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Petty Officer. Third Class Don R.
Jadsonlias Just recently reeeiv
ed bis rating since he became
a ship fitter in the : nary, he
writes his wife, Mrs. Jadson, at
1745 South Church street. He
Is stationed 'at Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, having been sent there
. in February' from Camp End!
cott, RL He entered the navy
last November 1. taking basic
. training at Camp Ehdicott, and
. was one of 12 men there chosen
for special training.
' Brace L Baell, sea of Orne E.
-Buell of Silverton, has enrolled in
"the basic engineering course of the
- army specialized training program
at the Carnegie Institute of Tech-
nology where be will take . three
basic courses of twelve weeks. Bu
ell was a student at the University
of Oregon before his induction in-
to the army. - ; - : "
- Milton A. Thostrnd was another
of the Marion county men who has
enrolled for the basic engineering
course at the Carnegie Institute
of Technology. Thostrud is from
Silverton and was a student at
Willamette university before Join
ing the army. ' - r
Lt. Otto Jay Wilson. Jr, for
merly of 1336 State street, was
promoted to the rank of first lieu
tenant at his station with head
Quarters; Camp Grant, Illinois.
Styme B. Lesslie, formerly of
155 West Meyers street, Salem,
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant at the Aberdeen : proving
ground, McL, and had been as
signed for duty, at Camp Adair.
Before entering the army, 14. Les
slie was employed by the post of
fice department in Salem and was
a student at Willamette univer
sity.
Pvi LVle F CeeW of Mrs.
Marie Lillie, route 2, Salem, was
recently promoted to the grade of
private first class at his station
with the US Fifth army in North
Africa. -
Pvt. Gay W. Weaver, Jr son of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Weaver of route
i 1 4, Salem, has been promoted to the
grade of private first class after
five weeks in the service.
SUNNYSIDE Neil Hagedorn,
who is stationed at the Farragut,
' Idaho, naval training station, has
returned there after spending his
nine day leave at home. His par
ents are Mr, and Mrs. Roy Hage
dorn of Sunnyside.
' MrsTH. M. Carey has received
word that her husband, Cpl. Har
old M. Carey, has been transferred
to San Bernardino, Calif. He was
formerly stationed at Sacramento,
Calif.
LABISH CENT Km Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Aker received a let
ter last week from Jack Power
who formerly taught in the grade
school here. He recently, was
graduated from officers candi
date school and has been commis
sioned a second lieutenant. He is
at present attending the officers'
radio school at Fort Monmouth in
New Jersey, and after the end of
July may be assigned to a divi
sion signal company as the radio
officer. He asked that they re
member him to all of his friends
here.
BRUSH CREEK Mrs. Arthur
; Lombard . (Catherine BenUon)
learned this week that her : hus
band, Lt Lombard, recently has
been sent overseas. He had been
. at Seattle since last July, with the
exception of a few weeks of school
In California. He is with the pe
troleum maintenance b a 1 1 a lion.
Mrs. Lombard is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Bentson and
a niece of Mrs, Walter C Larson.
WALDO BILLS Fvt. Harvey
Gehring, who has been in army
service at Camp White, has been
released in favor of farm work
and has returned to his home
here.: Mr. Gearing's parents are
HI and unable to care for their
farm.
Word has been received here I
Salem that Lt Richard Glen Kel
so is now stationed at Wendover
Field, Utah, as : a bombardier in
the army air, corps. LL Kelso en
tered the army July 15: i u f
Pvt. WlSIam F. Campbell was
listed among the wounded In the
North African campaigr by the
war department.? - Pvt. Campbell
was a resident of Dallas before
bis entering the service-
Colonel B. F. Pound; former Sa
lem dentist, -returned to Salem
from his post in Southern Cali
fornia. He was-accompanied by
Mrs. Pound. . . . .. '
Irving Charles Knenzi, son of
Mrs. Alice Kuenzi, route 3, Silver-
ton, was one of the ten honor stu
dents who received the personal
commendation of their aerial gun
nery class' ; at the naval gunner's
school in Jacksonville; Fla. Kuen
zi took his preliminary training at
the Great Lakes naval training
station and at the technical train
ing center at the navy pier, Chi
cago." ;
AMITY Roy Smith, who. is Jn
the; army, visited with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs.' Thomas Smith,
for several days last week. -'
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WHEATLAND Sir. and 'Mrs.
