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Evening star., 1953-06-30

though hot-shot young sub
mariner known as Captain Nep-
tune, the sharpest underwater
man since Davey Jones. He Is
so sharp, as a matter Of fact,
that he managed to get himself
in the villains clutches before
the first episode was over.
The special effects men have
done a pretty good job on some
of the underwater business, but
that's about all that can be said,
The pseudo-scientiflc approach
is much too pseudo. What NBC
has failed to take into account
is that the young in the audi
ence they're aiming at know a
lot more than did Pop, who
trained on Jules Verne and Tom
Swift. They know about radar
and sonar and a lot of other
things and they are likely to
regard Captain Neptune with
amusement if not boredom.
Operation Neptune" is no
Captain Video." It had better
be back to the space academy
for these writer's, NBC. Fresh
man Glass.
OVERDONE - DuMont has
come up with an attempt to
draw upon the wisdom of what
might be called our elder states
men in Washington Exclusive
CWTTG-Sunday, 1880 p.m)
It is a debate pitting three
former Democratic Senators
against three former Republican
Senators Cor. let that read three
Democratic former Senators and
three Republican former Sena-
tors).
Some attempt has been made
to pattern the proceedings after
a real Senate session. Three ex-
Senators sit at desks on each
side of a center aisle. They ad-
dress the moderator, Frank Nc
Naughton, as "Mr. President y
Mr.. McNaughton raps a gave
for order, and two page boys
whisk about with messages.
1t is quite a formal. Unfor-
tunately, washington Exclu-
siye" is not much of a show. II
is commendable Of DuMont, o1
course, to try to find work fol
Senators who have been re-
jected by their constituencies
but this particular work is moi
adding much to our enlighten-
ment.
On Sunday, for instance, thu
boys were discussing the cut ir
the military budget. You never
saw two party lines followed
more closely amid cries Of "Will
the Senator yield?" On one side
it was "Do you think Gen. Van
denberg doesn't know how big
an Air Force we need?" On the
other it was do you think that
great military man, our great
President, doesn't know what
the military needs are?"
Very little new information
was added during the debate,
nor was much excitement
whipped UP among the verbiage.
4 X X X
REPLACEMENT-The search
for requirements for the recu-
perating Arthur Godfrey seems
to be ranging wider and wider
and Katharine Cornell had bet
ter be on guard. CBS-TV may
try to tap her for one Of the
Godfrey shows any day now. And
If you think that is said in jest
it is because you do not know
who will take Godfrey's place
on his Wednesday night TV
show on July 8. Helen Hayes
will. that's who.
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Evening star., 1953-06-30
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Evening star., 1953-09-07

land, Italy, France and Russia, I"
he said.
Il was in there alone with
them for about four hours"
Other American airmen re-
turned yesterday told similar
stories of abuse and threats.
Second 1t. Richard G. voss of
Osborne. Kans., said he CON
fessed" only after Red doctors
refused to help him as maggots
crawled in his wounds
"They let the maggots do it,"
The 24-year-old pilot said the
Reds kept hammering at the air.
men for confessions long after
the truce was signed, continuing
on some to only hours before
they were released.
Col. Walker M. Mahurin of
Fort Wayne, Ind. an Air Force
hero Of two wars, declared:
Il did not know human beings
could be so inhuthan to other
human beings.
Il would say that the boys who
did not write confessions should
get the medal of honor.
ut depends on the individual
how long he can fight the prob
lem"
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Doctors Treat Dean;
Two Koreans Held as
Generals S Betrayers
BY the Asseeioted Press

TOKYO, Sept. Mai. Gen.
William F. Dean relaxed today
in an Army hospital as doctors
began a two-week treatment of
amoebic dysentery he contracted
in three years as a captive of the
Reds.
+ Gen. Dean, who said he feels
excellent. told newsmen a medi-
cal checkup showed "a trace" of
dysentery.
Gen. Dean, 81, attended his
first religious service in more
than three years yesterday.
The Medal of Honor winner
said he plans to return to South
Korea on the invitation of Pres
ident Syngman Rhee. but he did
not say when.
He indicated he would retire
from the Army shortly after his
return to the United States. He
explained he had promised his
family he'd end his Army career
on the completion of 80 years
service.
Meanwhile, two South Koreans
were held in Jail in Seoul on
charges of leading Gen. Dean
into Communist hands after he
was separated from his battered
gath division in July 1850.
South Korean officials said Han
Doc Kyoo, 40, and Choe Chong
Bong, "a. were arrested after
Gen. Deans story of his capture
meshed with a previous investi-
cation of the two
The officers said a third sus-
pect. Park Chong Kyoo, was killed
last year after joining Red guer-
rilla forces. !
They said Han had found Gen.
Dean walking alone on a country
road and offered to help him, but
instead lead the United States
general into Red hands. They
said Han and Choe received SIS
in Korean money from the Reds
for the betrayal. They did not
go into the part played by Choe
and Park.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
News of Streits' Sons Release
Relieves Bad Quarter Hour

