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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON! Two American Catholic Priests Released by Chinese Communists Hong Kong U.R) Two American Catholic priests re turned to freedom from Red China Saturday and told of three years of mental and physical torture at the hands of their Communist captors. The Rev. John W. Clifford and the Rev. Thomas L. Phillips, both Jesuits of San Francisco, arrived from Shanghai aboard the Ger man ship Hamburg. They were released from a Communist prison on June 15 just three years to the day they were arrested. Their release left 11 other American civilians and priests still behind bars in Red China Clifford and Phillips appeared in good health but a little nerv ous as they talked to newsmen who met them at the dock. They told of "sweet and sour treat ment" by the Chinese that ranged from torture to a free-wheeling sightseeipg tour of the country side. Arrested in 1953 Faher Clifford, 38, wearing a white T-shirt and slacks, said he was arrested June 15, 1953, only six days after he was transferred to Christ the King Church in Shanghai, along with Father Phillips and the Rev. John Houle of Glendale, Calif., who is still in prison. He said Communist police en tered his quarters at 11:15 p.m. while he was sleeping and hustl ed him off the Lochaiwai Prison without specific charges. The Communists put him in a cell with five Chinese prisoners and ordered him to remain absolute ly quiet, not even allowing him to move his hands, eyes or lips. "I was saying the Rosary and a guard told me my lips were moving and that was forbidden," Clifford said. "'But I told him I was saying the Rosary and there was no law against that. Then an officer came and said there was no such thing as freedom of re ligion and no rights at all in prison." He said he was given only a blanket and had to sleep on the floor. Charges of Imperialism "A few days later they asked me to tell what crimes I commit ted. "I told them I absolutely had committed no crimes and that 'you are actually the criminals.' They got excited. I was question ed five or six times." Father Phillips, a former rec tor of Shanghai College who was interned by the Japanese for 2V2 years during World War II, said that "as far as I could make out the charges were imperialism and being and imperialist." CURRENT ANNUAL RATE ON SAVINGS Any account open by the 10th of any month draws interest from the 1st. Insured to $10, 000 per account. Withdraw als have always been paid on demanid. Accounts may be opened in person or by mail. AVINGS & LOAN 510 Grants Pass MAIL TRIBUNE He said he was interrogated approximately 150 times. "T h e interrogations were merely to obtain some excuse to accuse me because they knew they had no grounds for arrest ing me," Clifford said. "They on ly want to keep you talking." The Remaining Prisoner Diplomatic sources said earli er this year that one or two im prisoned Americans might be re leased "for propaganda purpos es," -but they saw little or no chance of release for all. Five of the remaining 11 are the Rev. Paul McKinson Jr. a Lutheran missionary of Balti Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.R) On Aug. 23 Rudolph Valentino, the great est screen lover of them all, will have been dead 30 years, but his spirit lives again in a modest walkup apart ment on Hol lywood blvd. Nearly hid den among the shops is a Aline Mosby flight of stairs leading to one of the movie col ony's strangest sights a shrine to Valentino. Its keeper is a stunt man who worked with the late star, and so admired Valentino that he chang ed his own name to Rudolph Florentino. After Valentino died, Florentino devoted his life to col lecting the star's photographs and mementos and nearly 10 years ago organized them into his shrine. "I want to keep his memory alive," explained Florentino as he showed me through the three rooms bedecked with Valentino possessions. Effects Displayed In one room are Valentino's fencing foils and the hat he wore in "The Four Horsemen." I ev en tried on Rudy's navy blue yachting jacket, or, at least, the New York tailor's label inside the jacket said it was his. Valen tino was a slender, rather small man. "I have all his publicity pho tographs," said Florentino, bring