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The first word In ever two years
. was received from CpL Donald
B. Eshleman, by his parents,
. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Eshleman
this week. CpL Eshleman, who
fonrtt in the Philippines with
the marines, has .been a captive
: of, the . Japanese since, the .fall
Bataan.:;i ;;
Word came to his parents by
way of a printed card, words
on which' the prisoner was per
mltted s to underline. It Jndicat-
. ed that he Is in rood health. Is
not wounded and is well and
not undergoing treatment. The
card L was signed in bis ; own
handwriting, his mother said.
CpL Eshleman is a graduate
of Salem high school and a for-
fer Statesman carrier. ' i
He has just been ordered to Fort
Douglas,' Utah, w h ere he will
serve as an instructor In flying.
His wife expects to join him as
soon as practicable.
PIONEER Mrs. Tern Keller
and Howard Coy received .word
that their cousin; Fred Hatton, has
been killed in action. Hatton lived
in Pioneer when a boy. The fam
ily moved to the Alfred Doma
schofsky place, later moving again
to Portland. Hatton a 1 1 e n d e d
grade school In Dallas. y ;
- Harry Weideman has joined the
marines and will leave for San,
Diego Friday. He is a son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Keller.
.WEST SALEM Frank Wells.
246 Gerth street, received a letter
from his son, Sgt Leroy Wells,
who is stationed at Honolulu,
stating that he is well and has
been promoted to supply sergeani
of his squadron.
Frank Gray Ferris, husband of
Katherine B. Ferris of 128 Ever
green street, Salem, has enlisted
in the US coast guard in Seattle,
it was announced. ;
i After receiving three months
preliminary training in seaman
ship and service duties, Ferris ei
ther will be assigned to active du
ty or sent to one of the coast
guard's advanced training schools
for specialized courses.
. George Earl Spicer and Donald
Neil Nelson of Mill City have ar
rived at the Farragut Idaho, na
val training - station where ; they
will take their, basic training. On
completion of their preliminary
; training, the seamen will be given
-an opportunity to qualify for one
of the specialized training schools
of the navy. :
Elroy , Barton . Iloward, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howard, and
Bob Douglass Creason, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Creason, both of
Aumsville, have 1 arrived at the
Farragut,' Idaho, naval training
station . for their basic training,
n announcement from the station
f revealed.' -" -:'&
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SCOTTS ; MILLS Nelson A.
: Miles In the navy returned to
his base at Farragut, Idaho, last
f week after spending a leave at
the home, of his parents, Mr.
1 and Mrs. Walter C. Miles.
Robert Lrnn Norton, son of Mr.
' and Mrs. Li. L. Norton of route 4,
Salem, William Colin Elerick; son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Elerick of
' 335 Division street, Salem, and Leo
Lor an Ramp, husband of Mrs.
Flora Ramp .of 1615 Roosevelt
. street, Salem, were among the re
cruits who have arrived at the
Farragut, Idaho, naval training
Station for their basic training.
Arthur C. KlehL son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Kiehl of route 7,
Salem, has been promoted from
the grade of corporal , to, that of
sergeant at the antisubmarine
squadron stationed pn the east
coast of the US.
. Robert E. . Becker, seaman first
class with the Seabees at Camp
Endicott, RI, returned to Salem
recently to visit his wife and fam
ily at 1744 Chemeketa street.
Becker was employed at the Ore
gon State hospital before his en
listment in October 1942. -
i Oregon's centennial was observ
ed by a group of Oregon service
men -on foreign soil at a club un
der Red Cross auspices, Gov. Earl
Snell was advised Wednesday by
William B. Cruise, Red Cross
worker, who conveyed. the men's
greetings and advised the gover
nor that their families could be
proud of the service they are
giving.
The group included Sgt. Merton
Roemhildt and Cpl. Charles Perry,
Salem; Sgt Harold Dyer, Cpls.
Donald McClay and Robert Funk
and Pvt. Damon Greer, all of
Portland; Second Lt Chester Fer
guson, Medford; Pfc. Walter Sev
erance, Tillamook; , Lt Ranald
Sterner, Port Orf ord ; Sgt Harold
Bowser, Lebanon;. Sgt George
Camp, Maple ton; CpL Oscar Ash
beck, Echo; Lt Walter Norblad,
Astoria; Sgt Gene Blanc, Corbett,
and Second Lt Patt FrizzelL
RickrealL
: Rex Hardy, son of Mr, and Mrs.
