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108. 107th YEAR JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1951. TWENTY-TWO PAGES FIVE CENTS Wrangle Over War Prisoner Lists Charge Russia With Aggression in Middle East U. S. Rejects Red Note Protesting Creation of Mid-East Command Inilcd Slates has sharply told Kussia that its own "agjirpssive actions" and its "subversion" against Middle Eastern stales are In blame for Allied plans to create a military command.

Replyinc to a Soviet protest of Nov. 24 against the Allied project, the U. S. ciicd once- secret neRotiaiions between the Soviet and Nazi German govern- menis in 1940 as evidence of a Russian aim to create a Red sphere of influence in the Middle. East.

The U. S. note, made public today, added that Russia's altitude" toward that area since the ond of WorlJ War 11 has led the American jjovernment to assume thai ihe aims set forth 11 years ago "remain the policy of the Soviet Kovernment." Note Delivered Jlonday Britain. France and Turkey, which had simultaneously received Russian protests against the command which they arc sponsoring jointly with this al.so rejected the Soviet i complaint in notes to the foreign in yesterday, state department officials said. In addition 1o claiminjr that the project was acgressive in design, the Russian note had charged that the aim was to create a great base for the armed forces "of the Atlantic bloc." to assure the Western governments of "the possibility of continuous interference" iii the affairs of Middle Eastern tries, and to deprive those countries of "their national indriK-nd- ence." The Soviets had al.in they could not "pass by these new eggre.ssive plan.s" and that "the responsibility for the situation which can arise as a result" of forming the command will rest with Its sponsors.

The Russians described as groundles ment that "some sort exists against the graduallv diminishing ifJfl flurries late tonight. The new Steel Dispute Fire Routs May Be Ordered 3 Delavan to Wage Board Families Believe President Will Not Invoke Taft-Hartley Law in near -zero fern-' I)eratures Tues routed, three families from Iheir apart-' ments and closed a restaurant in a Walworth street building here. Washington The dead-' namage was estimated at locked steel-labor dispute apiM thou.sand dollars by headed lo toward a gov- Langley. owner of the dirccled to avoid interrupting vital military and civilian production. Observers were President Truman would send the ominous labor case to the wage stabilization board for a recommended settlement well be building adjoining the police station.

Local firemen broke windows and water throughout Ihe restaurant and second and ihird stories, bringing the fire, under control soon after they yUiS. DKAX Dean's wife. Mildred (aboveI. said, at fierkeley. that she believetl all along that he was a pri.soner and "now I'm happy that the finally admitted it." ller chief concern now is the condition of his health.

is now awaiiing official confirmation of the Communist report thai the hero of the Korean fighting is a prisoner of war. (AP wirephoto) Continued Cold, Snow Predicted Entire Northern Tier of States Staggers Under Wintry Blasts Asv'K-uTEi' gered from nearly a week of blustery, wintry weather. The new storm centered in the northern and central Rockies 'and snow pelted areas in Ihe mountain region and Ihe er plains slates. fore the Years de of CIO President Philip L' J'T' i ive .,,3 T-Tn? Who livcs in the front apartment on the floor, and. ,7 'sw' residents ot the hand.

Ihe stee. inrli homeless: balking at giving Murrav any- i thing unless it also gets pri apparenllv started in: relief, a position lh.it conl.l put and great pressure on price controls halhroom in the Brill apartment. The president has several wording to Fire Chief E. J. choices.

One is to send the case He said the cau was to the wage hoard for a reinm pjthcr defective wiring or spon- mendrrl He could combustion, Ihe sieel indtistrv as a be Mafor damage was caused hv le.iguere.! public iniercsl proper- smoke, but ihe fire deslrovejl bed- ty under the draft law. Or he furniture and bathroom, could invoke the Tafi Iiarlley pquipmenl In the Brilt acts cr.uri injunction prfx-eflures. Tlie kitchen of the restaurant on Murray's threat to down the first floor was a shambles the entire basic sire! proliicing fmm water flowing into it. inoMstrv. along with a major Miss I.angley recently had a p.Tit of the nntir)n 's aliiniiniim new front erected on the res- works, poseil a real elertion year taurant and the interior was re- problrm for Mr.

