Th - OREGON STATESMAN. Salem.! Oregon. Friday Morning. March 23. 1943
PAG- FIVE
Where They Are W hut They Are Doing ;
SEATTLE,' Wash March 25
Ti. Floyd J. Baumgartner, route
six, Salem Ore., advanced another
step when he " received notice of
- his promotion from second to first
lieutenant at the Seattle port ; of
embarkation, where he has . been
-on duty '' for the past ; several
.months. W "' -. vi-!
IA. Baumgartner entered the
.army in April, 1941 as a private
at Fort Lewis, Wash. He served
t in Washington and Oregon, and
'was commissioned a second lieu
tenant at Camp Lee,"Va., July 27,
1942, ..
He graduated from Salem high
school and was a student -at Wil
lamette university at Salerrv Just
prior , to entering . the service he
' was employed by ' Reid, Murdock
& Co , of Salem.
; William E. . Johnson
expects
soon to complete an army signal
school ' course which he has been
taking at the university in Ur
bana. 111., according to information
received by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs: E. T. Johnson, 261 South 23rd
street. Kenneth E. Johnson, a
brother of William, is a radio man,
third class, on a naval, destroyer,
He has been in tne navy ror over
a year. The father, a member of
the American Legion an.d the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, is a
member of the Salem fire depart
ment. Leiua.u. Adams, memDtr oi
the 385th air base squadron at
Great Falls, Mont, was pro-
moted to the rrade of corporal
on Much 11. CpL Adams Is the
son of Mrs. Mary Adams, 123
SE 11th avenue Portland, who
formerly was The Statesman
correspondent at BJckreall. The
corporal already already had
graduated from Sheppard field
air school, Texas, and a special
school at the Boeing aircraft in
Seattle, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Brown
"of West Salem have learned of
the graduation of their, youngest
son, Pfc. Keith A. Brown, from
the air corps clerical school in
Jonesboro, Ark. Pfc. Brown is now
located at Bukley field, Colo.
Graduation of Second Lt. David
E. Thompson, 24-year-old son 'of
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Thomp
son, of Salem, from reserve offi
cers' class at Quantico, Va., was
announced by the marine corps
Thursday.
His completion of the 'course,
second phase of his officer tram-
it
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Lt. . . ' .' .
ing with the marines, climaxed
six months of instruction at the
Virginia base and made him eligi
ble for assignment to a combat
unit or a specialists' school. I
Lieutenant Thompson ' has been
with the marines since January,
1942, when he enlisted as a pri
vate. "He saw nine months of ser
vice in the ranks and had attained
the rating of private, first class
when chosen for officer training
last October. He won his com
mission in December..
The officer' is": a -'1941 graduate
of the University of Hawaii. He
attended the University of Neva-j
da for two years before going to
One Bright Spot
V k
Hawaii, - and was " affiliated with
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity there.
During his training Jays, Lieu
tenant ' Thompsor qualified " as' a
sharpshooter with fhe J30 caliber
rifle and the .45 caliber pistol and
as a marksman with the Brown
ing automatic rifleJ -
Dr. and Mrs. Thompson live at
981 North Wintejr street.. .
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: Pvt. : Fred Andrews, former
Statesman photographer, ' now as
signed to the photographic section
of the army signal corps at Camp
Crowder, Mo., is spending a 12
day furlough in; Salem visiting
his wife and baby .daughter. -
J. W. Kelly, stationed in the
Aleutian islands fwith the navy's
Seabees. has been" promoted to
senior . - lieutenant; : Lt. Kelly,
- who received his first commis
sion In Hay, 1942,1 Is a graduate
of the Oregon State college en
gineering department. : The son
of Kelly Moore j he worked hi
the state engineering depart
ment before entering the armed
forces. " i j "
j Second Lt. Robert T. French,
0f Mr. and j MrS Clyde -F.
French, 1745 South! Church street,
bas been stationed bt the San An
tonio pre-f light school "in Cali
fornia. Lt. French,! who was com
missioned on March 3, 1942,. at
tended Willamette! university from
193 to 1941. He was a paper
maker and student while a civili-
an.
