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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-07-08
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and Lowdown"
BY BAILEE THOMAS

After Bailee's opus Of last edi-
tlon on the scramble for the
state FEPC executive secretary
ship. you could hear yelps OF pain
and disdain from 81. Paul TO
Minneapolis.
One wag said II the seven good
brothers and sisters who BaiIee
thought were unwittingIy max
ing like crabs in a basket" or
Amos and Andy, that Bailee him
self was guilty Of assaying the
role Of a disappointed Kingfish!
o, brothers,
While most others CRASHED
their teeth in comparative silence
an far az Bailee's ears doughty
William CBilD Cratic, NAACP
president and chief In the frantic
battle 10 keep the best fitted man
proposed to date from getting the
job. picked up his pen and wrote
Bailee a red hot letter.
Bailee hasn't been the object Of
signed letter In ages and he
can't resist letting Bill Cratic do
some more campaigning against
that dawgonncd furriner from
without the state. Bailee Is re-
printing Bits missive in full with
editorial permission.
Before the fans OF this column
read Bins letter let II be said
here and now Bailee favors the
appointment OF an American OF
Negro ancestry 10 the executive
secretaryship for a score of rea.
sons One important reason Is
that the Negro has always been
and still Is the hardest hit by en-
ployment discrimination In Min.
nesOta and elsewhere. Negroes
will furnish the bulk Of the COM
plants.
BaIlee In not exhibiting race
reJudice or bias when he takes
the position that no white person,
no matter how fine and under
standing can know the anguish.
and Illustrations which daily face
the average Negro, who must 60
out on the open market for q job
TO earn a living and have count
lesa door figuratively slammed
In his face,
This Ia one OF the reasons
Bailec favors the appointment Of
a qualified American Negro TO
the post. Many whites In high
positions feel and agree that the
Job should 20 to q Negro, just
a. there are some whites and a
few Negroes who think = member
OF the majority group could do a
better job.
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first TO do In the entire country.
We wish them the possible promoting TOP
flight tournament
Pittsburgh. Pa has made big National
sports recently.
Raymond Jones Jr, H. has National
tournament held Asbury NJ a
Of 1000 the local
the National tourney NJ. J.
Jerry sumptsr 81 old
qualify
held Indianapolis this golfer
pulling for him 10 hold his in the National
Wendell Antoine hard hitting catcher Grambng college
Louisiana. IA Tigers
signed 10 n farm club
Dick Ricketts, made HIS organized baseball debut Allentown
the Eastern league RICKETTS, remember All American
basketball player at Duquense u.
pitcher victories the
recalled by the White his
July The Box that Connie gets the Chicago club back the
winning mood.
Glove Abbott recently National
AAU held Okla
Abbott athletes
Blsa Liquor EWampcd stahl 1 a Midway
Open Soba Sim scrogginS and Louis White made the
winning battery
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DUPLEX
$3.50 DOWN

Two gas hot water plants. LOOK
Over $500 month income pos
sible Drive by 240l 9Th Av. SO.
Call Mr., Birch. CT l779- WA. g.
Ssl6 Ewes $40
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wide picnic on Sunday, July 10 at
Riverside Park. Sixth st. and goth
Az. s.. Just west Of ST Marys
Hospital.
Fred Marty, chairman OF the
club. stated that this Ia expected
to be the biggest DFL event slat-
cd for this summer Speeches,
games. free prizes In = real car
nivai atmosphere will be the or
der OF tho day, with food and
beverages served free.
Representative Eddie Volstad
In chairman OF the Picnic Commit
tee with Alderman George Mar
tens co-chairman.
The public IL cordially invited.
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e33!.|. an RAD = ~ = =! lLlll
(3l;E$1I3l3!l;l!E
VACANT

Small down payment. Newly dec
Grated five room home. Priced
at $500. Call Mr.. johnson. CT.
l779-RO. 9-9140 ewes S-49
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Gao Fremont Ave. No.

