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erans’ organizations, Vermillion county officials andnumerous other friends gaveM Sgt. Gilbert Christie.former Korean prisoner of war. a rousng welcome homeSaturday night.Rut only after a series ofmisfortunes and misunderstandings which muddledwelcoming plans throughoutthe afternoon and early evening.In spite of elaborate plans to creel Sgt. Christie and his wife, Dorothy, with a colorful receptionon their arrival from ValleyForge Veterans Hospital in Pennsylvania, the hero stepped from the C. and E l. Railroad’s “Hummingbird” at Union Station here practically unnoticed Originial plans called for Sgt.and Mrs. Christie to arrive atHolman Field here shortly afternoon Saturday aboard a Chicago and Southern plane from Chicago.Thecount v f a m i 1 y count v the pi? of the butdcolor guards, Vermillion officials, the sergeant’s I scores of Vermillion friends swarmed about when it halted in front llulman Field terminal, nothing happened — Sgt.Chris t ie u asn’t a board.Soon came the explanation that when he and Mrs. Christie ar-rivod at the Chicago airport after a flight from Pennsylvania thev learned only one seat was available on the plane to Terre Haute. So they then arranged to travel from Chicago to this citv on the C and ElCrowd Disappointed.Christie at Clin-wcnt outprogramDisappointed the welcomors left determined to return to Torre Haute Saturday night and carry forth their program. Then came word that arrangementshad been made to have the C and E.l. passenger train on which Sgt. and Mrs. were passengers stop ton. So hurriedly word to all involved in the to he on hand at the Clinton station—and they were there in droves.The train finally appeared but again nothing h a p p e n e d—it whistled a warning and buzzed right on through the station, across the Wabash River bridge and on to Terre Haute.Undaunted, t h e welcoming group rolled up their flags, scrambled for their cars and with a police escort “took off” for Terre Haute in pursuit of the fleet Hummingbird.When thev reached Union Sta-lion here the train had arrivedFORMER WAR PRISONER GREETED BY KAMILlSetGilbert Christie ofNewport, Ind.. former Korean prisoner of war, pictured at Union Station here last night with several members of his family on his arrival home. In the foreground from left are Mrs. Dorothy Christie, the sergeant's wife; Timmie and Patrick, their children, and Mrs. Ada Moore, the sergeant’s mother. Ilis three brothers staininthe background.Three BoysTrapped Rv FireJump 1 o SafelySTOCKTON, Cat.. May lfi -A sobbing, horrified lt;r o w d w a t c h e d helplessly Saturday while three small hoys, trappedon top of ai.unbiortried to choose between lumping into a firemen's net or burning todeathThev finally vwhow if happenedThe bovs hadold abandoned celebrate Billvclimbed*IV a I ITCl avtonubirthdav with a fewcigarettes. The dry, structure caught fire a nr! bovs were cut off froman cr to12th forbiddeno o d e nthetheISfromladsand nat thIground.As the flames swirled ii[ below, the terrified.cram bled to the roofhuddled together Within utes, the fire was lickin feet.More than 500 people .surrounded the tower, begging theboys to leap into a firemen’s net rigged below. Many of the tators wept as billowing