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VAGZTETI i ' ' -. . Ij . " ' . ' X ' is - . . : i . 5 . : !!." . i X J. . ' . ! The 1 OBEGON STATESMAN, Cdem, I 1 Oron. Friday Monslng. Captamber 21. 1815 i t i i Wormy Rice, Rats, Disease Weaken Flyers; ; Religion, Food Giief Topics in Filthy Cells; One Doolittle Raider Finally 'Disappears Editor's Note: Tbe7May ftifhtmare endured by the cap tared Dwollttle flyers at laf asaou bride baaae, Sham-hal. is described . by Capt. C. Jay Nielsen el Hjnun, Utah.. The following. Is the t sixth chapter af tb avtatara atarr a their 4-bmbUi Imprfao '.Meat. Tba experiences tfc 42ier twe- recently liberated Deo- ! little njen, mclodlng 8t Jacob Deshaxer ( Salem, will be isld becianiiia tomorrow. . - - - - :- By Capt. C Jay Nielsen : : - ' " Chapter Six ' - ""' . (Written exclusively for International News Special Service) ... . . (World copyright and all rights reserved) . When I was led from my filthy cell- In. the Tokyo prison that morning of June 18, 1941 I stood blinking In the sun for a minute or two. For once I "wasn't blindfolded. -.. Then I saw seven of my buddies who were with me on ! the Doolittle flight and a surge of joy went through me. ., . You haven't any idea how pood it felt to see those fellows, and I know they felt thesame way.-.-We couldn't- talk,! of course,- but we grinned at each -other and gave the thumbs-up sign. We were trussed up securely our arms handcuffed and tied behind our backs and a long rope f l I 2 tied around our waist and .we were loaded into automobiles and taken to a railroad station. It was a fast ride. I got to tee a little of Tokyo, however. I had hoped to see the area we'd boml ed, but we missed that. There didn't seem to be much activity In Tokyo and there were relatively few people on the streets, most of, them women and old men. They paid no attentior to us. At the station we were loaded oh a train and there for the first time, we could tauc. rm it. ' Aoe ouier aev- cpU NfeUen en men were Lt. Dean Hallmark, Dallas, Tex.; Lt Robert J. Meder, Lakewood, O.; Capt. Robert Hite, Earth, Tex.; Lt. William G. Far row, Darlington, S. C; Lt George Barr, Springfield Gardens, Long Island, N. Y.; Sgt. Harold Spatz, Leboe, Kans., and Sgt Jacob De shazer, Salem.yOre., We had a chance to do a lot of talking on the train, for we were on it until the next day, June 17. We talked about our treatment and how we probably were being sent to an internment camp. r Most of the fellows had received the same kind of torture I'd taken, but Lieut Hallmark got a varia tion." He said they had put straps on his legs and arms and pulled them until he thought his .Joints were coming apart Unprotected on Ship When the train reached the coast we were transferred to a boat and we landed in Shanghai on June 19. It was a rough trip. There was a storm and everyone else on the boat was provided wjth life preservers except, us. We were handcuffed. At Shanghai, we Were blindfold ed and taken to the "bridge house" which was also known as the 'butcher shop." It was well named. We were put in a cell about 10 feet deep and 15 feet wide, along with 18 other men and women prisoners of every conceivable nationality. "A Jap and a Chinese were on the floor, nearly dead from dysen tery. It was impossible to sleep. We simply leaned against each other and tried to rest Sanitation facilities were non-existent SB a Having time-trouble these busy, harried days? If so, youll want to know about The Wall Street Journal a newspaper with a NEW way of presenting the news. Tea, by trending lmt 11 min ute' reading time teilh The Jour mod mexk Way, jrom emit get tho new jron need to hnote. Here' kowt ! 