The CISGCir STATESMAN. Cdaru Ore-ca. Tuesday I lcrslsg. Zizza IS. ISi2
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Relief to Poles
Campaign Here
" Includes Allies on '
(Editor's note: This Is the first- of
, scries of articles explaining the work
of ths different agencies to be as
sisted through the Salem United War
Chest . drive, which will be held Oc
tober 6-19.)
, When Salem folk dig down In
their pockets and give generously
to the Salem United War Chest
' campaign next month, they, will
feel that they, in some measure,
.will be assisting our war allies as
,well as contributing to local
.agencies, formerly served by the
Salem Community Chest.
; The Polish War Relief will be
one of those which will appeal
to those who applauded the cour
age of the, Polish people in the
early days of the. war. r
These valiant individuals are
still making an outstanding con
tribution to the war for freedom.
' They were the first to take a
stand against the aggressors who
sought to dominate the world by
taking small countries one at a
.time.? -- ' -
- : They were defeated on their
ewn soil but. reorganized In
France, and SO.tQO strong they
, did valiant service against the
invader. Approximately 11,00
Polish soldiers retreated In or-
' der to Switzerland, where they '
are Interned for the duration.
The generosity of the Swiss ex-
. eeeds their resources and these
Internees desperately need the
help of Americans. " , ,
Many Polish troops were evac
uated . to England from Dunkirk
and today they guard the Scot-
tish coast. Polish fliers in the
RAF are credited by the British
with having brought down 17 per
cent of the German planes shot
, down during the battle of Brit
sin. They also , took an important
. part in. the recent bombing of
' Cologne.' ' " ' . .
The Polish government in exile
. numbers 300,000 seasoned soldiers
In action in Libya, in Russia
anywhere the hazis are being re-
- sisted. Some 200,000 Polish sol
, diers are starving" in .German
,. prison camps. The Polish people
in - Poland, ..." although officially
conquered, - refuse to be beaten
and it takes 25 divisions of Ger-
. man soldiers to cope with them
. on their home ground. -
; Your help in the War. Chest.
campaign . wiu assure uiese peo-
f . pie; oft pome; assistance in a ma-
I . ; ferial way !. as well as being a
source of spiritual help. Remem
ber, it is part of the American
, tradition to give generously. .
Albiiny Board
Sends Group .
ALBANY Of the group of
selectees ordered to report at the
army headquarters in Portland
Saturday, September 12, eight
were enlisted men. They were Ce
cil Glen Harrison, Harold Willis
LilV both of Portland; .Vernon
Fred Miner of Sweet Home; and
Jack Rose BurrelL Linden Ralph
Launer, Donald Mixell and Law
rence Clifford Moe. v
Harrisburg Burl Leonard
Brown, David Ivan Bierly, John
Thomas Cooper; Lebanon John
B. Wrede, jr., Francis Haney Lin-
deman, Charles Russell Morrison,
Norbet Michael Peters, Theodore
Albert' Koening, Walter James
Gazeley, Donald Ellsworth Alex
ander. Kenneth Randale Hen
drickson, James Thomas Floyd
and Clifford Donald . Bg. ,
Sweet Home Howard William
James, Chester Preston Williams,
Rol Manuel. Hampton, Ernest Her
man Solien; Harry Duane Mc
Clure; Lyons-r-Merlin Otto Ford,
James William Linville; Mill City
Charles Leo Cruson; Crabtree
James Hillis Hanscom; Scio
' Verne Edward Hahn; Junction
City Mel vin Irven Zoller; Fos
terTheodore C Walberg; Craw-
fordsville Walter Dale Fruitt;
Lac.omb-4-Wllliam Frank Gaylord;
Brownsville Pleasant Merrill
Whitney,! jr.; Langlois Kenneth
Lester Hofsess; Umatilla Virgil
Ray,' Nye; - Tillamook , Norman
Chasmier Griffin; 4 -
, Beaverton Raymond Blythe
Dillon: Mable Carl Bertil An
derson; McMirinville , Everett
Eura t Pruitt; ; Prineville Lavern
Bruce Lamp; Eugene Wallace
Edward Weaver; . Portland John
Lewis Massey, Carl Oscar John'
. son, Claud Randolph Walker, Ar
thur Chester - Beamis, Glenn
Washington Baehler.
