72 Years After Death, World War II Fighter Comes Home
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New Charge for Mother of Baby $1 Weekend Edition With Meth in Saturday, System / Main 5 July 8, 2017 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Fox Theatre Progress Lewis County Coffee Co. South Wall Rebuild Underway as Group Chehalis Business Challenges Customers to Step Hopes for More State Funding / Main 7 Outside Their Comfort Zones on Coffee / Main 4 Sheriff ’s 72 Years After Death, World Office: Man War II Fighter Comes Home Killed in William James Gray Jr.’s Remains to Be Buried Randle Next to Friend Who Kept Wartime Promise Allegedly Shot First AUTOPSY COMPLETED: Victim’s Name Not Released Pending Positive Identification By The Chronicle A man shot and killed Tues- day evening in Randle allegedly fired the first shots in the con- frontation, witnesses told the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy was completed Friday on the man, tentatively identified based on information found at the scene as a 51-year- old transient, according to the Sheriff’s Office. please see SHOT, page Main 9 Inslee Vetoes Tax Break Plan for Pete Caster / [email protected] Above: Jeanne Louvier, left, looks on as her daughter, Jan Bradshaw, flips through a scrapbook compiled by Louvier’s mother of her son’s correspondence while serving Businesses in Europe during World War II. Army Air Force 1st Lt. William “Bill” James Gray, Jr., Louvier’s older brother, died while serving in Germany on April 16, 1945. Top Left: William “Bill” James Gray Jr. is seen in a photograph provided by his family. REJECTED: Deal Would Have Allowed MILITARY HONORS: Family Learns Manufacturers to of Man’s Heroism Through a Have the Same B&O Scrapbook After Remains of Fighter Rate as Businesses Pilot Found in Germany Such as Boeing By Eric Schwartz OLYMPIA (AP) — A plan to [email protected] give manufacturers the same tax cut that the Legislature previ- As World War II tore nations and families apart, ously gave to Boeing was vetoed two best friends in Washington proudly rose to the by Gov. Jay Inslee Friday, draw- challenge and enlisted in the military, but not before ing outrage from Republicans making a promise to one another. who said the measure was part William “Bill” James Gray Jr. and James Louvier of an agreed-to deal on the over- agreed that if anything were to happen to one of them, all state budget. the other would take care of his friend’s family. The tax break was one of Louvier returned safely from the war. Gray did not. two Inslee, a Democrat, used On April 16, 1945, just three weeks before the war his veto pen on: In addition to ended, Gray and the rest of the 391st Fighter Squadron nixing the lower manufactur- 366th Fighter Group were strafing enemy troops in ing business and occupation tax The recently discovered scrapbook containing the letters, telegrams and pictures from Army Air Lindau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, when his Republic rate, he also vetoed sales and tax Force 1st Lt. William "Bill" James Gray, Jr., sits on a table with an urn that will hold his remains and a P-47 Thunderbolt plane was damaged and crashed. It forensic anthropology report authored by the the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Gray, please see VETO, page Main 9 Jr.'s recently identified remains. please see HOME, page Main 13 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Jailed After Chase Success in the Long Run Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 Two Stolen Onalaska Willey, Roger, 68, Centralia Follow Us on Twitter Flory, Shirleen, 75, Chehalis @chronline Vehicles Native Gaudreau, Betty Lou, 85, Centralia Used in Finishes Loomis, Bernard Joseph “Jerry,” 95, Find Us on Facebook Man’s Third in 100- Toledo www.facebook.com/ Helfrich, Helen M., 72, Chehalis thecentraliachronicle Attempts Mile Race in Wisner, Rita F., 58, Mossyrock Pearce, Adela I., 74, Morton to Flee California Bremgartner, Colleen, 84, Toledo / Main 5 / Sports Lamberson, Gary G., 71, Onalaska Napavine Funtime Festival Presents: SOAPBOX DERBY Races • Build & Bring Your Own Car July 15th • Must Have Working Brake 2PM to 5PM FREE! • Max Width of Cars 40” Next to Shopping Center Kids of All Ages • Race Provided Cars or • All Racers - Bike Helmets Required Welcome email questions to: [email protected] CH575686cd.cg Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Saturday, July 8, 2017 PAGE TWO News Sheepish Guest at the Farmer’s Market of the Weird apart, crowding out riders who A Man of Many Talents: might otherwise squeeze into a Vermont Governor Wins seat on a packed rush-hour train. The transit system is also ask- Stock Car Race ing people carrying large, heavy