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PAGE EIGHT nyniB . .-. J . , - - . i ;. Wliere They Are What They Are Doing CpL Charles E. Robert, a Wil lamette university student before enlisting in June. 1942, has been prompted to sergeant, according to wrd received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roberts, 235 South 23rd street. - A nephew of Mrs. Zella James, housemother at Delta Phi 'sorority of Willamette university, was the youngest naval officer at the re cent Casablanca conference, Mrs. James learned Saturday. He is Lt Cmdr. Ralph James, 33, sta tioned at Washington, DC, who "was one of seven naval officers who flew to Brazil, Dakar, Casa blanca, Liberia and back. He grad uated .from the US naval academy at Annapolis in 1933. David O. McKae, sen of F. G. Kartz, Salem route two, box six, has been promoted to ser reant by the commandant, CoL Frank D. Ilackett, Kirtland field, AIbao.aera.ae, NM. Prior to entering the service, Sgt. Mc Kae was employed by the US engineers. Be is now on doty at Kirtland field with a bombar dier training squadron. Pvt. Alfred Ricketts has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Nora Ricketts, while on furlough from the ordnance department at Fort Lewis, Wash. Four Salem men in the US navy have reported for duty at the navy training station in Farragut, Ida. They are Melvin Russle Case, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Case, route six; Walker Stanraore Fitts, son of Mrs. Wilda S. Fitts, 254 North Church street; Richard William Maude, 872 North 20th street, and Harry Kent Wechter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wechter, route five. Lt. Alan D. Edgell. son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Edgell, 1595 South Cottage street, is recovering from an appendectomy performed Production Credit Group Elects Here George H. Fullenwider of Carl ton, member of the state board of agriculture and prominent dairyman of Yamhill county, was reelected to the board of directors of Willamette Production Credit association at the ninth annual meeting of stockholders held in Salem on Saturday. Members also elected R. W. "Dick" Reed of Lane county to succeed F. W. Simmons of Springfield on the board. Reed, an all-star in foot ball during his days at University of Oregon, now operates a dairy farm a few miles south of Eugene. : Holdover directors of the as sociation are John W. Ramage, Woodburn; Claud Buchanan, Cor v a 11 is. and E. W. McMindes, Astoria. Approximately 200 mem bers and guests from 11 north west counties of the state attended the meeting and luncheon at the Marion hotel. Importance of meetingW arm production goals for 1943 was dis cussed by J. W. Bradley of Spo kane, secretary of the Production Credit corporation. ; Members of the association bor rowed more than $1,139,000 in 1942, with approximately $400,000 of that amount disbursed in Mar Ion and Polk counties, the trea surer's report showed indicating also officers said, that the associa tion had the best year in its history in 1942. All officers were reelected by directors, who met following the stockholders session. WAA Has Election UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 20-Ruth Shipler, Sa lem, was elected custodian of the Women's Athletic association Feb ruary 17 at the annual election. A freshman in physical education, , Miss Shipler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shipler of Salem. Sara Spencer Elected UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 20-Sara Spencer, Sa lem, was recently elected corre sponding secretary of Kappa Al pha Theta, social sorority. Mies Spencer, a junior in romance languages, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. Spencer of Salem. CKrrOBM SMOtaiy -oayateats; renewal exoeao;. lorreaM.ta latere rate. A rraoeatfca ss-Vtar Mrta la tko-Mf way to flaaaea ymr fcs. ifcvattaote tm seteet MfilM., .WBJk tfoctog optional. HAWKINS KOBEKTS. IXC. Atbr!xt: ftSortCM Loaa Solicitor far Tit FrruJ tuax&ac Co. -of 'Aaacrtca. . - Guardian Building. Salem, Oregon Menu at the Torney General hospital at Palm. Springs, Calif. Lt. Edgell, who was previously stationed at Camp Haan, Calif, wrote to his parents last week, saying that he was "feeling line . ' JEFFERSON Milton Libby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barley Lib by, indacted Into the US army December It, has recently been made a serreant and transferred to Camp Adair in the - head quarters battery field artillery, communications department. His commander at Camp Adair was his former captain when Libby served three years In the army in the Hawaiian is lands. Mrs. Libby and son live in Jefferson. P. M. Ricks. has three sons In the service. . Frank and Gerald are on active duty In the . navy, the latter on a minesweeper; and Floyd Is in training at Camp White at Medford. MONMOUTH Harry Parker, who formerly attended high school here, left his home In Corvallis Saturday for Santa 'Ana, Calif., where he will enter officers can didate school for aviation cadets. He was graduated from Oregon State college in 1940 and has been employed in the AAA office at Corvallis.. He has two brothers also In the armed service. Charles Parker is a first lieutenant in army air corps, stationed at Mitchell, SD. Max Parker, who enlisted in the navy the week following Pearl Harbor, is on a supply boat in the Pacific. Wage, Hour Agent Helps Charles H. Elrey, Oregon di rector of the wage, hour and pub lic contracts division of the Unit ed States department of labor, has informed W. II. Baxllie of the em ployment service that the experi ment of assigning an inspector to service in the Salem vicinity has indicated an apparent real need for such activity. According to Elrey, Roy Ferris, junior inspector of the wage and hour division, handled more than 30 interviews on his first assign ment to the employment office last Friday. Most of the interviews were in connection with problems of employers concerning wage stabilization. Ferris assisted sev- The Smart The best buy is QUALITY ... for QUALITY lasts i . . the very finest among coats and suit fashions, superbly tailored, are at The Smart Shop! 1 a if' ' 1 man- V $29.95 -. f-JI I . t f . " u i . ' ! ; , , Buy War Bonds First . . ; .'