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Thm OSEGON STATESMAN. . Salem. Oregon. Saturday Morning, July 18. 1942
, ' By KIRKE L. SIMPSON ' , -
Wlds World War Analyst for The Statesman
... Although the nazi steam-roller still is crunching its bloody
'J way southeastward in the Don basin, its slowing -pace warrants
' shift of attention from Russia to Egypt, where a decisive crisis
seems evermore imminent.
The fate of Alexandria is
British-axis 'tank battle some
where in the narrow, sun-scorched
desert feorridor between the Medi
terranean and the Qattara depres
sion. t
' There seems little doubt that
the German- desert-warfare cen
tos. General Rommel, is mak
ing desperate efforts to break
the stalemate forced upon him
by the British stand at Alamein
Jane SO, efforts that If he fails
most expose him to dancers of
a disastrous defeat."
The mere fact that General
Auchinleck, British supreme com
mander' in Egypt, has not only ac
cepted but invited pitched battle
southwest of Alamein is encourag
ing. It indicates he has made the
most of his shorter and easier
communication lines .to bring up
men and machines. . K
British tank and equipment
losses in the lost battle of Libya
and retreat to Alamein have been
sufficiently overcome to permit
offensive preliminaries. Meagre
accounts of the .present action
from Cairo indicate it was brought
n by British scouting forays feel
ing out axis dispositions.
. They spoke so strongly of an
impending major British counter
attack as to force . Rommel into
action. That the reinforcements
which have reached him by air,
sea or land are comparable to
those now available to general
Auchinleck is improbable. All his
communication lines have been
under continuous British-American
air battering. '
While German initiative in the
tank battle is admitted, neither
the time nor the place of action
was primarily prompted by fear
of a British desert sweep around
his right flank to cut him off from
the rear and pin him against the
coast
If this analysis of the situa
tion is correct, Rommel has re
acted to his Increasing peril with
characteristic boldness. He Is
desperately trying to drive I
wedge that not only wOl pre
vent a British flank inc sweep to
the south, but may also smash
throach to force farther British
retreat
And if he fails to break through
himself or shatter the gathering
British offensive power, his situa
tion must become critical.
Consul Move
Stirs Finns
HELSINKI, July n-fflVThe
United States, decision to close
the, American consulate here and
to request the closing of Finnish
consulates there was officially de
scribed Friday as "a surprise' to
the government and the news hit
- the public hard.
The official statement said the
government "had no reason to
suppose" that its policy could lead
to such an action, and political
opinion voiced here described the
action as diplomatic pressure cal
culated to bold back military
operations endangering allied war
material deliveries to the Rus
sian front
The newspaper Uusi Suomi edi
torially declared further worsen
ing of Finnish-American relations
would "from our standpoint be
purposeless and regrettable," .and
expressed the fear that Washing
ton's action would weaken the
sympathy of the American masses
for Finland.
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Cut Timber Value
At AlWime High
PORTLAND, Ore- July Yl-UPi
Value ot timber cut in the north
Pacific region during, the fiscal
year was 132419,880, on all-time
high," Regional US Forester Lyle
w. watts reported Frdiay.
Ho said an upward trend In
stumpage prices accounted for the
Increased receipts. The previous
high was S2,11,W3 in 194L
Watts said also that 45,000,000
feet of Umber in the Columbia na
tional forest has been sold to the
Kosmos Lumber company, Seattle.
The bid, was $7.83 per thousand
for Douglas fir. . -- '
Sieel Workers Vote
Accept Increase
PITTSBURGH, July IT-CP)
The policy .'making committee of
. the , United Steel -Workers . ojT
; America late Friday , adopted "
resolution accepting the-war la-
" bor board's Increase of 44 cents a
day to "Tittle steeL" ';
About 157,000 employes of v the
Bethlehem Steel corporation, Re
public Steel corporation. Youngs
town Sheet & Tube company and
Inland Steel company are affected
ty the war labor board's recom
i,
again at stake in a roaring new
Dallas Flyer
Declared Dead
Lieut. Cadle Missing
Since June 3, Was
On Special Flight
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acquainted with the Alaskan ter
rain. Lieut. Cadle was born in Dal
las in 1915 and he attended grade
school in RickreaU. Ho was grad
uated from Dallas high school and
attended Willamette university in
1934 and 1935. He transferred 'to
the University of Oregon ami was
graduated in 1940.,
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Nelle Cadle of Dallas; his
father, A. R. Cadle of RickreaU;
a sister, Dorothy Cadle of Dallas,
and a brother, William Cadle, a
civil engineer with the Snow
Peake Logging company of La
comb, Ore.