ing out stacks of negatives. The second room holds a li brary of books about Valentino, plus the actor's own press scrap books. There also sat a very bos- omy brunette -alive wearing a tight white sweater. "That is my new discovery Theda Zara," announced Flor entino. Southwest 6th O Phone F IE IE m Sunday, July 8, 1956 more, Md., Robert McCann, a businesman from Altadena, Pa.; John T. Downey, New Britain, Conn., and Richard Fecteau, Lynn, Mass., both U.S. Army civilian employes, and Hugh F. Redmond, an importer from Yon kers, N. Y. The remaining priests in addi tion to Father McCarthy, of San Francisco, and Father Houle, of Glendale, Calif., are Franciscans Fulgence Cross of Omaha, Neb., Ambrose Pinger of Lindsay, Neb., and John P. Wagner of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Maryknoll priest Joseph P. McCormick of New York. By ALINI MOSBY United Preis Correspondent Before I could find out who Theda was he hurried me into the third room. It is decorated like a sheik s tent sand, orien tal rugs and lamps and low couches and tables. On the bed where Florentino himself sleeps . are Valentino's cane and sword. Two candles burn beside a picture of Valen tino. His scarves, hat and spats hang above the bed. Florentino proudly wears a silver wrist chain inscribed "To Rudy from Rudolph, 1925." In recent years Florentino has worked as a waiter, an aircraft factory mechanic and a dancing teacher. Theda and Rudolph have bigger plans, however. They have enlisted the backing of a group called the Sons of Italy to promote a Valentino night at Hollywood Bowl. They want to open a Valentino mu seum and also to film the actor's life. Well Drilling Permit Suspended by State Salem (U.R) State Engin eer Lewis Stanley Saturday sus pended the well driving license of Barrow and Stayer, Beaver ton, for 30 days after the firm failed to file reports on wells it had drilled since last August when the ground water code went into effect. Lance Stayer, an owner of the firm, told a hearing here Thursday that he was not aware that the law required the filing of logs to provide information on the location of ground water. Stayer promised to furnish the information immediately. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair Sun day except night and morning fog on coast; warmer. St. GR 6-7713 News About Books From the Library A total of 7,572 volumes were added to the Medford Public li brary during the fiscal year just ended, of which 1,968 were do nated and 5,604 purchased. A third of the purchased books were placed in the junior depart ment, and two-thirds were offer ed to adult readers. Among the latter were 3,416 new titles, 1,162 in fiction, 2,254 in non-fiction. The junior depart ment received 595 new fiction ti tles and 494 new titles of non fiction. More than 500 duplicate copies of popular books were purchased for children's reading. During the month of June, 92 gifts were received from library friends, including W. H. McKer nie, M. E. Sprague, E. R. Peter son, Mrs. Clara Orr, the Amer ican Legion, and a donor who wished to remain anonymous. New titles added to the adult book collection this month are: Adventure stories: The Timber Beast, Binns; When God Slept, Bourne; The Ninth Wave, Bur dick; The Return of Lono, Bush nell; Great Circle, Carse; Red Over Green, Henriques; A Single Pebble, Hersey; Position Un known, Mackersey; Treasure Cruise, and Other Crunch and Des Stories, Wylie. ' Western stories: Wild Horse Lightning, Field; Lazy H Feud, La Vanway; Destination, Danger, MacDonald; The Lonely Grass, Nye. Mysteries: Don't Look Back, Borgenicht; Widow's Web, Cur- tiss; The Case of the Sun Bath er's Diary, Gardner; Death Walks on Cat Feet, Hitchens; The Scarlet Thread, Hood; Murder Makes an Entrance, Kelland; The Faceless Adversary, Lockridge; Hunt the Man Down, Pearson; Historical Whodunits, Ross Wil liamson; Three Witnesses, Stout: The End of the Track, Winter ton. Other fiction: A Wreath for Udomo, Abrahams; The Amer ican Legion Reader, American Legion Magazine; Pale Moon, Burnett; The Horse's Mouth, Cary; The Pathfinder, Cooper; The Adventures of Shlomele, Davis; Comfort Me With Apples, De Vries; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens; Charmed Cir cle, E r t z ; Collected Stories, Faulkner; Fiddler's