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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1943)
Th CHEGON STATESMAN. Sdsan. Oregon. Tuesday Morning. Jun X 1S43 FAGS Til Rear Admiral McMorris Ignores 'Book Plans In Winning Battle of Kommandorskies With Daring Use of 'Outmoded' Naval Strategy , Br WILLIAM L. WORDEN ' : ' .'.' 7 " AT SEA WITH A UNITED on naval strategy when World war II is over, and RearAdmiral C. H. McMorris w i 1 1 be one of the men responsible. ! - : Tho leather faced McMorris, ; always a sea-going man who chafed at paper work and snorted at the pat theories of the armchair strategists, earned his place in the textbooks through his brilliant use of destroyers against a superior Japanese fleet in March 011 ine Although the hard-hitting rear admiral must have heard that the use of destroyers in daylight tor pedo attack went out with the bat tle of Jutland, he had to test the theory . for himself. Perhaps he might even have admitted that on pcper it was outmoded, simply a sacrifice of ships to modern guns and aircraft. - The Japanese know the result. The little ships bored in and when the battle ended the Nipponese warships those that were left went scuttling back over the hori zon leaving the broken remnants of their Aleutian-bound convoy scattered over the ocean. - To McMorris, joining battle with "a foe that outnumbered him two to one, that was the most logical thing to do. Officers who have served through the years with him since he was graduated from the naval academy at the head of his class in 1912 say that he has the most logical mind in the navy. It was put to good use in the first World war, at the war college and at Annapolis where he served as an instructor. It was function ing with the submarine and cruis er divisions when war broke out, and in the spring of 1942 when he took command of the cruiser San Francisco. Be took his ship to the south Pacific for numerous battles in the south seas. A promotion to the rank of rear admiral and as signment to the north Pacific perhaps spared him the fate of many of his staff. He left the ship Just 72 hours before It was badly damaged In an engage ment with the enemy last fall In which It won the highest hon ors the navy can bestow on a whole ship. McMorris was born in a small town near Montgomery, Ala., and till carries a slight southern ac cent, although in battle his voice drops almost to a monotone and he clips his. speech sharply, punctu- Awards to Be Presented At Parrish Promotional Merit and scholarship awards will be presented at the pro motional exercises for the ninth grade at the Parrish junior high school auditorium this morning at 10:15. Rex Putnam, superintendent of the state department of in struction, will give the commence ment address, and Rev. George H. Swift will deliver the invocation. Sea Scouts from the Salem' troop will open the ceremony with a sa lute to the flag. Musical selections for the morn ing program include a piano solo by Jewell Guef f roy, a song by the ; ninth grade chorus under the di rection of Mrs. Margaret Simms " and other vocal selections by the ninth grade Triple Trio, Mrs. Florence Kron will present i' the merit awards and Neil Brown the scholarships for outstanding work at the high school this year, ' Carl E. Aschenbrenner, princi : pal of the school, will present pro motion certificates to' the follow - ing ninth grade students: Kenneth Alberts. Clennis Allen. Al fred Anderson. Fern Anderson, Robert AndrtKn. Arthur Aplin, Jerry Apple, - J anacs - Armstrong. John Arnold. Lorna , Arnold. Jim Baer. Kenneth Bagwell. Dolores Bailey. James Bairey, Donna Irene Baker, Barbara Baldwin. Virgil . Banks, Richard Barber. Dale Bastian, Charlene Bauer, Eldon Beckner. Allen . Bellinger, Leonard Benson. Dorothy Bergsvik, Gene Berry. J" red Blake, JUmoni Bloom, Kenneth Blume, Ver ' non Bod ine, Mary Jean Boedigheimer, Raymond Boucher, Walter Bown. Viv . Ian Boyce, Shirley Boyes, Edward Boyle. Orval D. Boyle, Jo V. Brazic, - Rodney Bright, Martha Brooks, Doug las Brown. Cora - Buckhout. . Dudley ' Bullock. Delvin Bunkowski. Jim Bun nell. Nancy Buren, Rom Marie Bau f ess. Frank Burke, Roy Buss, Calvin Button.