For a quarter of an hour Sat-
urday night, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Paul H. Streit were the most
disappointed parents in Wash
ington.
The radio was tuned in for the
final list of names of American
war prisoners released by their
Red captors.
The Streits were gay and con-
fident. They had even invited
neighbors in to help celebrate
the news they were sure was
coming-the news that their
pilot son, 1t. John Paul Streit,
25. had been freed.
Smoothly the announcer
licked off name after name. No
Streit. But surely it would be
coming up now. No, not yet. The
group sat tensly, ears straining.
Then, incredibly. the an
nouncer was saying "arG that
concludes Operation Big Switch
:" No mention of the lieuten-
ant.
Gloom Pervades Audience.
Mrs. Streit burst into tears.
The generals face was grave
The neighbors mumbled kindly
words of cheer.
The jingle of the telephone in
truded. 1t was radio network
official calling. He wanted to as
sure the Streits that the lieuten-
ant had been released although
the name had apparently been
inadvertently left out.
You need not ask how we
felt at getting this news" Gen.
Streit said happily today. "Of
course, we were overjoyed. When
we didn't hear his name, we
thought he had been killed or
carried off,"
The STREETS Immediately COM
municated the good news to
daughter, Miss Mitzi Streit, a
Sweetbriar College student, now
visiting friends in Texas, and 1t.
Streit's wife, Ann, in South
Orange, N. j. 1t. and Mrs.
Streit are the parents of a son,
Jeff, almost 2.
1t, Streit was graduated from
West Point in June. 1850. He
and Ann were married the fol-
lowing December. Shortly after
his son jeff was born on Septem-
ber 81, 1t. Streit was flying in
aerial combat. a
In January, 1852, 1t. Streit's'
plane was hit by ground fire and
he had to bail out. His squadron
leader told the Streits that the
officers parachute was seen to
stream out but not to blossom.
For a year the STREETS did not
know their sons fate. Then Air
Force Intelligence told them of
letter written by an American
captured by the Reds in which
the writer described a fellow
prisoner. a pilot. The descrip-
ton tailed with that of 1t.
Streit. The parents took heart.
Finally. through other prisoners,
it was learned definitely that he
Evening star., 1953-09-07
BroYhiII Seeks Transfer
Of Tract 10 Alexandra

Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, said today
he will ask Defense Secretary
Wilson to relinquish claim to the
Battery Cove-JoneS Point prop
erty and make it available to the
City of Alexandria.
In a letter to Alexandria City
Manager, Ira F. Willard. Mr..
Broyhill revealed he already has
discussed the matter with the De-
partment Of the Army and has
learned the Army has no further
use for the property. Under the
law, however, the Navy or the
Air Force would have priority
over Alexandria.
Mr.. Broyhill has requested Mr..
Willard to inform him as to how
soon Alexandria could take over
the property and for what pur-
pose the land would be used.
The property at Jones Point
is the site Of Americas oldest
lighthouse.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Maryland Prisoner
Tortured by Enemy
Due Here Tomorrow

Army Corpl. Franklin Eugene
Harding, of Mt. Airy: Md, who
was subjected to a medieval
form of torture as a prisoner
of the Chinese Reds. is en- route
home.
Corpl. Harding, 20, son of Mrs.
Alice Alexander of Ardmore
road, Landoyer, Md, was at
Travis Air Force Base last night
and today and is due at Andrews
Air Force base about Z am. to-
morrow. His wife and 3-year-
old daughter, Alice Louise, live
in Mt. Airy.
A prisoner more than two
years, he was freed in the late
stages of the prisoner exchange
at Panmunjom last week. While
prisoner. he told the Associated
Press in Korea, he was placed
in a wooden device which
squeezed into his body when
screws were turned. The Com
munists did it, he said, to exact
a confession.
Back home. tired, nervous and
still suffering from wounds re-
ceived before his capture, is
Army Corpl. Nicholas v. Tos-
ques, jr., of 1908 Eighteenth
street NE.
Hes still nervous and con-
fused" his mother, Mrs. Nicho-
las V. Tosques reported today.
She said shell fragment wounds
in his leg still troubled him and
he needs a nose operation. While
a prisoner, he had diphtheria
and jaundice. After a 30-day
furlough here, he goes to Fort
Meade for a physical check and
probably to Walter Reed Hos
pital for treatment.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
SchwubIe
Continued From First Page.)