Anson Ingels of San .Francisco,
Califs came Tuesday by automo
bile to the home of Mrs. W. B.
Magness of Wheatland. They will
visit also with relatives at Union
vale. Ingels has been serving in
the navy, for '- a year and a half,
spending much of the time over
seas. He received a medical dis
charge from Oak Knoll naval hos
pital in California recently. They
plan to visit here a week before
going to Portland ot reside. :
I: Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs.'. Matthew Morgan, 150
Madrons avenue,' Salem, that
their son Earl K. Morgan has been
promoted ; to the rating of : first
class private at Camp La.hn,
Calif. Pf c. Morgan, a - SjgSarr high
school graduate, entered the ser
vice on ' April -19 tA this year. :
:" Pvt. Thomas 'A. Roberts, ; Jr
USMCR, attached to a marine
aviation detachment squadron
now stationed at the navy tech
nical training center in Norman,
Okla., Is returning vthis week1 to
duty after a furlough spent visit
ing his parents, 1 Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Roberts, 494 North Win
ter streeV and friends. "Tommy
enlisted in the marine corps
through the . Salem recruiting of
fice February 12, 1943. After
finishing boot, training at San
Diego, he was sent to Camp Kear
ney, and was : there assigned - to
the marine air ordnance corps and
further assigned to the Norman
station.;
Jimmy O. Sheldon, son of Mrs.
Opal Sheldon of 1245 South Sixth
street, ; Salem, has ' reported to
Farragut, Idaho, where he will
take his preliminary naval train
ing before reporting to active
duty.- i ' - '- '
Charles . M. Bower Is another
of the Salem men " stationed , at
Farragut,' Idaho, where hi will
take his basic framing before duty
with the fleet. -
MSgL James L. Garrison, for
merly a resident of Salem, re
turned I to Jefferson recently for
a visit.; Sgt. Garrison is stationed
at the army air base in Corvallis.
Jim Winfrey and "Baddy" Fish,
two navy men stationed at Pasco,
Washi returned to Salem for -a
visit this week. Mrs. Winfrey ac
companied Winfrey back to his
naval base. w
Robert Smith, former Salem
attorney now serving with the
US coast guard, returned to Salem
recently from Seattle to spend a
short furlough with friends and
relatives. Mrs. Smith is employed
at the Boeing plant in Seattle.
HATESvTLLE First Sgt. Leon
ard 1 Grelg lef t Thursday for
Camp Davis, NC, to attend of
ficers training school. Ho has
two brothers servtng also, MaJ.
Clarence Grelg at Camp Stew
art, Ga, and Lt. Vernon Grelg
at Camp Edwards, Mass.
Nelson A. Miles, &n of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter C. Miles, enlisted in
the navy at Portland on May 31
and has ..reported to Farragut,
Idaho,' to ' take his basic naval
training.
Three men from Seotte Mills
Joined the US navy last Thurs
day at the naval recruiting sta
tion in Portland. They were Fred
Crites, Corwin Logue and Robert
Landon. - - -
Oregon men serving in the
Aleutian Islands feel partly at
home because of the large amount
of Oregon products they use, War
rant Officer Ray Webber, Salem,
of. a navy construction battalion,
wrote; friends here -today.
Webber is on leave from bis
job as assistant construction en
gineer for the state highway de
partment. "It sure is surprising the amount
of northwest products that we
use up here,; Webber wrote. "It
includes Salem beans, turkeys
packed in Salem, heaters from
Caspar & Cutler, beets, from Eu
gene, ' Medford pears, Astoria
flour, Tillamook cheese, etc. Quite
a list of stuff to make a fellow
feel partly at home."
