Priests Released By
Reds Head Home
HONG KONG, UR — They
came down the gangway of the
ship from Shanghai. The older
one, the Rev. Joseph P. McCor
mack, 65, seemed alert and
called out, “hello.” The younger
one, the Rev. Cyril P. Wagner,
51, needed help. He trembled;
he looked haggard and white.
But he smiled—wanly.
After five years in Red Chinese
prisons, the two U. S. Roman
Catholic priest were going home.
For the first time since their re
lease last Saturday, they were
setting foot on friendly soil. It
moved them nearly to tears.
Father Wagner, charged by the
Communists with “sabotaging
China’s financial ordinance,”
spoke first. He startled every
one.
“I do not deny the charges,” he
said, his face ashen. “I feel my
sentence was a little long. I be
lieve 2Vfe years would have been
a more fair sentence. I did deal
in black market currency.”
Father McCormack stopped
him. He put his arm around
the younger priest’s shoulders,
turned to the newsmen and said:
“This man has been sick for
five years. I deny the charges.
My trial and the trial of Father
Wagner were ridiculous.”
Then Father McCormack turned
to the Hong Kong priest sitting
next to them.
“Father, this man is tired. He
is ill. He should not have to
talk any more.”
But Father Wagner said again,
when the newsmen asked, that he
was not contesting the validity
of the Communist trial and the
sentence.
Father McCormack spoke then.
The Reds told him the charges
were unimportant, he said. He
was charged with collecting polit
ical and economic information
“under the cover of being a
priest.”
i>eventy-two times ne was
hauled before a Chinese Court,
he said and every time he denied
the charges against him.
“My trial and that of Father
Wagner lasted over 2V£ years,” he
said. “Frequently we were ques
tioned siix hours at a time and
all varieties of methods were
used to try to make us talk.”
WASHINGTON, UR — All
American basketball player El
gin Baylor was honeymooning
today with his 18-year-old bride,
the former Ruby Saunders. *•
Baylor and Miss Saunders were
married yesterday at Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church, with Miss Saun
ders’ brother Francis acting as
best man.
Among the witnesses was Wil
ton (Wilt the Stilt) Chamberlain,
another All-American, who signed
to play for the Harlem Globe
Trotters for one year at a salary
of $65,000.
Baylor recently signed with
the Minneapolis Lakers profes
sional team for a reported $17,000
to $20,000 a year.
Wm. Oquilluk's Are Parents
Of Son Born Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oquilluk
are the parents of a son born
yesterday at the hospital.
Judge Hodge Goes To Anchorage
Judge Walter Hodge left for
Anchorage today for another
hearing on a case he had tried
while in Anchorage in January.
He will be back later this week.
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Queen Of Midnight
Sun Festival
(Continued From Page One)
Music for the coronation party
was donated by Benny Benne
field and stage setting by Phyllis
Cumming. Sig Larson and Ed
Carter set up the auditorium for
the event.
The opening event for the first
Midnight Sun Festival was the
children’s parade which was a
big success led by the Pied Piper
Ricky Young. Exactly how many
were in the parade is hard to de
termine as children were still
turning up in costume after the
parade was over. The judges of
the contest had a difficult time
making a selection but the fol
lowing will receive prizes which
will be mailed to them as soon
as possible.
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary —
Coral Cumming; Mr. and Mrs.
Zorro—Ruth and Donny Young;
Red Riding Hood and the Bad
Wolf—Nancy and Teddy Arnold;
Miss Nome—Susy Mclvor; Minor
and his wife—Susy Nelson and
Tavik Hahn; Robot—Greg Bayer;
Professor or Crooked man who
walked a crooked mile—Jackie
Witner; Pied Piper—Ricky Young;
The bride—Carolyn Reader; Dan
iel’s Band—the Bachelder child
ren; Pancho and Sam the donkey,
the Pearse Walsh family..
The following children will get
prizes if they will identify them
selves at the Music Box: Indian
Trapper, Wyatt Earp, Mickey
Mantle, Buggs Bunny, little Pon
cho and the Indian Maidens.
Those in the parade enjoyed
singing nursery songs and learned
a folk dance as demonstrated by
Ellen Mulvihill.
All the children and other
chidren in the audience were
treated to ice cream at the North
Star courtesy of the M and M
Bank.
The committee expressed par
ticular thanks to Mortinson and
Co. for their assistance in set
ting up the throne site for the
coronation outdoors as planned
had the weather been favorable.
They said that there are many
things they would do different in
their planning and they are
very appreciative to everyone for
the wonderful cooperation and
the enthusiastic spirit which was
prevalent during the Festival.
They also stated that prizes
were overlooked for best old cos
tumes—but ask that everyone
don their clothes for the 4th of
July and prizes will be given
then.
Ed. Note—We think the spirit
of the two women Johnnie Ste
phenson and Virginia Brown who
put over the festival by hard work
and sheer optimism are most
worthy of recognition and a round
of applause. We recommend
that plans for next year’s Festi
val get started right away.
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Nixon Tells j
Republicans
Not To Panic
WASHINGTON, UP> — Vice
President Nixon, seeking to calm
Republican jitters over the Sher
man Adams controversary, says
party leaders should close ranks
and not panic.
In a pep talk Friday night to
Republican State Chairmen, Nixon
said:
“The trouble with Republicans
is that when they get into trouble
they start acting like bunch of
cannibals.”
Nixon’s words were reported
by two state chairmen who said
the Vice President made no di
rect reference to Adams, Presi
dent Eisenhower’s top aide.
A growing number of Republi
can congressmen have called for
Adams to step out or be fired in
the light of his acknowledged ac
ceptance of favors from Boston
industrialist Bernard Goldfine.
