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, The OTZGOll : STATESMAN, . Sdtos. Ortgon. Sunday 2!oni!ag. Asuri -lkV 1 812 PAGE TIEES Local News Briefs Lute Oortst. Ph. 9582. 1276 N. Lib. Soldier Surrenders Pvt. Dur ward Allen Nopson, Camp Callan, Califs walked into the Salera po lice department at 2 o'clock Sat urday morning and asked for a bed to sleep on. When informed that none was available, Nopson said he was AWOL from the army and had been gone from camp since August 1. He said he had been visiting friends in Seattle. The police held Nopson for the army authorities, who picked him up Saturday. He was dressed in civilian' clothes. For home loans see Salem Fed eral, 130 South Liberty. Attend Tonus GOP Members of the Salem Young Republican club attending the Oregon feder ation's executive board meeting in Eugene today are Marjorie Price and Georgi Clark, club vice chairman and secretary, Dorothy . Cornelius and Don Black, state board members, and Steve An derson, state executive secretary. ... The committee will meet a num . ber of candidates and discuss the drive for the legislators pay amendment.' ' Piano manufacturers have quit making pianos and have gone into war production. Tallman Piano Stores are forced to discontinue business for the duration. Entire , stock of pianos sacrificed. Ap proved terms. 469 State St ' Attends Reunion--Verne L. Os trander was in Medford Saturday to attend the activation of the - 81st division at Camp White and the" reunion of the old 91st. He was the guest of his old unit. Com pany B, 361st infantry. He was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel in the last war and has been decorated with the pur pie heart. He is an employe of . the Southern Pacific railroad and is a member of the US cavalry re serve. Boys, get your Statesman route now. Have spending money this fall. See Circ. Mgr. of The States man. Lesion to Meet Capital Post No. 8, American Legion, will hold its August meeting Monday night at the Legion hall, Cottage and Chemeketa streets. Complete re ports on the Fourth of July cele- : bration are expected to be given during the session. Monday night's meeting will be the last in which the current officers "will conduct. . Fred , Gahlsdorf turns over the commandership to Ira - O. Pilcher in the. September meeting. Savings-Unsured to $5,000.00 are earning 3 at Salem Federal "130 South Liberty.; Permit Asked Cleo and Shir ley Thompson of Sweet Home -have applied to the state engineer to appropriate .14 second foot of water f ronr an unnamed tributary to Ames creek, for domestic use and irrigation of ten acres of land in Linn county. Canning Peaches ready. You pick. Aspinwall Orchards 1 at Brooks. Phone 21261. Still at Hospital Benjamin M. Collins; who suffered a heart at tack last Sunday, is improving at the Salem General hospital, his family reports. A son and wife, : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Collins of Se- attle, are visiting him. Legion Adopts Plans During a meeting of the Marion county council of the American Legion at Aurora Friday night, tentative plans were drawn up which will afford farewell parties for draft selectees similar to the parties now being held in Salem. Charles Johnson, O. E. Palmateer and Irl McSherry were named committee for a series of meetings through out the county, first of which Will be held at Woodburn on the sec ond Friday in October. Mrs. Em ma Pearce, Salem, president of district two of the auxiliary, out lined her plans for the coming year. . Night school, $6 month. Office machines, bookkeeping and stenography. Capitol Business Col lege. Ph. 5987. Fire "Extinguished The Salem fire department's quick action ex tinguished a rubbish -fire which had gotten out of control Satur day afternoon near the Burroughs cleaning establishment at 691 North High street. A