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Show BTO 12 Jiv 1980 SUNDAY HERALD IWilson Given Power To Run Home Front Mass Executions By South Koreans Arouse Disgust, Anger " and machineguns in the past five days. Many of them were women. Some were children. The priests. Father Patrick O -Connor of the Catholic News agency of Washington, D. C, and Father George Carroll of the Mary Knoll fathers, also failed to gain satisfaction from home ministry officials. A wave of disgust and anger swept through American and British troops who either have witnessed or heard the firing squads in action in the Soul area during the last two days. The executions have been going on almost daily since the liberation! of Seoul in September. U.S. military authorities were To reluctant to interfere because it was doubtful if they have authority since the executions are being carried out under sentences imposed by Korean courts against' INGLE WOOD, Cal., Dec. 18 U.R) Korean citizens. It was believed women and A Cherokee Indian mother sent a letter that will re- children were executed as mem- -, turn her only surviving son to bers of the families of condemned "the warpath" in Korea, where men and that military police he desperately wanted to be in shooting them had no authority, the thick of the fighting. from government officials. The mother, Mrs. Glen B. RHtish Ston Practice Peterson, had succeeded in having Technical son. Marine her Sgt. They were not brought to pubRobert J. Ward, 24, sent back to lic notice until American and Korean com- British units happened to move Japan and out of the was the only into an area bordering the execubat zone because he tion ground about a mile north of surviving son of a tated family. the citv. British trooos said thev went on the warpath for the:WOuld not rjermit anv more mass our shootings in their areas. ngnt to ao my on xo Keep now people free and proud and Friday the Americans and Brit I'm shackled to a useless job," ish were horrified upon seeing the son. whose tribal name is truckloads of old men. women, "Cherokee Tomahawk" wrote his youths and several children lined mother after he was taken out of up before open graves and shot combat duty. "I ask you, my down by South Korean military! mother, to free me so I can once police with rifles and machine-- 1 again be free to help my boys." guns. Objections Withdrawn One American captain George Mrs. Peterson, Graff Reluctantly, he kicked aside whose husband is an aircraft plant the dirtreported covering one) lightly B. machinst. wrote Gen. Clifton of the bodies and found it still! Cates, marine commandant, with twitching. drawing her objections to the Official estimates of the num in me corneal ber of pohtical sergeants wing that prisoners varv his wish be1Gen Lee H area and asking vice chief of mar. gramea inai ne oe returned 10 nis tial law headquarters, declined to men. give the total, saying merely there "Men in our tribe don't talk were "between 500 and 600." somewhen and much, they say The tempo of executions has thing, they mean it," the mother risen sharply since the fall of explained stoically. "So I know Pyongyang and the threat of a Bob really wanted to go back to advance on Seoul. his men and take care of them." communist General Lee said the exact Her eldest son, Frank Ward, number executed is a "military was killed in World War II in he admitted that 37 but secret" an airplane crash and her second a son, Ernest, died in the marine were executed onin a hillsnowstorm north off early Saturday assault on Iwo Jima. After her youngest son. Robert, SeouL "The prisoners dug their own was called to active duty with Lee said, "but their famigraves," other marine reservists and was sent to Korea, Mrs. Peterson wrote lies were allowed to claim the President Truman, Mrs. Eleanor bodies afterwards." He said civilians sentenced to Roosevelt and marine corps ofwere supposed to be hangdeath to ficials have her warrior son ed in prison "but we have found removed to a safer place. Marine officials complied and that shooting by firing squad is orders were drafted transferring more convenient." British troops on "execution Ward to a rear area in Japan. But the sergeant the hill" outside Seoul were perhaps intercepted orders, carried them in his pocket the most indignant. William Hilder of Fusilier and led his men north from the a rear echelon of Inchon. Tritndom, England, port A second draft of the orders clerk, described how a truck load sent Ward to Japan and from of prisoners was shot less than there he wrote an eloquent letter 150 feet from the camp where the British were eating their breakappealing to his mother. fast. "It was about half past seven in the morning when the first shot rang out," he said. "I jumped out of the truck and saw some South MARION CLEGG Bt Koreans in uniforms herding the Bishop Francis Cowley was prisoners out of a vehicle hurt in an accident in his field ed only a stone's throw fromparkour Wednesday but is recovering and camp. is expected to be all right after "They made them kneel down a week's complete rest. the truck with their backs facing The Primary stake board ensome trenches dug some disttertained about 115 ward officers to They were roped toand teachers at a Christmas party ance away. gether in pairs. I saw two women in the annex, Wednesday eve- and two young kiddies aged about ning A program was presented which included a playlet that the 8 and 13 among them. In Batches of 10 wards may use later in their work. Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus "The guards led them in batches took time off to be present and of 10 into the trenches and then to distribute gifts. them in the back of the head. Mrs. Toma Waldbeiser recently shot women were screaming and was hostess to a group of friends The the men wailing. About 80 people at her home. Mrs. Alda Strebel presented a stood watching including some" soldiers who seemed as nour oi music, using American aeugnnui angry as we were. Christmas carols as her theme. "One of the guards went around Tuesday evening, in the Third with a machinegun firing bursts! MIA. ward She was assisted by into those who didn't die imme- Relva Price and several small I walked away when the diately. children. The First and Second year Bee-Hi- kiddies were shot. I didn't like to classes entertained MIA see it. "Afterward they piled earth on Tuesday evening with a one-aof the bodies and went away. play directed by their leader, Itop went over in the afternoon and Miss Hussey. there was a foot sticking out of Winlarlnr Hhr the Wauitrh rnimlv rnmn,)..,! ne f the graves. erg, and Cardwell Clegg, repreattended senting the water-user- s, a meeting of the Central Utah water-usein Roosevelt on! Thursday. The Second ward will hold their annual conference in two sessions. Sunday morning and Sunday evening, under the dif rection of the stake presidency. REAL The stake Relief society will entertain all ward officers and teachers at a Christmas program ESTATE followed by a reception in the Second ward chapel. Sunday at 1:30 pm. The program was LOANS originated by Dulcie Young, who was assisted in its direction by Alice Seiter and Lucille Giles. Marvel Murdock was hostess to the camp of the DUP at her home on Wednesday. A short program, an exchange of gifts and a visit from Santa Claus enlivened the afternoon, with delicious refreshments. along INTEREST included Golda Lee, Agnes Cummings, Maud Atwood, Refinance Tour Theressa Casper, Janet Watson, Home On Our Easy Amelia Carlile, Janie McDonald Payment Plan and Alice Seiter. Farrell Thacker entertained the cart of the high school play and a few other friends at his home on his birthday, Tuesday evening. LEVEES TO BE BUILT By PETER KALISCHER United Press Staff Correspondent! SEOUL, Korea. Dec. 16 OJ.R) Two Catholic priests, seeking to block the mass execution of pol-' itical prisoners scheduled for Sunday failed Saturday night in ef- -t forts to see President Syngman Rhee. ' At least 80O persons described as convicted communist collabora- tors, saboteurs and murderers have been executed with rifles (Continued from Page One) 1 and department as may be necessary to carry out the program developed, the policies established, and: the decisions made by the r . Mother Consents Indian Son's Return to Battle :t - T, li TV ' nan7 j 1300 INEATi ALL FIGURES III THOUSANDS 920 550 TO 650 550 TO 515 j ed war-dev- lit "shall be the ,dutv of all such agencies and departments to execute these directives. . ." Wilson was instructed in the order to perform the functions assigned him "through such officers and such agencies and in such manner as he shall, consonant with law and the provisions oi mis order, determine. His appointment must be confirmed by the senate, but that is considered certain. It will be placed before the chamber Monday. He was vice chairman of the war production board of World War II and thus is no stranger to most members of the senate. Only one other man James F. Byrnes has held such powers as Wilson now holds. Byrnes was the mobilization director in World War II, but he never used the full powers given him. He preferred to work in the background as a y3 j tear-stain- director." And. the president's order adds. A I 150 200 j ; 334 E. CENTER PRESENT JULY GOAL NAVY ARMY JULY GOAL JULY GOAL PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT AIR FORCE Office Hours: 10 A. M. to 12 Noon 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. Evenings by Appointment am (smum ro JULY GOAL MARINES my GRAND HAVEN. Mich., Dec. 16 (UP A Montague, Mich., businessman and his five children reported they saw a "big orange-colore- d crash into Lake object" Michigan in flames early Saturday. Otto Hernz. manager of a store in Montague, said he spotted the object over the lake shortly after midnight as he and the youngsters were returning from a movie, state police said. The civil aeronautics administration and Selfridge. Mich air force base reported no aircraft in Using or overdue in the area. On the other side of the lake, the Midway airport control tower at Chicago gave the same report and said air operations over the lake were "routine" throughout t h e night . "I saw it about five miles offshore," Heinz tulri police. "It looked like a big. curve-shapharvest moon. When it hit the water, it looked like a camp fire off in the distance." He said he pointed the object out to his children, ranged ing in age from five to 13. and they followed its dive to earth. A coast guard .patrol boat from here searched the area and state troopers covered the shore looking for possible as? sues wreckage. The site was directly across the lake from Milwaukee, Wis., where the lake is 75 miles wide. Although there were no reports of aircraft in the area, the sheriff's office at Muskegon. Mich., nearby, said, officers heard a "large plane like a transport" fly over about half an hour before Hernz' report. 06 u Ifi 'UP) Wash., Dec. Burggraf Construction Company, Inc.. Iino Falls, today wag notified by the army engineers to proceed with work on levees along the Snake river in eastern Idaho. The Idaho firm was low bidder with $55,412 for constructing revetted levees and work on: existing levees on the banks of the Snake river at Home. ll and Bannock Jim locations. La-be- u MUSEUM DEDICATED BOISE. Dec. 16 'UP) Formal dedication of the new Idaho state museum in Boise's Julia Davis park was held Saturday. Gov. C. A. Robins officiated at the grand opening of the new structure, which will house relics and other artifacts of by-go- ne da vs for the Just what EVERYBODY wants See coziest Christmas ever! our complete . selection for men, women, children in styles to suit every taste and accommodate every budget! Here's just a sampling of the smart slipper gifts we have in store for thrifty Santas! . BY leather fleeces, M AT lined house Slippers B Men's comfortable moccasin toe leatherO f" A.VD slippers, win C Ladies in red or A Men's all f blue. D E . 2.99 . 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