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I. The OREGONSTATESMAN. Salem Orexjonu Tuesday Morning. Norember IT. 1942 PAGE Til Service Men Where They Ar What They're Doing There was pride and joy ex pressed in the face of J. McNeil, a student of Salem, who now is a quartermaster third class in the United States navy, when he stood beside his son, Robert Kelley Mc Neil, 18, and saw him sworn in as a United States naval aviation ca det in Seattle recently. Robert was the fourth and final member of his family to join the armed services. His father was a tailor, in the last war and reen listed for this conflict His mother Is a major in the office of civilian defense, and his brother, James McNeil, is a -sergeant pilot in the army at Pope field in North Caro lina. I am outranked by my whole family, said the elder McNeil, who, nevertheless, showed pride that his family was contrib uting so folly to the war pro gram. "I have a half brother, 14. Comdr. Curtis T. Yonnr blood, who Is chief administra tion officer of the Naval Proving grounds at Dahlgreni, Wt, and another half brother, Edwin Yonnrblood, who Is at Fort Greeley, Alaska." The young cadet will begin his career in the navy with an assign ment to St. Mary's college in Mo raga, Calif., for three months of pre-flight training. j. ' Sgt. George L. Voile, having suc cessfully . completed his three months course - at the air forces .officer candidate school at Miami Beach, Florida, has received his commission as second lieutenant , In the army air forces. His duties will be -to direct vital administra tive and supply operations of the rapidly expanding army air forces ground forces, thus relieving trained pilots for full time flying duty. ,-. As a civilian Lt. Yolk lived on route three, Salem. His father, Anton J. Volk, lives on route three, Salem. FAIRFIELD Ray and Roy Francis, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Francis of south Salem, are in the US military services. Roy is a sergeant with the army air corps at Billington Field, Texas, while Ray is in the infantry at Camp White. Overseas L -1 Mi, - ft- -n m V CAPT. WAYNE COOK WEST SALEM Capi. Wayne Cook, who is now in overseas service, is a brother of Mrs. William Cook of West Salem. He attended Salem schools and was graduated from Oregon State CoUege in 1939. He bad a reserve commission and later attended school at Fort Sill, Okla., and more recently was at Camp Carson. His wife, former ly Paula Brewer, and their two children will make their home In Myrtle Point. Brace Van Wyngarden, Wil lamette university 1942, was graduated from midshipman's school at Northwestern univer sity, Evanston, HL, last Friday and has been commissioned as an ensign to be stationed at Se attle, is spending a furlough in Salem at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Edwin Van Wyngarden, 945 North Church street. ELDRIEDGE Mr. and Mrs Karl M. Brown have returned from a trip to! M erce d Calif. where they visited their son, Pvt. , Melvin Brown, who' is stationed with the army air corps, chemical company. Corp. E. Dale Fuller who has been at Camp Edwards, Mass., has been transferred to Camp Cara- belle, Fla. Justin Joyce, US navy, is now in Honolulu, according to information received by Mrs. Frank Thomp son. CENTRAL HOWELL Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Way received a letter Thursday from their son, Bob, who is with the army air corps in New Guinea. The letter was re ceived two weeks after it was written. JEFFERSON Mr. and Mrs. John Wright of Jefferson have received word from their son, Lee Wright, who recently was ' promoted to a captaincy in the US army, that he completed desert training with the 13th Engineers. October. 15, and is now located at San Luis Obispo, Calif. Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. James W. Anderson from their son, Corp. James K. Ander son, that he has been transferred from Sheppard Field, Texas, to Miami Beach, Florida, where he will enter officer candidate school to take a course in air corps, ad ministration. Prior to his enlistment early this soring Corporal Anderson was research assistant in the school of government at the University of Southern California. Another son, William, is in the US navy stationed at San Diego, Calif. Both men are graduates of Jefferson high school and attended Willamette university. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kletzing of Independence . have heard from their son, Harold, with US army forces in Australia, of his promo tion to staff sergeant. .Fitst In Algiers A first American soldier to enter Algiers in the allied campaign for control of north Africa was Staff g;t. Marvin EL Anderson (tbove). 