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rra. Cre-a, Tc:r!rj I!rrr, r'j T ICI3 67oM -Scouts 9 Are Selected r CAMP ADAIR, July 19. The most rugged and mentally alert soldiers of the Timber Wolf divi sion at Camp Adair have been finally ferreted out. Scouts' test which have been in progress during the past month were revealed recently by divi sional headquarters when it was announced that out of the 317 soldiers in the division who were selected to run the gamut of the gruelling three-day test, 110 of the men were rewarded with the highly prized and coveted title. Thirty-one of the tough and hardened men were classified as superior and 79 as satisfactory. The highly honored title of "Wolf Scouts" was bestowed on only those men who survived the six-point program initiated by General Bryant E. Moore, assist ant divisional commander of the "Timber Wolves. The 7 Qualification test" included a knowledge of small arms, machine guns, com- L pass and field glasses, map read ing,! aerial .photography, recon naissance under battle conditions, and swimming and river crossing with field pack and rifle.. - Th triumphant "Wolf Scoute" are Threatt. Jack H. Alford, -Walter F. Kirk. Jam T. Sbahan. : Sergeants: ..William I Jack. Louis Kajo. Luther C. Mantooth. Raymond C. Raw both -' m .Albert J. Zakrajeck. Orval E. c-i wfAmmrA i rvvi K W. Jack. on. D. T. Wells, C. B. White. Everett I.. Wrisnt. Evercn i nwwui. ajj James L. Cronland. Corporals : Robert W. Snyder. James W, Barnes. Seirvert ' P. Wick. Georfe E. Bradshaw. J. M. Robtdeaux. Phillip R.: Nauman. -Jess Lv Johnson. Boynton C. Leonard. Har ry L. Rogers. Awen a. jkosc. i m A .-. .n n.vM MnHliohn. . Fran cis D. Jackson. William A. King. J. J. Major; J. P. pisiory. nure n- m l.i-.. tH mil ; Jonas G. Steiner. B. C. Albretaon. Ralph A. HotelUnf . W. C. Wayland. D. L. Shee- ran. Julian Coleman. L. J. Rhyne. R. G. Clark. Privates first class: James A. Michlena. Anthony w. rent, - nomas Callan. Felix Mlkart. Ray H. Rookard. Harold J. Spoch. John M. Senour. D. Hover, Chester Kogut. C. R.: Womack. ; H. W. ' Staatz. . P. Bratley. Howard lumnit Frfwird A. MUUaan. J3. I Ferguson. M. L. Nenox. Roy A. Blon son. Arnold X. Skuza. Harold S. Pople. J. F. Beckey. .1. .u. uoniwwn, . v. win. - r -ii . runrA c. J- Rrik. G. tt - shreev. H. B. Simmons. A. P. Toven. G. Wood, privates: ; s. nx. E. J. Bennet. J. R. - Frezza. C.. B. ui... i. u pnntHi. W: - p.- Bush man. R. G. Chapman. E. T. Etesch. W. M. Komp. J S. Peregoy. W. A. Schmidt. - R: J. .Wingbermuehle.V Paul E.-Brown. George .Disney Jr.,. George .:.. - .. . 4 m . . . V -n.4k as. LOiium, jonn m.,ixuuwu, nwwui William H. Blundeli. Lloyd R. ChurcK. rlOUSlOn 1. : itw Puskus. Edward B. Horvat. Eugene E. Kvers. Lolly L. Nunez. Vitro J. Tay lor,' Harold E. Lewis. Milton E.vJenk - n inihnnv r'alrn. Robert : E. Korth. - " fc-" l W W" !, -.' f - -1. .. . - - f , Foriest Fire Peril Enters , --i.fWe're figuring on giving Ju piter Pluvius a 720-hour honor badge for the 30 days extra he worked for Keep Oregon Green this summer," said Grant Murphy, Marion county , chairman of the publicly sponsored forest fire pre vention organization of Keep Ore gon Green in commenting on the very favorable fire weather for Oregon this summer. . A great many Oregonians now imagine their job has been pretty well . done . for them," . the . KOG county chairman observed, -"just because .the rains have been very liberally and . unusually spread out through all of June and July. The fact is that the, public's Job ' on fire prevention the balance of the summer will be more difficult than ever. The extra heavy rain fall has - created lush grass and fern' growth .throughout the state, and when the hot winds 'of- late j July and August dry them up, the fuel - for' fire': will 'be heavy and plentiful."- : J "; The next 70 days will be critical ones on the' forest fire, front, .State ' Forester. Nelson Rogers pointed l out -in a statement calling upon the people of the state to give ev ery, possible assistance to keep . man-caused fires at the very min , imum the rest-of the summer. The very splendid offers of support to Keep Oregon Green from every ' county, in Oregon indicate the de sire and Intention of the public " to maintain the excellent record made in the past, two years since Inception of the state-wide Keep Oregon Green movement, Fores ter Rogers continued.. ' ' i ..." .... The best way for you to Slap a Jap is to make sure your match, cigarette and camp fire are not al lowed to go out unescorted," the county chairman concluded. 