FR May Ask
More Power
Authority in Wage and
Farm Price Control,
Wish Expected
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definitely te the cost of living
index. .
Beyond that, the president was
reported to desire a reduction in
the 110 per cent parity level con
gress fixed as the lowest point at
which ceilings could be placed on
farm crops. (Parity is the price
calculated -to give a commodity
the same relative purchasing pow
er it had in a past period, usually
1909-14). .
It was said that Mr. Roosevelt
was not likely to recommend any
specific methods, for controlling
wages but would want general
power that could be used to ad
lust inequalities and to keep pay
checks and prices in line with
each other.
The president said at his press
conference that the basis of all
policy on the problem was to
keep the cost of living from go
ing up.
The president and his tax ad
visors were reported to have
discussed at the White House
conference daring the day the
fact that the new revenue bill
before the house fulfilled only
about 75 per cent of the treas
ury's recommendations on cor
poration taxes, while Increasus
individual taxes the full amount
requested,
The president was saidhow
ever, to have made no mention
of the fact that the $8,200,000,000
total Of the bill was considerably
short of treasury recommenda
tions, but was reported to have
confined his remarks to urging
mat preferential treatment of all
classes be eliminated.
Bill Outlaws
Contract Fee
WASHINGTON, July 17-JF)-In
navy-labeled step to "stop
profiteering at government ex
pense," the house naval commit
tee unanimously approved Friday
bill outlawing commission fees
on government contracts which
have netted agents millions of dol
lars m recent months.
Almost . simultaneously, a fed
eral district grand jury here re
turned an indictment in 12 counts
against dapper, dark-haired Alex
ander Stone, charging him with
unlawfully receiving commissions
on war contracts while a govern
ment employe.
Stone, a former 14200-a -vear
federal housing administration
employe and the first of the mm-
mission agents to be questioned
by the naval committee, was al
leged to have received $27,074 as
5 per cent fee on $541,491 worth
of business obtained by the Lionel
corporation of Irvington, NJ, be
tween April 6, 1940. and March
1, 1941. At that time, he was still
an FHA employe. ; . .
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Anti-Sab Measures :
Proving Effectived .
US ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
Canal Zone,' July I7-VLieut
Gen." Frank Andrews, commander
of Caribbean defenses, told a press
conference Friday that new anti
submarine defense measures "ap
parently were proving -, very ef
fective in the Caribbean tone.
Although he would not discuss
the nature of the measures, there
Enemy Forces
Set Up Tents
. Continued US Attacks
1 Hold Japs; Report
Enlarges Story
(Continued from Page 1)
80-ship armada toward Midway
island, where America's greatest
naval victory of the war was won.
Fitting the enemy's Aleutians
operations into the -general Pa
cific picture, the navy said in the
communique that the Midway and
Aleutians drives constituted
two-prong thrust at this country
westernmost possessions, of which
capture of Midway was "the pri
mary objective."
.This indicated likelihood that
in defeating the Jap fleet at Mid
way, the United States had wreck
ed the major strategic plan by
which the enemy hoped to profit
from his Aleutians venture pos
sibly with a follow-up attack on
Alaska itself once he had the mid
Pacific situation well in hand.
jWhile the navy review did not
substantially alter the sum of pre
viously disclosed information
about the Aleutians, it added num
erous specific facts, particularly
as to damage. These included:
1 On Jane 4, the day after they
first attacked Dutch Harbor and
the adjoining army post. Fort
Mean, the Japanese made sim
ultaneous aircraft assaults on
Dutch Harbor-Fort Mean and
en Fort Glenn on TJmnak island,
70 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
The latter was a strafing at
tack. Since June 4 there have been
no further attacks on Aleutian de
fenses. -
Total American casualties in the
bombings were 44 army and navy
men killed and 49 wounded. One
civilian employe was killed.' Also,
a number of American aircraft
have been lost and at Dutch Har
bor, the old station ship North
western, which had been beached
and used for barracks, was de
stroyed by fire after being bomb
ed. At Fort Glenn, no damage was
done by the strafing, but at Dutch
Harbor-Fort Mears, a few bar
racjcs, warehouses and fuel oil
tanks were set afire, an empty
hangar was hit and a navy mall
plane was strafed as it was about
to take off.