Albany--Howard Henry Berlin
court, Lawrence Moore, Robert
William Warnke. Claude Lee
Stokes, Jay Jennings ; Shanks,
Wayne Olsen Hols V Charles Es
Win. Crampton, William ' Charles
Britt, ; Manuel R. Margez,- Paul
Francis Hayne, Glnen Dewey
Walker, Glen Dewett Cole, "Arthur
James Hall, Avis B. Woodrum; '
From out of the state called
with the local men were Eric Just
Backman, Genoa, Neb.; John
Samuel Weddle, Spokane; Fred
Andrew Kroenlein,, Seattle.
Congers Buy Property
MONMOUTH. Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Conger, farm residents of
Suver, have bought the Orval
White house here, and moved
when their farm was' taken Into
the cantonment
Barkus Trial Today
Municipal court trial of Elmer
Barkuv, charged with violation of
the city's socaUed "pinball" ordi
nance. Is scheduled for 10:33 this
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Realistic Commando Tactics at
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Infantrymen stationed at Paine
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part of their commando training. Their chief instructor is Capt. Ward Bankert, special service of
ficer. As the above picture rives assurance, they will be ready whenever called spon to take part in s
close quarter commando raid. Note hand to hand battle at lower right UN Photo.
Service Men
Harold H. Digman, now station
ed at Williams field, Arizona, an
air corps advanced flying school,
has been promoted to the rank
of sergeant, it was learned here
Monday. ,
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Digman of 2759 Brooks
street, Salem. He enlisted for ser
vice in the air corps in June, 1941,
at ' Vancouver Barracks, Wash.,
and served at Stockton field, Cal
ifornia, prior - to his transfer ' to
Williams field. K - "
ALBUQUERQUE AIR BASE
Recently, reporting to the glider
pool, for permanent assignment
was First Lt. George Reynolds
Allen of Salem, Ore. .- -
Lt. Allen - is the son of Mrs.
George E. Allen of Salem and is
married to the former Mary Love
Tolle of Tampa, Fla. The couple
have three children.
. - Lt. Allen was ' commissioned
second ' lieutenant on June -14,
1935, and was promoted to first
lieutenant October 13, 1938. He
formerly served at Fort Benning,
Ga.; Fort McClellan, Ala.; Lock
bourn, Ohio; Grand Forks, ND;
and Clovis, NM.
David Talmadge,' soil of Mrs.
Beulah Talmadge, technician fifth
grade and playing in the band at
the port of embarkation, Fort
Lawton, Wash, was home Sun
day, for the funeral of his, uncle,
Thomas W, HalU r , , ,
This . was his , first visit home
since he left He is a grandson of
David Talmadge, "sage of Salem."
Pvt. Raymond G. Koch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koch, 2680
North Church street, has been
transferred to Camp Young, Idio,
Calif. He was formerly at the US
army signal corps training school.
Camp Crowder, Mo., and is now
a lineman, in the signal corps.
James White,! son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. White, 1005 Fir street,
enlisted in the US navy last week
and :has . been 'sent to the San
Diego training station, according
to information ; received by' his
parents.'-- ': '.. '." -
- Jack .White, an older "son, .was
with the Oregon national guard
and has been iri the army for. two
years this month. He is stationed
at Fort Canby. . r , .. - , :
" ; Mrs. White's brother, Lieut
Charles Smith; ! Is ill , wifht pneu
monia at ,the hospital in Camp
Adair. Mrs. Smith is living with
her sister-in-law in Salem. ;
' Robert E. Raker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellsworth Raker, 196 South
23rd street, enlisted in the US
navy last ' week, ' and has been
sent to the Great Lakes training
station near Chicago. . ,
In Service
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llAYESVnJLE Sgt. Harrison
-nartxell (above) left last week
for Fort Monroe, Va where he
will attend an electrical school.
He : made his home , with Mr.
and Mrs. Chester DooliUIe in
Hayesville. His brother, Corp.
Bob Hartiell, Is stationed at
- Fort Stevens. Both are former
members 4 ef the Oregon na
tional guard and their sister Is
Mrs. William Stark of Salem,
Their parents live In Ipswich,
SO. Corp. Hartxell made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. Ron
ald Hall of HayesvUle and both
are nephews of the Doolittles
and the Kails.
Field. Wash learn raider tactics In
Where They Are .
What They're Doing
Henry Otto, who was elected
science teacher in ' Salem high
school and resigned to enlist In
the US navy, has been sent to
Bremerton naval base. He taught
last year at Albany and enlisted
with three other members of the
Albany faculty in the radio
branch of the navy.
Mrs. Otto and daughter Nancy,
are living in Salem.
Seaman Second Class Robert
Gahlsdorf arrived la Salem Sun
day for a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gahlsdorf. He
is stationed at San Diego, assigned
to guard duty.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Train
ing to" be a "speicalist" for Uncle
Sam's fleet, Walter L. Bowers;
route one, -Turner, Orev is now
enrolled in , the . naval . training
school for electricians at the. Uni
versity of Minnesota campus here.
