Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1960 — Page 9

Thursday, august is, i 960.

Chinesa Red Prison Story Now Told

EDITOR’* NOTE: While the.. Russian Communists are tryin* Francis Gary Powers on spy charges in Moscow this week, the story of another spy trial and prison sentence is betagwritten in Tokyo. It is the first person story of BUI Yim, a Chinese reporter employed by United Press International in Hong Kong, who was released last month after a year in prison

$1 (S'lffinhfllh 1•“ “ «••••£ ■ 10l I nXJwuAmuLm m 1 by gle * n 'S?ge b g'ass casters. I WITH ™ E purchase I I I rtV*. I 1 ° F S49K 0R MORE I I i e __ Mot i I il I igr r < il I U ~ -, - < M '■’» 1 | HH.X. 3 PWK ll«' tilr \ I HOLTHOUSE BUYERS IJJ ■ BlV 7 I I I SHOPPED THE I 11 NATIONAL MARKETS 1 1 EARLY... TOOK OaESI fe< > 1 I EARLY DELIVERY fesflfea l&U HIM! I rJl 1 FOR BEST PRICES M I I » I Your Holthouse buyers brought only Chest on Chest .. $44.95 1 I Wf from famous manufacturers who of- ’‘*”l ==s—--1 K\ sered substantial discounts for early de- ~ f J! IINWRB wjß I Q/ — livery. We're passing them on to you -‘- (JO I I PLUS giving you a bonus $ 4 R •=■ W 1 >? ili I—l . serving cart for only A 1 i ||F , ♦wß SOLID MAPLE (OLID PIECES YOU’LL OWN PROUD- VUUi I JJ )R YEARS . . . PRICED WAY UNDER W I •ARKET CnfilfP the real thing—genuine Winston Chapel VAiVXWW rock hard, durable, and rubbed to a beaulish. And beneath the warm maple exterior, find the best of craftsmanship. The oak iled drawers glide easily at your touch. The >- e Colonial features will always be "in H ■ a/ ■ * A So, if you're maple minded, hurry on * in. You won't see the likes of values $5 Down like these again until we talk the $1.25 a week busy factory out of another ship- " RpMMPM| ■ gHI IrP » ® dl ■ 4IAr ■MHr -■■.••'- ~ . M ▼ J j| Deric ■■ $44.95 | * | »| |j| H r Wm Kfl r II — - 2 Twin Beds $44.95 HE329 Cht *' M 4.93 D OU BL E fl .-ar " 11 r dresser W> li B *l IISS “ hVtNDM " s ’® 6 MMr mb<B H POSTER sjqss jg Bod ■ Nite Stand $44.95 | | Bookcase 8ed544.95 [WUBB BED «■» MISMATCHED c^mM 73 |f|t TiHiFI mattress sale; ’« # UIa. IrrtAUSA Holthouse again arranged with a Serta associate ■!■ ■/■U I * ■ to buy their entire stock of warhouse odds and ■]■Hl ■ ■ .M |HI en ds at terrific discounts, to make room for their HI HH\ B M HPjK> BMC. I pew.Serta stock! J-i-* 4 HURRY I THE PILE IS SHRINKING FAST! AND box spring ' —yJ 239 N 2n(J Sf Decatur, Ind. Phone 3-3778

in Canton. Yim tells how he was picked up by security police while on assignment in China and charged with spying. Here is the first of two dispatches about his experience. By BILL YIM United Press International TOYO <UPI> - The Chinese . .Communists imprisoned me for

one year on trumped up spy charges. They knew they were wrong. I knew they were wrong. I lost one year of my life, but now I am back in freedom. At 7 a.m., July 19, 1959, I had crossed the border from Hong Kong into Red China on a news assignment. One year, nine days, two hours and 20 minutes later I crossed back again. For one year, I neve? slept in the dark. The single, unshaded light bulb in my prison cell glared throughout the night. For one year I never saw another prisoner, although I am sure there were 1.000 in the same Canton jail. '

THE DECATUR DATT.Y DFMOCRAT. DECATUR, INDIANA

Runs Around Cell For that year I sang to myself, danced or ran around the cell to preserve my sanity. During that time I belonged to the Communisms. They had my body. But they wanted my mind. They finally released' myi body. The never captured m mind. The story I want to tell is the truth about the Communists—and their own complete disregard for the rights of individuals and their contempt for the principles of freedom and equality.” My Westernized name is ‘‘Bill.” My Chinese name is Ym Yuen Lo. I was born 24 years ago n Kangsi Province of mainland China. My family fled to H o n g

Kong during World War II when I was three. I have lived in Hong Kong since, working after I fin- ? s bod_school, first for a European news agency and then for United .Pfess International. ' ' ■ To Interview Downey In July, 1959. I was assigned to go from Hong Kong tO'Canton for an interview with William Downey, youner brother of John. Downey, an American citizen servings life imprisonment on espionage charges. Younger Downey, had received special permission to enter Red China and UPI wanted me to interview him. All arrangements for the trip were made through the China Travel Service, a Communist or-

ganization in Hong Kong. I paid them s4l and they bought my train ticket, made hotel reservations ajid arranged for their representatives to meet me "in Canton. ' - I fold them fully about the purpose of my trip. They gave me permission to take a camera and typewrite^ - . 1 received a tag for my lapel so the Communists" at the Canton railroad station would spot me. The next day I crossed the border into China without difficulty although I answered many questions from the border inspectors. I told i them I intended to stay only two or three days.