BARRE, Vt. (AP) — Ver- backpacks to take them off when mont’s stock-car-racing gover- boarding the train. The back- nor is back in victory lane. packs take up space and often Republican Gov. Phil Scott bang into other passengers. won the 50-lap feature Thursday In a brief animated video at Barre’s Thunder Road, taking that recently debuted at the Cop- home a total of $1,200. ley station, a fat cat rolls around Scott, a part-time racecar on a chair with a message re- driver, is the all-time winningest minding passengers to take only driver in the top division at the seats they need. Thunder Road. The win was his 30th and his first since becom- ing governor in January. Wisconsin Governor to He can now add to his list of Instagram Haters: Have accomplishments that he is the first sitting governor to win a a Cold One Pete Caster / [email protected] Vermont stock car race. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Fletcher, center, informs a passerby that his sheep, JC, is not to be greeted by people as he walked down Pearl Scott easily won two pre- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Street in Centralia on Friday morning. Fletcher, of Ashland, Oregon, has a strict no petting policy with his sheep. “Our liminary heats Thursday before has a simple message for all his way of living is absolutely dependent on them trusting and therefore following only me. I don’t socialize them with starting the feature in the pole social media haters out there: people’s dogs either so that they maintain a healthy fear of wild dogs and predators,” he wrote on the Frequently position at the head of the pack. Chill out and have a beer. Asked Questions page on his website — nomadicsherperds.org. Fletcher advocates for dairy sheep being a sustain- He led for the entire race. Walker posted a series of able resource for people to feed themselves and cloth themselves. The story, and many other photos, is available messages Thursday night on In- to subscribers at www.chronline.com. stagram and Twitter in response Company Removes to criticism that his use posts Beeping Alarm Clock in are typically really, really bor- Notable Quote ing. Walker often posts pictures Wall Vent Since 2004 of what he’s eating — including ROSS, Pa. (AP) — A heating his standard lunch of a ham and contractor has removed a beep- cheese sandwich in a brown bag . “As soon as I got to mile 80, I picked up a pacer and once we were ing alarm clock that’s been in- On Thursday, Walker posted side a Pennsylvania family’s wall a picture of a can of Miller Lite running together, we started cruising.” vent for nearly 14 years. with the message: “For those Keith Andreen and Dawn in the liberal media who don’t Sabrina Stanley Michelucci, of Low-Cost Heat- like my Instagram, Facebook or ing and Air Conditioning saw Twitter, I have a simple response: Who finished third in Western States 100 the story on KDKA-TV last Can I get you a beer?” (see page Sports 1 for the full story) month, so they went to the Ross Township home and removed the clock this week. Alligators, Snakes Homeowner Jerry Lynn told Found at LA-Area Home Today in History KDKA he tied the battery-oper- Today’s Highlight in History: married Florence Kling De- In 1967, Academy Award- ated clock to a string in Septem- Where Cobra Escaped Wolfe in Marion, Ohio. winning actress Vivien Leigh, ber 2004 and lowered it inside the On July 8, 1947, a New THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld 53, died in London. wall so the beeping alarm would (AP) — Authorities found al- Mexico newspaper, the Roswell staged his first “Follies,” on the In 1975, President Gerald R. pinpoint the spot he needed to ligators and venomous snakes Daily Record, quoted officials at roof of the New York Theater. Ford announced he would seek a drill for a TV cable. But the clock at a Southern California home Roswell Army Air Field as say- In 1919, President Woodrow second term of office. fell off the string and has been where animal control officers ing they had recovered a “fly- Wilson received a tumultuous beeping at 6:50 p.m. or 7:50 p.m. say a cobra had gotten loose and ing saucer” that crashed onto a welcome in New York City after In 1986, Kurt Waldheim was each day, depending on whether terrified neighbors. ranch; officials then said it was his return from the Versailles inaugurated as president of Aus- it’s Daylight Saving Time. Los Angeles County officials actually a weather balloon. (To Peace Conference in France. tria despite controversy over his al- served search warrants Thursday this day, there are those who In 1950, President Harry S. leged ties to Nazi war crimes. Ad- Boston Transit Ads Seek at a home in Thousand Oaks and a believe what fell to Earth was an Truman named Gen.