Th.9 CHEGGII STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. September 12. IS13
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Second Li. Dwisht V. Hanson.
Above, -mam ef Mrs. Alts , Marie
Hansen. 1922 Han! avenue has
completed the pilot transition
four - engine -eenrse-. at , Hobos
army air field.: Hebbs, NM, ac
cording -to the announcement of
i CoL Joseph P. Bailer, command"
In- of fleer. IA. Hanson Swas
' commissioned-and received Us
pUot's wings Jane 22. ' 1943. He
is now sjnaUflee: as a combat pt
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Pvt. Carl M. Sarage. It, son of
Mr. and'Mrs. W. E. Saraee, 2415
north Church street, has arrived
tdt Oklahoma Baptist university,
Shawnee.. Okla for an army air
force instruction course of approx
imately ; five months-, which will
precede his appointment as an ay.
iation cadet.' He will take numer-
out academic courses - as well
elementary flying training.
as
Pvt. Frederick M. Chambers,
Stationed at Camp MaclcaU, NC, is
spending' part of his furlough with
his parents, Mr. and-Mrs. L. Reed
Chambers, 695 North 15th street;
. Major E. C. Fersytbe left Wed
nesday after a few days leave
spenVjWith his family in Salem.
He was bound' for the desert train
ing center at Banning, California.
.Word was received "by Salem
friends; this week.: that Capt Ben
F. Thomas, was ; wounded in New
Guinea., - He " is : the son ' of Mrs.
Charles Thomas. . Capt.. Thomas
graduated from Salem high school
-and ww a resident of Salem whue
his (. father i Judge 'Charles Thomas,
was publfcfutflities commissioner.
His brother. Charles,-is a major in
the army, also-, in., Hew Guinea.
Both .were, students at University
' of Oregon., '; .' - - , ..
Spending .1$ days' leave with his
patents" ferSTeitDlsineth"
, Glenn- Thostrud, ayiauon machin
ist's mate third class in the. navy."
Be enlisted in Salem In December
1941. and received his: training .at
Ean Diego, Calif; Upon completion
of recruit training he was assigned
to the - USS Enterprise and later
saw action with the'Pacific .fleet.
Thostrud received the president's
; cltation,-.
James H. Oombert. second class
seaman in the Scabcos. is -spending
15 days leave with his parents in
Independence.'. He " receiyect trahi
Sng at Camp Allen,: VaT,'and Qua
lified as a gunner and isharpshoot-t
r.- He will return, tor the Atlantic
"toast for assignment to duty.
; ST. LOUIS IX Marvin Moris
ky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Mor
isky of Brooks, flew a plane with
Capt. Hughes of Woodburn recent
ly. The two were in Salem for
three days during which Lt. Mor
isky visited his -parents in Brooks
and Capt Hughes his in Wood
bum. They also visited friends in
the community. 1
William Tyrone Gillespie, better
known, as "Ty .while a student at
Willamette ; imiYersity, has been
promoted from second lieutenant
to first lieutenant in the air corps. J
His home : address is 830 North
JViater street, Salem. ; - - A 'AA1
CnL Paul - R. Ilerberr. son of
Paul A. Hegberg of 813 Shelton4
ttreet,' Dallas, has; beeni.wpunded
in action while serving in the war
African" which: however; includes 1
Sicily,:. a .;. war", department ; an
nouncement states.
Seventeen-year-olds - from the
Salem area who a roiled for enlist-:
jnent in the navy and who have
been accented as apprentice sea
men by the Portland office were 1
announced tnu weex oy "uniei
Quartermaster Robert B. Fallon
ef the -Salem navy sub-station.
They include: Hugh ; Amsberry,
Independence; James C- Babb,
route - one, Timer; ' George t W.
Brown. Vancouver, Wash.; James
X. Bowrrxmals, Mt Angel; George
Ir Foster, ; Woodburn; Claude ; E.
Gillett " and Leonard " Hegberg.
0, 50, 60 ! Get Pep
rciIYcsrsycssr.FuIIcfVisi
Vonft
... n 4Ut ii-imn Wlil da. Contain BWil
I .V..ui nwM aftT 40 bT bo!t- Ufk'
Dallas; William P Mobley, West
Salem; John L. St. John, Gervais;
Foster Scholl, Nashville, Ore.; Dale
Leon Sickles, Halsey; Darrell F.
