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1 li 1 - TAriNfi NO rHANCES-FoBetnaa (right) aad detectives (enter) atend gwrd over four of Ave JSA fXSTta street werecsufbtsttsmpti br.sk tat. , , , bufldtof taTwntown New York. Tbo fifth funmaa wu captured after btiag wound In a roaninc ub battle with police. Freedom Moans Heartbreak For Now York Gl Who Spont Almost Three Years as POW Yonkers. N.V. U.R "All I dream about," the letter read, "is coming home to you, and that'a aU I'm living for." The letter was written by Lt John B. Griffiths of Yonkers, to his wife, Annee, a few weeks ago. Full of Hop It was til of love and hope for the future and told how the thoughts of Annee helped him bear the hell of a Communist prison camp for almost three years. What the lieutenant, who was released Friday night, didn't know is that Annee died two years ago. Her sister, Mrs. Margaret Wil liams, of Yonkers, told the story Saturday. She said Annee died in a Yon kers hospital in July, 1951, after a long illness. Nobody ever told 'her that John had been captured by the Chinese Communists seven months earlier. Married Five Months Neither did anybody let John know that Annee died. The two, married In April, 1050, Just five months before John shipped out for Korea, were very much in love. It was decided that the'know ledge of his wife's death would tnly add to John's burdens. But toward the end of hfs cap tivity, John began to sense that something was wrong. He had .ritten. continually to Annee but got letters only from her family. Finally, in a letter re ceived by Mrs. Williams shortly before the Korean armistice, John wrote: Knew Something Wrong "Peg, dear, from what I can 88th Annual Oregon State Fair Starts With Large Crowds Salem (U.R) The 88th an nual Oregon State Fair opened t 8 a.m. Saturday and within an hour visitors were -pouring like lava Into the fairgrounds. Sunny and clear skies brought the vacation-weekend crowd out early, and hot dogs, hamburgers, and soft drinks provided the luau for the Fair which this year has a Hawaiian motif. Hawaiian music wafted through the vast grounds by way of loud speaker. It was already apparent, this early in the Fair that the county exhibits in the Agriculture building and the 4-H and Future Farmer exhibits were among the most popular at the Fair? ' Leo Spitzbart, Fair manager, said the advance sale of tickets for rodeo, horse races and stage revue was ahead of opening day last year by about 10 per cent. The advance sale, up to opening time today, totaled $12,283.75 compared to $11,175.70 up to opening time for the 1952 fair. First awards were made Frl- ifyta j Stops in quautyii BEWARE Of IJ2ITATI0XS IOOK fOU IH uttudo0 I jut r i. ,j gather from reading between the lines, something had happened to my dearest Annee. Please have the courage to explain to me, where others - have failed, what has happened to her? For she loved me dearly and wouldn't sit idly by and not write me in the past two and a half years." John was scheduled to find out Saturday. Through arrangements made with the Red Cross by his dead wife's family, a Catholic Army chaplain was to meet him at Panmunjom and "break the news. Another thing that John was to learn was that Annee, In her final illness, bore him a son, John Thomas Griffiths, who lived only a day. ANichol'sWorthof ... Comment On By HARMAN UaiMd Fran Washington (U.R) Today's hats, mere dabs of this and that rest lightly on the heads of to day's . women. In great grandma's day it was differ ent " "Way back yonder a fellow named Arthur Mun chausen of In- d e p e n dence, . Mo., g o t to thinking about Harmaa) nicnea the heavy load the ladies had on their heads and put his mind to Inventing- His invention, still on file at the U. S. Patent Office, was called "hat." It wasn't a hat, exactly-Mun-chausen described his Innovation as a "means for supporting ladies bonnets." The invention, he said, put a lady's headgear "above ana out of contact with the wearer." Cool Head It took the weight of the tower toppers of old off a wom an's head and put in on her shoulders. The gimmick con sisted of some