Tha 02EG0N STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning. January 21 1913
PAGE SEVEN
Service Meir
Where The? Am
What , They're ' Doing
Pvt. Dean M. Lauderback, who I
recently i returned to McClellan I
field, Sacramento, after complet-1
ing a specialist course at the Vul
tee Aircraft, , Inc., in , Nashville,
Tenn., has been transferred to the
bombing and gunnery range at
Tonopah, " Nev. He is one of a
group selected to set up the air
base there. ;
. ! Lauderback was graduated from
the Spartan School of Aeronau
tics, Tulsa, OkhL, in November,
1942. He is the son of J. Q. Laud
erback of route six.
Candidate
i Sgt. Aubrey Steinbock, of the
US army chemical warfare de
partment, recently visited rela-
.tives in Salem and is now on his
.way back to headquarters in Ala
bama. He visited Camp Adair and
reported the physical facilities su
perior to those he has seen on
the Atlantic coast.
i : Margaret Clark ef Sweet
Heme received a letter Monday
from her son. Pvt. Sumner H.
Clark, somewhere In north Afri
ca. He writes that Collins and
Cennely, Lebnti; Carper,
Cooper and Curry of eastern
Oregon and himself, "the six
Cs," are still in one outfit. They
shared sleeping quarters all dar
ing their tralnms; here tn the
states. The letter, written De
cember 3L said they were re
ceiving Christmas snail In fine
; shape.
? CpL Harold M. Cherry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cherry, route
six, is now in New Guinea and
his brother, CpL Robert A. Cherry,
Is in Australia.
' A. C. Friesen, specialist first
class, US nayal reserve, is home
en a short furlough after com
pleting recruit training school in
'San Diego. He finished second in
his class and will report Friday
to Portland for duty. Before en
tering the navy, Mr. Friesen was
associated with Loder Brothers
sales department in Salem and
was prominent in fraternal work.
He is past worthy president of the
Salem Eagles and at present is the
state conductor of the Eagles.
Pvts. Robert P. Hamilton, son
At
STAFF SGT. VERNON CHANCE
MUX CITY Staff Sgt. Vernon
Chance, who has spent the past
three years overseas, has been
in MUl City on furlough. He
- has been in the armored force
of the JDS army and will leave
shortly for Fort Knox, Ky.. to
. attend officers candidate school.
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Hamil
ton of 1650 South l High street.
and Harley R. Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Miller of 480
Madrona avenue, have been as
signed to the base signal battal
ion at San Diego to study radio.
after seven weeks of basic train
ing in the marine corps there.
Pvt. George Franklin, USMC,
21, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Pro of 1915 Maple avenue, is
now stationed at the naval air sta
tion, Oakland, Calif., it was learn
ed here Wednesday.
Pvt. Franklin, a graduate of
Salem high school. Joined the ma
rines in July, 1942.
He applied for duty with an
aviation ground crew unit and was
ordered to the San Diego, Califs
base for training.
Later he was transferred to the
Oakland base, where he is at
tached to -the alteration and re
pair shop.
The young Salem marine wears
an expert's medal for the bayonet.
SWEGLE Mr. and Mrs. Men
no Dalke have received word of
the promotion ef ' their son,
Clayton, to staff sergeant. Clay
ten and Raymond Bond,' also of :
the Swegle district, are believed
to be with Gen.' MaeArthnrs .
troops in New Guinea since the
information given out by the
war department at Seattle tn
January stated that the 41st di
vision Is fighting on the island .
near Salamaua. After the two.
laft Camp Lewis . they were
known to be in Australia, but
this was the first message tell
ing what part they were taking.
Mall is received regularly by
the two, and their letters have
arrived home, but always post
marked San Francisco.
Mrs. A. N. Poole received word
on Tuesday from the provost
marshal general that her son.
Kenneth I Grimes, is now in
terned! by the Japanese at Santo
Tomas camp near Manila, -Grimes
Joined the army' air
corps following his grauatlon from
Salem blah school in 193 1 ana
was at Cavite when the bombing
took place. He was then a civilian
shop foreman at the naval air
base there. Grimes had never
returned to the ' Uniten States
since being assigned to duty in
the Philippines but had intended
to come home in January of 1942.
The last word received from him
bv his mother was the day after
the letter was mailed some time
the attack on Pearl Harbor, but
prior to the bombing.
Robert George Coates, son of
Mrs. Orpha Coates of 1139 Union
street, enlisted in the marine
corps on Tuesday ; in Portland.
Coates is a graduate of Albany
nigh school.
Oren Deartshear, grandson of
Mrs. Ella Tyler, has returned to
the United States after serving
overseas for a vear. He is in
the army air force as an engineer,
He is now visiting his mother,
Mrs. Mable Deartshear, in Neb
raska.