1 Joseph H. Bielenberg, son of
Mrs. M. A.- Bielenburg, Scotts
Mills, was commifssioned a second
lieutenant in the
army when he
graduated last " Saturday from the
officer candidate
Knox, Ky.
school at Fort
Duane Robison gunner's mate
second class in the US riavy, has
left Salem for thej jeast coast after
visiting his parents and sister at
20 Beech aye n u e for several
weeks. Duane, a j Survivor of the
USS Chicago, ha$ j seen much ac
tion in the Pacific area.
Bill Robison, bunger brother
of Duane, is receiving his first
army air corps training at Lincoln,
Nebr.. He gradutjed from Salem
high school last spring. ,
Charles C. Cunningham, army
air cadet who sradaated Thurs
day from the navy advanced
flying school ai Napier Field,
Ala., was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant In the army air
forces. Lt. Cunningham, the son
of Mr. and Mrs! B. Cunning
ham. 345 East Miller street, at
tended Willamette university
until September, 194. Last
- June he was accepted for pilot
training.
Edwin Eugene Powers, 18, who
graduated from jiAumsville high
school in 1942, visited his mother,
Mrs. Ed Powers, for a short time
before going to San Diego, Calif.,
for: marine training. Powers, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pow
ers, jr, of Aumisville, and the
grandson of E. W Powers, sr., of
Salem, enlisted ' in the marine
corps last week, i
Pfc. Joseph Vlasick, husband of
Mae Vlasick, route five, box 958,
Salem, has arrived at the army
air force technical training com
mand post at Scott Field, 111.,
where he will receive an inten
sive course in radio operating and
mechanics to prepare him for duty
as a member of a fighting bomb
er crew.
Pvt. Al Currey, son of Mrs.
Olive Currey, Salem, has been
promoted to private first class.
Pfc. Currey has graduated with
honors from the link trainer
school at Chanute Field, III.
Lt. Eugene Strickland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Strickland,
has arrived in northwest Africa,
according to word received by his
parents. Lt. Strickland, of the pos
tal division, was inducted into the
army January 16, 1942. He re-
in The World
ceived his commission upon grad
uation from Ihe adjutant general's
school at Fort Washington,! Md.
He reports the tripi across j "en
joyable and without incident."
- Paul s Pierce, chief carpenter's
mate ' in the navy's j "Seabees,! is
well and happy while servirig on
an island base, according to Word
received here. Piercq was employ
ed by :' Crown Willamette Paper
company for nine years.
WEST SALEM jValter John
son 520 Kihgwood ) avenue, who
was discharged from ; a training
division because of ill health, has
been ordered to report to Camp
Lewis for a checkup.' j -
Harold Dalke, who is in the
naval medical corps, has been
transferred from Seattle to Port
land. . ., " ' . ! -
Floyd Rudie. a member df the
marines, has brh i f i-nncfWrH
from Indian Island to Tongue
mint. t i . .
J CI ERSON Mrs. S.. K.
Goin
has received word that her grand-,
son, Cloyd Dungati, " who spent
seyeral . summers op - the Goin's
ranch, now is on active diity in
the navy working toward a phar
macists rating. He lis the sbn of
Mrs. Georgia Bell jof Penoteton.
Mr. and Mrs. L. l- Shields! have
i received word from' their cpusin,
j Dr. A. B. Shields,! that hf has
I arrived safely overseas in north
j west Africa and is busy in an
i evacuation hospitahj He was- with
the Portland clinic before hs en
listment in the rjiedical boi-ps.
They had not heard from their
cousin since December. !
FOX VALLEY Dick Shepherd,
who is stationed at Farragut, Ida
ho, was a guest Mohday at hriner
at the home of Mr and Mts. W.
M. Griffin. Shepheiid was aiii em
ploye of the Murphy Logging com
pany, working under Griffii, be
fore he joined th navy
He is
spending his leave with his
par-
ents in Mill Citv.
GERVAIS Mam-ice Stopx left
Monday for a Pacific coast port
to board his-ship after spending
a- week's leave with his parents, !
