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c: t i 4b VVW4ukA S - urvivors Are Landed AN ADVANCED SOUTH PA CIFIC BASE, May 29-(Delayed-' ' Two hundred and - sixteen survivors of two American mer chant ships torpedoed and sunk have arrived at their base port with the first eyewitness reports . made here on new Japanese sub- ; marine offensive efforts against - south Pacific shipping . lanes. Ship officer reported a "- total . of 14 .men are missing and be- ' lieved dead and 24 men wounded in two submarine encounters. South Pacific headquarters has acknowledged a ihift- by the " Japanese in use of undersea boats. The enemy, previously concentra- : ted his submarines almost entirely : against warships and Pacific ship s pine had been notably free from : 'sub atUcluu-W;;- ' " This week the Japanese broad- - ' cast the second report in a month on south Pacific submarine sink Ing claims, indicating ; the Nip ; ponese now are attempting to ' start -a German style" submarine campaign against the long allied - supply line. A south Pacific headquarters r spokesman declared the . newest - Japanese claim to having sunk IS allied ships including five transports from May 5 to May .24 ; was exaggeration and I a . typical 1 fishing expedition for informa . tion. . .- Congressmen Protest Gas Equalization WASHINGTON, July 20 -ipy- Planned equalization of gasoline - rationing in most of the nation -. drew protests Monday from some - midwestern congressmen over transfer of a portion of their mo tor fuel supplies to the easL j While eastern , lawmakers . ap : plauded the leveling-off program the office of price administration ; indicated that ; regardless of ; the ; availability of gasoline for driving r purposes, the tire situation is, still tight, ; ;-;;;;v:'; A !A . At the request of Rubber Direc f " tor William Jef f ers, OPA termin- . ated the sale of. new tires for ' "spares and - announced that hew, y used or recipped tires will be de nied motorists who have ' four sound tires In addition to an em ergency spare. Firemen, doctors ' and'others dealing wiuTemergen- ciesi OPA said, will be exempt from the ruling. German Plane In Sweden STOCKHOLM, July 20 -ir- A German plane announced . as a' courier plane but armed with a machinegun made a : forced land ing because of motor trouble in the Swedish province of Dalecar la Monday afternoon. The gun was discovered during an inspection of the ship and was promptly dismounted. .-...! ... The plane was kept by Swedish authorities and its crew of five and one male passenger, who wore a uniform, were interned while one woman who was aboard was released. Girod Hired : By Flax Firm CORVALLIS, July 2W;P-A1-' - bert ' L. Girod, has resigned as USDA war board, f ieldman in charge of the state's farnu ma- chinery rationing program, to be come manager of the new Wash- ington county flax growers fiber flax processing plant near Hills bora Girod, Owner oft a large ,' farm near Salem, was - named - fieldman last September. : :. ; A Hero Conies Home Into the arms of Lt. Col. Robert Moore, soUler-hero of southwest Iowa, ran his seven-year-el J dauihter, Nancy, .when ho returned to his home in VUlisca, la, after an absence of It months. His wL'e. sobbing for Jay, lockj.1 on, and his young nephew. Junior Croxsdalo (left), waited anxiously for his hug-r Associated r Press ": -Telemat----'f-'V,; ' "y'-X'W'-f'.-: '"-A -H l- Where They Are What They Are Doin - First Lt Thomas B. Bishop,' above, ; soa of Ray Bishop el Portland ; and grandson of Mrs. C P. BUh ; mp of Salem, has for some time been serving as a flying la I strocter at Central Ins traction I school at Randolph Field. Texas. ; B fau aot written vaeh of Ui work bat in recent letter I said: fOor work becomes more Interesting as time goes on. We ( are attempting to . standardise j the army's method of flight in s - strvetlon. Army instructors are I sent here from the - different ' (flying) schools to become ; standardised." William Bishop, r another son of Boy Bishop and I s recent graduate of .the - Unl- f verslty of Soathern California, is at Camp Pickett. He writes: '. , "I am working In the battalion headquarters and learning much aboot the inside of the army and ' - its ' complex ways. Wonderful training. I like my work and : will do my best to do a good Job." - Mrs. Alma M. Damm, 1465 Cen ter,' Salem, has received a telegram from her son, Harold Damm, say ing that he was safe after his ship, the cruiser Helena, was sunk in the battle of Kula gulf. ; SILVERTON Edwin K. Burton. jr., will arrive at Silverton Wed nesday morning for a brief fur lough visit at