anaheim-gazette 1952-06-24

It'll Come The Gazette today is thin for a Tuesday. However, we've had so many new subscribers recently that we've had to stretch our newsprint supply. It will pick up in volume soon, so will your paper. VOLUME LXXXI Anaheim's FIRST Newspaper ANAH Winter Deer Season Permits To Be Issued Five hundred hunters will be able to obtain permits to shoot bucks in a special winter deer season in Orange county next Jan. 3 to 18, it was announced today by the State Department of Fish and Game. That many permits will be issued July 19, starting at 9 a.m. at the Orange county fairgrounds, it was stated by Game Manager John Laughlin. Permits will be issued on a first-come first served basis. Similar permits will be issued in four other locations for special seasons in other counties, it was said. In Los Angeles county, permits will be issued at the Pomona fairgrounds for 2000 bucks and 750 antler-less deer. Permits will be issued at the Elliott school, San Bernardino for 2000 bucks and 250 antler-less deer in that county's open season. Riverside county permits, covering 2000 bucks and 850 antler-less deer, will be issued at the Sherman Institute gymnasium at Arlington. In San Diego county, permits will be issued at the Pomona fairgrounds for 2000 bucks and 750 antler-less deer. Permits will be issued at the Elliott school, San Bernardino for 2000 bucks and 250 antler-less deer in that county's open season. Riverside county permits, covering 2000 bucks and 850 antler-less deer, will be issued at the Sherman Institute gymnasium at Arlington. In San Diego county, permits will be issued for 500 bucks at the Escondido Youth Center. All permits will be issued at the same time. Residents of Orange county can apply for a permit in any of the five counties, it was stated. Applicants for permits will be required to surrender the new "Application for a Special Hunt" tag which is attached to deer tags this year. Issuance of permits will automatically bar the holder from taking part in any other special hunt in California during the year. County Building Hits New Slump Building permit valuations in Orange county for the past week dropped to a total of $255,792, approximately a half million below the total for the preceding week according to records of County Building Inspector Charles Donohue. Anaheim unincorporated area ranked third in the county for the week with a total of $34,978 exceeded by only two unincorporated areas, Tustin and Garder Grove. Tustin had $47,300 and Garden Grove $37,970. Anaheim permits included a $22,450 residence for John Kirsch at 14188 E. South st., a $11,760 residence for James G. Wilder at 16212 Anaheim road, and $968 in miscellaneous permits. Permit valuations by communities for the week were: Tustin $47,300, Garden Grove $37,970 Anaheim $34,978, Laguna Beach $30,000 Buena Park $28,632. Huntington Beach $21,142, Orange AP WIREPHOTO NEW YORK — GULL'S EYE VIEW OF NEW OCEAN QUEEN—The 990-foot superliner United States steam majestically up the Hudson river here yesterday on her maiden visit to her home port. The craft, newest, largest and fastest in the nation's merchant fleet, may attempt to break the trans-Atlantic speed record, now held by the British liner Queen Mary, on maiden voyage scheduled for July 3. Mother and Sister of Dead Tustin Bank Robber Arrive to Claim Body Arrival of Marvin R. Pratt's mother and sister from Phoenix, Arlz., to claim the body of the Tustin bank robber who was shot down during the holdup last Friday, disclosed that he will be buried in Denver, Colo., following the inquest set for 3 p.m. Thursday at the Smith and Tuthill mortuary in Santa Ana. Also disclosed was the fact that Pratt's brother, William Pratt, incarcerated in "a reformatory at Repressa," which is the post office address for Folsom prison. Burglar Jailed For Orange County Offenses Having admitted burglary of the State Steel Products Plant at 11302 Hwy. 101, south of Anaheim, last April 29, but denying burglaries of a Buena Park residence and a Costa Mesa business establishment, William Kelvin Meanwhile, FBI agents were seeking to link up Pratt with two robberies of a bank at Solar Beach, San Diego county, one of which yielded $25,000 in loot; also a $3000 Los Angeles bank robber last May 4. Mrs. Charles Logan, teller in the First National Bank of Tustin which Pratt robbed of more than $2000 last Friday, only to be killed by rifle fire from G. O. Bixler, assistant cashier, as he was driving away from the bank, expresses Trunk Sewer Line Bids Opening Set Bids on the contract