Three GIs Who Chose Communism
After Korean War Being Returned
TOKYO, IP)—Red China Satur -
day said it was sending home ■
three Americans and two Belgians
who chose to remain in Red China
after the Korean War.
A Peiping radio broadcast said
17 other Americans who refused
repatriation could come home, too,
anytime they choose—and hinted
strongly they’re homesick.
There was no mention of 11
American fliers held by the Pei
ping government who were cap
tured late in the war when a B-29
bomber was shot down. Four Sa
bre jet pilots also captured late
in the war were released recently
at Hong Kong and have reached
home.
Those to be released are:
Cpl. Lewis W. Griggs, Jackson
ville, Tex.; Cpl. Otho G. Bell,
Olympia, Wash.; Cpl. William A.
Cowart, Dalton, Ga.; Roger Dev
riendt and Louis Verdyck, of Bel
gium. The five will leave China
when necessary arrangements for
their exit have been completed,
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the broadcast said.
Of the original 22 United Na
tions soldiers who chose to go to
Red China one died. The Red
radio hinted strongly the other
16 are restless and anxious to
come home too. Dissatisfied with
life in a strange country with
lower living standards. Of the or
iginal 22, one was British, 21
were Americans.
The broadcast admitted “diffi
culties” in keeping them happy in
China.
Two other American prisoners
of war who at first refused repa
triation changed their minds and
returned to the United States.
Both were court martialed.
Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor, of
Kermit, Tex., was convicted of
collaborating with the enemy and
informing on his fellow prisoners.
He was sentenced to life but this
was reduced to 20 years.
Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson, of
Big Stone Gap, Va., was convicted
of informing on his comrades and
currying favor with his captors.
He got 10 years at hard labor.
The U.S. Government said last
week it would arrange the return
home of any of the 21 Americans
who chose to stay in Red China
if they have changed their minds.
However, the White House,
State, Defense and Justice De
partments warned in a joint state
ment that any who do come back
will be held accountable “for any
wrongful act” they may have
committed.
SUNDAY BASEBALL
American League
New York 7-5, Chicago 1-2
Boston 11, Cleveland 7
National League
Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 4
Milwaukee 8, New York 7
Pittsburgh 5-0, Cincinnati 2-4
Philadelphia 1-7, Chicago 0-8
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 7-5, San Francisco 3-1
Portland 9-5, Hollywood 2-1
L. Angeles 9-2, Sacramento 5-4
San Diego 7-3, Oakland 2-1
SATURDAY BASEBALL
American League
Chicago 2, New York 3
Boston 4, Cleveland 2
Kansas City 9, Washington 4
Detroit 7, Baltimore 0
National League
Milwaukee 7, New York 4
Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0
Cincinati 4, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 4
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 5, San Francisco 0
Portland 4, Hollywood 2
San Diego 8, Oakland 4
Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 4
Tweets Enrouie To Teller
Mrs. Mary Tweet of Teller re
turned from Ojai, Calif., where
she attended the high school
graduation of her son, Glenn
Tweet, from Villanova Prepara
tory School. Glenn accompanied
her home and will be working in
Teller this summer with his fam
ily.
Arriving home also was Eileen
Tweet, who is a student at Holy
Names Academy in Seattle.
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3 Tots Drown ,
Despite Father’s
Rescue Efforts
QUANAH, Tex., WV-Three tiny
children drowned in a flooded
storm cellar yesterday as their
father dived into the .debris-filled
water in a frantic effort to save
them.
They were the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Keeney, Doris Al
lene, 5, Thomas Truman, 4, and
Alma Dean, 3. Keeney managed
to help his wife and Alma Dean’s
twin, Emma Jean, to safety.
Keeney said the cellar flooded
suddenly when he opened a
ground-level door to the refuge
while investigating a leak.
A series of squalls pounded an
area from Dallas to far west Tex
as and across the northwest pan
handle-plains area of the state.
Much of the area is among the
state’s worst drought country.
Torrential rains fell yesterday but
flood threats, posed earlier, sub
sided early today.
Apparently damage was slight
and, except for the tiny Keeney
children, there were no reports of
injuries or deaths.
“I heard my little boy call out,
‘Help, Daddy,’ and that was all,”
‘‘I dove back in there and tried
to save them, but I just couldn’t
find them.”
CAB Rules Pilot’s
Judgment to Blame
For Crash He Died In
WASHINGTON, MB—A pilot’s
attempt to fly through a mountain
pass in bad weather caused the
crash of an Alaska Coastal Air
lines amphibian plane in Alaska
last Nov. 4, the Civil Aeronautics
Board ruled Saturday.
The pliot, James C. Rinehart,
46, was fatally injured in the
crash.
The CAB said it did not know
why he chose to fly the regular
route through the pass in bad
weather, instead of taking an al
ternate route over the water
around the north end of Chihagof
Island.
“The regular route through the
pass saves about 10 minutes flying
time which might have been a
consideration,” the CAB said in
an accident investigation report.
“Although Capt. Rinehart had
a wealth of experience in flying
the rugged terrain of this area,”
the CAB said, “this accident is in
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Ingall Sfcill
enberger, P.D. Koon, Ralph Mar
tin, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dalilak,
Julia Newman, Maj .James Kell,
Maj. Don Weeks, Mike Hamilton,
Donna Waldron, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Wells, Clifford Jenson,
June Dunbar, Irene Vanmansart,
Kay O’Shields, Paul Sarv, Roy
Harris, E. Berrato, Irving Reed,
R. C. McLain.
From Kotzebue: Chaplain
Roger Burtner, Vern Wethers.
To Fairbanks: Mel Beconovich,
Mr. and Mrs. Reeves Havens and
two children, Mr. and Mrs. K.
Kellar, Mrs. Gladys Kellar and
two children, Helen M. Bockman,
C.C. Cechowski, Herb Waltman,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Houger and
child, Jane Perkins and child, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lucier.
dicative of questionable judgment
and failure to abide by company
procedures . . . The board must
therefore conclude that he pressed
into prohibitive weather condi
tions.”
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