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wrm rrr-r i I 16 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1951. GIRLS VIE FOR A PRINCE LIST 19 MORE NAMES HONORED BY THE FORCE Where the Death of a Policeman Is Avenged SON OF EMPEROR HIROHITO GROWING UP. MISSOURIAN INCLUDED IN LATEST RED PRISONER REVELATION. MANY POLICEMEN ATTEND FUNERAL OF SLAIN PATROLMAN.

Although He Is Now 18, He Still Looks Very Boyish a Princess Is Reported Quite Interested. All of the U. S. Soldiers Had Been Declared Killed in Action Pentagon Again Emphasizes Caution. Clyde Harrison Gave His Life for Protection of Community, the Rev.

Harry G. Parsons Asserts. should be only joy in the world, we must remember that sorrow cannot destroy us if we have the proper faith in God and in our fellow men. It is through sorrow that clearer vision is sometimes open to us. We often are made stronger by our sorrows.

An honor guard of fourteen policemen and a color guard from the Veterans of Foreign Wars participated. Among the police officials who attended were Henry Johnson, chief Frank B. Collins, administrative assistant to Johnson; R. Robert Cohn, a former commissioner; George Fiske, member of the board; Albert F. Hillix, president of the board; Lou Smyth, superintendent of police public relations, Jack Ellis, police inspector, and Capt.

James T. Oney, Capt. Doral L. Denison. Capt.

Phil S. Hoyt, Capt. S. K. Van Trump and Capt.

J. Austins Faith in U. N. Is Stronger. (Servif the Aeu York Time.) New York, Dec.

24. Warren R. Austin, chief American delegate to the United Nations, arriving today from Paris, said he was more convinced than ever of the effectiveness of the United Nations to serve peace. The ambassador, I Washington, Dec. 24.

(AP) The Defense department today named nineteen more Americans listed as prisoners of the Reds in Korea. All of them have previously been reported as killed in action. With the addition of todays names, the department has now notified next-of-kin of 3,187 names out of the total of 3,198 carried on the list of prisoners handed to United Nations armistice negotiators in Korea. Defense officials emphasized again that the appearance of the names on the Communist P. O.

atus of theeLnaS farParmy SHARE HOLIDAY WITH WAR. records are concerned, pending accompanied by Mrs. Austin, arrived aboard the liner America. Commenting on the assembly's record so far, Austin praised the sincere efforts of most nations to promote world understanding and reduce tensions. He spoke particularly warmly of the strong backing given by the assembly majority to the western powers disarmenament proposals and added that this support was a compelling demonstration of the desire of the free world for peace.

By Ray Falk. Xorth American Xeirspaper Alliance.) Tokyo, Dec. 24. Crown Prince Akihito came of age yesterday without pomp and ceremony. Because the imperial family is spending a year of- mourning over the death of the dowager last spring, the young mafT slipped into his eighteenth birthday anniversary quietly.

The crown, prince, perhaps more than an ordinary boy, has trouble being accepted as a growing man. His chamberlains, the press, and the public consider him a child. He looks extremely boyish, and only recently has he let his hair -grow on his shaven dome. Reports of marriage hunts by chamberlains are brushed off by the imperial household although Emperor Hirohito's bride I ROM 1C TWIST TO A GIFT. Man Dies of Car Fumes About 200 members of the police department attended the funeral service yesterday afternoon of Clyde Harrison, 47-year-old patrolman who was slain Thursday night.

The services were held at the Sheil chapel. More than fifty persons, not police personnel, also attended, some officers could not find room in the reserved section and stood at the rear. Patrolman Harrison, whose home was at 2860 Raytown road, was shot to death as he and Patrolman Richard J. Staab attempted to question two men in a stolen car. The Rev.

Harry G. Parsons, pastor of the Budd Park Christian church, officiated 'at the funeral. "We come here today to honor and to pay final tribute to a man who has given his life for his community, Mr. Parsons said. This city has suffered a tragic loss by two criminals who have neither respect for God nor man.