smoke hid the trapped lads.Firemen put up a ladder, but itwas destroyed bv flames before*■ *it could be set firmlv enough formec-a rescue attemptTrying t»» brave the awesome leap, the boys looked down at the net, then drew back and h* Id on to each other fearfully.When the flame-- lickContinued On Page 6, Column 5. TEARS OF JOY—Sgt. Gilbert Christie as he embraced his Continued On Page Column I.two sons, Timmie and Patrick, on arrival at Union StationU.S. AND BRITISHhere on long trip home from a Communist prisoner ot gQY 8 SURVIVESBANKERS TO MEETwar camp in Koreaphotos by CharleSEVEN-STORY FALLWASHINGTON. May The * heads of the British and4mcrie'in hmiLr incf cvcfpmc 1 i IGEN. RIDGWAY FLIESTO GIVE HIS VIEWSNEW YORK. M.v is.—tp—An eight year-old boy plunged sevenstories down an incinerator shaftNewsman w imam .v uaus.Saturday, describedgrimhas “sufficient and adequate’the Communist m e t h o d swhich made him confess hevtwas a spy.He refused to elaborate he returned to freedom from a Czech tail, but said he had not been physically mistreated The tall, skinny Oali, 30, warushed here in an armed (from the Czechoslovakia boafter ho had served one \10 monthlt; and 12 days ofvea rsentence espionage charNervous.A ti m*ingPnndth*\newfTO AWAIT HUSBAND.sT. PM 1 . Minn., Max P»— ip — Mrs. William Dalis said Saturday she will leave earl\Sundav for New’ York where she will wait for her husband who has been released h\ Czech (’ommunists after twoxears in prison on trumped-upsp\ charges.Mrs. Datis, 2ft. said she had no official word when her husband would arrive in NewYork, hut “I assume it willhe next weekmen’s question1' in the \crated Grand Hotel heret IY1rt rr s **ifi]it bvinWith| If f J f %happinif ('nictiDn htof time biI I Irit ep show (a number • at being freed Pankrae Prison in Prague“I am glad to be out of prison“As to the methods bvl.lcoiifrs-ionuft** * 1tained Fd av tl('lent and adequlev were -utfi-• •i tlHo * a i d “no” when akcd if hehad been phvsicallv mistreated». *■( ailed I nusualpro * *_.ie newsman said the mtthocis used to obtain his confession “unusual in some eountr implving thev were psveholI * %—hut refused to disclm*n r # * f 11ithmethod' H(al»IVnow whether he would ret? h«*COIlfe.'SlonWhen he left the pri!tReds returned all his posse: . including his notes. Datis snk lb* said his treatment was “get orally good ’’Oaf is said that w hile in nriso1i( 7oenit ?ilddoctors found ho 1AtuberculosisBut1;Icr fu)doctor*him hlt;nd the stjti' answers ;care he gave to them remnewsme n of the hesitant wndedinw !i i c h Am Robert Vogelerbusinessman red theiranswa •re leaquestions when he w from a Hungarian jail A reporter asked him for hi'views on t S. efforts to effecthis release and on how hi' con-fe'sjon was obtained “1 am thankful to everybody* *Vietminh Mass4 4#i ftDif f*tatemerrP,rinrm a \ndia antt h o1t rom * * /the t( Ul\seaders intreat h in gru 11 iff Utilr firmlv th; t romState Department 1to ask tor a truceI1 NnilJL *athp I I. j1! resume Wednesday and anv new!! km 1 t•1 I I I\rfin (\poM lfDtI t I UI t (return homfI»*L' I n♦HANi VL.”Hu; vlt;ftn *♦\i\u4 r■9 t ri■s 1ftrnrhf-f\1*II Ia\ (% Yn I:nrlt;v , f | f* IiK4 *» i i r* in I♦ ViI \u¥\ *r i' n (Ij vf ||n np tjqf i ^ | |pn lt;sf y f ff h eAlliednithrtf h*If.a /\ t ’ fl t f i r f i I '4 1 4 Cnifi m nart fttrenuof | fr ♦ /' 4.»i ’ ft Sr| t J'-U' 1 1! r 1 * ■ ft*. W lrnoh K a*. • i ?