Child’s Birthday Starts Hobby-Business Here

By ROBERT SHRALVKA A child's birthday has started a new and rapidly growing business in Decatur. One of the children of the Gerald Gehrig family of 1121 Master Drive asked for a hamster' for a birthday present. That was in February, and now' in mid-August the Gehrigs have of Fort Wayne's most prosperous ’of oFrt Wayne's most prosperous 'stores, such as Eavey's and Wolf land Dessauer, want all the hamsters the Gehrig’s can sell them to put on sale for their customers. Mrs. Lois Gehrig, who is the “manager” of the hamsters said that after they are bred the babiesnrcbornmabout.t4days. They are nursed for about three weeks, and after about four more days they are bred again. The males make better pets, since the females are usually cross. Usually a female has seven litters a year, ■ with the litters anywhere from nine to thirteen. Very Clean A hamster, when it reaches full growth, which takes about three or four months, isn’t as big as the | average person's fist. They are a i very clean anima] and sunflower I seed is their favorite food, although they eat corn, carrots, potatoes, or just about anything that iis given to them. They require no . sunshine and do most of their I sleeping in the day, waking up at I night to run around in their cages.

Gets Good Service A flood hat hit the area.* On ’ I the three-hour train ride to Can- ! ton, I took pictures of the higni : water and of Red army soldiers, i I peasants and workers at the four I i stations where we stopped. I Two very friendly travel men 1 1 met me at the station and took! ime to the Huachia Hotel, where I I I got the best room in the house. I I paid for the taxi, but the driver j refused a tip as did thetraveil service men. 1 tried immediately to contact Downey but without success. Everyone pleaded ignorance of his whereabout — that day. and the next. So I went sightseeing, taking pitures of streets, houses, people, traffic and constructiontypical tourist photos. They my Hong Kong office advised me that Downey was leaving Canton. I was told the reason II could not reach him was beI cause I had not contacted the New China News Agency, alI though lam sure the agency knew I was coming. Confiscate His Papers I made plans to return to Hong Kong, but at 11:30 that night a hotel waitress fold me the security bureau wanted to talk to me. I took a taxi. Two Communists wert waiting for me, young men about 25, dressed in white sports shirts, slacks and rubber shoes. To my astonishment they accused me of illegal entry into China as an American—reporter. They said I should have reported to the security bureau. They confiscated my papers, warned me not to communicate with anyone or attempt to leave Canton apd to come back the' next day. For the next seven days I was interrogated, usually at night. Afterwards I was allowed to return to my hotel. I decided I had to notify Hong Kong. I called a taxi and said I wanted to go sightseeing. When I got about two blocks from the cable office I had the cab stop and walked the rest of the way. Calls For Help “Date return unknown,” I cable UPI. “Need help.” I signed the cable, “Ivyman," because in Hong Kong they knew I liked Ivy League clothing. I picked up my taxi, rode around the city and returned to

~ / - • » A. . W. s ,-fx * iMfc w|r*? r . J| t*jß K &- * z> ' jgKl ■■ I ■■* ? Il li 1111 W!J|l r ■'/ L jfl fSE The mature woman who is also petite win welcome fashions ' like this one for fall. Taupe dress of textured crepe knit is done in blend of Creslan and nylon to prevent stretching or sagging. Classic cut emphasizes slim lines. — By GAILE DUGA&NewspaperfipterpriseWojpeasEdUor- ~=—

PAGE ONE-A

dig and chew. The reason they chew so much is to wear off their teeth which grow so rapidly that ■ they must keep them worn. | There are four colors of the lit.'tie fellows—cream, albino (white), , | golden and saddle. Which is brown . ■ with white around the stomach. . They require no water as they get p most of their water from the veg- . etables they eat, such as carrote, J etc. Hamsters have a large pouch lon the side of their mouth in ' which they store food. The small I rodent will take as many as 30 , or more sunflower seeds, store them in thcir pouch. and then take. , them to the back of the cage and . hide them under the lettuce leaves. Wonderful Pets A hamster normally lives no longer than three years, and it is i rare if it lives that long. They make wonderful pets and are very clean and certainly aren’t very I expensive to feed. In just a few ■ i short hours of being around a per- ■ I son they are tame and will sit in i your hand or crawl along your arm. The Gehrigs are selling them for only one dollar and a large cage can be bought for three dollars i or a smaller one for one dollar. The Gehrigs also furnish a book on the care and feeding of a hamster along with a purchase.

I the hotel to wait for a phone call from Hong Kong. It never came. ; The next day, I tried to put ; through a call myself. That did i it. Within minutes, a security bu- • ' reau official entered my rooms. “So you wanted to call Hong Kong.” he said. “Haven’t you fori gotten our discipline?” j I was taken back to the security bureau for the last time. I i had decided to “confess.” I was afraid for my life and I wanted to survive, not only for myself but so I could tell my story. Yim Signs Paper The Communists accused me of working for a “U. S. imperialist propaganda organ” and collecting military, economic and political’ information. I admitted to "violating the sovereignty of the Chinese Peoples ’Republic.” That seemed to be enouh. After half an hour, the Communists produced a paper authorizing my arrest. I signed it, then wrote: “I do not know the reason for my arrest." A door was opened and in walked the hotel waitress I had known. She carried my coat, camera, typewriter and a Peiping review magazine T had bought. The Communists had me check my possessions. Then they drove me in a Jaguar automobile to the brick-walled prison. (Tomorrow: Yim tells of his -.sho.wt -trial six months nftcr - ifli L prisonment and of his “reform” before he was released.) Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea oh the island of Hawaii rise more than 30,000 feet from the sea. bottom and are the world’s tallest mountains if measured from base to peak, according to the National Geographic Society. Estimates say there is at least one big game animal in Wyoming for every resident of the state. The numder of women drivers • in the United States increased 14.3 per cent between 1957 . and 1959, a survey by the Automobile Manufactures Association showed.