In addition to ship losses, the
enemy suffered at least seven air
craft destroyed including two In
the initial attack on Dutch Har
bor, one during a subsequent
reconnaissance flight and two at
Fort Glenn.
Moreover, the enemy carriers
which launched the attacking
Planes Jane 3-4 were located
and attacked by army and navy
planes with bombs and tor
pedoes, bat results In this as In
several more recent air actions
against Jap ships were not ob
served, presumably doe to the
prevalence of fogs.
When the initial attack on Dutch
Harbor came, the navy reported
mere were in the harbor three
American destroyers, an army
transport a mine sweeper and a
coast guard cutter, in addition to
the beached Northwestern. These
ships went into action and anti
aircraft crews both afloat and
ashore opened fire five minutes
before the first bomb feu. None
of the ships was hit
Trial of Four
Is Completed
WASHINGTON, July Yl-iJPi
cases against four of the eight
alleged nazi saboteurs on trial for
their lives before a military com
mission were completed Fridayf
me run in aay of the triaL
Still to be presented is the evi
dence against the four remaining
aeienaants, and such defense as
the eight may offer.
Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy,
president ox the commission, an
nounced the prosecution had rest.
ed 'Its case against the four de
fendants who landed on Long Is
land, NY, from a submarine. The
others, also brought to the coast
on a U-boat, landed in Florida.
Three Escapees
sentenced to ,
Montana Prison
James Off den White. Jack
Graves and Roy L. Bogg, escapees
from the Oregon state neniton.
tiary for whom representatives of
tne prison were sent to Montana,
have been sentenced and have
started to serve five-vear term.
In Deer Lodge. Mont, state peni
tentiary for theft of an automo
bile there, officials revealed here
Friday.
News of the Montana sentences
was not made public here until
after the Marion county grand
Jury had indicted the trio for lar
ceny or. a truck in connection with
their escape here June 20. The
car was allegedly stolen In Mon
tana shortly thereafter.
The Indictment here will niar
a detainer over each of the three
upon their release after serving
the , Montana sentences. District
Attorney Miller B. Hayden said
Friday. White was sent up from
Marion county and all. were serv
ing time -here on larceny charges
when they escaped from the nni-
rtentiary annex. ,
have been official statements that
convoys now had been Instituted
In the Caribbean as well as along
the Atlantic coast
Hold Navy
""V
A!
J. Vernon Scott (left) and J. Vinton Scott twin sons of Dr. and Mrs.
J. Vinton Scott of Salem who hold ensign's commissions In the naval
reserve. They left Wednesday for San Francisco te enter the
Physicians and Surgeons school of dentistry. They are graduates
of Salem high school in 1941 and were members of the Salem phil
harmonic orchestra. They attended Pacific Union college In Anjrwin,
usur., last year, taking pre-denttstry. (McEwan photo.)
Adair Troops
Coming Soon
1000 Men Day Slated
Says Bradley ( Cadre
Of Division Enters
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ahead of schedule and no de
mands could be made, the con
struction personnel voluntarily
and cheerfully accelerated . the
program. This was done at con
siderable sacrifice and without
any reward other than that of
pride of accomplishment This de
feat of time is a real victory. It
permits the organization of the
96th Infantry Division to proceed
as planned. It deserves commen
dation the same as a battlefield
success. We of the Division sa
lute them and are proud to be
associated with such real men.
"3. Tou having accomplished so
much, we have no hesitancy in
requesting more. We ask the con
struction personnel to complete
the 96th Division Area so that we
may begin to receive the balance
of the Division, at the rate of
about 1,000 men per day, begin'
ning August 13, 1942. The men
will be available then. By meet
mg mat date tne Division can
begin its training as early as
possible and be ready to meet the
enemy that much sooner.
