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T!j CnZGCII CTATTC:.LJI. Cclera. Oregon, Thursday I lordag; Aul 5. 1C13
Where They Are What They Are Doing - - ;
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Grimmer than any problems be fut4 u nartr of Dayton I the
task ahead. Pvt. Carl H. Francis, It, now In the US marine corps.
seems to be thinking as he tightens his hands around his inn while
' awaiting" the "go" -signal at the Parrla Island, SC. bayonet practice
. school. He Is taking basic training as an officer candidate. At the
age of 23, Prt Francis was reputed to be the nation's second
yeangest mayor and at 25 he was one of the youngest men to
serre in the Oregon legislature. Be win be commissioned s second
lieutenant npon successful completion of the course.
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Aviation Cadet Earl William
Shreve, above, has completed
t. his basic flying training at the
army air forces' ; basic flying
' school in the west coast train
- big center at Gardner Field,
; Calif., and has been sent to an
advanced flying school to finish
, his pilot training. He Is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. TL Shreve,
route three, Salem, and a grad
uate of Salem high school. He
was accepted as an aviation ca
det In June, 1942, at Portland.
CAMP LEE. Va August 4-(fP)
The quartermaster school here has
awarded second lieutenant com
missions to these nine Oregonians:
William F. Xawson, Salem; Ro
bert E. Brace, Pendleton; William
H. Cash, Oakridge; Hugh C Caton,
Vernonia; Louie I. Dixon, Klam
ath Falls; Harry L. Nelson, New
berg; J. C. Brady Dirkes, Paul
Emerson Laartz, and Kenneth E.
Reckard, Portland, i
SILVERTON Ronald Hubbs,
son of Mr., and Mrs. George Hubbs
of SOverton, has r been promoted
from captain to major,.' according
to word received by his parents.
Maj. Hubbs, who is in the intelli
gence service, is now in Washing
ton, DC, : awaiting his appoint
ment He was born at Silverton,
. was graduated from the Silver
ton schools and later from the Uni
versity of Oregon. He was v em
ployed in San Francisco when he
.entered the service. His wife, the
'lormer. Margaret Stamey, is with
her husband in Washington, DC.
. GATE S Pvt. , Elmer Klutke,
who bag been stationed at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo for 'several
months, spent a few days of his
furlough with his mother, Mrs.
Kate Klutke, at Gates , He is
training with the army engineers
.Twi ft Tiiae4n aw If io.l
wi m. a. o - - aooomj - va loavw " I
Pvt Gale Carey, in training at
Camp Abbott, spent last weekend
at his home in Gates.
Harold Shephard, son of Mr.
and ! Mrs. Adam Shepherd of I
Gates, has been inducted into the
army . and will be stationed at
Fort Knox, Ky.
. Gunnery Sgt. Charles. J. Peter
son and Mrs. Peterson are spend
ing i part of his 15-day furlough
visiting with friends and rela
tives: in Salem. Sgt Peterson Is In
the S ordnance department of the
marines, stationed at -San Fran
cisco. . He enlisted last September
and received boot training at San
Diego. Mrs. Peterson. Lena Ihrig
before her ; marriage, makes her
home there with him. They will j
be guests of his sister until Sat
urday.
Sgt Noel E Simpson and Mr. I
Simpson are 'in Salem at present
visiting f relatives and friends.
Sgt! Simpson is stationed at Camn
Stoneman, Calif ., and he and bis
wife reside at Port Chicago. She
is the former Miss Winona Kurth
of this city.
MUX CITY Bert Davis.
of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Davis of
Mill City, will be leavin vm
on another trip to Eurooe. He 1l
in me mercnant marine.
Buford Flatman is visiting at
his home while on leave from a
naval - training school in rnmn.
wmsu, lexas.
CLOVERD ALE Jack Ruin
formerly stationed at Charleston,
witn tne army and Mrs. Harm
were visiting with relatives in
this community while h i nn
furlough. He left a few days ago
ior iiis new station at Fort Ben-
Gi, but Mrs. Hann is re
maining here for a time.
Marlon David Anderson, son of I
Mr.i and Mrs. Lester Anderson of
1067 Second street Salem, is now
taking his recruit training at Jthe
arragut Idaho, naval training
station. I, j ;
At present Anderson is taking
courses in seamanship and physi
cal fitness and at the conclusion
of his preliminary training will be I
qualified to enter one of the
navy's specialized training schools. !
Hi BerryhilL son of Mr. and
Mrs.! Hubert C. Berry hill of route
3, Salem, has been admitted to a
course of instruction at the Great I
Lakes naval training - station In
Illinois -where he will study naval
radio transmitting and receiving
equipment. , .
