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ttoic vmi m ' II VOU rXO MOSS T-liEF.'.' MOWS THE OL' ; They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo FLNSUS 3REET E4CM OTHER THUS THE UOPSE N4MES THEV : CALL E4CH OTHER THE SETTER THEV LIKE IT" 1 I L-t A rT IIJ'-I ILy S S SS 1 II ' r "I Ufr YvX. i.fiki r O 4 T. j yi 1 r NvV- HE C4LLEO J E CALLED MY TEAM XT hOA CP P4NTA 4 LITTLE BUSM-LE4eUERSf7V W4ISTS.' LEMME L4TE3-THEM n VTVyh THlM.'-XT WONDER Father McCormack Tells of Imprisonment, Trial at Hands of Chinese Communists Editor'! note: Following Is the econd of two articles by Father Joseph P. McCormack on his ar rest and lmprsionment in Com munist China. In Monday's in stallment. Father McCormack said that he considers a ded icated Communist as a man with out a country, inasmuch as the Indoctrination causes the man to become cruel and to lose his nationality and Individuality. So I finally took a week I man, that you like the Chi- TUAHX 4NO A TIP fie v inc ri i rv i TO MURCay F.PRKnwiTZ. HORNBROOK Residents Make Trips Br KATHERINE CHAPMAN Hornbrook These sum mer days find a number of Hornbrookers on the go and far-afield. Returning last week from a camping trip as far south as Truckee, Calif., was Fred Mills, who tried out the camp ing trailer he built himself during the winter months. Others arriving home last week were Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Chapman. A 17-day motor trip took them through north ern California, across Nev ada, Into Utah, southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Enroute they drove through Lessee national park, spent two days at Zioa national park and also drove to Cedar Breaks national monument, and through Bryce national park. In Reno, they visited with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Houston, former Horn brook residents. During their stay in Salt Lake City, they attended the CBS Sunday morning broad cast of "Music and the Spok en Word," and two other or gan recitals, all at the Mor mon tabernacle. A Gray line sightseeing tour took them to the Utah State capital build ing and other points of inter est in the city. They also apent a week with their daughter and her family, M Sgt. and Mrs. E. R. Burtner and four children at Moun tain Home, Ida., where Burt ner is stationed with the Air Force. A vacation with a true Western flavor was spent by a group of friends last week. The group included Mrs. Frank Cardoza, Jeanie and Frankie Cardoza and a friend, Gary Ramos, of San Jose, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine and son, Lornie Jr. and Loren Cummins and son, Lor en Howard. Leaving Hornbrook Friday, July 25, with nine horses and a truckload of gear, they drove to the Marble moun tain primitive area, where they made their headquarters at Kelsey creek. From here they rode to Skyhigh lake, and made a side-trip to Kud dihy lakes. ' Fishing was good in all the lakes and creeks, and an ad vantage of their camp - site was a built-in freezer in the form of a snow-bank in which they stored their daily catch es, and fresh meat and sup plies. But in spite of the nearness of snow and snowbanks, the water was warm enough for swimming, and a dip in the lake was a part of each day's program. The group returned Saturday evening, Aug. 2, and all reported it was fun to "rough it" once in a while but it was also good to get back to some of the conven iences of modern civilization. Bob Paine, older son of Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine, is spending the summer with a survey crew of the engineer ing department of the U. S. Forestry service at Happy Camp. He spent this past week end at home, where his grand-father, Roscoe Conklin, of Van Nuys, Calif., is spend ing the balance of the sum mer. Mrs. Loren Cummins and Lauran Paine took two car loads of boys and their gear to the Boy Scout camp at Lake of the Woods on Sun day. Spending the next week at the camp are Lornie Paine, Loren Howard Cummins, Douglas Bennett, Randy Peters, Mike Turnbow, Steve Farmer, and George Chad-wick. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wyatt and sons Tommie and Ron nie had a week's vacation which they spent in Portland, Ore., visiting his mother, Mrs. Tom Watt, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rubisch. They also visited Watt's uncle and aunt, Mr. and M r s. Charles Wooley, in Astoria, and spent some time at "The Tides" in Seaside, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Paulsen of Oakland, Calif., became first-time parents when a daughter, Debra Lynne, was born July 30 at the Siskiyou General hospital in Yreka. The baby's mother, the for mer Jo Ann Burns, has been at her parent's home here the past month, awaiting the ar rival of her baby. She and her new daughter plan to re turn to Oakland by train next Friday. George Sloan is convales cing at home now from a com bined heat stroke and heart attack, which kept him hos pitalized at Yreka for two weeks. His friends are all wishing him a speedy recov ery, and are looking forward to seeing him back in his jeep and on the job again. In the absence of the