. ' . ! Buy Only What You Noodl Xhm Raver Slated At PEP Meet PORTLAND, Feb. 20-flP)-Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville power administrator,. Saturday was scheduled to testify Monday at the SEC hearing into the proposed reorganization of . the Portland Electric Power company. ; i i:j Cross-examination - of Thomas W. DelzelL , independent ; trustee, occupied most of Saturday's ab breviated session. He testified as to the complicated financial deal ings of the early .1930s, when con trol of the company changed hands several times. f - ' K Delzell said that in 1930; the company benefitted, to the : extent of approximately $7,500,000 from the issuance of $16,000,000 in 0 per cent debentures and that the balance ' "went 'down the rat- hole." . Around Oregon A Coos county grand jury ab solved George L. Maynard, 48- year-old retired marine corps ma jor, of causing the death of John Kenneth Henninger, 27, In a scuf fle at Coquille December 19 . . . Grants Pass held funeral services for Cornelius Jasper Armstrong, 89, who claimed to have been the first white child born in the gold boom town of Jacksonville. , 1. 1 Death also claimed Stephen A. Douglas Meek, ' 85, Cornelius farmer, whose father, Joe Meek, helped organize the Oregon provi sional' government at Champoeg in 1843. . , Game officials report ed bands of half-starved deer mi grating to the - valleys, around Bend from the deep snows of the eastern Cascades. . . Prospects of an increased vege table yield in eastern Multnomah county rose with the announce ment that a number of wholesale nurserymen of the Gresham dis trict plan to convert to vegetable production. . . The City of Port land invested $200,000 of sewage disposal funds in war bonds. . . Ann W. Shepard was named dean of women at Reed college to suc ceed Mrs. ; Martin Leboutillier; who will work for the navy de partment in Washington, DC. eral employers in completing forms, necessary for consideration of wage adjustments of the war labor board and also made sev eral preliminary determinations as to whether or not the proposed wage increase needed to . be re ferred to the board. Baillie stated that Elrey has as sured him that this service will be available at the employment service each Friday hereafter -as long as there continues to be a demand therefor. Shop YOU'LL find ... to wear with confidence a coat or suit that gives the effect of softness, the trim and classic tailored for day-in, day-out service in plaids, tweeds, pin stripes, checks, also plain and pastel materials in every wanted shade. We particularly stress our 100 wool fabrics includ ing Strooks, Juliard and Forst- AI1 Wool $59.59 to DRESSES YOUXL find . . V the new ; Spring prints, dressy. after- noon silks and soft wools . '. i See them tomorrow at The Smart Shop! : $9.95 t. $29.95 OREGON STATESMAN, Satan, Most-Bombed Spot Malta Returning From Ruins To Normal; Casualties Light K ; VALLETTA, Malta, Feb. 12-(Delayed)-Malta, still one of the hottest and. most dangerous places in the Mediterranean, is trying to return to normal. ' , . Since the fall of Tripoli, which the Maltese celebrated as end ing, the island's long aerial siege, the interests of - the people have been going back to more routine thTrtgs than the bare necessity of keeping alive and away from the bombs which have left the Island a heap of ruins. J ponnaing er months on end and ' the colossal property damage, the casual ties were relatively light as shewn In the. report of the council of government. This report disclosed that 248 "bills widows' are receiving . compen sation, while there are only ten orphan -children and 64 desti tute parents on the lists. In jury allowances are being paid to 814 persons and disability -compensation to 95. The steady arrival of convoys during the past several weeks has improved the food and general sit uation greatly. New stores are springing up and old ones are bet ing repaired, restocked and reop ened. There is little fresh meat on the open market, but one normal ly well-to-do householder noted that things are much better now. "We used to have to pay two shippings .