Lt Keith H. Holcomb. son of
- i
Mr and Mrs. C H. Holcomb ofl
Salem, flew to Salem from Seattle
recently to see his parents here.
Flying Tigers
Made: Veterans
Before Y7ar
Not just adventurers fighting
I another nation's battles, the Amer
ican Volunteer group of which he
was a member represented the
foresight of governmental author
ities in Washington, DC, and has
served as a'. basis , of- experience
for training of men at such air
l bases as that now located In Sa
lem, Capt James H. Howard, In
I command of the fighter squadron
here, told Salem Rotary dub at its
Wednesday noon luncheon meet-
Planes over Salem by night or
day are flown by men who are
i part of the coastal defense and are
at the same time training lor over
seas' duty. Howard said in a speech
crammed with fact of the non-mil
itary-secret variety. On defense
here, the fighter squadron per'
ates as directed by the filter cen
ter, but for overseas tasks must
be prepared to "operate as an or
gamzation with each man also
thinking for himself,. Howard ex
plained.
Initiative Beats Japs
It is this ability of Americans
to take the initiative, to do the
unexpected which, coupled with
superior type of planes, has given
air forces of this country victories
despite seeming - advantages ' of
Japanese in . every engagement
Howard maintained. -Jap pilots, he
said, literally memorize, their man
ual of operations, are trained nev
er to divert from it, while Ameri
cans, trained basically , are then
directed to use their heads to meet
any situation and to meet them in
as various ways as Imaginable. :
To learn these details about Jap
anese Dyers, about their planes
and methods official blessing was
given the AVG and its recruiting
activities among army, navy and
marine pilots by-secretaries of war
and navy and by President Rooser
vent Howard said, pointing out
that "Washington knew this war
was coming even then, six months
before its declaration.
V Yet members of the - American
Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers)
fought their first battle nearly
three- weeks after Pearl Harbor.
How eight bombers flew up from
French Indo-China, their crews in?
tent on bombing , Kunming and
were -surprised and turned back in
that 'engagement. .December 20.
1941, was graphically told by How
ard. First Jap success in Rangoon
came about when the ground ob
servation service, was not working-and
served as a spur to that
organization there, Howard de
clared, paying: to the AWS here
tribute - for Jts part In coast de
fenses and In aiding' maneuvers
here. -I
Downs Seven Jap rianes
Present to hear that tribute and
to represent before the club the
aircraft warning, service, volun
teer workers directed by the army,
was Mrs. Wilbur McCune, instruc
tor for the Salem post t
Speaking informally as he an
swered questions poured on hint
from all parts of the mirror din
ing room of the Marion hotel;
Howard told how the Japanese
exaggerate reports of their suc
cess, how -Jap pilots - wear para
chutes but do not. bail out over
enemy territory, using even the
last moments of their lives to trr
to guide falling planes to some
objective, how satellite air fields
were used in the Rangoon area
early In the -war so that night
bombings of the main airbase were
largely harmless. -
Asked if he had a "score" he
quietly admitted that seven Jap
planes had fallen ' for him, dif
ferentiated between " the P-S8
lightning and the P-39 aira cobra
Flying Crocs
Awards Licled
iWASinNGTON." Auffust 4.-UPI
-Four Pacific -northwest -men
were among, officers and. enlisted
men of the US army Tenth air
force in India to receive the dis
tinguished flying cross for hav
ing, participated in more than 59
Combat mission in that theatre
the war department ' announced
weanesday. . . , . ,
They were; i
.'. Staff i Sgt , Harold . J. Everett,
aerial gunner, Shelley,. Ida. ,
Staff Sgt GeorYe S. Inrebn. atr
ial gunner, Winnett Mont .
Flight Officer Ernest M- Wil
cox, pilot 2328 SE 40th Ave.,
Portland, Ore. ;
Staff Sgt - Norman . E. Guver.
radio, operator. 423 Avenue A '
Kennewick, Wash. .
flown by his men hi marine "The
P-38 Is a good plane, too.
Pcicon Gao
Scliool Bra wo '
Crowd, Albany .
ALBANY Fifty-five students
were registered at the poison gas
school held In Albany Saturday
and Sunday, some "of whom came
from as far' away as tfedford. Ap
proximately 120 persons, however,
wen t i through the gas chamber
Sunday at Central Field.
Directing the two-day school
were Jack , Hayes, director of ci
vilian ! protection of the Oregon
State defense council, Salem; Dr.
Dedrick of the University of Ore
gon; Dr. West OSC; Major Doug
las, i Salem; M. Patterson, state
chemist; and Major Armstrong and
Lieut! Col. HoDelane. tH trrrr
Camp. Av'air, representing th
army.' t
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