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stopx. '
Martin Jake Andreas, spn of
Mr. end Mrs. A. J.j Andreas,
is in the navy, i$ I spending part
of his leave at thie home pi his
parents. - !
Accepted for enlistment and
sent to the US naval .training sta
tion at Camp Farragut, Idaho, are
the following who applied at the j
Salem naval recruiting office::
Robert Earl Rentschler, Salem; ,
James Howard McEwen, Robert j
Leslie Hamre, both of Silvjerton;
Magnus Syverson of Dallas; Julian
uavia Nixon of Aumsville, and
Donald Clifford Wright of Silver
ton. James Olson, musician second.
class in the navy, ', is spending ten j
days leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Olson, 115 Wesley ,
street, Silverton. j Olson enlisted i
November 30, and has completed t
his training at Caihp Farragut. He
has been assigned to the Station
band at Carrip Bennion. rfe was :
graduated from j Silverton j' high:
school and won Honors with the
band. !
PLEAS ANTD ALE Cpl. j John
Stephens of Camp Adair Visited
Sunday at the Nichols home. He
is a relative of
theirs, hisi home
before the war being Iowa.
FAIRVIEW Eiho Setalaj after
a short furlough
parents, Mr. and
spent with his
Mrs. Kusti Se
ta la-, left Saturdjay mornuig by
train from Salem
station.
Edwin Rasika
cording to word
Fairview.
for an unknown
i
is overseas, ac
jjust received in
WHEATLAND-tChandler
ler, marine who is seeing
Fow-
action
over-e&s, ended his nine-days
fur-
with
lough which he was spending
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler, and returned this w
duty. i
Clyde
eek to
Entertain Club
DAYTON Mr. and Mm Ross
Hess entertained 23 members of
the Town send club Mondajf. The
next meeting will be held &t the
home of Mrs. J. W. Lorette.
Around Oregon
By The Agsoclated Pres
A class in forestry at the Uni
versity of Oregon to train towns
people for lookout , service and
fire fighting duties is being i spon
sored by Willamette national for
est officials i
N. C. Donaldson, state AAA exe
cutive, warned at Corvallis that
March 31 is the deadline for farm
ers to file applications for! pay
ment earned under the soil puild
ing or wheat phases of last year's
agricultural conservation program:
. . . Marlin M. Fox, ,Mblalla,
president of the Clackamas Jer
sey Cattle club, said . the club is
extolling the county's advantages
as a breeding center for purebred
dairy stock through ja series of na
tional advertisements. . . . j ...
Death came to Leicester B. At
kins, 53,. Portland! customs inspec
tor. . . . Workmen on a bucking
crew at Camp Draper, near Glen
wood,' are ttsing their own jhoney
on their flapjacks they found a
hive in a tree they cut open..' ...
Grain Products, Inc., purchased
equipment' of the defunct Carver
winery atj Oregon J City ITor use
in a grain alcohol plant at Hepp
ner. . . , Oregon State college an
nounced it will participate in 'the
nationwide testing; programj Aprfl
2 for selection of officer material
Rubber Crops
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CHICAGO, March Z$-JPH)e4
velopments of domestic natural
rubber producing plants - coup jed
with synthetic production prom
ises to make United States sell
sufficient in all its rubber re-i
quirements, members of the. na-f
tional farm chemurgic council
were told Wednesday.
nemurgic groups, com
principally of farmers; industriili
ists and scientists, j were told thai
research workers accidentally had
discovered literal! hundreds jof
Hi
posed
PEimEY's 4iiinniERSAnjriEiii
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The Mind of Dresses :
Alert Nw Sty
. , ,.. , j , women's ; ., ' -..i"-
You'll want a dark shtcr with fT f 'Sfc0t& KVi rS4K'- 'iwWW L'V
touches of while! for spring! A Jf )) Al T 7VfV.;M M
j NKW STYLES Cfk W ' T
, WoinW's Hats ; P ffi : .A
Choice of bright sprfnjf colors in J GgS .il f I
felts or straws. Com in and see JFCD - l(jmyU-y XZ t l I
our new spring collection. liSiinr' n$f ? ith ills' Vrf.
feJi Ar wHk !
