Hi OREGON STATESMAN, Satan. Oregon. Thursday Morning, February 5, 1942
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Naval Flier
Earl Morton Nichols (above), 570
Union street, who left recently
for a northwest navy base to
serve as a plane pilot Son of
Mrs. Edna Nichols, Salem, and
a graduate of Salem high school
and University of Oregon,
Nichols took the army's student
air corps training course and
later received advanced flying
Instruction at Corvallis. He was
a state and city wrestling cham
pion as a student at Salem high.
By KIRKE L. SlMJSON
Wide World War Analyst for The Statesman
Despite his assurances that "great reinforcements" will ar
rive in the southwest Pacific, General Wa veil's appeal to allied
troops there to hold their ground carries a grim reminder of the
xsnusn Dacits-io-uie-wau oraer in ranr 24 vears n?o.
That "order of the day" was
issued April 12, 1918, by General
Sir Douglas Haig. The German
master offensive of that dark
spring was in full cry, with Amer
ican troops yet to be tested in
major action. British . lines in
Picardy were crumbling- and con
tact between British add French
armies was gravely threatened.
Wavell had that in mind even
more than the first battle of
Tpres which he cited as a pre
cedent and British stand at To
bruk. Now as in France in 1918
and in Libya last yearf he said,
the mission of British empire
forces and their allies is to hold
on nntfl help reaches them to
turn the tide of battle against
the Japanese.
Thus history repeats itself with
in less than a quarter century.
Wavell, as allied generalissimo in
the Pacific war theatre, has ap
parently reached the conclusion
that the crisis is at hand there.
The Nipponese drive to break
through British-Dutch-American
defenses and sweep The Nether
lands Indies, even Australia, into
the axis dragnet is at its peak.
When, where or how the
promised Anglo-American rein
forcements will arrive to thwart
it, as Anglo-American-French
armies thwarted the last Ger
man victory effort In 1918, is
yet to be disclosed.
The news from other war fronts
is none too cheering. The British
"annihilation drive" in north
Africa has become a puzzling
British retreat. Empire forces
have been driven or withdrawn
from virtually all the Libyan
hump.. In Russia there have been
no new claims for days of strate
gic towns or important junctions
recaptured by Red armies. At
least one re-won foothold in the
crimea, Feodosyia, has been lost
by the Russians again.
In the Atlantic the sea war
fare has spread to American
coastal waters. The admitted
cost In tanker and other ton
nage sunk is heavy: but the full
story remains hidden behind
censorship requirements.
Despite this shadowed war pic
ture for the allies, there are def
inite hopeful factors. Wavell
enumerated some of them, like
the impregnability of Singapore
island to Japanese flanking ma'
neuvers. General MacArthur's
amazing stand against far greater
odds on Bataan peninsula in an
other. Chinese reports that the
foe is combing already thinned
down Japanese garrisons in China
to muster fresh force for the grand
assault southward is yet another.
Nor can American naval oper
ations ia the Marshall and Gil
bert islands be overlooked.
Those raids went a 'long way
toward smashing or neutralising
dangerous Japanese outposts
Menacing the main reinforce
ment routes across the Pacific
They tended to confirm to Wa
vell's men his assurances that
help Is coming.
Turning back to the 1918
"backs-to-the-wall" precedent for
Wavell's order, it should be re
called that it was issued at the
blackest hour of the war for the
allied powers. Three months later,
in July of that year, the Germans
were in general retreat in France.
Seven months later, on November
11, they surrendered and the first
World war ended. Wavell may
also have had that in mind in
bolstering his men for the cul
minating Japanese attack.
Honor Students
At Scio Named,
Play Slated
SCIO Lucille Gregg, Beverly
Schrunk and Dorothy Cook are
freshmen on the honor roll of
Scio high school for the first six
weeks of the second semester.
Others on the roll are sopho
mores, Loretta Arnold, Gene Bar-
tu, Louise White, Zona Zander;
junior, June Cyrus; and seniors,
Bette June Withers, Dale Weber,
"Hobgoblin House," a three-act
spook comedy, is scheduled for
February 13 presentation at Scio
gymnasium by the senior class
under direction of Mrs. Alice
Gregg, rengiiah instructor.