the home of his par ents, the E. K. Burtons. Burton is stationed in Colorado. Emil Ryan,stationed at Brem erton, spent the weekend at Sil verton with relatives. - . . Charles VanBeber, just home from Alaska, spent the weekend as a guest of his brother and fam ily, the W. P. VanBebers. ; Kermit Barkhurst, who has 200 parachute jumps to his credit, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse. BarkhursJ.'and-a sister, -Eva Abbey, at Silvertorv ; DALLAS CpL Bad Kestler has arrived in Dallas from Fort Lewis for a visit with his wife and moth er, Mrs. George Kestler. He Is on a 15-day furlough. -r Pvt. . Sylvester Tembusch of Falls City is on -a furlough from uamp wnite. Tembusch is with a salvage repair group and is having his . first furlough since entering the service. He visited friends in Dallas over the weekend. ' t Mr. and Mrs. Ed Powers of Aumsville have received word from their son, Pvt. Edwin Eu gene Powers, marine paratrooper stationed at Camp Gillespie, Calif., that he was injured during his third jump. After he had bail ed out and fallen about' 200 feet, the shroud lines fouled ' in " his foot and he started plummeting earthward head firstr Before he landed, he managed to get his foot free and right himself 'but his leg was fractured' and the foot injured he wrote. However he is : recovering now, I and ; will be out of sick bay soon. NORTH HOWELL Harley Od die and Alan WiesneT of Fort Lewis and : Camp Abbott" respec tively,' spent the weekend at their homes in this district ITNIONVALE Pvt. Lea Brlol of Fort Lewis has been promoted to corporal he writes friends here. The advancement came July 13. PLIL3.JiTD AL2 CziU Kaa of Farragut, Idaho, who left May 10 for navy training there, re turned Sunday to visit his parents, Mr.-and ,Mrs.iHuh Eau, .for.a few days. He was graduated with the class of 1943 at Dayton Union high school. Herbert Stiff, Jr gunner's mate 3d class Is in Salem visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stiff, sr., and his wife. ' POSTLAND, July 21 HJPh In M. House,' Grand Roode, was taken into the navy here Tues day. . WEST SALEM Master Egt Michael Swartz, cousin of Mrs. Willard Wells of Gerth street. Is now h o m e on furlough from Alaska where he hi stationed. Mrs. Wells expects a visit from him before he ' returns ' to his duties. $ Leroy Wells, ' son of Frank ; P. Wells of Gerth street, who is stationed in Hawaii, has written his father that he has been pro moted to sergeant. 1 His youngest son, "Pvt. -Sidney Wellsr't ' sta tioned at Camp Kerns, Utah. Jim Wenger, former Farrlsh junior high and Salem, high school athletic star, arrived , home on a 15-day leave from the US naval training station in Farragut, Ida ho, where he has attained the rat ing of seaman second class. Wen ger hopes to enter aviation radio school In the near future. 1 Lloyd M. Sweet, r4 son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Sweet of Seattle, has been promoted to the grade of sergeant at the Hobbs, NM, army air field.? Sweet Is a. grad uate of Salem high school. ' Kenneth C. Howe' of 1749 Lee street, Salem;- has, reported for duty; gt Kirtland field, Albu querque, NM, where he will take training at the advanced bom bardier ' training i school. Men at Kirtland field practice bombing under combat conditions in prepa ration for their commissions as second lieutenants in the army air force. :.' f. .' -'"i r " Mrs. H. F. Haldeman, 112 Ne braska street, Salem, recently re ceived : a newspaper : clipping , of her nephew, Pvt. Karl Anderson, who is now stationed somewhere in Tunisia. " Anderson formerly made bis home in Salem with his aunt. Mrs. James Dale Welch of 3235 Center street, Salem, has learned that ; her husband was recently graduated from the Midland army air field school in Texas where he received h!s commission as a second lieutenant. Welsh had re ceived previous training as bombardier in Childress, Texas. Oregon Man Gets Medal WASHINGTON, July 20.