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12 A. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 1960 v.. xni i i-sr -rsg .fcfcr, GOT THEIR WISH-The Rev. Lindsay War- household shows the saying of grace before ran and his wife, Mary, of Portland, wanted meals. The family includes five Indian a large family and they got their, wish fast, children, and an Iranian boy, second from The Warrens have adopted six children in rights "We don't think of them racially, two years. This typical scene in their but as individuals," the father explained. . ' , : .. . .. -. , . (UPI Telephoto) Witnesses Called To Describe Arrest Of Carole Tregoff ' Los Angeles IUPII -The prosecution today called wit nesses to tell about Carole Tregoff's arrest several weeks after her lover, Dr. R. Ber nard . Finch; ; was jailed on charges of murdering his wife. , -. With the eighth week ! of the murder retrial of the cou ple ending today, chief prose cutor Clifford Crail launched the final part of his case. Crail had only to call Las Vegas, Nev., police officers and several other witnesses to ; explain how authorities slowly came to believe Car ole, 23, was a coconspirator with Finch. . , Finch was arrested the day after the shooting in the Las Vegas apartment he had rent ed ' the previous month for Carole. - The red-haired former mod el was not arrested until she had testified at' Finch's pre liminary hearing weeks aft er the July 18, 1939 slaying of Mrs. . Barbara Jean Finch. Crail said he hoped to wind up his case by the end of next week. -: The defense would then open its case, with hand some, 42-year-old Finch ex pected to be the first witness. Don Bringgold, lawyer for Carole, said he planned to have Carole testify in her own defense again after attor ney Grant Cooper finishes the defense of his client, Finch. , Both defendants testified in the first trial which end ed March 12 after three months when the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Cooper managed Thursday to make a coroner's patholo gist admit under cross-examination that he did not con sider In the first trial the possibility that Mrs. Finch was struck on the head after she was fatally shot. Belief Reaffirmed In his fourth day on the witness stand. Dr. Gerald K. Ridge reaffirmed his belief that Mrs. Finch suffered a fracture in the front of the head after the shot. However, Cooper drew from Ridge an admission that the reason he did not testify to his belief in the first trial Astoria Bridge Financing Talked ; Salem-dJPU-Slate Rep. Wil liam Holmstrom (D Astoria) and Astoria port manager Richard Bettendorf Thursday discussed with state highway officials here suggestions for financing a Columbia river bridge at Astoria which are currently being studied by a state of Washington legisla tive interim committee. The Washington group is exploring different ways of financing the big project. , The Oregon legislature in 1959 approved issuing bonds for half the cost of the project if . the state of Washington would put up the other half of the money. RADIO MUSICIAN. DIES Boston -IUPU- Carl Moore, 72, who was one of the few remaining live musicians in radio, died Thursday.' , was because it. had not oc curred to him until Crail sug gested it recently. The defense had waged a determined battle week-long to discredit the possibility that Finch beat his wife aft er she was shot. Finch claims she was shot accidentally as he tried to .throw away a gun. U PI Writer Describes Experiences During Stay in Red China underweight and looking I- clasped me in her arms tht much older than her 42 years 1 1 Knew i waa u. Kdltnr'i note: While the Russian Communing arc try Ins Francfi Gary Poweri on spy charges In Moscow thit -week, the story of another ioy trial ana prison sen tence has been written In Tokyo. It lg the first person story of Bill Trim, a uninese reporter empioyea by United Press International In Hons; Kong, who was released last monin aiier a year in prison in Canton. Yim tells how he was pick ed up by Communist security po lice while on assignment in China ana cnargea wun spying, nere is the second and concluding dispatch anout nis. experience, ilTmi j a I rui I LSI H "wwi VT "",mc HavA"pl ttMl LVA.liWl t ;- on FURNITURE nvcKiiiOitownno Mtnus Emm fhe man who found Adolf Eichmann answers those provocative questions... Why didn't Israel go through Argentine channels to get Eichmann? How