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SUNDAY, APR. 20, 1952

Hell on Earth—

U.S. Priest Tells Story of Terror In Red China

By EDWIN BEACHLER Secripps-Howard Staff Writer

PITTSBURGH, Apr. 19—For three years the Rev. Fr. Ernan L. Johnston shepherded his little flock of 140 Chinese followers in peace. It was a simple but hard life, running the Lungten

Mission ‘in Hunan Province

alone. Dressed in the traditional black habit of the Passionist Order, with leather girdle and beads, Father Johnston conducted religious classes. In the small dispensary he took care of the sick. He was counsellor and friend, helping the burdened with their everyday problems. He was teacher and priest, showing them the Christian way of life. This was the goal he worked 15 years to attain. It was why he had left his home in Beaver Falls, Pa., to trade security and comforts for the uncertainties and hardships of a Catholic missionary in China. Then, suddenly, on Sept. 19, 1049, his little world at the Lungten Mission collapsed. The Chinese Communists moved in. For 22 months after that, Father Johnston lived under Red rule, On orders from his bishop to “stay as long as you can be of any good to the people,” he managed to hang on until last July. Then he was “kicked out” by the Communists. ow back home, Father Johnston tells his story of what happens when the Reds take over. ss = @ i THE NATIONALIST government broke down and his southern China district—about 300 miles west of Chungsha, capital of Hunan Province— was overrun by bandits in the early months of 1949. ‘They robbed and killed for about six months, “Meanwhile, four Communist armies ‘were approaching from different directions. At the last moment, they swerved away from the town leaving it to be infiltrated by Red police and politicians. “The Red agents talked the bandits into joining their forces. The Reds absorbed the bandit army, split up the members and sent them to other districts. The leaders were executed. “At least one person in the community was shot every day to keep the people in terror. The victims were mostly rich farmers, educated people, former government officials and bandits. “In the 18 months I managed to stay in Lungten, I counted 228 executions. That's one out of seven in a town of 1500 people. At night you could hear the wails of mourners bearing the bodies away, I knew many of the families. ” # » “EACH FARMERS’ union handled the executions in its own ward. There were eight

different wards where the shootings took place. “Poor kids from the hills

and town were made leaders of the unions. Local Communist police told them who to shoot. The kids did all the shooting. They got a sense of importance in killing prominent peole. P “When anyone complained, the Communists would say, ‘We didn’t kill them—your own people did it’ This kept the local Communist police, who came from North China or Manchuria, in the clear.” “The executions were largely to instill fear in the people. They also eliminated the educated, the wealthy and local leaders who might have resisted Red policies. “People were being killed so fast in Lungten that the Central Communist government in Changsha finally ordered that no one could be executed with-

. out its approval. That slowed

down the slaughter.”

» . ” THE 38-YEAR-OLD priest fears that many more Chinese have died of starvation. “When the Reds arrived, they seized the rice flelds and divided them up among the poor

people. 3 per cent of the crop, apparently for their army. Half the

people were starving. How

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many have died is anyone's guess.’ This served a dual Communist purpose. By eliminating excess population, the Reds reduced ‘ood and police problems. “Local businessmen all were put out of business. Coolies who had worked for them had nothing to do. Many were recruited to fight in Korea. But the Reds wouldn't accept anyone who could read or write, probably because the United Nations has been dropping leaflets in Korea.” Eventually, the Reds took over everthing at Father Johnston's mission. “They gave me -eceipts for everything, but tore them up when they kicked me out.

“AT FIRST, I was left severely alone. Then, police, Red officers and government offi-

clials came to question me every day.” Two hundred uninvited guests —Red soldiers—moved into the mission with Father Johnston.

“The soldiers had great respect for Americans.’ Many of them had worked with our army during World War II in China and India. But they didn’t dare show how they felt openly,” he said.

In January, 1951, the Communists finally sealed all the rooms in the mission but one. The scrappy little priest was told he had to go. He left reluctantly and wasn't permitted to take anything with him. “I had to hike 43 miles north to Supa, where the nearest mission run by our Order was located.

IN SUPA, Father Johnston joined the Rev. Fr.. Francis Flaherty of Cincinnati and the Rev. Fr. Domenic Cohee of Baltimore. But his troubles continued to pile up. He was threatened with public trial on charges of holding secret meetings against the government, Actually, the meetings were for the Legion of Mercy— purely religious in nature. The Reds kept telling me to get out or be thrown out. I was taken to the police station” three times a day by four soldiers and a messenger. This kept up for five straight days. “The Reds were trying to make us lose face. But actually we were gaining it. People had no sympathy for the Communists. “I battled to stay because I didn’t want to leave the people who had faith in us. And I still had hope of getting back to: my mission at Lungten. “Father Francis was Informed the night of July 5 that we had to get out of Supa the next morning, on the weekly bus.” The priests had no other choice.