nothing to them, just the big lie. /"
How did the Reds do it?
Simply slow mental torture
over a long time"
They put him in solitary in a
tiny lean-to.
They made me sit there and
sleep there on a small table
without moving, without eXer-
else.
After while it gets a man
down. Every day an interpreter
came in and asked me to con-
fess. When I refused. He
would just turn around and
leave me.
They hammered away this
way through September. In
October, when it got a bit cooler.
:. And then in November when
it got cold.
They gave me padded cloth
ing-it'S good-but sitting in one
position slowly freezes a man. 1
suffered frostbite on my fingers
and then I started thinking about
the cold and how they could
leave me here to die from ex-
poSure."
Col. Schwable said Chinese
colonel commanding a special
archaeological" camp told him:
"You will clear this problem
or you will never leave this valley
|. not even after the peace is
signed"
It believed him." Col. Schwable
said.
Weeks went by, the Red pres
sure never ceasing. He said he
knew the Reds would not kill
him because they figured the
weather would do it and they
could say he died from the cold.
Made Confession" Ridiculous.
Col. Schwable said it was then
he made up his mind to sign.
confession, $50 downright ridicu-
lous that I don't know how they
ever swallowed it.
II made it sound realistic by
naming dates and places, the
plan would have to have some
realism, but sense would tell
whoever heard it that it was
all SO ridiculous.
Il hope to God I did make it
ridiculous. I pray to God / did. -
He said he wrote his confess
sion in a frigid room.
They had me write and write
and write and reWrite. It got so
cold my fingers froZe, the ink
froze in the pen and I had to
sit on it to thaw out the ink.
Then I would write three or
four words until the ink froze
again. :"
At one time, Col. Schwable
said, the Reds let him see his
Co-Pilot Bley on a work detail
so he would think Mai. Bley
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Midterm Convention Plan
Leaves Many Democrats Cold

which already threaten to make
the presidential nominating con-
vention in 1856 bruising battle.
Also expected to come under
fire in Chicago is the so-called
loyalty oath" which caused
much trouble at the 1852 con-
vention. Southern Democrats are
still critical of any requirement
that they sign a pledge to sup
port the party's nominee for
President. Some Northern and
Midwestern leaders, among them
National Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell, believe the upcoming
Chicago meeting should discuss
the issue and have a sounding
out of ideas"
But Southern feeling on the
point is so strong that several
prominent Southerners have al
ready decided to boycott Chicago
in protest.
The off-year convention idea
is drawing fire from both sides
of the loyalty oath dispute. Sen
ator Hill, Democrat of Alabama,
a loyalty oath supporter last
year, says such a Junior conven-
ton" could only breed party dis
unity. Gov. Hugh White of
Mississippi, a loyalty oath op-
ponent, has also attacked the
idea.
And Senator Hoey. Democrat
OF North Carolina. one of those
who isn't going to attend the
Chicago rally. has written Mr..
Mitchell that the mid-term
meeting would be likely ito do
more harm than good"
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Communists Free Kin
of Alexandra. Cleric,
Other Area Men

A former Washington resident,
nephew of an Alexandria minis
ter. was among those freed last
Saturday in the final exchange
of Korean war prisoners.
He is lSt 1t. Francis A. Strieby,
a pilot, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
N. Strieby of Okonoko, w. Va. He
is the nephew of the Rev. Francis
Henry Strieby. pastor of Del Ray
Methodist Church in Alexandria
1t. Strieby was listed as miss
ing in action and had not ap-
peared on any official prisoner
Of war lists. His parents had
not given up hope that he would
be among the prisoners returned
and were elated when news
reached them late Saturday, his
uncle said.
The 24-year-old B-29 pilot was
listed as missing on July 3, 1852,
when his craft disappeared with
a crew Of IL on a reconnaissance
fight.
1t. Strieby lived at the YMCA
here during 1850 when he was
employed by Swift & Co., meat
packers. He entered the Air
Force the same year. For two
years before coming to Wash
ington he attended Johns Hop
kinS University in Baltimore,
where he studied engineering.
Five other Washington area
servicemen were among those
freed in the final exchange of
prisoners at Panmunjom Satur-
day. They were:
Marine Col. Frank H. Schwa-
BILE of 1920 Fort Scott drive, Ar
lington.
Army 1t. Carroll Wright. jr.,
"a, whose father lives at the
Virginia apartments, Arlington,
and whose wife lives at 805 Ridge
place, Falls Church.
Marine Maj. Byron H. Bes-
wick, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beswick of 2141 I street NV.
1t. Robert S. Wood, 26. son
of Col. and Mrs. Walter S. Wood,
2311 Connecticut avenue NV,
and husband of Mrs. Betsy Wood,
3040 Idaho terrace NV.
Army 1t. Ray M. Dove. jr.,
"a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray S.
Dove, ST., 1921 Arlington boule-
ward, Arlington.
Three other area men, named
in Communist radio broadcasts
as prisoners, were not included
in the final exchange and their
fate remains mystery. They are:
Army Capt. John C. Hastie, 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Hastie, 7107 Poplar avenue. Ia
koma Park, Md.
Air Force Sergt. Philip w.
Tilch. 81. son of Mrs. Bernard
Tilch, 1880 Livingston road, ST.
leSia, Md.
Army Corpl. Joseph D. Gudger,
%. son of Mrs. Jennie Gudger,
II Sixteenth street Sc.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
By Allen Drury

