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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1942)
4 PAGE EIGHTEEN. The OREGOIi STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. August 21. 1S41 Sergeant Has Yanks' First Shot at Nazi , LONDON, Aug. 20.-(l-A Ipunjiy young sergeant from llinneapolis. Ken Kenyon, earned in the Dieppe raid the distinction of being probably the first United States infantryman to shoot -a ' German in this war. -" ; . . - ' .Kenyon,; tall and blond, Is In the American Bangers and was attached to the royal regiment from Toronto in its flank assault at Puits, one mile east of Dieppe. He was with a group of raiders which ran into plenty of trouble When it touched shore in the first assaults. Heavy German machine fun fire raked his landing . craft Crowded with Canadians. ' ' Men were, hit right and left and , after the first shock they started to fight back, firing everything they had at the naxis who were hammering them from pillboxes .and houses. Kenyon joined in without a moment's .hesitation. Firing his "Garand rifle he picked off a nazi soldier at an open window and the German toppled to the ground. , . -: "Well, that's my first score on those guys," said the sergeant when his craft had drawn out to sea again with its wounded. "' But he brushed aside tributes to his shooting skill. ' - "Gosh, those Canadian .lads de serve credit for fighting back the Way they did in that jam," he said. ' ' . 1 1 t. i 1 J o y n ii Children Left In Parked Car Three children, agesi 2, 4 and S years, who had been left in a car parked on the 100 block, of North Commercial street Wednes day afternoon until business per- cons of the area became alarmed and called City Police Matron -Bessie Armour, were guests of the police department from 2:15 .to 3:15. The father of two of the chil dren and thermother of one, resi dents of McMinnville and Yam hill, calling at the station, said they had left the youngsters alone for "only a few minutes" while they shopped. "Children are not safe in parked ears, from a purely mechanical point of view suppose there Should be a short circuit? And, besides, it's too warm for them there," declared Mrs. Armour as she commented on the number of such cases noted by police this ; week. ' ' I Offshore Salmon Fishing Rules May Be Stricter OFFSHORI Salmon ..18-J.. INS WASHINGTON, Aug. f 20 (Jft Senator McNary . (R-Ore.) said Thursday he expected early pas sage of two measures to regulate drastically salmon fishing off the In a reorganization of the Navy's top policy advisory agency, the general board. Admiral Arthur Hepburn, M, above, former "CLn cua" of the U. 8. fleet, becomes chairman, and Admiral Thomas C Hart, retired commander of . the Asiatic fleet, becomes a mem ber of the policy group. There axe four other members of the board which advises Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox on policy matters Pacific, coast states and to pro vide for investigation of food pos sibilities of certain crustacean re The senator said there were no objections to the bills and he felt certain they would be approved as soon as he could call, them up for a senate vote. the fishing bill (61712) would prohibit all offshore salmon fisn- ing south of latitude 50 north, except under license from the fish and wildlife service. It would. authorize the service to investi gate salmon resources to deter mine what regulations were need ed and to coordinate the offshore salmon -fishing regulations with those now in force in Washington, Oregon and California. . The other bill (SJ139) would appropriate $100,000 to enable the fish and wildlife service to make a full report on the history and habits of shrimp, crabs, common lobsters, spiny lobsters, oysters and commercial varieties of clams. 5th Aluminum Plant in NW Begins Work PORTLAND, Oren Aug.' 20-OP) The Pacific 'northwest's fifth alu minum reduction plant began pre liminary operation Thursday, the Bonneville administration - an nounced. - ! The war-important plant, in an unnamed city, will - start actual production of - metal within 10 days. Administrator Paul J. Ra ver said, and power consumption will be stepped up from day to day until capacity is reached at 40,000 kilowatts. . The new plant was built for the Defense Plant corporation by the Plin corporation which will operate it under contract. Raver said. " The Bonneville administration is now delivering slightly less than 400,000 kilowatts to alumi num operations. Raver said that the five reduction "plants, which convert alumina into pig metal, and an aluminum rolling mill in the area east of the Cascade mountains, would require 600,000 kilowatts of Bonneville - Grand Coulee power when at capacity. ; He said the plants would have a combined value of $116,000,000 and would be able to produce more than $100,000,000 worth of products annually. Coordinator Owen Back From School Jerrold Owen, state defense council coordinator, returned here Thursday from Seattle where he completed a course in the war department's civilian protection school. Owen was the first coordinator to complete a 10-day course, of ficials said. Safety Code Upheld PORTLAND, Aug. 20.-P)-The constitutionality of Oregon's log ging safety code was reaffirmed Thursday by Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich in denial of a mo tion by counsel for the Oslrander railway and timber qpmpany. 1 ME ME3 Located 17 Miles North of Salem on St. Paul-Newberg Highway Hill Start PicWng Early Cinder Hops IIOIIMY, AUG. Z4lh For Further Information Pbne Salen 2-2881 ;Ward Lundy, Manager Wandering Girl Back at School Nine-year-old Barbara Bosen, found wandering around near Sa lem in seared of a ride back to her home, which she declared was either In Bedding, Calif., or. Med- ford. was returned to Chemawa Indian school this " week, : Mrs. Nona White, county jugnile of ficer, said Thursday. The home sick child was not of Indian col oring or feature, Mrs. White said, and queries to both city and state police had revealed no report of a missing child, she said. " . " , Scout Badges Awarded Here At the Cherry City district court of honor, Boy Scouts of Am erica, Wednesday night. Scouts Don Crosby, troop $3, and Albert Costello, troop 17, were advanced to star rank. . " Lynn Barker, troop 42, was ad vanced to first class, and Glen Wagers, troop 42, and John Swig ert, troop eight, .were awarded second class rank. ' . :x 1 " . . v i ' First class" merit badges were t awarded Glen Welch, troop ' 14, Bobby Wagers, troop 42, Floyd Stewart, .troop 17, Blair McCabe, troop nine, Alden Sundlie, troop two, and Bruce Nelson, troop 53. IR. R. ftuddiman, Kenneth Mz ther, Maurice Walker, James LP ley and Don Field were presiding officers. Gets Five-Year Term ? PORTLAND, Aug. 20 As far, as Phelix Sukdd, 39, is con cerned th war is going to last five years. Convicted of dodging the ' draft, he was sentenced to that term on McNeil island" and was ' taken ; to the '; penitentiary Thursday. ;'--i.:L:;--r:-- White Portrait To Be Presented ' PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 20.-C) -A portrait of the late Maj. Gen, George A. White by W. S. Godon, Seattle artist, win be presented to the city of Portland by the city of Tacoma on August 28-at the George A. 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