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'Bum1 ' Rookie
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Boyd Bartley, rookie shortstop of
: the Brooklyn Dedcers, took
; over that spot fresh out of col
: leglate ranks. Then last week
. Brooklyn Manager Leo Duroch
er took over the ahortpatch
himself. ' . i :
Braves Defeat
Dodgers, 4-3
BROOKLYN, NY, Juna 14 -(ff)
The Boston Braves rose up against
Ed Head in the eighth inning Mon
day to score two runs and hose
out the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 to 1
in' a twilight game played before
9041 paying customers. ; ' '
. The victory gave' the Braves a
S to 2 edge in the five-game aer
ies with every contest being de
cided by one run. It also dropped
the Dodgers two games behind the
St Louis Cardinals, national
league-leaders. '
Boston 001 910 0294 IS 9
Brooklyn -911 199 999 S 9 9
Javery and Masi; Head, Da
vis (1) and Owen.
Cal Crew Move
Stuns Huskies .
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14 -(P)
Abandonment of crew racing for
the war duration by the. Univer
sity of California came as t stun
ning surprise to representatives of
its- oldest rival, University: of
Washington, who were hero Mon
day attending . the Pacific Coast
conference meeting. . ' , . ;
, ProL Rudy. Nottelmann, Wash
ington's faculty athletie represen
tative, said he had just been offi
cially apprised of California's ac
tion announced Saturday night
He said there was a 4 possibility
Washington might continue icrew
racing on an Intra-mural basis.
Giants Make
Player Deals
NEW YORK, June 14-fl-The
New York Giants, who earlier
Monday traded - Outfielder Babe
Barna to the Boston Red Sox for
Pitcher .Ken Chase, followed up
this deal by exchanging two pairs
of pitchers with their Jersey City
farm in the International league.
They recalled Hugh East and
Rube ; Fischer and replaced them
with Ray Coombs and Ken Trin
kler All four are righthanders.
Meadow Gets
Fall Meeting
SAN MATEO, Calif, June 14
(ABay Meadows track, through
its general manager, William P.
Kyne, announced Monday it had
received approval' to ' conduct a
55-day . horse race meeting , next
fall from the western defense
command and Fourth army. The
proposed dates are from October
2 to December 18. . : .
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FR Urged to Appoint Gvilian
Food 'Czar' in New Scene to
Rollback US Consumer Prices
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WASHINGTON, June H-iBi-partisan legislative leaders
urged President Roosevelt Monday to appoint a food "czar"
and reportedly received in return an executive proposal that con
gress provide from $1,500,000,00 to $2,000,000,000 to subsidize a
lollback In prices to consumers. 1 ; r
Spurred by . fears of a canned
food shortage, Senator George
(D-Ga) said a group of five sen
ators and four house members
urged Mr. Roosevelt to centralize
in one agency the final authority
over production, distribution, pre
servation, rationing and prices of
agricultural commodities.
, There were suggestions ; that
this power be invested elthea in
Food Administrator Chester
Davis or War MoblUxaUoa Di
rector James F. Byrnes, Sen
ator Bill of ' Alabama, acting
senate democratic leader, said
Byrnes objected to any soch
coarse.
Byrnes, present at the White
House , conference,' was represent
ed as contending that creation of
an over-riding authority would be
likely to result in the puncturing
of present food price ceilings to
spur production and canning ac
tivities an outcome George said
appeared inevitable- unless subsi
dies are applied.
In this connection,- President
Roosevelt was said to have urged
Recruiter Searching Here
For iIS civ US Radar Officers
A search for officers to supervise operations ol alljradar equip
ment, the secret which has recently been, explained to the people
of the United States, brings Lt. (jgs) Raymond Swartout to Salem
today to interview and assist applicants presenting their records.