caretaker was burning the rubbish in a fur nace when it suddenly spread. The firemen were called and prevent ed any damage, i Apply now for paper routes. Boys who wish carrier routes for this fall, see Mr. Clark at Statesman. You can still buy a Johns-Man-ville roof, nothing down, 12 mo. to pay, Mathis Bros., 164 S. Coml. Car Goes Beserk Jack P. Bunz, 1065 Garnet street, lost control of his car while driving in the 1000 WithWacks '.:. H v. -V - V X-W , .1, t ' I ' r J ' 1 Hs 1 Ermel Evelyn Klein (above), member of the Salem unit ef Oregon Women's Ambulance corps, left Friday for Fort Des Moines, WAAC training school. Jesten-Miller photo. - severing another, disabled. Bunz' car was Service Men Where They Are. What They're Dobi Ensign Otto SkopH, jrn and En sign Leland Shinn, jr., received notice Saturday to report for. act ive duty in Seattle and will leave the first of the week. Mrs. Sko pil will accompany her husband, but Mrs. Shinn will remain in Portland for the present The men will be sent for a four-m onthi course at Harvard, after taking preliminary training until No vember in Seattle. SkopO, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Skopil; st, is a graduate of Wil lamette university and has been attending law school. He is a four year basketball letterman and a member of Delta Theta Phi, law fraternity. " Shinn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Le land Shinn, sr., is also a graduate of Willamette university and was a four-year letterman in baseball. He has been playing with the Sil verton baseball team. Air Observer Awards Set PORTLAND, Aug. 15-(P)-The army will sponsor meetings hon oring more than 400 volunteer workers of the aircraft warning service in western Oregon and southwestern Washington, Sunday and Monday. Filter center meetings will be held Sunday at Eugene and Mon day at Portland and . Roseburg. block on Garnet street Saturday bounty ntings " will . be held morning, smashed into a parked ""U-J I VI . ' rop h ,..-Y.. Astoria, Tillamook, McMinnville, Utart . r completed 2. Capt William K. Morgan, ground observer, officer -of the It costs no more to use the best, fourth fighter command's Port Reroof now with Pabco Roofing, land area, said medals will be No down payment, 12 months to awarded women who have served pay. Ph. 9221. R. Li Elfstrom Co., 500 hours or more, and chief ob 375 Chemeketa St. servers, county directors and area suDervisors who have served six WT A AAA l . I m w ami, juuu on ursi ciass in- I months. come property. Will pay 6. Box 2228, Statesman. I a i -mri Youth Arrested The Salem po- iSSeSSel V allies lice department apprehended m i three y oaths loitering about the 1 OlUl JlHllllOll parked cars near the Oregon Pulp CI and Paper company early Satur- 3XOITC 111 0HI6IH day morning. The boys, whose ages were 16. 16 and 14. respec- Assessed valuation of taxable - - tively, and all from out of state, property within the Salem city were held for the juvenile court: limits is $952,344 higher . on the 1942 rolls than on those for 1941. Wanted '41 Chev. 4 dr. sedan. County Assessor R. ,'Tad" Shel- - . l. i a 4 i a . I ray casn. mi aiaie. ' ton renorted Saturdav. Total 1942 Oiling Work Let The state valuation for the city is $16,686,- highway commission awarded a ' contract Saturdav for oilinf 1.14 The Salem, school district's jiew miles of the Sherman highway in val--tion .is.,.$18JQ90,656,..an. in- Shaniko, Wasco county, to Babbler crease of $1,087,865. Brothers, Portland, on a low bid Silverton city increased $39,721, of $4500. The commission said from $1,039,046 in 1941 to $1,076,- Pvt Alvin W. Beardsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Beards ley of route seven,, box 427, Sa lem, has been promoted to the rank of corporal this past week at the Davis-Monthan field in Tus con, Ariz. Corp. Beardsley entered the service December 29, 1941, at Portland. 