92o Fremont Ave. No.
Terrific buy. Income property.
$3.50 per month income. Live here
rent free and make money be-
sides. Furniture included. Small
down payment for this type pro-
perty.
Tune In WLoL ~ 10 Has
p. m. Mondoy thru SasvrdGy
1880 on your dlui
2l23 Cost 21nd s..
Duplcx-5 rooms and bath each
floor. gas heat. Terms.
I5l3 So. Ssysath 50.
Duplex Income property. 4
rooms and bath each door. Small
down payment
1917 Third 50. So.
Duplex income property. a
rooms down. rooms up. Small
down payment
Lake costo0o
Four rooms. Prior Lake. Small
down payment.
Two 90 n. Lots
5lst and James No.
Corner 18th Az. q Ssh So. s.
Commercial building. Terms
1906 jones NO.
Ten rooms. Two story house. Full
basement Gas heat Terms.
39A2 Second Ave. So.
Very nice 8 bedroom two story
house, large living room with FIRE
place, dining room. sun room. fun
basement, gas heat. garage. -
Terms.
I2o8 Ilth Ave. No.
Five rooms and bath. Immaculate
condition Very small down pay
ment.
1919 Afh Ave. So.
~ story five room homo. FUN
basement. Gas heat. Terms.
sass Clinton Ave. So.
Five room home. Very clean. -
Small down payment win handle.
3oll I9th Ave. So.
Three bedroom home Gas heat
Small down payment Selling
price $500.
lI3e Bryont No.
Duplex. Income property. Six
rooms up and five rooms down.
Gas heat. Small down payment
1917 3Vd Ave. So.
Very nice four bedroom home.
Living room. dining room. fun
basement. Gas heat. Don't miss
this one. Terms.
Several New Tfissnbiit
Homes Now Available
WILLIAMS
is7S clenwood No.
n. zos3
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SP {! ,! ;!
BY JImmy ovifnm
by Jimmy 0vlfsln

The ST. Paul Open began July July 10 This
they have terrific field attracted
In Rnndo
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Q RAJ EsrAru
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The public IL cordially invited,
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Ninth Ward DBL
To Give Picnic

The Ninth Ward DFL Club In
cooperation with tho business men
Of the ward will sponsor q city
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II was heart warming to see Ted Rhodes listed
and pictured with the high ranking players OF the
golf world in the Sunday Pioneer Press
Rhodes was Joined this year by Charley sifford
and Joe Louis
The Jaycees Of 81. Paul should be congratulate
cd on opening the doors Of the st. Paul Open to all
people.
They have set AN example for the rest Of the
u y by opening their meet TO all good golfers re-
gardless OF racial backgrounds .
This Open was one Of the first II not the very
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4 BEDROOM Stucco Home.
2 BEDROOM Stucco Home.
- Room Tri-Plex
SMALL DOWN PAYMENT
Pleasant 1859. Ask for BEN.
$40
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1925 Porfiund

This room home must be sold
at once. 2 bedrooms and bath up.
Gas heat. double garage. Asking
Sl0,500. Your offer may buy. Call
RE. 1924. $40
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RsAl ssyAys poa sAla

DUPLEx-In excellent condition.
Double garage. Gas neat Three
bedrooms each floor. Ills Cir
ard Ave. No.
HOMEWORK REALTY
AL. 4755; CHI. o786 $40
Evening star., 1955-02-24
| Was q Communist Prisoner
Was Communist Prisoner
Flyer Agreesto Confession Reds Ask,
After 465 Days in Solitary Cells

that / was alive and a prisoner.
Then one day the interpreter
said:
I'VE have tolerated you long
enough. II you don't understand
by this time what we want, we
have ways and means of making
you realize these things" "
Sitdown Siege Resumed.
I experienced the flrst feeling
that they were prepared to take
some physical steps to make me
talk. I knew I could not stand
any more prolonged periods of
being forced to sit on my bed
and ! also knew that in reserve
they held the chains. They had
implied that if I thought being
held in chains was bad. there
were other things a lot worse.
Next day I was ordered back
to sitting on the edge of the bed.
I now weighed 1870 pounds, down
from 200. My loss in weight was
not due to lack of food. I knew
the Chinese were fussy about the
physical condition of their pris-
oners and I had secretly begun
a slow starvation diet to try and
force their hand in getting me
out of solitary.
AS a result I was in no condi-
tion, physically or mentally, to
face any renewed bed-sitting
punishment. But I determined
to try.
I took it for three days before
I made my decision to send a
surrender note. I had been in
solitary for about 465 days.
Dependency Grows.
In civilian prisons in our
country. I believe solitary con-
finement of 81 days is the maxi
mum and is considered un-
usually harsh punishment. My
decision was not easily made.
The war had been over about
seven months, and a man miss
ing for six months and not re-
ported as a prisoner Of war is
presumed dead. So far as I
knew my government had no
word of my capture and thus was
Evening star., 1955-02-24