Truman. modeled. Tlie building Is one of Invoking the SOdav strike-ban the oldest on Walworth avenue, under Ihe Taft-Hartley law It was reported today that Britf might hurtle the steel dispute in- had gone to his daughter's home to the springtime whep near Delavan. His remained Lewis can be expected to pose in the police station overnight, his own strike threat in the roal It was not known where Mrs. mines.

Alberths and DeLap and his rhil- In fact. meeting dren would stay until the apart- again today with top fnite ments are rejKiired. Mine Workers union aides In planning a spring wage offensive. The Lewis coal contracts expire March M. It that Mr.

Truman may well decide against buying two months of stee! industry WHERE RED.S HOLD AIJJED PBI.SOXEBS— Map locates the 11 prison camps in North Korea where a command spokesman said the Reds are holding Allied prisoners. The camps lie between the Korean capital of and the Yalu river boundary of Manchuria. The 3.198 Americans the Reds acknowledge holding are in four 2. 3 and near the Yalu border northeast of Sinuiju. (AP wire- photo) Death Claims E.

A. Muenchow George West Is Listed Prisoner Lake Geneva, Monroe Youths Also Reported in POW Camps can me.ssage to Moscow "The United Slates noles surprise the as.serfion by the inches was expected to accumu- depth of four to 10 Accompanied by castcr- U. S. S. R.

that the idea that any inrroasinrr 'm The weather bureau tcm- will rise slowly today iSentrS I'ut turn much colder ment that on Nov. 2n. 1940. a pro- TimrsHav' The 'Snowfall began In the missar for Foreign Affairs Molo-' dian border. Death Toll Hits 200 Some areas of the storm belt from the Pacific northwest to the New England states were tov to German Ambas.sador western portion carlv lodav.

began of the state viCi The influence of a storm area rirmpnv fl of prevented mini- iho3r mum temperatures in some Wi.s- he 'lis nnwirc anT Tuesday night ,1 f'-'llins low as nrovided. among other things, that the U.SS.R. be enabled In cstabli.sh 'a ba.se for land and 10 BRrOW IIKRR A speedy warming-up period. In preparation lor tonight's heavy snowfall, was enjoycfl today by Janesville residents. Shortly after midnight the mercury hit 10 below 7 at the Wisconsin Power and Light official weat.ser station for the city, and at noon today the reading was above.

Yesterday's high reading was Ifi. unMkelv. since the While House ciirrentlv Is Irving to settle railroad industn- disputes after having the rail' Industry under an ISmonth seizure. Former Grocery Store Owner, Veteran of World War I Five soldiers from the Janes- 'ville area previously listed asl in action in Korea 'among those whose names arei on Communist pri.soner of' jwar lists relea.sed last night and! jtoday, leaving 10 others from this' area still unaccounted for. i Those officially identified Eme.sf A.

Muenchow. 60. of, 724 Y'uba street, life resident of through their army serial num- Jane.sville, former grocer and as being pri.soncrs of war overseas veteran of World War arc: The expetted course was lha Tue.sdav In Vet-i Mr. Tr.iman would send the steel hospital. Wi.s.

He' Vvi. CSeorce A. WMt, son of case lo the wage hoard. The federal mediation had been in failing health icniaiion has arranged governmentguidcfl negoti with ten principal the i street, Janesville. in pri.son camp near Changsong.

On Nov. 20, 1951, ino nf Mrs. West received a letter from sicel firms and Murray 's union in and was Sept. Z. saying he was beginning here tomorrow.

Hard- riVj a POW camp In North Korea. however, experts this CenemI Si Ta': "erial number. RA-16326- course could produce anv 9dX checks with a Pvt. George GEORGE AJTECT ment before the end of the year. pecte-1.

