fo r th e p ro m p t and continuous
m ovem ent of flid food in bulk.
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317 N . W . 3rd A v e.
Four navy heroes and a heroine of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor line up to receive the
navy unit com m endation ribbon aboard the U. S. S. Solace, navy hospital ship, in Portland
harbor Tuesday. From left are Lt. Alva John Jones; Lt. Marjorie von Stein, navy nurse; A r
nold George Leidtka, chief com m issary steward; Fred T. B lackw ell, cook third class, and
George Puckett, cook first class. The ship's crew stands at attention in the background.
5 on Solace Given Awards for Work ODT Revokes
At Pearl Harbor, December 7,1941 Order for Negroe
Cab Drivers
T he ghosts of P earl H arbor
w ere recalled T uesday m orning
in the peaceful sunshine of P o rt
la n d ’s h arb o r as five crew m em
bers of th e navy hospital ship
U. . S. Solace w ere decorated w ith
th e navy unit citationti!4 Vz9cLa
th e navy u n it com m endation rib
bon for th e ir w ork d u rin g th e
Jap a n e se sneak a tta c k which
started a w ar now ended.
The five w ere m em bers of
th e crew th a t m ade up “rescue
p arties in m otor launches and
boats th a t w ere quickly d isp atch
ed to th e U. S. S. A rizona and
o th e r strik en ships,” stated the
citation read by Capt. L. D. W hit-
grove, navy supervisor of ship
building here in P o rtlan d .
“They braved flam es and e x
plosions to rescue th e b u rn ed and
in ju re d from th e decks and blaz
ing w a ter alongside”, th e citation
by N avy S ecretary Jam e s Forres-
ta l said. “T hey un h esitatin g ly
risked th e ir lives d u rin g rep eated
trip s u n d er th e sam e perilious
conditions, each tim e re tu rn in g
to th e Solace w ith boats fully
laden w ith injured and dying.
W orking to th e point of ex h au s
tion, th e e n tire staff, doctors,
n u rses and corpsm en, rendered
v a lia n t and self-sacrificing service
th ro u g h o u t th is extrem e em erg en
cy.”
A b rief ta lk by Com. E dw ard
P eterson, captain of th e Solace,
recounted the ship’s record since
P e a rl H arbor. It handled w ound
ed a t G uadalcanal, N ew G uinea,
H ollandia, T araw a, the A dm iralty
Islands,
K w ajalein,
Eniw etok,
Saipan, G uam , Peleliu, A nguar,
Iw o Jim a, K erem a R etto, and
O kinaw a.
Those decorated w ere F red u
Thom as B lackw ell, Negro, 22, cook
th ird class, St. Louis; A rnold Geo.
L eidtka, 49, chief com m issary
stew ard, of R ochester, New Y ork;
G eorge W illiam P u ck ett J r, Negro
22, N ashivlle, Tenn., cook first
class, w ho has served aboard th e
Solace since h er com m issioning
since A ugust 9, 1941, and has
not had leave d u rin g th a t tim e;
Alva Jo h n Jones, 34, N orth Ston-
ington, Conn., w ho was chief sig
nalm an a t P e a rl H arb o r and was
appointed lieu te n an t (jg) May 1,
1943, by th e presid en t; and a
navy nurse, t. M arjorie E. Von
Stein, C learville, Pa.
The ship will leave P o rtlan d
h arb o r W ednesday for San F ra n
cisco, th en presum ably, w ill go
to P earl H arbor.
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2. R evocation of A d m in istrativ e
F l o w e r s
O rd er ODT 4, effective im m edi- ;
“As n e a r as your p h one”
ately. The o rd er delegated to I
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2617 NE U nion A ve—G A 1181
th e pow er to req u isitio n used
trucks.
3. R evocation of A d m in istrativ e
ENTERPRISE CHAPTER
O rd er ODT 5, effective im m edi
NO. 1 O. E. S.
ately. T he o rd er set up th e p ro
cedure for th e suspension, r e M eetings 1st W ednesday each
m onths 8:00 p. m.
call, cancellation or revocation of
certificates of w a r necessity, a j P r n c e H all Tem ple, F. & A. M.
116 N. E. R ussell St.
procedure no longer applicable
D ollie Paries, W.M.
I since th e certificate of w a r neces- |
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G askin, S ecretary
sity program w as abolished on
A ugust 16.
4. R evocation of A d m in istra D ah lia Tem ple No. 202
tive O rd er ODT 8, effective im
L B. P. O. E. W.
m ediately. The ord er provided
th e p rocedure for th e rev iew of
and 3rd T uesday
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12504 N. W illiam s Ave., 8 p. m.
certificates of w ar necessity.
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5. R evocation of G en eral O rd er ________________________________
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¡or change in service w ith o u t ODT M eetings 2d & 4th T uesday 2:30
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a t 8:00 p, m.
P rin ce H all Tem ple, F. & A. M.
116 N. E. R ussell St.
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M eets ev ery 2nd and 4th W ed.
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F. & A. M.
M eets ev ery 1st and 3rd M onday
8:00 p. m.
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