| making no effort to get me out.
The more I though about it,
the more respondent I became.
and my weakened condition was
no help. I brooded night and
day, trying to hit on q solution.
There seemed no way out.
I felt frustrated. defeated and
helpless, as though I were in q
fight with my arms held and I
was not allowed to fight back
while someone beat me to the
ground.
Feeling Of Oppression.
There seemed to be a con-
tinual feeling of oppression
hanging over me. pressing down
on my chest like a heavy weight.
1t finally reached the point
where I had to burst my bonds
or suffocate.
handed my note to the guard.
I said:
Come and see me. will give
you what you want"
I threw myelf on the bed and
sobbed. The emotional release
is difficult to describe. The in
terpreter came within minutes.
He shook my hand and said:
Il am pleased that at last you
have decided to tell the truth"
He went out and came back
with paper and a fountain pen.
I said: "OK, now what do you
want?"
Writes 28 Pages.
He said: "Give us a brief re-
sumo of your first four missions
and then. starting with the
briefing on the fifth mission
(my last), give us this in detail"
/ wrote 20 pages, including
the three points that they had
demanded:
!. That l was br1efed to ny
over China.
2. That I was shot down over
China.
8. That I was captured in
China.
Statement RehaShed.
For the next month, with the
interpreter, this statement was
Evening star., 1955-02-24
Tenth Of q Series

enth OF q SereS
and said I had been, this would
be the truth because it would
help the people propagandawise.
Meanwhile. the interpreters
kept insisting my case was
special" The three American
airmen in the jail who were also
downed and captured while fight
ing for the United Nations in
Korea had been informed that
an armistice had been signed.
But I had not been told this until
! informed the Chinese that the
information had been passed on
to me.
Fora month, with an interpre-
ter, I studied the armistice
agreement. He would bring in
interpretations from various
m gazine es-People's China
mostly-and go over them with
me. When I interpreted these
as covering my case and provid-
ing for my repatriation, he would
interpret them another way.
His argument would constantly
return to the point that I was
shot down over China and con-
sequently was in category not
covered by the agreement.
Left Comparatively Alone.
Then. for a month, I was left
comparatively alone. The inter-
prefers would come in and chat.
They wanted me to admit I had
been shot down over China
which was untrue. They said
the only way to help my cause
was to see their truth.
IF you tell the imperialistic
truth. you hurt the people," said
the interpreter, who lectured me
on the Communist view of
truth"
InlS paIned me. Despite all
my reading. I had never quite
grasped this aspect Of Commu-
mist double-talk.
But if you tell our truth"
he went on, "that is. the peoples
truth, you serve the people. and
nothing is a greater honor than
to serve mankind"
He left me then, saying Think
about this"
Reading Supply Cut Off.
Suddenly, they cut of my read
ing supply. Christmas had come
and gone and found myself
toward the end of January still
in solitary.
Emotionally I was deteriorat-
ing.
I began to realize what the
Chinese meant by mayo Banfa"
there is no way out.
I was prepared to spend more
time hoping that somehow I
w0llld 5muddle through to free
dom. February arrived. So far as
I could learn, my government
still had not been told officially
Evening star., 1955-02-24

| hashed and rehashed. Every so
often he would confer with his
superior and bring the state
ment back, scored with red pen
ell. along with suggested amend
ments.
For example, In my original
statement I said ! had pene-
trated only 10 miles into China.
They wanted me to say I had
been instructed to ny and had
flown Is miles into China. Pos
sibly they wanted this not only
to indicate that my crossing the
Chinese border was no accident.
but also to tie in with whatever
they may have received from
other prisoners.
He would say to me:
II see here that you only few
10 miles into China. Let us dis
cuss this point. 1t is a long time
since you did this mission. is it
possible that you have forgotten
the distance? We have informa-
tion that it was further than 10
miles. Try and recollect how
long it took you to cross the Yalu
flying north, figure how fast you
were going and in that way I
am sure you will find that you
must have gone further than 10
miles in. because as you know.
you cover q great distance in a
short time in your type Of air
plane"
Revises Figure.
I knew my figure must be
increased but now I had TO know
to what extent. So I said:
Maybe I'm wrong. 1t could
have been Is miles"
He said: "It is still possible
that you are in error. Think
about it again"
So I took a piece of paper,
went through show af calcula-
tions, and said: Maybe it was 25
miles. How does that fit in with
your information?"
He seemed satisfied. Then he
came to the question of where I
was shot down. We finally set
tied on a point five miles west
and two miles north Of the Sui
hoo Reservoir. 8
Like Crazy Word Game.
Every now and then he inter-
jected: Nov don't forget, we
don't want you to lie to us. We
just want you to tell us the
truth"
1t was like a crazy word game.
So far as was concerned knew
I was lying and ] knew he knew
Evening star., 1955-02-24