Leading Democrats today
SHE'D away from any mid
convention" next year in ad-
vance of the fall congressional
elections.
The proposal has been made
by some sources high in party
councils. But a growing group
of opponents is expected to argue
against the idea when it is raised
at the Midwest conference in
Chicago next week.
Proponents say the plan would
strengthen party unity, give
Democratic Senate and House
candidates a platform" Of ma
jor issues on which to seek e,ec-
ton. Opponents say it would
only aggravate party tensions
Evening star., 1953-09-07

was in the hands of the Reds.
But the parents never heard di-
rectly from their son.
Gen. Streit retired last March
as commandant Of Walter Reed
Army Medical Center. He said
today that he received a cable
from the Air Force in Korea
that his son was in reasonably
good condition.
He had wanted to be a flier
ever since he was a child" the
general said. Il was disap-
pointed that he would not study
medicine. But flying is what he
wanted
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Allied Fears Rise
Reds Did Not Return
All Willing P0Ws
BY The Assoeiatsd Press

SEOUL. Sept. 7.-Americans
freed on the final day of OPP
Grafton Big Switch boarded a
troopShip for home today while
fears mounted that the Commu-
nists had not sent back all
Americans who wanted to re-
turn.
The United Nations Com
mand prepared to hand the
Communists a list of missing"
persons-men like Capt. Harold !
Fischer Of Swea City. Iowa.
Capt. Fischer, Sabre jet pi-
lot. shot down 10 MICS before
failing to return from a mission
over North Korea on April II,
1858.
Two days later Peiping radio
said Capt. Fischer had been
captured.
Yet the big Korean war pris-
oner exchange ended yesterday
and Capt. Fischer was not
among the Ill Americans freed.
Listed for Three Years.
For three years, Allied intel
ligence officers have compiled
p list Of men believed to have
been captured.
Ny,arofio,, Ein, cruitol. ,.a&,,~,.o.l
1887 Americans. Operations
Little Switch in April returned
149. Some Americans, died in
camp.
The list, minus the names of
all those men, will be handed to
the Communists shortly with
the demand that they produce
or account for the missing men.
The last group of returned
Americans added a bitter finale
to a month of stories Of brutality
in Red Stockades.
Tortured ReIentIeSSly.
These were flyers who. under |
relentless physical and mental |
tortures, signed false "confes-
sions' that they waged germ
warfare.
Marine Col. Frank Schwable |
Of Arlington, Va, put it simply
you either confessed" or died. |
He and other American POWs |
boarded the transport Gen. R. L. |
Howe at Inchon on Korea'S !
west coast for the two-week trip i
across the Pacific. About 800 |
freed Americans will be aboard |
the ship when it leaves early to-
morrow for San Francisco.
With the last of the return
ing allied POWs en- route home,
the U. N. command said today
that it will begin moving Com
munist prisoners who refused re-
patriation into the demilitarized
zone.
About 1000 Chinese will be
shipped from Cheju Island to
Inchon for delivery to the neu-
trail nations repatriation COM
mission.
Allies Hold 22,3OO.
The allies say they hold 1900
North Korean and 14.500 Chi
nese POWs who do not want to
return to their Communist
homelandS.
The Communists say they hold
about 300 Koreans and 20 nom
Korean captives who refused re-
patriation. They have not an
nounced when they would begin
moving them to the buffer zone.
The allied and Red POWs will |
be guarded by Indian troops.
Officers from their homelends
will be allowed to talk with the
POWs in an attempt to convince
them to return.
If they refuse they eventually
will be released as civilians.
The final contingent of allied |
prisoners returned yesterday
raised the total repatrlated to
12.760. The United Nations
command in all handed back !
70,159 Koreans and 5,640 Chi
nese.
The U. N. command disclosed |
a closely guarded secret yester-
day when it turned back Chinese
Maj. Gen. WI Che-teh. The
capture Of WI. highest ranking
Red held by the U. N. command, |
had never been announced.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Arlington Women 10 Study
Tariff and Trade Policies

