Communist' Soldier Tired
Of War, He Tells Captors
(Killtor'l Note: litre t the lint In'
tervtew with a Chinese communlit
oldler raptured by the nationalist
while attempting to land on Hainan
Uland off Ihe south China coast.)
By Robert C. Miller
United Pre Staff Correspon
dent Hoihow, Hainan Island, Feb.
23 (U.RI Communist private
Wei Clumg-Kung has had a belly
full of war, especially amphib
ious operations.
Wei was part of the 43rd com
munist army, which sent out five
junks loaded with 250 infantry
men from Liuchow peninsula to
Medford Hotel
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land on Hainan island.
Junki Intercepted
Nationalist gunboats inter
cepted the junks last week in the
18-mile-wide Hainan strait and
sank four of them
Wei and 50 others surrendered,
too seasick to fight after spend
ing two nights and one day in
an attempt to cross the strait
The 24-year-old Wei said he
had been a communist for four
years since his induction in his
home town on Harbin, Man
churia.
Wei laughingly described his
capture at Nationalist head
quarters, to which he and his
comrades were brought after be
ing marched through the streets
under banners proclaiming:
"We do not like Russia!"
Barefoot and wearing a faded
green uniform, the moon-faced
Wei said he never had seen any
Hussions, but knew the Ameri
cans were "imperialists who are
helping (Generalissimo) Chiang
fight the Chinese people so they
can buy out unina.
Look Well Fed
The captives looked well fed,
but most were barefoot or wore
straw sandals. AU wore com
munist caps with the ear flaps
tied up,
Wei said he hadn't the slight
est idea where he was- going or
what was happening. He said he
was a messenger who always was
kept busy training or listening
to lectures. He admitted he
would not recognize his own
company commander if he saw
him.
The captives were well armed
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Ycung Alaskan
Leads Mushers In
Territorial Race
Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 23
(U.R) A 21-year-old boy spurred
nine huge malemutes past a field
of Alaska's toughest inushers to
day to take a commanding lead
at the quarter post in the terri
torial championship dog races.
Garreth Wright. Fairbanks,
the youngest Alaskan in the race,
was eight minutes ahead of his
nearest competitor as the dogs
finished the first 2S miles of the
gruelling 100-mile course.
21 Drivers
A total of 21 drivers mushed
more than 150 dogs in the event,
which started and will finish on
Anchorage's main street.
More than 12,000 persons, over
half the total population of the
area, witnessed the start of the
event.
In second place at the quarter
post was Dan Snyder, the Noor
vick Alaska trail blazer who
was favored to win the event.
Earl Norris, Anchorage's best
musher, was in third.
Defending champion Jake But
ler, known as "the Dan McGrew
of Alaska dog racing," was in
iourlh place. Butler's team of
half-breed coyotes was still giv
en a good chance of winning
although it was 10 minutes and
31 seconds out of first place.
with rifles, tommy guns and two
Bren guns.
The interview was one of the
high points of Wei's life, so he
made the most of it. He talked
loudly and gestured to the Na
tionalist interpreter, D e r i c k
Cheng, a former GI once at
tached to thd late Gen. Joseph
Stilwell's staff.
Promise Broken
Wei said he joined the local
Harbin militia when promised
he would be kept at home guard
ing his village. However, he was
transferred to an outer province
and then sent south.
He griped at the 30-cent
monthly pay and said the rations
were lousy. The communist
troops are forced to live off the
countryside, he said. All the cap
tives were northerners except
one, a Cantonese.
Wei said the civilians of South
China fled before their advance
and had been giving the army
trouble because they were not
cooperative. But he wouldn't
elaborate.
He said he does not expect
to see his family again and has
not heard from them since he
left Harbin. He said he believed
they were suffering greatly.
Air Force Cussed
In true infantryman fashion,
Wei cussed the Nationalist air
force. The communist soldiers
were asking the usual question,
"where are our planes?"
Regarding his own future, Wei
was definite after he found out
the Nationalists were not going
to behead him. He said he wants
to join the Nationalists because
they seem like the "best army,"
so far as he is concerned.
His application is being taken
under consideration.
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PROTESTS BAIL WEEKENDS IN JAIL-Represemative Fred L.
Crawford (R., Mich.) leaves the county jail at Marlboro. Md., for
court, to be tried on charges that he assaulted a professional prize
fighter. Rer. Crawford spent two nights in the jail to protest Mary
land's ball-fixing practices. He was fined 525.00.
Thursday, February 23, I9SB
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Heine's Juniors Give
I00F Lodge Program
A program was presented by
Bliss Heine's Junior corps at the
meeting of Medford Iodise, IOOF
Tuesday night.
It opened with piano selec
tions by Louis Parker, with a
vocal duct by Krista Slelle and
Sandra Stout following. Maj.
Paula Jeanne Scott and Capt.
Vicky Cordova, six-year-olds, of
the mascot section, gave a baton
duet and Norma and Carolyn
Funk, pupils of Colleen Hope's
school, presented a tap dance.
Eight girls, Maj. Sandra Stout,
Capt. Norma Funk, Masier Sgls.
Dcanna Cuthbertson and Patricia
Rector, Capt. Marlene Golden,
Sgt. C'arolee Brabtley, Sfit. Bev
erly Powell and Nancy Tays par
ticipated in a drill followed by a
drill demonstration by Major.
Scott and Capt. Cordova.
Four-year - old Sgt. Bonnie
Brantley presented a baton solo,
Maj. Sandra Stout gave an elec
tric solo and Lt. Col. Phyllis
Haas a baton solo. An electric
duet was presented by Col. Kris
ta Stelle and Maj. Harriett John
son, Heine gave a musical odd
ity and Spt. Gerald Funk dem
onstrated baton twirling.
Sheriff Candidates To
Address GOP Women
Speakers for the February
meeting of Jackson County Re
publican Women will be Mrs.
Stephen Nye, member of the
group, and Howard Gault and
Hay Marks, republican candi
dates for sheriff.
The meeting, under a change
of schedule for the club, will be
held at 1:30 p. m. Monday, Feb
ruary 27, at the Girls' Commu
nity club, without luncheon, ac
cording to Mrs. M. Allison Moul
ton. president.
Mrs. Nye will report on the
part Australian women played in
changing that country's trend
toward socialism.
It is announced that paper
bound copies of John Flynn's
book, "The Road Ahead," will
be available for 30 cents per
copy.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 23 (U.R)
Portland Outdoor Store defeated
Bradford Clothiers 51 to 46 last
night to take the city's AAU bas
ketball crown. The winners are
defending Oregon state
champions.
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New York. Feb. 23 (U.R)
Lester Dill, an Ozark mountain
eer, said today that all he needs
is $1,000,000 and he'll furnish
"the first subterranean refuge
from possible atom and hydrogen
bombing." "
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from the Reconstruction Fi
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Could House Many
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miles long and composed of five
levels. In an emergency , he said,
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Only a few miles of the cav
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Civil war forces and as head
quarters for Jesse James' gang,
have been developed, he said.
Last year they were visited
by 200,000 tourists at $1 a head.
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