1. By reading WKta JfetM a dally two-column summary on the front page . . . all tba Important naws expertly brUfed for you. JUetfinf , . tim: S minutes. g. By raadlnff th special front . pr report a different iub Joct each day of th waafc: CommodlUes ... Taxes . . . Business ... Washington London. JUm&tng time: SH ' : minute. '. -.,-,-.. t. By glancing through the dally checklist quick digest of all new Government di- . rectlTea and cbanfM In reg ulations. Memitng time: , ' t minute. , . Tl Hmmt mmtf tt mlmmtm, " tuWUhed daOjf right her on the Coett to brine- yoa vital outine on Wathingtoninormtionimmediotelt. t a ing that God was "awfully import ant . ' :. i. I Those 70 'days in that cell were Just one long nightmare. I re member the rati particularly. We maintained i a guard at - night ! to keep them from biting us. They'd crawl into , our cell, big - f eUows and awfully bold. . j Afraid to Kill Thettf We didnU try to kin them e cause we were afraid they'd crawl away' and i die, and that would make the stench Worse. . 'I ..One big -female rat had; a' )ot of Uttle - ones and - we used I to watch them crawling around." On Aug. 8, 1942 we were, trans ferred from bridge house to the The heat was terrific and thisdvic center in Shanghai. , We had brought bugs and" flies of every ' court Jtnartiais there end we description. The 'Japs made' no remained a the dvic center until cuon uj uean up uw cexu : : -tF. Held for 67 Days At the "end of three days, how ever, the 'other 1 18 prisoners were moved and we had the place to ourselves. We remained there; for 67 more days without : exercise, without a chance to wash . our selves. All of us had diarrhea and Hall mark finally came down with the dread dysentery. The food was awful. In the morning we got some tepid water which had been poured off rice. There were generally a few ker nels of rice and always a few worms swimming around in it We also got a small cup of un sweetened; tea. At noon we got one-third of a 16-ounce of bread and the same thing for supper. 1 I think we would j have gone stark mad if lt were jnot for the opportunity to talk. Even so, we had to be careful. The guards didn't like prisoners to Ulk. They'd beat the other prisoners every day for talking. j Prisoners Scream When the Chinese prisoners got a beating they'd drop - to their knees and start screaming. It wasn't a pretty sound.) We talked plenty. We used to talk about -football aid baseball and things we'd done in our lives, and we talked about tohd. Brother, how we. talked about jfood. We'd plan meals we'd order if we ever got out thick, Juicy steaks and plenty of pie and ice cream. And we talked a lot too, about God and religion. We (never tried to hold any religious services, but we talked a lot about religion. A fellow thinks a lot about God at a time like that. j . When you are living a normal life you sometimes are too busy for religion, but we had plenty of time. And we developed the feel- Our xirst court martial was. a farce.' We didn't know what was going on - and the Japs . refused to " interpret for us. It occurred August 28, the day we were moved from bridge house. It was a sunny, pleasant day. v. f - We were tiandcuff ed and moved by truck. Lieut Hallmark was on a. stretcher because he was so weak fromsdysentrey. l -, Hallmark; was a big fellow,! 6 feet one il4ch tall and normally he weighed 200 pounds, but he didn't weigh more than 150 that day.) '--'! f We were taken into a large court room. The ; chief military Judge was a mail, about 50 years old. He was baldheaded and wore glasses down at the end of his nose. 1 f -- - ' Twelve .other officers made tip the court Four of them wore black wigs, iff' :'..'-! Hallmark on Floor ; They i laid Lieut Hallmark on the floor on, his stretcher. The flies buzzed around and covered his face. He wfu too weak to brush them awayj We wanted to! help him, but We couldnt I I Lieut Barr got so weak he keeled overland the Japs brought a chair fori him. The rest of us managed tdr stand, but the room was swimming in front of me and I had a ! hrd time keeping my balance. . j The trial lasted an hour.