Rev. E. V. Hargreaves, Judge James McAdams of the Mon tague judicial court, conduct ed the services at the Metho dist church here Sunday mor ning. The Rev. Hargreaves and his family are on vaca tion. House Guests at the home of Mrs. Grace Quigley last week were her niece and family, Mr. and Mr. Lawr ence Kaiser, and three child ren of Glenn, Calif. On Wed nesday, they all drove to Ash land to visit relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oh lund Jr. and children, Paul, Patty Jo. and twins, Cheryl and Carol, of Portland, Ore. were visitors last week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ohlund, of Cot tonwood Creek. Other visitors in town from Portland were Mr. and Mrs. Charles LeBrun and three children, who spent the week at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear and sons Leonard and Ermin. Bob Anderson of Santa Ana, Calif., called on friends here Thursday, enroute to his par ents' home in Medford. Bob attended school here at the time his parents were oper ating the Henley Way store. Miss Sharee Walsh, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh, is spending the week at Burns, Ore., as the guest of Miss Sally Smith. The two girls have been friends since their grammar school days at Riddle, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hansen of Oakland, Calif., have been visiting for some time at the Matt Johnson home. Lieut. Harry Scott and Lieut. Oliver Baker, of the U. S. Coast Guard at Portland, were Saturday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear. Baker is a son-in-law Service Station For Lease Richfield Oil Corp., exclusive West Coot marketeers of BORON gasoline, has service station for lease in Med ford. Modern 2 bay metal building and large lot. Tune up, brake work and truck lubrication posible in addi tion to other service station work. Call R. S. Weaver, SP 2-5326 Days And SP 2-8852 Evenings Local Companies Of Army Reserve In Exercises Headquarters company of Medford and E company of Grants Pass, members of the 2nd Battalion. 413th Inf. of the 104th "Timberwolf" Army Reserve Division, are par ticipating in field exercses at Yakima Firing Center, Wash ington. The local unit, commanded by Lt. Col. Roberts A. Elliott of Medford, arrived at camp Sunday evening. The advance party under Lt. Barton Garred arrived Thursday. The local unit is camped at the Coffin Ranch site with the remainder of the 413th Infantry regiment. The divi sion is functioning as a self supporting unit, with the local men filling their normal job requirement. E company of Grants Pass, commanded by Lit. Richard De Armond, is training in the field and re sponsible for instruction in the 60 mllimeters mortars. Second Battalion is operat ing a separate motor pool di rected by Sgt. Ted Botefur and also is operating a field mess hall for both first and second battalions with Sp-5 Carl Keith as mess steward Immediately on arrival at camp. Lt. Robert Kelley, the adjutant, and SFC John O'Hara, battalion sergant maj or, started to take care of all unit correspondence and re ports. During the first day of training, Major Glen Allen, the battalion executive officer, gave 60 millimeter mortar gunners tests to the regiment al mortar men. Local men placed especially high in these tests. The unit will re main at Yakima until Aug 10, when it will return to southern Oregon. Bank Debits Show Slight Upturn University of Oregon A slight upturn in business in Oregon" was evidenced in the bank debit reports for June, A total of $1,660,602,574 was tallied by the 167 report ing banks and branches. This was up over the previous month by 0.9 per cent and up over June, 1957 by 3.2 per cent. Bank debits, which repre sent the dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit ac counts of individuals and busi ness firms, are generally re garded as good indicators of current business activity. The University of Oregon's bureau of busines research collects the debits monthly from banks of the state. The 11 banks of the South western Oregon counties of Curry, Jackson, and Josephine showed a total of $66,986,923 for a gain of 2.2 per cent over May, but a loss of 3.5 per cent from June, 1957. By J. P. McCormack, M. M. (Written for United Press International) It was in June of 1953 that the Communists arrested me in Shanghai. For two reasons: I was a Maryknoll priest, and I was an "American. My house-boy had tipped me off, so I sat there on my front porch one beautiful summer evening waiting for them. And sure enough, they came, and led me off to police headquarters. They brought me into a large room which had been set up for a special tribunal, with ten people in military uniform sitting along the left wall; in front of them, five women and an interpreter. In the center of the room was a table, lined with my judges, and at the doorway, a rather young looking girl holding a machine-gun. I sat down in a low slung chair that was obviously meant for me. That was about 9:30 at night. I was still sitting there at 5 o'clock the next morning. They kept firing questions at me, and I fired answers back at them as best I could. In a