1 - ; At Llcctinn s . 1 YTJCA Younger -Boya Return1 rom Silver CreelzGiiluifx " ... " - " Campers from the YJ.ICA younger boys outin returned Sun day from a week of, fishing, taking botanical- expeditions,and swimming at Camp Silver creek 20 miles northeast of Silver ton, C. A. Kells, general secretary of the Y announced Monday. ' ' .4.J.J . ik . ' C.'1.,i ii.i. .i-iiihpiii ii - j hi in m.'M ii ivOJl "VVI1U BUCUUCU IpUO OUVC1 REV. V. W. ANGLIN Holiness Camp Meet Scheduled The Pacific northwest district of : the Pilgrim Holiness church will convene at its fourth annual camp meeting Sunday at Quinaby park, eight miles north of Salem. Three public services will be pre sented each day, the first at .11 ul, another at 2:30 p jn. and the final at 8 p.m.' Delegates,- ministers and camp ers from coastal - areas of Wash ington and Oregon are - expected to arrive this week. The general public also is invited to attend; camping facilities are free. : ; Workers for the - meeting' in clude Rev. Roy Morgan, general evangelist of the Pilgrim church, preaching each night; Rev. V. W. Anglin of CorvalliS, . minister in the Church of the Nazarene; Rev. R. W. Wolfe, general secretary of home missions, who will preach and conduct the annual confer ence, and various other pastors preaching during the day services. . Special music and song services are being arranged. Rev. Orval C Keller, district superintendent. will be in charge , of the camp meeting. - . - creek outing were: James Amodt,' Eliott Back strand, Jay Backstrand, Edwin Bauer, James Barlow, David Bar rows, Marvin Black, Bill Bowden, Jerry Boyer, John Burcham, Dan Callaghan, Bob Carlson, Larry Chamberlain, Clyde Walter, Al bert Cohen, Arvin Crose, Robert David, David Eastorv Edwin Eck ersley, Claire Elwood, Ray Car roll Evans, Keith Farnom, Phillip Ford,. Dick Fufuy Gordon G. Geu, Robert Gordon, Eugene Grigsby, Ralph Grigsby, Gary Ray Hisel, Billy Hill, Robert Moore . Hazel, Richard Herrig, t Lynn" Jensen, Tommy Juza, Gerald Kelly, Ed ward Alan napp, Donald Kowitz, Ronald . Little, " Marvin Lowery, Jimmy McClelland, . Herbert Mc Millan, Robert 'Marggi, Robert Meaney, Charles Morgan, 'William Nelson, RoUin Dean Ohlsen, Wil liam Gray Paulus, Earl Pepper, Douglas Rains, Don Ray, Wayne Rogers, .Theodore Roubal, Phillip Sitner, jr Jack : Stanley, Evan Starkey Robert .Stevens, - .Dale Swensen, Ellis Von Eschen, Rich ard West, Loel Wright, Robert Wrenn, Richard Scott,. Glen Gar rett Mallory Hood. Lloyd Hamlin. Van Stonehocker, Richard Unruh, Johnny - Westphal, Ted v.Tuchek, Gordon Moore, David Rhoten, Jerry Janson, Robert, Jones, Wil liam McNeil, Robert Scarth, Don Lindburg,, Jerry Lee D o b y n , Critical 473 Speeders Get Ration Coupon Fines v In recent w e e k s 473 Oregon motorists' were reported' to. 'their ration boards for exceeding , the "35-mile wartime speed limit; fol lowing clocking" by' the Oregon state police, the district OPA an nounced today. From the gasoline books of these speeders ;16t "eoup: ons, representing 644 gallons of gasoline, were ' removed for the offense, OPA officials declared. 1 Quite a few of the violators got off with warnings from their ra tion boards in the case of first offenses, but in 51 cases coupons ranging from 1 to 20, were remov ed it was stated. '.Of the 473 offen ders, 175 were travelling 50 miles an hour or overi, Of 302 out-of-state offenders in addition, 154 were traveling 50 miles an hour or better. Reports on out-of-state cars are being sent to the dis trict OPA offices where offenders are located for appropriate action by ration boards. The Portland OPA office has received similar reports on Oregon offenders in other parts of the country. Record Albacore Catch Landed , ASTORIA, " J u 1 y 1 S.--The season's largest Albacora tuna catch 1969 pounds was deliv ered to the Columbia River Pack ers association Monday by the jig boat : Rae, captained by Amos Clift. , ; Teddy Kistner, Don iverson, Dan ny , Jennings, Alan Thompson, Ronald Moore and Thomas Straup. FBI Recovers Stolen StocIiV Arrests Three SEATTLE, July I9.