. Anticipating tnat tms re
quest will be met and beaten, we
of the 96th Division pledge our
selves:
"a. To fully cooperate and as
sist
"b. To give construction the
right-of-way in everything.
"c. To ask for no extras or re
linemen ts. we are going to en
dure many hardships and are wil
ling to begin toughening up now,
"d. To produce in the shortest
possible time a hard-hitting, first
class fighting division so that the
construction personnel will be
proud to have been associated
with the 96th Infantry Division
in its early days, and can point
with pride to their part in get
ting it Into combat without delay.
"3. L. Bradley,
"Major General, USA.'
Hankow Raids
CHUNGKING, July 17-i!V-A
fourth and "very satisfactory" air
raid on Hankow, big Japanese base
on the Yangtze, was announced
Friday by General Stilwell's head
quarters, while aground the Chi
nese reported they were inflicting
casualties on the Japanese in
fighting four provinces.
At the same time the Chinese
disclosed officially that war cup-
plies now were arriving over a
newly-opened 2800-mile road from
Russia, .s--
A communique said the water
front at Hankow, midway between
Shanghai and Chungking, was
attacked Thursday . by "allied
bombers' escorted by fighter
planes. Previous raids were made
July 1, 2 and 6. " ,
It was announced Friday that
m the July 2 raid a dozen 220-
pound bombs struck the Hankow
docks and warehouses and there
were several near misses on ships.
Citizen Ceremonial
Planned tTednesi'-y
Tentative plans for a citizen
ship ceremonial. possibly to bo
held Wednesday night, honoring
new citizens at the time of pre
sentation of 1 their ' certificate
were made at a committee meet
ing of the Federated Patriotic So
cieties on Friday night - at the
chamber of commerce.
Braises Treated- .'7
Colvin Mathews, 9. of .Seats.
was treated Friday at Salon Dea
coness hospital for- face bruises
received when be fell on a tennis
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Damag
Japs
Commissions
Fateful Fractures
Save From Draft
THE DALLES, July 17 -A)
Max Jahm would have -gone
into the army In April except
that he fractured both heels
Jumping across the creek en a
flshing trip.
Ordered te report te the army
again fat July, he fell et of a:
cherry tree the ether day
fractured a wrist
and
Equality Said
Need in Peace
French and Chinese
Officials Stress ,
Post-War Aims
SEATTLE, July 17-(ff)-A for
mer French aid minister declared
here Friday night that the basis
for a lasting peace hi Europe must
be equality among all peoples,
"even the Germans, the Italians
and the Frenchmen who have fol
lowed Marshal Petain and Pierre"
LavaL" : y, !. v ......
The speaker was Pierre Cot,
seven times a member' of the
French parliament. He addressed
the closing session of the United
Nations conference on a post-war
program. '
To reconstruct Europe, he coun
seled, there must bo a . complete'
transformation of the economic
system, a new concept of. Interna
tional life and training of the
peoples in the principles of de
mocracy. On the other hand, he warned
that the axis military power must
be annihilated because a negotiat
ed peace would result In "maybe
50 or 100 years of war."
Col. M. Thomas Tchou, former
secretary to Generalissimo fThiang
Kai-Shek, struck a similar recon
struction note. He warned that
the . world community must en
compass both victorious and van
quished nations to Insure a lasting
peace. ; W
"We must ' make it Impossible
for them to do it again," he de
clared, in referring to the ag
gressornations. "We must win the
war first, bf course, but if we
don't win the peace as well, the
winning of the war will be a hol
low victory." -
Speakers denounced the stand
of critics who have denounced
their movement for attempting to
solve the problems of peace be
fore the war is won. To make a
permanent peace, they contended.
a lasting program must be formu
lated. before the final victory.
Exaggerations in
'Chute Reports
Keep Army Busy
NEW. YORK, July 17-MVThe
annys eastern defense command
said Friday night the old Yankee
weakness for exaggeration was
causing needless labor for mill
tary and civilian personnel in the
northeast who were kept busy all
day searchinf for non-existent
parachutists..