I was lying. Yet in some way
he was convinced those lies were
the truth. because as he had said
so many times before: Truth is
a comparative thing and II 1t
helps the people it is the truth. |"
Mackenzie makes his cap
tors retreat.
tCopyright. 1855.
by North American Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1955-02-24
By Squadron Leader
A. R. Mackenzie

OTTAWA--One Of the inter-
prefers gave me q lesson In Com
munist dialectics one day. He ex-
planned that truth is partisan,
and that what helps the people
Is the truth.
In other words, even If ! had
not been shot down over China
Evening star., 1955-02-24
Disinfectunt Plants

Several new companies In
Egypt now manufacture house
hold disinfectants.
Evening star., 1955-02-24

This margarine is Mrs. Filbert's
own recipe-so delicious you
knosV it's for your dinner table!
just try it. Unwrap the heavy
gold-aluminum that guards the
fresh flavor for you. Sniff the del.
icate, fresh fragrance. And-don't
say a word when you put it on
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03
Picture High Point Views at Night

than when viewed by light of day.
And then, too, there are dramatic
pictures to be taken of public fire.
works spectacleS, after dark pic
MICS or barbecues with campfrcs
blazing a warm welcome, night-
time parties on lawns strung with
colorful paper lanterns.
Parks and street scenes in resi-
dental areas make excellent night
subjects. You'll find that street
lamps and house lights usually
give you more than enough light
ing to lend depth and dimension
to the objects in the scene.
For your after-da picture tax
ing, there's romance unlimited in
moonlight, too. The light of a full
moon will dramatic even tie
most prosaic scene - and its
stronger than you think. Just be
sure to use long enough time
exposure-and you can expect to
get a splendid picture. There 5
nothing more effective than the
wonderful atmospheric quality
and mood evoked by "the light OF
the silvery moon!
| John Van Guilder
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03

We can't recall having visited
any city or village that some
where within it or nearby there
was not a high point commanding
fine view of the area. 1t may be
a HILL. a mountain, or the top of
a tall building-but from it you
can see lights twinkling in fasci-
mating patterns in the darkness.
We like such views or we
wouldn't make special efforts to
show them to visitors who come
to our town. So, why not take
some pictures of your favorite
night scenes? 1t requires only the
simplest of equipmer to take out
door pictures at Eight. All you
really need is a camera that is
equipped for time exposures-plus
a tripod or some other solid sup
port on which to place it.
During vacation trips this sum-
mer, any of your nighttime driv-
ing may produce some picture op-
portunities that will be well worth
recording. Many public build
ings, monuments, statues and fair
grounds are floodlighted at night.
Illuminated in this way, they
often appear even more beautiful
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03
NEWS from MUNSON

day Oct. q at their barn.
The afternoon was spent play.
ing games singing songs and
doing folk dances. The refresh
ments were cider hamburgers,
peanuts and marshmal ! VS..
Many thanks to Mrs. BeckWith
from the wnies. Next
weeks meeting will be held in
Mrs. Reefs room at the school.
League of Women Voters
The next meeting of the We'd
nesday evening unit of the Lea
que of Women Voters will be
held on Wednesday, Nov. 8,
at the home of Betsy PoutaSSe
on Mayfield Road { the Klatka
FARM.
Grange News
The Munson Grange met al
the Church hall on Wednesday,
Oct. 26.
The obligation was given to
Mrs. Charles Torok, Charles
and Kay Torok and Joan Kief-
fer. The Home E o n o m cs
Chairman reminded the mem
berS of the fifteen Is cent gifts
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03

