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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1943)
PAGS SIXTEEN .The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, April 18. 1843 . t i t ; i 1 t It: 5- Where They Are What They Are Doing t : Treasured possession of Mr. arid Mrs. H, Russell, route viic, i i", odiem, is a cupping iromn usxraiian paper iaua- bg the patience, ability and loyalty rof the Scorpions artillery battalion of which their son, Cpl. Merrill Mj. Russell is a member, The newspaper story is the dra matic recounting of the after ef fects of a shipwreck that left the battalion "sitting on the tidal. mud cf the Australian coast while all their belongings and equipment reposed beneath the sea in the hull 1 of a damaged ship." Attacked by enemy bombers. the vessel's plates were sprung and twisted and she sank rapidly. "Jap ' planes continued to bomb and Strafe the deck of the sinking ves SeL so the captain ran the ship aground."': 1 Wading ashore to comparative safety, the soldiers and sailors dis covered that they could be safe and still be : uncomfortable and Useless. Trained artillerymen, they thought, could not be of much ser vice without their artillery, which was aboard ship. The situation might become embarrassing and not because they didn't have pants," tha Australian hewswriter commented. Under .other conditions they might have called for assistance for - them selve sand - let marine salvagers save what they could on the ship, ; but they knew or no. other equip ' tnent than that they, had appar ently abandoned. W Working at night. so that the enemy could not discover what was happening they patched and pumped and drained and cleaned until in a matter of two months' time the .' ship was once again shipshape, and their guns were ready to take ashore. t "This- all accomplished, they were all set to take on the Nips, and -they still are," .comments the writer, adding that "Incidentally, that ship is still sailing some one or other of the seven seas. Robert W. Hartley, son of Mr! and Mrs. J. M. Hartley,- expects to spend an Easter furlough In Salem with his wife and parents. Hartley is stationed at Ford Wor den, Wash, r . First Class Petty Officer Dale Smith has bfeen in Salem as a visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Smith, and with his wife, the former Mar garet : Sorahan, who is living in Salem. Smith has been on sub marine service with the navy since 1940 and reports having been in Japanese waters at least twice. He is a former Willamette uni versity man. His brother, Lt Don Smith, is in the signal corps, now stationed in Africa. Pvt.. Dean Davenport has been transferred from Camp Cook, Calif, to Fort Riley, Kan, and has changed from the quartermas ter corps to the mechanized cav alry. He is the son of Mrs. Olga Davenport and William Davenport "of Salem. His wife will live in Kansas while he is stationed there. Mrs. Grace Carlson of Salem has learned that her son, Ralph Benjamin Reasoner, has been commissioned a second lieuten ant r at Fort Benning, Ga, after a three month officer training coarse. Lt. Seasoaer, a sergeant In the 323rd Infantry before at tending officers' school, was In fected last June. Word was received in Salem that Corp. Jack F. Daniels has CPU MERRIAL M. RUSSELL ' ' I v - f DALE SMITH designed a new standard for the 306th medical battalion which was approved by the adjutant general of the war department and adopt ed formally by the commander of the battalion at a ceremony re cently. Corp. Daniels, a nephew of Helen Leisi of Salem, has vis ited her many times here. He is a son of Marie Leisi Daniels of San Francisco i and has been a free lance artist in San Francisco be fore enlisting. He is in the medi cal battalion and is now stationed at Camp Rucker, Ala. " SMITHFIF.T .D Eugene Inman, son of Mr. and Mrs.-Dewey -In- man, writes from New Guinea that he is still healthy. He re ceived a weekly newspaper,- the Itemizer-Observer, a . Chrismtas edition, in February and took a whole night to read It through to the finish. He mailed this letter on March 26 and it arrived here on Monday, April .12; "WEST SALEM Capt Charles Unruh from Ft. Stevens visited at his home over last weekend. SUNNYSIDE CpL Harold Carey, who was home on a .ten day furlough to visit his wife and daughter, left Sunday for Tono pah, Nev-i where he now is sta tioned. . f ' JEFFERSON Clifford Beach, son of Mr. Ray Beach, who is in the navy stationed at Farragut, Idaho, is home on an eight day furlough. His brother, Pvt. Leroy BeachJ is stationed at Camp Hood, Texas, training with the tank destroy ers., i Mr. and Mrs. A. Costelow re ceived word from their son, Jack, who has been ill in the na-, val hospital at : Alameda, Calif , that he has recovered and recent ly has been transferred to the na val training air corps school at Memphis, Tenn. " Friends and relatives of Ore gon men being inducted into the army have been invited to be present at the induction cer e monies which conclude . the day-long process of selection for service. - The invitation extended by Colonel J. J. Fulmer, command ing officer of the Oregon re cruiting and induction district. In order to honor these men" who are to fight for their eoun try. Colonel Fulmer has arran ged ceremonies which include farewell talks to the inductees by civic and business leaders of Oregon. : " f These swearing-in rites are held in the auditorium of the