Former SalemM eoident
Fina
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Major; Lesley
Directs Air
Service Work
. A "covered wagon baby", MaJ.
Orville A. Lesley, finance officer
of IV air service area command,
Is on duty at headquarters' for the
area in- Sacramento, ,Calift -.And
though that descriptive phrase is
correct,' Major Lesley is not a' de
crepit old-timer from the days of
49. In fact, jhe's only , 38 years
old and far removed from the
gold rush days 'i when ' covered
wagon babies; were as ordinary
as reports of new gold strikes.
The covered wagon in "which
Major Lesley was bora was: one of
a caravan -traveling. north -from
Santa Rosa, Calif, to "J Eugene,
Ore, when bis parents, and oth
er farmers decided to go into-the
lumber business. , ,.'
"It was the only way j the
family - eenld move household
' goods and. stock inekpeMrrely." .
Major Lesley explained, j. T
don't knew Just how long It
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with the ' famous X-Bay
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OIL CHANGE
Craakease drained and
flashed and correct winter
grades of elean.f fresh Mo
bileil sapplied.
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Major' O. A. Lesley former Salem resident, finance 'officer of IV air
x service area command for far western, states, has . established a
, f finance school at Sacramento air depot for men who wOl take ever
I datles of handling army funds wherever American - forces may be
stationed.' Here, left, he demonstrates a problem' to school mstroct-
f ors. Tech. Set. James L. Barber of West Bend, lad and Staff Sgi.
George E. Yickery of Indianapolis, Ind. h M
took, but quite a spell, . from
what my parents told me."
Major Lesley's birth took place
when the wagon train stopped at
Saginaw in Lane, county, OregonJ
His . family settled at Coburg
where he attended schooL He was
a business college student in Eu
gene and in 1926 entered LaSalle
university for a two-year busi
ness course. '.
Upon completing his university
studies, " Major Lesley became a
Shampoo
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Phone 90S5
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Announcement
To Service ' Stations,, Garages, "Automobile Dealers, Industrial
Plants, Farm and Ranch Operators, Business Concerns, and the
Motoring Public t'
Of tho Appointment of
As Distributor for
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in the SALEM area
Distributing celebrated MOBILGAS, America's Favorite Gasoline; MO
BILGAS SPECIAL, the New, Extra-Quality Motor Fuel; MOBILOIL,
World's Largest Belling Motor Oil; MOOILGREASE of the Famous Mobil
Products Family; and GARGOYLE INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS, choice
of 76 Percent cf the Foremost Industrial Companies, and Diesel and
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public accountant and also served
in the national 'guard.' He was
discharged from the latter in 1934
and given a reserve officer com
mission, -j ' " A
" Daring the years 1938 to 1MI
Major Lesley was mapping' en
gineer for the agricultural ad
justment administration, state
of Oregon, f j
His career in regular military
service was resumed in 1936 when
he was on duty ; at Vancouver
Barracks. 'Since then he has been
stationed a V Fort! Lewis, March
Field, in Riverside, Calif-, with
the IV fighter command, and in
San Francisco and Sacramento
with IV air service area com
mand. . i
Major Lesley, jearly last year,
was sent to Fort Washington,
Maryland, to receive special train
ing at the j adjutants general
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His assignments1 have included
those of assistant disbursing offi
cer,' base personnel adjutant, fi
nance officer and acting adjutant
general. " " 1 :t "
Major Lesley j a former Sa
lem resident, recently set up
and pat into operation the TV
air service areaf command's fl
- nance schools at Sacramento
(Calif.) air depot and Fendle
ton Vfleldr: where enlisted men
"with experience: as accountants
or u finance of fleers m private
eoacerns are trained 1 to take
charge of finance-offices wher
ever Americas forces are sta
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The Sacramento air depot fi-
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Teachers to Meet; Students ;
Excused Monday, 2 Counties i
, It's school for the teachers and a holiday for. the pupils in
Marion - and Clackamas county public schools Monday ; as ' the
two-county regional conference is conducted in Salem.