--:- ; Veva June Camp. ' Florence Carr. . Douglas Carter. Nile Castor, Betty Causey, ' Alton Chamberlain. Philip - Chambers. Willis Chandler. Elmer Ray ' Christenton, Dona id Clark, Jerry Clay, Richard (Dick Close, Norma Jean Conklin. Doris Conn. - Hannah Con . verse. Conrad Cook. Virgil Cook. Earl Cooley, jr Lloyd . Cooley,- Bernard Crane.Carl Cupp. Jeanne Dailey. Ray . mond t Dam. Carolyn Davis. Donald Davis. June ' Davis. Richard Davis. Shirley Davis. Richard Dennis, Daron Direks, - Virginia Dill. Doris Dixon. BiU Dodd, Lois Dokken, Jean Doolit- tie. Wilma - Dunigan. Donald Earle. . Luella Eby, Betty Lou Edwards. Har- J 01a juiwarus, tnuni unnwni, joar- ' garet End res, Doris Englebart. Jarine Ernest.. Verne Esch. Dorothea Evans, Ramona Evans. Joyce Evenson. Margaret - Fargher. Tom Faught, . Charles Feskens. Donald Fetrow, Rich ard Fleener, Du Wayne William Flem- " Ing, Jack Fossum. Peggy Joan Frantz. " Henry ' Froehlich, Annabelle Galer. . Lorita Carrett. William Gash, Gordon Geddes. Alan Gemmell, Arthur Girod. -Richard Dick) Givens. Alta GosneU. - Raymond Gotchall. Donna Gottenberg, . Howard Gower. Pat Grady, Herbert Graen, Betty Gregg. Jewell Gueffroy, Bob Hagedorn. Theona Hahn. Dolores , Hamilton. Pearl Hamilton. Robert Ham mack, Clarence Hammer. Lois Ham- . mer. Dorothy Hampton. Paul Hanna man, Jean, Hatfield, .Josephine Ruth " Haury, Stanley Hawk, Jerome (Jerry) Hayes. Ruth Helvig. Isabel Herbert, Orville Hern. James Hess. LaVern Hiebert. Boby Uoyd Hill. Pauline Hia ler. Leland (Pete) Hoar, Dalton Hobbs. Dorothy Ann Hobson. Nellie Holman. - Martin Horn. Dale Howe, Teddy Howe, . Dolores Huckstep, Dari Milton Hunt. Wilda Hunt. Harriet Huston, William (Bill) Hyatt. Paul Idso. Mearl Ingle- . due, Bernice Isham. , i Jean " Dorothy James. James , (Jim) '- Jaqua. Jefferson. Julia Rose Jenson, - Elsie, Johns. Eloise -Johnson, F'"ise Jonas. Deral Jones. Dick Jones, War ren Jones. Constance Keller, tteveriy fc. STATES NAVAL FORCE-(P-There'll be a new set of t e z t books Succeeds Byrnes V 1 Judge Fred M. Vinson (above), of Kentucky, was named economic stabilization director succeeding James F. Byrnes on May 28 as President Roosevelt created a new war mobilisation director headed by Byrnes. Vinson also will be a member of the new board. Associated Press Tele mat. ating it with profanity if it fits the occasion. The admiral's wife, the former Elizabeth Case, daughter of an army officer, is now in Marietta, Pa. They have one son, David McMorris, Princeton graduate who is a lieutenant, junior grade, XJSNR, on active duty. J Kenney, Bert Kephart, Evelyn KUlin, Shirley Kinnane. jJonald Klampe. riar old Koontz, Mary Kowitz, Craig Kuhm, Clyde Kunze, A'Delma Lake, Harold ine Lamb. Benny Lambert, James Lance. Donna Langford. Patricia Lar son, Alfred Laue, Mary Ann Leasure. Frank Lick, Ladoska Linnell. Harold Littke, Shirley LiudahL Shirlee Lively, Joan Lochead, Patricia Lockard, Jim Loaer, Byron Lonaberg. Donna Lovre, Kenneth Luke, Cora upper, Richard (Dick) 'Lynch, Beverly McCabe, Blair McCaoe, Danny McCaU, Barbara Lee McCIintock, Gloria Ann McClintock, Betty Jean Mccormick. Berna Mac Donald. Robert McKinney. Robert McLane. Jean