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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. .
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"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. ' ' .
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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
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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.
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Odd thing about
gardening it's lots of
fun till somebody pays
you to do it;99
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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.
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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.
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