Selected from teaching staffs of the two counties to conduct
the study! groups, meetings from
11:10 a. m. to 12 o'clock noon are
Walter Snyder, X O. Russell, Dor
othy Rea, Grace Sehon, Lloyd Gi
rod, Frank Smith, L.' J." Urham
mer, TL W. Tavenner, Laura Belle
Miles, Frank Neer, . Dorothy
Daugherty, Jesse Deetz, . .Abble
Lyman Beck, jWilliam Hannow,
Frank J, Hostetler, M. L. Whitta
)cer, Floyd Jensen,' A. Clifford,
Ella Lawrence,!: Kenneth Barney,
Yolanda Heerdt, Mary Gibson and
Nina FJklns. ;:
Principal speaker for the con
ference, which centers around
betterment of tins country's rela
tions with Latin-American na
tions, is to be Rev. Alcuin Heibel
of Mt Angel college. . , ' .
Salem Tea e:bers association
plays host at a reception Monday
night for-j other teachers, from
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Preparing for gasoline ration
ing, principals and department
heads of the city schools have
been called to meet at 4 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon j in the ad
ministration office's conf erence
room. A 4 o'clock meeting of the
Oregon State Teachers' associa
tion council is scheduled for that
same room Tuesday afternoon.
Highland, school, with Mrs.
Mittendorfs room in charge, and
Garfield, with :the second grade
responsible, will hold assemblies
at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Leslie junior high school has a
rally slated for; 3:15 p. m. Wed
nesday. .-!-- . fi - t, ,
A junior paj" assembly is on
the calendar forj Thursday at 12:50
p. m. at the high school.
An Armistice day program is
planned for 1 pJm. Friday at Bush
school, an assembly with the sec
ond grade in (charge the same
hour at Washington school. .
nance school is the largest in the
area's nine western states. Eighty
men are to be) instructed during
each six weeks' course. Other
finance schools! are to be estab
lished as required. i
The finance department is one
of the- most important in IV air
service area command which ' is
in charge of supply, repair, main
tenance, service and salvage of
all army aircraft operating in the
far. west -- - .
r- AM Me head, Major Lesley di
rects the work of all finance
officers at' four depots "and
nuT rab-deoots In the area-
Major Lesley: ; is married and
has two daughters attending Sac
ramento schools.
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Shovel Works
On Road Slide
; Marion county No. : 1 - road
problem came to the attention of
the county road authorities Sat
urday and the power' shovel was
started on its' journey to the Elk
horn' road along the Little. North
fork of the Santiam river, where
a continuous procession of slides
has kept crews on the alert dur
ing, all but the fairest of weather
for a year., ;xi i
Efforts to stem the tide of the
gradually - sliding i dirt by hand
labor had worked up to Saturday j
Berf Iverson, .', county road. fore4
man, said, but. more drastic steps
were recommended to keep the
road clear now., No slides of the
magnitude , of these that blocked
the road last, year are anticipated
put ' several families and logging
and sawmill . operations depend
on the road and the task of keep
ing soft dirt from the new- cut
out of the tracks is fo be carried
on through the winter, it is plan
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Gaudy's Work
Praise of the administration of
Elmer Goudy, ' for approximately
10' years j administrator of the
state public welfare commission,
was voiced by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague here Saturday. .
' Goudy resigned his position this
week to manage the estate of the
late E. S. Collins, Portland, and
Miss Loa Koward, his chief as
sistant, was appointed as his suc
cessor. ; .
Goudy proved himself a most
efficient official as head of the
public welfare commission," Gov
ernor Sprague said , "and he
leaves the affairs of the depart
ment in splendid condition. He
is an outstanding organizer and
experienced , in handling intricate
financial problems."
Governor Sprague said that
Goudy developed the commission;
which is one of the state's largest
and most outstanding public agen
cies. He originally was appointed
during . the administration of the
late Governor Jutfus L. Meier. ,
Finale of Scrap
Drive This Week
By Saturday night, November
7, Marion county's scrap drive
will have come to a close, and to
tals of the rural salvage collection
should be known, according to
County Agent Robert Rieder ;
whose community leaders' organ
ization has undertaken the work
in all but metropolitan areas. !