' William G. Hardy of Salem, is now
stationed at the Santa Ana, Calif.,
air base and is taking his preflight
training as an air service cadet
Hardy was formerly: a student at
Willamette university.
'. Ernest Schrider, son of "Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Schrider of Salem, has
recently been graduated from the
US naval air. technical training
school at Mamphis, Tenn. Schri
der has received the rating of
aviation radioman, third class. .
GERVAIS CpL E. Dale Fuller
writes from New Guinea that the
mosquitoes , "sound like Flying
Fortresses coming - at you, but
when they get there they're only
as large as a Piper Cub." ;
:; JEFFERSON Francis Rehfeld,
son of Mr." and Mrs. Frank .Heh
feld, reported . to Fort Lewis,
Wash., Wednesday for army duty.
He has been employed in the Boe
ing aircraft plant in Seattle for
Snore than "a year.
" WOODBURN Charles Howe,
father of two sons in the service,
received a , letter from the war
department this week informing
him that his son, James, a mem
ber of an armorej division which
.was active in the Tunisian cam
paign and later in Sicily, had been
slightly wounded in action s on
July 11, James -was called by se
lective service ; Into V training in
March, 1941, and was; assigned to
'tank maneuvers at various train
ing camps in the southern states.
He ; was among the ; first ! troops
sent to North Africa.
: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Steiger of
Portland have been at the home
cf Mrs. Steiger's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne B. Gill, for a few
weeks awaiting Mr. Steiger's in
duction Into" the army air corps.
i Shattering all records for en
listments in any one month, 12
Salem men signed up during the
last 18 days as privates .in the
marine corps, Sgt Herman Doney,
Salem recruiting officer, announ
ced. Accepted' at Portland were:
Raymond Harry . Lundeen, route
six; Joe Albert Shields; Clyde
Everett May; Robert Lee Tomp
kins, route two; William Albert
Halseth, route three; Alyin Syl
vester Lundy; Donald David Sla
ter; Robert Leon Parsons; Lowell
Alexander Curry; Charles Fred
Bilow; Ralph Clinton Ennor and
Kenneth Jewell Smith.
Sevent e e n-year-old Pvt. May
will remain on inactive status
working for the forest service un
til a later date. The others were
given 14 day furloughs at home
before reporting to San Diego for
training.
pitchers and get exactly as much'
as th5y want
The architecture is very ornate;
every building is covered with
bas relief and mosaic inside and
out; and niches with statues are
everywhere.; The churches are
especially decorative and there
seems to be a Catholic church in
almost every block.
" The Sicilians also have candy.
Most of it is of the carmel type
or carmelized . sugar ; mixed with
nuts. Other confections are fruit
and nut mixtures and : a kind of
uncooked fruit cake made vwith
fruits, nuts and wine. S. 4
All in, aU, the letter" implies
that Sicily is a godsend af te the
parched sands and foods of Africa,
where Pvt Dehler was until very
recently. The letter, written
August 4,, Is the first sent from
Sicily.. -
He landed in Africa with the
invading "forces last November 9
and was mentioned in Colliers last
April in an article that described
those first days and the import
ance of Jeeps in laying communi
cation lines. He was inducted into
the army in March, 1942, and has
not been home since. .
Dies in Action
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PORTLAND, Aug. lS-vNavy
enlistments announced Wednes
day included James L. Buckley,
Salem; Robert C. Cosier Charles
K. Buckley, Roy G. Jager, Ken
neth C Seavy. Wyman D. Sum
mer. Keith G. Underwood, Leland
V. Crocker, Albany; Jesse C Co
mer, jrV Crawfordsville; Dan l
KeUy, Jefferson; Glenn I. Robert
son, Lebanon; Willis Cooley, jr.,
Newberg.- ,.
STI.V ERTON BIrs. Ronald
Hubbs received word today from
her husband. Major ; Hubbs, that
he is now in England. He flew
over. Major Hubbs, in the intel
ligence division, had ; been sta
tioned in Washington, DC, where
Mrs. Hubbs was making her home
with him, until his transfer. She
arrived this week to stay for the
duration with her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Jamie. Hubbs is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbs
of Silverton. : ' .
