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r."G2 TCI The OlUXSOri STATESMAN. Sclera. Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 3. 1S42 To Close on October 3 Only 27 office days remain In wliich voters may register for the November 2 general election, 'county cleric Lee Ohmart warned ."Wednesday. The registration books close on October 3 this year. ; These persons, said the clerk, must register If they wish to vote: Persons who have changed their ; addresses since last registering. -Persons who have changed their political affiliations. . ; Persons who have been proper ly- registered but have not voted ,at two preceding elections. Persons who have recently at tained their 21st, birthdays; but have not registered. (Persons whose 21st birthdays fall between October 3' and November 3 may , register between September 4 and October 3. . T The clerk also requests women who have changed their names by marriage to re-register. Oregon Bonds. Not Resold PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 2 -P) Unlike fellow pur chasers in Washington, Oregon war savings bond buyers are not selling them, an Oregonian survey ' indicated Wednesday. 'V Interested in a report on a sur vey at ' Seattle which Indicated that many : bonds were being "cashed" in the northern state as quickly as possible after pur chase, the Oregonian surveyed Portland banks and postoffices. Ray Conway, state war savings administrator, said for the year ending August 1 only 1.23 per cent of the total bonds purchased in Oregon, had been redeemed. . 1 A report on the survey of post offices and banks, the Oregonian said, confirmed the. administrat or's assertions. - - Crew to Stop Road's Slide A county crew!" was sent to the road up the Little North fork of the Santiam river Wednesday to dig a ditch and put in a culvert - to drain off water that has been loosening a heavy hillside slide - that has been . threatening the roadside anew. County court members who in spected - the road expressed- the belief there would be no interfer ence with traffic at present but ' said trouble during the. winter 11 !L1 1 A-J '. The slide developed following relocation of the roadway made to. accommodate logging operat ors. , ! ... Soldier Fruit Help Sought State officials here Wednesday said they were in sympathy with Senator-Charles L. McNary's re cent request that soldiers on fur lough from Camp JVTiite assist in handling pears for cold storage at Medford. ' Senator McNary sent the tele gram to Lieut Cien. John L. De Witt head of the western defense command at San Francisco. - McNary said it was likely that a large number of Marion county pear growers would have to send their, product to Medford for stor age. . ':'. ' -:; -j-' : Officer Families Still Seek Homes The : Salem chamber of com merce is still besieged by wives of Camp Adair army officers seek ing houses in which to live, Gay C. Cochran, business-extension manager, said Wednesday. , One of the officers on the staff ef Maj. Gen. - George L. Cook, 104th- division commander, r is among the group to make their homes in Salem. - McNary Acts for Speed to Kaiser - WASHINGTON Sept 2" -Jfi A series of conferences aimed at expediting government approval ef Henry Kaiser's plan to con struct cargo airplanes, were ar ranged this week by Sen. Mc Nary (R-Ore). . : , McNary will confer with WPB Chairman Donald Nelson and army and navy officials. Cent to Prison . OREGON CITY, Sept 2 -Up) Convicted of negligent homicide 'as a result of an automobile acci dent Howard A. .Cof fman, Port land shipyard worker, was sen- fenced Wednesday to two years tn the penitentiary. J. S.' Cox of Portland was fatally hurt in the accident which occurred on the Mount Hood loop highway in Oc tober, 1941. v ALB AY. NY. OV- Wiliam A. Ryan, a husky construction com pany salesman, left recently for Norwich to punch City Attorney James W. Coleman in the nose at . the Elks club. " Coleman bet Ryan, SO. a punch ia the nose that he was "too old to get in the navy." Ryan's en listment was approved here J ast one day under the six months leeway '.deadline allowed men of tt raaximum acceptable ege. V Four American' Rangers who participated in the raid