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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
Sixty Draftees
Taken by
Armed Forces

l1k IlINNA l. VA 40
The July draft call from Dick
enson county is being filled this
week, with part of the draftees
going to Abingdon Tuesday fol
examination and the balance leay
ing here Friday morning. Sixty
men out of the number going to
Abingdon Tuesday we're accepted
and most of them have returned
home on a three weeks furlOugk
before going to training camp.
The list is as follows:
A r M Y
Jimmie Robinson
Lyman Benjamin Ellis
Carlton Stanley
Walter Harbett Buchanan
Rufus Edison Kennedy
Forrest Moses Moore
Charlie Willis
James South
Howard Lee Rasnick
Emil Mullins
Harold Kermit Counts
Ollie Lee Oquinn
Earl Fuller
Walter Kiser
Fred Davis
Hursel Eugene Boggs
Jack Rudder
William Jasper Artrip
Clynard Caudle Belcher
James Clifford Gillian
Harmon Coolidge Sutherland
Shelton Mullins
Jack Lester Yates
Alonzo Haynes
Carmen Lee Owens
N G Deel
Darrell Holt
Calvin Junior Hawkins
Bruce Edgar NAMES
Joseph Eugene Dotson
Ezekiel Harrison Layne
Willie Crockett Kelly
James Alfred Stanley
Maurice Gray Deel
Daniel Boone Sutherland
Paul Lands Rose
Hubert D. Stanley
N A V Y
Raymond Kermit Wright
Taylor Vipperman
Oren r. Counts
Sam N. Morgan
Lonnie Clifford MARYLAND
Arthur Sheriff. Mason
Clifford Lee Lyons
James Buell. Forsythe
William Walter Oquin
Edwin Jack HolbroOk
Lewis Charles Wise
Elmer Milan
Robert Odell
Sidney Ralph Yates
Basil Francisco
(See next colunln)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
NEW POLICE OFFICER is
HIRED BY TOWN COUNCIL

Paris Mullins, former we'll
known officer of the Pound Sec
ton of Wise county. has been
called from retirement to serve
as police officer at Clintwood.
The mayor and town council,
deeming it of vital importance
that the town have a full time
policeman recently employed Null
Inns for the task, they believing
from his record as an officer in
Wise county that he was the man
for the job.
The new policeman was reared
on Camp Creek, five or six miles
from Clintwood, and is well
known to all of the older citizens
here.
LOST-One "A Gasoline Ration
book. Finder please return to
Fonso Willis, Georges Fork, Va.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29
COFFEE RATIONING ENDS
THURSDAY MORNING

Coffee rationing ended Thurs
day morning. according to an
nouncements by the President,
the OPA and divers other agen-
cies having to do with the ration
ing program. You may now, we
are told, go to your neighborhood
grocery and buy coffee without
taking your ration book along.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

Garland Hagen Stidham
Eugene Lyall
Leonard c. Mullins
Johnny Ritz
MARINES
Barnum Stevenson Powers Jr.
Warren Harold Trivitt
William j. Mullins Jr.
Dewey M. Spencer
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

A. B. Vanover of Ison was in
today to show us his new store
teeth that he had been to Coe-
burn after, and to renew his sub
scription to the paper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-29

The Herald, $1.0O a year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Americans
BOrllberS
Rip Reich

LONDON, Oct. 20 CUP)-
American four-motored bombers
attacked western Germany today
in their first announced raid
since they pulverized the roller
bearing plants at Schweinfurt last
Thursday.
Today'S was the Tooth mission
of American heavy bombers from
Britain against Germany and &C.
cupied territory.
American Eighth Air Force
headquarters announced that I'M
identified targets in western Ger
many had been hit, breaking the
weather-enforced lull in the Allied
offensive.
American Thunderbolt fighters
and Allied Spitfires supported the
bombers, escorting them part way
of the hazardous fight into one OF
the most strongly defended sec
tors of Europe.
British fighters shot down nine
German fighters in an offensive
sweep over the continent early
today. Two British planes were
lost.
During the afternoon squadrons
OF Spitfires flew over the Straits
Of Dover. and observers heard the
roar of heavier planes flying so
high they could not be seen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
1900 Cars of Coal
Due i'm This Area