21, cf Minneapolis. An ferson landed at Sldl Ferruch. Associated Press Telemat. Marion Davis, until six weeks ago manual arts instructor at Sa lem senior high school, returned to his home in Salem briefly Mon day en route from basic training at: Great Lakes, Illinois. Davis is a lieutenant (senior grade) and is serving as a line officer in the navy. PORTLAND, Nov. 1G-VP)- Charles C. Ralls will replace Capt Frank G. Ward as officer for of ficer procurement in the Portland district, marine corps recruiting headquarters announced Monday. Ward, who won a congressional medal of honor in the last war, bad been assigned here tempor arily. His new station was not an nounced. Ralls, a veteran of Asia tic duty, comes here from Seattle. - Marine corps enlistments re leased Monday included: Delbert N.' Hayes, Albany; Darol C. Sig frid Salem. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson of 355 North Church street received word recently that their son, Pvt. George L. Johnson, has been trans ferred from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Sheppard Field, Tex. INDIANAUOLIS, Ind. John Lewis Ware of 422 Evergreen avenue, Salem, Oregon, has re ported to the US naval training school at the Butler university fieldhouse here for an intensive 18-weeks course designed to train him as a navy signalman, It was announced Monday by LL II. C. Cigtenhorst, USNR, commanding officer of the school. First Lt John C. Weinert, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Weinert, 145 West Luther street, Salem, is enjoying his 15-day furlough with his parents and his sisters, Bette and Peggy. Lt. Weinert completed three years at Oregon State college be fore he joined the army air corps and has now served two years, one of which was spent overseas. He has been in Australia. Lt. Wein ert was in active combat in the Philippine islands and four months on Bataan. He flew from Australia to San Francisco with a group of his fellow officers. Among the men who reported Sunday at the US naval training station in Farragut, Idaho, are the following residents of Marion county: George W. DeWitt, son of Mrs. Esther Miller, 1824 North Fourth street, Salem; Benjamin C Helms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Helms, 855 Gaines street, Salem; and Marvin C. Yager, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yager, Route two, Turner. Corp. Charles W. Adams, US marine corps, of Rickreall is spending a sick leave with rela tives and friends. His mother, Mrs. Mary Adams, is living in Portland. He had been at San Diego hospital six .weeks before coming north. PEDES Mrs. Rufus Dorge De ceived word that her son, Pfc. Em met McGee, who has been sta tioned at Los Angeles, was ill in Camp Haan Station hospital at Riverside, Calif. Another son, Joe McGee, is in the navy at San Diego. He recent ly -took an examination and rated high enough to go to school. He and a friend, Paul Meyer of In dependence, signed up for motor machinists mate. - : , Minesweeper Launched PORTLAND, Nov. 16 VP) Willamette Iron & SUel corpora tion Monday launched - the USS Capable, fourth in a series ; of minesweepers being constructed for" the navy. Development Of Oiina Described i The current conflict is "a war to liberate the world and for tunately Americans now seem to realize that i Abraham , Lincoln's statement, A nation " cannot ex ist half slave and half free" ap plies under modern conditions to the entire glbbe. Dr. Kalfred Dip Lum, commissioner of overseas of the republic of China, told Sa lem chamber of commerce mem bers members at their Monday luncheon. The speaker objected to any no tion that Japan is a less formid able enemy to the United States than her European axis allies, and declared there should be a "sec ond front" in the Pacific. : Describing 'China's rapid devel opment both politically in the direction of democracy and In dustrially, Dr. Lum described such acccomplishments as the building of two 750-mile high ways, the one from Chungking to Kumming and the modern Bur ma road, each in nine months though engineers had estimated three years, j The speaker pointed out that since China's commonwealth -is built upon the traditional family relationship, j there is no danger of communism being accepted there. What the Japanese have called "China's Red army" is not actually a community group, he explained; and in any case it in cludes only 200,000 men, a small fraction of the ' millions under arms in China Dr. Lum who! has been a pro fessor of political science in Am erican as well as Chinese univer sities, was Introduced by Justice James T. Brand of the Oregon su pereme court ; . Camp Mascot Given Gate CAMP WHITE, Nov. 16-P) Colonel, an evil looking English bulldog with the! disposition of an angel, is in the doghouse. He used to have the run of the barracks of the outfit that adopted him as mascot. He could sleep on any vacant bed, even through reveille. On cold nights the sol diers gave him an extra blanket. But that's all over now. Colonel proved to be a rip snorting snorer j-so much louder than any of the! soldiers that he kept them awake. Finally he was banished to the boiler room. He Sleeps by the fur nace, snores as loudly as he pleases and no one objects. But he's not happy. He acts as though he can't understand how that swell bunch of masters can be such heels. I Workers Buy Bonds PORTLAND, Nov. 18 (JP) Almost 75 per cent of the indus trial workers in Oregon are buy ing war bonds under the payroll purchase plan, Gale F. Johnston, treasury department consultant, said Sunday. i imileiripirettumifl TTfae War RJewo By KIRKE U SIMPSON - . " ' v ;- , -v ..