-(flV Names ; of six , Pacific northwest men were included ,Tuesday in a war . department list : of men ' and officers of the US army eighth air force who have received decora tions. They included from Ore gon: I : : Phillip H. Dunn, first lieuten ant, 716 SW 15th Ave., Portland; air medal. t New Air Staff Assistant Named - WASHINGTON, July 20 -&)-The appointment of Brigadier General Edwin S. Perrin of Cus ter, SD, as deputy chief v of the air staff was ' announced Monday by the war department ;v He succeeds Major ; General Thomas J. Hanley, jr4 designated last month; as commanding ; gen eral of the southeast U airforce training center at Maxwell Field, Ala. . Oregon's GOP Congressmen Hang Up Active Laic Record l WASHINGTON, July 20 Oregon's t solid republican dele gation was one of the most active at the past session - of congress, although two of its house mem bers were here for the first time. . The .high standing of ; Senator McNaiy, minority leader, smooth ed the way for the other Oregon delegates, rm f S'is . . c Representative Ellsworth scored one of the outstanding successes by a new member in winning the northwest metallurgical i labora tory for Albany The Roseburg publisher's proposal that wood be utilized to provide protein feed for livestock also attracted notice. As a member of the republican food study cornmittefc le mam tained the food shortage! was ar tificial .and caused -' by jjmproper administration. . . ''A-A ': Representative ' Stockirian, an other new member, has j 12 bills pending before house committees. He was active. In seeking more funds for fighting forest fires and introduced in the house a com panion measure to . Senator' Mc Nary's bill to promote r sustained yeild practices inforestsl ' Veteran representative M o 1 1 concentrated on work of, the naval affairs committee as ranking re publican " member. He also is on the house roads cornmittee. , ' Senator Holman, a member of the .appropriations committee. Pinch-hitting for the scheduled guest speaker, Frank Bennett, city superintendent of schools, out lined the aims' of Kiwanis -to members of the Salem club Tues day by stating that We give of ourselves t hat-our community may be, better and this in Itself makes Us better men; Centering his talk about the Ki wanis theme, "we build," Bennett likened the work of the club and individual members to the hub of wheel where each spoke was an effort outward, but the efforts also brought returning good Kiwanis members, their wives, families and friends 'will picnic August Sin the Hazel Green park at . 5 30 - o'clock, Ed Grady an nounced. The regular meeting at noon on that date will be an In formal forum. ". Log Outfits Start Work j . - f PEDES The Spa aiding Log ging company . has moved its bunk houses out to ' the Crlder place and Is fixing them for dwellings for the lumbermen and their families. The company also is building a machine shop and 8000 feet of railroad and will load iogs on the railroad. to be shipped to Salem. - .. A - ' - : The Spauldings have' extensive timber holdings on Bold Moun tain and have built' 18 miles of road from Pedee to Camp Walker. : The Simpson Lumber company Is building a new machine shop at Kings Valley. - ' ' ' ! DETROIT The Wilson Phil ips Logging company has started operations at a new camp site and are at work putting out logs. I , Don . Quintron, -who has;; been working in the logging camps, has received his draft call but will visit his daughter m San Fran cisco a few days before answering. Unionvale Folk Suffer Influenza UNIONVALE Rev. Gerald K. Jaffe, Kent Crawley, Mrs.; J. C. Clevenger and her grandson, Howard iWorthington, " 11 -months old, are all recovering from severe attacks' of stomach influenza. About 90 members . and friends attended services at the Union-' vale Evangelical church' Sunday forenoon.' In charge was Clarence S. Crawley, class leader; Miss Bertha Magness, a returned mis sionary, was the main speaker, and she told of the effect of war conditions upon missionary work, Mrs. R. Q. Mabry and son "Jack, of Dayton, were Sunday . dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Noble. VS Forces in Britain Get WAC Contingents to Help EIGHTH US AIR FORCE ORIENTATION CENTER, July 19 (JP)-WACs by the huno!reds---the peditionary force to Britain and union are ' here," hard at work USAAF a helping hand. . ; They will grease airplane motors, plot weather maps, take over telephone switchboards -the espe cial hate of men soldiers. They will release men clerks and stenog raphers for combat They brought along their own cooks, bakers and laundresses. i The women soldiers are red heads, blondes and brunettes vary ing in age from girls in their 20's to women in their 40's one a mo ther of six and also a grandmo ther of six. They were given a gala welcome when they recently arrived at this orientation center for short preliminary training be fore going on duty. - ( s From Col, Harvey. H. Holland, Silver Springs Md commanding officer, bedecked with many med- .1 succeeded in getting increases for reclamation and fire . protection after the house had. omitted them from the appropriations .: bills.; 1 : : Representative Angell went di4 rectly to the war, and navy de- partment heads to get corrected what he l considered , were in equities tn treatment of veterans and members of the armed forces. He Introduced 24. bills. . r : . FOn (TIIA7 IIEU LAU : AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE " We of f er yo: Z-A''- " . -; " The services of our of I lee, with the following advantages:; We issue your policy while yen wait' f'. Nation-wide service. The Insurance follows yen. Losses adjusted and paid from oar office. .