Lieut. CoL E. J. Glavln. public
relations officer ,f or the com
mand, said more man 20 , false
rumors of parachute lndiwgi
were received Friday while the
army - Investigated a report that
six parachutes Were seen de
scending last night a few miles
from President Roosevelt's Hyde
Park estate.
t Colonel Glavin said that In the
wahe of Thursday -might's report
"there have been many false
reportj circulating which tend to
cause alarm - and fear in the lo
calities where-they originated."
The command said other para
chute reports had been received
from Maine and New Jersey. In
New Jersey the parachutes turn
ed " out -to be balloons released to
secure meteorological data.
"In all " cases much time and
effort on the part of military and
defense . personnel r have . been
wasted because of these false
rumors," the statement said. -
Migrant Camp
OpemAgSet
Manager Here With
Labor Unit for
West Stayton
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The West Stayton migratory la
bor . camp will open Thursday,
equipped to take care of at least
700 people during the bean pick
ing season, John G. Whi taker,
camp manager, ' announced here
Friday. : , .a ; "
The camp is a mobile unit and
was brought to the West Stayton
area irora the North Plains dis
trict In Washington where it cared
for the strawberry pickers.
The camp is operated under the
farm security administration and
has 'a staff- of from seven to ten
workers including several WPA
workers, Whitaker said.
'The camp wHt'open with 4S
.tents, each earing for three or
four workers, and can be en
larged te take care of many
more. Last year X70S were lo
cated In this camp daring the
height of the season. This year
it. b believed an additional
camp may be established at
Turner, Whitaker said.
- Local people working in the
bean fields are urged to make use
of the camp, which is fully
equipped with its own running
water and a pressure trailer with
diesel engine. The camp well was
dug last year and the . water is
tested regularly by the. state
health department
A nursery for the children of
workers will take care of from
100 to 150 children. It will be un
der the direction of a trained
home management specialist who
will have several WPA assistants.
" The camp has its own govern
ment, electing its own leaders.
The only cost for living in the
camp is two hours work a week
for each registered family. This
makes a family of seven pay the
same as a family unit of one per
son.' ' -.-1
Whitaker'a staff Includes
Charles Dawson, assistant naaa
acer? Kobert Barnett, etna
clerk; Alva Holt, maintenance
mechanic; Lloyd Lalrson. care
taker; Lola Ballinser, heme
management : supervisor; Jeaa
Bechner, diet cook.
There will also be one WPA
cook with assistants and WPA
nursery assistants. The full med
ical service of the camp is avail
able and two weekly clinics will
be held. A nurse wtH be on duty
ai an tunes. .
Nut Growers
Launch Drive ;
For Members
Members of the Salem Nut
Growers cooperative launched a
campaign for a new members at
a meeting Friday night at the
chamber of commerce.
A. L. Page, president of the co
operative, introduced to the mem
bers and prospective members
Tim H. Bjelland, manager of the
Salem group; McKinley Kane, secretary-treasurer
of the North Pa
cific Nut Growers cooperative; R.
A. Jerauld, traffic man for North
Pacific; Charles H. Devlin, who is
directing the campaign from Port
land headquarters, and Miss Eve
lyn Johnson, campaign secretary.
Joseph R. Gerber, Portland ad
vertising agency head, first speak
er on the program, told the grow
ers "If speculators can make a
profit by buying your nuts, you
can make that profit for yourself
by selling through the North Paci
fic Nut Growers cooperative.
Right now, the filbert situation is
ideaL since our previous competi
tion with Italy, Turkey and Snain
no longer exists. We are living fa
a fool's paradise, i However It Is
not too soon to take a strong hand
in the situation. The threat of
heavy imports of European fil-
wnen woria trade is re
established should cause concern.
The success f the rapidly
growing filbert Industry rests up
on the growers uniting into a
strong cooperative which will be
in a position to create a large mar
ket and maintain a fair price, for
the years to come after the war,
when the .European Influx of fil
berts begins.'
Other speakers at the mmp8gn
kick-off meeting were R. A. Want
head of the Pacific Wool Growers:
T. T. Leonard, president of North
Pacific; and Dewey Barnes, cam
paign field worker.
Harris Hurl When
Car Hite Railing
Monty Harris, route one, Sa
lem, sustained a severe laceration
of the lower lip and his car re
ceived minor" damages when It
struck the south railing of the east
approach of the Willamette river
bridge about 10 - o'clock Friday
night- -
Harris, who was taken to Sa
lem Deaconess hospital by the first
aid car, had: been driving west -on
Center street, city police who in
vestigated . the one-car accident
reported.