on Dieppe talk which they said looked like a "suicide mission." Left to right clinking their beer glasses after their return to London, are Corp. William Brady of Grand Forks, ND, one of the first ashore; Staff Sgt Kenneth Stempsoa of Russell, Minn.; Corp. Franklin Koons ef Swea City, la., and Sgt Alex Szima of Dayton, O. This picture was sent by radio from London to the United States. Associated Press Tele mat ... .... . . ,'V-:-': Men SILVERTON Oscar Johnson has arrived safely in England, ac cording to word received in a cablegram by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Johnson. Young Johnson had been stationed with the air corps at Spokane for sev eral months. Norman L. Paulson is now with the signal corps service ; at Ft. Monmouth, N J. He has been com missioned a second lieutenant Harold Irish, son of Mrs. H. R. Irish of Silverton, has been sent to Camp Duncan, San Antonio, Texas. Young Irish has been at Curtiss Wright field receiving spe cial training in airplane me chanics. Vance Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Olson, is- with the ordnance department at Bloom ington, 111., attending automotive school. WOODBURN Robert Staof fer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Staoffer, north of Hubbard, left last week for Los Angeles to re port as an aviation cadet He has been In the army since Jan nary 8 and at home for the last three months on f nrloagh, awaiting orders. He is a Hubbard high school graduate and also attended Wood burn high school. ' Ray Tresidder, Hancock field, Santa Maria, Calif., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tre sidder, and other relatives. Mrs. S. K. Sanderson has re ceived word that her son, Wesley Kocker, is now on a submarine tender. Kocker has been in the navy for several years and was previously on a submarine. 1 -. PERRYDALE Hiram Vermill- yea of Forest Grove visited friends here before leaving this week to join the US coast artillery. ' LIBERTY Mr. and Mrs. John Dasch have received word that their son, Jack Dasch, has Jbeea transferred from Camp Roberts, Calif., to Fort SUV Okla. He finished his first pe riod of training In the field ar tillery officers training school and Is now a corporal. .. He will take three months train ing at Fort Sill, when he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the US army field artillery. James F. Reidy, USNR aviation machinist mate, third class, has returned to Seattle after spending a : week's leave here with his lather, P. F. Reidy," 1130 Hood street : ' Morris Ri chert, Orris Richert and Allan Richert, all USNR avia tion machinists mates, third class, have been visiting with friends tn Canby. and" Oregon City. -; Word : has been received here that Forrest D. Wright has been promoted from the rank of cap tain to that of major. Maj. Wright is a former Dayton man and has served 22 years as a soldier. He is now at the plans and training office at Fort Mason, Calif. ; , : The distinguished flying cress was awarded U- Capt. Ira V. Wintermnte, SCO West LeffeDe street according . to werd re ' eelved here from Anchorage, Alaska. . Captain Wintermute was grad uated from Salem high school in 1934 . and attended Oregon -State college. He has been in the army air corps for about five years. : : i - Details of the valor for which Wintermute'. was . rewarded were not given out However, it was reported in a press dispatch that he narrowly escaped death, and Permanent position for - responsible person. v. Experience in Selling Jewelry Preferred -." State Age and Experience r Write Box 22S2. eo Statesman Ualj'a'iiD The Rangers Report Where They Are What They're Doing; probably received his citation as a result of engagements in the Aleutian islands. Mrs. Wintermute is the former Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hamilton of Salem. A native of Salem, Robert G. McNary, was awarded the silver oak leaves of lieutenant colonel less than one month after enter ing the service. Lt McNary, a for mer newspaper man with the Portland Oregonian and : Oregon Journal, is the son of Mrs. H. P. McNary of Portland and a second cousin of US Sen. Charles L. Mc Nary. , He served as a field artillerv of