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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1942)
. 1h 02EG01T STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Morning. January 6. 1942 Service Men Assigned to the ' adjutant gen eral's offices in Washington, DC, is. Lt Sigfried Unander, former secretary to Gov. . Charles A. Sprague. LL Unander has been stationed at Fort Lewis. John F. MitcheL recently pro moted to first lieutenant at Fort Lewis, has been nominated sur vey officer, A division field ar tillery at Fort Lewis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mitchel of Salem. Greetings from Manila have been received by Salem friends of Captain L. Laird, formerly as sociated with the public utilities commissioner's office. Captain Laird was stationed at Fort Lewis before his. transfer to the Philip pine. - Returned to his Salem home Is Delmer Gwynn, recently stationed with the coast artillery at Anchor age, Alaska. Gwynn's eyesight, ' impaired several years ago when struck by a baseball, has not responded to treatment, and he has been mustered out of service. MONMOUTH Donald McFJ downey, son of Mrs. Elsie McE downer, went to Portland this week to enlist in the navy. He was graduated from high school here last June. . j, Thomas Roen, jrJ, who has been employed by his father at the Typewriter Exchange, left Mon day for It. Stevens, where he will be a member of the army air corps. From there he will go to Wichita Falls, Tex., for training as a service mechanic. DETROIT Keith Moore, , who enlisted in the air corps, is at Ft. Lewis and has not yet learned where he will be sent. Keith worked for the state fish commis sion at Astoria until his enlist ment recently. 1 Sgt. Harry E. Bateman, an In Aiiana native, Monday was added 'to the staff at the Salem marine recruiting office in the Guardian building, announced Set John Wright, recruiting officer. . Sgt. Bateman comes from San Diego, where he was with the fleet marine force. Until last Ap ril he had been with the Pacific has had eight years of service. s LeRoy Bright, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Bright, has joined the United States army air corps He will go In training as a serv ice mechanic at Wichita Falls, Tex. - KUNA, Idaho, Jan. S-UPr-Jobn Herbert Harper finally went over the top, his mother has learned. ( - Harper sought army service but ten times was rejected for phys ical shortcomings. He underwent a major operation to correct a flaw and was again rejected because he hadn't recovered sufficiently. Then followed a breather to re cuperate. He made it on the 12th try. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Miss Letty Warrington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Warring ton, Cbrvallis, Ore, became the bride of Second Lieut. Miles. Wer ner Sunday while the bridegroom had a six-hour leave from duty. They met in Japan when Miss Warrington was returning from a year's study at Lingnan univer sity, Canton, China, and Werner, son of Wade Werner, Associated Press staff writer in Washington, DC, was traveling In Japan. Werner resigned from the staff of the San Francisco Chronicle a year ago to become an army pilot CALDWELL, Idaho, Jan. S-CP) -A German' concentration camp prisoner's postcard reached an Idaho relative but its delivery required some seven months. Ray M. Clark showed the card. bearing a German postmark and date of May 25, 1941. It was re ceived by Clark's brother-in-law, C. Parley of Wilder, December 23. The sender was Frank Habgood, a relative in the British army who was taken i prisoner during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. ' Censors permitted Habgood to predict things would be over in a couple of years. Location of the concentration camp was not given. DENVER-Py-Kit Edward Carson, 28-year-old grandson of Kit Carson, famed western Marital happiness that turned to heart-break . . . en the screen today at the Grand theatre Is the amasing drama written, directed and ; starred br Orson Weller as "Clthten Kane." a startling VlcUm of a man who wanted to win lave without ftvtag It . . 