Green, Gann; The Rosemary Tree, Goudge; The Wall, Hersey: Generations of Men, Hunt; The Hope of Ref uge, Johnson; Tubie's Monu ment, Keveson; Charlotte and Dr. James, McCrone; The Passion by the Brook, Nelson; The Val ley of God, Patai; Johnny Paint er, Pettibone; The Stranger, Ross; The Parasite, Seforim; Al most April, Sherburne; A Sword From Galway, Simons; Lost City of the Sun, Sinclair; The Unquiet Spirit, Steen; Some Inner Fury, Taylor; In Sicily, Vittorini; The Merry Month of May, and two other short novels, White; The Phasian Bird, Williamson. For Young Adults: The Appa loosa Curse, Bowen; Your Place in TV, Broderick; The Dagger, The Fish and Casey McKee, Clark; Johnny - on - the - Spot, Cooke; The Captive Rider, Downes; Towser, Sheep Dog, La mond; Daughter of the Khans, Liang; Danger in the Midst, Mac Kellar; How to Plan for College and What to Do When You Get There, McReynolds; The Leo Du rocher Story, Schoof;, The Day and the Way We Met, Stolz; A Long Time Coming, Whitney; The Black Tiger, Wibberley. Humor: A Short Trot With a Cultured Mind, Campbell; Guest ward Ho! Hooton; People Are Funny, Linkletter. Travel and adventure: I Mar ried the Klondike, Berton; My Ship Is So Small, Davison; Ele phants and Ivory, Jordan; Amer ican in Italy, Kubly; Men Against Everest, Shipton. Biography: Albert Schweitzer: Man of Mercy, Berrill; Reach for the Sky, Brickhill; Never a Dull Moment, Cassini; Laurette, Courtney; The Last Stitch, Crost wait; Have Tux, Will Travel, Hope; This Is Nixon, Keogh; Song of America, Mardikian; Dear Mad'm, Patterson; A Cor nish Waif's Story, Smith; Souve nir, Margaret Truman's Own Story, Truman; MacArthur, His CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR RENT Motor Cranes Back Hoes Motor Graders Draglines Clamshells Shovel Fronts Crawler Type Tractors with Dozers 105 Air Compressor 315 Air Compressor Wagon Drill - Paving Breakers Jack Hammers MACHINE TRENCHING Gas Water Sewer Drain Installation or Repair D. C. LII1IIIGER & SOUS MEDFORD, OREGON - PHONE 2-5336 or 2-5897 Rendezvous With History, Whit ney. . The West: The Coming of the White Women, 1836, Elliott; Des perate Women, Horan; Myths and Legends of the Pacific North west, Judson; The Life and Tim es of Wyatt Earp, Lake; One Man's West, Lavender; Heroes, Outlaws and Funny Fellows, Miller; A Century of Coos and Curry, Peterson. Sports and games: Best Sports Stories, Marsh; The Handbook of Wildlerness Travel, Wells; Trout Flies, Wetzel; Handbook for Skin Divers, Bronsen-Howard; Out board Boating Handbook, Bow man; Winning Golf, Nelson; Win ning Baseball, Allen; Better Rid ing, Lewis; The Macmillan Hand book of Chess; Horowitz; The New Complete Hoyle, Morehead; The Cokesbury Stunt Book, De pew; Penny's Party Book, Haen igsen; Abingdon Party and Ban quet Book, Maguire. Arts and crafts: Art of the Northwest Coast Indians, Inver arity; The Rainbow Book of Art, Craven; Enjoying Modern Art, Newmeyer; Art Through the Ages, Gardner; Idols Behind Al tars, Brenner; Early American Crafts and Hobbies, Yates; Wood land Portraits, Klute; Our Am erican Music, Howard; American Mountain Songs, Richardson; A Dictionary of Musical Themes, Barlow; A Dictionary of Vocal Themes, Barlow. House and garden: Buffet Cook Book, Robertson; How to Build 20 Cabins, Arco Publishing Co.; An Easy Guide to Color for Flower Arrangers, Dodson; Sha dy Gardens, Parcher; The Com plete Book of Lawns, Rockwell. Family life: The Parents Hand book, Fromme; Behavior and Misbehavior, Hymes; a Child Development Point of View, Hymes; The Cultivation of Com munity Leaders, .Biddle. Religion: The Dead Sea Scrolls, Burrows; Hardness of Heart, Cherbonnier; Altars of the East, Ayres; You Are Never Alone, Ditzen. Other non-fiction: The Spoor of Spooks, and Other Nonsense. Evans; Getting and Spending Crane; Cavalcade of American Horses, Crowell; Principles and Types of Speech, Monroe; An thropology, Kroeber; Effective Advertising Copy, De Voe; Speak to the Earth, Miller; Cell 2455 Death Row, Chessman; Trial by Ordeal, Chessman; The Agricul tural Regions of the United States, Haystead; Essentials of Compilation for College Stud ents, Babcock; General Civil Service Home Study Book for Federal, State, Municipal Posi tions, Civil Service Aid Publish- Confidence Men Get $130 in Salem