As an officer of this city, Clyde Harrison gave his all his life and we ow? him a great debt. I think Patrolman Harrison gave his life in the service and in the spirit of the Master. Let us With New Muffler in Seat. further investigations. Ever since the enemy list was made public, high officials have cautioned against too much reliance on it.

-The new list came out today despite a previous notice from the Pentagons casualty section that it would be closed over thejj 4-day government Christmas: holiday after a round-the-clock; Christmas on the barren Korean sprint last week to get out nq- But Only Light Action Biendsjhis With Prayers lor Peace in Korea, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 23 (Tuesday). (AP) Carols and gunfire blended oddly in the frosty air today as United Nations soldiers many lands, celebrated Thristr 'battle front. Toledo, Dec. Daniel Smith, 26, was dead and his fiancee, Carol Lee, was In critical condition today after being overcome by exhaust fumes.

They had parked in his car to discuss wedding plans. Carols Christmas gift to her fiancee was a new muffler for his car to replace a leaky one. Police found the gift in the back seat of the car. Many Allied troops, fliers and navy men bowed and devoutly prayed for peace as the war entered its nineteenth month. Most United Nations troops enjoyed relative quiet as they observed the birthday of the Prince of peace.

Only light action was reported Christmas day. The mercury stayed below the freezing point across the 145- NO SADDLE FOR THIS BOY. Miami The first Negro jockey ever licensed in Florida, 16-year-hope the criminals who caused old Hosea Lee Richardson of Co-his death will be brought tojlumbia, S. exercises horses justice and will have a chance bare-back for Trainer Tommy tices to relatives; names released today: Ffe. John V.

Pi-rson. Stevenson. Ain. Cpl. James Pleasant Plains.

Ark. Scrgt. Robert C. Kinpsburz. Calif.

Pfc. Philip E. Rozers. San Francisco. Pvt.

Leonard M. Schinehoff. Los Angeles. Sergt. James IV.

Bennett. Eldorado. I1L Pfc. Joseph C. Johnson, Codfrev, III.

Pvt. Amhrow Vampran. Maurepas. La. Pfc.

Aaron P. Wilson Urania. La. CpI Char'es Howav, Mount Pleasant. Mich.

P'fe. Michael M. Milkovich, Keewatin M.nn. Col. Alexander T.

Ramatowskl. Bronx. Pic. William C. Rhatigan.

Richmond Hill. Lr Island. THE HOUSE AT THE LEFT was the scene of the shooting of William Devere Yewell, 22, who fired at three detectives who sought to question him about the slaying of a policeman. Yewell lived in a second-floor apartment in this house at 3503 Thompson avenue. A patrolman stands guard on the porch at the front door.

Part of the onlookers who gathered on both sides of the street are shown in the foreground. A police car anil an ambulance stand in front. Yewell ignored an order to stand where he was as he stepped through the door the policeman is guarding, and opened fire on the waiting Root at Hialeah. to atone for their sins, Although, this mans death came at a time when there many LOOK over Slur Want Ads today: will vrwj. inTdiv 1 IS mile battlefront and light rains action December 2.

1930. lr. Lena K. began to fall this moming. Sloan (mother), Columbia, Mo.

Sergt. Odie Lewie' Medicine Park. Ok. Pfc. Albert Mickelberg Philadelphia.

Pvt Walter B. Dixon. Houston. Tex. Eergt.

Emmett V. Parker. Lamesa. Tex. Pfc.

Alfred L. Knlclev. Harrisonburg. Va. John Randolph, Associated Press correspondent on the Central front said one of the boldest of the twilight war was BAKERY GOODS "DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR forays before Christmas U.

S. tank force five miles into northwest of DEM I A Medicine Park, Dec. 24. CAP) We just know hes alive. Thats all were living for now.