MacLean, .Rosemary Maguren, Pearl Mann, Dan Marcy, Doris Martin, vonna Martin, Mary Massee. Kenneth Meeker. Alvina Mey er, Leona Meyer. Carol Miller, Janet Miller. Jim Miller. Roy Aimer, kiwi ard William Mills, Catherine Moran, Edna Louise Munson. Jean Myers. Shirley Nash, James Niece, Bennett Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Laura Newton, Margaret Newton, Carl Nickelson, Ronald Nichols, Patricia Nickens, Wes ley Nut, Maxine North, Marcella Novatny. Dick Joseph O'Brien, Patsy O'Con nor, uennis o tiura, iueiia uisen, Lloyd Olson. Gordon Osborne. Luella Owens. - Luelien Paulson, John K. Payne, Ruth Ann Pearcy, Patricia Ann Pear son. Robert Pender graft, Juanita Pe ter ' Emma Pfennig. - Roy Phillips. James Pickering. Donald Pickett. Les lie Poize 1, Lola "May Pope. Donald Porter, ViUiam Porter, Norman Pot ter, Joyce Powell, Maxine Props t, jtaymond Propst, Kenneth Puree 11, Dolores Purdum. - ' Roger Radke. Joan Randall. - Duane Rawlins. William (Bill) Ready. Char lotte Reeves, Norman Beijing, Mary Reimann, Doris Rents, Barbara Rob ertson, Leo Robins. Gray Robinson, Roberta Ross. Webster (Webby) Ross, Carmen Roth. Violet Ruechel, Shirley Muelle, ' Ann Jryan. . Dorothy Sale hen burger, Charles Saucy, Wilbam (Dick) Scalding, Pa tricia Schaeffer. Flora Schlag. Lois Schreck, Virginia Schroeder, William Schultz, Alien Schwartz. Robert Schwichtenberg. Margaret Schwiening, Joyce Scott, Nina Marie (Peggy) Sears, Betty Seiiard. Dan Scmo, Wilma Sharpnack. Miriam Shellenberger, Tad Sh inkle. Margaret Simpson. Alyn Sin gleton. Barbara Smith. Dick Smith, feleanor Smith. Joanne Smith, Norman (Bud) Smith. Mary. Snyder. Shirley Sogge. Louisa Spalding. James Staggs, Patricia; Ann Standley, Col (Bud) Stephens, Elsie Stealer, Martha stues loff. June StowelL Doris Stutheit, Bar bara Sundet, Dorothy Svarverud, Mar garet Sweetland, Robert (Bob) Tan ner. Ruth Tanner. Elaine Townsend. Wayne Tripp. . lola Turner, Betty Twedt. -:- - James Ubelman. Patricia Underwood. Charles Updegraff. Irene Valek, Dal Van Laanen, Roy Vibbert. George Vogan, Rutn Vogt. John - Waite. Kooerl wait, Marat Walker. John ' Wallace. Doris Walser. Frank Ware, Buddy Warren, Donald Waters, George atson. Phillip Welling. Fred Welsh. Laurence Wenger, Norma Wenger. Frances Whitehead. Juanita Williams. Junior Williamson. Barbara Jean Wilson. William (Billy) Wilson, Lola Ma Windeckerr Elaine C. Win kle. Juanita Winn. Meta Woold ridge. Naeal , Worley, Tom Wrist on. Vane Yung, Mabel Man Zimmerman. Lawrence Zinser. . Visits Sick Sister ' AimsVILJJE Mrs. C har ley Fuller of Oakland, Calif Is here to be with her sister, Mrs. Wil liam Meyers, 1 Who Is ill at the home of Mrs. Luta Fuson. ; zicnnmanaors&ies. An ouczer on flag rank, com menting on the Kommandorskl victory, praised ; McMorris for his decision to seek the Japanese fleet and carry- the battle to the enemy, . "He sought the enemy deep in his own waters, well within Jap anese bomber range. - i "Admiral McMorris a 1 1 o n has changed the history of this front for the present. The Jap was intent upon getting supplies to Attn and Kiska determined .to the extent that he brousht up what he believed to be an over whelming force. - ."They did not get through. Ad miral McMorris deserves a 'well done.' . : But the admiral told a press conference that much of the suc cess was due to good luck. "My flag secretary has. pro posed a medal for our ships con sisting of a rabbit's' foot surround ed by a horseshoe and surmounted by a four leaf j clover he said. "There were times when I didn't think I - would bring all of my ships out of the action. Thank God I had fighting men and offi cers." . - r. : ;n When he arrived