Temperatures Fire Causes ranged from a high of 21 at appeared no immediate relief inH Milwaukee during the day to a the TurkKshstra IS and that tlie area nighttime low of 1.3 below at then south of Batum and of Bak-i Lone Rock. The death loll from weather's promi.sed moderating in the lurcs today. But generally there Sfllf I OCiCI snow and cold headed for midwest and eastern stales. He was in service from March 16. mi- to May 30.

1919. ihe A.ssocialcd Press. West Born in Janesville Jan. Z7.i^^ 1R91. of August and 2.1950.

erica Rehfcld Muenchow, Mr.l Me.Millin 20. son i Muenchow attended St. Paul's Mr. and Mrs. Grant McMillin, school.

As a voulh he clerked in 1 Lake Geneva, mcml)er of 25th in-, King. Cowle.s'and Fifield division, in pri.son camp at the general direction of the Per-, sian gulf is recognized as the Another snowstorm and cold onslaught since last Friday rose rif WoniP ami at "the The re- For a lime he was bookkeeper ceivcd a letter from their son at the Gund Co. Im from a pri camp last; the iTni o'f Jhe 200. Thousands per- A defective healing plant wa.s his March but that is the only word' Soviet I nion of the nation which stag-i loi. blamed for a fi 3-Day Airways "In light of the Soviet attitude toward the Middle Ea.st area since the end of World War the United Stales government can onlv as.sume that the aims forth by Molotov in 1940 OiriKe LnQ6Q remain the nolicy of the Soviet Allies Drive Back Light Red Attacks Allied in- Pan American Workers Back to Jobs Pending Fact-Finding Studies Navy Plane jin Trouble Over Pacific Oakland.

Calif. Emergency air escort planes out over the Pacific today for a rendezvous with four-engine Brewing re which caused jjp opened a they have had until he was offi- damaged estimated at at More at Milion avenue. After cially reported last night as a the home of Raymond Gee. .109 Ihe partnership was dissolved in prisoner. Pine street, Tuesday after- '312.

Mr. became a Pfr. Henrj- h. Brerklin. noon.

guard at Fairbank.s, Morse of Mrs. of Ihe familv were Beloit. Brecklin, Monroe. Identifiedt awav when the (ire started, ajv and Mela Al- through serial number as at parcntiv around ihe register on ivardi were marrietl in Si. Paul's on camp Pyok Tong.

the first floor. dis- i much -Sept. 17. 191.9, by Ihe Rev. Cpl.

Lvie G. -oveied the blaze after flames A. L. Treu. Muenchow 2.iih division, in camp near Chi- had made headw in the b.i.se- served on St.

Paul's school board ang-Song. ment and on the floor around a member of Ihe Amer-, rtc. Raymond 27, Sec-! the hot air register on the first "'sn Legion. ond division, of floor. Surviving are his wife: a son.

and Walter Jensen. Dorches-; The fire department was called Krnest J. Beloit; a ipr. formerly of Janesville in Chi- PF. GR.4XT McMnxiN JR.

New York -(AP)- A al "and allhoughlire daughter. Mrs. Donald Worthy. i sinko against Pan American trouble about 900 miles off Uie up the walls, firemen a nephew of Mr. and World Ainvajs ended today as The pilot said he CIO Transport Workers relumed were able lo confine" the fire Kay Wcstby: one sister, prcd en? en.

N. Chatham! faniry todav repulsed several compliance with light Communist attacks at scat- tered points along the Korean i war front. pursers lowered their picket message inboard on Ihe left Most of what little action there midnight. agreeing lo sirte. This to Ihe first floor of the Mrs.

Louis Hager. Cleveland. and was an employe of; that he couTn'l two-story hou.se. Heat and smoke four bro hers. Charles.

