14 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, August 4, 1949
: STORY BEHIND MYSTERY RING
High School Class Ring
Turns Up in War Files
Fairmont, W. Va. (U.R) In the files on Japanese war criminals
in Tokyo, one item stood out from the others as unique. It was
a hieh school class ring.
Bearing the inscription, "Fair
mont High School, 1938," the
ring was a puzzle to U. S. In
telligence investigators.
They had no idea how it got
there in the first place, nor did
they know who "F. K. E." was.
Those were the initials engraved
inside the band.
Then the story of the mysteri
ous ring began to unravel: a
story of a Chinese double-cross
and $7,000,000.
Pfc. Jack Feltz, of Fairmont,
W. Va., came across the ring
while handling legal documents
at the Tokyo office.
He wrote his mother, Mrs.
Dominick Feltz, and asked her
to see if the owner could be
found. She consulted authorities
at the high school and discover
ed that "F. K. E." was Frank K.
(Pete) Everest, now a major
testing supersonic aircraft at
Wright Field, Dayton, O.
: Major Everest filled in the
blank spaces.
During the closing months of
World War II, Pete Everest, then
a captain, was shot down by the
Japanese at Kin Kow, China.
Emerging from his wrecked
plane, he found himself sur
rounded by what seemed to be
friendly Chinese. They happily
offered to help him rejoin his
outfit,
He was instructed to remove
all identifying clothing and
jewelry, including the ring,
Then he was dressed in a Chi
nese army uniform and escorted
toward his base.
One night, while camping
along the route, the Fairmont
flier awoke to find himself sur
rounded by grinning, chattering
Japanese soldiers. They told him
(hat he had been "sold" to them
for $7,000,000 (Chinese).
! All the clothes and jewelry he
had given the Chinese soldiers
Were missing.
i Capt. Everest was imprisoned
in Peking and released at the
lend of the war. The loss of his
personal effects was charged up
to "experience."
Just how the ring got into the
Japanese war files, no one
knows, but it is assumed that its
English wording made it too
"hot" to handle when American
investigators began ferreting
out war criminals after V-J day.
Now the ring is on its way
back across the Pacific back to
Major Everest, who ought to
know all about international
double-crossing now.
Wheat Harvest
Half Finished
Portland, Aug. 4 U.R The
winter wheat crop in Oregon
is nearly 50 per cent harvested,
the U.S. department of agricul
ture reported today.
Rains and higher tempera
tures in Northwestern Oregon
aided in maturing both winter
and spring seeded wheat, the de
partment crop report stated.
Along the mid-Columbia ba
sin area, the winter wheat har
vest is nearly completed in some
communities, and is just start
ing at higher elevations, the re
port said. For the state as a
whole, the department estimat
ed that the harvest was nearly
50 per cent finished.
The higher tenlperatures of
last week, aided by rain helped
mature the grain and pasture
crops of the western part of the
His first airplane ride was
state, while slowing down hay
cutting somewhat.
A different story was told in
the eastern portion of the state
where a drought is seriously
impeding the growth of grain
crops and pasturclands alike,
the crop report said.
Add chopped chutney to may
onnaise or a creamy-typed salad
dressing and serve over wedges
of iceberg lettuce.
Mystery Blast Near Cohen Home Los Angeles police offi
cers L. L. Lance (left) and John Hasko examine fragments
of what is believed to be a bomb, which exploded in a drive
way across the street from Mobster Mickey Cohen's home.
Cohen was recently released from a hospital after recovering
from gunshot wounds received when he was shot from am
bush as he left a cafe in Hollywood. (Acme Telephoto)
Hospital Will
Get New Wing
Portland, Ore., Aug. 4 (U.R)
A $2,000,000 wing to the Good
Samaritan hospital here will be
started sometime next spring,
according to the hospitals board
of trustees.
The addition of 267 more beds
to the building, the board said
will relieve approximately one-
third of Portland's bed shortage.
Nearly $500,000 already has
been spent for service facilities
such as a new laundry and dry
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cleaning plant, a student nurse's
laboratory, new elevators, and a
transformer vault.
After the new wing is com
pleted, the old wing facing 23rd
avenue will be converted into
service departments.
Bean Pickers Needed
In Lebanon District
Lebanon, Aug. 4 Bean grow
ers are short 200 to 300 pickers,
the Lebanon office of the Ore
gon state employment service
announced yesterday.
The hot weather was blamed
for the shortage. For one thing
the beans matured faster, in
creasing the need for more pick
ers each day. And the heat
drove away many smaller chil
dren and housewives who didn't
consider picking worth the ef
fort, an employment office
spokesman said.
The vines are taller now be
cause of the wealher, making it
impossible for shorter children
to reach the top and this sup
ply of labor is thus curtailed.
Because of differences in the
planting time, some fields are
nearly exhausted while others
are just beginning to mature.
The harvesting is expected to de
cline approximately Aug. 17.
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Kings Valley Grocer
Is Offering Reward
Dallas J. V. Price nf Kines
Valley, who lost over $2800 in
cash when his general store was
burglarized on the nirht nf .Tnlv
23, is offering a reward of $200
for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the per
son or persons who pulled the
job.
' For the past 10 days the case
has been under investigation but
no clues have come to light.
Anyone who might be able
to aid with information is asked
to contact Price, Sheriff T. B.
Hooker of Polk county, the Ben
ton county sheriff's office, or
state police.
Price states that this Is the
first time his store has been
burglarized in 27 years of opera
tion. The store was entered by
breaking a front glass door some
time after 2:30 a.m. No insur
ance was carried.
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