; Too hot too much sand" was
what Pvt Clarence Hippe had to
say about Camp McCall, NC,
where he has been training with
the glider infantry. Pvt Hippe,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hippe,
798 South 21st street has been at
Camp McCall ever since he join
ed the army six months ago and
was plenty glad to get his first
.furlough to return to green Ore
gon. He has 15 days, five of which
he is spending in Salem. Training
in glider infantry included man
euvering behind supposed enemy
lines, landing and setting up fire,
Hippe explained. He wears ma
chine gun, rifle and hand gernade
insignia along with his silver gli
der wings which are given, only
after ; a soldier has been up at
least five times. Hippe has been
Up nine times and still finds it
exciting. Before joining the army,
he attended Leslie junior high
school and worked for Paulus
Brothers and the Marion Cream
ery here. ' : ,
MT. ANGEL A letter received
Tuesday from Pvt Joe E. Dehler,
with the armored signal battalion
in Sicily, gives some very interest
ing side lights on the people and
country. -
; Joe says the Sicilians are very
friendly and '. sell- their, fruits
among the soldiers. Melons ; and
muskmelons ; are very good and
sell for about four cents a pound.
Tomatoes are - likewise plentiful
and of very fine flavor. The
people,''; he s a i dt seem to live
mainly on - bread, wine, a few
vegetables and fruit , .
Cows are scarce but the fann
ers have many mUk goats. They
drive the animals into town every
morning and the housewives come
out with buckets, kettles and
Rickenbacker
Says Bombing
To Lick Nazis
By KENNETH L. DIXON
NEW YORK, Aug. nHflV
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker
said Tuesday that Italy was being
bombed out of i the war so fast
that a "complete blowup" might
come any day and that Germany;
then would be knocked out the
same way because "no people on
earth can stand" the terrific blast- j
ing being unleashed by allied air
power,: ,;, ; f', ; ?"":; ' "
' But in the next b r e a t h, he
warned that even so, he doubted
that Germany would crack "be
fore the fall of 1944" at the pres
ent rate of the war's progress.
And after that he said barring
a miracle it would take another
year of war to; dispose of "sav
age and treacherous" Japan,
whose soldiers, "unlike the Ger
mans and Italians, will never give
up." ; . ,
Lean and smiling, but admitted
ly tired from his 50,000-mile tour
of world battlefronts, Rickenback
er admitted he believed in the
possibility of such a miracle, and
said "Something is coming this
winter that will shock the world!
maybe sooner. ;
Describing, as a "private citi
zen," the third , trip he made as
War Secretary i Stimson's repre
sentative, Rickenbacker, who was
in civilian clothes, 1 said he was
not air : power ; fanatic, but that
Germany must be broken "from
the inside" by bombing because
any other way would be "too ex
pensive." I '''
He said Italy is ready to crack
because of morale, j "the same as
in Hamburg. The bombing of
Hamburg is something no people
on earth can stand no people on
earth, including ourselves." ' .
' After speaking of: the "25 days
he spent in Russia : during his
three-month jaunt Rickenbacker
veered from his recount of the
warfront scene to say that if Pre
mier Stalin was unable to join
President Roosevelt l and Prime
Minister Churchill in their strate
gy huddles, it was because "he
has an all-out war on his hands,"
at home and added:: - : 4
; "If Stalin can't come to us to
meet . our president and Mr.
Churchill it behooves our - presi
dent and Mr. Churchill to go to
him." ,
Flying Cross Goes
To Lebanon Man
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST PACD7IC AREA,
Aug. 18 -Jf)- SSgt . Joseph A.
Kaczmarek of Lebanon, Ore., has
been awarded the distinguished
flying cross for extraordinary
achievement while participating
in 200 hours of operational flight
missions in the southwest Pacific.
The citation ; said these opera
tions included long-range bomb
ing against enemy airdromes and
installations, and attacks on ene
my naval vessels and Ashipping.
He was praised for outstanding
courage, ability - and devotion to
duty.. -
: Second Lieut Justin G. Knowl
ton, Eugene, also won a DFC for
extraordinary achievement while
participating in an aerial flight
near- Wewak, New Guinea, 'last
January.
-) SGT. HAROLD V. CROOK
Harold Crook
Of Monmouth
Lost in Action ;
MONMOUTH -Set Harold V.
Crook, 22, son of Ewin B. Crook,
Monmouth, and Mrs. Eva Crook,
Independence, was killed In rac-
tion in New Guinea July 22, ac
cording to of ficial word from the
war department No details were
given. He is the first native son
here to- be listed a casualty. .
