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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 13, 2015 Cottage Grove Retrospective CITY BEAT A look back at Sentinel stories from 30 years ago B.t. attack begins After several weeks of warning, Cottage Grove residents fi nally saw and heard spray helicopters overhead last week as the massive eradication project moved into the South Lane area. The helicopters doused the town and surround- ing hills four days in a row with the biological insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) to kill gypsy moth caterpillars. Most of the spraying was performed Saturday and Sunday. Aerial spraying in Lane County began May 1 and is expected to continue through June. Most of the 227,000 acres infested with gypsy moth have received the fi rst of three application. Some snowy high-elevation areas have not received a fi rst dose because the moth eggs have not hatched into caterpillars, coordinators say. For B.t. to work the moths have to reach cater- pillar stage and eat B.t. with foliage. B.t. causes caterpillars to stop feeding and die but has no known harmful effects on humans or higher life. Spraying of the Cottage Grove urban area should have taken only one day, said Rachel Sound Nunn, a public information offi cer of the project. David Keim, plant protection and quarantine offi cer, said one helicopter began dousing Cot- tage Grove on Thursday. The operation was halted 30 minutes later beca the helicopter blew a hose in the pump into the spray boom, which controls the outfl ow of the pesticide. POLICE BLOTTER Cottage Grove Police Department 24-Hour Anonymous Tip Line: 767-0504 May 4 May 5 Burglary, Church of the Naza- rene The complainant said that a rock was thrown through the kitchen window on the southeast side of the building sometime during the night and that the pastor’s offi ce was ran- sacked as well. The stolen property was a box containing numerous checks in the amount of approxi- mately $800, and cash and coin in the amount of several hundred dol- lars. Theft, N. Lane / Bridge The caller’s 16-year old son broke up a pencil sharpener, cutting his arms in the process. Medics deter- mined that the cuts were superfi cial and transported the subject to the ER for further evaluation. The caller said that her vehicle was broken into sometime during the previous 48 hours, but she did not immediately report it. She now sees the suspect wearing her sweat- shirt that was stolen from the vehi- cle. Offi cers contacted the reporting person, but she didn’t want to fi le a report; she was more concerned about the proximity of the suspect. Offi cers told the subjects under the bridge to clean up the mess they had made or else they would be charged with trespassing and lit- tering. Reckless burning, S. 17th St. A caller said there was fi re on the front steps of his business, with some damage occurring overnight. May 6 Criminal mischief, Chambers Bridge Oregon’s Doolittle raiders made history in startling ways T his article is the third in a series about Oregon’s connection to the famous Doo- little bombing raid on Japan, conducted in 1942 just a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The audacious air strike was delivered by the Army’s Pend- leton-based 17th Bomb Group, taking off from the deck of the Navy’s brand-new aircraft carri- er U.S.S. Hornet. Last week, we talked about four of the aviators with deep Oregon connections; this week, we’ll fi nish up with three more. Col. Dean Davenport Dean Davenport was origi- nally from Tacoma but grew up in Portland and graduated from 6 high school there. He was a law student at Albany College (now Lewis and Clark) before he be- came a Flying Cadet in Febru- ary, 1941. Davenport was co-pilot on Plane 7, known as the “Rup- tured Duck.” That name turned out to be apropos, because after dropping its bombs, the Rup- tured Duck ran out of fuel over the East China Sea just short of the beach it was trying to reach and land on and plunged into the water. Davenport and his pilot, Ted Lawson, were thrown through the plane’s windshield, still strapped into their seats. Despite severe injuries, they managed to get out of their chairs and make it to shore. Picked up by Chinese Nation- alist fi ghters, they were carried south through hostile coun- try in various primitive carts and trucks, a journey that took -day weather forecast THURSDAY May 14 FRIDAY May 15 44° | 70° 46° | 71° A.M. Showers Partly Cloudy SATURDAY May 16 SUNDAY May 17 45° | 63° 44° | 68° Cloudy Cloudy MONDAY May 18 TUESDAY May 19 44° | 71° 47° | 69° Partly Cloudy May 8 The complainant said that an unknown person had started a fi re near the locomotive sculpture at the bridge. The complainant put the fi re out. Offbeat Oregon History BY FINN J.D. JOHN For the Sentinel May 7 Suicidal subject, Birch Ave. Found child, Conoco gas station The caller reported an unattended six-year old female child at the loca- tion that appeared to have wandered away from home. Offi cers trans- ported the child back to her home, and DHS responded to the location to interview parent and conduct safety check. Also, 211 gallons of the pesticide were spilled on the ground at the Cottage Grove airport on Thursday when a spray pilot accidentally fl ipped the emergency dump switch, which ejects all the liquid from the helicopter container, Nunn said. She added the switch is used in critical cases in fl ight when a pilot needs to lower the aircraft quickly. Thursday’s spraying was discontinued at 6 a.m. until Friday. Similarly, Friday was fraught with problems, this time weather problems, Keim said. The clouds and the rain caused the operation to cease shortly after 6 a.m., he said. Only 492 Cottage Grove acres were sprayed that day with 370 gallons of the insecticide. Partly Cloudy Criminal mischief, Main St. The reporting person said that a male subject threw a rock through the front window of the location. seven weeks. Finally they were rescued by an Air Force plane, which took them home to re- cover. The Ruptured Duck’s story was told in a 1944 movie titled “30 Seconds Over Tokyo,” in which Tim Murdock played Davenport’s role. As part of the movie, Davenport re-enacted the takeoff from the Hornet in another B-25, with a pier in Santa Monica standing in for the aircraft carrier. Davenport retired in 1967; his awards include the Distin- guished Flying Cross, Silver Star and Legion of Merit. He died on Feb. 14, 2000. Staff Sgt. Jacob DeShazer Jacob