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Where They Arc TThct They Are Doing-
Crt. Dert Ereer,
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred E.
Broer of SOS
North Fifth st.
Salem, is now
'serving as a
'member of the
(army air? forces
band at the Mar-
fa advanced fly
Sing, school in
-J Mar fa, Texas.
Pvt. XL A. Traer. at Mrs.
Ignore Tracy. 50 Locust street.
Salem, has just returned to Davis
Monthan Field, Tucson, Ariz, af
ter a visit at home. ,
V Srt. El Coch, Salem, has re
turned from, almost a year's ser
vice in Australia and is now on
-ek leave at ; the veteran's hos
pital In Salt Lake City, Utah;
Rot Marvin Grew," navy tor-
pedoman f i r s t class, has been
visiting for -the last few days at
the home of his aunt. linnie Wil
liamson, 1920 South Cottage street
He is a nephew of the late Irvin
Williamson. Grow has been sta
tioned at an Alaskan submarine
base for the past year.
The facility with which Ameri
can fighters - learn foreign lang
uages may be all the 'magazine
writers" 'claim, but Lt; Charles L.
"WBod.- 1r better Iknown as
"Chuck" to Salem folk before the
war, writes from North , Africa
somewhat, to the contrary--com-laarativelvl
sneaking, at any rate.
i Why. the little Arab L kids put
, us to shame," UL Wood said to
letter to his father; an engineer
associated with the public utili
ties' department "Any of them can
converse in anyi one of five
languages German,; Spanish,
Italian, r Arabic or ' Enclish. -The
school teachers iwhdjt our ;this
'country! after the war: are due for
shock when they; hear the English
words those children use in :the
sublime belief that J they speak
English of the best"
moonlight lends a t lonely atmos
phere Blood red poppies stand
out yividly against, a background
of yellow and green, huge fields
of grain wave in the fertile val-
leys below awaiting the oncoming
Harvest, but some of these fields
will not be harvested this year.
The , scars of battle have left an
ugly smirch on the face of a once
calm and peaceful valley inhabited
by an ancient civilization.
"Frightened natives- have re
turned to their deserted homes
with their cattle. ' MrVn Hon
kers, their families and what else
: remains of their possessions . ..
TSTST SALELI Mr. and Mrs.
E. N.'Filsmger on Third street
have Just received .- a . telegram
from the war department that El
bert Richardson, who had, made
his home -with the Filsinger fam
ily for nine years and who has
been In the US air service in Ens-
land, lost his life , in a bombing
expedition over . Germany. His
brother, FJvin R. Richardson, is
in the. navy and is stationed at
Vancouver. Wash. It is presumed
that he has also received notice
of the death of his brother. Rich
ardson was home on , leave las
November.
' Earl Filsineer. son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. N. Filsinger, ris "si ground
crew mechanic in the air .service
and is , stationed i somewhere In
Florida. ..". , r..
E'rs. Ed Veteto. here while on
furlough from his station at Fort
Eustace, Va. JYoung .Veteto8 was
eraduated from Gervaii hich
school in 1941 and attended Will
amette university the next year.
Veteto finds the countryside beau-,
tiful but swampy and the weather
quite warm. . ; , .',y- :
Cel. Dale Fuller, engineer's am-
nhibious resiment is at present
somewhere in Australia where he
says the snakes crow 20 feet long ,
and the coconut trees are SO feet
tall. . . " - i ' -
Pvt. Eueene Fields was home on
a furlough from his station in Mis
souri. His wife was the former
Mai. M. J. Mahony. whose fam
ily resides near Fairfield, is sta-!
honed in New Hampshire, He pre-
viously was stationed for some
time in Texas. ; 1 .
Pfc Melvin 1l Brown writes
from the Reno. Nev army air
base that the nights' are still cool
there but the days are Quite warm.
He is a f ull-fled2ed truck driver i
but also works at keeping accounts
in the supply room.
SH.VEKTON- That Sheldon
Cunningham, unheard of ' since
December 8, 1941, is still living
was ' word received Tuesday by
his mother, Mrs." Jean Cunning-
' James "Jimmy" OUnger. sea of
Mrs. Minnie Olinger, ' 953 North
19th street arrived in Salem on
Wprfnesda-r to spend a short fur
lough with his mother and small
brother. He has just i completed
his basic naval training at Far-
ragut Idaho.