did the NO. 1 NAZI BUTCHER hide for three yoars : under the noses of his hunters? How did his background of Hebrew and Yiddish study help hira kill six million Jews? Be sure to read . . ."How We Hunted Down the NO. 1 NAZI BUTCHER". . . by Leo Heiraan, an article of wide scope that every American should read. PLUS THESE OTHER ARTICLES OF CURRENT INTEREST... "The last Inning" by Stan Mus'iat "Miss Somebody from Florida" by Ozzie Sweet "They're the Sweethearts of the Olympics'4 by Peer Oppenheimer "In Step with Taste..." " Cookbook Section Junior Treasure Chest Quips and Quotes In the August 21st Issue of Weelcljr Medford Mail Tribune Family WoJcy By BILL YIM Tokyo -.IUPI) - The cell of the Communist ' prison was eight by eight feet. It was the first of three in which I was to live for a year on Red charges of espionage. I had come into China from Hong Kong1 on a simple news assignment for UPI. I had explained in- full why I was coming. I had been welcomed by the Communists. But with in 10 days I was in prison on trumped-up charges. The first cell contained two wooden, slatted beds about eight inches off the floor, and a wooden bucket which would serve as my toilet for a year. Rgulalion Posted The walls were whitewash ed. High on the far wall was a steel-barred window. Only by standing on the bed on tip toe could one look out. . But this as against the rules. I was never permitted to see another prisoner. On the door were pasted prison regulations: "Don t waste food. Don t tight (with whom?). Don't gamble (that was almost fun ny). Don't sing: Don't dance. Don't dry' clothes in cell. Don't pretend illness. Don't smoke. Don't use vulgar lan guage. Reflect on your crimes on the government." Food Not Bad Breakfast would be pushed through a small door in the bottom of the cell door. It usually consisted of watery rice and noodles and some times a piece of bread. There was no coffee. Lunch was usually rice, vegetables and sometimes a little pork or fish. After lunch I would nap for a couple of hours and then wait for dinner. The food was not too bad and actually I gained some weight in prison. Later, I was moved to a slightly larger cell and then to one with two windows, a bed and desk. The food im proved and I was given spec ial permission to smoke a couple of cigarettes a day. It was part of a campaign to "reform" me and bring me over to their side. The loneliness was hard to bear. Sometimes I cried. I know grown men should not cry but there are times when a good cry helps you. Sometimes to pass the time I danced, whirling around the cell with an imaginary Hong Kong beauty in an eye-catching Cheongsan. t like popu lar music and so sometimes I also sang to myself. ; I became so lonesome I ask ed the guard to talk to me, then the warden, They agreed. I got indoctrination lectures. But it was good to hear some one talk. The warden would go on and on. He would tell me of the great advancement Communist China was mak ing. Then interrogations were resumed. You see', I still had n't been brought to trial. There were two men. I called them the "sweet talker" and the "shouter." They tookl turns on me. "Sweet talker" told me that everyone makes mistakes, that I had only to repent. "Shouter" threw the same questions about- spying he made much of the fact I carried the huge sum of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars - $166 in U.S. exchange terms. Knitting Division Winners Announced Winners in the knitting di vision of the Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair currently under way at the fairgrounds have been announced. Knitting Htginners; Robin Barnes, Med ford. champion; Judy Hemingway, Phoenix, Carol House, Carolyn Barnei, all Medford, Donna Ham mond. Central Point, Diane Brew ster and Sharon Prowell. Apple- 6 ate, blue; Gayle House. Janice ffnrd. Karen Hunter, all Medford, Nikki Hammond and Alice Mincer, Central Point. Alicia Elmore. Ap- ? legate, red; Dorcne Duggan. Med ord, Nathelia Novian, Central Point, Susan Billiard, Medford, white. Hammerstein Said To Be Unchanged Doylestown, Pa.