Coal shipments on. the Great
Lakes, ordered stopped at mid
night for a period of as hours by
Solid Fuels Administrator IckeS.
today were being diverted by rail
TO inland points of Michigan.
Nineteen hundred carloads of
the fuel were destined for the De-
troit area.
With IckeS' order. an adequate
supply OF coal was assured Michi-
gan. dispensing all fears of a fuel
faminiDe.
Announcement of the govern
mentS action was made late yes
terday by Capt. Don s. Leonard,
Michigan OCD director who. a
short time before had held a con-
ference with IckeS.
An OCD survey last Friday
showed ~ of Michigan's SO Coun-
ties had 10 have immediate aid.
Capt Leonard told government
officials. He added that there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

were some reports that lack Of
fuel had forced a number of
Michigan residents to vacate their
homes.
A survey Of 731 homes i'm the
Detroit area. however. showed
that only 2 per cent were without
coal. Welfare Director Ballenger
reported.
His survey revealed that p per
cent of the 731 homes canvasSed
had enough coal 10 last through
the winter Only IS homes. or ,
per cent. had no coal on hand.
while y. or Ia per cent had less
than a weeks supply. he said
Added 10 this. he disclosed 155
homes had enough fuel TO last
until Jan. l.
Ballenger'S survey was ON a
personal hOmc-to-homc basis and
made by workers of the Neigh
borhood Club Of Detroit and vel
fare department employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
The War Fronts

ITALN-Nazs fee Italy killing civilians scorching
the earth. page L.
RUSSA-Germans begin evacuation of Crimea RACES
in Ukraine. Page L.
IUGOSLANIA-Fresh Naz troops break Partisan line retake
two cities; Nazi landings foed. Page l.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-Alies destroy so more jap planes
sink three ships in Rabau raid. Page L.
THE PACFC-US destroyer Jap submarine asleep
surface gains sweet revenge. page q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
VAz S RETREAT,
SC0RCH ITALY
Allies Seize
IL New Towns

ALLIED HQ, Algiers, Oct 20 (UP)-Battered
German armies were falling back across Italy today,
numbering civilians and scorching the countryside
in their path and Allied forces pounding at their
heels captured II towns in gains up to miles.
The Fifth Army already charging the coastal end
of defense line which the Germans struggling
to dig in after their beating along the Votuo Anchored
the 2500foot Massico ridge the line lay before the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Marshall Reveals
War Moves 10 House

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 CUP)
Gen. George C. Marshall, army
chief Of STAFF. reported on the
progress Of the war early today
al an unprecedented secret meet
ing OF members Of the House.
Marshall and high members OF
his staff afforded congressman an
opportunity 10 ask questions con-
corning the conduct Of the war,
particularly on the subject -
Qerall strategy and economy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ONLY s PLANES LOST

The Allied raiders. who also set
fire &c fuel dumps and silenced
anti-aircraft positions. lost three
planes
Northwest Of Rabaul. an Allied
heavy bomber scored a direct hit
on a troop-laden transport south
bound near Nassau Island, in the
Kavieng area of New England
The vessel, of S.000-tonS, was left
afire and sinking.
Another four-motored bomber
damaged two 1.0OO-ton cargo
vessels off New Hanover. and shot
down an enemy floatplane which
attempted interrogation.
Cape HoSkinS and Cape Glou-
cCster airdromes on New Britain
were raided a second time in a
week. Heavy and medium bomberS
blasted the former field with 25
tons Of explosives. leaving large
fires and destroying one grounded
plane Four-motored Allied craft
pounded the Gloucester 'drome.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

on trial for the Staying, it was
learned today.
Attorneys for the 36-year-old
count. accused Of the murder of
his wealthy fathcr-in-law for re-
Venge and monetary gam. plan
to demand fortnight answers to
these questions
I Why did Christie. instead Of
L SummonIng police call a
woman neIghbor and ms brother
Frank. TO Cakes villa West
bourne
y Why were witnesses queS-
- toned al the mansion IN
stead OF being taken 10 police
HEADQUARTERS .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Youths Help
In Crime War
By MILTON MURRAY

Unified on a common objective
for the first time IN state history
half dozen state departments
charged with various phases OF
youth problems today modified
under fhrInspratlon OF Gov Kelly
10 beat the challenge OF juvenile
delinquency
The department representatives
and the governor mapped their
program with the enthusiasm
brought from a meeting OF the
Wayne County Youth Guidance
Committee at which five young
Sters had challenged their elders.
almost literally TO get going or
get out from under before you're
trampled on
Can We stop battling among
ourselves and get down To
battling the problem ." Kelly
asked his member state COM
mlttee on youth guidance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Ben Bernie Dies
At Beverly Hills