James F. Wee. stoarmaelsrs
mate. 2c stationed wilh the navy
in Oakland, Calif , and H. C Da
vis, a civilian in Portland, both
sons-in-laws of Homer T. Marsh
r Saiwru aent their father-in-law
Identical post cards for : Father's
day. Both sdns-in-law concluding
" that their ? father-in-law would
like a picture of a fishing scene,
sent him a card showing a pole.
creel and fish, he said.
ham, at Silverton. The message
came from the international Red
Cross and was signed by "Uilo,
adjutant .'generaL It merely" in
formed Mrs. Cunningham that her
son was alive.' apparently well
and a prisoner , of . the Japanese
aovernment
1A. Nels T. Johnson is attend-
In officer's training school a
Fort Knox. Kt for a two months
course. He has - been TltCamp
CamnbetL Kv. Mrs. Johnson
living at " Clarksville, near her
husband. ' lieutenant Johnson is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Johnson of Suverton. His broth
er.' Pvt Calvin Johnson, is sta
tioned in San Diego with the ma
rines.
Sst Don W. Hawes has cabled
his parents,. Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Hawes, that he I now out of the
hospital, where he was confined
with' malaria, fever. ! Sergeant
Hawes is in New Guinea with the
troops. This was his third malar
ial attack since he has been in
the southwest Pacific.
. Word has been jeeel red here In
Kalem that Mai or Van Svarverud
has been promoted to the rank of
' colonel at his- army station in. ban
Francisco. "... . r
EXDRIEDGE Orland Beeker,
nwmber of the coast EuarnV' re
turned' this week from overseas.
He now is in San Francisco await
ing transportation facilities to Ore
eon to visit relatives and friends.
Pvt Darwin Veteto. anti-air
craft" runner in the coast artillery.
Is visiting his parents, Mr. .and
Returns Rotarians
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MAJ. K. S. D ALTON
Dan P. Narrls left this week far
Pocatello, Idaho, to enter the navy
V-12 program at the University of
Idaho, southern branch. He en
listed in the navy reserve last fall
while a student at uregon state
college, but just received jbis or
ders to report for active service
by July 1. He is the son of Mrs.
Ruth Norris, 375 North 23rd street
POtTLAND. iBiia ItWAV-Ma-
rine corps recruit announced
Wednesdar by Major James B.
Hardie-recruiting' officer, includ-
rf? Tred L. TJavis. Independence:
James E. Skyles, Lebanon; Robert
t T-TTinran McMinnvttie; josepn
E. Lalack, Mill City; Christ Han
son. -: ir Monmouth: George , J.
Nicklaus. Newberg. and Dewain
S ArnnlH. Sweet Home. ;
,i.':.U-.s ..... . ".---. t
UNIONV AUK Kabert MeGee,
member of the naval reserve,, left
Portland Sunday to report at fur-
due university, Lafayette, In&i for
naval training. Mr. and Mrs. L w.
Mm and Jeanne, and Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Remme and daughters,
Ardath and Jeanne, accompamea
t. X A. B.1..il mm. him ATT
Fighter Home,
IfTells How Men
reciative
Add
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Cahalin Gels
Judgesliip
4 Gov. Earl Snell Wednesday ap
pointed John F. Cahalin as Judge
of the district court, Multnoman
eountv. department No. L to suc
ceed Judge Lowell Mundorff, who
resigned to become clerk- of tne
United States district court i in
Portland. '
Cahalin has ..served as deputy
district attorney of Multnomah
county and previously as deputy
city attorney of Portland. He en
tered upon the practice of law in
Portland In 1906, following his
graduation from the University of
Oregon. . -
! Cahalin will assume his new
judicial duties Thursday, , ; I
Our bora on active service in
Alaska are deeply appreciative of
the sacrifices the people on. the
home front are making," re
marked Maj. Kenneth S. Datton
upon bis return to his Salem heme
following two years ol service in
Alaska, the Yukon and the Aleu
tians. ' '
mrifeve it or not those boys
are; more worried about the things
their TJeople at . home are , going
without than over their ..own
hanlshln and sacrifices,'' . Ma).
Dal ton continued. TVe known
mm of the boys, on the Infre
quent i occasions when they were
allotted two eggs, to taxe omy one,
saying they didn't want to deprive
th Deoole back home of, food.
Back here in Salem, I'm a bit sur
prised to see that there still seems.
to be plenty of food in tne stores
and restaurants."
The elements. . Mai. Dalton ob-
vrved. constituted ' a more for-
mMTrla foa thari the Japs in the
recent battle of Attu, and provid
ed a real test of the Americans-
ability to "take it" The conquest
fh-. in view of all 'the condi
tions, demonstrated that Ameri-!
cari soldiers are "as good as tney j
mm " he added. i
Maj. Dalton is awaiung reas
signment which may involve aj
k. tmif nf rfiitv in one oi me
tratnine camps or elsewhere m
the United States proper. He went
to Alaska in 1941 Some momns
nrioV ta United SUtes" entry ?tnto
ts war. Mrs. Dalton 'and ' the
children have continued to make
their home in Salem. Maj.- uaiton
nnected with the state
board of parole and probation be
fore being called, as a reserve oi
ficer, into active service. - -
Professor
, Ability of the English people to
stand alone - aiainst the ' fascist
juggernaut for more than a, year,
as they, did following i punkiric,
may be better understood from a
study of the poetry of A. E. Hous
man, Salem Rotarians - were told
at i their Wednesday luncheon by
Dr. R. Ivan LovelL Willamette
university history professor.