Upon completion of the 16-
weeks course, he will be eligible
for a promotion to the rating of
electrician's mate, third class. .
Enlisting last May, Bowers re
ceived his recruit training at the
US naval training station, San Di
ego, Calif. He ultimately will be
assigned ' to duty at sea or at
some shore station.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Well
on his way toward becoming a
specialist in the US navy. Henry
I. Sunderland., son - of -' Mr. - and
Mrs. Amos Sunderland,' 365 Gar
den road, Salem,' is now enrolled
in a 16-weeks' training course for
gunners' mates at the naval arm
ory here. ' :. .
After completing the training,
Sunderland will be eligible for
a promotion to the rating of gun
ners mate third class. He ulti
mately will be assigned to duty.
at sea or at some shore station.
He enlisted in ; the navy : last
July and received his , recruit
training at the San Diego naval
training station, San Diego, Calif.
Fracas in Garden
Results in Fine
. Charged with running a disor
derly house following an early
Sunday morning fracas at his Chi
nese Tea Garden, Yee Sing-was
fined $50 in Salem v municipal
court Monday.., ; ' . " 5
.The fight,' police" said, was con
ducted between "civilians.' COne
woman diner had her glasses bro
ken , during, vthe affair,"!, which
quieted as. police entered at". 3:30
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Jefferson .Couple - ;
On Visit in Iowa " ; -
JEFFERSON M r. - a n d Mrs.
James Winfrey, proprietors of the
Texaco Diner have gone to Iowa
where . they will . spend a - three
week vacation visiting . relatives
and friends. Winfrey : will "join
the -armed forces upon his return.
He has been , employed ' at . the
Willamette Iron and Steel plant
1m'''PortlsiioV..Tlie Diner ;will be
closed for the three weeks period
but , will be reopened by Mrs.
Winfrey on Tuesday, September
29.
St. Louis Woman Home
From California Trip
ST. LOUIS Adaline Manning
has returned from a three and a
half weeks vacation spent visiting
friends and former classmates in
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and
California points. ;
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Manning recently were
their daughter, May Manning of
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Schomus of Fairfield.
- DCTROrTHSVMotorcycle offi
cer Luvern McNally appeared in
traffic court with 18-year old
Carlton Oldford, whom he ticket
ed in Rouge Park. The charge
was one-armed driving. V
Oldford and his best girl were
In a car,- the patrolman explained,
and the car was moving. ' They
kissed, and " -
"Your honor.T McNally testified,
That kiss was a half mile long.
I clocked it by my speedometer."
. Judge Thomas F. Maher fined
Oldford $23.
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Salem Firms ;
Get Contracts
WASHINGTON, Sept 14-P)
The war department has announc
ed the award of the following con
tracts, all under $50,000, by the
army engineers:
Blue Bird Electric Co., Corval
lis, Ore. Construction of electrical
distribution system, Marion coun
ty, Ore.; Portland engineer office.
Bosler Electric, , Salem, Ore.
Construction of electrical distri
bution system, " Benton county,
Ore.: Portland engineer office.
Tice Electric Co., Corvallis, Ore.
Lighting system, Benton county,
Ore.; Portland engineer office.
T. L. Kuhns Co., Salem, Ore.
Gasoline storage and fueling sys
tem, Marion - county, Ore.; Port
land engineer office. - ' - -
First Opinions Set ; 4
Today, High Court
First grist of opinions since the
supreme court reconvened here a
week ago following its annual va
cation, will be handed down to
day. : .
One outstanding opinion ex
peeled soon involves the - Port
land Public Market building. .
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AIR FORCES building die biggest, mightiest Air Force
on earth. Thousands of skilled mechanics are needed to keep those great
planes flying and fighting. Men with experience as aircraft mechanics,
automobile mechanics, radio mechanics, armorers, sheet metal workers,
welders and in other allied fields are needed immediately. Aviation has
a splendid future and there's no finer training for it than in the Army
Air Forces. " ' :' V 1
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ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT Gm and wnmunltiori
are decisive weapons in war, and it takes skilled manpower to keep them
shooting fast and straight Herewith experience as automobile, truck and
tractor mechanics, armorers, machinists and skilled men of other trades
are urgently needed by the Ordnance Department. Jechnical training
n ordnance work is not a requirement, ' '
iJi opportunity to
Signal Corps or Ordnance Department is open to any sided special
1st between the eea cf 10 and 44, fadasive, who Is physically fit sa4
Joes not now occupy a key posilicn ia a viLil war iadastry. According
lo ahillry, promotions to tie' fades and iacresses ia pay may bo
expected YouVe told yourself you'd be ready whenever your
country needs you. Thct time is noxzl Drcp ia and Uli it over tX ycz;
nearest Army Ilecrullins and Induction uton todsy.
