On this day, May 5, 1903, James Beard, US culinary expert, author (Delights & Prejudices), was born in Portland, Ore.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, the pregnant wife of a minister, and five children after they attempted to drag it out the woods in Lakeview, Oregon. The balloon was armed, and exploded soon after they began tampering with it. They became the 1st and only known American civilians to be killed in the continental US during World War II.
Also on this day, May 5, 1945, Bly minister Archie Mitchell, his pregnant wife Elsie, and five children from Mitchell's Sunday school class were on a Saturday morning picnic. Thirteen miles northeast of Bly, or about sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Mitchell parked the car, and Elsie and the children headed to Leonard Creek. Mitchell later remembered: "As I got out of the car to bring the lunch, the others were not far away and called to me they had found something that looked like a balloon. I heard of Japanese balloons so I shouted a warning not to touch it. But just then there was a big explosion. I ran up there--and they were all dead." It was a Japanese balloon bomb. They were 70 feet tall with a 33-foot diameter paper canopy connected to the main device by shroud lines. Balloons inflated with hydrogen followed the jet stream at an altitude of 30,000 feet.
People rely on jobs to feed their families
Oregon Republican Senator Dennis Linthicum has issued a statement about the unconstitutional government response to COVID-19 that has led to the destruction of Oregonians’ livelihoods while big government has grown exponentially.
“Oregonians’ constitutional rights are under attack with the never-ending statewide lockdowns
that cause significant destruction. Governor Kate Brown and her bureaucratic demolition crew
continue to ladle cash and benefits to their own, while penalizing small business owners,
especially those in the food service industry. Oregonians across all economic classes are being
horrifically harmed by the governor’s crafty, pernicious, and unconstitutional mandates.
“Every business is essential because every business employs people who rely on their jobs to
feed their families. With COVID-19 as the scapegoat, the government has created arbitrary rules
that determine winners and losers in its preparation to invade every aspect of Oregonians’ lives,
eliminating free enterprise and American liberty in the process. Logical, data-driven and
science-based policy decisions, rationally understood, would not put Oregonians in this
predicament, especially when the infection fatality rate is startlingly low.
“Led by Gov. Brown, the government has prioritized its gluttonous coffers over the hardworking Oregonians who pay their salaries.
“The detrimental impacts inflicted by Gov. Brown’s public health and government chums will
take decades to repair and the only solution is to free Oregonians so they may to get back to their
own lives.â€
--Ben Fisher| Post Date: 2020-12-09 18:33:47 | Last Update: 2020-12-09 18:48:55 |