seven-story building at 614 SW 11th avenue in Portland, which Is now the joint induction head quarters for all the armed serv ices. After advancing over the North Africa deserts, .shoulder to shoulder with British troops, To Fruit Growers and Others About Wartime Food! We need additional growers who want to make fruit growing their business. Help us to fill our quotas for the armed forces with ample left over for civilian use. Plan now to volunteer your time for a week or two or three during production peaks in June-July, also later in August-September, at established cannery wages. Also full time workers needed. Many helped materially last year with four-hour shifts regularly from three to six days per week. Labor registration opens May 10. Fruit growers registration' opened. May 1. CASH BUYERS OF Gooseberries, Strawberries, Red and Black Raspberries, Ixranberries, Youngberries, Boysenberrles, Cranber ries,; Cherries, Sweet and Sour Elberta Peaches, Bartlett and I Winter Pears, Fresh Prunes, Apples for Applesauce. Help us keep our canning, freezing, barreling, preserving, and drying equipment up to as near capacity as possible with your contribution of raw products and of your labor. We will do our best to do the rest in producing thousands of tons of food for a hungry world. Please cooperate. Hax and Hark Gehlhar OREGON FRUIT PRODUCTS CO. WEST SALEM if 'pcac cf fC :!lVEHAVE Open Kettle Rendered HHclEilS Whole or Part LB, Choice Cut ' Chops LB. I 29 c Coontry' style Lb Very tasty, Qt.. bausage Items Require Only 5 Points Per Pound FranMiirts Dakgna or P.iT7nrrrnicl : 1 J -X lb. i u ' Ecst Heat Values s . ts x - ; ro. 170 North Commercial aa American officer with the forces- of Gen. Patton, writes .his Salem fairer that "Tommy Atkins" is tops. - "At I one time or another the British army may v be I crushed. smashed, destroyed and driven in to the ground, but the Tommies never jwill be beaten. . They will rise; again, and . truly, the - last battle will be theirs. As long as one Englishman lives,? England will be tree," said First Lt. "Chuck" Wood in I a letter to his father, Charles L.I Wood, -who is connected with the public utili t i e s commissioner's office' and Uvea at 455 South High, street Censoring his own letter, Lt. Wood did not allow himself to reveal; his location in Africa or any other war information. His letter speaks of a good record that his battalion "has under its belt" in Africa. .He deplored the attitude of many Americans toward the Bri tish, - saying, "American soldiers blush with shame at the stories and jokes being tod to discount the courage of the British soldier." He told of nine truckloads of Christmas articles that got through to the men in his sector. Among the gifts 'the ' lieutenant received on his station at the North Africa battle front was a lace table cloth. He is sending it home. . PORTLAND, April IS -(P)- Cecil 14 Calahan, Lebanon, was among new. navy . recruits an nounced here Thursday. Statesman News Editor, ? The Statesman this week is giving up one of its editorial employes to the army and getting another back from the navy. i Winston H. Taylor, who has had charge of The Statesman news desk, has quit his blue pencil and. typewriter and will leave today for Induction into the army at i the Fort Lewis, Wash- recep tion center. - , " His place . has- been taken by Frank Herbert, former Statesman photographer-reporter, who re ceived a medical discharge from the navy last month as a result of an accidental injury received in training. Enlisting in the' navy last year as a yeoman, third class, Herbert had advanced to photog rapher's mate, second class, when the injury sent him to Portsmouth nayal hospital, near Norfolk, Va? for two months early this year. ' Taylor joined the Statesman staff as a "proof reader in Septem ber,; 1938.; He became city hall reporter in " J unej 194 1, and suc ceeded William H. VanNatta ' as news editor in March, 1942. Carry ing on part-time studies : at Wil lamette at the same time, he at tained senior - standing this year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Taylor. His father is a for mer Dayton publisher and now a Statesman linotype operator. ' Young Taylor wasactive in af fairs of the First Methodist church and . a " leader in student " church activities in Oregon. ; 4 i With Taylor, The Statesman "will have, contributed 14 of .its em ployes directly to military and al lied wartime services. The list in cludes three in the navy, two In the marines,1 five in the army ground forces, one in the army air. corps, one in the army trans port service,! one in the merchant marine and i one In the war-expanded federal bureau of investi gation. ' j . Salem Pastor Talks to Lions i In an address to the Salem Lions club Thursday noon. Rev. David Nielsen, pastor of the First Congregational church, stated that Christianity ; and democracy In their highest forms are closely al lied. Rev. Nielsen asserted that Americana should ' gain a world outlook in order to fulfill their responsibilities in a democratic nation t- - - - : - The pastqr mentioned the fact that, : although free speech V is a precious heritage of a democracy, citizens should, beware of false ideals. Rev.j Nielsen reminded his listeners that peace does not auto- Inducted ' , , ,v - y : I. hi i i : WINSTON TAYLOR matlcally follow the cessation of hostUities." f ' r-55F.. 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