Area Salem (II P) Four William- ette valley residents two from Salem and two from Dallas lost SI 30 to confidence men this week but the Marion county dis trict attorney's office said Sat- irdav it had not yet discovered any violation of criminal law on which to base charges. Salem police said the confi dence same involved nearly worthless watches which were of fered to service station attend ants as security for loans. The "con" men claimed they needed the loans to settle car damage cases out of court. The district attorney's office said that so far as can be deter mined the loans were legally a private transaction between two citizens. However, investigation of the four cases and four other unsuc cessful attempts was continuing, officials said. WYOMING HUNTING V Cheyenne, Wyo. (U.R) The State Game and Fish Depart ment says hunters from all 48 states, Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America hunted in Wyoming in 1955. Minnesota provided more hunters than any other state, followed by California, Texas, Nebraska and Wisconsin. 'A Ophiuchus Is Antares in Southern Sky BY FAY VAN SCHOIACK Can you imagine any man brave enough to stand on a sco ripion while holding a great serpent or snake in his hands? Spreading across the southern sky is a large group of stars forming two constellations, Ophiuchus and Serpens. Aesculapius, who is called Ophiuchus in the heavens, was tlje son of Apollo. Chiron, the Noble Centaur, represented in Sagittarius, the Archer, taught Aesculapius to become a great physician or doctor. So success ful was this doctor in prolong ing the lives of mortals that Pluto began to complain bit terly. Flow Dwindling "The flow of souls to the Underworld is dwindling," he said. To keeep peace with Pluto, Jupiter finally had to slay the great physician. But after his death he was given a place in the heavens. To locate Ophiuchus find the red, twinkling star, Antares, just above the southern horizon. This star is the heart of the Scorpion upon which Ophiuchus is supposed to be standing al though the two constellations do not touch each other.- Above Antares is a large rectangle of rather dim stars with a triangle on top of it. The rectangle seems to be standing on end and is about twice as high as it is wide. This is Ophi uchus. The star at the top of the triangle represents the doctor's head. A long broken line of stars beginning fairly high in the south east and ending high in the southwest in an "X" is the serpent. The "X" is the ser pent's head, which is located just south of Corona Borealis or the Northern Crown. From Rectangle The two stars forming the bottom of the rectangle that rep recents Ophiuchus are also part of the line of stars that rep resent the serpent. They are really the hands of Ophiuchus as he holds the snake. ! To Aesculapius the serpent was not a repulsive reptile, but a sacred emblem of health, be cause it seemed to renew its life by periodically shedding its skin. In classic art, Aesculapius is pictured as holding a staff Look Choose r MAKES WORK FASTER AND EASIER! automatic water-heaters give you after tankful of hot water Cty.. js tunes Ok CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC W UTILITIES COMPANY kVi 1 1 1 : J I lM rn.-m.-M - MEDFORD, OREGON Visible Near with a serpent wrapped about it. Even today, it is the emblem of medicine. Sometimes the emblem of medicine is confused with the caduceus of Mercury, which is a thin wand topped with a pair of wings and draped gracefully with two thin snakes. But this latter emblem is the symbol of messengers and has nothing to do with medicine. In the celestial realm, Aescu lapius is Ophiuchus 'who holds in his hands a great serpent as an emblem of health. A CLOSE INVESTIGATION Petoskey, Mich U.R) Coro ner J. B. Conti was forced Fri day, in line of duty, to find and examine the body of someone ru mored dead. He didn't have to look far. It turned out someone started the rumor that it was Conti who died. NEW KOREA ENVOY Tokyo (U.R) Gen. L. L. Lem nitzer. Far East conmmander of United Nations and U.S. forces, flew to Seoul Saturday with new U.S. ambassador to Korea Walter C. Dowling. Dowling ar rived in Tokyo en route to his new post. Use Tribune Want Ads In a Hurry? 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