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irmen Tell Their Stor + By EDWARD KORRY ,- [Force officials interrupted and had arrived near Zagreb, Yugo- 4 United Press Staff Correspondent [d4aid nothing more along this line|slavia. : ERDING, Germany, Dec. 20— 0014 pe permitted. | “Knowing we were over reFoyr United States airmen held Capt. Henderson, |” Shawnee, stricted territory, in .the sense prisoners for 40 days in Hungary |g, © Capt. James J. Swift, Glens that the Yugoslavs had given us . said tonight that their Hungarian pails, N. Y.: T. Sgt. Jess A. Duff. /a corridor (through which they Bnd Russian Saptons ‘ Joale |Spokane, Wash., and Sgt. James Were authorized ‘to fly over them hd we ts er or The Elam, Kingsland, Ark. faced Yugoslavia), I knew I couldn't ho Bry Sean On eT nearly 100 correspondents, pho- have a lot of time circling around aolitacy EAN ie ser and ques- tosraphers and newsreel camera- an 1 told, Belgrade 1 was lost.” , tioned by the Hungarians and Men in a jammed conference & never did pick up a sigual tion y ga room of the American Officers’ On the radio compass, and we

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“They told us we were in Huf- Hungarian military officers in the| they took us down at 7:30 a. m,, gary. | He sald there were only. three fingerprinted us and photographed «you admit that?’ they asked.|court during the trial and one of|us in rogues gallery style, and «<All right, if we are in Hun- them served as interpreter. There | gave us batk our passports, sayv. 80 what?’ I asked. |were also a number of uniformed ing we would be turned over to gary, 1 | American authorities at 4 p. m,

ards. “On Saturday, Dec. 23, we Were = o,. tioned About Parachutes | “I didn’t know whether to be. told we were going to be tried. Capt. Henderson said the prose-/lieve it but then I heard an We didn’t know why or anything|, i,» and the judge asked why American vofte—it was our air about it. During this time I con-i;, .. were more parachutes than attache in Budapest, I later distacted the Russians, insisting that oo “.. their plane. |covered—and then: I believed it. they get in touch with U. 8. "jy oypjajned how that is stand-| “I want to say that when I authorities in Huggary if there , operating procedure,” Capt. stepped across the border, and

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‘Russians. Club lasked = Frankfurt, Germany, to «i The Hungarians, they ald Dencitel Yesterday ltry to get Udine for us. were any. ; | Henderson said. met Mr. Donnelly (Walter J, gave them very comfortable eported’ Yesterday “The gas was very low and we “I also demanded counsel, | Henderson said he was ques-| Donnelly, American ambassador

tioned about the blankets in the|to Austria), I was really happy.”

' quarters and very good food. The! ‘They told how their C-47 were sending out an SOS. I “They woke me early, took me!

quarters and food: were not. asi transport plane was forced down used my landing. lights in tryin » fa | cargo. and the ground! The Budapest air attache is good when they were with the when it strayed over Hungary, to find a place to land. E ’ . : ; ol oe another Dace, jock Epo lTIa ne: he Bir "which a Lt. Col. William A. S8omersby, Rn res. Torre Low they were Belg captive, fined Crew Donsied "Chytes : ; table and chair, where I sat for munists made such a fuss in their) Capt. Henderson finished by that the Russians were friendly $30 000 each by a Hungarian mili-| “The crew put on parachutes 11, hours, with two soldiers.propaganda. |saying, “regardless of what hap54 apparently did not have bet-|tarv court and finally “deported” because they might have had to guarding me in the room. “It was a Gibson Girl set which |pened, I want to say now I am : . ; {yesterday—after their “ransom” bail out. Time was running out. ou use in case you go down in|proud of my crewmen. They are .. Telling their story publicly for j,q peen paid. “I kept calling on the interna- hares he. brought Je down 3 and Te yada ioe iL Americans.” " Y | Henderson said. | After the conference, Mrs. Hen«

‘the first time, the fliers said they| mpna press conference wassorig- tional emergency frequency when got hopelessly lost in impene- |; .))y set for 3 p. m. (8 a. m. suddenly a fighter aircraft came trable clouds while on a flight 1, sianapolis time). It was post-in front of me. from Erding to Belgrade, Yugo-|,,n.q until 7 p. m. so that State| “I saw a field and followed the

ing i Some made 3 | He said that the airmen were derson and Mrs, Duff rushed up Tle said we were in Budapest, taken back to court to hear the to their husbands and kissed which was the first time I learned [Sentence against them. | them. They were photographed : : “My lawyer told me beforehand together in front of the officers