way this confused them, be cause the judges would frown at one another, then have a whispered conference, and make new charges. All of the accusations had something to do with illegal financing or espionage. Altogether, in that first session with them, they changed the charges against me 20 times. By the time they led me to my cell I was pretty tired, and I had the feeling that they weren't too sure why I was arrested. Looking back on it all now, I still can't think of any rea sons, within Chinese law, for my imprisonment other than the fact that I. was an "unde sirable" a priest and an American. The prison conditions were rough. I had to lie flat on the floor of the cell, completely still and without uttering a single word. Armed guards stood over me to make sure I didn't make the slightest move with my hands or feet. The food, when I got it, was a soft mushy kind of some thing, and pretty strong smell ing. But I was hungry. And ate it at times, with an appetite. I had been in prison about three days, when the interro gations began. There were 72 of them altogether, each one lasting about two and a half hours. It was hard at first, but I got used to them, in the beginning, centered on the 30 seminarians, m y bringing them to Peiping, and then shipping some of them to Hong Kong. I told the Com munists the straight story about it all, but they weren't convinced. Later, the line of question ing switched to the entire rdiocese of Fushun and the work of Maryknoll in Man churia. They wanted to know statistics on converts, the number of mission out -stations, and the names of clergy, religious and seminarians. I gave them as many wrong answers as I could. But they kept pressing me for more. off, asked for pen an paper, and wrote in my most legible handwriting, a full "confess ion." It was right off the top of my head and not a shred of truth to it. But I was quite proud of it when I handed it to the judge, and he gave me a big smile, as if to say, "Ah, McCormack we always knew we could scrub your brains clean." Ten days went by. Evident ly they were studying my manuscript, because they left me to myself, and I was able to catch up on my sleep. But then I figured it was time to call it quits, so I told the guard I had another confess ion to make. He hopped up stairs and brought back one of the secretaries a girl we had named "Pigtails" who had two long braids hanging from her temples to her knees.. I dictated for about 20 min utes, denying everything in my written confession. "Pig tails" just sat there, stone faced; when I had finished, she whisked "upstairs. Another 10 days went by. Finally the judges summoned me, and when I appeared before them they asked: "McCormack, why did you write this bundle of lies? Why did you deceive us?" I looked right at them and said, "Because you kept press ing me. Press, press, press these last months and I'm not one who can keep my mouth closed." Which was true. Sessions Taper Off That was toward the end of 1955. About this time, the brainwash sessions tapered off. Then, after all those months, they filed formal charges of "espionage and sabotage for American im perialists" against me. The trial itself lasted about eight weeks. 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Lack of vi tamins, I suppose. To Sleep in Bed They talked this over among themselves, and decid ed to send me to the prison hospital we called it W ard Row and that meant I'd sleep in a bed for the first time in three years. Of course, the big reason for allowing me to go to the hospital was obvious too many priests had already died in the jails and prisons of China. They didn't want that to happen to me. The treatment at the hos pital was adequate. I received injections once a month, but the swelling of my body and limbs still continued. Even now, my stomach still ex pands about six or seven inch es every day. In June 1956 my health im proved considerably, so I was shown "leniency," and they moved me into a small house on the other side of Shanghai, where I lived with several other American priest-prisoners. One of the priests there was Father Cyril Wagner, the Franciscan from Pittsburgh who had been framed on charges similar to mine. We were eventually released to gether. The food was terrible there. We would have all died had it not been for Red Cross par cels, and the parcels from America that the Red Cross managed to get to us. So we lived, until the day of free dom came. Since I've been back, near ly everyone has asked me about the Church in China. Is Christianity surviving? And I tell them this story. It's true it happened not too long ago wnen the Com munists launched a big cam paign in Shanghai to kill all the sparrows around the city. The people were mobilized and told to keep a constant racket going, by beating pans, blowing horns and lighting firecrackers. The idea was to frighten and kill all the spar rows. Hid Under Eaves Well, the sparrows took it all in stride. They hid under the eaves, or flew to the high est trees; sometimes they mov ed their nests out into the suburbs. 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