M To illustrate the poinf Dt . Lov-
iu quoted ' Housman - poems re
flecting the calm though slightly
nessimistia Philosophy of the class
described by another writerH. M.
Tomlinson, as "English Nobodies"
who gave their lives to save the
nation after It had been imperuea
through errors of the rrich,xlever
and haughty."
Tinkham Gilbert surrendered
tha saver as club president to W.
I M. Hamilton, first expressing ap
preciation of the memberr cooper
ation throughout the past year. He
referred particularly to the serv
ices of Roy iiariano, program
chairman. . j
T6 Return Home ':
. TURNER, route one G era! dint
Edwards, who has been con vales-
Icing from a recent operation at the
home of her grandparents, Mr. ana
! Mrs. O. P. Given, will return home
soon.
Oregon Llnrino Iz Vied by Pro::y in Fcr Szmcn
'i I- " f' '' '" i."v m ". 1st 'A ' 11" ' ' A - . . M eAW tva,.
Capt Chester L. Christensea, TJSiiC, af ixeppner, ure isecono irom riici; u -v
mny performed la Samoa in the Seath Faein by Ueatenaaf Glm Jones, chaplain la the naval rt
serve (back te caaaera). Staadfaig la aa the proxy bride is Captain Tbeedere Deaaosthenes, UC,
el Reao, Nev. At rUht Is fbest man" Ltentesuuit Jasees C. Shannon. US1IC. while far at left ts aa
tw wHml wiiiUm Daataa TU. Ked Cress dlreete in Samaa, whose hease Is la Baltiaaere, Ml.
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Jimu M. Miller, former em-
nlovee at the Oregon Pulp and
Paner company in Salem, has been
promoted to the grade of sergeant
at his station with the. Blytheville
army air field in Arkansas.
Lyle Dlerks, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Dierks, 2177 South Cot
age street and Owen Londberg,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lond
berg, 497 North Front street Sa
lem, are ready to begin their per
iod of basic training at the Far
ragut Idaho, ' naval training sta
j tion. ; .
s WALDO DILLS CpL Norman
- Rue, serving with the army in
'North Africa, writes entertaining
ly of what he has seen there. His
, letter was dated, late in May and
- parts of it read:
A grand and glorious feeling
of satisfaction has settled over us
within the course of the past few
days. Thiols the first period of
complete relaxation many of the
boys have had since the memor
able day of last November The
first candles have s been lighted
again, and I am proud to have
been a participant in this cam
paign. We hope that it will not be
long before the lights go on all 'ov
er the world1 again.
- "Our present location is beauti
ful; each night as the sun slowly
descends behind the jagged and
barren mountains, I thrill at the
grand spectacle as crest after crest
Is gradually dimmed out and then
takes new fornv as the brilliant
ft .
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Better check over your wardrobe . . tniglit be a
j few things you need for 'over the 4th." The S & N
today offers a reminder that when , it comes to
! Quality sports-wear the men of Salem nd vicinity
I can always find what they want here! Come in
today, tomorrow or ' Saturday to make your,
(selection! y
1 Ask a S. MeEIMnny
E to C:t lis t!::! t:nr.:3
rrct::'J:3 tt Ux Cc:t
LethimgiTeyoa
Che full details
os the 4-TTy
of 'the
IJemeleeper
l-.-'f Plan.
For obvious reasons which will not again he numerated here 5
we will, effective next. Monday discontinue! our regular
scheduled delivery service !, I
We, will, however, endeavor, to make deliveries on large
or heavy orders. For instance, if you wish to anticipate your .
needs for several days ahead and will carry your perishable
goods with you, we will, sometime during,the week, deliver
-your;; order . " j : " " . " " , s 1 ' , , ' , r ... .
! ' 1 VL--iv-' liVe iron . 11 e & N 11
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T7e Give ECI Green Cfenps!
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This method will enable you to, call at the store arid piclc v
up your fill-in and perishable items, place your order, for
canned foods and other heavy items for us to deliver at a
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Our parking lot next door .will be kept available for our ,
patrons. The original reason for our procuring the parking ;
lot was for our patrons to park their cars ifor-balT an hour
while they shopped here in leisure. We are going to make . v
every effort to have a parking space available for you.
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