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Recalls Days As A War Prisoner Of Chinese Reds Lieutenant In Marine Corps Held Prisoner For Three Months Cherr£ Point.—The unpredicta- j blc treatment given prisoners of war by the Chinese Reds is a grave issue with our high com mand at the present time. And Marine First Lieutenant Thomas J. Shaw, flight clearance officer here, is still thanking his lucky relatively mi! a treatment he received while spending three months in Com munist hands. Lieutenant Shaw and three other Marines’were captured in unusual fashion by the Reds while on Chinese occupational duty in April of 1948 The four Leather necks comprised the flight crew of a transport plane that took off from Tsingtao, former Chinese air base of the Marine Corps. While over Communist terri tory, propeller failure forced a crash landing in a salt flat. Near by Red troops opened fire on the four Marines as soon as they j climbed clear of the wrecked BACK IN MOTHER'S ARMS AGAIN AGED MM. MARY CHRISTOPHEIES, 79, is welcomed in Los Angeles by her son and daughter following a flight from Athens, Greece. Ths daughter, Mrs. Nora C. Panos, had not seen her mother for 30 years. Son John last act eyes on her about 42 years ago in her native land. (IrtteraationoIJ transport, then swarmed down1 and took them prisoner. "They looked just like the In dians in a Wild West movie charg ing over the mountain,” said Shaw. Significantly, the Reds were dressed in Chinese Nationalist un iforms complete even to the cap insignia. They fired vigorously on United States planes that we e circling the crash scene and pre vented any attempt at aid or res cue despite the fact that the Unit ed States was maintaining a strict policy of neutrality in the Chinese Civil War at that time. Shaw and his compatriots were placed under armed guard and taKen by "mule train" to a rear area command post In the weeks to follow they were moved from town to town, sometimes by mule and sometimes by truck. English language interpreters questioned them from time to time and the four Marines protested their being held as prisoners of war when our country was not engaged in any hostilities with the Reds. Finally, after three months of captivity, the Leathernecks were turned over to a United States ne gotiating party. They had been thoroughly searched upon cap ture and all items that had been taken from them were returned upon release. “On the whole,” stated the Lieutenant, “We were treated firmly but with consideration. However, the atmosphere of un certainty that hung over us made our release date a very happy day.” Due to this three months of close association with the Chinese Red Army, the Marine is able 1" give many interesting sidelights on the enemy we now face in op en combat At one point during lus period of captivity, Shaw was detained in a Chinese town that the Com munists had hand-made into a model Marxist village'. It was a distribution point for Red pro paganda and all Chinese in the vicinity had free access to a li brary of pamphlets and books promoting Communist. ideals. However, no effort was made to indoctrinate the Marines into Communism When on the move, the four Americans were usually lodged in a house that was taken over by the Communist troops. The ruthlessness of Red rule was pointed up when Shaw was once directed to stay in a commanded - ed private home and given a bed still warm from the unfortunate occupant who had been routed out Austin^NicKols GREAT OAK blended WHISKEY »• SMgtf Whi*k*i * *b pn* j •d m 2 ftan m tin aMi I 10% Srai|ht Whist*. 1%% (rata ! InM Spirits; M % ttraifhl Whfc- J hay 1 pm *10, 5 % Straiffct Whisk* I 4 pan *M. 5% Strati Whist* I 0 pm #M. U pr»«t JHIS CHRISTMAS SURPRISE HER Wll II A Good Looking Sofa Bed Group 7-IV. LIVING ROOM SUITE — $99.50 Also Easy Chairs, Base Rockers ami Spot Chairs. am: you wokmed? . . . about the length of your Christmas list? The smallness of your purse? just visit our store, see our outstanding values on all appliances, lamps, throw rugs, pic tures, mirrors, radios, bedroom, dining room and living room suites and . . . WHILE HERE ASK ABOUT OUR LAY-AWAY t’LAN Heilig - Meyers Furniture Co. For Wise Buyers Williamson. \. C Bear Grass Breaks Even k\ Panlego The basketball teams of Bear j Grass High Schorl managed an . even break against the teams of j Pantego High School last night in the Belhaven gym as the boys of Bear Grass won easily, 57 to 14, while the girls dropped a 11 -39 decision after a last quarter rally failed to overcome the heavy lead established by the Beaufort Coun ty girls. The Beai Grass boys complete ly outclassed the Pantego lads in the first two quarters, leading 17 I to 7 at the end of the first quar period scoring shows: Bear Grass 17—19— 4—17—57 Pantego 7— 9—12—lfi—44 High scorers for Bear Grass Sammy Biggs 15, J. B Rogerson 13, Ben Ward 10, Jimmy Terry 7, Eddie Harris 8, Jimmy Ward 1, Bobby Rawls 3, Russell Bowen 2 Alton Harrison and Comar Griffin got into the game but failed "to score. Defensive leaders for the Martin County boys were Jimmy Terry, Eddie Harris and Ben Ward. Stalk