BEVERLY HILLS. Cal. Oct. 20
CUP)-Ben Bernie. "old maestro"
of the band leaders, died at his
Beverly Hills home today.
Bernie's death just before II
noon came after a sudden recur-
renee of heart trouble which fol-
lowed pneumonia last March. At
that time physicians said his con-
dition was critical and kept him
under an oxygen tent several
weeks.
The bandleader had been re-
operating slowly until he was
stricken with another heart at
tack late last week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Armed Bandits Rob Cable

Two armed bandits used a sec
ond taXicab 10 make getaway
after robbing the driver of a cab
they had summoned TO Third and
Selden early today. The victim
was Robert Hayden, IS, of 1888
Abingdon, who said the robbers
took $50 from him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
$50 Sugar Increase
To Cafes, Bakeries

The Detroit district OPA office
today announced a y per cent m
crease in the amount of sugar
available in November and Decem-
Der TO commercial eating houses
and institutions which do their
own baking
Those affected by the order
may apply al their ration boards
now for their allotmentS, the OPA
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
SHaVS
Forced
To Yield

LONDON, oct. 20 OUP)-A
German division, rushed into
Yugoslavia from northern Italy
has broken through Partisan lines
and recaptured both SuSak, oppo-
site Fume, and the important
junction of Ogulin on the Fiume-
Budapest railroad, Partisan
communique said today.
The seizure OF the two towns
gave German Marshal Rommel
his first important victory since
Hitler placed him in command in
YugoSlavia and ordered him 10
stamp out Partisan activity that
was wrecking Axis communica-
tlonS and preparing a huge bridge
head for a possible Allied inVa-
sion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
.RdbduI Raid
Ruins ; Ships
90 P| lanes

ALLIED HQ., S. w.
acifc, Oct. 20 QNS)-
A strong force of Allied
medium bombers which
for the second time in a
week blasted the strong
Jap base at Rabaul left
in their wake today three
more sunken enemy YES
sells and 90 additional
blasted planes.
The raid increased to 125
the vessels and to 237 the
planes destroyed in the two
attacks.
Listed as sunk when uneScor-ed
Mitchell bombers overcame diff
cult weather conditions 70 strike
successfully at the vital New
Britain base were an enemy de-
Stroyer, d guRboat and a cargo
vessel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Iceland Joins Allied Board

REYKJAVIk. oct. "a GNSD -
1celand'S parliament today au-
thorized the government 10 ac-
cept representation on the United
Nations relief and rehabilitation
committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

CAIRO oct. 20 GNS)-RAF'
bombardmentS of Germar-ncld
Antimachia on the DodecaneSe
Island of Kos and on Hcraklon.
Crete. were announced today by
the Middle East command
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ONE LINE REMAINS

Capture OF Pyatikhatka, rail
junction some 81 miles west oil
DnepropetrovSk. was announced
in a communique from the Soviet
high command
Seizure of TINS stronghold placed
the Russians in control of the rail-
road westward out of the Dnieper
city II also put the Soviet troops
within AZ miles Of Krivoi Rog in
the heart Of the Dnieper bend
At Pyatlkhatka. the main rail-
road forks into two trunk lines
one running northwest TO Kiev
and the other into the lower vest
CTn Ukraine connecting with an
other 10 the northeast Black Sea
coast. On the latter trunk line
lies Krivoi Rog.
Only other major rail line left
Continued on Next Page. Col. II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
James Waits induction

BEAUMONT, Tex. Oct. 20
(UP)-Bandleader Harry James
three-month deferment obtained
for him by his studios expired Oct.
l, and James is now subject 10
immediate induction, it was
learned TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
4Die, 34Hurt;
Day S Traffic
Accident Toll
See Other Photo. Page 4
tsee Pictures on Pages s and 2e)

(See Pictures on Pages 3 and 22)
The parents and one child are
dead today, and another young
Ster in the family Of eight lies
critically injured in Ford Hos
pital. victims OF an automobile
collision yesterday al Ford and
Telegraph
The accident was one Of a
series involving autos. trucks.
street cars and buses. IN which
Al least four persons were killed
- injured and the lives OF 80
other persons endange red IN De
troit and vicinity.
The dead.
EDGAR DEFER a.. Of 11l-l
Brown. Garden City
PHYLLIS. his wife. 35.
LAWRENCE. ?. a son
RICHARD HASLETT. - ri
Royal Oak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

RIO DE JANEIRO. oct. 20
INSD Brazilian recognition of
Italy as a co-belligerent i'm the
fight against Germany was an
nounced today by the foreign
office
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
BRITISH SMASH AHEAD

