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WiemieE - "Elko War im Salemm
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Most of Um yo g wmb la this aJctare are skilled and enthaslastie
rrretera. netared" are most of the tylay a KetnhoM Lewis,
veaeUaa bHnd ntaanfacturers in peacetime, mew concentrating '
-' production ef army lockers. The proprietors are Uayi C KeinheUt,
eRosie the Riveter9 Crew Makes
: By RALPH C CURTIS
"Banging away unceasingly and with, all the enthusiasm and
obvious enjoyment of the task that one might observe among par
ticipants in a picnic nail-driving contest lor members of the
"weaker sex" who always prove to everyone's surprise that they
really can "drive 'em straight, a crew of more than two dozen
comely young women is busy turning out army lockers at the
Reinhoidt & Lewis plant in south Salem where, prior to the out
break of war and the movement
for dispersal of war contracts,
. Venetian bunds and widow
were manufactured.
A few odds .and. ends of the
firm's pre-war stock in trade may
still be observed about the plant,
but the crew doesn't bother to do
anything about them. The firm
accepts some repair work and or
ders from old. customers, but
Terms out the wok; all person
nel and equipment at Reinhoidt
Jt Lewis sticks to the one task of
producing, army lockers
Before the war the force of
employes numbered as a rule
about 11; now there , are, about
50 employed, ' aU of them except
a small night shift being pictured
in the accompanying photograph.
More than half are women and
girls, 'who ' predominate parHcu
' laxly in the 4 a r.g e ; workroom
where pre-fabrication is carried
on and one side ef which provides
space for 'the assembly-line.
Yes, .' there W- aa assembly
line ineladlag several stations
at each of which a young wo
maa who aJrht ' tstwer
though net tee specifically to
the sum Kie, the Riveter
performs the major task of
assembling a locker every sis
minutes, ' on the average.
This is made possible, of course,
by pre-fabrication of the 15 parts
which go Into, the locker; the
same principle though on a small
er scale which makes 4 five-day
Liberty' sh-iP possible Jn the
Kaiser yards. The young women
on the assembly-line, and some
of those at the. pre-fabrication
stations, are, riveters; others oper
ate saws and the. eight special
drills, built specifically for these
operations, which receive part of
the credit for the Reinhoidt &
Lewis plant's extremely high rec
ord of production per man-hour;
one of the best onthe coast, the
government inspector on the Job
disclosed.-; .,;:
That six-minute average assem
bly cut down to four minutes or
less by some of the workers, is
possible for the reason that In
- pre-fabrication the ''hardware" is
attached to the various pieces
making up the locker. The trays
are assembled in another part of
the workroom ; and" the lockers
move on down the assembly line
to the paintfag department, where
a perfect painting Job is done by
the spray-gun: method,: and then
on into the drying room, out for
a second coat and into a heated
drier. The final operation Is that
Of stenciling on certain Insignia,
and then the lockers are packed in
cartons and ' are ready for ship-
ment where? :,' :': -
If we knew we couldn't tell
yea, bat it may be that some
of these lockers' made fat Salem
are - omewhere ia the Soath
. Pselfic- others ia Alaska, stffl
ethers la Tunisia and. where
' they'll be before the war ends
Is yet another Inviting specula-.
"T KHjt-t THAT HITS BuTT-
dbtlcao wont
travel so Car bat will be ased la
barracks ta the trahiing camps
wUMn the United States. But
they go, they felfill a
faacttea toward- the
soldiers' comfort and efficiency
and toward winning the war,
. And there's - nothing quite so
evident as the Reinhoidt & Lewis
crew's realization of their contri
bution's significance. Getting back
to these -main assembly stations,
they are. arranged in pairs, two
young "Rosie, the Riveters' fac
ing ; eu c h other. And the -quite
young and agile pair at one sta
tion obviously were racing; each
concentrating on the effort to turn
out lockers faster than, the other.
Those at the other stations
weren't wasting any time.
: t Rollin C. Lewis, one of the pro
prietors the - other is Lloyd , C
Reinhoidt explained that they
have their own inspector in addi
tion to the government inspector
on the Job, and that out of the
thousands of lockers turned ' out,
the number rejected could 'soil be
counted on one person's fingers,
despite the high standards set up.
A Maaical Salote te Love ... seen
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Paige. Harriet Billiard and Dick Foran, now showing at the Grand
theatre, ee-fearored wtta "Nightmare" with Diana Barryamere and
. Brian Deolevy.
Undergoes Operation
MISSION BOTTOM Mrs. Cora
Marie ; May underwent a major
operation' at the1 Deaconess hos
pital Tuesday. little Coleene May
has been spending some time here
with her grandmother, Mrs. Wil
liam McGilchrist while her mother
is in.: ,v; ;'
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m the extras left, and KeEXla C Lewis, second mu to the tizfcs la
the mil row. These workers are lietslnr te wla the war and there's
a spirit of teamwork and -firtrt" la the plant which testSles that they
a realise tL Etaiesmtaa pbote.