scored 18 for Pan tego and was also best on defense. The Bear Grass girls held the Pantego sextet to a draw during the first period but lost the game when they were outscored during the second and third quarters The scoring by quarters shows: Bear Grass 12 -2—9—16—39 Pantego 12 - 9—13— 7—41 Scoring for Bear Grass were Janie Cherry 18, Jcarl Lee 10, Pa tricia Bowbn 9, and Shirley Bailey 2 Defensive leaders were Louise Moore and Tenny Rogerson. High for Pantego was Betty Lang with 17 and Everett was best defen sively for Pantego Chocowinity plays at Bear Grass tomorrow, Friday night. Farm Life Cagers Announce Games -<f> A fifteen-game basketball sche dule for Farm Life High School for the 1951-52 season was an nounced yesterday by Principal Carlyle Cox who is also coach of the cage teams. The opening tails on Friday night of this week with Pantego coming to Farm Life for a twin hill, the first con test to begin at 7:50 The complete schedule: Dec. 7 Pantego at Faint Life; 11- Jamesville at Farm Life; 14 Robersonville at Robersonville; 18—Bear Grass at Bear Grass; Jan. 4 Robersonville at Farm for the occasion. Later, the Leathernecks were allowed to participate in a Chi nese wine and i ice party held by the command Midway through the festivities, however, a courier arrived with a mysterious official order whereupon the party dis integrated in great haste The four Marines were never able to find out the nature of the order which brought such a sudden ending to the event. Here at Cherry Point, Lieuten ant Shaw has served as a pilot, towel officer and flight clear ance officer A native of Winn field, Louisiana, Sllaw and his wife now reside neai Newport North Carolina, a few miles from the giani ail station. “Nothing like three months with the Reds to make a man a home lover,” was the lieutenant’s comment A 31‘ Corny - XMM'M&aiUtfa -wJK •• mkva • •■*, vjVjv/.vaidMt FIRST OHIOAN to be chosen “Corn j King’’ at ihe 29th Annual Hay and i Grain Chow in Chicago, Willard O. | Kirk, of Jeffersonville, O., has his I ears with him as he hears the good J news. His variety of yellow hybrid corn was chosen the best of all en tries, (International So'LT'iphofo) HINDI.V FRIENDS. Jane Wymail, as a nursemaid heroine in "The Blue Veil." finds a kindred s. ul in Cyril Cusack, a toy dealer. Co tarred with INliiss Wyman in Wald-Krasna's presentation lor release by KKO Radio are Charles I.aughton, Joan Blondell. Ri-ha-d Carl son, Agues Moorehead, Don Taylor and Audrey Totter. It will he at the Viccar Theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. I NO DECEMBER GAME Unless a came can lie ar* ranged for Tuesday night, December 18, the Williams ton basketball teams will not play before January 4 when Bear Grass comes here for a twin bill. A same with Bear Grass had been set for liecember It but the Junior Class play is being presented that evening and the game was cancelled. Any teams desiring a game December 18 should contact Coach Carroll Blackerby at :::<48 Williamston. Life; 9 Pantego at llelhaven; 11 —Oak City at Farm Life; 111 Williamston at Williamston; 22 Until al Farm Life; 2;i Jamexville Jamesyllle Lists Cage Schedule Arriving too late to lu- included in another story dealing with thy opening game on Friday night of this wook, the complyto sohodulo for Jamt'svilK' High School’s bas ketball teams this season is given below. The boys' team this sea son will be coached by Hay Flem ing while Hob Rawls will have charge (til the girls' team at Jamesville; 21* Hath at Hath; Feb. 1 Hear Grass at Farm Life; 12—Tarboro at Tarboro; Hi Oak I City at Oak City; 19 Tarboro at Farm Life The county tournament will be held on February 21, 22 and 23 in Williamston. Resettle Million Displaced Persons The miiii iath displaced person to be settled by. the Internation d Re i ec Organization arrived in Washington recently The Czechoslovakian and his family expect to live in Texas. Of the one million refugees resettled Both teams have been practic ing about a week The schedule will have a not nor game added to it as soon a- a date for a game at Bethel can be decided upon. Gaines to be placed in J.irnes -Batti ' ' ■ Boat Gi ass Jan Belhaven: Id -Bethel; 2a Fa'im Life; 24 Plymouth; Feb. 1 Oak City; H Williamston; 2!) Rober sonville. Games to he placed on oppon ents' coui ts include: Bee 11 at Farm Life; Jan. 4 at Oak City; 11 at Williamston; 22 Aurora; Feb. 5 Bear Gras-; 12 Bath; 15 Pl> mouth; 19 Robot sonville; 2(1 - Belhaven from Europe, it is announced, about 280,000 are in the United States, 180.000 in Australia, 123, 000 in Israel, 114.000 in Canaria, 86.000 in the United Kingdom, 98, 000 in Latin America and thous ands more in seventy-five other countries. Another report issued about the same time was that of the United i\ at ions International Emergency Children's Fund, which said that !h- past five years about 20, 000.000 children have been helped b, the fund's activities with food, clothing, and medical care. The sum of $10,000,000 was allocated for the current year's work in tu .mty-four countries. 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