-An in terpreter tqld us to give a brief history of our lives from the time we were in high school. Each one of us mumbled our stories, but we were so weak that we had to re peat many iinles. The chief judge kept staring at us, but the others seemed bored. ' f i After that the judge read along statement Which the interpreter said was our sentence. s. "What is "it?" I asked him. He Smirked. --V-J "The judge has ordered thai you not be told of your sentence," he Mid. ;i, ..; -';-;::;. Hallmark Disappears I -Then we were taken back to Individual cells. 1 . I saw; them cany. Dean Hall mark 'out on "his stretcher and that la the last we ever saw of him. An interpreter told us later that he was taken back to bridge house Instead of , cell In the civic center God knows wh- be came of him. y (Copyrlal 1H5 JyKlna r.mrea' I - . 4 SrnUcmtey , ,; I (Tomemw CapL mta and K. Sat. Jaceto Deahaxer. whe were a another mi the Ddblittle planes, take ap the story ef the Deeltttle flyers saga ef living death at this point and describe the sohseqaent experiences' of the trio that was eventually liberated. This trio In cluded mte,: Deshaxer, and Capt Nielsen, the Utter of whom JoineeT the former two at Shanghai,) j Patient. Sees': . .; 'v, Visitors From flome Community j I PIONEER Archie : Brown, Who suffered a paralytic stroke, is reported getting along as well as can be expected. Calling on him Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fox of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blbdgett of CuUer City, Mr. and Mrs. Joe HiebenthaL Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brown and children of Wren, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kreger and children of Jefferson. Others calling during the . week were Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fer rer and Vesper of : Rose Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schroeder, Mrs. Eva Haines of Salem, Mrs. John Keller, jr, Mrs. Roy Woodman, Mrs. Sidney Hanson, Mrs. Frank Dornhecker, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Farrer, Rev. Backer, Mr.' and Mrs. Sam Toevs and Abe Janson. PFC Elmo Black Is home on a thirty day furlough. Black has been overseas and came to the States on the Queen Mary and then on to Fort Lewis. He accom panied his parents to Eugene Sun day where he visited his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Black, and also many friends. Ruth Dornhecker is having a two weeks vacation from her work as office girl in Dr. Bossatti's of fice in Dallas. She plans to spend most of her vacation at her home in Pioneer. ' ' ! I Bob Kent now substitute man carrier on route 2 of Dallas, has been sub-mail carrier in Dallas. He will finish his high school ed ucation in Dallas after the first of the year.Bob Dornhecker, for merly sub carrier on route 2, . is how working in Salem at the Cali fornia Packing plant i 1 Mrs. John Keller and daughters Shirley and Phyllis called at the Andrew Theiss, William Kinlon, Tom Keller and Johnson homes Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wells and sons Carl and Jackie were dinner guests at the Harry Wells home Sunday. The two Wells men are brothers. The Marion Wells fam ily have, recently moved here from Delta, Colo., and have rented the Alfred Henrickson home. , Flax Meeting set Friday At Jefferson ' Spera to TaUf Fiber, Tjim Jllarket Outlook For YearJ at Blecting - L ' ' ' " '"" - f ':"-.' ' .. - JETFEBSONr A special busl ess meeting, pf the V Willamette Valley Fibre Flax associatloii will be held Friday, September SI, at io o'clock at the plant -of the Santiam Flax j Growers,'. Jeffer- son. r v s - - - -' The morning meeting will be strictly a business session for