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Its OrCOn STATE-MAIT. Cc!s Oregon. Filial Herring. October S, ISa SarviceMen Where TheyAro What They're Doing - Flier Visits Raymond , Steinke, son of Mr. "ind Mrs. E. 'A. Steinke, 1873 Court street has been commis "sicned a second lieutenant in the infantry' according to Mrs. Stein ke. Lit. Steinke received his com? mission upon graduation from training school at Fort Benning, Ga., and has been transferred to . Camp Edwards,. Mass. Robert E. Palmateer, sen ef . ; Mr. aad Mrs. a K. "Mose" Pal . mateer, Salem, has received an 1 appointment to the naval aea ! demy at Annapolis. (See story and picture on sports page.) . ; Kews of the graduation of three Salem boys from officers training t at Fort' Benning, Ga, was re ceive d by telephone Thursday taoming. Two of the three have been issued orders .to report to western training centers for duty. 1 William C. Dyer telephoned bis mother, Mrs. Connell Dyer, of his transfer to duty at Camp Adair. Be will board a plane at Atlanta, and arrive Jn Salem on Saturday morning. Lt and Mrs. Dyer will live to Salem. : '. "The telephone call also report ed that Samuel- Harbison, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harbison, also graduated with a commission as second lieutenant, and has been .notified to report to Fort Lewis. .14. Harbison will come jwest by train, stopping off at " Dickinson, .ND,-where he will be joined by Mrs. Harbison' and their infant daughter. They will continue their trip and arrive in Salem in ten days. ' :' . ' The third. Salem man to grad uate Thursday, was-Edwin Mc Wain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho mer McWain, who will remain at Fort Benning. ... ( - Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. Me-: Khinay f Salem received ' word Thursday that their elder, sen, Stnart, a naval aviation cadet . In . training near' . Paaea. '. YVaslu, expects soon to be sent to Fensacolaj Fla for advanced flying. He received a perfect score of 4.t on his last week's work at the Pasco station. r ' PORTLAND." Oct. 8.--The navy announced Thursday that 49; Oregon men have enlisted as naval aviation cadetr In the Oregon-Lexington squadron and soon Will receive flight training. " r Among the enlistees were Ev erett M. Smith, Salem: Walter G F-ostel and Howard Schuler, Leb- ; PORTLAND, Oct 8.-jIVNavy recruiting headquarters announ ced Thursday that new enlist ments included: i Amund F. Fulmer, Franklin N, Barth, Ray R. .Row, Bert M Newbitt and Ernest W. Rogers, all Salem: Oscar E. Mitbo, Sweet Home; James H. Winfrey, Jeff er son; Melvin C. Smith, Gladstone; Glenn A. Holland, Scio, and Al bert R. Schindler, Dayton. Leon Weeks, former Salem res ident now stationed with an army unit in Hawaii, has found a new hobby in making necklaces from ' tgiative shells during his spare .time. Two of these handmade necklaces were recently received ' by Mrs. Bertha Martin of route two, Salem. H. R. Shobar of Salem, who was . aboard the Lexington when it was nmk. last May 8, Is holder of certificate of membership in the newest veterans organization to crop out of the present war, which bean the name of "Shipwrecked Sailors of the South Seas. -The certificate in colors is H frustrated with humorous pictures indicative of south sea life, and may be seen on display in the window of, Scellars and Foley at 143 South Liberty. "Where do yen get your Items for The Statesman's Ser vice Men column T is Cjoes- tion frequently pat " to this ' newspaper's news : department . by parents and f Heads of men' In service. The answer Is: This Is the service men's own column. A large proportion of the n c w a Items It contains, are contributed by parents, friends and the , men, them selves.. Others , come from the various army, navy and marine posts and training stations. All are welcome, VL ' Word, was received Thursday by Mrs. Edith Mitchell of the graduation of her son, Robert Medley, from the signal corps of ficers preparatory training "school at Camp Crowder, Mo Medley will now go to. officers training school in radio at Fort Mon mouth, NJ . to graduate in Jan uary. Medley was a Willamette letterman in basketball. Among those signing as qual ified railroad shop men and me chanics under the temporary spe cialist openings in the 754th en gineer railway .shop battalion in Portland are Joe C Bello, Paul R. Burson, Lewis R. Brown, Mel ville G. Duff, Clyde W. Elsey, Robert E. McKee, Robert P. Rich ardson and. James F, Taylor, all of" Salem;' Hubert C. Strajfeld, Stayton; Harold White," Sweet Home; Martin B. Edwards, Al bany; Richard M. AveruVBerthel H. HenningT Independence,' and Lawrence D. McKee, . McMinn- ville. Upon enlistments the spe cialists are forwarded to a recep tion center and then to Camp Claiborne, La., where they are Interviewed, given basic military training and assigned to perma nent units. Qualified men be tween 19 and 44 years are being accepted providing they have re leases from local selective service boards and can produce evidence of experience from present or for mer railway employers. ' Word has been received by rel atives here that