Army Loclters
Tiemey Stars
In Movie of
ChinaGirF
A beautiful girj, defying vio
lence and terror, and a daring
Yank, flying, and fighting for vic
tory,: provide an exciting-roman
tic adventure story against a flam
ing background of war m "China
Gni," which starts today at the
Capitol theatre. : -
Gene Herney and George Mont
gomery, teamed for the first time.
are co-starred with Lynn BarLlIS
pounds of curves, crookedness and
kisses caught in the battle-scar
red east. Victor McLaglen, who
tops the featured cast has the rug
ged type of role that made his
name synonymous with hot and
heavy action. The burly veteran
appears as a two-fisted soldier-of-fortune
who peddles his loyalty
to the highest bidder. : ; f
Opening with a , thrilling escape
from a Jap prison, by. Montgom
ery, an. American newsreel cam
eraman, and JicLaglen, the , film
takes in territory as newsworthy
as tomorrow's headlines. . Mont
gomery lams it to Burma, with the
Japs hot on his trail because he
refused to photograph the Burma
road for them. Here George meets
front "HI Baddy," starring
Watts in Hospital
MONITOR R. F. Watts, who
has been 111 for same time, was re
moved recently from the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Schnle
der, to the Emmanuel hospital in
Portland for treatment.
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P. M. to 11:45 P. M.
News and
Sabjects.
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v: Lynn I
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Gene Tiemey, a patriotic Chinese
girl, and falls In love.
The exciting climactic sequen
ces are said to have some of the
most realistic bombing scenes ever
filmed; Co-featured with "China
Girl," is "Journey for Margaret,
starring Robert Young and Lar
raine Day.
Mrs, Ross Resigns
Silverton Teaching
Potty Given Party
BRUSH CREEK Mrs. Edith
Ross, who taught here for the past
three years, has resigned and Mrs.
Clifford' Nybakka : (Viola Larson)
will take over her duties next au
tumn. Mrs. Nybakke Is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Larson
and has been making her home at
Silverton during the past year
while her husband has been, em
ployed In the shipyards at Port
land, . .. ,, .
Mrs. Ross was honored at a fare
well party Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. Dan Hilknan and
some of the local parents present
ed her with a cameo pin as a gift.
Valley Births
EVENS VALLEY Mr,, and
Mrs. Nels Langsev have received
word of the birth of a grandson,
a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Langsev of Pensaeola, on May
4. The boy. has been named Mor
ris Howard. ?
BETHANY Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Dicker are announcing , the birth
of a daughter at Portland on May
7. Mrs. Dicker is the former Dor
othy ZoDner'and her husband is
in the set flue.
ALBANY Major" Robert Hus-
nton and Mrs. Huston are the par
ents of a five pound son- bom at
Port Monroe, Va May 14. Major
Huston Is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Del Huston of Albany, and Mrs.
Huston, the former . Marybelle
Barrett, is a daughter of ex-county
Judge and Mrs. J. J.' Barrett
This Is the first child tax the Bar
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Nev Laugli Hit
Not since "It Happened One
Kight1 - has amotion picture
crossed the screen possessing as
much cnarm, as much humor and
as much entertainment value as
George Stevens "The More the
Merrier, which opened yesterday
at the Esinore theatre. Columbia's"
newest hit comedy is Just about
the funniest,'lastest, fardest laugh
film we've ever sen."-" .-W -
. The screen play written by Ro
bert RusseH and Frank Ross; Ri
chard Flournoy and Lewis R. Fos
ter, Is concerned with an extreme
ly . timely subject living . condi
tions in jam-packed w.a r -1 im e
Washington and the ' script is as
crowded with laughs as Washing
ton is with the will to win!
Jean Arthur. Joel .McCrea and
Charles Coburn share the top hon
ors among the cast and each' one
of them Is perfectly cast. Miss Ar
thur is seen as a beautiful Wash
ington secretary who, impelled by
patriotic motives; decides : to rent
out-one - room of her tiny apart
ment. Cobarn, In the role of a fab
ulous, , lovable- business . tycoon,
persuades Jean to let him take the
room despite her avowed Inten
tions to rent only to a woman.
. It doesn't take Coburn long to
realize that Miss Arthur is not in
love . with her fiancee; Richard
Gaines, and he soon rents half of
his room to Joel McCrea, an engi
neer in Washington on business
with the war department. With
the three of them sharing Jean's
"parlor,' bedlam and bath, a series-
Of OTrfHrtgJ m1 mAtngfY
hectic Incidents follow, with Co
burn trying to bring McCrea and
Miss Arthur- together on 'a more
intimate relationship than mere
ly landlady and tenant. -. !
