Six Central Oregon picnickers were balloon bombs’ only victims

Published: April 6, 2020, 2 p.m.

Lunching in the woods during World War II, hundreds of miles from the sea, Elyse Mitchell and four kids from church were killed in the blast. But, hoping to deny the Japanese knowledge of their “victory,” the newspapers kept it quiet. (Bly, Klamath County; 1945) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1508b.bly-balloon-bombing.351.html)