Turner, Jr, Mill City; Delber M.
Wilson, Falls City; Robert Lee
Wallace, Atxmsville; Delbert A.
Warren, ! Black. Rock, Ore, Hor
ace O. Beldin, route ; 1, Salem;
Delmer F. Coville, Standley J.
Deacon, i Ralph V. Majeski and
Lawrence M. Orth, all of Salem.
: Lt Jack Wilson, who is station
ed, with the army air force at
Kelly field, near. San Antonio,
Texas, is spending a brief furlough
with his parents. 7 Mr. and Mrs.
James J. Wilson of "route ?,' A
graduate of Salem high school, he
served in the . Hawaiian islands
before receiving his training for
a commission. - - . . .. .
EIJRTKPGB Pvt. Ernest Ban
yard, in the medical corps of the
army, was home on furlough from
Camp Berkley, Los Angeles, visit
ing 'his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur. Banyard. ;";;T'-
Joe Mnetta, second class ma
chinist's mate in the navy, visited
over Sunday at the Bruno Miletta
home. He now is visiting his par
ents at Aberdeen, Wash.
SXLYESTON Li Vernon L
Barkhurst was wounded in fight
ing in the southwest Pacific area
on August 20, according to a war
department telegram received this
week by his mother, Mrs. Saidie
Barkhurst of Silverton. Lt- Bark
hurst now is hospitalized, accord
ing to the telegram. He has been
in Australia, since April 13 of. last
year and in the New Guinea area
sine Christmas. .
JStaff I SgL Phillip E. Gffle left
Saturday for Mitchell field, NY,
after i visiting with ' his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. GOle,
while on a two weeks furlough. In
the army three years, hehas spent
the last two ' and one-half years
in Alaska.
Richard Pierson has been pro
moted to the - rank of sergeant,
according to word received by his
foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard D. Goodfellow. He is stationed
at Camp Meade, Md where . his
unit guards prisoners of war.'
SCOTTS MILLS Robert Lan-
don. who is in the Seabees came
to Salem Thursday by plane from
his base at SanFrancisco, Calif.
He has been stationed in Virginia
and Rhode Island. He continued
to his home in Scotts Mills Thurs
day afternoon for his first leave
since joining the service. - -m.
- MONMOUTH P f c D e 1 m e r
Deweyi Sptmtti brief furlough with
his parents here last weekend. He
and Kenneth. Brisbane, son. of Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell Brisbane, Mon
mouth, have completed their basic
training at a camp hear Salt Lake,
and are now; assigned to Camp
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Bob Graves. A. M. SC, Corpns Christl. Texas and Pfe Max Graves.
Mather field, Calif, sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Graves of rente 3,
. Salem, recently spent their 15 day leaves with family and friends in
and around Salem, They are both former Salem high school stu
dents. This is the first visit home either ef them have had for more
than a year.
Newell, near Klamath Falls, where
the Tula Lake Japanese concen
tration camp is located. He is a
member of the military police. .
Mrs. John Riney has received
word from her sons, Albert-and
AnthoL that they are now located
only three miles apart on the Sol
omons Islands.- Anthol is a pilot in
the air force and Albert is in the
marines. Anthol wrote that he has
made several flights as assistant
pilot, and is scheduled, to take out
a plane on his own.. He formerly
taught school in Klamath county
after being; graduated from Ore
gon College of Education. He re
ceived his-" commission ; at .Luke
Field, Phoenix, Ariz, and was
married the same day, in 1942 to
Miss Bessie Christensen, also an
OCE graduate. She now is living
in Portland. Albert -enlisted in the
marines last year. I ,
l Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nendel have
been informed that their son, Rob
ert H. Nendel's name was includ
ed on a naval casualty list this
week.
WEST SALEM John Warren
Guenther is home on a 28 day
leave from the navy. He has been
at sea for nine months in and
about the Aleutians. .
ROSED ALE Charles Hamilton,
second class seaman," is home on
leave visiting his parents, Mr; and
Mrs. Bert Hamilton. He was on
the Helena when it was sunk,
spent several hours on a life raft
and many days on an island be
fore being rescued.