-P)-The arrest of three men in Los An geles and the recovery of $230,003 of stocks stolen from the Seattle offices of the Portland Cement association were disclosed . Mon day by H. B. Fletcher, special agent in charge of the Seattle Federal Bureau of Investigation office. The men arrested in Los An geles, Fletcher said, are: ' Victor M. Conklin, US army stationed at Camp Cook, Calif. Robert Rucker, 39, Alhambra, CaliL, machinist. Ernest Booth, 44, who was on bond from' Los Angeles county on a charge., of grand theft, of merchandise. 4 The three ' have been charged with ' interstate transportation of stolen securities and are" being held for return to Seattle, the FBI agent said. s PORTLAltD, July lQHivThe state republican executive com mittee will not do anything in preparation for the IS 44 elections if it takes the advice of Governor SnelL . , " s . - . "Stand by and let the demo crats do it with their bungling and fumbling and - Quarreling, the governor counseled the com mittee here Sunday. They are doing it for. us. If all this confu sion continues, there is going to be something terrible happen on the domestic front" Howard M. Wall, Portland, was named treasurer to succeed John N. Adams, Portland, resigned. Lowell , C. Paget, Portland, was appointed to the committee in the place of Fred W. Bronn, recently named a Multnomah county cir cuit judge. 1 Postwar Planning ; , . . . . - Sub-Committees Eyed - PORTLAND,, July 19-W-A proposal to set up sub-committees for the state's post war planning was considered here Monday by the Oregon post war executive committee. ' , f John W. Kelly, executive direc tor, said proponents felt special resecarh work by separate groups is needed on federal, state,, coun ty, municipal and industrial prob leans. , erves to JXez I .... ...,:. iifajv y Sl LsJL V44ui4Ji ,, . WASHINGTON, July 19 -(V The war food administration an nounced Monday that the percent age of cheese and butter reserved for government purchase would be decreased during August Sepr tember and October. ... During August butter producers will reserve 40 per cent of their output for war uses. The Septem ber and October reserve quotas were set at 39 per cent. During May, June and July the producers were required to hold 50 per cent for government use. . Cheese to be held for govern ment use was scaled down from 70 per cent during the recent summer months to 60 per cent during Au gust, and September and 50 per cent in October. ' Portland Need Police Applicants PORTLAND; July 19-P)-Port-land needs 51 policemen but has only ' 17 civil service eligibles. Chief Harry M. NUes said Mon day. Of 72 young men who took the civil service examination re cently, only 29 passed and 13 of these already have been given ap 25th Road Fatality PORTLAND, July 19-P)-Port-land recorded its 25th traffic fa tality of the year Monday with the death of Crystal J.; Walker, 3, struck by an automobile May 24. iimtcr. uiuu to i.CCl The Salem Hunters and Anglers club will hold an open meeting at the Eagles hall Wednesday night at eight o'clock. The pur pose is to interest as many men as possible who would volunteer to assist in emergency work of fighting forest fires. Ed Lomers, districtranger at Detroit will be present and discuss .plans. Company Files Fdr 67 ;Log ; : Brands Here Ostfander ' Railway and Lum ber company of M olalla has es tablished a record for log brand filings by a single operator, sub mitting to the public Utilities com missioner 67 labels of logs placed in the Willamette river. . The Ostrander company oper ates in the region between Mo- lalla and the summit of the Cas cade mountains.. Logs are deliv ered by truck and rail to Canby for flotation down the river. The log branding law was ap proved at the recent legislative session. Fire Extinguished PORTLAND. July 19-UIVFire broke out In the basement of a downtown state liquor store Mon day. The blaze was quelled." to the obvious , relief of onlookers, without loss. A " GUNNISON, Colo., July lZ-. At least one xr.zn wa3 rcj::' killed Monday in the wrecL- -. ; of an army plane which a t. " :r man said crashed in t.a r.-".u:i-tainous Taylor canyon area cf t.t tern Colorado. C A. Ranchantt said the jl;: 5 was twin-eniaed, and t".