Chinese Prisoners Reject 49-1
Communist’s Pleas To Return Home
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Pope Rebukes Reds For
Treatment of Cardinal
VATICAN CITY, UP>— In his
sternest rebuke of atheistic Com
munism since he became Pope
14 years ago, Pius XII, Thursday
bitterly assailed the action taken
by Poland against Stefan Cardi
nal Wyszynski.
He said that “innumerable tes
timonies” of protest were coming
to- him daily from all parts of the
earth.
“We raise our own most sor
rowful and most firm protest
against this violation of the
sacred rights of the Catholic
Church,” the Pope declared.
The Polish government an
nounced on Sept. 28 that the car
dinal had been prohibited from
fulfilling his religious duties be
cause of alleged violation of a
1950 church-state agreement, and
had been assigned to a monastery.
PARK SUPERINTENDENT
NABBED ON HOME GROUND
HOBART, Okla., LTt—A couple
of state game rangers proved no
one is beyond the law in Quartz
Mountain State Park.
The rangers, Dean Blackstone
of Altus and Clem Pattollo, Man
gum, filed charges of illegal fish
ing against three men. The men
turned out to be the park superin
tendent, Ira Tomlinson, and two
of his employes.
„ PANMUNJOM, UP)—Balking Chi
nese prisoners dealt the Commu
nists a stinging propaganda blow
Thursday by rejecting 49-1 the
first Red attempts to coax them
home.
All but 10 of 500 Chinese who
met Communist interviewers in
the first clamorous explanation
sessions chose continued captivity
over repatriation to Red China,
said the Neutral Nations Repatria
tion Commission.
The Reds had claimed the
22,400 unrepatriated Chinese and
North Koreans were being held
against their will.
The long-delayed psychological
phase of the armistice began only
after Indian custodian troops
pried the wildly demonstrating
Chinese from their compounds
with threats erf force. The Indian
commander said later, “We used
patience, persuasion and firm
ness.”
Many POWs shouted and sang
in the faces of the three-man Red
interview teams. Indian guards
with stocks had to restrain them.
One POW danced defiantly on the
wooded tent floor.
At first, the NNRC forced the
prisoners to listen to the explan
ations for five minutes, but this
was cut to one minute after a
U.N. representative protested.
The explanations reminded them
of their homes and family and
told them “Father Mao (Red Chi
nese Premier Mao Tse-Tung)
wants you back.”
Many POWs replied with ob
scenities.
Then, except for the 10, they
chose to leave by a door which
meant continued captivity until
their fate is decided by the im
pending political conference or
they are released Jan. 22.
The ten who chose the door to
Communism were returned to the
Reds Thursday night in a cere
mony at Panmunjom.
One American observer W. D.
Stout, formerly of Knoxville,
Tenn., was ordered out of the ex
planation center by the NNRC af
ter he protested repeatedly that
he was seated out of sight of the
prisoners. The protest was over
ruled.
TRIAL OF 167 COMMUNISTS
STARTS IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL, Turkey, OP)—Three
army officers Thursday began the
mass trial of 167 men and women
charged with a Communist plot to
overthrow Turkey’s government.
Little Blue Bells
These are the officers of the
Little Blue Bells:
Gail Mclvor, president; Pearl
Johnson, vice president; Carolyn
Johnson, treasurer; LauriceLowe,
secretary.
Mrs. J. H. Lyon and Mrs. Enix
are our leaders.
Other girls of the troop are
Angelena Outwater, Mary Jane
Mogg, Linda Ray, Carol Carelson,
Esther Alexene, Jo Ann Aukon,
Susie Savok.
Dean Alexander, Scribe
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