First Lt, Del Keyworth Neider
hiser, 259 East Superior street, has
been promoted to the rank of cap
tain in the air corps, and ordered
to active duty,' according to a war
department announcement yester
day. " - '
Second Lt. William Mil ten
Mitchell of route 2, Lebanon, has
been promoted to first lieutenant
and ordered to active duty in the
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As Advertised
air corps, an announcement from
the war department said yester
day. , . ' - - -
PORTLAND. SepU U-A-En-
listments- announced by the navy
recruiting station here today in
cluded: -V --f- x V. , V
Claude K GHlet, Dallas; Ever
ett L. Hepner, James J. Stafford,
Eugene; Horace O. Beldin, How
ard Jasper Smaller, Jr, Salem;
George B. Partridge, Springfield,
Ellis 7. Glackmore, Cottage
Grove. . - .-
JEFFERSON Vurfl Hall of
Jefferson, who recently Joined the
navy, will ' leave . for training at
San Diego, Calif, September 29.
He has been employed in the. re
capping department in a service
station in Albany. -
BETHEL Word received this
week from SgL Clifford Hageman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hage
man, of the signal corps at Camp
Rucker, ' Ala, : states that he had
recently been on a trip to Florida.
Recent word from their son Mar
vin Hageman indicates that he is
still stationed in the Hawaiian
islands. ::-:
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pf ennlg have
received another letter from their
sen, Fred Pfennig, fireman third
class In the navy, in the south Pa-
elfci, and he is serving on a pilot
boat and is in good health.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lauder back
have" received a much censored
letter from their son, CpL Dean
Lauderback, and he is still in
England and is welL
Graduation ef E. George Clark
as a second lieutenant in the air
corps has been " announced from
the army air force's officer candi
date school at Miami Beach, Fla.'
Mrs. Ernest G Clark of SalemJ
He has been sent to Orlando, Fla,
for advanced pilot training. Mrs.
Clark, the former Ruth Gilbert,
is with Lt. Clark.' in Florida.'
FOR MORE THAN
32 YEARS
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Boys at 7th Airforcs School ; -Really
Learn Aerial Gunnery
By ROBERT EUNSON AND AKTIIUI! BURGESS- - 'C
HEADQUARTERS, Seventh 'AirfcfceWhen7the. laft
Japanese Zero disappears Into the sea andthe last liUsixbishi has
crashed into the dust, the Seventh airforce school will be to aerial
gunnery what MIT is to engineering and John" Hopkins is to med
icine. ; x ' V-'-'
The students at this post-graduate school have labeled, the
piace "the college of Samurai ex-
termination'' and to say their gra
duation exercises are unique would
be an understatement.
Part - of the last class ' raided
Wake island. Y
This school jvaa .responsible
for two-thirds of the 2S con
firmed and probables shot
down by oar gunners over
Wake, said Brig. Gen. Truman
H. Landon of - CarlinviQe, EL,
commander of; bomber opera-:
tlons in the central Pacific.
MOur gunners were having so
much fun on that raid that after
the bombs were all gone they beg
ged the pilots to fly back again,
just to dogfight the Zeros. -
Topping off the thorough class
room training that each man re
ceives, is a : course that puts to
ractical use the intricacies of the
perry computing sight, manipu
lation of a ball turret and lessons
learned from the recently devel
oped Waller trainer.' ,
This practical side, devised by
the ; officers in charge, embodies
the use of bombing planes , tbtirojm1t one type of gunnery.
still are good for flying, but out
moded by newer designs.
For example, there's a B-17 with
Japanese flags chalked up all over
one side and a B-24 that has seen
action in several campaigns. ' -
In front of one hangar is the
belly section of a wrecked B-24.
It's a laboratory for student gun
ners, who need to know more of
the feel of standing back to back
with another gunner and shooting
a 50-caliber machinegun out of an
opening no larger than a dresser
mirror.
It also is used for instruction in
the proper loading of bombs.
Inside the hangar is the tall
from a dismantled plane. Tail
gunners can become more famil
iar with the place they have to
work in and still not have to wait
for the opportunity to go on a reg
ular mission. " ''r' "---, C,
Extermination is aided by the
Sperry eompntlng sight, the
turret gunner's .counterpart of
the famed: Norden bomb sight.