Maury Paul Diej
NEW YORK, . July ll-VPI
Maury Henry Eiddle Paul, "Cholly
Knicker bocker," 52, New York
Journal-American society editor
credited with originating the term
"cafe society to describe patrons
of Manmattan's lush sight clubs.
died Friday of a heart ailment
Service Men
Whero Thar A '
What They're Doing
PORTLAND, July 17-KavNew
navy enlistees announced Friday
included Robert C Young, De
troit: Kenneth 'Brltton; Sweet
Home; Walter O. Manuel, Leb
anon; Earsel J. Moe, Lawrence I
Nollette, jr, McMinnville.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred D, Thielten
are receiving, a visit from their
son, Sgt Ted Thielsen, who ar
rived .Thursday on, furlough -from
the army signal corps. Now sta
tioned at. Seattle awaiting assign
ment to another post, Sgt Thiel-
soa has seen service in the Pana
ma canal: zone. Alaska, and at
Camp .Roberts,. Calif,; during his
four years with the corps.
Charles TindalL 163 South
Commercial street has received
a letter from his son, Robert Tin-
dan, seaman first class with the
United States navy. It was - the
first word the Salem man had
had in three months from his son
who Ts with the fleet in Pacific
waters. Robert Tindall enlisted in
the navy In May, 1941.
Pvt James G. Noble has
been' transferred from Fort
Leonard Wood, Mu, to ' Fort
Georre Wris-ht. Spokane, Wash;
Pvt Earl R. Noble has been
transferred from Fort Leonard
Wood to Camp' Lawton. Wash.
Their parents. : Mr. and Mrs.
James T. Noble, and daughter,
Mrs. Rex Cain, visited at!. Camp
Lawton last Sunday and plan to
visit in Spokane soon. '
INDEPENDENCE Dr. Mae
Hall and Mrs. Roy Finster ' are
planning to visit Lieut Finster.
who is stationed at Camp Call en.
caux Mrs. Finster will remain
In San Dieso and Dr. Hall will
return to Independence.
Roger Cronn- is visitine friend
here. Hris with the United State
Lnavy and saw action in the battle
ox coral sea.
ROSED ALE -I PVL VIrfl !
Trick. Instructor at Chanute Field,
is name lor a rief visit with
his family. He was accompanied
by Pvt 'Carl Kin of Lorraine.
Ore, and Frank Peters, Dallas,
aiso an instructor.
Mrs. Carl D. Trick and ion
Larry of Santa Ana, Calif, are
visiting at the T. D. Trick home.
Lieut Carl Trick is stationed t
Santa Ana.".
SMTTHFIELD . Ceor
son. Fort Ord, Califs Is visiting
wun nia rather, j. P. Simpson,
who has recentlv hem mnfin
to his bed because of a heart
aument; ; ; - . -
MISSION c BOTTOM J- Mr.
Delsha Walling. Salem route two
recently received letters from her
two sons In the armed forces.
Lowell Arthur Walling, United
States navy, is somewhere with
the Pacific fleet .
Pvt Glenn Alvin Wallinff of
the coast artillerv is stationed at
Camp CaHen, San Diego, Calif.
Mrs. Walling has five nephews
serving with the United States
armed forces. Jack and Bill Ep
pers are with the marines, Billy
Coonse is in the navy, Bob Wal
ling in the armv air enm nA
Joe Weidner in the army. ;
SCIO Sfft Willard Stimmm
son of Mrs. Al Baker, is stationed
at Fort Lewis and visited here
this week. ,
WOOOBUKN Jun Letcher
and John Barrett who have
been awaiting assignment as
eadeta in the air corps, left this
week for Santa Ana, Calif, te
begin training. Both were orig
inally from the Woodbura
anti-tank company tmt were
transferred to the air eerps
while the company was at Fort
Lewis. ' X- r '
Mrs. Molly Hunt has roivi
word that her brother, 3
Meiring, formerly of Medford, and
in active service with five United
States armv for 1 va-
been promoted to lieutenant col
onel. He Is in the quartermaster
corns and for two vear Ha Kmt
stationed at McChord field. .