- j .! f . Wide World War Analyst tor Too Statesman f 1 The peril of the axis army; in Africa is real and, imminent. The consequences for Hitler if it is quickly and completely liquidated axe I too grave to assume that he is resigned to the def ensive for the war's duration Soine bold if risky nazi attempt 9T B milltQW A 4T 1 1VW ffniiiif Ka -k ww w mwiwmj f sav, uvu UlUSk "S 4Aa the making. The authors' of the North Afri can nut-cracker attack, Mr. Roos evelt and Mr. Churchill, make it clear they expect vigorous enemy reaction. They do not believe Hitlerism is yet 'cracking up or lacks the , power to strike t back. The axis still enjoys inestimable advantages. It has a single com mand and a seasoned staff to ex ecute, as it has before, miracles of military logistics. It has Inside communication lines, vulnerable only to long distance allied air attack.- - ' i There is some indication that in nazi war books the axis-allied battle now joined in Tunisia is primarily a sacrifice affair, a de laying operation. Whether to per mit Rommel to find a short line for a stand or to salvage his shat tered corps by sea ' evacuation, it seems vital that the western jaw of the allied nut-c r a c k e r- be slowed up. The chances are all against prolonged successful resistance by the axis in Tunisia. Whatever their numberj axis troops there must lack the heavy fighting equipment of their Anglo-American assailants. -: I Hundreds of miles still I gape between the British pursuit of R om m el from the east, now rounding or by-passing the Liby an hump, and Eisenhower's ad vance guard in Tunisia. That they ultimately will meet seems fore ordained unless. Hitler moves more drastically than he yet has to avert it And his chance of fer rying a huge army to Africa does not seem good. There are plain signs of an allied submarine screen in the central Mediterran ean! to supplement land 'based planes from Malta, Algiers, and soon from Tunisia and Bengasi which are a deadly menace to sea movement. The Hitler alternative would be a diversion attack somewhere else; to halt or draw off either or both of the allied nutcracker for ces.! Conjecture dismisses the Russian front or a stepped-up air attack on England as apt to have Ihat, effect That seems to leave only Turkey, and Spain as possi ble axis diversion theatres. Both would involve heavy risks. EyeH if Turkey did not fight back and there is now every reason able assurance that she would a vast extension of ' front and com munication lines 'would confront the ' Germans j and their r allies. Axis forces in Russia ; and the west would : have to be : further and dangerously . thinned. .There is no assurance an attack on Tur key could halt; the allied African nut-cracker short of clearing North Africa of the foe. ; i "' j Spain would be easier but less threatening to the allies, although air and submarine bases on the Spanish Atlantic coast; could be a grave new threat to Anglo-American sea communications. An at tempted nazi 'occupation of Span ish Morocco in the rear of Eisen hower's armies to divert his end of the nut-cracker might be in cluded, r; ". The only certain thing is that Hitler must move somewhere and soon or-sit down to stand siege on the continent and admit : he has shot his offensive bolt i - OSC to Take Big Role in Research PORTLAND, ! Nov. 16-tfP-Ore- gon State college will assume an important role in agricultural and industrial research which will aid in the development of the north west. Pres. August L. Strank said Monday. ; I "". , Dr. Strand told a chamber of commerce forum that he believed most of the workers who have come to the state to. work in war plants would remain. - . The college, he said, already has revamped " its ' course . to aid re search necessary for the solution of war-caused problems. Two Victims9 Bodies Puzzle At Vancouver -v7 vii.1c.1a15 hi uie iicnry Kaiser ' shipyard - Monday sifted the list of missing down to three in an, attempt to identify the two remaining unnamed corpses from a dormitory fire here Friday. Seven died in the blaze, and five have been tentatively