for constructing the three sewer trunk lines of County Sanitation District 6 (Costa Mesa) will be opened at the joint sanitation districts office, 1104 W. Eighth st., July 9 at 7 p.m. The call for bids was authorized at an adjourned meeting of District 6 directors in the Newport Beach city council chambers Monday afternoon, when plans and specifications for the three trunk lines were approved. Chief Engineer-General Manager Raymond R. Ribal of the joint districts estimated the total cost of the three lines—Newport blvd., Seventeenth st., and Old Santa Ana road trunks—at $261,-225. The Newport blvd., line was estimated at $75,740, the Seventeenth st. line at $92,230 and the Old Santa Ana Road line at $89,-468. For Orange County Offenses Having admitted burglary of the State Steel Products Plant at 11302 Hwy. 101, south of Anaheim, last April 29, but denying burglaries of a Buena Park residence and a Costa Mesa business establishment, William Kelvin Berry, 24, of Santa Ana was sentenced Monday to the state prison at Chino for burglary. Barry denied that he had entered the residence of Edith Helen Doss at 7851 Orangethorpe blvd., Buena Park, or the Mesa Boots and Saddles shop on the old Santa Ana Army Air base. He did admit a prior conviction of grand theft and burglary, for which he had served in the Arizona state prison in 1946. Superior Judge Robert Gardner, pronouncing sentence in Santa Ana, ruled that Orange county burglary was second degree, which carries a penalty of one to 15 years in prison. FUNERAL SERVICES Recitation of the Holy Rosary for Tony S. Jaques, 32, 10871 Gilbert ave., Anaheim, has been set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the family home. Mr. Jaques was killed yesterday morning in an automobile accident in Paramount. Requiem Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart Catholic church. Interment will follow in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. BURGLARY When Mrs. Bernard Schindler, 11162 Lampson ave., Garden Grove, rummaged in a dresser drawer yesterday for a pair of nylon unmentionables she had placed there last April, she found they were missing, also a movie camera with a telephoto lens. The loss was estimated at $298. The Schindlers told the sheriff they had no idea when the burglary of their home occurred. 'Fingerman' Tells Story Schulman and McGovern Held to Answer on Drake's Testimony Two men were held to answer in Superior court on charges of armed robbery, grand theft, kidnapping and grant theft auto, all felony counts, yesterday following preliminary hearings in Anaheim city court on the Bridgford Meat Packing Co. robbery last Dec. 8. Charges against a third man were dismissed for lack of evidence. Irving Schulman, North Hollywood, and Richard McGovern, San Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake, ex-refrigeration engineer at the Bridgford plant and alleged finger-man for the robbery, was the prosecution's main witness. He related the circumstances of the robbery in detail implicating Schulman and McGovern, a Mr. X whose first name was Jack, the unidentified soldier and the "two other guys." The job was called off, however, he said, when the operation got off to a late start and the men couldn't agree on plans. Drake said he walked out of the group that night because "he didn't feel like doing it." ON THE NIGHT of the actual robbery, the crew met at the Pow-Wow, Manchester and Rosemead blvd.s., and proceeded to Anaheim in three cars, Drake related. Arni Eggertson, the night watchman on duty, was held up at the point of a gun, according to his own testimony, marched to a toolroom where he was bound and his eyes taped, and then he was imprisoned in an empty refrigerator truck. AP WIREPHOTO NEW OF NEW OCEAN United States steams were yesterday on her aircraft, newest, largest fleet, may attempt record, now held by the voyage scheduled for Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake, ex-refrigeration engineer at the Bridgford plant and alleged finger-man for the robbery, was the prosecution's main witness. He related the circumstances of the robbery in detail implicating Schulman and McGovern and six other men. THE OTHER SIX men are Roy Wiltsie and Charles Bocock, both the objects of search by police and the FBI, Jack Goldberg and Maury Goldstein, who were present at the Warner Provision Co. in the 200 block of Raymond st., Pasadena, where the hi-jacked load of meat was taken following the robbery, John Thompson, who introduced Drake to Wiltsie Nov. 15 at the Bridgford plant, and an unidentified