at the base af ter the battle an officer came aboard to greet him. ' "McMorris, X don't know what to do. Fve been carrying this navy cross for the past two months hoping to decorate you as soon as yon arrived in port. Yon are getting it for an action in the Solomon seas but I have n't the official citation. It hasn't- eaught up with me yet. One of the admiral's aides, re calling the action just completed, turned aside to a fellow officer. "If the admiral doesn't get his first cross pretty soon," he -said, he'll be double-crossed. He an ticipated new honors as the result of the action in the Kommandor skies. -;.;;..,. Cannery Wage Problems Get Consideration Though the war labor board through its regional office has ap proved increases in the minimum wages for cannery workers in the Pacific Northwest, three points remain to be cleared up, canners pointed out Monday after con ferring with federal officials. One of these involves the date to which increases will be re troactive; another is the question as to whether key emDloves al ready receiving wages or salaries in excess of the new minimum may be advanced so as to main tain the existing differential. The third question is one which must be referred to OPA rather than the war labor board, for it involves possible increases in pri ces of the finished product Can ners will not , be able to absorb entirely the increased production costs but will have to seek higher ceilings, it was indicated. Wiesner Joins Rotary SILVERTON George Wiesner has been named as a new mem ber of the Sflyerton Rotary club, Ralph Larson president elect, Is serving as head of-the Rotary un til Tom Anderson, president, re turns from Texas. Larson will be installed during the summer. Audres End Visit GERVAIS Mrs.' Ernest Audres and two sons returned this week from Green Bay, Wis., and Chi cago where they spent three weeks with relatives. Mrs. Audres came west seven years ago and this is her .first visit to her old home. If a taste that tHs And gives Master Bread iavoc Fine ingredients plus skill Bring oat all th flavor. ' -.safl I Dr. Smith Answers Cliattenge To 'Serve Eight Masters' At WV Installation Ceremony Charged by Bishop Bruce Baxter to "serve eight masters,' Dr. George Herbert Smith answered the challenge with 'an address-outlining his aspirations for Willamette's "Next Hundred Years" at the ceremonies formally -.ins tailing him as president of the century-old , institution here Sunday. - Trustees, faculty, student body. alumni, parents of students, stan dardizing bodies, community and church, Baxter, who left Willam ette s , presidency two years ' ago to become Methodist bishop, listed as the eight masters to be served by a university executive heaL Commencing his outline for the old school's , next century of ser vice with plans already adopted, the new president, who has served since last fall without formality of installation, talked briefly of the contract to educate for the navy. - The university will benefit from its contact with the navy's rigid training - requirements, with in creased punctuality, more ' con centration on the task at hand and the observance- of disciplines. Smith predicted. A backlog of finance Is provided by the university's endowment, he declared, but that cannot be gin to make the institution finan cially independent. The curricu lum must Chang ; with time's :. ar.