-t 11 crashed into a mountain;!! ; t- burned, less than a t-.il i f.c:i where he was fishlr.. Sheriff II. G. Lashbrock, t. I led a searching party to the wr: age-said one man was tr:.wn dead. , .The public relations cfrice (! tV) Caspar, W70., airbase sail C.i plane was from that base, but an nounced no details. ' . Hog Ceiling Price Szl ........ 1. 1.. . 1 ... WASHINGTON, ,. July 19 -,T A hog ceiling of $14.75 per 1C3 pounds, Chicago basis, will la ordered . early next month In a move Xo hold . price fluctuations' to a minimum, the govemxr.tni announced Monday night Thla ceiling the first to be placed on live hogs la $1 above the lavel at which j the government eariie? promised to support prices tJ hOgS., -j 4fti.MokTWfew. tm illli.i W a4 f ... Mhf ktc4 im VJCTORTiWlka(fa wmi $m IW rtACBI ' - " sJBjg tnM9 A En ' ' - fs Garden Fresh, Ideal for Lochcr, Canning and Table Use ' f- ' '1, 1630 S. E"rc direct Plica Wholesale rriees Elreci iisa Crower Erizg Containers ' ' ; - i imm i)niu'-yi"nii.J'.' 'ai T .' DtJ godoO OCDCIPCID Oce QEbflb inmcEiEQ cn hcdDd . -. ? 'X 7- K .,i ' f" ii.-- ' ... ts H 4 J 1 r ff 1 HSkm h m Wwt OH wtt iwiBee. He mates li.10 a hour. Like nj othr skilled wofkmaa he has to htve tools. The principal "tool" in hit cue is s portable derrick, which pulls the pipe out of the wells. Without that derrick, ; Mike's just another guy with two hands. -' . i ' X II, 2. m In eWtor MmmMs afcBt Union first had to buy a portable derrick due cost 435,000. Ac first glance, this ouy seem like a lot of tnooef .'But k takes almost exactly that much to provide the working equipment fir mrj 3 Of MWTM, It only takes a 60 typewriter to put stenographer to work. But on the other hand, k takes a ROOO.OOO refining unit to make jobs for just 23 tollmen. And if it Weren't for the refining unit, the stenographer -' wouldn't have anything to write letters about. 4 to tfce (Jul OB AhnMaei have acta iy invested 3),696 (in refineries, ships, tools, tigs, machines, oil lands, etc) for tmy n of ' the 8,192 employees in the company. This fig ure shows how drastically the machine age bat altered American lire. --..- ' t, I ; V n-1 Sm Only 59 yrs 99 men out f 100 could practice their , trade with tools they bought tbemstlm. Then came our great flood of modern inventions. As hand tools gave way to power tools, and machine followed intricate .' nuchine.industrics changed almost over night. " 6 Staaty, swell as began to require such . an investment tnipmtnt mhm that no one man, employee ar employer, could furnish the - "tools" by himself. The only answer was mhh' fit twmtnbif. Large groups of Americans began to pool their money in crperatiua. - T TlMrt wy, they could9 put up enough money ttlltdittty to buy t&t equipment Mke needed and, ac the same time, preserve nmptti- ih that all-important incentive government ownership can never provide The efficiency c this system startled the world. . - C In two MrtlM.we achieved the high, est standard of living, and the greatest capacity for war production, mr kmum. The corpora tion, of course, is not the only phase of our Free Enterprise system that made this possible. But without it, the job could never have been done. Th company that Ucamt Union 03 xu founded in J886 d efOn fr $onal fating of mint Santa Paula, California business men. Today, it is owned by 31.652 people, v most of whom live right here in the West-3,623 in San Francisco, 434 b Seattle, 7 i Grant Pass,. Oregon, 274 in San Diego, etc TheCompany's profits whkh,i1942, ' amounted to 3.8Xon capital invested, are shared among these people. Last year this net profit amounted to SI 7434 per stockholder. Cf this sum, $147.42 was Paid cut in divUendt $272 was left in the business. In return for these profits, the.31.C52 owners have financed the tank ships, . oUuxVs,rtfineriesandtenktsiilons that make Union's operations possZ'.t. This is the story ef most American Corporations. Py pooling L' s money and talents of a It ef P"- we art able la do a job cnln'iv'y that wa evuld never do oltm. " nm n (Dn dD n el cd ,(Xm r?nrjTr or? ..oncncon-Tj-n; AnnnicA'G fifth FP.ccDon ig ?nca GtiiGQ rt . ii. -t f . - r . - Union OH Corrpany, is dJ.'cUf J to s . discussion of lewtn&uljhrr.t: '.an t uii- ness fanaions.T;re hope you'll f-tl tee to send in any suggestions cr c: . v .,r,s you have to oTet. .i.e: TS'eTi.'J.r.r, L':.3aC3 Compary.Unton Ci . Ic s Ar -' !es, O" 'mla. ' ft. A