■n♦!FraYernn(OViVi# *tni* »In f t* tK « -»i\nr* nrt hi\rof I!i4\ith Kore;id thoi*tYen \pointMar iv tot n K1font‘ of the Vbed hvdo L;iftrirnres( ) n t vlateTas] c* e i.1 r t'ft tnrAfivo-rtit r i *! til (I I■ .I f\ietmither r;outpostit 8tr Mi rfavlt;:dr.ri f innTlifIni'l-V *\ %Vmilelent iarIIP!I i * * Itrative capital of Laos kingdom, but were routed bv Franco Lao-Angri Nam IItruce tfXortlKhead ofm ft»'thCommur*inthe11; -• nThi(' rlt; i v% ■ i * *T\rliw * ♦ »tit I | lt;1 I 11 Iuinpips\ tuithern IIt I* fA 9French ; Froiik V*ucrri 11pave thew aro heads nortlThe Frerthe Na K!tacked thethe positio\ ientiane troyal capit\one to thfa 11 a lt;The1(*\ e!Vietj) I* %the Laomain \ iill cl?1 % WTl 1 t I #1 1 ^ ” 4 . * , ! \ \ t |III 111 If FI I.ft t N d?l|ldl*ent i vHiIt 1 # ' ( ‘ 5 4 i• tui It fVf , t.e Mekonv riverfromneffnti a t it -u ftmd reurouped intheAta H7 nround \ ientiancindav N * ,am re,aos before laun/•HintV I i lt;O ^Ailiest f ^ vc attack Fridav.thenpi it# tr 4 ? u%•j * t f\:14 ’ 4 • 6fit% t *leadnuarter^ *aidthf'TheFt ipianpa rent lv hope} f .ftIIIfj/” . jB Sj t ? ^ 11?1tv for d thriiftt ^a hi? h -V ‘v m tc * • *%Rod in v ad ins -pear-♦IV | pHv i t f tVirt c t g t o /'‘ i* a sifit ft i a h ( *! 1 uT ;#I# -■ .’ft■' ■- ft y .; . 4:o\ern•ch Laotian garnson of“ sL' J fl #■*.a outpost counter at-an art o * air*same dav and r' A 11' i \ 4 *1Theh roarn on the routef rnni\oei a t e d• m « fto Luang PrabansfHrtft sffl. .ft. 1 ;a ft a1 of K:ng Si': \ a n 2si* r;;*?ion oI' %\ p Art hn j ^ j i r1ATft ;t prk indicated theh U * H* * I? j i r n e i4 i , * ft x *■'f ? \ f/ |rv!ani/a • ion ofS m a 11n e u t r **ii comrce^ in Thailand,ove r♦ j f ijoriI t h * s ijT'ft ^ - * x*rder, even thoimIs ♦ K(fl| • i ftHie ecI t * n r * i ]* *i 1 itlinh \n\ a^iofi appcft-i feci1S iUtx f #iIV*f| » c t' % -4 *Ir# • ^ ^F♦ Hr ft*h i n es (n s i s 11'I *k♦♦ vcu^tndvn ‘*Thinf CMto YVft\'p f;u!od in lt;with t!xt ffftionn Tt *lift d iarrnVre1 La! pf t pC anada Seeks \nswer.t 1* I.orr wvala'sMII fh*t».i r? m« ni sfa tenS;u II V I A V» 7 i I s i * t ’• 4 fc y . *GOODWILL WILLtrificat ionfPICK UP DISCARDSchfforen,. present Korean pealt; forvs ard bv 1 S. n*1hIff'1 tWashir 0 e flmant ! iflitput1♦ I* * i ♦The Goodwill Industries enllee tion discarded household goods and f»ther articlesscheduled vesferdav washantnerei! b\ th** inclement weather hut everv effort will he made during the coming week to gather in everv one of the Goodwill hags, according to announcement hx TedGrob .!r. of the Goodwill Industries.( itizens having articles togive max call i rawford 6019 and. using the Goodwill’s two frmks. regular workers will nick up everv article possiblen\I*K *t‘U♦ * i * h r'*no Korean War prisonchW 1MIA* *wmtmmrA f In.*\ *w i♦FIftpga rMIGfIwI♦f Ift?n h4\npl\RfPZMIGv- rh■ 4TheKorea* Vnwiwh e v cmth MIG aft'’’ 4■Wfc-'V* . - tft* Jsincer*! _ret ti•fSi ft -'X 4 ft ft ■* f W _ *V ' \ V i M • ’ 4 .1ftli Njri /1, \ 'I 111t j tur of4 . • 4 .€ Si'. 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Terre Haute Tribune Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sun, May 17, 1953
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