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Jap War PrisonerMiFrom SouthtownRadios His Mother*10Families Mentioned in a Broadcast Are Sought in Chicago Area.TofchuwilltodischtIVRevLiltForandwhlt;I5IIn a Japanese propaganda broadcast intercepted by the provost marshal general’s office in Washington, D.C., Pvt. Charles C.i| Jensen sent a message to his moth-fier, Mrs. Jenny C. Jensen, 6528 j Hermitage ave., in which ho told jher, “X am well and thinking of ’you.” ji Near Manila. iI 1Although parts of the message;• ■ were not heard clearly by the' |iAmerican receiving post, Private; ; Jensen, who was taken prisoner j ; by the Japanese during the fall of ; ! Bataan with the Maywood tank1 ’battalion mentioned several men!lt; i: from the Chicago area who were; i with him at prison camp No. 1,; :about 80 miles from Manila, ini i the Philippines. jThe text of the telegram, some: is l ot' which was poorly received be-: I, cause of static, follows:o I “Tell Ann(?) that Paul(?) is; |. . . Charles Joseph Katz is here-land doing fine. Frank Simas, Jr.,; •s |,is doing fine, loo. Say hello to alii ilhe Kripps(?) also to Mr. and Mrs. i i Hem-y B. Stevens and Miss Lucy i ij |!lt;Lemke). My love to all.•* I; “Chuck.”\ The “Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Stevens” and “the Kripps” men-:; lioned in the broadcast have not i ;been located, although every effort I is being made to do so. The soldier’s mother, who may be reachedby phone at Grovehill 1070, is veryanxious to contact these people. It is believed that they live in the Chicago area.Appreciate Letters.In cooperation with the War De-1 partment Mrs. Jensen has located ’ and notified the families of Capt. C. J. Katz, 138 N. Scoviile, Oak Park, who was with Private Jensen in the medical corps; Lt. Frank Sima, (Simms was found j to be misheard in the broadcast) j of Maywood, III., and Miss Lucyio15'01.iti§I%I*g:Lemke, 6019 Mozart, a nurse inChicago who has been writing' j|] members of the Maywood tank j#5 .battalion who were taken prisoner j §jtwo and a half years ago. The i fij prisoners appreciate Miss Lemke’sletters very much, apparently, al-.§■ though they cannot answer herWit* itft; directly.I*, Harper Graduate.Privale Jensen, 24 years old, |. who enlisted in the army in April, Xjl941, served as corpsman 111 the^; army medical corps. Before juin-JS^ng the army h(e was graduated at Harper high school in 1928. Aftera year at Vincent college he, ^ worked for Swift and company i^ before joining the army. pi'. The soldier’s mother, first noli-! ^j’fied of 'Chuck’s’7 capture in the] t% Spring of 1943—a year after the!* fall of Corregidor, received the£; first postcard directly from her]^ son on Mother’s day, 1943, Since*rg.lnen she lias read four postcard; ~ forms filled out by her son in the' M prison camp. ;« 1K1 ;- — • .4ifcf/iI
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Southtown Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Nov 29, 1944
Page 29
Full Page
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