Evening star., 1953-04-20

uIdC1IAIlc.Buu WOUNDS. ne was
captured in November, 1850. Mrs.
Jones. i'll for several years, at
one time weighed only 80 pounds
The father said they had not
expected their son to be repatri-
ated, since he had written he
had recovered completely.
Lord, Lord, sure am happy, u
was the robust comment of Mrs
William Brock of Rome, Ca,
when she heard her son, Pvt
William r. Brock, jr., was COM
ing home from the Reds prisoner
OF war camp. II reckon I was
just about to worry myself crazy
about my boy. He's been a pris-
oner since November, 1851"
Mrs. Annie Porter Thomas of
Oakdale, La, had never heard
until yesterday that her son,
M/Sergt. John P. Porter had been
wounded or ill.
1T doesn't matter now that
he's coming home" she said.
Letter Discounted.
A German-born New York boy
who has no family in America
will find just as big a welcome
as any where he gets back to the
United States. He is Pvt. Carl
w. Kirchenhauser, 27-year-old
shipping clerk.
He was very, very good boy, 5"
said Mr.. and Mrs. Hyman Mas
Sauer, childleSs couple with whom
Carl lived in Manhattan apart
ment. The NausSeurs regard him
more or less" as their son, and
discount a letter they got from
him recently praising the Com
munlst regime. Mrs. Nassauer
said the Reds must have made
him write it, and he complied IN
order to get the letter to them.
The prayers of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Morrison we're answered
when their son, Corpl. Richard
O. Morrison, was identified as
one of the repatriated prisoners.
They had not heard from him
since January, 1852. Mrs. Nor
rlSon, voted mother of the
year" in her home town of Bur-
l1ngton. Iowa, said she was hop
ing her son was all right. II al
ways held hopes and never did
give up," she said.
Chicken Dinner Pledged.
A Negro soldier whose mother
said she had been praying daily
for his return was Corpl. Vernon
L. Warren, among the first IA
to be freed. She is Mrs. Riller
Warren of st. Louis, who is 60
ing to fix her boy the biggest
plate of chicken he ever saw
when he gets home.
/ He is the baby of the fam
ily," said Mrs. Warren of her
21-year-old son. She has six
children and the father is dead.
Vernon was captured in Novem-
ber, 1850.
A brother and sister of Pfc.
David w. Ludlum. Fort Wayne,
Ind. listened to the wrong radio
program and missed the an
nouncement of his release.
I'VE haven't seen him in four
years." said the brother, Jack
son Lulum, "but I don't know
how we'll wait until he gets
home" That went for the sister,
Mrs. Ruth Fidler. The Ludlums'
parents are dead. David had
been a prisoner since May, 1851.
Woman Faints.
The mother and three sisters
of Pvt. Robert F. Philpott of
Hogansville, Ga, screamed with
joy, the father, Thomas Philpott,
reported. Then one of the sis
ters tainted dead away" he
added.
Mrs. Lowell Nolan of Rexville,
N. Y, ran sobbing into a kitch-
en-, fearing the worst when a
neighbor knocked on her door
and asked if she had a son in
the service. She wept harder,
but with tears of joy, when she
learned her son. Pfc. Almond
Nolan, %, had been freed.
"Oh boy, that's wonderful, i"
was Louis P. Wagner's reaction
when he heard his son, CorpI.
Kenyon Wagner, %, a Wayne
University student in Detroit,
had been repatriated. Corpl
Wagner sent a Christmas mes
sage last year via Peiping radio
to his parents.
Mrs. Faye Seibles of Oklahoma
City was watching television and
almost missed seeing the name
of her son, Pfc. Marvin L. Brown,
flashed on the screen. "They
only left his name on for a Sec
ond," she stammered. 1--WE al
most missed it. l still can't oe-
lieve it: it's too good to be true"
Paul Schnur of San Francisco
had a hunch, something he
doesn't usually go for, he said
He thought his son, Jaul, jr.,
might be among the freed prison.
erS. At $50 o'clock last night he
found out he had been right.
Paul was captured in 1850 and
had broadcast a message via
Peiping radio to his parents in
June, 1851.
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