Set Crook was a member of
the national guard, Company L
of Dallas, which mobilized with
other guard units at Camp Mur
ray. SeDtember 15. 1940. He Went
overseas in February, 1942, and
was stationed ior a time in Aus
tralia before being transferred to
New Guinea. , . r- "; -
' He had won rapid promotion
for one so young. Born in j Polk
county, he had lived- all his life
time, before going overseas, in
this area.' While attending Mon
mouth high school he was active
in athletics, starring in football
and basketbalL
He is survived by his father
and mother, three brothers, Er
nest of Cloverdale, Robert, over
seas in military service, and
Wade of Monmouth, and a sister,
Helen, of Cloverdale.
1 His vouneer- brother. Robert,
arrived in Australia about 10 days
ago where he is with the ' radio
division of the air corps.
Federal Bank
1 1 Liquidates
vregoii rarms;
; Sixty-six Oregon farms were
sold by the Federal Land . Bank
of Spokane during .the 12-mpnth
period-ended June 30. 1943. R. E.
Brown, bank , president reported
Wednesday. ' - -'J-1-. -
.These ' sales, ' which practically
close out the bank's real estate
inventory in Oregon,, denote eon
fidence in the future of the state's
agriculture, and financial progress
of its farmers, he said.. " J
1 As further indication of this
financial prOgressythe bank .-.presi
dent revealed 'that.- during l this
same, period land .bank and com
missioner, loans -in Oregon; were
reduced $6,641,126,. notwithstand
ing ; the - fact that National Farm
Loan associations made (303,310
in new loans.
"While the, reduction in farm
mortgage ' Indebtedness reflects
the healthy condition of agricul
ture today," Brown said, "credit
agencies should continue to make
adequate credit,, available to as
sure all-out production for i war
and i to assist farmers to place
their farm plants on a sound fi
nancial basis, looking to debt free
ownership.". .
Court Postpones
Naming Legislator
Election of a Marion - county
state . representative to fill the
vacancy created : by the death of
L. M. Ramage was postponed
Wednesday by; the county, court
azter u naa xaxen up ine mauer
at the request , of Secretary of
State Robert S. Farrell, jr. j
The name of. Mrs. Ramage,
widow of the late representative,
was presented by . County - Com
missioner J. E. Smith, but other
members of the court asked addi
tional time to consider the quali
fications of the several applicants.
Ramage died recently as the re
sult of injuries suffered in Seattle.
Other names presented to the
court were those of W. H. Paulus,
Lloyd Rigdon, Walter Lamkin and
W, W. McKinney, all of Salem;
A. R. Siegmund of Gervais and
Fred Schwab of Mount AngeL
Vandenberg
Willing to Cut
Dovn Politics
i By D. HAROLD OLIVER
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-(P)-Senator
Vandenberg (R-Mich)
said Tuesday that soft-pedaling of
political debate until the fall of
1944 as suggested by James F.
Byrnes, war mobilization direct
or, is all right with him if the
democrats will get Vice President
Wallace to "pipe down in his pro
gram of disunity speeches. .
f Byrnes In a radio address last
night struck "at those in all par
ties who he said are diverting the
minds of the people from the war
effort by political statements. He
said until the fall presidential
campaign of 1944 the less said
about politics the better. j" .
j. Commenting on this part of the
a d d r e s s, Vandenberg said he
agreed with the home front chief,
but added it was "A poor rule that
doesn't work both, ways. ;
Robbery Suspect
Return Ordered
Caldwell Milton Hamill charged
jointly with Laurence ; Elwood
Beymer in the serious wounding
of. Frank Donley, Clackamas
county farmer, after they alleged
ly had robbed his home, is to be
returned to Oregon City for trial.
Hamill is under arrest at . St
Louis, Mo., according to informa
tion received in' Clackamas coun
ty. Gov. Earl Snell on Wednesday
issued papers asking for Hamill 's
return to Oregon. The papers
were addressed to the governor
of Missouri. -
Zander Improves
After Sbooting
Don Zander, truck driver who
was shot and seriously wounded
here recently when he discovered
two unidentified men siphoning
gasoline from his vehicle, was. re
moved from an oxygen tent Wed
nesday. Hospital : attendants said
his condition was encouraging. -
After shooting ' Zander one of
the men was alleged '- to have
beaten him on the head with ; a
blunt instrument One man was
described by Zander as 40 years
of age and the other about 18.
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