1 PORTLAND, Aug. l-HPf-Navy enlistments announced Saturday included: Cecil A. Beals, Alvin Loewen, Salem; Chester O. Doug' las, West Salem. PORTLAND," Aug. 15-(5)-Army recruiting headquarters today an n o u n c e d .the following enlist ments: Edgar R. Draper, Albany; Donald G. Cloyd, Salem; Lott B. Celven, Waldport PORTLAND, Aug. 15.-T)-Don aid E. Largent, Salem, was among coast guard recruits announced Saturday. ; i" ' SHEPPARD FIELD. Tex.-Al- bert Jensen of Turner, Ore-, was graduated recently from an inten sive course in aviation mechanics here. Sheppard field, near Wich ita Falls, Tex., is one of the many army air forces technical training command schools. Robert T. Harrington has been assigned to the Las Vegas army gunnery school, according to word received here by Mrs. Martha Harrington, his mother. Mrs. Edythe Medley of Salem has received word that her son. Tom Medley has been transferred to Fort Crook, Neb, where he will take training in the advanced mo tor mechanics school. Bob Med ley, another son of Mrs.- Medley and a former student at Willam ette university, is at Camp Crow der, Mo, taking training for the signal corps. . Corp. Gerald M. Barrett, who Is stationed mt Camp Roberts, Calif, has been visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bar rett of Valsets. David A. Wind, private first class in the US marine corps, was in Salem Friday enroute to Mc Minnville where he will visit his family. Wind enlisted in the marine corps in September, 1941, six months after his brother, Robert Z. Wind, also of the marine corps, was drowned while swimming at a California beach. Robert T. French, aviation ca det, who enlisted in the army air corps, April 23, left for classifica tion center at San Antonio, Tex, Thursday. , He( attended WiDaniT ette university and was affiliated with Alpha Psi Delta fraternity. Pvt. George F. Pro, son of Mrl and Mrs. George Pro, is stationed at the marine corps base at San Diego, Calif. ' 4 HOPEWELL William "Bniie Moddemeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Moddemeyer has arrived safely, in Australia, according to a cable received this week. - William Billie Loop, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Loop, is stationed at Camp Carson, Colo, in the quartermaster corps. Their older son, Elmer, who has been in the army for 18 months, has re cently been transferred to Hawaii in the signal corps intelligence de partment . v CLOVERD ALE Frank Sehll Ilnir, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schilling, has been promoted to master sergeant He is with the US armed forces in Taseon, Arix. Another son, Cleveland, is at Camp Callan, Calif. WOODBURN Mr. find Mrs. Joe Adamski had their two sons, Jerry and Louis, home this week.. Louis is in the US navy and Jerry is in the US navy. . Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hatcher of Hubbard had a brief visit with their son, Duane of the US army air corps, when the train stopped at Woodburn Tuesday anight Young Hatcher was on his way to Pendleton. Lieut Harold B. Say, USNR, ex ecutive-officer in the navy office of public relations in Washington, DC, was a visitor in Salem at the home of friends Saturday. He has been on an inspection tour along the coast and will return to Wash ington shortly. PUBLIC RECORDS cntccrr court ... . . " Lyman E. Coslett vs." Emma Irene Coslett; divorce decree. Ralph Kenney, minor, by Clara E. Kenney, guardian ad litem, vs. Lelia Johnson; complaint confes sion of judgment, satisfaction of judgment for $350, for injuries to plaintiff in accident at Frank- lyn avenue and Kingwood drive. West Salem, June 19. Adaline F. Easton vs. Edward Schunke and Grace. Morgan; re ply,' denial. -f : . ' " Virginia Kidd vs. Marion coun ty; complaint for $2000 damages for back injuries , allegedly re ceived by plaintiff .when automo bile in which she was riding bounced on broken-down pave ment at Macleay railroad cross ing. . ' Investment Service company vs. Harry P. Fowler; complaint for $267.45 on note. -PROBATE Nellie B. Simpson estate; final decree, Jenkie C Simpson, ad ministrator. Louisa DeGuire estate; hearing set September 21 on final account of Alvis DeGuire, executor, show ing $640 received, $614.19 paid out; inheritance tax determined at $91.90; borrowing of $400 on mortgage on Salem real property authorized. Albert C. Johnson estate; ap praisal, $1000,' by Sam F. Speer stra, Evelyn Jones and Anne M. Winslow. MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS Norman O. Barnes, 23, coast guard, San Francisco, and Betty Jeanne Cochran, 18, domestic, Canby route two. Jack M. Helton, 21, box factory, and Esther Uldine Letz, 17, box factory, both of Bridal Veil. Arthur L. Goss, 40, cook, 346 North 13th street and Alma A. Fanning, 38, teacher, 384 North 13th, both of Salem. MUNICIPAL COURT Stanley R.K Smith," route two. Corvallis, running red light, bail $2.50. . ; t Gale Clinton Gault Portland, illegal reverse turn, bail, $2J50. Adrian Edward Ward, Tenhiile. Ore, drunk, fined $10. Kenneth Harold Owens, 213 Mill street Silverton, violation of basic rule, fined $10. Glen Carl Stewart, 1805 South 12th, violation of basic rule1, fined HO. : , - I ,; Myrton Miles iMoore, driving under influence ' of intoxicating liquor, fined $75. Poor Farm's End Speeded Closure of the Marion county poor farm as such will? be ad vanced from December 31 to Sep tember 1 the county court de cided Saturday in accepting a pro posal by the present operators to lease the building and garden land around it for operation as a home for persons being pro vided for by the county welfare commission. The operators, Mr. andi Mrs. Lloyd Hill, are to lease the home for a year at $50 a month. The court plans to sell the farm acre- ' age surrounding the home, other i than the garden tract to be in cluded In the lease. f i , The county home, estimated to be 60 years old as an institution for the aged, now has 11 male Inmates. Choice Fare Served AUMSVILLE Peaches and corn are the piece de resistance now on tables here with fresh string beans and cucumbers run ning a close second. . . 767 in 1942. Silverton school dis trict increased $48,490, from . $1,- 727,729 in 1941 ..to $1,776,219 in 1942. Stay ton city increased $18,543 from $365,075 in 1941 to $383,618 in 1942 while Stayton school dis- We will not be operating between trict increased $34,304 from $490,7 Aug. 15 to 30th. Shop will remain 083 m 1941 to $524,387 in 194Z. open. Woods Cleaners, 970 Union. Mt. Angel city increased .$23,r work would start within a few days. Wanted Girl or man over 50 to test milk and cream, half time, Exp. desirable but not necessary, Ph. 3732. Grange Club Invited Mrs. J. H. Robertson, 1595 Court, has in vited members and friends of the Salem Grange Home Economics club to meet at her home Mon day at 1 p.m. OBITUARY Haines ' Charles W. Haines, late resl : dent of 2460 West Nob Hill street Salem,! at the Veterans hospital, Portland, Wednesday, August 12, at the age of 58 years. Husband of Mrs. Nora Haines, of , Salem; fa ther of Mrs. Norman McCallister, of The Dalles, Miss Alice Haines, of Salem, Forest and Hubert Haines, of Colorado, Lester Haines of Camp Davis,' NC, and Chester Haines, of Fort Stevens, Ore.; brother of Frank Haines, in Ida ho, and Mrs. Clessie Gates, of Se attle; survived also by 13 grand children. Services will be held Monday, August 17, at 10 a. m. from Clough-Barrick chapel. Rit ualistic ; services by i Spanish American War Veterans. Booth Mrs. Bertha Mabel Booth, at her home, rdiite two, Turner. Sur vived by husband, George F, Booth of Turner; two sons, Carl V. Booth of Turner and Herbert S. Booth in England. Also surviv ed by three grandchildren, Herr bert Kenneth Booth, Brent Lewis Booth and Anita Gayle Booth, all of Turner. Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Clough Barrick chapel with interment in Belcrest Memorial park, Rev. Dudle Strain officiating. Aekennan At the residence on route four, Salem, August 14, Fred A. Acker- man, aged S3 years. Husband of Zeya B. Ackerman; brother of Clyde Ackerman of Los Angeles, Carrie of Los Angeles and Bertha of Oakland. Services will be held Monday, August 17, at 1:30 p. m, In the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon company with concluding services at City View cemetery. Rev. Rob ert A. Hutchinson will officiate. CARD OF THANKS ' - "5 We wish to extend our thank and appreciation for. the acts of kindness, messages of . sympathy, and beautiful floral t offerings from our many friends, in loss of cur beloved son and brother. We especially thank the West Stayton community and Blue Lake Co-operative. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bar rick and lamily. - - - 612 from $378,505 in 1941 to $402,- 117 in 1942. Mt Angel school dis trict increased $42,483, or "from $882,815 in 1941 to $935,658 in 1942. Woodburn city took a drop . of $13,391 or a decrease, from $711,- 676 in 1941" to $698,285 in. 1942. However, - Woodburn school dis trict showed a gain of $2,033, or jumping from $889,951 in 1941 to $891,984 in 1942. Holmes , Wilson Owen Holmes, late resi ilsnt nf 9Lft MIT 1 in.nr4)i cri Portland, in this city, at the age BOV F alls. Break 8 nf 53 vparn HuchanH rt Mn I J ' Hazel Holmes of Portland. Ship- oOtll Ol JrllS JL28 s" ment by Clough-Barrick company . . .. ' by Clough-Barrick company to Portland for services and in terment BETHANY -- Perry Shepherd, 7-year-old scan .of Mr. and Mrs. I Otis Sheoherd. was taken to the Itainpier Ihosnital thi week With two frnr- In this city, August 14", Charles tured lees sustained when he fell ivampier, n xne age ox i years. at his home. here. Late resident of Marsnfield, Ore. Announcement of services later by Rose Lawn Funeral home. y v v ,"3k, i - ' Testerman At the residence in Morrison, Court Passes Offer For Mill Salvage The Marion county court was Okla., August 14, Ida Mae Bales advised Saturday by its land ae- Testerman, aged 70 years; wife Unt H. William Thielsen. that an Of Josh Testerman; mother of offer of S250 for caTva from th-t jaui uaies oi 5aiem ana .ari cld flour miU buildings, at Scotts uaies oi ijaiias, ure- iwo grana- Muls had been made by the firm children also survive. Funeral ser- that has been engaged in wreck- rn i i i j rm a , a I 1 vices win uc neia xnursaay, Aug- ing the frame portion of the A. AA L l L1 I r us at i a. in., in uie cnapei Fischer Flouring Mills property of the W. T. Rigdon company with at Silverton. The offer does not conciuams ervicw vjiy view a six-room house on the cemeiery. Scotts Mills land In nutirm The courtj decided, not to ac cept the offer for the present In Crump Lois Jean Crump, at a local the hope of obtaining a still bet- company. hocriital Ai.n.ct IS Tjt roc. Hon. I . . r ""r : Iter one. oi route i our, aiem. ourvivea bv Darents. Mr. and Mrs. James Crump of Salem; brother, George r,t.Ald Neede Sal Crump of Salem; four sisters, Mrs. f11 . wa called to the Dorothy Seegar, Salem, Mrs. C Rowing cases Friday and Sat- s Trv-t-r w.chirrton np. Mn urday: Donna Mae Kepper, 10, 480 E. R. Smith, Tacoma, Wash, and 1 "'?a". UUJ-T snouioer re- Miss Geraldine Crump, Salem; r es; yjsc9r war also grandmothers, Mrs. George i 550 ou stepped of Vantaa find Mn FmTtii on brokei bottle while playing, Egery, South Dakota. Announce- I , llghV ,oot; rZf. i,t n,.hBw Joto Weslty, 35, 1240 North 18th, i aaacvi vut vu uuc corner OI Slate 1 and Liberty streets. For watch and clock repairing, H. T. Love. 141 S. Libert.