The OniGOII STATESMAN. Sclam. Oregon. Friday Morning. April 23. 1SI4
Messages Flood Craig Home
On Son's Tokyo Broadcast
Union Hill Grange
Has New Members
UNION HILL New members
of the grange are Shirley Barney,
Ruth , and lary Kostenborder,
obligated at a recent meeting.
Mrs. Orlo Humphreys, legisla
tive chairman, talked on the fed
eral payroll and civil govern
ment Marion Fischer told of
deferment of agriculture workers.
Mr. and Mrs. John Steinberger
were granted a demit as they
have moved from the neighborhood.
Mrs. Albert Savage announced
the May Home Economic meet
ing hostesses to be Mrs. Phillip
Fischer and Mrs. C. C. Jones.
The grange voted to give a 4-H
scholarship to summer school at
Corvallis in June.
The May business meeting
which falls on election night will
be postponed until Saturday, May
20. A special meeting of the
grange will be held May 13.
T Three recordings, 35 letters and cards, several messages includ
ing a long official telegram from the war department have been
received by Mr. and Mrs. Goethe Gail Craig, 145 Highway ave
nue, since their son broadcast a message to them on the Tokyo
Rose program April J3.
The Craigs came to Oregon three years ago from Kansas and
nave lived in Salem only two
years and messages and letters
from their son held in a Japanese
prison camp were not considered
: news In Salem by them. ,
.., When the information regarding
the broadcast, as reported by Miss
Lillian Peerenboom," 2640 Brooks
street, was printed in the States
man Thursday, Mrs. Craig came
v to the office and brought the tel-
- egram from the war department
Her son is Gail (not Dale as
, heard by Ens. McMullen), and
Virgil Hagan, missing in action
, In New Guinea Is Mrs. Craig's
nephew and a cousin of Gail
,. Craig. '"."-"' , '
' The war department's telegram
Is as follows: ;
1 "Following short wave ; broad
cast from Japana has been inter
cepted: This is Pvt. Gail Eu
V gene Craig speaking from prison
er of war dispatch camp number
five, Tokyo area, Kawaski, Japan,
, formerly in the Philippines.
"Will anyone who receives this
message notify Mr. - Goethe Gail
Craig, 145 Highway avenue, Sa
lem, Oregon. Dear Dad, this is
. : your son speaking. I am Well in
every way and hope to be with
- you some day. I received several
letters from mother and a few
M others, too, 29 in all. They date
' between June and . August but as 1
yet I have not received a package.
: The last I saw of Merle and Garth,
' they were well and safe. Mother
.: said they heard from most of the
boys, home boys. I sure would
like to see them all again. Sure
( was a surprise : to me , when , I
heard Dixie was married and had
baby named after me. Guess she
thought more of her brother than
: she let on. Hell be talking, 'too,
'. before long. If you should get
' this message, get in touch with
' these people and tell them their
boys received letters and also
their packages. Mrs. Miller, Em-
- xnett, Idaho, from Marvin; Mrs.
Laif Hampton, Utah, from Thur
land and Mrs. Decker Fleming,
Colorado from Wilfred.' Well, dad,
get out. of the hospital as soon
as you can. Tell Delpha, 111 see
her as soon as possible. This is
- Gail Eugene Craig,' 89th quarter
master corps, signing off."
This broadcast supplements pre-
vious official report received from
International Red Cross. ,
(Signed): Gullion Provost Mar
; shal-GeneraL ;
I The Dixie mentioned in the let
ter is Gail Craig's sister and it was
' - by this message his parents know
' he really has received their let
- ters since he had not known Dixie
' was married or had a son. Merle
nd Garth were pals in the army
- air corps who - were separated
" when Gail Craig was sent from
Henderson field. Mrs. Craig has
heard since that Garth is - dead.
Delpha is Gail's sweetheart in
.' Kansas, where his sister, Dixie,
also lives. : . V ; :.
, Mrs. Craig has written to the
mothers of the men mentioned
in her son's broadcast and has had
several letters 'from Mrs. Miller
. of Emmett, Idaho.
. The Craig family always listens
to the -Tokyo -Rose program and
; this was the first one they have
' missed During almost three years
the family has had -two letters and
.one card from him. . , 7 K v
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arrives in Hawaii
HONOLULU, April 21-VP)
Charles A. Lindbergh has arrived
in Hawaii as a civilian technical
representative for an aircraft
manufacturer, it was disclosed today.
Lindbergh is on a mission to ob
tain information on the perform
ance of aircraft in the Pacific war
theatre.
! Bruce Nelson ;
' -Valedictorian
t WOODBURN Bruce Nelson,
.Woodburn high school senior, will
be valedictorian of the graduating
class. His grade average of 1.11
earned for him this honor. Next
highest was the 1.14 average of
v Beverly r Hughes, the salutator-
-jan.
.v Bruce has been active in sports,
winning three, letters in track.
two in football, and one in basket
ball. He was co-captain of this
year's championship football team.
Other - activities included three
years on the Wohiscan staff, the
last year as editor, and member
ship in the Lettermen, Commer
cial, " Science and Photography
. Clubs. .
Beverly Hughes has completed
- her high ' school course in ' three
years and has been active in girls'
interclass sports and has been
member of various clubs. ,
RADIO LIFE
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Stockman Resigns
Accident Commission
Jay Stockman, for several years
assistant attorney general with as
signment to the state industrial
accident commission, has resigned.
effective May 1, it was announced
here Wednesday.
Stockman's future plans
not announced.
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