George years before extensive damage on Ihe Otto and Henry Muenchow, all entering service in 1949 i "'engine' he ir picket HA lef? at Ihe scene for an 'S' overjoyed when in St. Panis church, informed by the Gazelle that her Rev. Martin t. POw allhough was took place on the western "'P at least 60 daj-s- The plane was en route from nrficiaiinp Ri will in federal fact- Honolulu to Ihe navy air ba.se al Oak I II ceS '-ad remained hopeful of his; west of Chonvon artillerv committee i the field, of San Fran- J'. I chnref aflcr receiving letter a led ot, to.help throw back was due at p.

m. reg" The" gSd 'e" began The CIO mav call at the Reining funeral a- Wednesday hop-; L'Slit con- tTWLt said l.i.st night that from Ihe plane did I home Friday evenine ing to hear her son's name broad- tacts with Reds up to a company s'f'kei-s voted eight to one not now manv were k. In strength were reported from 'o call off the walkout. The TWi: The plane, which normally has, other sectors in the west. claims to represent 5.S00 Pan a speed of ISO knots, was mak- U.

S. Eighth armv reported no American employes. 1 UDIlCailOn OT 1 nSOflGrS American soldiers were killed' Pirketi ended at Pan Ameri-a 20-miIe headwind. along the front in the 24 hours can's five American terminal cit- Iront North was called a Red as.sault that Tuesday afternoon. tion networks and troop positions.

yA ended at 6 p. m. Tuesday. Other ics: Y'ork. San Fran Soil Of SUICKIG U.

N. and South Korean units cisco, BrowTisvillc, and Sc- counted some casualties, but atlle. YlCtllll PnSOIlGr they were exlrcmclv light. I A spokesman for Pan American. v.

i. Far East air forces flew 9.V) one of the world's largest airiines ionics Tue.sdav in attacks against with mutes circling the I Leake rear area supply and tran.sporia-.said 100 per cent normal front Jine.ulcs on all flights were c.xpec.cd A in y-OTCa. Y'esterdav." said by the Com- nion demands included an IS- Communists reported munisis to be prisoners of war ccnt-an-hour incrca.se for Pvt. Charles Elliott, is in Korean pri.son tamps, were and and a held as a pri.soner of war. being checked bv the dcfen.se dc- increase for steward- chiangSong camp.

lesses and pursers. 1 Company officials aid Pan Defcoroh KeiZ BeCOmOS American offered a 10-ccnt-an- increase for the ground cm- Mother 01 Daughiez cast but did not hear it up to that At Lake Geneva the parents of Pfc. Grant McMillin the m- formation has given them "a neiv, lift for Christmas." The letter, jlhey received from him written in Names Bring Joy, Sorrow newsilists rclea.sed by opposing from Wa.shinglon and of prisoners in their custody. No; handuritrng and uas thou.sands the best as to accuracy can llin was taken pri.soner Dec. 6,, 1950.

the first Lake Geneva sol-of and Mrs. Matthew Pierce, flashed out Tokyo, for thou.sands the best iassurance as lo accuracy Christmas ever, for many otherigiven at this time." thjjusands an empty, hollow mes- sa'ge of more despair. The 3.19S names of American Allies Assert 1LS59 Total Is Too Small Communists Complcdn last Given Them Is of Little Use MunsM, ol prisoner of war lists brought new strife today for Korean truce negotiators. The Communists labeled the United Nations list of 132.472 Chinese and Korean prisoners useless. The Allies complained the Red total of 11,559 POWs was too small.

Truce negotiators made no formal protest. The prisoner of war subcommittee was in recess I VJS. delegates in a second subcommittee told the Reds they would not budge an inch on how to supervise the truce until the Communists agree to full rotation of troops and effective bc- inspection to guard against a sneak military buildup. Written In English Communist news correspondents at the Panmunjom truce site said it was impossible to identify Chine.5e and North Korean troops from the U.N. list.

The names were written in English. Men were not identified by rank, unit or in any other The U.N. has promised to supply a list written in Chinese and Korean about Christmas day. Red China's Peiping radio said the Allies also agreed to identify them by rank and unit as soon as possible after Christmas. Brig.

Gen. William Nuckols. official U.N. command spokesman, said "We gave them exactly what we requested from them." He said the U.N. list was "just a confirmation of Information already given the Communists by the Red Cross.