Sgt Robert Quamme, who is with the, armed forces Jin Australia, is in a hos pital there with a broken leg re suiting from a fall. It was stated it had been necessary to insert a silver p 1 a t o - in the leg. Sgt, Quamme is the son of Mrs. John Quamme, 1970 Warner street. ' Ross E. Moore was admitted September 31 to officers train -Ins school for a period of three months. Before leaving here he was employed by the Southern Pacific railroad. Henry A- Kortemeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.i Kortemeyer of Brunks Corner, received his sil ver wings as a second lieutenant in the army air corps at gradua tion ceremonies September 26 at Williams Field, Chandler Ariz. Kortemeyer. attended Willamette university and Oregon State col lege. - Fred Kinsley, who has been stationed at Camp Pickett, Va has been promoted to the rank of sergeant technician with the US army radio division. Infor mation concerning his advance ment was received here by bis wife. ' -: Second Lieut Victor E. Gibson of Salem has been assigned to duty with the 40th armored reg iment of the Seventh armored di vision, "It was announced by Ma Gen. Lindsay Silvester, com manding general. Gibson 'gradu a ted from Salem high school and attended Oregon State college, where he received his commission after completing; the ROTC r Aspinwall Rites Today. .Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth - Aspinwall, long-time resident, of Salem and "vicinity, will be held from the Clough- Barrick chapel today at 1:30 pjn. Rev. Kenneth Wishart will of ficiate and interment will be In the IOOF cemetery." ' .Mrs. Aspinwall, ..who was .70 years old at the time of her death here Wednesday, came to Oregon from South Dakota' in 1901. She had lived . in Salem and on a farm near Brooks for 41 years. . She is survived by her children. Hugh, Phil and J, P. Aspinwall, and Mrs. Lloyd Demarest, all of Salem; Mrs. Forrest Ginn of, As toria; Mark and Harold Aspinwall of Clatskanie; Carl Aspinwall of Brooks; Ray Aspinwall of Wacon da; a sister, Mrs. Eva Williamson of Portland; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Oregon Retains Lifting Order PORTLAND, O'c t cHtfJ-The state wage and hour commission ruled Wednesday that women in Oregon Industries wDl . continue to work under an order prohibit- ing" employers irom requiring them to lift more than 25 pounds dead weight or to carry mora than 15 pounds a distance of more than 15 feet . . : Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst, Portland, board' chairman, said ;howevr that any industry may apply for exemption and the. commission will investigate individual cases. Similar laws are in effect in Washington and California, she said. ' ' 1 SALEM HEIGHTS Carl J. Chapman, recently commission ed a second lieutenant in . the US army air corps, with his wife, la visiting ' his mother, Mrs. Clarence Forbls. He Is leaving this week for Colorado Springs, Colo where he Is to bo stationed. course June 1. He .is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Gibson of Sa lem. Wesley .Roeder, Salem , high school social studies Instructor and tennis eoath, .winds up his teaching aeUvtties today ' fat' preparation for service with the . US army at Fort Douglas, Utah. Roeier has been commissioned a first lieutenant ' ; . Max Graves, recently of Fort Stevens, was home on a five-day furlough to visit his parents, Mr, and Mrs. M. E. Graves of Rob erts, before leaving for. Santa Ana, Califs where he is entering the air corps as a cadet. During his furlough he was also entertained at the home of the Otis M. Bradbury family. ZENA Pvt Harold Trench has been transferred from Salt Lake to ' Davis-Monthan 'field. Tucson, Arjz., according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. French. He began training ot Wichita Falls, Tex., in February and way sent to Los Angeles before going to Salt Lake, PLEASANTDALE --Allen Nichols, farmer of thePleasant dale district left for Fort Lewis Thursday. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Nichols, McMinn ville. His twin brother, Andrew Nichols, expects to be called In February. The brothers have been associated ' together In farming. LINCOLN Seth Dodge, jr.. son. of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Dodge, and; Harold Clark, son. of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Clark, are sta tioned now at Fort Lewis. MARION FORKE J. W. War-' ner, who enlisted in the army last May, is now a corporal and sta tioned somewhere in the British Isles. :'..-' vf --. -f -.--.i ; .' Robert Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Young, who enlisted in the naval construction battal ion, has been called to report for duty in Portland October 9. Seven Disease Cases On Week's Report " Seven cases of communicable diseases were reported by physi dans in - Marion county during the week ending September 26, Four cases of measles and three of mumps are - recorded on the state disease chart, to which 45 per cent of Marion's physicians contributed reports. Ccsile Brand 49 - . HilsHen Qseen cr 1. Ed Uhils and Bks S. 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