members of the association to dis cuss the outlook of the fiber and tow market acreage for J945 and plans for the future. J Luncheon will be served at noon by the Santiam Flax Growers. :r ; - The , - afternoon meeting . : .will start promptly aV 1 o'clock,- non members and the general public are invited to attend! this meet ing, and everyone will have an opportunity to meet Jess E.v Ham mond, mechanical engineer who is taking the place of W. W. Hurst, senior , agricultural engineer, Ore gon State college, - Corvallis, and discuss with . him . the things in which the association Is most in- Kirsiea xor aia' czperuneniai work. ;'r i : t Clarence F.I Hyde; secretary treasurer, of the association has been on a trip through the east and south where he visited the flax ' mills in Canada; spinning mills-and brokers In the east ex perimental stations In the south, and a linen mill In Mexico city. He will give a report on his trip, showing samples of materials pro duced at these plants. , . Everyone will have an oppor tunity to see the Forano tow ma chine, - which was manufactured In Canada and was the- first ma chine of its kind 'in operation' in tbe United States at the plant of the Santiam Flax Growers. : Following flax plants are mem bers - of the ' association: - Benton County v Flax Growers Co-op, , at Monroe; Dayton Flax Growers Co-op, Dayton; Harrisburg Flax Growers association, .Harrisburg; Molalla Flax Growers, Inc, Mo lalla; Northwest Flax Products Company, Eugene; St Paul Flax Growers Co-op, St Paul; Santiam Flox "Growers, Jefferson; Silver ton Flax Co saverton; Washing ton County Flax Growers, Cor nelius.' " ----- , , Wedding Planned In Nibler Family GERVAIS Elmer Nibler and Mrs. Catherine V a n d e r zanden, daughter : of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bonn, sr., are to be married Sun day morning, September 23, at Sacred Heart church. A brother, John W. (Jack) Nibler, and Ce cillia Ann Bochsler of Mt Angel, are to be married October 10 at Mt AngeL Guests listed by ; Buena Viata Folk v Over Past Weekend 1 : BUENA VISTA Mr. and Mrs. Erneat Cole of Albany and their daughter, Dr. Mary Cole of BowW ing Green, Ky, were dinner guests at the N. C: Anderson home recently. Dr. Cole is an Instructor at the Bowling Green university. 1 Bxbert ' Culbertson,' who '- has been 1rg bis home with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Creason, left Mon day for Portland where he will bei inducted Into the. army. ; ' i Mr; and Mrs. B. J. Lbvato of Portland spent the weekend as guests of Mrs. Lovato'i parents, Mr. and Mrs: E. D. Long. 1 Miss Barbara " Wells " attended rush week at U. of p. last week and pledged to Sigma Kappa Iso .rority. v. : . LlS. 'ii j Dr. and Mrs. Tae Elliott and daughter of Eugene called on, his uncle and aunt Mr. "and - Mrs. Andy Elliott Sunday. Tom Elliott of Colfax, Wash, is a guest at the Andy Elliott home this week. -' I Mrs.. Florence Griffin of Cor-; vallis Was tae i house' guest ofMr. and Mrs. Julius Purvine, Sunday. : Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lorimor and small daughters of .Dallas have moved into the house recently va cated by the Frank Thomas fam ily; Lorimor will be employed at the N. C Anderson dairy rancn. i Misses Lois and Jean Siddall of iallas spent Sunday with their orin. Gordon Wells. Lois left Monday for Portland j to' entef nurse's training. . f " . Unit nearly severed bit CUM w - . ' 1-- umilwl 55 oay rjiorTi'r'a- stitches to. put In place. x A. WeDs and son Gordoa were In 'Dallas on business Sat- urday.; ," y)S: - n.m aitM Prather and FarreU Rust went to, Eugene the first of the week to resume their work at U. of 0.'aa fophomores. Miss Modena Bankt returned to OSC as a sophomore and Miss DeLorea Hultman aa a. freshman. - - LitilaUiit: EffiESS 1CIDS Hlpl$MllaaofKlclnyTuUa " i Flush Out