Bette June Withers, Eleanor
Calavan, Luella Slover, Helen
Rohwein, Dale Weber, Kenneth
Slover, Donald Gonser, Clarence
Schwuidt, Harry Holechek, Jack
Shelton, Pat Holland and June
Cyrus will take parts in the play
with Don Boyanovsky stage man
ager. x
Expenses of the annual and a
class 'gift to the school will be
partially defrayed by the pro
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Honor Pupils
Named; Class
Heads Chosen
INDEPENDENCE The first
semester honor rolr"for Indepen
dence high school "was posted
Monday by Principal Paul E. Rob
inson. Students on the first honor roll
were Miyuki Inouye, Barbara
Wells, Lois Rowland and Mary
Traylor. Those on second roll
were: Ruth Farmer, Thelma Cox,
Cleo Robertson, Bob Wells, Jean
Trumbo, Betty Belle Henry, Mar
jory Kietzlng, Jack Wells, La
Verne Rowland, Mary Driver,
Del ores Hultman, Audrey Crab-
tree, feningo Inoure. Virginia
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Offering Given
Red Cross vFuud
GATES The social meeting
of the Women's Improvement
club was held at the home of
Mrs. A. B. Horner Thursday. The
silver offering was donted to the
Red Cross fund.
Those entertained were Mrs.
Norriss Thomas, Mrs. Katherine
Klutke, Mrs. Harry Keiser, Ruby
Winters, Mrs. Al Carey, Mrs. Til
man Rains; Lola Henness, Mrs.
Roy Taylor, Georgia Shane and
Mrs. Harold Wilson.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Glen Henness February, 26. ;
Mrs. Ruby Winters spent the
weekend m Portland with her sis
ter, Mrs. Oscar Osterhout.
Called to Portland
AUMSVILLE J. S. Bidgood,
teacher of the upper grades in the
local school was called to Port
land Sunday to be at the bedside
of his wife, who is seriously ill
and has been in Portland. several
months for medical care.
Smith, Hisae Mitoma and Evelyn
Grittoa.
Class meetings were held last
week at the high school to elect
new officers. Senior officers elect
ed were: Bob Barnhart, president;
June Housley, vice-president;
Jackie 1 Brooks, secretary; Verna
Schrag, treasurer; Bob Barnhart
and Mildred Pomeroy, council
members.
Juniors selected: Melvin AmS
berry, president; Don Kafer, vice
president; Bill Bowen, secretary;
Junior Bullock, treasurer; Peggy
Dingmaif and Jack Wells, coun
cil members.
Sophomores - chose Ronald
Houk, president; Ivan Finley, vice
president; Delores Pyle, secretary;
Virginia Makoff, treasurer; and
Ivan Finley, council member.
Service
Men
Whore Ther Are
What They're- Doing
Urban Shrode, Jr., North Bend,
who was killed in action with
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces
in Bataan peninsula near Manial
January 28, attended high school
in Lebanon before graduating with
the class of 1938 from North Bend.
He enlisted in the air corps in
October, 1940.
WEST SALEM Warren and
Kelsey Bonney. sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bonney, have left for
army service. Kelsey was called
back to the artillery unit at Fort
Lewis, and Warren enlisted in the
air corps at Shepard Field, Texas.
SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Richards have received a let
ter from their son, Jim Richards,
22, gunner on a US aircraft car
rier. Young Richards graduated
from the Suverton high school in
1938 and has been in the navy for
two years.
DES MOINES, U.-iVSerg-eant
OXeary" was a pretty good
picker after all.
The sergeant a year ago picked
34 boys at the Eldora state train
ing school and "enlisted" them in
the army. He brought them to
Des Moinev then disappeared.
The boys went back disappoint
ed. When officers caught up with
the sergeant, they learned he
wasn't a sergeant and his name
wasn't OXeary and he went to a
federal prison.
But the Iowa board of control
disclosed the other day 2? of
0Learys boys are now in mili
tary, service and doing very welL
EVANS VALLEY Clayton
Langsev, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels
Langsev, enlisted In the navy this
week.
LEBANON, Feb. 4 Bill Dun
can, army baker stationed at Fort
Shatter, almost slept through the
Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. ,
In a letter to his, parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Duncan of Leb
anon, he said he had Just finished
his shift and was sound asleep
when the Jap bombing began. His
companions tided to rouse him,
but he thought, they were -pulling
a joke on hint Finally -convinced
the raid was the real thing, Dun
can joined his mates in manning
the harbor defenses.
PIONEER Carl Black left for
Ft. Lewis Wednesdav. Carl worked
in the Dallas postoffice prior to
being called into service. He was
president of the Christian Endeav
or society of the Christian church
in Dallas and treasurer of the
church and a teacher in the pri-
Silverton Issues
First Bike Tags
SILVERTON Bicycle tags ar-
rived Monday and the first license
ever issued at Silverton went to
Charles Wampole, jr. Twenty-six
were issued in all Monday tt the
city hall.
The licenses are obtainable at
the city hall from 9 to 8 o'clock
on week days and from t to 12 ,
o'clock on Saturdays.
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