Across the ApennineS, the Brit
lsh Eighth Army, including the
18th Division, one of the first
divisions TO engage the Germans
in Tunisia. smashed ahead for
average gains of five TO seven
miles above Campobasso and Vim
cniaturo in the interior and cap
tured Petacciato, nine miles north
west Of Termoli, on the east coast.
Front reports said that the
Eighth Army was meeting par
tcularly stiff resistance around
Baranello. three miles northwest
of Vinchiaturo. with the Germans
counterattacking frequently.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Fleeing Ndziis
Loot Criinned
Of Livestock

LONDON, Oct. 20 GNS)
The Germans have begun a
large scale evacuation Of the
Russian Crimea, a Moscow
dispatch to Reuters reported
today.
The Nazis were said 10 be
taking out cattle and all
movable property and also
attempting mass removal
of the population.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
s LEFT ORPHANS

Death OF Defer. = tool company
employe. and his vile. leave five
orphaned children. the oldest Of
whom is rs. The driver OF The
other car is also IN SerIo"S CON
dition az Ford Hospital, where he
is a police prisoner facing inveSti-
cation OF manSlaughter.
He is Harry l.. Miller Of 249- \
Princeton. Dearborn, a 22-ytar-old
foreman at the Ford Motor Co
As funeral services were being
arranged for Friday morning AZ
ST. Raphael Catholic ChAfch for
the parents and the child. other
children OF the home. recovering
from the shock of the tragedy
Continued on Page Threel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE

Tive defense also viii make a
point OF the fact that all persons
involved IN any manner IN the
mysterious case were questioned
on the FIRST floor of Sir Harry =
house with the sole exception Of
De Margny who WAS taken TO
the second floor.
Il was in his bedroom on the
second floor that the millionaire
was bludgeoned TO death and has
body set on fire after having been
SPRAYED with inliammable inseCtl-
eide.
One OF the major points in the
prosecution case against De
Marignv IS the allegation that his
thumbprint was found on a screen
near the bed on which Sir HarryS
uody lay
The defense is determined 10
probe the possibility that this
print may have been imposed
when De Marigny was taken to
the murder room for questioning.
and not before.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ANSWER Is YES

The answer was unanimous
YES
There could have been no other
answer from the committee. Kelly
was propped up in bed as he met
with the group at the Book-Cad-
lilac Hotel To attend the Wayne
committee meeting and the induc-
ton of the first Michigan WAC
group he had defied the orders of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
Christie Lapse
POunced Upon
International Sound Photo
See Perry Mason Article on Page A.
By JAMES l.. KILGALLEN

NASSAU Bahamas Oct 20 ms Failure of Harold 6
Christie Summon police the moment he discovered the
body of mumlonare Sir Harry Cakes
viii be ma or point the Alfred de Margny
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
HAD REACHED FIUME

YugoSlav PartiSanS under the
command of Gen. JoSip (Tito)
Brozovich captured Susak last
menth and used it as a base for
an abortive attack on Fiume
across the border in Italy, during
which they penetrated the streets
OF the city.
Spearheaded by 20 tanks, the
German division broke through
the alarmed Partisan forces on
a wide front all the way from
SuSak 10 Ogulin. 40 miles 10 the
east, the YugoSlav Communique
said. Both towns lie on the Fiume-
Budapest railroad. which the Ger
mans use 10 transfer troops and
material between Hungary, Yugo-
Slavia. Austria and Italy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

MOSCOW. oct. 20 lINS) Red
Army units which severed the
main escape railway from Ger
man-held DnepropctrovSk today
battered their way TO within Strik-
ing distance Of the important min
ing center of kTivorROg.
tRadio Berlin said today that
the German command had
thrown all available reserves
and IFS heaviest equipment into
a terrific battle betty een
DnepropetrovSk and kremen-
chug IN the southern Ukraine.
where the Russians were ar
knowledgod 10 have effected a
breach with the heaviest
forces. United Press reported >
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ISLANDS ATTACKED

German and pro-Nazi UStaChl
amphibious forces also attacked
the Partisan-held islands of Hvar,
Mljet and Peljesac. off the Dali
matian coast between Split and
DubrovnIk. but were beaten off
with losses. the Partisan COM
munique said.
The PartiSanS also reported a
number of other successes, in
GLIDING the capture of two small
towns near Konjica. IS miles
southwest Of Sarajevo. the de-
Struction of $50 German auto
mobiles and 10 tanks between
Sarajevo and Travnik. and the
dynamiting Of trains on the SiSak-
Sunja and Sunia-Kostanjnica rail
roads.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
CORVETTE AFIRE