Total of the collection 'piled on
the Portland Gas & Coke com
pany lot had mounted to 99.9 tons
Friday night. From Salem Heights'
and Four Corners neighborhoods
more came in on Saturday. In ad
dition, other depots over the- coun
ty have collections ready for buy
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Gashing of Bonds : :
Rumor : Unfounded
', Rumors to the effect that Port
land shipyard workers were cash
ing1 j' their war bonds soon after
purchase -were declared' .untrue
here 'Saturday Jby Frederick S.
Lamport, chairman' of the Mar
ion county, war savings staff, j ;
, Redemptions-of war bonds na
tionally amount to but three
tenths of 1 per cent, Lamport de
clared. ! ' f - ;
Lamport said employes in the
three Kaiser yards alone in the
Portland v. district were buying
$251,565 worth . of bonds per
week. .
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It is our purpose to render the very best service to our patrons. Our plant .
has ample facilities to meet the needs of this big market. Our equipment
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Typical Scene nt Defense Plant Skovs
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ForceBl evldenee that the otembile Is fnndamental te America's
uus picture, taken a a racifle coast war production plant, it Is typical of daily scenes In hundreds .
of plants throsghevt the nation. Great .numbers of the millions of war workers In this country are.:
zoobllixed chiefly by motor vehicles. It is Important, declare MObUabrication experts, that these ma- :
chines be aafegvarded acalnst varto fsilares. In order thai there be no less of essential transDortaliorf. :
t and no hindrance to war prodoctton.--'. f .,
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'Jackie Shea, 5-year-old soa of
i Comm. John Joseph Shea,TJSN,
1 43, . who went down . with the
TJSS Wasp. Is plctared. fat the
above Soendphoto . reading a
letter; he never will part with
a letter that said If I dent
get back . . . m Pictare was
taken In the Shea home ht Ar
linrton, Mass. It read hr part;
"This, is the first letter I have
ever written directly to my lit
tle son and I am thrilled to
know yen can read it all : by
yourself ... If I don't get back
yoH have to be mother's pro
tector." ITN Photo.
Cigarette Tax
passing Would ;
Call Inventory
In . case the. state cigarette tax
law, under referendum at Tues
day's general election,-Js ; upheld
by .j theJ voters, all cigarette deal-r
ers in Oregort wul be compelled
to file with the state tax commis
sion an inventory of their stocks
on ! handj commission - members
announced Saturday, p Ki;
I The date for filing the Inven
tory would be announced by the
tax commission following :, the
election. ; .. . -; 1
j Dealers Saturday Were prepazv
ing! inventories of their cigarette
stocks preparatory to operation
of the additional federal cigarette
tax; which becomes effective Sun
day. -
I Records here show that Oregon
cigarette dealers paid approxim
ately $50,000 of this tax before
payments were halted by the state
supreme court pending a vote on
the referendum measure at Tues
day's election. This money is now
ht the state treasury department
i Disposition of this money is a
matter for the state legislature to
determine, officials said.
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Building Permits
Here Total $8167
iBufldinav nermits for repairs
were issued to the amount of
$5867 during the month of Octo
ber by the office of building, in
spector. Permits for new con
struction amounted, to $1300. Sep
tember totals were $10,103.50 for
repairs and $1365 for new' con
structions. -
Totals for October of 1941
showed permits to the amount of
$15272 fcrbuuoUng repairs ana
$23,058 for new constructions. '
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H. A. Simmons Takes Salem 1
Agency General Petroleum
H. A. Simmons, Salem resident for five years, has taken'
over the General Petroleum corporation distributing agency for'
the Salem area, it was announced Saturday. Ilis district covers
the area marked off by Dallas, Aurora, Mill City and Jefferson,
with Salem in the center. I i - '
: In assuming his new position as
successor to M. W. Sawyer, Sim
mons relinquished the district
managership of the Associated Oil
company here, which he had held
for five years.' '
V The General Petroleum agency
serves Independent retail service
stations, industrial, farm and
commercial customers and homes
employing ; oil heating systems.
The agency office is located at
635 South 15th street i f , ;
Mr. Simmons has been In the
oil ' business . for 18 . years, seven
years of that period at Roseburg
before he moved to Salem, ' and
the first six years In Portland. He
is married and has a daughter,
Betty-gene, a Salem high school
student, and a son born on Octo
ber 8 of this year.