(40 cents) for one egg and then it was hard to find, she said. "Actually we had to deal with profiteers to get anything." Theatres, dance halls, bars and all public gathering places are still closed to service men because of the outbreak of an Infectious dis ease, but that has greatly dimin ished and is now considered under control. There is the problem of the goatherders for the . council to solve. The famous flocks have been all but eliminated either by bombs or the carving knife. SOTS- - m . ine ; zarmers, meanwhile, are trying to coax a living from the earth with . methods dating back to biblical times. When an air raid interrupts work in their well-terraced fields peasants duck into one of the han dy rock shelters which make Mal ta something like a bomb-proof rabbit warren. They usually take their bomb-wise cattle with them. Ages before the Germans and Italians came in their planes, the Maltese used these catacombs as storehouses for the fruits of their land. Many- cultivated areas have been ruined by bombs, but always have been quickly resown. Farm Another Group ; OF SUITS $19.95 . $24.95 YOUXL find ... a collecl: tion of hats charming- and typically American. Casuals for ; your tweeds and wools, . tailored and dressy straws f or the dressier attire. Also indispensable beret a and feather turbans including Thn" $1.95 t. $17.59 at Jjm - x 1 ' fir cj m Ortcjoa. Candor Morning, Tmbnarr 211943 labor has been augmented by sol diers during their spare time. ; : It was a common sight to see the king's i own Maltese infantry or an artillery" regiment toiling In the fields. .' Women as usual play an impor tant part in the farm work of Malta. In contrast to their ancient fanning Implements, practically every one of them sports skil-" fully fashioned costume jewelry made from parts of wrecked , German planes. - - The RAF salvage crews usually take away only parti of the wrecked axis plane engines. When they leave eager natives swarm about the frame, removing light metal mica, which they fashion into brooches, combs and other ar ticles. War Housing Added v PORTLAND, Feb. 20-(iP)-Port-land's war housing center is open ing new living accommodations for war workers at the rate of one every 20 minutes. Manager A. D. Newman said Saturday. Throughout tho Wockv Tho Statooman Brings to Your Homo a Proviow -Of tho Shop Windows and Intoriors of Salom's Business Firms A never-ending panorama of styles, values and services are yours as a reader of The Statesman advertisements From them you can list your complete needs and KNOW what, where and when to huy! This means sub stantial savings for you in money, time, tires and gaso line as you can make one shopping trip do the work of many. Planned Shopping is a Patriotic Pleasure! fcV War Writer -Casualty ' Rate High NEW 7 YORK, Feb. 2&-(-The casualty rate among United States correspondents covering the pres ent war since Pearl Harbor has been three or four times greater proportionately than battle cas ualties suffered -v by US army forces t: abroad the ,; newspaper trade magazine Editor and Pub lisher said Friday. . Emphasizing the hazardous na ture of reporting the present con flict, the statistics show that 60 correspondents out of 301 to 350 now : serving abroad have been listed since December, 1941, as dead, .' wounded - in line of duty, missing, or captured or interned and still held bjr the axis. Ten have . been killed -or have died while on war duty." Twenty six are listed by Editor and Pub lisher -as having been, injured, 22 captured' or interned ; and ; still held, and two missing. v According to figures supplied Editor and Publisher by MaJ. Gen. A. D. Surles, director of public relations for the war department, battle casualties of the army to January 31 totaled 41,119. More than 1,000,000 men of the present army of 5,500,000 are now over seas, he said, but only a small portion of them has yet been in volved in actual combat. In 1917-18 American press cas ualties were one dead, one wound ed and two gassed. , ; . r ' jvtfr 'ir V. - " ' -A .. s v ....... t.mf- A "-K'V '" - -V -Cxs. 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Trumbly, on parole from the state penitentiary when the car was stolen, was sentenced to return to the prison, serve .10 years on top of his old term and is said to have been involved also in the Yamhill county escapades now under investigation. - " : Trial of Salverio "Sam Paris, charged with contsibuting to the delinquency of a minor, was., set for April 12, and" that of Ralph Leroy Warren, facing another morals charge, for April 13. Case of Richard Parsegian, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was con tinued 'with the - understanding1 that the youth, who is said to be without previous circuit court record, might be acceptable for j army service. ' , 7 o o C" I of r ' Pbat Aircraft Factory -To Hire Trained Women Workers , Women between the ages of 18 and 40 are eligible for . employ ment at the Columbia Aircraft corporation plant in- Portland if they have received at least three weeks training In aircraft sheet metal classes like the classes now being conducted in Salem, accord-, ing to information received by H..N. Miller, state supervisor of vocational training for war pro duction.; ; '': ; Columbia Aircraft is willing to hire 33 women each . week for work in Portland. Pay Is report ed as high. Tasks such as drilling, riveting, assembly of parts are required of the women. : C A. Guderian, Salem coor dinator of vocational training, re- . ported that classes here are not filled to capacity. Instruction is free, being offered- as part of the war production training program.. Additional j information can be gained at the US employment service at 710 Ferry street or from the Instructor at the senior high school shop building. Salem Man Pledged ' UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 20-Warren Wolf, has been pledged to Theta Chi, nation al men's social fraternity, it was recently announced by Virgil D. Earl, dean of men at the Univer sity of Oregon. Wolf is a fresh man In the school of architecture and allied arts at Oregon. i 115 N. Liberty