In addition the raiders set
afre a corvette and damaged and
probably sunk another 6,000-ton
cargo ship.
The three score enemy planes
destroyed-thuS bringing TO 201
the total of Jap aircraft blasted IN
the last three days throughout
the southwest Pacifc--including
SO planes caught on the ground
at Rapopo and Tobera airdromes.
The remainder were "a of a force
OF 90 fighters which intercepted
the Allied raiders as they left the
target area. Six other enemy
fighters were listed as prob
ables.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
DEFENSE BoLsTERED

The defense was bolstered by
the arrival I'm Nassau of Judge
Max Spclka of Stamford. Conn,
former special assistant 10 former
L. S. Atty. Gen. Homer S. Cum
mingS.
Meanwhile, Christie. wealthy
Nassau real estate operator and
the man who discovered Cakes
body, resumed the witness stand
after several hours OF interroga-
ton yesterday.
When Godfrey HiggS. defense
attorney referred To- the state
ment OF a police officer that
Christie had been observed in a
station wagon about midnight, the
witness asserted:
II did not leave Westbourne
any time that night"
Under further questioning by
IliggS. Christie said the police
officer who repeatedly saw him
was very seriously mistaken and
should be more careful in his OBJ
Servations. "
Christie appeared somewhat
nettled when Higgs repeatedly de-
manded TO know why he had in-
Structed his chauffeur TO bring
his car 10 Westbourne the night
Of the crime. The defense coun-
sci brought out that Cakes had
two cars already there.
DIR. J. G. TooLE. DENTIST, 40
w Lafayette at Mich. Opp. City
Hall IInllrs = 90 Tnl "a $500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
ItsIys Status Recognized

Continued on Next Page. Col. q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

Garigliano River, Is miles
above the Volturno and S5
miles from Rome.
Despite Allied pressure. the
German retreat was orderly. In
its wake was a maze of mines,
demolitionS, BOBBY traps and rear
guard positions through which the
American and British units were
cutting their way.
tThe British radio reported
from Algiers that the Germans
were in full scale retreat on
the entire 'front.'
COUNTRY LAID WASTE
The Italian terrain which the
NazlS left was bleak with burning
haystackS the ashes OF farm
houses and the bodies of civilians
falling victim to a scorched earth
poilcy combined with an apparent
desire for revenge on their former
AXIS partners who gave up.
Everything of value which the
Germans could not take with
them they destroyed.
1t. Gen. Clarks Anglo-Ameri-
can Fifth Army seized Dragoni in
a three-mile advance toward the
headquarters of the Volturno;
Rocca Romano, in a five-mile adj
vance north from Liberi; Vignaro,
six miles north of Capua. and Pig
nataro. overlooking the main road
TO Rome five miles north of
Capua.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

DIR. J. {. TOoLE. DENTIST, 40
w Lafayette at Mich. Opp City
Hall Hours = 90. Tel. CA. 6689
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20
RAF Bombs Two Isles

Continued ON Next Page, Col. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-20

Continued on Page Three }
Evening star., 1943-06-09
; Soldiers in Lisbon
After Escaping 10
Vatican From Italy
English Flyers and
Conodiun Also Hove
Audience With POPE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LISBON, June 9-Three soldiers
two Englishmep and a Canadian
who escaped from Rome hospital
to find refuge in Vatican City and
an audience with Pope Plus XII ar
rived here today as part of an ex-
change of prisoners.
They quoted the Pope as telling
them in English, II am glad to see
you here. Very special bless
ings for your dear country"
The men are Squadron Leader
McAuley Of Toronto, Flight Sergt.
Frederick Nightingale Of Brinscall
and Color Sergt. William Cook OF
Leeds. The first two landed in
italy by parachute when their
bomber caught fire in an attack on
Turin December II. Sergt Cook, a
parachute trooper, was caught in
Tunisia November "a. They met in
the hospital where their wounds
were being treated and planned
their escape.
One day the three walked out
"1ike three humble pilgrims right
into the blessed soil Of Vatican City,"
Sergt. Cook said.
II always said that If I ever came
to Rome would see his holiness"
he continued. When they arrived at
the city Sergt. Cook disclosed their
identity and added, Can we see the
Pope? told my mother I would
never come this way without looking
up his holiness"
Vatican officials welcomed them
and treated them well, the men said
The Vatican also refused a demand
by italian police that they be hand
ed back to the Italians. The soldiers
were permitted to walk around the
parks, but were requested not to look
over the walls.
An audience was arranged by the
British charge d'affaires in Vatican
City.