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dated June 7, 1952: New Editor of The Times

Sir William Haley, Jersey-born son of a Yorkshire clerk and a French green grocer's daughter was named the Editor of The Times, it was announced in London on June 5. He was a former tramp steamer radio operator who became a telephonist of The Times.

Sir William Haley's brilliant career had cast him successfully in the roles of journalist, lawyer, playwright, novelist and, finally, Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation which he attained in 1944.

On The Times, 51-year-old Sir William, would replace Mr. W. F. Casey, who had been with the paper for 39 years — four years as Editor.

Breaking up prison revolt

Koje Island prison compound 607 containing more than 3,000 prisoners was split into two roughly equal portions on June 5, by two companies of United States infantry backed by three tanks.

It was the fourth bloodless show of force in two days ordered by the Camp Commandant, Brigadier-General Haydon Boatner to wrest control of the compounds from the prisoners. His plan was to split the big compounds into more manageable units of 500. All day long the soldiers threw up wire fences without opposition from the prisoners. General Boatner himself went into the compound to superintend their work. It was the first time a Camp Commandant had entered a compound since Brigadier-General Francis T. Dodd was seized by prisoners on May 7 and held captive for three days.

While the soldiers were rearranging the tents, other troops removed a lorry-load of shovels, pickaxes, wooden dummy rifles and boxes of documents from the compound. General Boatner disclosed on June 5 that food had been withheld from three compounds the previous day where they took offensive action against the prisoners but at no time had they withheld rations as a weapon to obtain obedience. Camp authorities denied a rumour that sand instead of rice had been sent into the compounds.

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