W DC AlOllobNN W. l. NlAA1lkth ~ l. CAll-
ge and sold at the County A =
wards Banquet, the proceeds TO
go into a fund being raised for
the proposed Geauga hospital
The Awards banquet will be
held at Auburn Grange on Sat
urday Nov. 19 at tbs pm.
Reservations can be made with
the secretary, Mrs. Celia Fink,
up to Nov. Is. Also, 7th degree
tickets for the National Grange
convention to be held in Cleve-
land, Nov. 16 to the %, can
still be obtained from the sec
retary yet this week.
The Worthy Master, Arthur
Grossman announced tht Mum
son Grange was asked to spon-
sor a meeting place for the
instruction course for solicitors
for the hospital campaign. 1t
was voted that the Grange,
would make necessary arrange
mentS to secure the Church an
mex for said meeting. The next
regular meeting of Nun II
Grange will be on November
8 at $50 in the church hall.
School Board
Don't forget to mark "yes"
for the school levy next Tues
day
Munson School
Friday, Oct. %, Nuns
school had Halloween party
in the various rooms with the
room mothers handling tn
games. The boys and girls par
AIDED in their costumes on the
lawn while the judges, Mrs. Ro-
bert Kieffer and Mrs. Groth
selected four winners from
each room. The winners are
as follows:
1st Grade: Most appropriate
costume for Halloween Tim =
my Haas; Most Original Tim
my Harris; Funniest costume,
Marsha Warmer; Most attract
i've costume, Billy Nahrstedt.
End Grade: Most appropriate,
Joe Szuszkiewica; Most origin
al, Leslie Horton; Funniest, Bill
ly Havill; Most Attractive, Gre
tchen Laundy.
3rd Grade: Most appropri-
ate, Ronnie Grennan; Most or
iginal, Alan Temple; Funniest,
Roy Harris; Most attractive,
Melinda Johnson.
4th Grade: Most appropriate
Nancy Hawkins; Most original
Sharon Horton; Funniest, Steve
Torok; Most attractive, Karen
Kazel.
5th and 9Th Grades: Most ap-
propriate, Janet Sulc; Most or
iginal, Joyce Johnson, Funniest
Chris Laundy; Most attractive,
Lois Farley. The mothers sent
cookies and the ice cream and
| prizes for costumes were pro-
vided by the Mothers Club.
This and That
Mr.. and Mrs. James Osborne
went to Ohio Wesleyan to visit
their daughter, Allison, during
the Home Coming weekend. Mr..
and Mrs. Ed McGeough also
made the "trip and in the after
noon attended the Ohio State
game. Both Cathy McGeough
and Sue Thornburgh attended
the Homecoming as guests of
Allison Osborne and had a
grand time.
The Stephen Kiehels really
entertained this past weekend.
They had as guests, Mrs. Max
field PeaSe of Shaker Heights
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gebhard of
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News by Mrs. VIM. Reynolds
Telephone Chardon 5-4167

Munson Township Collection
Saturday Nov. 5 is tn e
time everything must be ready
for Munson Townships collec -
tion for County Welfare, Bring
clothing (mark Sizes, sheets,
bedding, weave-it sets, etc, to
Mrs. c. c. Green's garage, nor
thweSt corner of Auburn Road
and Wilson Mills. If you want
your things picked up, call Ru-
tn Kennan, Chardon 6-2329.
Ladies Aid
+ The Ladies Aid of the Fowl =
ers Mills Community church are
serving dinner on election day.
The dinner is open to the pub
lie. The time is from 1900 to
200 pm. and the donation is
$1.00.
Brownies
Mary Louise and B onn e
Gay Beckwith entertained the
Brownies and some other girls
at a Halloween party Thurs
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03
Parkman Girl Receives

PARKMAN -- Kathy Hand
sci, 10 year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Handsel, re-
Gently received a letter from
Mamie Eisenhower in Denver
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03
Letter from Mamie

in answer to a get We'll" card
sent to the President by Kathy
Kathy is a sixth grade stu
dent at Parkman.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03

They're sitting in our showroom
right now champing at the bit. For
these Sc Chevrolets were born with
an urge to go places! Look at that
bigger, wider, more massive grille.
Follow that lower speedline of
chrome back to those sassy, high-set
taillights (the one on the left swings
down to uncover the gas capD
vs. or 6-19 Models in 3 Series
Any kind of model anyone could
want! Your choice of the new "Blue-
Flame" 6 with 140 h.p. and new
higher compression or Chevrolets
record-breaking V8 power ranging
up to a new high of 205 h.p. and
9.25 to l compression ratio! Auto
matte, and comfort and safety fea-
lures? Chevrolet offers all of them.
Come, drive the '56 Chevrolet!
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-11-03

Oak Park, Illinois, and Mrs.
John Poppin of Daytona Beach,
Florida.