30 Teachers, -Needed
In
County
A full two dozen of Marion
county's schools have not a full
quota of teachers and less than '
two weeks in which to find needed
1
staff members, Mrs. Agnes C
Booth, county school superintend
end,' revealed 'Monday. x - .
Not a shortage of teachers so
much as the Inability ,of some of
the districts to pay salaries asked
is the problem behind the diffi
culty, Mrs. Booth declared. This,
together with lack ' of boarding
places in some districts and rub
ber and.' gasoline ' rationing, has
wreaked havoc with district plans.
A minimum salary of $1200 is
asked by teachers in most cases,
while . smaller districts have of
fered an average of $900. In many
of the districts, in spite of the
best efforts of school boards, the
budgets cannot be made to pay
the. asked salary, Mrs. Booth in
dicated. - L"i.viVW;'T:'.
Needed are between 30 and 35
teachers in Marion county, where
500 teachers are the normal re
quirement Districts which, have
called upon Mrs. Booth" for help
are Aumsville, Crooked Finger,
Mission Bottom, Noble,', Rickey,
Sunnyside, McFee, Labish Center,
Oakdale, . Mountain View, Elk
horn, Union Hill, Fern Ridge, West
Woodburn, Willard, HowelL
Crawford, Monitor, Brooks, Ma
honey, Broadacres, Detroit, Park
ersville and Rosedale. . In most
Of these, school is scheduled to
open September 21, while some
have September 28 as starting
date.
Prison Escapees '
Returned Here :
Two men who had escaped from
gangs starting to work at the state
penitentiary . flax . plant here . last
Thursday, Walked into the home
of the father of one at Westfir 'on
Sunday and. asked him to notify
Warden George Alexander that
they were ready to give them
selves up. A car they had stolen
from Salem was located 12 miles
from Oakridge, .where they said
they had deserted it
Alexander .took Cornelius Long
and Fred McCoy, trusties who had
been employed at the penitentiary
flax plant, , into custody at the
home of Long's father.. The car,
belonging to Robert David was re
turned to Salem.
ret ia now and co places fa
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON . . .
Wtd World War Analyst 'for Tho SU teaman
Reports Hitler has designed
to fashion and equip a winter
the lower Volga to the Baltic ''sound highly credible. '
They tend to explain, also, why. he is lavishing his resources
in manpower ana material, re
gardless of losses, to take Stalin
grad. Even though the city's stra
tegic value as a base for future
nazi , offensive action . would be
strictly limited, the bombed and
shell battered ruins of Stalingrad
could be invaluable as a pivot of
a defensive winter line.
They could be used to improvise
winter shelters . for powerful
forces. And weather proof shel
ters for. many thousands - of men
at the apex of the nazi Don-Volga
salient must be. available If Ger
man -1942 gains are not to be
risked when winter comes. Caught
by as severe a winter as the last
In the open .steppes of the Don
bend and below it, the nazis might
be forced to abandon much of the
salient so freely Watered by Ger
man blood to fall back just as
they abandoned-wide segments of
hard-won territory last year about
Moscow. ,
- Unless he eaa anchor his line
; to - Stalingrad for the. winter.
Bitter's 1942 campaign eaa be .
written off as an even greater
' and . more costly failure than
that of 194L Successive Kossian
stands on the Don : and Volga
have balked his hopes ef a de
cisive victory that weald permit
him to torn westward against
England or center his winter
campaign on Egypt. :
It seems 1 certain the seemingly
inevitable fall of Stalingrad must
be followed by a nazi turn' north
and west in the Don-Volga , cor
ridor, to outflank Russian bridge
heads., They are in the Kletsakaya
area on the upper face of the Don
bend, nearly 100. miles northwest
of Stalingrad. A Russian ; winter
advance southward even halfway
across the bend toward' its lower
face could render the nazi-hold on
the Stalingrad salient precarious.