- -Members of family-covered. No extra costs'.. N membership fees. No assessmenta. One annual preminm, enly, Convenient credit terms, If desired. emieic 'Oregon's Largest 123 IL Cccrdd - s - a 0 , - currr ' ; .- .'!. T - f mr i .... 4 . i .i i i ' " uas I. "o::ziunity ' Czmnery.AA Cpcrcticn cf ths Cakn ccrssatmity cannery being set up in the i-onesteele building at S CCD Portland Itcad, ig scheduled to besin this week unless there axe further serious difficulties in obtaining equipment, it was announced Tuesday by Neal Craig, agriculture instructor - at Calea h'"h school who is Sa gener&L charge. ; By Tuesday , the boiler was in place, a canning machine and one cooker were on the premises and additional cookers had been pro mised. Construction of facilities to be utilized by patronsin clean-1 ing and preparing their vegetab les was nearing completion. - It was announced that Maybelle Burch, home economics instructor at Parrish high school, will be the supervisor, directing patrons as tol preparation f their "produce for cooking and canning. AA A , In material prepared for distri bution in order that the public may clearly understand the status and function cf the community can nery, It Is pointed out that it is "a non-profit , federally .V Chanced project to help farmers and oth ers conserve their family food sup ply, thereby making the commer cially canned produce: available for our armed 'forces, 'You J bring your produce prepare It put . it in the cans we seal and cook it," Rural and urban people? are equally welcome, it is pointed out The total cost to the patron; will be 6 cents for each No. 2 can, 7 cents for each No. ZM: size can. Patrons are advised to make ap pointments either by telephone the number is 5444 or in person the day before they wish to can produce. Instruction will be given at the cannery on preparation and processing. Patrons must furnish their own sugar, salt and knives; other equipment will be furnished, including the cans. New Fighter! , Gets Cannon! INGLEWOOD, Calif, July 20 (JPy-Some ' of the P-51 Mustang fighter planes recently produced were equipped with four 20 mm. cannon,' capable of exploding lo comotives ':, and destroying I small merchant vessels, the North Amer ican Aviation plant announced TuesdayK'"'',''--": '';::;: -;J-. The devastating fire power has not decreased the Mustang's qual ities as a fighter, company officials said tests reveaL ' The army air forces are also ready to put vthem into action, North American announced. - Stray Houseboat Is Apprehended PORTLAND, July 20-JP)-Dep-uty Sheriff Elme r Wallenstein searched Wednesday for the own er of a stray houseboat found floating down the Willamette river below Linn ton. first feminine American ex representing every state in the preparing to give j the eighth als, to army cooks in white aprons. US army men beamed as the first contingent came snappily marching along, headed by a band from the nearby US airfield. A--' A second large unit came by train later. There was an impres sive turnout of US army officers, with eagles, silver and gold maple leaves on their shoulders, at the tiny railroad station. This group wasn't met by a band, but they got a ride to the barracks in big coach' es with soft-cushioned seats. ' There Is no doubt that in the next couple of days the WACs, as they marched to and from mess and participated in retreat 'made a good impression on their own country's army . and on the Brit ish. Orders were called out to them by their battalion commander, Capt . Mary A. Hallarent Boston, Mass. who is just five feet tall "if you stretch it a bit"! . ; First ashore was First Sgt Vir ginia Rosekrans, 35, a New; York and Chicago sculptress, A. who moaned latert;-rWhy didnt some body tell me to say something his toric? What she did say was. "Capt , Wilson, the WACs ; are here.". Capt Anna rW. Wilson, Studio City, . Calif WAC i com manding officer. in Britain, was on the dock. A A:. - ' : ' ' Upstate Agency Cclsn CL1 till Smolie Eaters Quell Grac3, Forest Fires BAKEH, July' 20-(Jp)A 'lCO- acre grazing fire and four forest fires caused by lightning- were quickly controlled, forestry offi cials said Tuesday. - - The grazing land