DeShazer was born in Salem, the son of a Church of God pastor, and grew up on a wheat farm in Madras, graduat- ing from Madras High School in 1931. He enlisted in 1940 and became a bombardier and airplane mechanic in the Air Corps, and when the Doolittle raiders took off, he was at the bomb sights in the last plane to take off — Plane 16, dubbed “Bat out of Hell.” DeShazer’s was one of the air- planes that ran out of gasoline a little too early. Forced down in Japanese-controlled territory, they found themselves almost The suspect was described as tall, with short curly hair and glasses, and he was last seen heading west on Main St. The damage was esti- mated to be $500. Suicidal subject, CG High School The caller requested units to re- spond to the location for a suicidal subject on the buses from the track meet. Offi cers checked the area. May 9 Unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, Row River Rd. The reporting person said that a guest’s car was broken into during the night. Offi cers contacted the victim, who said that $150 of wine was stolen from his vehicle some- time between 8 p.m. on May 8 and 7:30 a.m. on May 9. immediately in the power of their infuriated enemies. It seemed the crew of the “Bat out of Hell” had found its way back into hell, along with three surviving crewmembers of an- other plane. There followed, at Japanese high command, a fi erce debate over whether the aviators were prisoners of war, to be interned as per the Geneva Convention; or “war criminals,” to be tried and executed. A com- promise was reached, in which all were sentenced to death, but the sentences of all but three were commuted to life in pris- on. In prison, the Americans were treated very poorly, un- derfed and frequently tortured. DeShazer’s bitter hatred of the enemy changed, though, when he was given a Bible to read for three weeks before passing it on to the next prisoner. Returning to the faith of his youth (from which he had strayed), he fi n- ished out his time in prison as a devoted Christian. After the war, DeShazer en- rolled in Seattle Pacifi c Uni- versity, and in 1948 was fl ying once again back to Japan — to serve as a missionary there. While there, he made a new and lifelong friend in an ex-Imperial Navy fl yer named Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida — the man who had, from the cockpit of his torpedo e v i t o m o Aut s e i t l a i c e Sp The City of Cottage Grove’s annual tree branch pick-up service will occur on Tuesday, May 26. The Public Works crew will pick up branches that are placed in street parking areas on this one day only. Those with questions regarding the Tree Branch Pickup Program or who would like a copy of the informational brochure which outlines the specifi c program guidelines area asked to call the Public Works Department at (541) 942-3349, stop by the Public Works offi ce located in City Hall at 400 East Main Street, or go to the City’s website at www.cottagegrove.org. Sports Advisory Council The City Manager attended a meeting of the Eu- gene, Cascades and Coast Sports Advisory Coun- cil. The Council reviewed the Sports Marketing Plan for 2016 and discussed the impact of sport- ing events in Lane County. The Council reports that, as of April 28, events have been held in Lane County that have resulted in 10,605 hotel rooms, bringing 41,235 visitors to the County with an eco- nomic impact of $6,977,547. These sport events do not include any U of O, NCU, LCC or any other school games. The Council also discussed upcoming events that will have an impact on the area economy. Chambers Covered Bridge Site Vandalized The City reports that, on Friday, May 1 some- time that weekend, one of the Chambers Railroad Covered Bridge Park site’s light was broken off at the base, exposing live electrical wires. Public Works cut power to all the site lights to eliminate the danger of electrical shock and the area was bar- ricaded until repairs could be coordinated on Mon- day. Over that weekend, the damaged light was also thrown in the river. On Monday of last week, the City says light was retrieved from the river and taken to the shop. The damage to the light is sig- nifi cant and it will need to be replaced with a new light. The City urges those who observe vandalism anywhere in the community to notify the Cottage Grove Police or Public Works Departments. bomber, led the fi rst wave of Japanese attackers into Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. DeShazer’s awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Chinese Breast Order of Yung Hui. He died on March 15, 2008, at his home in Salem. Major Gen. David M. “Davy” Jones David M. Jones was origi- nally a Marshfi eld (Coos Bay) boy, although he graduated from high school in Arizona. He was the pilot of Crew 5, and was publicly identifi ed by Doolittle himself as his top pilot. Jones and his crew had as close to a routine fi nish as was possible under the circumstanc- es. He guided his plane as close as possible to a known friendly city before giving the order to hit the silk; none of his men were captured or injured. After the raid, Jones was as- signed to command the 319th bomb group in North Africa fl ying B-26 Marauders against Rommel’s forces. In December 1942, the Germans managed to shoot him down, and he found himself a prisoner of war. Jones quickly developed a reputation in his prison camp, Stalag Luft III, for defi ance and harassment of his German cap- tors. Soon he was on the camp’s “X Committee,” or escape com- mittee — the secret group of prisoners who controlled and coordinated all attempts to es- cape. After the war, Stalag Luft III and its X Committee became fa- mous for the audacious bustout told of in the Steve McQueen movie “The Great Escape.” Jones led the digging team for the “Harry” tunnel (the commit- tee’s plan involved three tun- nels, named “Tom,” “Dick” and “Harry”; only “Harry” made it to completion). In fact, the char- acter of Capt. Virgil Hilts (“the Cooler King”), played by Steve McQueen himself, was partly based on Jones. Jones retired in 1973, and died at his home in Tucson on Nov. 25, 2008. His awards in- clude the Legion of Merit, Dis- tinguished Flying Cross with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Commendation Ribbon, and the Chinese Order of Yung Hui. (Sources: doolittleraider. com; ohs.org; archives of Sa- lem Statesman Journal and New York Times) Finn J.D. 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