MONMOUTH Elmer Bork, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C Bork. is
spending a 15-day ' furlough at
home with his parents. He enter
ed the armed forces in October,
1941. and has been stationed in
an Alaskan area. Next month
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he will start to school for six
weeks studying aviation mechan
ics. He has been serving as an
aviation mechanic's mate, third
class. He was graduated from
Monmouth high' school and was
engaged in farming here with his
father prior to Joining the army.
Asa Campbell, who has been
stationed with the naval forces
on! Treasure Island, has written
friends here that he will soon
be transferred elsewhere. His
parents are spending the winter
in Oklahoma.
Kenneth McCrea, son of Wil
liam McCrae, Monmouth, has
written homo that ho is "some
where in the Pacific" with the
armed forces. Prior to Joining
the army he had been engaged in
livestock farming with his uncle,
Ed RiddelL and brother, James
McCrae.
MONMOUTH Kent Wood
ward, who is stationed at Fort
Lewis with the medical corps,
came home for a weekend visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward, here. He was gradu
ated from Oregon College of Ed
ucation and taught ' a year at
Klamath Falls before entering the
service. He was sent to the mid
west for special training and is
in the dental 'division.
Mrs. C. E. Snair reports that
her two sons, Hal and Max, both
in the armed forces, are well. Hal
is in Iceland, where he has been
since last April. . Max, formerly a
cook in a Portland restaurant, is
now captain of the galley In a
Rhode Island naval port
Mrs. Snair says she writes dally
to one of hex; boys, alternating the
letters so that . each one gets a
letter! every second day. In addi
tion, she writes to IS other boys
in the service, believing thata
friendly, newsy letter means much
in the life of a boy far from home
and friends. Mrs. Snair, formerly
a nurse,-helps her husband do the
work on their dairy farm here,
trying to supply the place vacated
by the youngest boy when he
went into the army.
LYONS Mrs. K. P. Lyons
was thrilled Saturday morning
when she received a cablegram
front her son Cyril who; Is sta
tioned somewhere tn north Af
rica! The cablegram read: "Have
arrived safely In north Africa.
Christmas greetings and Happy
New Tear to. yen Cyril is still
doing office work and stated in
one of Ids letters thai he and
Keith Taylor, another Lyons
bey who enlisted at the same
time, were again separated after
meeting hv Africa.
ALBANY Lt. Lucios D. Camp
bell, : Seattle, Wash-, has b e en
awarded the navy cross for meri
torous service, according to word
received here by his mother, Mrs.
Jessie F. Campbell. Another son
of Mrs. Campbell, 1 Robert Wfl-
1 1 a ra, in .training at Farragut,
Idaho, and who has been in Al
bany on leave, left this week to
report for sea duty. He Is a sea
man second class with the US
naval reserve.
-Major Edward C Robertson,
Albany, has been awarded a
silver star for bravery In act
ion in .the north African cam
pa 1 g n. M r a. KaberUoa , has
leaned. Major Robertson's el-,
tation stated he had displayed
conspicuous gallantry when he
braved open machine gun and
artfllery fire to rally his bat
talion of field artillery during
an assnalt last November. The
star was pinned on him by MaJ.
Gen. Jonathan W. Anderson.
Mrs. Robertson,' the f o r m e r
Maxine Montieth of Albany,
and young daughter Cynthia are
living in Albany. Previous to
being called into service, MaJ.
Robertson was In charge of the
Main street. Standard Oil ser
vice station here.
PIONEER Sgt Victor Carl
Black surprised friends when ht
arrived home Saturday. Ho ! has
been stationed at Camp Lee, Va,
and has been transferred to Van
couver, Wash.
Mrs. Ray Corel has received
word that her nephew,. Merle
Stalcup of Ennis, Mont; has been
killed in action on the Solomons.
Stalcup was a cousin of Mrs.
John Keller, Jr. ,
PERRYDALE Af Koenig, sea
man second class at the naval
training station at Farragut, Ida
ho, spent Friday at the Bob Mit
chell home. Ho also visited his
brother, CarL in Amity. He was
on his way to ft southern training
camp. ,
HAZEL GREEN Word has
been received here by "relatives
that Lt and Mrs. Nathan -Mor-rell
j Crary were . visitors recently
at - the home of Pyt and Mrs.
John Zumstein, formerly of
Hayesville, now residing in Lin
coln, Neb. Pvt. Zumstein Is i
student at the army air mechanics
school. Lt Crary has been trans
ferred from Lowery Field at Den
verj where he was training ad
vanced armaments, army air corp,
to Tale university, where ha will
teach. Mrs. Zumstein and Mrs.
Crary are cousins.
