Democratic Presidential Hopefuls
Pursue Convention Delegate Votes
Red Chinese
Release Two
Catholic Priests
HONG KONG, UH—“My Com
munist cell can only be described
as a place of no hope, but I put
my trust in God,” said an Ameri
can priest Saturday after his re
turn from three years in a Red
Chinese prison.
The Rev. John W. Clifford, 39.
told newsmen he was forbidden
to say the Rosary or pray during
his imprisonment. His guards told
him there was “no freedom of re
ligion in prison. Your church is
bad and so are all priests.”
Father Clifford arrived here
today with the Rev. Thomas Phil
lips, 52, who also was imprisoned
three years in Red China. The
two Roman Catholic priests, both
of San Francisco, are the first
Americans freed by Peiping since
two Presbyterian missionaries
were released last December.
11 Americans Still Held
Eleven other Americans still
are imprisoned in Red China.
The two priests came here from
Shanghai aboard a German ship,
a freighter.
Father Clifford said when he
was first jailed in June 1953 the
prison cells were occupied by 19
Chinese and foreign priests.
He said the Reds questioned
him repeatedly in an effort to get
him to confess to charges of slan
dering the state and “disrupting
the activities of the state.”
Turns Guilt on Chinese
He said he told his interroga
tors he had committed no crimes
but that it was “the Chinese gov
ernment who committed crimes
by suppressing the church and
jailing priests.”
“I never confessed to anything,”
said Father Clifford.
He said the worst period, of his
three years in four Shanghai
prisons was spent in a cell next
to a raving maniac.
“The poor fellow—he was real
ly broken—raved for 25 days and
nights,” he said.
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By the Associated Press
Democratic presidential hope
fuls continued to chase conven
tion delegate strength today.
Adlai Stevenson was in Omaha
for a luncheon meeting of Ne
braska delegates and alternates
to the Democratic National Con
vention. He planned a meeting
with Iowa delegates.
In New York, Sen. Estes Kefau
ver of Tennessee, another Demo
cratic aspirant, said he has 250
delegate votes committed to him
and expects to have 300 by con
vention time next month.
Stevenson previously has made
claim to more than 500 delegate
votes for himself. It takes 686V4
for nomination.
Kefauver said adverse com
ments on his candidacy by former
President Truman Friday may
have helped his cause with some
people and hurt it with others.
Truman told newsmen he hoped
someone other than Kefauver
would be the Democratic candi
date.
Stevenson described a Midwest
swing through corn, hog and cat
tle country as a "listening tour”
to find out what farmers are
thinking.
Things were relatively quiet on
j the Republican side in the presi
dential category. A grinning ad
mission by Press Secretary James
Hagerty that President Eisenhow
' er is talking politics with aides
I now hinted strongly that Eisen
i hower’s plans to run again are
unchanged.
In Chicago, an Illinois group
launched a move to put Sen. Wil
liam Jenner iR-Indi on the Nov. 6
] Illinois ballot as a third party
“conservative” candidate.
Leaders described it as a move
to give conservative Republicans
“a candidate to their liking,” and
build a conservative bloc for con
vention voting. The group wants
Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Val as its
conservative vice president.
In Kentucky, the Republican
State Central Committee met to
name a GOP candidate for the
Senate seat of the late Sen. Bark
ley. There were hints the nom
inee might be former Sen. John
Sherman Cooper.
Cooper, now U.S. ambassador
to India, earlier had refused the
nomination but the pressure on
him has been increasing. The
GOP candidate will oppose for
mer Gov. Lawrence Wetherby,
the Democratic nominee.
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Teller Celebrates
Fourth of July
With Races
Good weather and a good pro
gram made the Fourth of July a
very enjoyable day in Teller this
year. Folks were generous in do
nations and there were a number
of races.
Following are some of the races
and the winners:
Children under 6: Allan Dick
man, 1st; Leonard Adam, 2nd.
Boys 6-9: Harry Vogen, Carl
Scott. Girls 6-9: Emily Adams,
Mary Alexander.
Boys 9-12: Henry Octuck, John
ny Weyanna. Girls 9-12: Sara
Miller, Marion Octuck.
Boys 12-17: Frederick Miller,
Thomas Octuck. Girls 12-17: Mar
tha Weyanna 1st, Dorothy Ka
karuk and Joan Lee, 2nd.
Men: Edgar Lee, Clifford Top
kok. Women: Maggie Garnie,
Christine Komok. Prizes were
given to two others for effort.
Sack race, children urider H:
Charley Lee, Emily Adams. Chil
dren 8-12: Johnny Weyanna, Har
ry Vogen.
Three-legged race: Francis and
Dorothy Kakaruk 1st, Clifford
Topkok and Martha Weyanna 2d.
Tricycle race: Allan Dickman.
Bicycle race boys: Johnny Wey
anna, Harry Vogen. Girls: Doro
thy Kakaruk, Laura Miller. Men:
Edward Kakaruk, Clifford Top
kok.
Throughout the afternoon there
were a number of surprise con
tests thrown into the program so
there were quite a few prizes.
During the week boxes had
been placed around town for the
Queen Contest. Aileen Tweet was
crowned queen by popular vote.
Debby Dickman was second.
Those who planned and carried
out the program so well are Glenn
Tweet. Noel Vogen and Clifford
Topkok, who were ably assisted
by Rose Miller and Aileen Tweet.
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ON FINAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT
AND THE DETERMINATION
OF INHERITANCE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
W E. H. CREMER, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska,
an Alaskan banking corporation. Admin
istrator With Will Annexed herein, has
filed its Final Report and Account with
this Court, and that the 15th day of
August. 1956, at the hour of ten o’clock
am. of said day. at the office of the
above named Court at Nome. Alaska, has
by Court Order been fixed as the time
and place for a Hearing on said Report
and Account; and. also, at such time and
place the Court will determine and ad
judicate the beneficiaries of this estate.
Objections, if any there be. to said
Report and Account, will be heard at
this time.
DATED this 15th day of June, 1956.
Miners and Merchants Bank
of Alaska.
By. G. R. Jackson. President
Administrator With Will Annexed
James A. von der Heydt,
Nome, Alaska.
Attorney for Administratrix.
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