- IUPD -The condition of Oscar Hammer stein II, famed showman seri ously ill at his farm home near here, was reported un changed today. ' J)r. Raymond D. Tice said the librettist for scores of Broadway hits was in no im mediate danger but he could not say "what may turn up." Hammerstein, 65, suffered a relapse after undergoing an operation a year ago. He is at tended by nurses 24 hours a day. Day after day stumbled by. My jailers gave me news papers and books, most of them attacking American im perialism. I asked for music and they put a radio loud speaker in my cell. It was played every evening for one hour - nothing but military marches, although peace is a popular Communist slogan.' On the night of Jan. 31, 1960, six months after I had entered China, I was taken out of my cell. I thought the Communists were going to release me and I had to fight down my joy. Instead I was taken to a room in the prison and handed a paper charging me with espionage, The Communists asked if I wanted a lawyer. I said no. After all, I had previously made an admission - after nine days straight interroga tion - of "violating the sov ereignty" of the Chinese Peo ples Republic. The next afternoon, I was handcuffed and taken in an American jeep to a court building. The glare of two newsreel camera floodlights hit my eyes. There were 300 spectators in the rear of the room. I walked down the aisle to a long table at which sat the judges, clad in the Mao Tse tung high-necked tunics, At a table to my right were two prosecutors. At the left was my unrequested "defense at torney." j Microphones Everywhere Microphones were every where. Although we were in Canton, I was instructed to speak in Mandarin, the na tional language. The film was to be distributed throughout China and millions do not understand Cantonese. The judge read the charges and questioned me - the same old questions. Then they brought in the witnesses. There was a taxi driver with whom I rode when I sent a cable simply informing my UPI office in Hong Kong that I needed help. There was the once friend-. ly travel agency man who had met me at the railroad station and shown me to the hotel. There was the waitress who testified I tried to "corrupt" her with tips. ' The travel service man said I had asked him to smuggle me out of Canton. It was an outright lie. The- judge produced my camera, t y p e writer, note books. and unused film. I had been told by the Communist travel agency in Hong Kong that I could bring them. "Do you have anything to say," the. judge asked the man who was my defense attorney. I had never exchanged a word with him. ; Aikt Light Sentence "According to the accused's confession," he told the judge, "he has realized that he has violated the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China. That means he has taken the first step toward re forming himself. I suggest you give him a ' light sen tence." That was my defense. The trial recessed after one hour. I waited 15 minutes in a re ception room and then was led back. The sentence was one year in prison. The six months I had already served would be deducted. All eyes were on me as I was led out of the room. No one spoke to me. . But I did hear someone say to his neighbor, "This man is very Westernized." . Stubbornness cost me an extra six months in jail,' ' There were broad hints from my prison warden that if I had stood before the court, made a proper confession and expressed humility for my "crimes," I might have been released. But I stood silent; Sees the Sights The Communists never gave up trying to "reform" me . . Ten days before I was re leased, they made their last big attempt to win me over. The warden took me on a morning sightseeing trip around Canton. He showed me buildings and construction to demon strate the might of Commu nist China. Then we went to the famous yellow flower mountain gardens so I could see the beauty of Red horti culture. - It was my first time out of prison and it was a treat. Three days later, the warden took me on another tour. They wanted to be sure they had a "friend" when I was released. ' The day before my year was up, I wrote a letter to the government pointing out that my term was expiring. I thanked them for my "kind" treatment. They had to have something to show I had "re formed" or I would never have been released. Back To Freedom ,. ...midnight that night,,.! was taken from the prison back to the hotel, where I first registered. Three guards spent the night in my room. 31" annual IPainf 1 'T'T f ' fc-!u""l"-"""'i $198 Buy one quart BOYSEN RUBBERGLO Flat Wall Finish (12 beautiful "ready-mixed" colors- (oioruer colors iiignuy mgner.j Get second quart . . . . . 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