The search renewed by Ihe office of naval officer procurement
district & for men who have had
experience in radio or ; electrical
engineering: Men .who hold ama
teur radio licenses" and, have had
good practical experience, in the
field of radio and "electrical .work
may qualify, Swartout said Mon
day. Ages are 19 to 50 years. Roy
W. Morriss, Salem police radio
operator who recently visited his
family id Salem, is. an enthusias
tic navy, radarman. '
Lt Swartout will make his
headquarters ' today afr the US
navy-recruiting substation in the
postoffice, according to Chief
Robert H. Fallon, in charge of the
recruiting office here.' Applicants
may see Swartout there ; from; 9
ajn. to 5 pJn. -. . - . -"
: Graduates in ,' the engineering
fields of , agriculture, ceramics,
c h e m i c a I, general, industrial,
metallurgical, mining and petro
leum studies are needed for radar
training courses. Requirements
for the training included a com
pleted course in calculus and at
least one year In physics, above
average scholastic records and
good physical conditions. .'
..Morriss has described to men
working in police radio here now,
using tentacles of ' light waves,
the navy, and other armed forces
of the US, Use radar to reach
out through fog, clouds, rain,
snow and darkness to locate and
follow every move the enemy
makes.
The early development, of radar
has been outlined by war and
- navy deartments in a joint an-
How Oregon's
Congressmen
Voted
WASHINGTON, DC, June 14.-
rn-Oreeon'i congressional dele
gates voted as follows during the I
wees: enamg iuae .
Representatives Ellsworth, Mott
and Stockman voted for the
Smith-Conn ally labor bilL Repre
sentative Angell opposed it.
: Senators McNary and Holman
voted to increase funds for con
servation and use of land resour
ces from $300,000,000 to $400,000.
000.: They also voted for the sen
ate to stand by its amendment
eliminating from the deficiency
bill language designed to prohibit
use of any funds to pay salaries of
Goodwin B. Watson, William E.
Dodd, jr., and Robert M. Lbvett.;
McNary and Holman voted
the agriculture bill to transfer
functions ox tne iarm secunry aa
ministration to other j agencies.
The measure was defeated, 53 to
25. They supported a committee
amendment designed to authorize
loans, grants and rural rehabilita
tion. The amendment was adopted.-
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OSC Students
At Gimp Abbot
CORVALLIS, June 14-aV L.
R. Jones and N. P. Hinges, Salem;
A. L. Hunnicutt, Independence; J.
B. Violette, DaUas, and J. H. Capps,
McMinnville, were among 37 first
year students in advanced ROTC
units at Oregon State college who
have entered training at Camp
Abbott, army engineer replace
ment center near Bend.
Tax Payment Less
Crook county taxpayers will
pay about 9Vt mills less in the
year starting July 1 than during
the past year, tentatively approv
ed tax budgets Indicated. y ; v
Visit for Weekend
DALLAS Miss Frances Thies
sen and Miss Jean Enstad spent
the weekend in Dallas. They are
employed in Portland.
that congress act soon to provide
subsidies for a price rollback. This
proposal has had strong support
fffom organized labor but was at
tacked before the senate banking
committee today by farm organ
ization leaders. Edward A. O'Neal
of the farm bureau federation, told
the committee : that labor's de
mands' for subsidies constitute "a
thinly disguised effort to secure
another unwarranted increase in
President Roosevelt was rep
resented as arguing, that subsi
dies would be fairer In their ap
plication thaa price increases,
contending that "white collar
workers who have received
income boost - becaase of the
war cannot pay Increased prices
for food.
" Republicans, headed by Senate
Leader McNary (Ore), raised im
mediate objections to subsidies,
contending among other things
that their cost would be greater
than the saving represented to
the consumer.
