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Jap Bride Mourns Yank Husband
SAD NEWS FROM PANMUN.IOM Knko Araki, Jap
anese bride of American PFC Claude .1. Batchelor, 22, of
Kcrmit, Texas, sadly reads a letter in Tokyo from her
husband, one of the 22 Americans who have elected thus
far to remain with the Communists, in which he tells her
it is impossible for him to return to her. The letter was
in reply to one from her in which she asked him to come
hack to Japan. "I don't understand, I don't understand,"
she sobbed after reading the letter. "He says he wants
to see me and his friends and go places we used to."
Whooping Cranes
Make Slight Gain
By DAVE CHEAVENS
Associated Press Staff Writer
AUSTWELL, Tex. Iffl Wing
ing in this week on a north
wind from the arctic, three
whooping cranes put the nearly
extinct birds slightly ahead in
their battle for survival against'
men and wild animals.
Now 24 of the stately white
birds are feeding in the swamps
of their ancestral home three
more than left here last spring
on their annual migration to
the Arctic Circle.
Julian A. Howard, manager
nf the Aransas Pass wildlife
refuge nn Blackjack Peninsula,
had been watching for the last
three or four weeks, since they
had been reported seen in
flight from the far north.
Where they dallied on the
way is anybody's guess.
Howard and his crew of half
a do7.en young wildlife scient
ists zealously guard the nearly
extinct, whnopcrs every winter
at this South Texas refuge of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
They stand watch nn shaky,
20-foot observation towers and
patrol the swamps and water
ways by jeep and boats equip
ped with two-way radios.
One of the toughest jobs is
standing between the whoopers
and sightseers who are some
times more curious about the
big birds than they are con
cerned whether they live or
die out.
The whoopers don't like to
he disturbed as they prowl the
shallow bay waters and shore
lines of this 47,000-acre wilder
ness. The refuge is the winter
home of the huge whooping
cranes with their brilliant white
bodies and black-etched wing
tips. It is the only known win
tering site used by the tempera
mental whoopers who hatch
their young somewhere near
the Arctic Circle in Canada,
then fly with them in snug
family groups to the Gulf
Coast.
The flock of 21 that, migrat
ed, north last April included
only, two young from the pre
vious summer's hatch. The Na
tional Audubon Society and the
Fish and Wildlife Service have
put on intensive campaigns in
the whooper's flyway north and
south from Canada to Texas
to educate people who might
be inclined to shoot at them
just for the sake of shooting.
Many have been slain by care
less or malicious hunters.
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By JOHN RANDOLPH
Associated Press Staff Writer
TOKYO I Bassi, the dog,
is dead. Tama, a cat, is an old
grandmother. Younger sister
Tnshiko has grown up. She is a
pretty young lady now.
Three Christmases have come
and gone since boyish Cpl.
Claude Batcherlor, 22, of Ker
mit, Tex., taught his little Jap
anese war bride to sing "The
Tennessee Walts" and went off
to war in Korea.
In a few days the fourth
Christmas will be here.
"Circumstances marie it im
possible for me to return to
Tokyo now," read a typewrit
ten letter received Saturday
by the bride, Kyoko Araki.
It was signed by Batchelor,
one of 22 American service
men held in a Panmunjom, Ko
rea compound after refusing to
quit Communism.
"We know what we arc do
ing now is right and a step
toward a better future for man
kind as a whole, "the letter said,
"especially for working peo
ples who now have to undergo
continual suffering . . .
"I have changed immensely
since 1 last saw you. You would
not believe I was the same
man. I have learned that hap
piness does not come with
money as bused to believe but
that it comes from struggle
born nf the fight for the eman
cipation nf mankind from the
shackles of war and capitalistic
exploitation."
The letter advised her to go
to the .Japanese Communist
Party for help and guidance.
Phrase by phrase, an inter
preter turned the words into
swift, staccato Japanese. With
each new sentence, the little
figure nn the office sofa seem
ed to crumble anew.
Kyoko received the letter in
The Associated Tress office.
Associated Press correspond
ents had carried to Panmun
jom her letter begging Batch
elor to return, then brought
back the reply.
"I don't understand," she
kept saying.
"He may be a Communist
now, He's been in prison camp
so long, but if he came back
here he'd forget it soon, very
soon." '
Then she smiled quickly, and
said she wouldn't think of con
tacting the Japanese Commu
nist Party because of her ha
tred for Communism.
"I write him again," she. said.
"I will do anything to get him
back. I'll go to the neutral
zone to see him. But I won't
go to Communist, China."
His letter had' hinted of
plans for reunion soon in a
Communist, country.
Kyndo borrowed a fountain
pen and paper, went over to a
steel desk and started writing.
"I fear the happiness of us
two is being taken away for
good," she wrote. "My Darling
Claude."
"You used In sing for me
Tennessee Waltz," she recalled.
"I can now sing it well. Our
cat. Tama, is now an old grand
mother. The dog, Itassi is dead.
"Please, my darling, come
back to me. I want to hear you
again chuckle softly with your
lips slightly bent. . . .
"You mentioned 'circum
stances' that do not allow you
to reunite with me right now.
What are those circumstances?
, , . Why don't you come
back right now and explain to
us from your moulh your ideas?
You can go for your own ideas
living with we. ... I know
that you can come home simp
ly by talking to an India guard
and telling him so. . . .
"My mother sobs whenever
she speaks about you. I try to
calm her down, telling, 'He'll
be back before Christmas' But
while trying to do so, I sob
too. Let's reunite as soon as
possible. I cannot-conlinue this
letter for tears now gush in my
eyes."
The imprint of her lips was
on the envelope when she
handed it to a newsman for
relay to Panmunjom.
Public
Records
CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS
Lecan actions filed: Josephine L,
Sherris by her guardian Richard Sher
ris vs. William Charles wisegarver
action fo recover $15,000 general dam
age and 7Sti special damages al
leged due from auto arrident. Aug,
4. R. T. Finney vs. Jessie Rose and
Carina .ean J hnmnson: action to re
cover $5,000 general damages and
unspecified special damages alleged
due from auio accident uci. air, in-vi.
Motors Insurance Corp. vs. Jessie
Rose and Carma Jean Thompson
action to recover $1.2fl6 alleged
due as damage from milfl
accident Oct. 30, 1952. Mack Motor
Trucks Corp. vs. r.ustav Walt her,
Quonset Repair Shop;- action to re
cover one 194ft truck or $(.,678 alleged
due In default of chattel mortgage.
Sit ts in emi tv f led: Wlnfred Lind
holm v. Ted E. Prindcl; married Aug..
10M. plaintiff ask Sion support money
per month for two minor cmidren,
Kerman K. Miller vs. Harry w.
March. Harrv Auio sales and Sher
man W. Carter: plaintiff ask satis
faction nf chattel mortgage or re
covery or 1947 sedan.
City of Eugene vs. Mountain Stales
Power Co. and Harris Trust and
Saving Rank: suit In condemn land.
Divorce suit filed: Donovan u Hen
nelt by hi guardian Irene M. Ben
nett vs. Lorn a Bennett, married Aug.,
195.1, plaintiff allege cruel and in
human treatment. Milton E. Reed vs.
Blanche Reed, married April. 194fi,
plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman
treatment. Daisy Dercmer vs. Edward
Deremer, married Sept 1942, plaintiff
alleges cruel and Inhuman treatment
and asks custody or inree minor cnun
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