4 and a woman who " vu u.UiM nrttiM tm aAlv aosnorted or his fam-ad gra the Mercury actors. Is "TUlie toe Touerr wrca nay iiarns ana nwam Whore They Are What They're Doing scout, joined' the United States marines here recently. "I want to help get . this war over with, and all I can say is m do the best I can," said Car son, who grew up on his fami ly's ranch near La Junta. Carson worked for a year in a California aircraft factory. , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray, 1211 South Liberty street, Monday re ceived a letter from their son, Byron, stationed with the United States navy "somewhere In the Pacific" stating that he is safe and welL, Blood Donors Exceed Quota ,1 MT. ANGEL Mt. Angel has secured more than its quota of 30 signatures for blood donors to the Red Cross cause, and is con tinuing to add to the list. Signatures are being taken by Dr. E. J. Corcoran, chairman of the Legion group , and Louis Schwab, chairman for the local Knights of Columbus. At word from the Red Cross authorities all the volunteers will go to Salem to have their blood typed. The date has not been set as yet but it was intimated that it would be in the early part of January. The list of the donors whose blood has been typed will be available to the local, doctors at all times. The work of securing donors to offer their services in time of emergency was started by the 40 and 8, division of the American Legion, about a year ago and Dr. Corcoran was appointed local chairman. Later the Knights also took up the cause, and when the Red Cross put out the calls for blood donors, both organizations decid ed to merge their efforts in sup port of the Red Cross. This has received the active cooperation of the townspeople. Both men and women volunteers are accepted. State Library Has War Books The Oregon state library has become a war information center, so far as textbooks on various war subjects are concerned, li brary officials: declared Monday. Materials available include di rection for blackouts, instructions for air raid wardens, textbooks on defense training, nutrition sug gestions, price control and prior ity data, and other information. Government publications of a practical nature also can be had for the asking. Services Held In McMinnville UNIONVALE Funeral services for Oscar Columbus Smith, 90, were held recently at Macy's chapel in McMinnville. Rev. D. W. Jaycox, local pastor, officiated. Burial was at Rosedale, near Jefferson, beside relatives. Pall bearers were Matt Warren, D. C Miller, M. V. Wright, Louis Ma gee, Floyd Milford and Charles Nelson. Smith died December 28 at the home of his stepson, N. J. Hill. State Reports May Be Stopped Drastic curtailment or com plete elimination of a large num ber of state department annual and biennial reports may be tug gested by Gov. Charles A. Sprague as the result of a survey to be undertaken by the executive department Officials said many of these re ports could be curtailed or elim inated with a substantial financial saving to the state. The federal government has urged conserva tion of paper under thenar emer gency program. Marine Police Chief Until recently one lone marine commanded the entire army at Pago Pago and also acted as po lice chief and local judge. Co-featured wUk "CUbea Kane- As Washintgon, Blackedout , Had si. I. I. B. Pbonepboto Here is how Washington looked when blacked out during the first air raid warning test, Street lights were dimmed and downtown Washington was dark save for the treasury buUding. Congress has authorized an initial J 1,000,000 for the capital's air raid precautions. First Aid Class To Be Organized UNION HILL A meeting will be held at the Union Hill grange hall to organize a first aid class on Wednesday, at 8 p. nx Anyone interested in taking the course is asked to attend. Mrs. Al Phillips will be leader. Heart Attack Brings Death UNIONVALE R. Q. Mabry, 54, a resident of Unionvale more than a year died of a heart attack at his home Friday. 1 i With his wife and son he was fixing the water pipes in the bath room when death came. He is sur vived by his widow and son Jack, Unionvale; two daughters, Mrs. T. A. Collins, Monte Vista, Colo., and Mrs. Lee Barber, Turner. Funeral services, in charge of Macy, McMinnville, are pending word from Mrs. Collins. The Mabry family resided in the Brooks district before coming to Unionvale in October 1940. Homes, Garden Group Meets CLOVERDALE The : Turner Better Homes and Gardens club will meet at the home of Mrs. John Petersen Wednesday in stead of the regular date. . Mr. and Mrs. Will Geiger, Ga lier, Montana, have been visiting with the John Petersens. They were friends in Montana. Their daughters from Salem accompan ied them. . Mrs. Walter Miller assisted Sunday in taking her father, Paul Fehlen, to the Salem Deaconess hospital for medical care. Feh len's home is at Stayton. Fox Valley Man Buried Monday FOX VALLEY Funeral serv ices for Henry Neal, 53, was held at the Weddle chapel, Stayton, Monday at 1:30 p. m. with con