fire was caused by a whirlwind which scattered sparks ' as railroad crews were burning weeds between Pleasant Valley: and Durkee. Three of the forest fires were held to a quarter of an acre in the Blue Mountain district of : the . Whitman forest The fourth was a small one in the Eagle district VFT7 Department Chief Appointed by T7atts PORTLAND, July 20-A3)-Geo-rge W. Watts, Oregon SCity, new ly elected state .commander of the veterans of foreign wars, ap pointed W. E. McGufCn chi,ef of the department staff Tuesday. McGuffin has served five years as department adjutant and quartermaster. ' ' . Youir tbaOOoD-37 cunc ''A A: '' v,v ' - A A- on vjaOcirU Ever hear the word "electrolyte9? It " , means the acid and water solution that , helps generate juice in your battery. When the water part of it evaporates, the solution level lowers and there is ; less plate surface to create current - -that's when your battery loses power. A crust forms on the dry portion of the Don't let your wax- wane :,.V--' : " -.' 'v';; '';-' I -V -7 ..- :- V.- - Want to stamp out that grime wave on your car? ' Youll save plenty of car washing with a good coat ' of that special car Wax we Standard folks carry. - Itll keep your car new, looking with just a little y dusting now and then.; When you do wash your car, ask us about the "suds" that float dirt away. S3 . Odd thing about gardening it's lots of fun till somebody pays you to do it;99 : I 1 1 v 'S-i It 1- ! I 1 " V ' ' ' w"" : ' -1 1 " ' " - ' G 7 A n D Y7ar,.Ci2s!; -:'(. Board 'Llee' -' Es Slated v ' .Oregon War Chest's board of directors, composed of SO mem bers including, one representing each county in the state and 14 chosen at large, will hold Its first meeting Thursday in Portland at the Public Service building, Jt was announced Tuesday by Charles A. Sprague, state chairman for the National War Pund. At the Thursday meeting offi cers will be elected, . by - laws adopted and budgetivand county quotas established. r .; . ''Attending from Salem in addi tion to the chairman will be T. M. Hicks, Marion county representa tive on thejboard; J. J. Gard, who Is a member at .large and chair man, of the quota committee, and Irl S. McSherry,' executive direc tor. , LA Transit Strilie Looms i LOS ANGELES, July 20 -JPr-Street car and bus operators' In Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Monica and San Diego have voted 2853. to 41. to strike "unless we get wage relief,' a joint council representing divisions of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, AFL, an nounced late Tuesday. 11 ":v -V- . t plates so. that a re-charge is necessary to remove it. That's why we Standard folks keep reminding you to let us check the solution in your battery every ' other week, Remember, if you let it go too long the plates become shorted and a re-charge won't do any good. Then - you have to buy a new battery. This oil won't slip An oil that won't slip off cylinder walla is like a War Bond good insurance. That's why so many drivers switch to RPM Motor OiL It sticks to metal surfaces like a shadow and won't skid away from engine hot spots. Givo it tho air! You can't always tell when your motor's gasp ing for air but it sure shows up in the amount of gas you us-?. You can stretch those cou-1 pons if you have The Standard Man or Woman service your air cleaner every 2,000 miles. " A P D OF'-CA Li'O Lee Cchwaa, 41, a Unlca Ta cific railway car foremEn, killed In a fall down hit baser.-. rr.t stairs at Pendleton. , . Raymond VTclcott Astoria f'.. !i erman, was drowned when he f .11 overboard from the tuna tcr.t Grace II off the Oregon ccast . . The OPA's lumber 'enforcement division . will have its relon&l headquarters at Portland, Jercrne S.' Boshoff, newly appointed ch.' f, announced. - Pendleton started work on a. $38,500 street and sidewalk im provement project . , . William IL Hasklni Salem, tsd Laurel M. II a n i e n , EUvertcn, were among four Oregon gradu ates of the 25th class at the army quartermaster school, Camp Lee, Va. . . . In outdoor services at Portland, 2000 Catholics offered prayers fof the nearly 4000 men from the Portland archdiocese now In mili tary service. . , Edgar F. Kaiser said at Port land that shipyard nurseries to bo constructed by the Kaiser inter ests will be operated in coopera tion with community nurseries already In existence. Leave Hospital JEFFERSON . M rs. Clausie Ammon and infant son, Dennis Eugene, were able to leave the hospital In Albany Friday and are staying at the home of her par ents,' Mr. and, Mrs. Guy Roland, In Jefferson until Mrs. , Ammon Is stronger. 1 1 i k Is