soldier. Drake mentioned "two other guys," but could supply no identifying data. According to Drake's testimony groundwork for the "job" was laid at the Nov. 15 meeting at the plant. He, Wiltsie and Thompson, he testified, talked over coffee in the Bridgford office that night when he was on duty as nightwatchman. Three or four nights later, he said, he met Wiltsie and others of the group at the Colony Club for further planning. On about Nov. 24, Drake testified, the group made an abortive attempt to carry out the robbery. Participating, he said, were Insurance Exec Dies in Santa Ana Walter Kern, district manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, died yesterday at his home, 1302 N. Lowell st., Santa Ana. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by a former reader of the Christian Science church at the Winbler chapel in Santa Ana. The service will be private and the family has requested that flowery wood, and Richard McGovern, San Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake, ex-refrigeration engineer at the Bridgford plant and alleged finger-man for the robbery, was the prosecution's main witness. He related the circumstances of the robbery in detail implicating Schulman and McGovern and six other men. THE OTHER SIX men are Roy Wiltsie and Charles Bocock, both the objects of search by police and the FBI, Jack Goldberg and Maury Goldstein, who were present at the Warner Provision Co. in the 200 block of Raymond st., Pasadena, where the hi-jacked load of meat was taken following the robbery, John Thompson, who introduced Drake to Wiltsie Nov. 15 at the Bridgford plant, and an unidentified soldier. Drake mentioned "two other guys," but could supply no identifying data. According to Drake's testimony groundwork for the "job" was laid at the Nov. 15 meeting at the plant. He, Wiltsie and Thompson, he testified, talked over coffee in the Bridgford office that night when he was on duty as nightwatchman. Three or four nights later, he said, he met Wiltsie and others of the group at the Colony Club for further planning. On about Nov. 24, Drake testified, the group made an abortive attempt to carry out the robbery. Participating, he said, were Insurance Exec Dies in Santa Ana Walter Kern, district manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, died yesterday at his home, 1302 N. Lowell st., Santa Ana. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by a former reader of the Christian Science church at the Winbler chapel in Santa Ana. The service will be private and the family has requested that flowery wood, and Richard McGovern, San Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake, ex-refrigeration engineer at the Bridgford plant and alleged finger-man for the robbery, was the prosecution's main witness. He related the circumstances of the robbery in detail implicating Schulman and McGovern and six other men. THE OTHER SIX men are Roy Wiltsie and Charles Bocock, both the objects of search by police and the FBI, Jack Goldberg and Maury Goldstein, who were present at the Warner Provision Co. in the 200 block of Raymond st., Pasadena, where the hi-jacked load of meat was taken following the robbery, John Thompson, who introduced Drake to Wiltsie Nov. 15 at the Bridgford plant, and an unidentified soldier. Drake mentioned "two other guys," but could supply no identifying data. According to Drake's testimony groundwork for the "job" was laid at the Nov. 15 meeting at the plant. He, Wiltsie and Thompson, he testified, talked over coffee in the Bridgford office that night when he was on duty as nightwatchman. Three or four nights later, he said, he met Wiltsie and others of the group at the Colony Club for further planning. On about Nov. 24, Drake testified, the group made an abortive attempt to carry out the robbery. Participating, he said, were Insurance Exec Dies in Santa Ana Walter Kern, district manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, died yesterday at his home, 1302 N. Lowell st., Santa Ana. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by a former reader of the Christian Science church at the Winbler chapel in Santa Ana. The service will be private and the family has requested that flowery wood, and Richard McGovern, San Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake, ex-refrigeration engineer at the Bridgford plant and alleged finger-man for the robbery was the prosecution's main witness. He related the circumstances of the robbery in detail implicating Schulman and McGovern and six other men. THE OTHER SIX men are Roy Wiltsie and Charles Bocock, both the objects of search by police and the FBI, Jack Goldberg and Maury Goldstein, who were present at the Warner Provision Co. in the 200 block of Raymond st., Pasadena, where the hi-jacked load of meat was taken following the robbery, John Thompson, who introduced Drake to Wiltsie Nov. 15 at the Bridgford plant, and an unidentified soldier. Drake mentioned "two other guys," but could supply no identifying data. According to Drake's testimony groundwork for the "job" was laid at the Nov. 15 meeting at the plant. He, Wiltsie and Thompson, he testified, talked over coffee in the Bridgford office that night when he was on duty as nightwatchman. Three or four nights later, he said, he met Wiltsie and others of the group at the Colony Club for further planning. On about Nov. 24, Drake testified, the group made an abortive attempt to carry out the robbery. Participating, he said, were Insurance Exec Dies in Santa Ana Walter Kern, district manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, died yesterday at his home, 1302 N. Lowell st., Santa Ana. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by a former reader of the Christian Science church at the Winbler chapel in Santa Ana. The service will be private and the family has requested that flowery wood, and Richard McGovern, San Francisco, will answer in Superior Court, Dept. 2, Santa Ana, June 27 at 10 a.m., the same date set for James Drake to make his plea on the same four felony counts. Drake said that he took from the "sales" cooler and the beeves quartered by himself; Bocock, Wiltsie and Mr. X. McGovern was "looking out" in the office; he testified. When the meat was loaded, the truck driven by Bocock; headed for Pasadena with the rest of the men driving in cars. Somewhere east of Manchester blvd. on Orangethorpe ave., McGovern showed him a "38 or 380 automatic pistol," Drake testified. The car stopped and the pistol; wrapped in a cloth "of some sort," was cached by a telephone pole. Drake said that was only time he had seen a weapon during the robbery. He testified that McGovern carried it because "Arni (Eggertson) might put up a fight." At the Warner Provision Co. place in Pasadena, Drake said; Maury Goldstein unlocked the gate. He related that Jack Goldberg and Wiltsie paid him $1250 as a "payoff," and then he went into a restroom to change from his blood-soaked working clothes to the clothes he had been wearing before entering the plant. When he came out of the restroom; he said; Goldberg and Wiltsie relieved him of the $1250 and gave him $200 instead. Payoffs were to have been made later; Drake said; because the meat was not stamped and the gang agreed that the payoff should not be made until a stamp was secured. Drake said he saw Irving Schulman sitting at a desk; talking to others of the gang as he entered the office of the Warner Provision Co. Anaheim Police Lt. T.V. Taylor testified that Schulman told him when he was pick- Two Injured In Similar Auto Crashes Two motorists were injured traffic accidents during past when one car ran off Limon and overturned near Euanaheim; while another down an embankment Ana canyon. Leslie A. Allman; Sprague st.; Cypress; received internal injuries after erous cuts and bruises car went out of control y on Lincoln ave.; a quad west of Euclid ave.; an upside down after mowi Walter Kern, district manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, died yesterday at his home, 1302 N. Lowell st., Santa Ana. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by a former reader of the Christian Science church at the Winbigler chapel in Santa Ana. The service will be private and the family has requested that flowers be omitted. Cremation will follow at Melrose Abbey. Mr. Kern was a member of the Santa Ana Kiwanis club and the Orange county Life Underwriters. He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, and had lived in Santa Ana 14 years. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Blanche ONeil Kern, Santa Ana; four daughters, Misses Dorothy and Carol Kern and Mrs. Virginia Ryan, of Santa Ana and Mrs. Romayne Davis of Albuquerque, N.M.; one son, Walter Kern, Jr., Santa Ana and a grandson, Steven Charles Kern, Santa Ana. Citrus Market By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, June 24. (AP)—The Federal State Market News service reported today oranges, lemons and grapefruit steady, prices unchanged. Sunkist Growers, Inc. reported today all auction markets California oranges were about unchanged. Representatives prices by size: Sunkist, first grade—126s 9.90; 150s 8.96; 176s 7.03; 200s 5.47; 220s 4.57; 252s 3.85; 288s 3.51; 344s 3.32; choice, second grade—150s 6.55; 176s 5.61; 200s 4.55; 220s 3.62; 252s 3.27; 288s 2.97. Drake said he saw Irving Schulman sitting at a desk, talking to others of the gang as he entered the office of the Warner Provision Co. Anaheim Police Lt. T. V. Taylor testified that Schulman told him, when he was picked up in Hollywood, that he had been paid $100 commission on the meat deal by either McGovern or a man whose name sounded like "Buffolini." Schulman told Taylor that he thought at the time that the meat deal was "legitimate." THE NAME of John William White of Glendale was not mentioned once during testimony at yesterday's hearings. On that basis, Bentley M. Harris, Los Angeles attorney representing the three men, asked that the charges against White be dismissed. Harris also asked dismissal of charges against Schulman, claiming he was legitimately engaged in collecting a commission on the meat sale. However, Assistant District Attorney Walter Steiner held that all of the men assembled at the Warner Provision Co. after the robbery had "guilty knowledge" of the plot and were therefore implicated. Judge Bonnat agreed with Steiner. Judge Bonnat insisted over the protest of Attorney Harris that McGovern's bail should be increased from the original $5,000 to $15,000, ignoring Harris' protest that it would work a financial hardship on McGovern. Leslie A. Allman, Sprague st., Cypress, received sible internal injuries after erous cuts and bruises w car went out of control y on Lincoln ave., a quarter west of Euclid ave. and upside down after mowing three mail boxes. All taken to the Orange county hospital. His car was badly damaged in California Highway Patrol ed. Frederick A. Eaton whose only address was at the fleet post office, San Francisco seriously injured shortly midnight last night when plunged off the Santa Ana road, rolled down an embankment and hung on the top of fence 300 feet from the park He was taken to Coronado hospital. Eaton's car was travelled at a point a mile east of camp when the accident place. The steel fence put the car from dropping flood control channel. WASHINGTON (AP)—Arthur-for-Vice-President was reported under discussion by some supporters Robert A. Taft of Ohio. FONTANA (AP)—Bear within the city limits is good. Sheriff's Deputy Lindner felled a 500-pound with one shot in the dead area. The bear apparently wandered down from Bernardino mountains. ZETTE 1952 5c per Copy — 50c per Month No. 169 Story of Bridgford Robbery PRELIM—Shown above in Anaheim City court following a preliminary hearing in the right, and Richard McGovern, extreme Drake and Schulman succeeded in PRELIM—Shown above in Anaheim City court following a preliminary hearing in the Bridgford meat robbery are, from left, Walter Steiner, assistant district attorney, Anaheim Police Chief Mark Stephenson partially hidden by Police Lt. T. V. Taylor, James Drake, a suspect in the robbery who implicated Irving Schulman, second from right, and Richard McGovern, extreme right. Drake and Schulman succeeded in partially evading the camera, but McGovern's quick about-face was not sufficiently fast. Schulman and McGovern were held to answer in Superior court. Drake will make his plea in Superior court June 27, having waived preliminary hearing. William Davidson Dies in Hospital William R. Davidson, 79 a native of Kansas, died this morning in St. Joseph hospital. He made his home with Paul C. Davidson, his son, at 550 S. Illinois st., Anaheim, for the past two years. Mr. Davidson was a member of Adelphic Masonic lodge, Eastern Star, Knights Templar, all in Des Moines, Ia., and was a life member of Kaaba Shrine of Davenport, Ia. Remains of the deceased will be sent from Backs, Campbell and Kaulbars mortuary to Des Moines or burial in the family plot. Two Injured In Similar Auto Crashes Two motorists were injured in traffic accidents of similar description during the past 24 hours when one car ran off Lincoln ave. and overturned near Euclid ave., Anaheim, while another plunged down an embankment in Santa Ana canyon. Leslie A. Allman, 31, 5591 Sprague st., Cypress, received possible internal injuries and numerous cuts and bruises when his car went out of control yesterday on Lincoln ave. a quarter mile west of Euclid ave. and landed upside down after mowing down Two Years of Fighting in Korea Produce Nothing but Stalemate By JIM BECKER SEOUL, KOREA. (P)—Russian built tanks rumbled southward across parallel 38 