- .,. r i ' - ii . i ii j . ' " ' 1 ' -jr"s 'v 1 1 1 it,' tr V !S2fe TREADS for the tanks which have been shattering Rommel's .; Afrika Korps, "-plus' hundreds "of types of fittings for fightingj ships, are made by the Shofher Iron & Steel Works of Portland. Tliis is one of America's out Standing war plants built and operated by a woman. For PC boats, those , sea-going broncos, the Shofher plant turns out valve bodies, struts, and dozens of other parts. Also Shofher makes important gear for aircraft car riers, the ships that are so important to our air supremacy. The plant supplies parts to Willamette Iron & Steel, Qrnmercial Iron Works, Albina Engine & Machine Works. Artificial lightning bolts molt ion A foresighted PGE. dollars m the past xour years to enlarge jrur, s A PC Mb-cbaser starts oat to sock the' soda, movement and can still be broad and cultural without neglecting preparation for the making of livelihood, he said. Willamette's field lies in edu cating well a limited number of students selected because of back ground and ability, the new presi dent maintained, and such a poli cy, if adopted, must be made def inite before the war period is past. To.be successful in service the university must be student-centered, recognizing .the desirability of research but placing at the top the ability to teach, Smith said. War training programs are em phasizing features of university training which have in some pla ces been recently overlooked, he maintained, emphasizing that dur ing the next hundred years Wil lamette must offer more than in tellectual development if it would prepare men and women physi cally fit and socially exerienced to meet the exigencies of life. Topping the lists of require ments, the speaker said, is the need for Willamette as a Christian col-; 1 ...... :;-T-:X-V.-X:--'--. - A SEaofinoi? Sbwsl'Q Sflcofl TJoffEio management has spent v . Tnis graphic photo depicts one section of the American landing party A f Attn. This contingent went shereside la small boats on the beach of Massacre bay. Immediately they began 'returning the fire of Japanese snipers, skillf ally casnoaflaged la the crags of the great hills. The Japs would come down to the edge of the fog line and fire from crevices la the rocks. The) harshness of the terrain indicates the difficulty and intensity of the American assault on the Jap-seixed islet, farthermost west of the Aleutian chain. (Official Navy photo from INP Souadphote) lege, building on the basis of the past 100 years in this as well as in other fields where growth Is foreseen. ' President Smith was presented fo1firi-inar a ox ttooi n produces iightingpower at the battle frontl 4 million t capaary ior Yanks Land in Fog at Massacre Beach i Di. Tin irr-tr ifcTiitWwairsitiiiiiriLMi to Bishop Baxter by Dr. J. C Harrison,! president, of Willam ette's trustees and pastor of the First Methodist church of Salem. Charles A. Sprague, representing Sr,A.J.I SWher lra I . 'v';': '-:-.-:"v ' "' 1 1 'i 1 1 serving scores of war industries jand other users. As a result of this expansion, PGE is prepared to do tb bigger job that Shofher will soon demand, Shofher is installing a new electric melting furnace which will increase the plant's capacity fourfold. Shafts of artificial lightning in the furnace ' create temperatures of 2800 degrees .. . quickly melting five ton charges of scrap iron and steel for pouring into molds. To operate this one furnace, as much electricity is used as by d7 the homes in a city of 10,000. In meeting the requirements of this ad other vital . war industries, PGE is measuring up to Its wartime job of m ill irm hnrpnnwpr Pnww d2T -. - '"''''v Z. : on the fog drenched Aleutian islet trustees of the university, presid- -ed at th installation, which pre ceded the annual university.com mencement Sunday afternoon at the senior high school auditorium. ft Steel Wsrk nn th hrm fmnt . t 1, 1 , 1 , 1 ., . 1 1 - - AT YOTJ3 GROCER'S ' 1 t i & j Drinks I I If mmm mm