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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Dog Racing Tuesday
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
State Racing commission will
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The dog races were scheduled
to start July 9, but work on the
Kennel Club's new track in
northeast Portland was halted
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