-Mrs. May Lawley, wife of-Chinese lines, Sergt. Odie Lawley, smiled Kumhwa. made the day when a small stabbed nearly Christmas Message to Czechs Has Double Meaning. New York, Dec.

24. (AP) Leading American Protestants tomorrow will broadcast to Czechoslovakia a Christmas day message whose final words carry a double meaning for Christians behind the iron curtain. Let us all remember, the message ends, that Christmas always comes at night! Can wise men see a star at noon? Christmas comes in deepest dark when in despair man sees a spark conquering the night. The lines, from a poem by Franklin T. Elmer.

Baptist minister, of Flint, are part of the message to be beamed bv radio. through tears at news today that her husband, reported killed in action November 29, 1950, was a prisoner of the Chinese Reds. Mrs. Lawley disclosed she received a letter from him September 2. It was his hand- The raiders met no Red Infantry and withdrew after scouting an enemy-held valley.

It drew only slight mortar fire. One tank was damaged but was towed back. The navy announced today it ON HIGHWAY 71 lVi MILES writing. Our son knew it was 'sent carrier planes over Hung- H. W.

OF NORTH K. C. SHOP SAVE IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE dad the minute he had been picked by the time he was, 18. Houses (o Choose From. The future queen most likely will be chosen from the eleven former imperial houses which lost their titles at the end of World War II.

First choice will be given to the houses of Kita-shirakawa and Kuni; The prin cess of the former house is only 11. The' prospective bride must not be related to the prince by at least three lines. Final choice will be -made by Hirohito, but Akihitos inclinations will be taken into consideration. The future queen must be a woman of healthy body and mind, able to bear the responsibility of her high office. A question raised among officials of what would happen if the prince should fall in love with a true commoner was answered by one official who said that the example of the duke of Windsor might have to be followed.

What chances the prince would have of meeting such a commoner in the well-regulated life he leads, no one has asked. Sophisticated young daughters of former peers attending the peers school, where Akihito studies, are making eyes at the prince, according to the vernacular press. One girl, a former princess, is reported to be intent on capturing the princes heart. More Than Fan Mall. Letters in pink envelopes, allegedly exceeding the boundaries of mere fan mail, are increasing.

One newspaper called it a prince boom, but the chamberlains deny it all. though they admit that they check all letters from unknowm correspondents. Akihito will be graduated from the high-school wing of the peers' school next March. It Is 1 1 conceded generally that the old fjguard has won out, and that Akihito will not attend a university abroad. The choice for a higher education will lie between Tokyo university and the college of the peers school.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, for several post-war years his American tutor, was desirous of having him study overseas, but, in the words of one household official, "we don't want him to be a cosmopolite. In any case, the household Jeans toward an English, rather than an American, university, since they consider American colleges uncouth, barbarian and unrefined. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the heir apparent goes to the peers school dormitory and sleeps, eats and studies with his fellow students. Nineteen other students board in 'this dormitory.

All Departments Open Today for Your Convenience iflrrnj (Uitnstmas nam in a special attack that came exactly one year after the last Allied troops left that east coast port in the famous 10th corps evacuation. Task force 77 planes covered a 120-mile stretch of the east coast and cut rail lines in 101 places. Allied warships also pounded Red targets on both east and west coasts. from his saw it. The Lawleys have two children, Ella Mae, 12, and Charlie.

14. Sergeant Lawley informed his family in the letter he was well as could be expected. Lawley has been in the service seventeen years and overseas since August 6, 1950. as Goes Over Events Leading to Murder. 7 4 i i 'ff' THREE DETECTIVES POINT TO A BULLET HOLE (arrow) made in a door casing by one of five bullets fired at them by Yewell.