Ben Davis Casts Spring Musical

“The Cousin from ‘Coon Ridge,” a musical comedy, has been chosen as the spring production of Ben Davis High School's music department. With Mr. Omar "Rybolt In charge, students have been cast for the Apr. 25 play. Leading players include Ruth Eason, Mary Jane Butler, Phyllis Morton, Jim Chapman, Leroy Echert,

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By MAX B. COOK

-R d Aviation Editor NEW YORK, Apr. 10—1t came

across my desk with other time-

tables and folders from airlines. It contained familiar material about comfort for passengers, fast flight, fine foods and drinks en route, ete, Then there was a picture of an

( [airliner—and this was different.

It was a huge, streamlined aircraft with no propellers on its four engines, closely grouped In the low, undersiung wing. This plane marks a new milestone in global aviation, It is the British Overseas Airways Corp.'s “newest, fastest airline in the world"«the Comet Jetliner, which goes into service May 2. It will iy from England to South Africa, but others soon will be flying to many parts of the world. In the folder, BOAC says. “The Comet Jetliner . . . 1s the world's first jetliner and is the first to go into regular service, In it, passengers enter a new era of effortless, comfortable, fast and sure flying. “Cruising at nearly 500 miles per hour, it is half again as fast as Any other airliner now in regular service. When the Comet is in full operation, no place on BOAC routes should ever be more than two days away from the point of departure. “All feeling of motion is lost in the smooth clear air of the

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By PATSY STRICKLER

Warren Central Correspondent

tral High School chapter will accept 13 new members at ‘a ban-

quet tomorrow night in the Hawthorne Room. A candlelight ceremony will be conducted by the society's present members—Fran Fitch, Norma Jean Cooper, Georgia ° Bloom, Shirley Eaton, Pat Alger, Willlam

dds 13 Members

Robert Kistner, Sylvia Carl Johnson, Delores

Engle, Bryant,

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| Mr, Herrick Kesler, sponsor. C. E. Eash, principal, will speak.. Initiates are Nancy Long, Marillyn Fredrick, Martha Hawkins, {Patsy Strickler, Joyce Martin, Frank Geiss, Neill- Goff, Marilyn Tnderson, Robin Scheid, Stanley Melton, Ruth Hardy, . Shirley Davis and David Schmitt.

New Drug Helps In Rheumatic Pain

By Science Service NEW YORK, Apr. 19-—A new anti-rheumatism chemical was announced by Dr. R. Domenjoz of J. R. Geigy, Ltd., Basle, Switzerland, at ‘the meeting of the Federation of American Bocleties for Experimental Biology. The chemical is phenylbutazone, with the trade name Butazolidin. When tried In numan patients with rheumatism and associated disorders, it gave marked relief

of pain, reduced fever and inflammation, Dr. Domenjos reported.

May Raise ‘X' Age LONDON, Apr. 18—The British government is considering, against the wishes of the movie industry, raising from 16 to 18 the minimum age for teen-agers to be admitted to an “X" film--for

adults only.

Comet's normal (very high) oper ational altitude. The lack of vibration gives the illusion of being suspended in space while a fascinating panorama unfolds itself through the cabin windows.” New-type “slumerseats,” adjusts able to any position, are claimed to be “probably the most restful chairs in the world.” Large pleture windows, fresh filtered water, a compact electrical galley, built. in bookcases and “luxurious” rest rooms for men and women are other features, The crew includes a captain,

British Jetliner Marks New Era in Aviation

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first officer-engineer, radio officer, naviagator and steward. There is room for 36 passengers, 0 For the uninitiated traveling public, BOAC tells how the turboJet engine works and provides a cross-section sketch of the engine. “The turbojet engine gulps in alr through the nose, compresses it, then feeds it into the combustion chamber where it is mixed with fuel and ignited,” the folder . reports. “The result is a blast of hot gases which escape toward the rear, spinning the turbine which in turn spins the compres. sor. Finding no obstacle behind the turbine, the hot blast expands quickly, turning heat and pressure into velocity, and rushes out the tail pipe, creating the thrust which pushes the Comet through the sky at high speed.” : Mark down May 2 as the beginning of the new jetliner era--just 49 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. }

Female ‘Wolf's’ Kissing Spree

Leads to Court

SYDNEY, Australia, Apr. 19 {CDN)-A lady “wolf” must now behave herself. for the next year or pay a $45 fine to a Sydne court. $ Elizabeth Sanchez, 18, was given this option after the court agreed with arresting police t her kisses came under the hi B of “offensive behavior.” According to the officers, the girl threw her arms around a youth's neck in a public street and gave him a kiss that lasted “for about two minutes.” ft She then walked over to another youth sitting on the curb, sald “Hey, Love,” sat down “Beside him, took a cigaret from his mouth and avs him a 1 t

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