., Slavia, and eithep had to land in nooo tment expert Samuel Klaus, plane in-and landed. I was met that Hungary or crash. - {flown here urgently from Wash- by somebody in a uniform which a SO : that if we were fined, we should club Christmas tree. ‘ ‘Hopelessly Lost’ ington, could questiog them first. I didn't recognize. I thought he “I didn’t know what 1 was gos| appeal. So I didn’t” he said.| In a question period that fol “With our gasoline low and Col. Park Holland, commander might be a Yugoslav. } “Ing to do. “But some of the other fellows’ lowed, Capt. Henderson's statehopelessly lost the only alterna- of the Erding Air Base, said that| “I had never seen a Russian Capt. Heriderson said all four oo... annealed over that ‘deci-|ment, Capt. Swift was asked .tiye was to ball out and let the Mr. Klaus came “to make certain |or a Hungarian uniform. men were taken into the court ci." higher court. |what his captors had said to plane crash” Capt. David H. there would be no contradictions) “All four of us were taken to: 4 simultaneously to hear the (full|™“.my tod us they would know Him. Henderson, one of the four said. between the statements of the/d room. It was liveable though : _ indictment against them, which| , \ 40 anneal in three days. | “They bragged about condiHe described the filial moments |fijers and the further action be- bare. There was a guard on it. - FREED AIRMEN—In a d ted ‘witha Christmas + he asserted Mi” badly trans-| "pen after the trial, they con-| tions in Budapest,” he said. “I "of their flight: : ling contemplated by the United| “Later that night through an 3 MEN—In a rogm decorated with a Christmas free, lated.” Capt. Henderson Was ..,.q 1, interrogate us regularly. bragged about conditions in the . “I kept calling on the interna- States government.” interpreter we were told for the the four U. S. airmen ranssmed from a Red Hungarian jail hold tried first. | ne moreing we were freed, United States. >, Honal smergency frequency. Sud-| (ol. Holland sald the govern- first time that we were in Hun- : press Sonlerenee a Erding i Base in Sormany. Ye Toleased "They asked Me shout a law- |. enly a fighter aircraft came in|ment intended to take “further 8aTV. . iers are (left to right): Sgt. James Flam; Capt. John J. Swift; yer,” he 'said. “They gave me g., i i front of me. I saw a field and | notion” ehied to to closing! Questioned Separately Capt. David ? So ligne) poh Sqt. Jess A. Duta ¢ a paper with eight or nine names| Fight Breaks Out 2 Captains Killed 2 followed the plane in and landed.” Hungarian consulates in the “They took Duff down alone - on it. os » In Light Plane Crash The four men were taken to a oie] States and. forbidding|frst: and took everything-he had «please contact U. §. authori- With a guard on each side, “0. K. pick out your own law, Near Paris Plant |r Sir, oka, pec. 20 (wp) room. They did not know until| s mericans to travel in Hungary. °P, Dim. ties,” ‘he wrote. each of the four airmen was hur- ver, I said, since I could not get| p19 pec, 29 (UP)—An es-|—Two Army captains were killed late that night they were in the| opening the conference, Col. Then we knew for the first, «pyt the Russians found one of ried -out to waiting limousines. |37 American. |timated 50 persons were injured last night when an L-17 liaison whands of the Hungarian and!grolland introduced the airmen. time Ye were in a bad way. these, and then they took away | “They made sure we did not| The court then chose a lawyer |, 4ay In a clash between police plane crashed and burned on a ussian Reds. First to speak was Pilot Hen-| , ach of us was (put) In a4) our pens and pencils and|see anything” Capt. Henderson to represent him, Capt. Hender-| "yo ers demonstrating near|mountain 30 miles west of Hot Their captors took one of four| gareon separate room then. books,” Capt. Swift said. said. “The cars—Cadillacs and 5°70 said. The lawyer conferred, penault automobile plant on Springs, Ark. Ft. Sill authori away, apd ook all his possessions Ran inte Clouds re So's kagw how many fines | Capt, Henderson resumed: | Bliicks—had curtains on sfWith Capt, Hendersen @ Toor fe outskirts of Paris. ties announced today. ai = genio y Wi DE| + had access to one window, Windows. There was a guard on| PIC guard alWAYS| Witnesses said fighting broke| The Ft. Sill public information