'Recruiter
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LT. (jg) RAYMOND SWARTOUT
nouncement escribing the opera
tion and : also the origin of the
name for the radio-detecting-and-ranging
equipment. Ultra high
frequency waves ' traveling : with
the speed of light are focused
across, land, sky and sea, search
ing, for planes, ships and other
objects. Striking an enemy vessel,
the waves bounce back. Time re
quired .for the signals to travel
to the, reflectii-i, surface and re
turn makes possible v the . deter
mination '. of the distance of the
target '. .-' , : ,
Service Flag
Is Dedicated I
WEST SALEM A service flag
displaying 69 stars representing as
many West Salem jroung men now
in the armed forces wes dedicated
Sunday morning: at, the; West Sa
lem Methodist church. The flag
Is visible .to the visitor's left on
entering the diurch. - ;;' Vt.
Bordered m red which seta off
the white sa&n background, the 69
stars represent soldiers, sailors and
marines stationed in almost every
war area in the world. ,
Mrs. Pearl McVey whose son
Kent is in the armed forces, made
the flag. Since the publication of
the service list last week, the fol
lowing: names have been added:
E. L. Sanders, Donald Largent,
FJwin Maerz, Winston Gosser, Leo
Stevens and Floyd Clark.
5 The impressive dedication cere
mony was. conducted at the Sun
day morning - service with Rev.
Ridell Kelsey,- pastor, ofaciating.
Pliillies Face v
Losing Hurler
PHILADELPHIA, Juno U -VP)
The Phillies hopes -of landing in
the first division this season re
ceived another jolt Monday with
the announcement by the ' club's
front office that Si Johnson, vet
eran pitcher, has been ordered to
report for his first army physical
examination about June 30.
Navy Takes Over,
Bearing Company
WASHINGTON, r Juno 14HJP)
Acting on orders issued by Presi
dent Roosevelt, tho navy.-- an
nounced Monday j night that it
would take immediate possession
of the plant of the Howarth Piv
oted Bearings company at Phila
delphia. x.;"v;; .-;
: This step is necessary, a navy
statement said, because "under its
former management, tho company
experienced production -: and fi
nancial difficulties." -
Bremerton Sbipyarder
Tie Seattle Siids, 1-1
BREMERTON, June IMff)
Bremerton's cruises of the Puget
Sound Shipyards league and the
Seattle Rainiers played to a 1-1
deadlock Monday night In a twi
light exhibition baseball' gam' e
that was ended after nine innings
because of darkness, 'fi
Seattle... fit 901 00S-1
Bremerton SOS Oil SOo-1 T
Yelovic and Bonarlgo; SoUl
van and Tobln. . ,
Predator Baj; High
Government Hunter Leonard
Grant reported at Toledo that his
bag, so far this month includes
four black bears, the same num
ber of ' wildcats and numerous
coyotes.
AIaor Is KiUed
Owen Cames, 69, mayor of Pi
lot Rock, was killed in a fall be
neath the wheels of a tractor he
was using to cut weeds, along the
town's main street ;
Boys State Begins
. One ; hundred I and fifty eight
Oregon youths registered for the
opening of - the seventh annual
Beaver i Boys State at Oregon
State college. 1 . .
Sheriffs Posse Set
V Directors of the . Calapooia
Roundup announced at Philomath
that the Lane T county mounted
sheriffs posse win police - the
roundup 'rt Crawfordsville July
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
RECREATION FOR
at Forest Glen, ML now
a y v v
WA ACS ON REV I tVf Members of the WAAC llae
iragtfrtJ .B c"r. pleW review, couicldeat with the
ALEUTIAN FATRO L
Pacific as it patrols the
U E V C A R R I E RNewest of Great CrlUln's aircraft carriers, the I1.!IJ5. I 'omuklle, has U
commissioned and is now on active service. Here she rests at ai.vi.er.
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WOUNDED-The ballroom of the former National Park College
need as aa Army hospital. Is used as a recreation room by patients. -
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A tiny V. 8. Coast Gaard patrol boat is rocked by the choppy North
lonely Aleatlaas, la background are snow-covered mountains.
ta m i it ne
" before planes at BolUntr Field.
ergsalssUo - 's first ann.rersarr.
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