identi fied, although all the bodies were burned beyond recognition. Those believed to have been in the dormitory at the time of the fire and who have not reported to work since, are R. C. Thos, 18, Kellogg, Idaho; George Courville, 27,: Portland r William Roberts, 43, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. , Coroner R. E.x Dufresne said survivors told him Roberts was asleep -in his . room when fire broke out A body was found in the corridor nearby. The dead tentatively identified ar: Stanley Jurkiewicz, 27, Brooklyn, NY; Edna Schafer, 42, Bend, Ore.; Mrs. Agnes Johnson, New York n egress; Sadie Craw ford, 21, Fort Jones, Calif.; Ray mond Conley, 18, Metropolis, I1L Raymond Van Trump, Mt Pleasant Iowa, earlier - reported1 missing showed up for work Mon day. - Counties to Meet V PORTLAND, Nov. 18 VP) -r-i The association of Oregon counties will open its 37th annual conven tion here Monday with Judge Carl W. Chambers' of Pendleton pre siding. r - m-.,rwm: 1 .... .j..y.K.:i.w "f 1 V " - -1 i " " s ' ' - - - " ' ' " i uttlGHT now the U. S. Army offers ffflpa h jf I " A country. feM 1 1 1 i U yAT I VffciibL jS VVSw f ! you many opportunities to serve your Certainly one of the most thrilling, most exciting branches of all for a red-blooded American is our modern, streamlined Infantry. For you can bet your boots that the Infantry will be there when the Nazi flag is torn down in Berlin. The Doughboys have always been in on j the final victory 'since the dawn of history. And you'll cer tainly want to be there this time. Today's Infantry is a new, modernized combat unit. It includes more kinds of action than ever before. It gives you more kinds of adventure and training. Read about them carefully, for the! is one of several branches of the Army wi of 18 and 19 may select today. Then talk to your nearest Recruiting Officer and get all die facts about the opportunities still open to you. Infantry bich men G AUG IV AY FOR ME ' INFANTRY. PARACHUTE TROOPS Hero they com, armed to tho teem. They float to earth by parachute -from hugs transport planes dating men to do a vital job and do k wdL They Iaarn their business from the pound up and receiv 50 a month in oddi- tion to their regular pa jr. ..." Alt-IOXNE INFANTRY Today's Infantry tales to tt aide, la Wboi dhrisioDj of Air borne Infantry, and "jeeps,- awifdy and aOcsstfy caenpletely qoipped wkh My to batde in area to earth in gliders to taka the yby . v ;.. .- ? HEAVY MOBILE FIRE-POWER-No Infantryman In the world has more deadly, mora powerful giina to use. The new 37 mm. jeep-towed field gun has terrific firefpower. Jeeps, including am phibians, also mount 30 and 50 calibre machine guns, making them one of the most rersatile batde cars of all time. L Ok r. TANK RUSTERS The Tank Destroyer Fore of the Infantry fa a new and powerful mechanized fighting tonit. Its 'Hank buaters,' bristle with armor-piercing cannon pnd amachine guns. They're regular 60-mile-an-hour fortresses on the more. The most effec tive weapons of their kind in modern warf are. , . j' s . ... RIFLEMEN No other Army on the globe equips its Infantrymen with a more efficient, more deadly liand weapon than the new Garand semi-automatic rifle. Superior in Accuracy, in fire-power, in firing speed, this "one-inan-gangrgtm'f gives one Dooghhoys the edge orer any opponent. ; j - . -- --- ;;. --. UOUNTA1N TtOOPJ-Tha Infantry Motmtain Troops rang. ugh ewer lofty pea Irs, handling rhsnmlrss aa skilled i , are part of the Infantry today.' Ji ULL r r-s r- ri rt r- rrr1 r - r r"! r-v , LJL Li Vj LI wJ U it u L J KJ LJ LJ f 3 I MACHINE CUNNERS- Some of oar Infantrymen command the barking muzzles of fast-firing, straight-shooting machine guns. Others are equipped with the newest, most modern long-range, rapid-fire weapons, automatic rifles, mortars, pistols, grenades, light and heavy antitank guns. COMMUNICATIONS In an army that moves like lightning, commnn ications are vital. Infantrymen operate radio receivers and transmitters, "WaTky-Talkie" one-man radio stations, tele phone and telegraph equipment to guide movements of their own and keep in touch with every other armed force in action. .L MOTORQZO UHIT$ la modern battle, Infantrymen roar tip to the front lines in huge Army trucks. Complete divisions, with, guns, cannon and ammunition speed over roads. As always, the American Doughboy fa trained to take cars of himself on foot and lick the enemy in hand-to-hand combac ABOUND THE WORLB-Tha U. S. Army bat designed equip. . mint and training for every known kind of climate and geography -oat earth. Oar Infaisli maii is the best equipped in this war. For the enows of the Arctic or the heat of the Tropica, he has the clothes, equipment and training he needs to fight hard and win. i .. rOSTOFFICS ED1LD11JC, CALEMj 0SEG011