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“Then we knew we were in a| “It was Nov. 19 when we took the night for more questioning. : ith : £ d another although it was barred, and I either side of us and anotheripr, s...on how he wanted to

” of out when police tried to interfere office identified the dead as Capt. bad way,” Capt. Henderson said,|0ff on a routine flight to Bel-| “The room I was in was not || ed to attract someone's atten-|With the chauffeur up front. | po

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They were taken then to sep-|grade via Udine, Italy, and Yu-|overly clean, but the food was | | plead. arate rooms and called out again |goslavia,” he said. |substantial—good food, but not| {lon EL eveyone aneare) to be Always Alone | “I said we ought to figure so me 1000 workers participated, FoF Bl Sepsvument 31 eatuing ‘and again for questioning. | “Over the Alps, we ran into American. ! . | “Each of us was in a separate kind ” _ [testing government proposals to section, and Capt. o L. Evans 9 8 p P kind of defense,” Capt. Hender-|,..¢,rm the social security system. |with the. base materiel depart-

| “A Russian soldi , Capt. Henderson said that on : 8 Held 40 Days Somplete Sloud cover up to 18,000, ive me a ee ame ja io Dec. 3 a Russian colonel came ir cay) We drove about. threes hours son said. “But he apparently did) ~nory workers shouting, “we ment. On the story the freed airmen| .oy, strictly propagand t land told them “that we were|>lS Sime to a very Nice piace not know what that word meant." ly, yo want fascism,” hurled nuts . told today, after 40 days in Red The only lime, We Bo dear) y Jropaganda as far as ¢ to be freed, but probably in| Looe curtains and all that| Capt. Henderson said the 1aw-|,ng polts. About 20 workers and Nj : k captivity, hinges the possibilit radio signal was from. Udine, an I was concerned—all about col-|80Ing freed, p } sort of thing. We were positive yer told him that there were t00 a) policen gw ‘Nickel Beer Comes Bac "of a diplomatic breach rd Italian air field near Trieste, [lective farms, New York ten-a day or two. . we would not see each other this many damning circumstances, Pojicemen were. mon | NORWALK, Conn. (UP)—The the United: States and Hungars “We never got a signal either ements and that sort of thing.” | They actually were not freed time. They even gave us two put “I explained that it was all |five cent glass of beer put in at The airmen told their gary. from Bolzano or Venice .in Italy| c Wrgte Notes for Help unl, yesterday. ; ; {guards at the latrine, |accidental, telling him about the Washboard Makes Music least a temporary appearance in “‘fiest to" teams of military and aud we tried to continue into] | SADE. whe Interrupted to add | . urned Over to “People mn “They gave us books to read, distress signals we tried to send | BOSTON (UP)—A prosaic Norwalk. Michael J. Demato State Department experts whol goslavia by DR (dead TER et: Cho IbOOk ig Jiven a| “It was the first hope I had,” hut we were always alone except in English and later I found out/ washboard is used by the Boston [started selling the nickel beer as questioned them fof hours, then as 1 : \English and that h De earning | Capt. Henderson said. |when they interrogated us—sepa-| through the interpreter that he Symphony Orchestra to produce protest against a move to hike to. the United States publie a en we finally spotted a Eng S a at he had ripped Several days later a Russian rately, of course—which they did mentioned in court during the the final flourish of Stravinsky’s|the price of beer to 15 cents a the World at a press Comrerer hole in the clouds we thought we up the pages after learning| soldier came in and told us to gyer and over. \ | trial that we only knew English.” “Rite of Spring.” One of the glass.” Five pennies buy a sixBut when they said the Reds bs Mii Ljuiliene In Yugo-jenugh Russ ian to Wists notes injgel ready quickly io leave. | “They asked us a lot of silly] Capt. Henderson said that at percussion men of the orchestra ounce glass of suds in Demato's tried to get military secrets from| “We continued on, trying toe 2a Wie | es Jog me that. Te Soviet questions, but. 1 answered with one point in the trial, which lasted/runs his fingers swiftly across tavern. One-ounce under what you J P : ' . i > ent was turning us over the truth. at was our only three hours, e prosecut Ww. J ; | them, State Department and Airifind a signal, and thought we would find him, {to the Hungarian ao plea—the truth. yn a ai = a a 2 TE 30 cere SSA A Te

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