Press Confab
Begi
Friday
ns
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene, Jan. 20 The 23 th annual
Oregon Press conference will open
on the University of Oregon
campus Friday, with representa
tives from most of the state's
leading papers expected to bo on
hand for the two-day session.
Mary Conn Brown, Redmond, is
president of the association.
Nearly every discussion by con
ference representatives will center
around some phase of the war
as lt affects the press fn general
and Oregon newspapers in par
ticular. Representatives of various
war agencies, including the cen
sorship office, office of war in
formation, WPB , and OPA, , will
be on hand to answer questions.
Featured speakers for the meet
ing will be Wendell Webb, As
sociated Press correspondent who
covered a battle of Midway. Gov.
Earl Snell and retiring Gov,
Charles A. Sprague are expectefl
to appear; on the program of the
journalistic gathering. ;
tjjuajjr unliving
Still Mystery
PORTLAND, Jan. 20.-ff)-The
mystery of what caused the new
tanker benenectauy to Dreax in
half at its dock here Saturday
night deepened Wednesday.
"It's absolutely ; unique,H said
John F. Bruns, principal hull in
spector for the maritime commis
sion. "We just don't know what it
Is, but we know it wasnt the
workmanship because the break
wasnt through the weld." I
Bruns pointed out that 30 of the
same type tankers are . operating
satisfactorily on the east coast,
and said an attempt will be made
soon to raise the vessel.
Rear Adm. Howard L. Vickery,
vice chairman of the maritime
commission, and shipping company
representatives were expected to
arrive TOnigni ior me investiga
tion, described by Bruns as "not
even started yet" " ,
1
Swan IslancConies into Its OweS
CGODEHUEjD by Port Commission as an
industrial center; but first made an airport.
from cat-tails to pajrolls! That's the dramatic record of Portland's Swan Island. And
It's a Story linked with PGEs alert, foresighted construction of facilities to dtlivtr
Twenty years ago a progressive-minded Port of Portland Commission laid
plans for developing Swan Island then a brush-covered, swampy eyesore into
an Industrial center. Its location near the center of Portland, with access to deep
water and rail transportation, made it a "natural" for a factory center.
But then the era of developing airports arrived, and the Port Commission
decided that Swan Island could best serve immediately as a hub of air transport At
that time, tha Willamette Hirer's main channel swung east of the island. The Port
deepened the west channel, making it the main artery, and used the river-bottom
material to build np the' Island. ?
PGE built a lina that carried the first electric service to Swan Island. In succeed
ing years, PGE built larger and larger lines, and installed the necessary transformers
and other equipment j .
PElEOErilTs Builder of largest commercial -
ships on Pacific Coast.
When the Kaiser Interests began planning ihf construction oft great shipyard oa
Swan Island, PGE jumped into action and met every requirement of schedule
PGE delivered all of the power for building the Swan Island shipyard t i and Is
now delivering all of the power for building giant tankers. which' hava almost
double the capacity of the famous Liberty Ships. These are the largest commercial
ships built on the Pacific Coast j -
Swan Island, and scores of other war Industrie! In this area, are r reaping
the benefits of PGs half-century of pioneering. Tor more than 50 years, PGB has
demonstrated its faith in the future of this region . i by developing five waterpowof
plants, a great steam plant, and by building a network of lines throughout a
; 2 500-square-mile territory. la tha past four years, the farsighted PGE management
has spent 4 million dollars to enlarge PGFs capacity for serving scores of viral
war industries, and other Industries. Part of this huge expansion enables PGB
todcliver the many thousands of horsepower required 24 hours a day by the Swan
Island shipyard of the Kaiser Company, Inc ,
IFlJCtUnEs An industrial center
served by PGE9 s lines.
After rlaory Is won, perhaps Swaa Island will continue to make ships. Or, perhaps
airplanes. Or any jramber of other product T 1 .
With commendable foresight, the Kaiser Interests have built this shipyard so
that It Ij quickly and easily conrertibte to manufaauring processes
Whatever the plans after victory, the facilities that PGE built up will help giro
Swan Island Industry a head start in serving post-war markets
' PGFs record of providing serrica mhtad 6f schedule oa Swaa Island Is Just
Mother-example of howr tnterfrisf Is msring mf In the war progranu
Today PGE is delivering a quarter-million horsepower to war industries and
other users throughout a 2300-sauare-mile area stretching from St. Helens to Saleou
W ara delivering 37& mora power thaa three years ago. And wa are proriding
this power at rates that are among the rtrj lowest la all America actually lower
than the rates of many taxpayer-suhsidixed utilities. The average family pays less
for electricity la Portland thaa la any other dry of Portland's size oa the Pacific
Cc And, compared with 1934 the average. PGE residential customer gets 32&
more electricity per dollar! ,