This amaiing sight la an in
steveijs:Ci son
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4 . .TTaUrti-bt - 1
optical
computing
machine. . ' . ,
It tracks -the target, T Jndrea
wind ' velocity and -the speed :f
the plane.- It ir one of the gTeat-:
est advances in aerial gunnery ia
ieeent" years.. ." . . .". :
i Success or -failure of a bombing
mission often depends on the gun
ners, and the, training course is de
signed to give the advanced gun-
ner, as Well as fighter pilot, a prac
tical five-weeks course ' with as
little theory as possible; t -
Thus . every.; week those, men,
who have had practice under al
most every conceivable condition
with guns, varying from BB-rifles
and shot-gun to . small cannon,
graduate into the elite gunner clas
sification. , ? -I ' '.
Aerial gunnery schools in the
United: States currently are being
patterned after, the Seventh air
force school.
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Training has "proved one point:
If a man can shoot well on the
particularly ' skeet or ' trap-shoot
ing. he-is likely to be good at other
typea. --.
The skeet and trap shooter has
a try on an orthodox range, but
that is only the beginning. Facing
him is a mile-long moving-base
range .where' clay pigeons come at
him from behind, front and side
while he-stands in a truck travel
ing from 15, to 30 miles an' hour.
He cant shoot these shots by form
ula. Oftentimes if he doesn't score
a hit a darting clay pigeon will
force him to duck.
JERSEYVTLLE, HL The
Jersey county rationing board has
decided three-quarters of a mile is
carrying things to far even if the
load is just a pan of bread dough.
It issued a stove' purchase cer
tificate to the Edward Franklin
family of Piaia township. Frank
lin's application disclosed .his old,
wood-burning stove was beyond
repair and that his daughter had
mixed bread dough and carried it
three-quarters of a mile to bake it
at a neighboring house. . ' - .
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Even If you htnir you cannot write at
all, your letter may win in this con
test. Literary skill is not required. AH
you need is sincerity and a few "fight
ing words.'' Put them into that letter
now and mail it to FIGHTING WORDS
CONTEST. Stevens & Son, 339 Court
St, Salem.
Judges of the Contest
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Mayor of Salem
C3AHLC3 A. CT3AGU3
Editor and Publisher of The Statesman
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Marlon County Wsr Finance Committee
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. forces daring the allied landings along the Italian coast in the Saler
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For Alumina Plant
WASHINGTON. Sept 18.-4P)
The Northwest still has a. chance
to obtain .the controversial alumi
na pilot plant, in the opinion of
Senator Charles L. McNary. . . .
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Don't put of f getting your salmon until it's too late-:
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to do to enter this . exd2ng contest Is to writ a short
. letter, not over 50 words, telling why you buy U. S.
War Bonds. Thcrt's asy. Isn't U7 Sure it U. And you
havo Just as much chance to win cm anyone. Bead
, tho contest rules printed below, then sit rigb.t down
and .write your, letter. Ho matter what your reasons
foe buying bonds. Just tell tho world about them in
a 50-word letter and mcdl It to FIGHTING VOHD3
CONTEST," Stevens " & Son, 339 . Court SU Salem,
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no longer than SO words.
Ads one contestant may submit as many let
ters as he or she wishes.
Each PIGHTING WORDS LETTER must be
clearly written or typed on one sheet of paper
carrying the writer's name and address. .
ALL ' FIGHTING WORDS CONTEST LET
TERS must be mailed before midnight, Octo
ber 9th. to be eligible. '
Address your FIGHTING WORDS LETTER to
FIGHTING WORDS CONTEST, Stevens &
Son, 339 Court Street, Salem, Oregon."
If more than one contestant submits tho same
winning letter, the judges wCl determine di
vision of prizes.
Judges decision wCl be. final in every
case, ; . . !V
The FIGHTING WORDS LETTEt CONTE3T
is open to every man, woman, boy or glrL wilh
the exception of relatives and employes of
Stevens & Son. Tho Oregon Statesman, . or
judges of the contest.
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T think government ' officials
have exaKerated - the manpower
shortage in Oregon,' ho said today.-
I plan to confer with war
manpower and war production
board officials and hope I can
prevail upon them to reconsider
their decision." .
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