cluding services and burial in the Bilyeu Den cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Gert rude; four children, one sister, Mrs. Martha Pepperling, Scio; two brothers, John, Lyons, and Tom, Bandon. Marines Good Washers After a recruit leaves a marine corps training camp, he is an accomplished launderer, as every marine is taught to wash his own clothes. Never Marine Mutiny The United States marine corps has never had a mutiny of any description. Call Board ELStNOKJE Today Bette Davis. Herbert Marshall In "The Little Boxes." Ann Shirley, Charles Coburn in "Unexpected uncie. Friday Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland in isa Des on uroaaway. capitol Today Ronald Reagan. Olympe Brad na In "International Squadron.' tsrenaa Minntu. jjavta Bruce in "StnstaDore Woman." Wednesday Claude Rains. Dtck Fo ran In "Wolf Man." BUI Boyd in i-wuignt on in itsil HOLLYWOOD . Today Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone in "fife Begins for Andy Hardy. Richard Arlen, Eva Gabor. J. Carroll Naish in "Forced Landln." Thursday Richard Arlen, Andy De- tim in "Men of tnc TimncriiiKi .- John Howard. Bred Crawford, Bin- nie names in -xignt snoes. GRAND . Tods- Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane. BIAII . .. Today Sneneer Traer. Lana Turner In "Dr. JekyH I and Mr. Horde." "Biondie in society,- , s UBEKTT - i ' i . Today Errot Flynn Brend MarshaJl in "Footsteps in the Dark." nose mm Lane in "Always a Bride - Wednesday Boris Kaxloff In "Devil Commands." Bob Steele. Claire Carle ton in "Great Train Robbery." TTtday-hares Starrett in "Pinto Kid" John Garfield. Brenda Mar- snau in -East 01 tbe River. !MHuyxjr?i NOW PLAY LN Q li NOW PLAVtNO Klc hard Arlen "FORCED XANDXNG Sllckey stoeney LIFE -CSGXNS FOE ANDY IXAXDT Pros Tax Great Convoy Safe, Nazi Subs Sunk LONDON, Jan. 3-fP)-Britain told the story Saturday of this winter's first great engagement in the battle of the Atlantic how ' the royal navy, ' with sea and aircraft units made in Ame rica, brought a great convoy to port over 90 per cent intact after blowing at least three nazl U boats to bits in a five-day fight. The convoy's protectors lost HMS Stanley, which was the former US destroyer McCalla, and an auxiliary catapult war ship which. Ironically enough, was- converted from the ex German merchantman Hanno ver, salvared and taken as a prize by a naval patrol in the west Atlantic in March of 1940 after her crew had tried to scuttle her. These were not the only losses which the admiralty announced Saturday. It disclosed also that the 7175-ton British cruiser Nep tune and. the 1600-ton destroyer Kandahar had been destroyed in a Mediterranean minefield. Thus the British acknowledged the sinking of a total of four of their warships: a cruiser, two destroyers and a converted prize or war. - Partial List of Speakers Named For Mission With approximately 100 Salem people serving on committees and other persons throughout the Willamette valley promising to cooperate, plans for the National Christian mission to be held here February 15 to 20 are going rap idly ahead, according to C. A. Kells. general chairman. Included in the list of sneakers. who have already made arrange ments to attend are Dr. Thomas Graham, head of the theological school at Oberlin, Ohio; Dr. Ralph u. walker, pastor of the White Temple, Portland; Dr. Edward Al bert Day, Pasadena. Calif.: Dr; Hayden Stewart. Vancouver. BC; Bi&nop Bruce R. Baxter, Port land; Dr. George Nace, Portland, executive-secretary of the Ore gon council of churches; Dr. Earl M. Conover, New Tork city; George Irving. New York city: Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, Salem, ana ur. Frank E. Carlson, Port land. Belleau Wood Renamed Belleau Wood, famous battle ground of World war I, was re named Bois de la Brigade de Ma rine, honoring US marines who captured it from German forces in June, 1918. Most Decorated Doe . Sgt Stubby, US marine canine mascot, was the most decorated dog in World War L Upon his death his body was stuffed and placed on exhibition in the Smith soman institute. Always 2 Smash Hits! ML Las! Tines Today! TO0I81P8 Enrol Flynn and Brenda Marshall : plus With Rosemary L&se COIIEDY 3.5c Uatiaeea Evenings Air Raid Test Meets Slated at Silverton Hills SILVERTON HILLS Two meetings slated for the Silverton Hills district in the near future are the annual meeting with elec tion of officers of the YGA erouo on January 7 and the meeting of the Silverton Hills Sewing dub on January 8. The former will meet at the home of Mrs. L. O. Hadlev and the latter at the home of Mrs. Ira Loren. Attack Fatal To Farmer FOX VALLEY Henry NeaL farmer and Fox Valley resident dropped dead Friday while at work in the field. Funeral arrangements are not complete. Neal is survived bv his widow and four small children; a brother. John, Lyons. Neal had suffered a lighter heart attack recently. Marines in Hawaii US marines were landed in Hawaii in 1893 to protect Ameri can lives and property during the Hawaiian revolution. Leathernecks in France The US marines, a part Of America's first contingent, land ed in France on June 27. 