Federal legislation affecting
foreign trade policies will be
studied next week at nine unit
meetings Of the League of
Women Voters of Arlington.
The league, in unit meetings
two weeks ago, reaffirmed its sup
port Of reciprocal trade agree
ments unhampered by amend
ments.
The public has been invited
to attend the meetings. The
schedule:
Monday-Barcroft, 1928 South
Taylor street, and North Arling-
ton. SGT North Little Falls road,
both at S:15 pm.
Tuesday - North Arlington.
Rock Spring Neighborhood
House, 10 am. and l pm:
Clarendon, $500 North Sixteenth
street, 8 pm.
Wednesday - South Arling-
ton, darlington Administra ton
Building, 8 PM: Buckingham,
Buckingham Community Room,
8:15 pm.
ThurSd Buckingham,
Buckingham Community Room,
! pm; Aurora Hills. 619 South
Twenty sixth street, 8:15 p.m,.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Eisenhower Approves
American-Korean Fund

President Eisenhower has
given his support to the S. mil
lion campaign the American
Korean Foundation is to conduct
between June 7 and IA.
The fund is designed to help
repair the ravages of war.
Gen. Eisenhower expressed his
approval in a statement after.
representatives of the founda-
ton, headed by his brother. DR..
Milton s. Eisenhower. president
of Pennsylvania State College.
called at the White House yes,
terday.
Evening star., 1953-05-06
Education Association
To Honor Dr.. Broome

DR.. Edwin w. Broome, retiring
Montgomery County Superin-
tendent of Schools, will be hon.
ored at a supper meeting Of the
Montgomery County Education
Association at 6 pm. tomorrow
in Western Junior High School.
About 900 county teachers are
expected to attend the buffet
supper and meeting which will
be highlighted by a dramatic
sketch in honor of DR.. Broome.
Evening star., 1953-03-29
SMALL Types

When Barnum took him to meet
James Gordon Bennett, of the
New York Herald" the editor
wasatdinner. Tom Thumb jumped
atop the table. cleared the roast
beef IN one jump and slithered
between the wine tumblers into
Mr.. Bennett's lap.
"A mighty comical little fell
low, . appIauded the editor in
print. land certainly thesmall-
Evening star., 1953-03-29

what's the idea? Who ordered
J-J-J0hn the Baptist?''
PROBADLY the most famous
midget Of all time was General
Tom Thumb, brilliantly publicized
by that master Snowman, P. T.
Barnum. General Tom" was &C
tually a lad named Charles S.
Stratton. playing on the streets Of
Bridgeport, Conn, when Barnum
first encountered him in 1842.
Three years later he was 50 re-
nowned that 10000 persons and
two brass bands showed up on
the dock to bid him ''bon voyage"
for his first European tour.
General Tom weighed less than
80 pounds, and was 81 inches tall.
Evening star., 1953-03-29

baAssv3lANuoes ThOusands of fLectEic
Sllase useH aSe already osfting faster.
far 1hASes tim tlley ever tIlougl1t
p0sihle. Try h yonrself and see why
9Oatof lOmenWiao ny LectIic Shave
comGinne % use i'll
Evening star., 1953-03-29

when she followed an act called
''Singcr's Midgets" ON q Palace
vaudeville hill.
The midgets had finished their
turn and were streaming to their
dressing rooms, and Miss Tucker
was advancing upon the rostrum
when something went wrong with
the lights and the theater was
plunged into total darkness. Above
the resultant confusion. Miss
fuckers despairing voice rang out.
.sCet me out Of this, = she
pleaded. ttI'm up TO my elbows
in nlidgets!''
a ARCIE-LxE 1UD0sx almost
proved the undOing, too, of the
suffering comic, Joe Frisco. Joe,
not noted for his silences, was giv-
ing out with a complicated nara
tive one evening in a Broadway
restaurant when the midget
strolled up from behind. propped
his chin on the edge Of the table
and regarded Joe with a melan-
choly stare.
Frisco blanch ed. and
screamed to the waiter, ssW-w-