steel braces which must have weighed more than Chadwick Heads for Gibraltar Straits Dover, England (U.R) Flor ence Chadwick, the 33-year-old swimming stenographer from San Diego, prepared Saturday to go to Spain to atttmpt to swim the Strait of Gibraltar and add that achievement to the two channel swimming records she hung up Friday. She said she plans late to go to Turkey and attempt to swim the Dardanelles. According to Greek legend the most famous swim mer of the Dardanelles was Leander, who did the trick night ly to visit the beautiful priestess Hero. Miss Chadwick ' set a new speed record for the difficult swim from Britain to France Friday by making the channel crossing in 14 hours and 42 min utes. She then plunged back into the channel and swam two and one half miles of the return journey before stinging jelly fish forced her out of the water. That too was a record. ' "Irish Potatoes" came origin ally from Roanoke Island, N.C Members of the first English colony in America took them back to England with them in 1587. day night, in the art exhibits. Mrs. Effie Morgan of Salem won first prize for pastel landscape and Bud Albus of Stayton won first prize for flowers in any medium. A" West Side School Lists Class Hours The opening hour for classes at the West Side school was changed at the last meeting of the West Side school board. Classes will begin each day at 8:30 and be dismissed a half an hour earlier each day. School will begin Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 8:30 a.m. Classes will be held in the old school plant which has been cleaned and made ready for the school year. The new plant should be com pleted and ready to move, into within the next few months, ac cording to Mrs. Bertha Haskina, principal. Mrs. Haskins said that the area under construction will be fenced off and a new entrance will be made for the workmen to park their cars away from the play area. This and That W. NICHOLS ftuf Writer the hat. They rested upon the shoulders and propped the hat up. " Moreover, Munchausen said, his invention kept the wearer "fceadcooled." The inventors of bid had imagination. Consider C- M. French and W. H. Francher of Waterloo, N. Y., who in 1862 came up with something that would allow a farmer to farm and make war at the same time. It was a combined plow and gun and, the intentors said, could be used either way. They said it would be useful "in savage feud or guerrilla warfare." A Busted Rat The old-time invention that I particularly liked, though, was the brain-child of Friedrien Bar- dele, of Milwaukee, who thought up a new kind of rat extermina tor. t Let Bardele describe it as he did in 1897: "Take some ground cork, some salt, pepper or other thirst-inducing substance and a palatable food like butter or lard mixed with flour and sugar. "The rats will eat the mixture The cork swells inside them and the rats will seek water. "After they find water the pests will swell up and break cpen. "The wonderful part about my Invention is that the rats when they become thirsty will leave the building and run off to die elsewhere." BILL ROYCE, Salesman ILL DGIkTON'S 2739 Ne. Pacific Hhrsy sad HewarJ Ave. Mmm 1-4 M. Hoffman . Spartan Sylvawia G.E. " .i hi . ,-Qr' Nil MM Picliin' Poara Br L. J. "Tie MXLAnm It has been a long time since this writer has attempted a col umn for the Mail Tribune under the above caption. A year ago about May 1 Ted Maul and Doyle Stockston said that an applica tion for a job as a lookout-for the southern Oregon state forest pa trol had been approved and Mt Isabella out of Jacksonville was to be my assignment We closed the portable and worked for the state of Oregon all during the '82 fire season. Soma VA hospitalization at both Portland and Bames in Van couver, Wash., followed, upon completion of this tour of duty returned to Camp White, Jan. 20 of this year. Got to feeling opti mistic enough to assume the edi torship of the Central Point American last March. Am back at Sam Jackson Park now high up on Marquam Hill where the miracles of surgery are per formed by this staff. Accepted here are the Mexican