The information Is readily available to their. Nothing is being withheld. "We asked for the name, the nationality, the location of their camp and the names of men bi each camp," Nuckols said. That was the information In the UJf. ILst.

More SHU Missinir The Red list contained the sime information plus serial nimibers and unit. The Communists supplied the Allied names in English. But there were protests that rhe 11559 prisoners listed was far short of the more than 000 Allied troops missing. The discrepancy is primarily in South Korean troops. The list of 3.19S Americans and approximately 1,220 other U.N.

nationals was roughly what was expected, UJf. command sources said. But 7,142 South Korean prisoners is only one twelfth of the number the South Korean gov- emmen said were missing. The government announced it was "shocked bej-ond words at the appalling discrepancy. We refused to believe the honesty of the Communists." Red newsmen suggested some captured South Korean soldiers probably were in the North Korean army now, or had melted away into civilian life.

"Camonflsge Atrocities" The South Korean government statement suggested the Reds were "camouflaging a tremendous number of tragic atrocities or purposely withholding names for some future advantage." American officers have charged the Reds slaughtered 5,500 to 8,000 of the 11,000 U.S. troops listed as missing in action. When and how to release the prisoners still remains to be decided negotiators. Presumably an exchange would be accomplished in stages after an armistice is signed. Negotiators are trying to beat a Dec.

27 8 days away The truce supervision subcommittee made no progress toward that goal, a U.N. spokesman said, i in more than four hours of wrangling Wednesday. They agreed to try again at 11 a. m. Thursday (8 p.

m. day CST). PFC. RIYIWOXD JO'SEN 4 4 hour partmcnt in "takes" as fast as they arrived from Tokvo. SflOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Task Is Tedious The list of names was little v- more than one-fourth of Ihe d'er to be captured.

i 24 son of Mr 051 Americans officially listed as EMiom missing in action. The Reds said Nine hers from the Jane.sville^and M.lo all POW's in .0. i Special Penlagon forces 1 answer. of and Mrs. Obin Lein, Janes- Mr- and Mrs.

George Lenz, Be- pcd through the long lisl paired At the Penlagon the -j tn after name with the of comparing names on thel Pfc rtonald Hcndrick.son. son ofl Cp'. David Bnizelius son Iployes and continuance of a fpur- Anffele.s—(.D—British act-jcial missing-inaction li.sl. rushcdili.st with the names of tho.se and Mrs. Lassc Bolhun.

ana Mrs. iiru- an hour cost-of-living in-rcss Deborah Kerr gave birth loi'elPRrams to next-of-kin as rcportied as mi.ssing pro-Janesville. zeiius. I lows: ccedcd slowlv through the night, i John Kclleher. 17.

of Mr Other Wisconsin servicemen "The Ihe armv hasj By early morning, however, and Mrs. Kclleher, 914 now listed as pri.soncrs. previous- asked me to inform you that the the staff had been doubled andiProspcct avenue. ily carried as mi.ssing in action.lfj^ ITca-se. a daughter la.st night at Cedars I A rwv spokesman ground of Lebanon hospital.

She and workers now earn from lo her hu.shand. Anthony Hartley. $2.11 an hour: stewardesses. S196 named ihe Spound child Fran- a month; and the pursers, ceska Ann. The Barllevs have '3301 lo 5361 a month.

lone other child, Melanic Jane, 4. Life of License Plates Extended WadiiiigtoB (AP) To save scarce metals needed in the defense program, the government and the states have agreed on a program to make- 1931 or 1952 automob'ile license plates do in- defmitely. THE WEATHER WlMMMla: imry laow with wMi amt drtllUv tmt bnwlai oww tn. XoC caM nut portlm TtarMar wladr mmd tarnbic innrk wllk aMw JUnlaliUllac ta Clwnca kat trtUimt Mowlac roalla- alac. IM tMidit arar nm aorMiwrat.

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Frederick Pierce, 19, son (CoaUaiKil oa Fafs Col. 3).