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GOOD NEWS FOR THOMAS HITCHCOCK Young Son of that Prominent Turfman Hakes His Escape from a German Prison Camp An Associated Press dispatch from Berne Switzer ¬ land dated August 30 tells of the escape from n German prison camp of Thomas Hitchcock Jr son of Major Thomas Hitchcock member of the Jockey Club and a prominent turfman The dispatch reads readsWent Went Thomas Hitchcock Jr of Westbury L I captured last March after a battle with three enemy planes has escaped from a German prison camp and arrived here Hitchcock IS year old son of Maj Thomas Hitchcock jumped from a train in Wurttenil erg and walked eighty miles to the Swiss border He is returning to the United States StatesYoung Young Hitchcock endeavored to enter the United States aviation service but was rejected on account of his youth Undaunted the young American went to France where lie joined the Lafayette escadrille in June 1017 He was decorated in February for downing two Herman flyers Hi was taken prisoner some time later when his machine was brought down behind the German lines
