Evening star., 1940-06-06
American Embassy
Locates Two From
u. 5. Held by Nazis
One Returning Home;
Seven Other Ambulance
Drivers Captured
b. the Associated Press.

BERLIN, June 6.-Two of nine
American ambulance drivers re-
ported captured by the Germans
have been located by the United
States Embassy here, and one is al
ready bound for home.
The other, Lawrence A. Jump, Is,
OF Nantucket, Mass, a Dartmouth
College graduate and native of Oak
land, Calf, is in Nazi prison
camp-without passport, but max
ing himself the hit of the camp
with his American amiability.
The released man is Jan GloWacki,
80, of Jersey City, who was cap
tured May IS near Laon, on the
Somme front, along with three other
Americans, all trying to evacuate
civilians ahead Of the German ad-
vance.
Mr.. Glowacki luckily had his
American passport, so German Army
officers turned him over to the po-
lice, who sent him to Frankfort
There, Consul General Emil Sauer
obtained his release and gave him
money from his own pocket to buy
civilian clothes and a ticket for
Zurich. Mr. Glowacki left for
Zurich Tuesday. His friends in
Paris telegraphed him money there
Others Still INDICATED.
Captured with Mr.. Glowacki in the
Laon sector were Albert Raymond
81. Chicago; Murray Shipley, As,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louis Wehrle,
a., Berne or Fort Wayne, Ind. Their
whereabouts was still unknown.
Also INDICATED are Donald @. Co.'S
ter. 33, Montreal, who attended
Princeton University; John Clement,
26, Wayland, Mass, Harvard grad
uate; George F. j. King, 81. Provi-
dence, R. l.. and Gregory H. Wait,
80. Shelburne, VT, native of Glen
Falls, N. Y, whose wife lives in Port
land, Oreg.
William c. Bulltt, United States
Ambassador to France, said in
telegram to the American Embassy
here that Mr.. Coster, Mr.. Clement
and Mr.. King were last seen en-
tering Amiens in two ambulances
with the intention of assisting in
the evacuation of hospital y
The Embassy is pressing a search
for them in cooperation with army
authorities, but so many new prison
camps are opening that it is diff
fCult Immediately to trace prisoners.
Mr. Jump was located by accident
during the hunt for other Amer
leans. Because he lacks a passport,
he presents a problem.
Granted Camp Privileges.
The American Consul at Stuttgart,
Samuel W. Honaker, talked with
him and reported his sympathetic
manner has gained him a certain
amount of privilege at the camp
Mr.. Jump was captured at Kirch-
back. near Saarbruecken, May IL.
Jump was in the act of taking
care of several wounded French
soldiers" Mr.. Honaker wrote the
Embassy. when heavy artillery
forced him to take refuge In a
cellar at am.
He remained in the cellar until
4 o'clock that afternoon and when
he emerged was taken prisoner
Since his automobile was intact, a
German officer ordered him to drive
the car with wounded men to the
German side.
He had no documentary evidence
of American citizenship, but he
most apparently is an American
citizen. He claims he was born in
Oakland, Calf, october H. 1913,
and only recently signed a contract
for six months service with the
American Voluntary Ambulance
Corps in Paris.
Jump said his relatives included
DR.. Ellis Jump. care of the Zoller
Dental Clinic in Chicago, and Mrs.
Hurd c. Willett, Lincoln, Mass. He
asked that Mrs. Willett put up sl00
to buy him clothes and transporta-
ton in the event he Is released"