McNary Reached
By '06 Letter
WASHINGTON. Jaly 17 -ff)
Senator McNary (R-Ore) pu
sled Friday ever a letter which
he mailed SI years age and de
livered a few days age.
- The letter, addressed to C. L
McNary, U.&S,- Washingtsn,
DC, was postmarked Portland.
Or April is, isea. it wm for
warded from Portland June it,
1S12.
The senator was snare mys
tified over the address than the
delay. He waa net elected te the
senate wattl JS17. v'
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CANNERY WORKERS , AND MEMBERS OF
CANNERY. WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NO.
23,104: Special open meetin; July 19, at LABOR
TE5IPLE; at 1:33 P. It ALSO closed meeting at
: 2:30 P, HL AH Paulas workers" please come. :
'MIP(DIHl!ffAOT2 ;:
7. a BARNWELL, President
Air Commando
Training
9 Gliders, Parachutes
- Take Large Role ,
For Offense
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to strike the enemy where he is
least prepared." -,
Numerous details concerning the
size, ' composition and tactics of
the air commandos, Arnold said,
must necessarily be kept secret
But he added: ' , v
"It can bmw be revealed that
la sise, equipment and firepow
er,' the air-borne army will ex- .
eeed anything- ef the kind the
world has yet seen." . .
Training courses for the com
mandos and their pilotsthe men
who will fly the glider planes
already . are under way, the air
forces commander said. ' -
In those courses, the air-borne
attack forces and. glider, pilots
among other things are being
trained to withdraw after accom
plishing their commando raid mis
sions. V w- y -. J
Just what the means of with
drawal might be was not disclosed
for military reasons. However," it
was pointed out that army planes
while in flight have successfully
picked up a tow of gliders from
the ground. " ;
Headquarters f o r the new
troops carrier command, trans
port unit for the air commandos,
have been r established at ; Stout
Field, Ind, with CoL Fred S,Bor
um in command. :
Arnold said "several tactical
stations' under command of the
new troops carrier organizations
were being established.' At those ,
stations, glider pilots will re-
eelve their flight training be
fore going Into eommande
training for "coordination with
the combat grovps. :
Parachute troons will Dlav
part in the commando raids, the
army said. They will be trans
ported In the large planes which
tow tne commando-laden, gliders.
With disclosure of the creation
of the air commando onraniza.
tion, Arnold coupled a call for
volunteers as commando 1 glider
pilots. Those pilots, he said, "will
be In the forefront of attack: anil
he predicted, will receive "high
recognition from the people of
ine united states because of the
Important missions thev win
form." -
Boy Hunter
Loses Gun
To Sheriff
One 14-vear-nlrf Kn i mi..
one JZ2 rifle today because ha
Went huntintf tmHivam
close to the public highway Fri
day afternoon. Sheriff A. C. Burk
has announced. : ,
D. H. Lanker of Portland, in
spector
operating on the Willamette riv
er,-, hhu jsunc ne ana another
man were en route to Salem on
the Soiith River rn1 aV,t v-tn
Friday. when they heard a rifle
shot and a noise like gravel strik
ing the car. , , ,
They stooned anrl invcff.
but found nothing unusual. Upon
parKing in ine city, however,
Lanker discovered a bullet holt
through a right door of the car
and found the bullet lodged in
the cushion of the autnmobn'
rear seat .
A deputy from Burk's office
drove immediately to the scene
of the mishap, saw a dog de
livering a dead ground squirrel
In the vanf nf a nu.k. 1 m . -
- J x a Wiumt.Y
and discovered ttat the boy of
w nousenoia had been hunting
the rodents near the highway
and that he iitn. .. .i.it
having shot tn the direction of
the road, evidently without 'rea I
liring the danger Involved. A
promise to make restitution to
Lanker for the damage to his car
was given, the deputy said, and
the gun was confiscated.
Tribe Urnited
ro-AMATH FALLS, July tl-(Jt)
The Klamath Indian tribal coun
cil wm limit membership in the
tribe to those having at least one-
ivrm maian diooo if the secre
tary of the Interior
ruling, . . I .
DIICE
EVERY SATURDAY
Rowland's Band
River Road .
1 Miles North on :
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