Pies,

BY the Assoc,ated Press
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Sept. 14.-Tension built-up
again in the United Nations to-
day as explosive new debate be-
came certainty in the wake of
Communist China's demands for
round table" Korean peace
conference.
A spokesman for the United
States at once emphatically re-
jected the Peiping proposals,
made in a long telegram yester-
day from Chinese Premier-For
eign Minister Chou En-lai to
U. N Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold.
Communist North Korea
announced today that it fully
supports Red China and has
sent a telegram to Mr.. Ham
marskiold detailing It's posi-
ton. The message was broad
cast by Radio Pyongyang in
the North Korean capital and
was heard by the Associated
Press in Tokyo0
OratOrical Battle Seen.
With the U. N. General AS
sembly opening tomorrow, del
egates prepared for another or
atorical battle over Chou's de-
mands that Russia, India. Bur-
ma, PakiStan and Indonesia be
invited to the peace conference
as "neutrals," and that Red
China and North Korea be in
vited to send representatives to
the U N. Assembly ito discuss
the question of enlarging the
membership of the political con-
ference"
In Paris, the French Foreign
Office termed Red China's coun-
ter-proposals unacceptable" In
London, a Foreign Office spokes-
man said they were being given
careful study" The British said
they had not been consulted in
advance of the American rejec-
ton.
United States Assistant Sec
retary of State Robert Murphy
voiced the American rejection,
telling the American Association
for the United Nations in a
speech IN New York that the
America plan for a two-sided
conferencemust be carried out.
The Assembly approved this
plan, 43-5, last month.
Sees No Reason for Debate.
Mr.. Murphy said the United
States Government "sees no
reason whatever" for new AS
sembly debate on the conference
makeup, or for inviting the Red
Chinese to the Assembly. But
delegates generally felt the, ,ques-
ton would break into the open
soon after the body elects its
officers and organizes for what
is supposed to a three-month
session.
Qualified quarters said that
the United States, rather than
risk having no peace conference
at all, would withdraw its op-
position to renewed debate.
United States delegates gath
cred in New York for their first
briefing on the new develop
ment and on other American
policies for the coming session.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles arrived last night to at
tend the Assembly opening and
conferred with Mr.. Murphy.
This mornings session of the
delegation at the United States
mission headquarters on Palk
avenue was the first time that
the new delegateS-Gov. James
F. Byrnes, Henry Ford II,
Representatives Bolton, Repub-
lican, of Ohio and Richards,
Democrat, of South Carolina
had a chance to sit at their own
round table and determine their
tasks in the Assembly and it's
seven committees.
Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.. per-
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Peiping Radio Hints
Truce Is Possible
In Indo-Chinu War
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Sept. 14.-The Com
munist Peiping radio limited
broadly today that negotiated
truce is possible in the long and
bloody Indo-C China war
The demand for peace from
people throughout the world
forced the American aggressors
to stop the war in Korea" the
broadcast declared. Their
power can force the imperialists
to abandon their arms in Wet
Nam"
The Chinese language broad
cast heard here declared "the
Wet Nam peoples Just struggle
to defend peace and win indie
pendence will be Fundamentally
supported by all the peace-loving
peoples of Asia"
A State Department spokes-
man said the broadcast was not
interpreted in Washington as a
truce offer. He said the broad
cast was the same type of prop
aganda as pours out of Peipine
every day. attacking so-called
American and French imperial
lists. and mentioned do-China
only incidentally.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Quokes Frequent

TOKYO.-Japan has an aver
age of 1,500 earthquakes an
nually or about four shocks every
"a hours.
Evening star., 1953-07-09

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Evening star., 1953-07-09
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Evening star., 1953-11-09
Navy Rescues Three
As Destroyer Escort
Rams Cabin Cruiser
RX the Associnfed Press

LODGE, Va, Nov. 9.-The
Navy was both villain and hero
to three Virginia men who were
rescued from the chill Potomac
River yesterday after their cabin
cruiser was rammed by heavy
destroyer escort.
Vernon L. Gallagher of Lodge,
Northumberland County, Va;
Roland M. Dameron, jr., of
Richmond, and Willard A.
Cralle of Village, said the small
homemade cruiser went to
pieces" when it was hit from
astern by the Destroyer Escort
Robert F. Keller, en- route from
Washington to Havana, Cuba,
on a two-week training cruise.
Shortly afterward. a patrol
craft accompanying the Keller
the PC 1168-hauled Mr.. Gal
lagher and Mr.. Dameron from
the river and removed Mr.. Cralle
from the boat, to which he was
still clinging. Despite heavy
damage, the boat stayed afloat.
Mr.. Gallagher said he and
the other two men were in the
cabin of the boat and were not
aware of the approach of the
1,450-ton Keller until the acci-
dent happened in mid-afternoon.
when they were en- route home
after a fishing trip near Tall
Timbers, on the Maryland side
of the Potomac.
Fortunately, all three wore
life jackets. After being picked
up by the PC they were landed,
none the worse for wear, at
Piney Point, Md, and later made
their way home in a private
boat.
The patrol craft towed the
heavily damaged cabin cruiser
to shore while carrying the res
cued men to Piney Point.
In Washington, the Potomac
River Naval Command said it
had received no report from the
Keller or the PC concerning the
accident.
The Keller was carrying about
so Naval, Marine and Coast
Guard reServists.
Evening star., 1953-11-09