- ! Dies in California Mollie Styles, former Salem resident died last Sunday at the home of her daughter, Maureen Styles Watiirs, in Salinas, Calil, ac cording -Tto - word received here. The body was taken to Walla Wal la, Wash, for burial. Dr. David. B.. Hill Dental Office will be closed until Monday, Aug. 24th. White - Lowell Ellsworth i White, near Detroit August ' 15, late resident of 1SS5 South Church street, Sa lem. Survived by wife, Mrs. Mon ita White of Salem; son, Gordon White; parents, Mr and Mrs. H. O. White, and grandmother, Mrs. D., A. White, all of Salem; aunt Mrs. Blanch Doam of Los An geles, and uncle, Floyd White of Salem."" Services Monday, August 17, at 3:30 p. m, from the Clough Barrick chapel. . Fight for your country's freedom! Get ccticn, training, advancement If you're 17 to 50, choose tha Navy nov Men of courage and patriotism! Are you itching, to get into this scrap? You bet you are! So why not get in now? Why not get in where America needs you most, where you can do a real fighting man's job, where you can build your own future success the United States Navy? You are a red-blooded American. If you are from 17 to 50 and in nor mal health, the Navy has a job for you right now. It's a man-fdze job. And it offers a man's reward. The Navy gives you the stuff that a roan of action needs. It puts and keeps you in top physical shape. You get good food, and plenty of it. Your life is clean, healthy, invigorating. Lock what fit Kavy offers jot - u A chance to aeror your country. t.Clean, healthy life, t.Good food and plenty of it .Good pay up to $138 a monih. " B. Free clothing $133 worth. S. Free piedical and denial care. , 7. Tra pcf-,adirnturethriJls. .Opportunity to be an Officer. . Training in nearly 50 trade. lO.Futurc success in civil life. Your shipmates are the finest. '.The Navy trains you to think straight and to think fast. You're taught how to take responsibility. And you're given responsibility . You play an important part on a mighty important team. You have a chance to become an expert in your chosen trade. And that means you have a choice of radio, aviation, electricity, engineering dozens of top trades that will win for you big pay later in civilian life. " In the Navy you get ahead fast. Your first promotion cornea in ap proximately two months upon com - pletion of recruit training, and it carries an increase in pay. Some Navy men earn as much as $133 a month by the end of their first en listment. And your pay is all yours. . Your food, clothing, shelter, medical and dental car are free. Read at the right what other men , say about their life in the Navy .Then go to the nearest Recruiting Station. Have a friendly talk with the officer in charge. And ask him for a copy of theexcitingnew book,"MEN MAKE THE NAVY." It will give you all the facts why men 'of action pick the Navy. Don't delay. Act now. -a rr sear tears a rolleb coastes forty ways for thriDt," says Torpedomaa TX.WV one a gas station attendant. - 5 i-iz i BKfor your country vbea you're oa watch for Nasi auba tm th dKk of a imUmjwr, mym Seamaa. Unt Claaa C.P.N, higk seboot gnduata. , iun MM IS M-PtaTAMT when yoa play oa tha Navy team," amya Aviatkm Machinist J.C.K., who now catapults roaring planes from the deck of a battleship instead of ' wJUwring ticket at a ball park. "TO Ott PUCES FAST M maNvrrsayF.G.l-U former clerk, who's now a Petty Officer, Second Claaa. with oav at S9fi a fji ' month plus clothing, tjuartara, aad food traa. TJUX TO YCJ2 KEAHIST KAVY KC'JITir.S CFFICES AT CCE PORTLAND, ORE. (MAIN STATION) 1 U. & Court House, 620 S. W. Main Stiee't Salem, Ore .....V.,; Past Office Balldiajr . Bead, Ore. . Post Office BoIUUmr Corvallis, Ore. Easeae, Ore. &IcS!lnavllle, Ore. -Pest Offiee BuUdiac ..Post Office BuIMJaf .Cbaiaber ef Commerce Building ... . . . ' ' . ; ,