ficer in World war I and has been a reserve officer since then. Re Centlv he Was assigned in tha nt juiant general's department as a port classification officer and as sistant adjutant general for the port of embarkation in San Fran Cisco. " . Among men of this vicinity now training at the quartermaster cen ter at Fort Warren, Vfya, are Ro- iana m. Wirt of Salem and Adam Schweiger of Lafayette. Gene Schlag, now a ship's cook, uuru ciass, is at home visiting his parents on route seven, Salem, for a ww aays. James J. Maring, 1128 Leslie sireet ana L-iair M. Dietrich o Sheridan' have left the San An tonio, Tex, aviation cadet center lor training in other schools. One hundred forty five men m f m r r Sf - - - . And Your Job Is Finished Before Breakfastl Here's a chance for dependable, ambitions hoys to gam valuable business experience and make money while going to school. . We have a limited number of choice newspaper routes available to boys with good references. Immediate openings for those who can qualify. ' ; . A s.s.ur e Yourself of P 1 e n t y of Spending Money iUl Year Longl Dont delay and let someone else grab these routes before yon apply. Any boy now employed at summer labor- will soon be thinking about a Job for the rest of the year. So, If yon are at all interested; ACT IOWt SEE The SMmmt- Office . sat-- V - - over their experiences in the raid, . i ' ' - , . . .. f. ; made application for enlistment in the US navy at the local recruiting- of f ice daring- the month of August according to the re port of Robert B. Fallon, chief quartermaster, in charge of the office. ;;: Of the 145 men who applied, 96 were accepted and most of them are now at the San Diego naval training station for the 16 weeks training period. The navy oper a tea 57 trade schools in connec tion with the training station, Fal lon said. Enlistments in the navy this week at the local office included Karl J. Pluemke. Earl Edwin Wagner, Ernest Harold Cooper, Ralph Herbert Elliott1 Kenneth Thomas Dorgan, Gustaf Schaefer and! James Casper Darby. PORTLAND, Sept 2.-UPV-En listments announced by the US coast guard Wednesday included Warren DoolitUe, Russell C Bo gart and Fred C. Scheffe, all of Salem. Mrs. B. S. Martin requested Wednesday that it be pointed out that Weldon G. Martin, announ ced in a Harlingen army gunnery school, Texas, news release as a graduate aerial gunner, is her son. The Texas school's report listed the gunner's mother's name as Mrs. W. Martin. Eugene Printer Dies EUGENE, Sept 2 Death Tuesday night claimed William F, Gratke, 63, mechanical depart ment employe at the Register Guard for 17 years. He worked on the Astorian Budget founded in 1892 by his brother, John E. Gratke, and Oscar Dunbar. A Yosiir CIRCULATION MANAGER AT New Places Open For Men, Women In Army Service rV X understand that . the name Salem means peace, Lt Cot B. H. Hensley, commanding ; officer, Oregon army recruiting and in duction district said here , Wed nesday. "But unless every .able- bodied man does his part in this war there will-be no peace and security for any ; of . us. For - this reason, we cl the recruiting serv ice are trying to inform every qualified man and woman of the opportunities for lxta personal training and 'patrotie T service in the regular army and the .Wom en's Army Auxiliary, corps." 'j. r ; There is an immediate need for skilled technicians of all . kinds. particularly those who can help keep trucks ' and tanks rolling, planes flying and . guns firing, Col Hensley said. Specialist rat ings make enlistment , for. me chanics especially attractive in the air force, the ordnance department of the signal corps. : n ; A new; army ' regulation-makes it possible for 18 and 19-year-old men to choose any of eight com bat branches, and a special dis pensation makes it possible for mechanics up to 55, who have had previous military training and are physically fit to enlist r Col." Hensley was accompanied by Lt Walter L. Ritchey, who is in Oregon on a special : assign ment from area - headquarters in the interest of enlisting for the air force men qualified as radio operators and mechanics. , - 8 Officers Get Flying Crosses GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Australia. Wednesday, Sept 2 Apf , Eight officers of the United States army air force were awarded distin guished flying crosses Wednesday lur u BUI uuuuj iuuc v ducu ta in the Philippines. They were First Lieut John BrownwelL Tulsa, Okla.; Capt Henry G. Thorne, Washington, DC; Capt. John P. Randolph, Schert, Tex.; First Lieut Ray mond M. Gehrig, Cohocton, NY; Cant William J. Cumminsg, Law renceville, Kas.; Capt Jack E. Caldwell, Searcy, Ark.; Capt Charles R. Sneed and First Lieut Perry L. Franks, addresses un available. . The men were cited for aiding in the evacuation of personnel and records from various areas in the Philippines toward the end of the campaign there, or for delivery of sorely needed- supplies and medicine. Turner Resident Leaves Hospital , TURNER Carl W. Duncan, one of the oldest residents of Turner, has been removed from a Salem hospital to his home here follow ing a severe heart attack. His an a a Promoted in r "turn I Am Don Waller (above) has been promoted to staff sergeant, ac cording to v word received by i his wife. 1079 Seventh street, West Salem, Sgt! Waller Is one of the Salem men who . entered the army t with J the ; national ; guard and is now stationed in Australia. : He is the son of Mrs. Ernest Nennschwander of Turner. -j condition is much 'improved. Elmer Underwood has return ed home from a hospital in Salem where he underwent a serious op eration. C7 r:2VJ luiFliiif imk ' " supple es fine woMends itself to the knife-edge tailoring we foisted on for These classics! Featherweight so you can wear It under a top-coat all Winter, next " T ' Spring and Summer, tool See them soon! Notice the expert i . . workmamhlp. All inside seams are finished! JLZZ 11. Liberty Street Curtains Down, Called Men and Women Cooperate In Silverton War Problems A " . : ' - - - '. V''-'.'-..'.' f p v - SILVERTON Husband and wife working 'shouIderto sh6ulderis no "longer an idle figure of speech "at Silyertph, where assistance in business has become almost impossible to obtain. ,.' ' ' 1 !" Wives are donning slacks and joining their husbands, net only in downtown hardware and i grocery stores, but in fields and at saw-handles In woodlots as welt As summer and narvest sea son, advanced, l- more : and more women are being 'seen ' on trac tors and trucks in fields and on highways hauling grains and har vests to market' Women are find ing unused -milking'': .muscles, and in one section in rural Sil verton two .women were . seen shingling farm buildings. V Three more ; business J houses called "curtains', this week ' as they closed or planned to '. close their doors for the duration of the war. Included are Carl Kell ner, shoe repair shop owner,' here since the last world war. Mr. Kellner has Joined., the defense workers. Mr., and Mrs. Burtuleit closed v their cleaning shop and plan to join the defense" workers' army also. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hannan ref former mayor of Nanking and .1 port that by the end of this week they, tod, will be out of business, LIGimVOIGSTB1 rzn?:ivQov 1 Cordwroy ts usuatty rathor stiff and bulky but not Jacket with' wonderful smooth shoulders. . . . . . . . 4. Sltfrt with slpper placket, gores .. .............. 9.9S Jumper buttoned hatf-woy down the back ....... . . with front pleats, tipper placket 4.?S Culottes m iwirt iff yovYe cycling today. ......... g.og tJrrs-IJ;htweIflht, warm as toast. ....... J ..... . 2.9S Vlsoe Cap to make It m cotwpUf ootfit. .......... 1.1 as they are closing out their gro cery, store-tlow. .Hannaa plans to enlist in the armed forces.. v Hf rhililKin - that; iienal arm in hop and bean fields, and about 75 per cent of the members of the Silverton Woman's club, in cluding ; both.1 out-going ind in coming presidents, Mrs. s. Ralph' are in the hop fields. Mrs. Jaes chke picked ; beans before r she loined the hoD crew . and Mrs. Larson assisted in the cannery. . Envoyg May Shift ' WASHINGTON, Sept 2-VPj-A report was; current in diplomatic circles Tuesday night Chinese Am bassador Hu Shin is to be suc ceeded soon by Wei Tao-Min, former Chinese minister of justice and attorney generaL ! - sfits new "Tphyroy! W ? : Ftczs 3191.