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Oron. Friday Monslng. Captamber 21. 1815
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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
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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
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Coett to brine- yoa vital outine on
Wathingtoninormtionimmediotelt.
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ing that God was "awfully import
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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. - -
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Hon tor owe 44 rmm. Doaa't ztrmhmvvr I
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BEGIIIinilG TUESDAY, SEPTEIIBEII 11, BUSSES
V7ILL IIAEE l'ICn-UPS BEGmilHIG AT:
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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.
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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.
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Wall type can openers
fj2La25 .
Kitchen
fff-' IZi.ff
scrap
and extra bags
$1.95 qov7 $1.25
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Steel Wool
50
Dehydrated
Food
Containers
2 for 5c
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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 :
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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
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ViCTOnY GimDSI KITS $U5
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