M. Steele and Mrs. Kenneth
Boyle, leading houSe-to-house
canvass for funds, made it clear
that the drive is intended to
show the neighborhood's esteem
for the family and does not indi-
cate they are destitute.
They pointed out, however,
that the little victims sister,
Anne Renee, 2, recently was hos
pitalized for several weeks after
an accident and that Mr.. Ridge
way, an offset pressman at the
Commerce Department, got a
"rif' notice last month and later
took a two-grade cut.
Under such circumstances, "
said Mrs. Steele. "any Of US
would welcome a little help"
The Ridgeways have one other
child, James Randall, 10 months
old,
Mr.. Ridgeway, 90, was born in
Southeast Washington. He was
a member of Battery E. 260th
Coast Artillery. District National
Guard, from 1910 to 1945 and is
veteran of Pacific and Euro
pean theater engagements.
Scores of persons saw the
roped-of well yesterday while
Acting 1t. Wilson j. Purdy, in
command of the Upper Marlboro
station, and Detective Sergt.
James p. Kearns sought to learn
who is responsible for the
| tragedy.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Fairfax Women Voters
To Hold AII-DaY Program

The Fairfax County League Of
Woman Voters will conduct an
all-day "Know Your County"
program at the Annandale
School November 81.
Speakers and the topics they
will cover include: Carlton Mas
sey, county executive, and G..
Wallace Carper, chairman Of the
Board of County Supervisors, ad-
ministration; Homer Hoyt, who
is conducting an economic survey
of the county, and Planning Di-
rector Herbert Schumann, plan
ming; Mrs. Anne wilkins of the
Board of Supervisors, and County
Sanitation Engineer Harry Hale,
sanitation; Mrs. Almorine Crow
ther, school board chairman.
School Supt. w. T. .Woodson and
Mrs. Jane Wellemeter, PTA Fed
Grafton president, schools.
Information and reservations
may be made through Mrs.
Luther Johnston.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Alert Handyman Aids
Police in Capture Of
Restaurant Burglars

An alert handyman yesterday
helped Falls Church police in
the capture of three men who,
police said, were caught stuffing
their pockets with money from
a cash register.
Charged with burglary and
grand larceny and held under
$4,000 bond each were Thornhill
Gillian. 80; Robert Lee Ray. SO
and John Alexandria Canada,
so, all of Baltimore.
Falls Church Police Sergt. r. l.
Adams, who with Police Pvt
Robert N. Witherow made the
arrests, said John F. Stevens, a
colored employe of the Darda-
nelles Restaurant in Falls
Church, called police around 4
am. after spotting a panel truck
parked alongside the restaurant
The employe admitted police
Through a side door. Inside the
three men had just taken $183
from a cash register and were
busy Stuffing the bills into their
pockets, police said.
Sergt. Adams said the men
broke in by cutting screen wire
from a vent hole. Burglars tools
were found on the men and in
the truck, he said.
Preliminary hearing of the
case was set for November 19
in Falls Church Police Court.
Alexandria police said they
would question the men in re-
gard to five recent robberies ir
that city.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Teachers to Work
During Part of
Arlington Holiday

Arlington County teachers
won't enjoy the same week-long
Thanksgiving holiday as their
students.
For three days of Thanksgiv-
ing week-November %, "a and
25-the teachers will participate
in a training program to brush
up on their teaching.
Elementary teachers will hold
their training sessions at STRAIT
ford Junior High School. The
main emphasis will be on the
teaching of reading.
Junior high school teachers
will hold their principal classes
at Swanson Junior High, shop
teachers will meet at Washing
ton-Lee High, and home eco
nomics teachers will meet at
Stratford.
Senior high teachers will work
at their individual buildings,
under the direction Of DR.. Har-
old Wilson, principal Of Wake
field.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
New Citizens Association
Planned in South Fairfax

Residents of South-Central
Fairfax County propose to or
ganize a new citizens associ-
alton at 8 pm, November II, at
the Fairview Elementary School,
on Route 1913.
It is to be known as the OK
Road Civic Association. The area
it is to cover is roughly bounded
by Fairfax Courthouse on the
north, Burke on the east, Lor-
ton on the south and Clifton on
the west. The name comes from
Route 1913, which has been
known since Colonial days as
the OK road.
Letters have been sent to every
known resident of the area, in
viting them to attend the organ
iZation meeting.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
By the Asseeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 9.-Rob-
ert N. Lucke of Severna Park,
a University of Maryland grad
uate, heads the new Maryland
Alcohol Tax Enforcement Unit,
which will be out to get moon
sinners and illegal importers of
whisky. sn.-
Mr.. Lucke was appointed yes
terday by State Constroller j.
Millard Tawes, under whose de-
partment the enforcement unit
will operate.
Mr.. TaweS said Mr.. Lucke will
work from headquarters in An
napolis and will have an assist
ant and five investigators yet
to be named. He said the agency
will operate on a Statewide
basis but attention will be con-
centrated first on the District
of Columbia boundary in an ef-
fort to stop big importation of
liquor being shipped without
payment of Maryland taxes.
Will Have Police Powers.
Members of the unit will have
7 police powers and eventually will
have the use of three automobiles
with radios operating on the
same wave length assigned
Maryland State Police. Al
though the agents will not be
uniformed, they will be armed.
The agency was authorized by
the 1852 Legislature to police
illicit distilling in the State, pro-
/ mote law compliance with re-
spect to the importation of al
coholic beverages and encourage
a better enforcement of such law
throughout the entire State"
Big Operators Are Target.
With regard to the importing
of whisky from Washington, Mr..
TaweS said:
eve are not after the individ-
ual who brings an occasional
Evening star., 1953-11-09
.Lucke Heads Maryland Agency
Created to Curb BootIeqqinq

fifth of liquor into Maryland.
Our target is the criminal, boot
logger type who thinks in terms
of truckloads of illicit cargo"
The budget proposed by Mr..
Tawes for the new agency allots
$4,000 to salaries, including
$5, 500 for Mr.. Lucke as chief in
vestigator, and an additional
$i4,050 for other expenses in
cluding purchase of the three
automobiles.