Slate Courts
Hold in Camp
The state courts have jurisdic
tion of violations of state statutes
occurring withhf ,'jthe boundaries
of Camp Adair, Attorney General
L H. VanWinkle held In an opin
ion here Saturday. i
:. "It is my opinion', VanWinkle
continued, "that the legislature of
Oregon has not yet consented to
the acquisition of the lands with
in Camp Adair by the federal
government for military purposes,
and that, therefore, the federal
government Is merely the proprie
tor Of such lands. - . " I
The" state's Jurisdiction in law
violations would in no way inter
fere with army officials' author
ity 'over the conduct of soldiers
at the cantonment, VanWinkle
said. 1
The opinion was requested by
District Attorney Fred McHenry
of Benton county. -.'"
Officials to See -. i
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Defense Drills J :
Three state civilian defense, of
ficials will leave Salem Tuesday
on a' f our-dayteur to study civil
ian protection measures in Wasco,
TJmatOla; Union and Baker coun
ties ' . ' -.-' r ;
The officials are, Jerrold Owen,
state, civilian defense coordinator;
Jack Hayes, f director of civilian
protection, and Captain William J.
M. Rogers,;: army Inspector- as
signed to Oeegon. .' t"
Air . raid r Incident ' drills " are
scheduled at ; The Dalles Tuesday
night. La Grande Wednesday, Ba
ker Thursday and Pendleton Fri-
All. civilian protective' agencies
wul - participate ; in., these drills,
Owen said. ' '
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wartime achievements is found in,
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Repeal of Laws
Seen Certain if j
Measure Passed i f x
State officials here Saturday
said it was possible that approval
of f the proposed constitutional
amendment on Tuesday's 1 elec
tion ballot, prohibiting diversion
of gasoline and motor vehicle rev
enues for other than highway de
partment, purposes, would repeal
thei meat peddlers law (gasoline
cowboy act), f l, . j-
. These officials 4 said they .based
this assertion on further study of
the amendment.,' 'It was indicated
by 'officials earlier In '- the week
that , the amendment would' not
repeal-the meat peddlers law, for
the reason that the license fee is
paid by the dealers directly Into
a ; state agricultural department
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"After further study of the
amendment some . officials, said
they1 believed - the meat - dealers
peddlers s license Is a tax within
the provisions ,- of the 1 proposed
amerldment. - . y ; -r
There is no question,, these offi
cials declared,: but that approval
of the amendment would - repeal
the ; so-called state Indigent hos
pital fund law of the 1841 legisla
ture, Insofar as it diverts 50 cents
from each ' motor vehicle drivers'
license to the. hospital fund.1
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Red Cross Given j
Praise for Work
Marioi'county chapter .of 'the
American' Red , Cross received
commendation for their Work in
furnishing extra, garments to 'ser
vice menu In . recent letters from
the naval supply, depot in Oak
land, Calif acknowledging the
receipt of 30 sweaters in Iceland
Another letter ( acknowledged
the receipt of 25 ' sweaters, five
scarfs, five helmets, 15 pairs of
gloves and five pairs of socks.'
Sale of Potatoes, . ,
Onions Offered
CORVALLIS, Oct 31 (,1- J
The agricultural marketing ad-"'
ministration Saturday called; for
purchase of f ers f o r - 5,000,000
bushels of russet potatoes and ;
282,000 " sacks of onions, t
- The Oregon State college ; ex
tension service said the offers
must be In the AMA office at San
Francisco by 11 am, next Tuesday.'-
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SportaTIditbr Q::il3
PORTLAND, Oct 31 i Ptob
Leonard, : sports editor of the
Klamath Falls News . and Herald,
said . Caturday hs ' was tbsut to
be inducted into the army as a
sxl trocper. Leonard succeeded
Bill Cumminss : who joined the
army air forces a year aso. .
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CAIIP ADAIH, Oct 31, CD
Lt Paul. B. Morgan, Carr p Adair
salvage - officer, said Saturday
that all scrap metal in t'.a rc-t
area 13 bcirj ccI!;c'.:J7t i " : . 1
Oregon's total in tha r--tl : r.v. i li
newrpaper drive.
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