1917, Just two months after the US entered World war L NOW - 1 MAIN FEATURES A GREAT ACTRESS At Her Greatest! BETTE DAVIS in "THE LITTLE' FOXES" with Herbert Marshall Companion Feature Plus "Here Comes the Cavalry" 5 O I" anni Craspajslon Fcstsrc "Singspors Wsssaar Plus ferial "angle Girr tartar Wednesday - 2 Hits: t TK3y i i omnia ittsKr::;vLES ecu LU&Uii y tail KOaSUOi tnijiinos J at r UaCIAHEY TV. WoH Hkff X COMPANION FEATUZX A New ""Hopakmg" Cassidy j BILL BOYD in "TWUJGHT OJf TES . TZAJL" - n IsmillNiH fnSTHlEY'M3 ft li hi I 1 Marines Report Men in Salem Diuim During December 36 men enlisted in the marine corps through the Salem office, according to Staff Sgt. John A. Wright, who Is in charge. ' , : - From Salem are: David Kelson Smith. Charles Alonzo. ueroerc I Berry, . Robert Joseph Barclay, Wayne Allen Curry, Got- j don Arnold Krueger, Robert Earl Unruh, Eugene Hewitt . Carver, Paul Vernon Harris, Richard Wil liam Thatcher and George Delbert Savage. -.c --i v'-.vH From Silverton: Vernon Lerov llcOure, and LeV Pierce. ; From Dallax: James Fayette HarrelL :r From Aumsville: Sheldon Rich ard Barry.: :.-':.y- From ML Angel: Peter Nicholas. From Scio: Vernald Fred Busch. George Francis Rerucha and Har old Norman McDonald. - 1 From Albany: Kenneth Karl Kean. ' " 'V ! From Harrisbure: Glenn Henrv. McKIbben and Willis Clarence Fry. From Lyons: Harvey Daren Weitman. From Pendleton: Douglas Co- tad Short f From Tillamook: Richard Kinss- ley Wheeler. From Holley: James William La- Claire. From Dufur: Charles Edward Baker. From Jacksonville: George U ) m jt-j ln. m - r ' " t 4 I ' t 1 . v.. V I s f v - s ) He y?a ould ra, - But No WH WHY? Thdtttrtvay Acttn JOSEPH COTTCR POtOTHT CQsttWCQH SBBSBBBSBBSSBSBBBSMBMBSSBBBBBBB ISBBBSBBBBSSBBSBBBBMBBBBSSSSMBSaBBBSBSSSBBBBSBBW . EVEBXTT SLOARB CE0ICI C0UL0UII3 AGXES K00KEHEAD i f ACL STEVAIT KUTB VAKKICK' CXSErU SAITOKD WfLUASl ALUXO t - Second Feature Smack Oat of the Funny Paper 'Tillie Its Tcacr":, lid. 22c Eve. JKi 1 1 . Enlisting 36 Henry Wilkinson. ; 1 From wfllamina: Curtis Dale MaxfieldJI .From out-of-state: Edward An drew Sanberg, Rawlins, ; Wyo.; Josenh Howard Jenks. Huron. SD: Edward William Cooper, Kissi- hee Park, Fla.; James Kenneth Michot, Lafayett, La.; Gradon Ira Morgan, Manly. Owa: and Robert David Tius, Kasson, Minn. Enlisted from Portland are Ern est Arthur RaLonde and Lester Roy Armstrong, Portland; James Benedict! Fennimore, Mt Angel; Robert Payne Austen, Albany, and George Ray Sleutel, Harrisburg, Sprague Seeks Strike Accord A group of CIO furniture work ers anion officials, headed by John Brest, state CIO president, Monday conferred with Gov. Charles A. - Sprague and urged that he use his best efforts to influence a settlement of the strike involving 1600 employes of the u Jj LB Hollywood was warned ..... "You dare not show a love story like this!" m m VW ft rTsaa 1 T tvc on ts price EAT C0LUU . aft tJLXJ Doernbecher Furniture company.. At tht eanelnsIoB of th mmi. ferenee Got. Sprarae indicated"' .that he would transmit a pro, posal offered by the vnienbta to the Doernbecher eempany of - ' ficlals. The nature of the, pro posal was not dtvmlged. f Brost told , Gov. Sprague that the difference between the union ists and the company were not great and that the workers re peatedly had offered to arbitrate those points which could not b ironed out through direct hegotia tions. ..V J" -j. 'i y f. Both Gov. ' Sprague and Brost referred to the conference as "very satisfactory and said they hoped a common ground might be. provxaea xor a souiuon : ox controversy. 1 : ". '. ' . CaUfornUm Gets Milker From Salem ; California didnt have a mtm'r who eoold milk a dairy herd ef 4 St cows, so a bay region farmer , came to Salem Monday to hire an OregM milker. - John E. McAllister ef Salesa got the Job, through the Salem office of the state employment service. He went to the farm If miles south of San Francisco, with his new employer. : uov im TnxrJK: i:4-:l-S:s ; V (3 v Si liLtt Gts.22; A