Poisonous Waste -. If M havwaa rteemofeU la ronrMo. yoor IS BUlai x KMoer wem mmj urn ikad.TfctlaTflltaa!tnbiawcrh- . . i a 1 L W I ii 4t Mug r mnm - potaxDovt wtt to ronain in jocr btood. IS. pfMntBfWIiifhi. rinuMattetmiaa, I let paiaa. Iom of pep and aoarsy, ittin apl BisfaU. mnilia. pn&atee vadcr ta erm, tiMikfhw aa4 illnliu FrMwatwaaaatrf ynn vtah iwrtinc aad feoniac hwI timw shows tbmn m MaMthk wieas with yoar kidneys or bladder. . . Xidnert aaay bm4 hetn k, so atk your drossM for Doaa's TfO. m stiaralaat dinntie, mioemetaBr hj 0 1 Hon tor owe 44 rmm. Doaa't ztrmhmvvr I rditf aad will at taa mOm ef kJdnar I tobM tah out iiufinii a waste fvosa ai .1 . mil- Oinoa. aa iiai rum . I . - - BEGIIIinilG TUESDAY, SEPTEIIBEII 11, BUSSES V7ILL IIAEE l'ICn-UPS BEGmilHIG AT: : ',! : . . .j I Aim : . 1 7:15 KliEESjLlEa; ; mOII THE FOLLOUIIIG LOCATIONS: FAIRGROUNDS RD. & HIGHLAND AVE. . CAPITOL & MARKETSTREETS i' j ! 17th AND MARKET STREETS ';!. 17th AND CENTER STREETS M ' 17th AND STATE STREETS H j ! ' ' , 12th AND STATE STREETS J ( j 12th AND MISSION STREETS S i LESUESCHOOL j j ; j I- . FARM LABOR EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, S61 tHF MEKETA STREET ' ; COMIERCIAL AND fcENTER STREETS COMJilERCIAL AND JCOLUMBI A STREETS . . ; .' . KEIZER SCHOOL 1 j J ; - tVx mOes north on FJvar Rood. Coon ping ladHSeav' restcruranL store, etc. II t s 1 i i - - "' ' 1 ' ' . . . : : . ........... Be Here Early for the Bes Selections in Our End of the Season Clear ance Sale - Every Item a Big Saving Special Values at Special Prices. fnsjiJ Wall type can openers fj2La25 . Kitchen fff-' IZi.ff scrap and extra bags $1.95 qov7 $1.25 i - i Steel Wool 50 Dehydrated Food Containers 2 for 5c r Dn-Hils Food dehydratora works In f your -oren $5.95,nov7 $3.95 Console Scls $6.95, now $100 now $4.95 Uppleion M llass And Kensington Bent! Glass trays, tea tiles, hot dish tiles, salad sets and rarions bowls and plates, all greatly reduced in price. Mexican table mats, 59c to 30c 8-pc. place mat sets, 90c to 55c '; ' Brown plastic by Plates, IJZ& to 80c, baby pot ties 91.15now 75c n Paint Pals lifelike statuettes to be hand-colored, 93c, j. " now 60c . j i . - ,. Princeton China Yases at very attractive prices Water glasses, sturdy and very practical, 6 for 25c Conic tumbler sets of 6, $1.50, now 60c set HUae Coaster Sets, $1.95 now $1.25 Bridge tally cards and match sets combination $1.10, now 50c ' ; '- 1 " : . ' Beyerage trays for 6, and 8 glasses, can also be used as regular serving trays, nice assortment of sizes and colors, all greatly reduced in price Walt Disney luminous pictures, glow in the dark, $1.25, now 89c j : ... :'!.- ! i . ; Hot dish and pot holders, -5c and 10c . " 4 Deluxe seal sac bowl covers and vegetable bags Broom mitts, ideal for getting at and cleaning those . ' hard to reach places . ; . Wood towel racksi 85c, now 55c -y Wood trouser, slack and skirt hangers, Vi price ' , Dust pans, 40c; now 2Sc v H . Tool boxes, reduced V4 price j ) Furniture polish, 75c, now 30e ; Luggage,' overnight bags, from $7.25, now , $45, $20.00, now $1U0 -j . Skitrooper pack sacks $9)0, now $5.00 Plastic sprayers 75c, now 35c j Smokers, all redueed Y price I -Lighted house numbers $4.25, now $2.75 Large fire extinguishers,1 "Randolph No. 4,w $25.75, - now $n5;. ; . ;;-. : Trouble shooters lamps, $6.00, now $4.00 ; 4- Large assortment ol Figurenes and Book Ehck Greatly reduced in price Cigarette Dox and ash tray sets, Vz price Kilchcn Sfools Decoralcd or 4 plain Ueidcan vases, 60tv now 33c ; UorldGIobss 8 different : styles and sizes, some electric lighted, all greatly re j..: duced in price "BqoIishoH Ganics- Chess, bowling, horse race, checkers and many others $1.35, : , v now . set 930 VawaeMawawawBMa-awwawaawawiai ViCTOnY GimDSI KITS $U5 Now 000 n ; 120 N. Cbaiacrcid nn ( i 51 Phone Am