in the predawn darkness two years ago tomorrow and plunged Korea into a bloody, bitter war that has become a stalemate. The naked aggression against the United Nations-sponsored republic of (South) Korea by the Soviet Union's puppet North "Korean Peoples Republic" began a destructive, see-saw struggle that has left this Asiatic peninsula in ruins. D.N. troops have suffered 419-456 casualties, mostly South Koreans, but including 109,971 Americans. The Chinese and North Korean Reds killed, wounded or captured are reckoned at 1,623,-404. And now the conflict is almost where it began. Powerful land armies have remained more or less stable, for nearly a year, along a line stretching diagonally northeastward from a few miles south of parallel 38 in west Korea. However, as the war's second anniversary drew near, Allied tanks and infantry were putting pressure on the Chinese in western Korea and North Korea's vital hydro-electric plants were smashed in a mass air strike. A U.S. defense department official in Washington said the military action seemed to be "the best way of breaking the deadlock at Panmunjom . . . The Allied troops, the bulk of them American, have slogged through the dark days of retreat Heartbreak Highway. and overturned near Euclid ave., Anaheim, while another plunged down an embankment in Santa Ana canyon. Leslie A. Allman, 31, 5591 Sprague st., Cypress, received possible internal injuries and numerous cuts and bruises when his car went out of control yesterday on Lincoln ave. a quarter mile west of Euclid ave. and landed upside down after mowing down three mail boxes. Allman was taken to the Orange county hospital. His car was badly wrecked, California Highway Patrol reported. Frederick A. Eaton, sailor whose only address was given as the fleet post office, San Francisco, was seriously injured shortly after midnight last night when his car plunged off the Santa Ana canyon road, rolled down an embankment and hung on the top of a steel fence 300 feet from the pavement. He was taken to Corona Naval hospital. Eaton's car was traveling west at a point a mile east of Laskey camp when the accident took place. The steel fence prevented the car from dropping into a good control channel. WASHINGTON (UP) — A MacArthur-for-Vice-President move was reported under discussion today by some supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. FONTANA (UP) — Bear-hunting within the city limits is pretty good. Sheriff's Deputy Arthur Kindner felled a 500-pound bruin with one shot in the downtown area. The bear apparently had sandered down from the San Bernardino mountains. Taft met Pennsylvania's Gov. Fine at Hershey, Pa. The state's 70 votes will be one of the richest prizes at the Chicago convention and Fine is said to be able to swing 30 to 32 of them. The current national standing in the Associated Press chart of delegate strength: Taft 478 and Eisenhower 375, with 604 needed to nominate. Taft told a news conference at Hershey, with reference to yesterday's bombing of communist power plants on the Yalu river, "We should have done it long ago." There were reports in Washington that some supporters of Taft were considering a MacArthur-for-vice-president boom. Rubber Sewer Joint Tests Scheduled Public tests of the rubber type of sewer line joint, proposed as one of two alternate selections for the new 7000-foot outfall sewer line of the joint county sanitation districts, is scheduled Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the plant of the Peerless Pipe Co., 2501 W. Fifth st., Santa Ana. The firm of Harrison and Woolley, design engineers for the joint districts, will supervise the tests, it is announced. Anyone interested is invited to witness the test, it was announced at headquarters of the sanitation districts. The new-type rubber joint, if selected when bids on the outfall line are received, would be used for the big 78-inch reinforced concrete pipeline planned. But the Allies, regrouped and imbued with new spirit, fought back from south of parallel 38, smashed two mammoth Chinese offensives in April and May of 1951 and were bristling with muscle when the Reds — through a Russian spokesman, Jacob Malik — hinted they would like to talk truce. Many observers expressed belief the Reds agreed to talk, beginning July 10, 1951, only so they could build up their shattered armies. That was only about a year after the beginning of one of the most dramatic struggles of modern warfare. Agreement has been reached on 61 points, but the key issues—prisoner exchange—still blocks an armistice.