Granddaugter of J
Clipfells Dies t
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' FOX VALLEY - . Mrs: George
Clipfell and Elaine left early Sun
day, morning for Baker., where the
small daughter of Mr. and: Mrs.
Don- Shepherd was seriously ill
with pneumonia. The word came
here Sunday night that the child
had died Sunday at the Baker hos
pital. Mrs. Shepherd win be re
membered as Pauline Clipfell of
Fox Valley; The Shepherd baby
was a year old last November and
the only grandchild of Mr- and
Mrs. CupfelL . .-: y ! -. -
' Little Sandra Forrest, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley; Forrest,
has been quite sick this week" with
a cold and high fever. She is re
ported improving however.
Grant Oxford Injured
While Inflating Tire
LEBANON - Grant: Oxford,
while Inflating a truck tire at the
Reeves service station . where he
was employed," received serious
head injuries when the tire blew
up. The rim was thrown against
his head. Oxford, who is; 19 years
of age, is in the Lebanon hospital
First Corps Meet Set :'
" SCIO Lt Velma Jones has
announced ' that an 'organization
meeting of the : Scio unit of the
O r e g o n & Women's Ambulance
corps will beheld at the gymna
sium Wednesday night, May 28,
at which time the regular drill of
the local state guards' is also to
be held. -;-i
A number of Scio women have
signed to enlist in the corps. ,
Shris
Tcday
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Lynn Barl is imafraid of Noel Madison ta tLIs sene freta "Secret
' Agent of Japan" at the Hollywood theatre today wii The Zlajer
and the MInorJ . --':V-v i a -
Frre-Tear-ld Margaret OXrlca
steri for llarsarei." wlih Robert
: playtag the leads. The pa starts today at the Capitol theatre. Co
featirred with this nMvlng drama, finds "China GUV with Gene
Tleraey and Geerge Montgomery.
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As crowded with laughs as Waslungtoa Is with the wUJ te win, George
Stevens' "The More the Merrier" also has its tender moments. The
romantic scene above, with Joel
the mere poignant scenes ta the
nore theatre, Ce-featared with
Tunes "We Are the Marines,"
our own devil' dors. - -
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Nest EJjircre TJicatra ,
has the title role la M-G-Ms .
Tom, above, and Laraftae Day
MeCrea and Jeaa Arther, Is one of
comedy, bow playing at the Ehd-
"More, the Merrier," Is March of
fighting full-length feature about
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ilARY JANE DODD
" "Dark-Eyed Debutante '
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On the day that America wc-1 1
war the March of Time Lc-an to
roll their cameras on a flj '.'.irT,
full-length feature tlxn tlllel
Are the Llarines." ;
T Somewhere in America at that
time, Major General Alexander A.
Vandegrift .was traiiur,-j marines
for action somewhere in the Pa
cific The Leathernecks were
learning a new kind of war, pre
paring to fight on wave-lashed
beaches and in tangled tropical
woods. ' '" ""
This training the March of Time
recorded, step by step, striving al
ways to capture not just the action,
but the living equality cf the nta
participating. As a result, the stir
ring, authentic film now playing
to afford audiences the feeling cf
sharing the exciting life cf li t
marines, from their first experi
ences as recruits to their ultimata
destiny actual combat.
To-these detailed training scenes
were- added breathtaking fighting
sequences, rousing, shots- of the
marines- In action in the South
Pacific, islands, in China, in all
parts of the globe.
To record the career of the ma
rines from Solomon's Island, Ches
apeake Bay, to the Pacific Solo
mons was a task requiring L1U
and patience. But Producer-Director
Louis da Rochemont, with, the
full cooperation of the corps, suc
ceeded in doing all that, and more.
Supporting the up - to-the-minnta
story of the Leatherneck Is a stir
ring summary of the glorious 187-year-old
history that preceded
him wherever freedom manned
the war bastions in the past
"We-Are the Marines" means
just that. It is the marine's own
film biography, told, by him In his
own frank; two-fisted way. The
feature was produced in collab
oration with the US marine corps
and is being released by 20th Century-Fox.
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Nephews Visit
MONITOR Abel,. Jr., and Jim
my Jacobaonr of Kalispell, Mont,
will arrive this morning for a vis
it with their uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Ole Jacobson.
Contlnaoas Today from 1
Now Showing
Jean Arthur !a
1948 NEW kind of
a, movie.
IT SHOVVS YOU
What to da where .
there are 8 girls to
erery man.
IIow to make lore
with a thin wall be-
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sweetheart 1 t ;
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fl Etnery scene is REAL!
Every "actor," a fight
ing; Leatherneck I
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