Many Republicans feel GOP
election prospects this fall would
be harmed if Adams remains as
top White House aide even
though President Eisenhower says
he needs Adams.
The Vice President was said
to have told the chairmen that
Republicans, when in trouble
tend to battle each other instead
of fighting the Democrats.
Nixon was host to the chair
men at the windup of a cam
paign school here. During that
meeting, the chairmen split on
the Adams issue when their views
were sought by reporters.
Meanwhile, Rep. Richard M.
Simpson, chairman of the Repub
lican Congressional Campaign
Committee, said the Adams con
troversary “can only be harmful”
to the GOP at the ballot box
this year.
Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark) an
nounced that Boston industrial
ist Bernard Goldfine has agreed
to appear July 1, with records,
before Harris’ House subcommit
tee which touched off the Adams
incident. The subcommittee has
been investigating alleged pres
sures on federal regulary agencies.
Adams has told the subcommit
tee he accepted favors from Gold
fine as an old friend and also
contacted two federal agencies
about eases involving Goldfine.
Adams acknowledged imprudence
but said he never sought to swing
agency decisions in favor of
Goldfine.
Harris challenged a White
House contention that Goldfine
didn’t receive preferred treat
ment from federal agencies.
Askd whether he thinks Adams
should be fired, Harris said that
is up to the President—“I hope,
he has searched his conscience.”
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American Shares In
LeMans Sport Car
Victory For First Time
LE MANS, France, ffi — Phil
Hill of Los Angeles and Oliver
Gendebien of Belguim were
hailed today for having piloted
their Ferrari to victory through
the foulest weather in the history
of the classic Le Mans 24-hour
sports car race.
It was the first time an Amer
ican ever has shared the LeMans
victory and it gave Hill a scin
tillating 1958 record of victories
in the years top three endurance
classics.
He teamed with Peter Collins
to win the Sebring 12-hour race
and 1000 kilometers of Buenos
Aires.
Hill didn’t even know how
much the prize money was when
he started the race ($9,523 of
which Hill gets one quarter).
For their blistering average of
106.1 miles per hour through 20
hours of intermittent drizzle,
rain and flood the French press
hailed them as having won as
much against the elements as the
speeding Jaguar of Duncan Ham
ilton and Yvor Bueb of Britain.
EVEN MEASLES CAN'T
STOP A BARRYMORE
HOUSTON, Tex., UP) — Fever
ridden actress Diana Barrymore
carried on in her leading lady
role in “Cat On The Hot Tin
Roof" Friday night to the cheers
of an audience who shared her
secret—she had the measles.
“Measles or not, darling, I’m
going on,” she told her doctor
at the theater.
Jim Mendall, assistant to pro
ducer George L» Marks, told the
audience just before the second
act of the star’s condition. Wild
applause and laughter greeted as
the announcer urged her not to
try to do the show. Marks said
the curtain went up without his
consent.
The 37-year-old actress said she
noticed red blotches on her face,
arms and legs several days ago
but did not know she had the
measles until Friday afternoon.
PAWTUCKET, R. I., UP)—Snow
flake has a right to be miffed.
Snowflake, a female polar bear,
rubbed noses through the bars
with Bruno, a Canadian black
bear in an adjoinihg sectim at
Slater Park Friday.
Snowball, male?'’polar bear and
Snowflake’s room mate, resented.
Soon the fur, black and White,
was flying as powerful paws
lashed away between the bars.
Bruno was cut over the right eye
and Snowball cut on paws and
nose.
But the rivals abandoned the
foray when an attenddht thrfew in
some food.
Forest Fire Forces
Evacuation At North Pole
NORTH POLE, UF>— A smold
ering forest fire, which flared
suddenly out of control, forced
partial evacuation Friday of this
town of 480 some 14 miles south
east of Fairbanks.
Several homes on the outskirts
were threatened. Fire fighters
from Ladd and Eielson Air Force
Base joined civilians on the fire
lines.
North Ptole’s principal claim
to fame is based on the flood of
mail sent here for cancellations
before the Christmas season.
Rain started to fall early Sat
urday and eased the situation.
The forest fire caused the
closure of the Richardson High
way, linking Fairbanks with the
coast and the states through its
connection with the Alaskan
Highway, for the first time in 18
months.
Normally the highway is
closed each winter because of
heavy snow. In the winter of
1957-58, however, the snowfall
was so light the highway was kept
open.
A heavy evening hour rush of
cars between Eielson Air Force
Base and Fairbanks had to be
rerouted via the Badger Road
14-mile detour.
Eight Baby Moose
Are Transplanted To
The Cordova Area
CORDOVA, UP) — Cordova is
playing host this week to eight
little babies which arrived by air
from the Alaskan wilds.
The aerial voyage wasn’t while
suspended from a stork’s beak in
the traditional fashion but aboard
a Cordova Airlines plane. The
babies are moose, ranging in age
from 10 days to four weeks,
brought here for transplanting in
this area.
The moose normally will be
released at about 12 weeks, con
tinuing a program begun four
years ago and believed to be the
only such planting program for
moose in the world.
Seventeen originally released
now have multiplied to a herd of
over 50, the Fish and Wildlife
Service reported. A similar pro
gram has been set for South
eastern AlaSlca, with the first
shipment of calves ^already in
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Western Operations President
On Tour Of Alaska
SEATTLE, UP) — H. G. Vesper,
president of Western Operations,
Inc., Standard Oil Co. of Cali
fornia left here yesterday for a
week’s tour of Alaska.
He Will corifpr with business
men and inspect the company’s
Alaska facilities.