Hitler wound up his. campaign
belatedly last year against Mos
cow. w i t h dangerously, exposed
salients thrust deeply in both
north and south of the city." He
was compelled to relinquish both
by the amazing Russian winter
offensive. "
This time he seems to be heeding
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TIE'S YOUI2 CHANCE TO SJSIXVE
the Air Forces,
a "trio" of his tori-flieht eenerals
line for his troops in! Russia from
his generals and preparing in time
to revert to the defensive to hold
his gains until another fighting
season comes. - 1 ; . :
Crawford Wins
Two Firsts,
Model Planes
; First places in ' two1 divisions
and also the $25 war bond high
point award, were won by Charles
Crawford in . the j Salem Model
Airplane club competition at the
Model airport on the Macleay
road Sunday. Ray Ramseyer won
the prize for longest flight of .the
day when his plane stayed up, 19
minutes and then' went out of
sight Of the 25 planes flown, two
are missing, and anyone finding
them should . notify Elmer J.
Roth, contest - manager. ' - F.
.Division winners " and other
prize winners in their order
wefe: ; ; ' -,.'.J .:;-'" ::;V-'; ;
Class A: - Charles Crawford,
Harry N. Fosbury, Harold Saabye,
Helen Crawford, Robert Mentzer.
Class B: - Arthur. Mentzer, G.
Crawford, B. E. Comfforg, Ray
Ramseyer, John: Lorence, Vernon
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dm C: Charles. Crawford,
Glenn Smith, John Lorence, Car
rol Enstad, Bud Stevenson, G.
Crawford. .I '"'
New Nickel to Be
One-Third I Silver
WASHINGTON ; Sept. Yl-JP)
The new. five cent piece wil con
tain 35 per cent silver," 58 ' per
cent copper, and nine per cent
manganese, '"'t ; ;j' .''. 1" -:
. An announcement by Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau said
the appearance of the new war
time nickle-lesS nickel (the pres
ent one is 25 per cent nlckle and
75 per cent copper) would not
vary greatly from the old , coin
SIGNAL CORPS Ktr, In the "nerve center of the Army
handling - the high-speed communications . equipment of modern war,
there's a big opportunity for men with mechanical talents and training.,
licensed radio operators, experienced radio repairmen, telephone and
telegraph men end other able mechanicswill find a thrill in working
with' the amazing new secret; devices of the Signal Corps. Fre-oervice .
training is furnished free with pay to those who require it. :
HEN CX IQ AND IDErox though yon hare had no me
chanical experience, the Army offers you a special opportunity the right
to choose your own combat branch: Air Force, Armored Force, Cavalry,
Coast Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Field Artillery, Infantry or Signal
Corps. Or you can qualify as Aviation Cadet. Under 20 you can choose.
After 20, this is no longer possible, except for certain skilled specialists.
211 TCZ1 OmCE CLDG SALET L OUGOIl
Tribute Paid
To Senator;
Rites Today
ASTORIA, Sept l-(ff)-Funerv
al services for State Senator
Frank, M. ' FranciscoYich, 43, who
died in Portland Saturday.! wlQ te
held here Tuesday. 1 .. I ' . J '!.''
Colleagues of ; the senate, ef
which he was president iri 1S37.
and members .of the house .will
participate in the final rites for
the veteran legislator."..
: In the death of State Sen. Frank
M. Franciscovich, Astoria, Oregon
lost one - of its most outstanding
citizens, Gov.. Charles A. Sprague
declared here Monday. .
Franciscovich was an able pre
siding . officer of the senate and
fought tenaciously ' for I what i he
believed was ; right," Governor
Sprague said. .'"He ' was scrupu
lously honest! - : h l
Governor Sprague, selected SC
an honorary pallbearer at the fu
neral in Astoria Tuesday, said he
would not . be able to attend be
cause of a previous appointment
necessitating his presence at Med
ford..-.. : !- - -.! --
Secretary of State Earl - Snen
also paid tribute to Senator Fran
ciscovich. -" v 1 1 I - -
Careful Using
Of Portable I
Heaters Asked -
Warning ' against the. careless
use of portable gas, electric or oil
heaters was issued here Monday
by Jerrold Owen, state i civilian
defense coordinator, following re
ceipts of a telegram from James
C. Sheppard, San Francisco, re
gional director. ' i
The National Fire Protection
association and other organiza
tions" sponsoring fire prevention
week issued these rules: , i '
Be sure your heater is mechan
ically sound.: Locate heaters away
from danger of being tripped over.
or ; molested by - chudren. r Keep
heaters away from . curtains and'
furniture. , Gas heaters should . be
installed with . fixed iron piping,
not flexible 'tubing..' Protect gas
heaters from exposure . to strong
drafts. Keep portable heaters
turned off except when an adult is
present Store kerosene in a cool
place outdoors. -. .' .' 1 L; 1
but! Would tarnish 'more readily.
Manufacture will start at the Phil
adelphia mint net week. " : ,
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