emergen cies of nine western states and Alaska. . . - ; ; About the first person we met here from Happy "Valley was Vernon Rathbun who has made his home in Rogue River for the past seven years. Rathbun is a Greybeard of the Old War who enlisted at Springfield, Ore., dur ing April 1917. He chose the cav alry and when this branch of the service was discontinued they were dismounted and converted to field artillery. They fired the French 75s. Ex-cavalryman Rath bun expects to be discharged and returned from here to. Rogue River within another week. There must be a .dozen men here from Camp White. About the first of them we met was Valentine Foster who has been a patient on Ward 8-C since June. Foster's home is in Seattle, Wash., and prior to coming to Camp White for domiciliary at tention he operated a restaurant and bar in that city Has been a member of Company A for a couple of years. Valentine uses a wheel chair to get around and he tells us that he is making progress and expects to return to Camp White within the next two or three weeks. Kenneth Hubbart was next on the list. "Hub" has been ground ed and is bedside at Ward S-A. Before he was shipped back to Portland he had been here for more than three months before returning to Jackson county six weeks ago Kenneth had been proof-reading and setting up ads for the Central Point American. Just got well started on the new job when things "back-fired" so "Hub" is once more looking over the City of Roses from up "On The Hill." This morning, Thursday, In the line-up for breakfast chow a familar face, a little thin, showed. It was George Peterson who left Camp White in the lat ter part of 1980 and returned to Klamath Falls, his home town, to once more follow construction work. During the past year "Pete" has been at Grants Pass working on a new motel job. A gall bladder attack hit him the middle of July and he "turned in." Operation performed and all is going well now. No more heavy work for George Peter son though. The staff here says that he should respect his years, which now number 87, accept his service connected compensa tion and social security and sit in the sun. In short "take it easy." A day or so before leaving Camp White for Portland it was our pleasure to meet Carl Nick oli who during World War Two mam S Drop la and aea '4 -thaSONOTONK 1010-winner of famous AUDIO XNGINEERIMO 1968 AWARD as the world's finest bearing aidl m w&mm If you're bard of hearing, a : trained 80N0T0NE eonsoltaat will give you a FREI audio- ; meter hearing test-precise, arientinc-no obUgstion! J If Ja'lVJ RVIk'li TKZKCS3CF 839 East Jackson Phone 2-5904 C. R. ADAMSON, - Dist. Manager , I Dist. Manager ,., Attn ML. OMr- : r i jfcj NatySf Gossip, Comment From Camp WhHm days dropped" In Africa. Italy. Germany and Normandy with the famous 62nd Airborne In fantry. "Nick" Is an Alaskan bom Indian whose father trapped, fished and mined in the nortern country while in his younger days. Following distin guished service with the para troopers Carl Niekoli then went to the College of Idaho. When the "polite action" In Korea flamed into a shooting war the Alaskan up and enlisted and went there with the signal corps and served overseas for 18 months. Discharged from the Army be cause of medical reasons young Niekoli came to Camp White and is being treated for stomach ul cers. His intentions were to work "in the fruit" If health per mitted. When Erie Allen wrote "30" last Saturday night, as he finished his last shift for the Mall Tribune prior to a year's leave of absence which will be spent on the U. of O. campus, we bet a lump was in his throat as he picked up his typewriter and went for home. We happen, to know that Erie Allen loves southern Ore gon, its people, its traditions, its natural beauties. Eric was this writer's Immediate boss during the days when this column took up space three to five times a week. He helped us "get going." His dad was our instructor at Oregon. The class was called "news writing" and Eric Allen Sr. and Colin V. Dyment were its only "profs." The year 1913. So back to the Oregon campus will go young Eric Allen. He will enjoy a fellowship in the school of journalism which was estab lished to honor perpetually the name of Eric Allen Sr. his father. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Mostly slightly cooler interior today; fair today but with coastal fog; variable winds 8-13 mph near coast. ,. This is IN PAINT GENERAL PURPOSE EXTERIOR WHITE 2.25 Gal. GUARANTEED CONTENT Titanium Dioxide c Lead Zinc Oxida Linseed Oil indOJ o BARBWIRE - 80 rod O I 4-point 9.35 REMEMBER CIGARETTES ARE CHEAPER AT DUNHAM'S Regulars, per carton .1.65 King Size, per carton ...1.75 1-PINT VACUUM BOTTLES 98c Keep That Coffee Hot CLOTHESPINS C A DOZEN Very Smooth FORGED TROWEL; Forged Steel that Rings Like a Bell. only 1.69 DUNHAM'S "1 T3 'J la 71 T3 eT I w & MONDAY, SEPT. 7th AeXm omidwId0" plenty of free parking 0PEI1 SUNDAYS 10 ACJ to Q.PtipWBl WEEK DAYS VltU. Youth 7ho St a! e Sent to McLaren ' Jimmie Carnes, 18, of Lincoln, Calif., was committed to the Mc Laren Training School for Boys at a Friday juvenile court hear ing, according to Mrs. Jay Crow ell, -juvenle probation officer. Carnes was jailed on a lar ceny of a motor vehicle charge on Aug. 11, after leading city and state police on a wild ride up Roxy Ann butte, after the juvenile had stolen a city police car parked next to the station. He was first discovered dri ving the car down East Jackson st at about 60 miles an hour by a citizen, and city officers, aided by six state policemen, gave chase out of town onto the Roxy Ann rd. The car was dis covered abandoned upside down on the. Butte rd. A manhunt fol lowed, and the boy was caught running down a canyon. When ordered to stop by officers, he told the officers to go ahead and shoot him. He somehow escaped unhurt from the accident, which caused $1,000 damage to the police car, a near-total wreck. He told the officers that someone threatened to' shoot him unless he stole a police car, officers said. He gave numerous aliases to authorities, until Carnes was established as his correct name. His term at MacLaren will continue until school officials decide he is rehabilitated. He was to be flown to Woodburn as soon as possible In an officer's custody. ; . , i TO VISIT DEWEYS Washington U.PJ Vice Presi dent and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon planned to leave late Saturday for a Labor Day weekend visit with Gov. and Mrs. Thomas E Dewey at the Dewey farm at Pawling, N. Y.- WPS! VALUES pigment MPIMSG! 8uadaz City Police Car DUNHAM'S FORCES ROMEX PRICES DOWN Regular 9c Foot 12-2 6V4C ft. 14-2 .... .. AV4C ft. WHY PAY . MORE?l WILL BE CLOSED 0 5C5 Fcrcsf Rid ncp:itdbAcJ.3t Salem total of 806 forest fires burned over 802 acres of woodlands coming under state jurisdiction during the period May 8 to Aug. 31, accord ing to Jim Walker, , assistant state forester In charge of pro tection. .. : ' During the similar period last year 598 fires burned ever 6278 acres. - . ' Lightning strikes were respon - STOP - SHOP - SAVE AT THE NEW WHITE Cash Market ON CRATIR LAKI HIGHWAY ACROSS FROM CAMP WHITI COME IN and LOOK OVER OUR SPECIALS-WHY PAY MORE? ROYAL CLUB FINE FOODS and QUALITY MEATS Roscoe Larson Al Salby m DGGP STAMPS SPORT. SHIRTS Valuta Up to 4.69 ALL FOR SMALL AND LARGE SIZES ELECTRIC FANS- G inch Reg. 7.49 NOW 3.90 An Amazing Buy In Comfort From Summer Hoar SLEEPING BAG DEAL 36x80 100 Wool or Kapok tag Plui a Plastic Air Mattress FOR ONLY 17.90 slightly faded O WEED BURNER - TANK TYPE - to ctan out th woedod areas 27.95 4 O HYDRAULIC JACKS, as low as 11 .00 (FREE Over $5.00. 1 z- I H 50-FT. RUBBER 1 I GARDEN HOSE J I f j , Reg. 5.89 B -J fi special n IL W 198 s f CHROME 0N U WIRE WHEEL (J , CONVERSIONS I Phono I sll'cn Jl 2-9000" ft 4 29.50 M 36.50 Valua J o I MZDrOSD (08S003) MAIL Ts2S3SSanxi slbl tor 286 Urea or more than half the state total Smokers ac counted for 68. logging for 41 and lncendiarists for 5- Smould ering and unguarded campfires caused 22. A total of 233 fires were reported as man-caused and preventable. About 78 gallons of water are used in Am making of one pound of rayon. 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