Show search reveals no airmen held in Lo loland wilds 2 U S soldiers ers end dar daring ng mission in mountains of west china CHINA disguising themselves as priests two united states soldiers lived six months with primitive LoloI Lol olanders anders in far west china and proved there was no truth in rumors that downed ameri can airmen were enslaved there heroes of the daring mission were capt edward mccalaster McCal hster of aue alle aghany va and mgt john fox of tacoma wash they were chosen from army grave registration search teams because they speak chinese their task was to penetrate re mote mountainous Lo loland to see if there was any basis to a report that five united states airmen forced down while flying the hump from india were held in captivity they made their way on toot foot into Lo loland last march en entering by the szechwan province bor der region acted as priests they took the role of priests be cause the Lol olanders while nomi nally bally under chinese rule barely al at low chinese or other strangers to enter they tolerate priests and mis sion sio aries however mccallaster McCal McCa llster Ulster told reporters they had expected to find a wild and sav age people but they found the lolos while suspicious at first were kind and cooperative some experts on china say the lolos are of caucasian blood it is ts known they retreated to the wilds centuries ago to escape chinese rule both mccallister McCal hster and fox saidy the mountain people were slow to trust them but the two americans moved right into their windowless mud huts slept on the dirt floors and ate native food in exchange lor for gifts the lolos gave them information wandering from tribe to tribe visiting many chiefs mccallister McCal llster and fox pains tracked down the rumors slaves all chinese they found slavery all right but the slaves were chinese seized in raids on lowland villages these were forced to tend herds and grind corn while their masters fought with other tribes along the Lo loland grapevine came a report that one tribe was holding a big nosed american cap tive they searched out the captive and found him to be a native of north china whose size and facial characteristics had caused him to be mistaken tor for an american another such lead took them to a former chinese soldier who had gained the reputation of being a pilot because he once rode in an airplane of 33 36 united states airmen known to have landed in Lo loland crashes mccallister Caluster Mc said 35 were rescued alive largely through the help of the lolos themselves the body of the was recovered maj gen john P lucas corn com mander of the united states ad group in china announced the 15 month search extending over thousands of square miles of wild country now was officially over |