Yewell was killed by shots by the detectives (left to right), Elbert Rice, robbery bureau; Dan Bfeece, homicide bureau, and Elza Hatfield, robbery bureau. The circle marks another bullet hole (Kansas City Star Volunteer fire fighters brought The post has been vacant since the fire under control after it the resignation of Hussein Sirry had reached the second floor and Pasha last year, and political hundred dollars done several damage. we bought early way below market! observers here attach considerable importance to the appointment. Hafez Afifi Pasha is a former Kin-, Royal Cabinet Will Be foreign minister and ambassador Hraded br AW, oI many Egyptian EGYPT NAMES A MODERATE. Cairo.

Dec. 24. (Reuters) Nationalists who believe in a Hafez Afifi Pasha, known for moderate rather than a strong-his advocacy of a more realistic farm policy. policy hy Egypt toward Britain the Western Powers has Last August he said the only solution to the Anglo-Egyptian been appointed chief of King dispute was to rewrit? the Anglo-Farouks royal cabinet, it was I Egyptian treaty to conform to announced tonight. Ithe spirit of the present age.

POINTING TO A BROKEN WINDOW, Perry Nelson Smith showed officers yesterday how he gained entry to the Downtown Buick company. Smith said he stole a motor car from the repair shop of the firm at 1701 McGee street trafficway and was in it Thursday night when he killed Patrolman Clj-de Harrison. Smith, 21, is shown handcuffed to Sheriff J. A. Purdome.

Has One Roommate. They live ten to a room. The prince shares a bare room with 'a classmate. Except for the communal study room, the house has no heating. The day begins at 5:50 a.

m. After washing, the twenty young men clean the corridors, and go through calisthenics. Breakfast is at 6:30, then the prince is driven to the school. Classes last from 8:30 to 2:50. There are twenty-nine students in Akihitos class.

He enjoys tennis, baseball, 'riding or ping-pong until 4:30. At 6 p. m. he dines; from 7 to 9 he studies his lessons. The prince is reported to be taking an active part in debates and discussions.

He studies Western history, natural science, mathematics, English, music, and art. Sundays he spends with his parents. Mondays and Tuesdays he lives at his own residence, where he receives private tutor-ing. He writes his diary in both Japanese and English, and is rated In fourth or fifth place among his He is fli" quoted as reading the Readers! Digest. Life magazine, Thej Narrow Gates, and Travels inj the Soviet by Andre Gide.

Some fellow students consider him the best horseman among all high-school students in the country. Those who have watched the crown prince expect much from him. He is being groomed for his future jbb, and is very conscious of his position. He has a bit of the haughtiness and arrogance that is the mark of all peers school graduates. He restrains and controls his impulses, giving the Impression of aloofness.

FIRE IN MENDON SCHOOL. Mendon, Dec. 24. Fire early today threatened the grade school building here before being extinguished. The fire started in! the cafeteria kitchen and was caused by defective wiring.

The; building was closed for thej Christmas vacation. The firej was discovered by Gerald and 2 for 300 We took a chance bought hundreds of cotton dresses months ago. Now prices have spiraled. But at Kresge's, we've slashed prices because we bought way below the present market value. These are 80 sq.

percales and broadcloths in sparkling prints. Sizes 16 to 52. Come Carfy tomorrow Get Wise to Kresges Buys KIHIIE(GIE? 12tlt and Main St ft. Jfo. (Ditr (Cljnstmafl litslf May you have the gladness of Christmas, Which is hope for a better world The spirit of Christmas, i Which is peace throughout the world The heart of Christmas, Which is love for each other Then, we can truly say HALLELUJAH.

AV.yAWAAVWAA NVAASWWWMf.SVW.V. rv, REVOLVER IN HAND, Smith demonstrated how he unloaded the weapon after the shooting. The scene is on Walnut street just south of Twentieth street, where Smith his companion abandoned the stolen car. From here, i according to statements to the police, they dashed across a lot and emerged near Twentieth and Grand avenue, 'they boarded a northbound street car. The youth said he 'later threw the weapon into the Missouri river (Kansas City Star photographs).

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