I. Wf -S..-- '--9f7JW (ST ' I ! Urf and thrifty . . . Jlany kwely
S I (3m5 I ' :i:jf K Vf 5'' '- I t . -styles and fabrics. Yonl want to sea .
"'"T-:A,:'
types of synthetic rubber, some' of
which have been found adaptable
for new uses heretofore never as
sociated with rubber.
. Dr. H. L. Trumbull, research
expert for the B. F. Goodrich com
pany, named the three most likely
sources of natural rubber for do
mestic i cultivation as Kok . Sagyz,
the rubber bearing dandelion from
Russia, which was test planted ! in
100 different locations last year;
the Guayule shrub, which is be
ing grown in -xniantity , in - semi
tropical - areas of southwest;! and
the Cryptostegia 'vine, another
plant which thrives in semi-tropical
areas. "-..- i
-fit t ' v- ' . - J - J. J -J
CO..
knt M Firsit
M For A Bright New Spring Season? ' I -I - Vl V r
If 'Jrott
; e o n n
,von:iret
Tailored
.Bright
Gasoline Use
Off One-Fifth
Y Gasoline use In Oregon dropped!
of February this year, figures re-f . J- J '4r' 4
leased by Secretary otState Rob-ten lX Keep Profit
ert S. FarrelL jr, reported Thurs- ' WASHINGTON, : Match 25-vD
day. Describhlg thi 1941, voyages car-
During February, gasoline con-crying war materials far the Brit
sumption in Oregon totaled 14,-l ish to ttote jRed sea. as "a bargain
611,922 .- gallons, i compared . t o freely entered! into which turned
18,844,892 gallons in February of out profitably! l for the shipping
1942. The decrease . was slightly
less" than in "January " when " I:
dropped 29 . per ' cent below -1942..
figure . : - . i
For ,the .first two months of th
iMO
- ... m t i -: .i . . i - t
must count your dollars . -on can
t "on Pennej's fashions! Select' your j
AA4 wtdaidrB -1 - !
the best for 1 ( kNwHV
( .Women's
ravGiumwcr.
or dressy suits that area cMmplete
mm
spring ' pastels
yqnJ enjoy.'Sizes from
year' the decrease amounts to 23
I per cent, - ; r . j- ;"
I .... Taxes paid ion gasoline consunv
f ed in Oregon for, thai -first two
months bf; this
year
t to
$l,381?2.j9. ji-
lines, a Ipokeaman for; six of the
lines inplfed! served notice Wed-nesday-tiiey
&ad no Intention of
accedingjvcjluntarfly to jsuggestions
for return bf ; some of the profits.
SO llWIY ipUIGS
IIECESSITTES!
Wo cm
fhing & mending '. : "
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learning to
Aa without and lildnaf li. Thoro Ixn't roallv
plenty of anyfilng! But tho best
you neod ar
fho stores that haro
tUi Tear
I Stores Ilka PenneTTt, for butane.
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New . spring color - sun- v
flowered .points and r
whites, complete run ' of '
38.:- ' - AaW
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J: :32-Piece
; 32-Piece Narcissus service 'for. six.- Six plates, i!s
cups, six saucers, in fact, six ox everything.. Ibcc'---.
tipnal value at this low. price.. '. . . - ' ,
Dayton Flax Co-op
Orders 1943 Seed
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DAYTON All seven of the
Payton cooperative flax plant di
rectors attended a business meet
ing Tuesday. Reports of progress
aire the., completion of a cement
floor 25 by 1 25 feet in the boiler
room and moving tools in for work
rjoom. j . . jr. . ' '
j About 30 tons of tow bas been
baled and sold to a Portland paper
firm. Seed for sowing local fields
bas been ordered for the 1943 crop.
j G. E. Bixler, manager, reports
splendid results being accomplish
ed despite Var priorities. ,
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on loftOYors i
placos to look for what
kerred you all through
Cynthia
; SLIPS:
New. j shipment, of. whites,
teals,: navy and ' black.
Sixes ' ."i-. v rj
32 to 82. -
-;: Jr Jvfaln Fleer ... Y "
Narcissus t
Downstairs Store
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lof the armed forces." J
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