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Highway Plans
To Proceed
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Now that it has on file the sug
"gestions -of all county courts' in
Oregon, the state highway com
'aission will proceed without de--lay
to outline "its, postwar con
struction program, it was declared
Wednesday, by RJ H. Baldoek,
state highway engineer.-' : j
" The commission, has conferred
. with all of, the courts and with
the - Multnomah county, commis
sion 'and has received formal re
ports from' 20 of the counties. '
First ' step in - the commission's
postwar program, Baldock ; said,"
. will be that of coordinating the
postwar suggestions; of all the
counties with a view of keeping
the proposed expenditures within
its revenues. - Under a bill now
- pending in congress Oregon is ex
pected to receive approximately
119,000,000 -annually for three
years after the close of the war.
Baldoek estimated that a least
six months will . be required ' to
draft the commission's first tenta
i trve - postwar : construction ; pro-
gram and this may have to be air
tered from time to - time to meet
changing conditions. Toe highway
engineer said postwar suggestions
already received from the counf
ties and other sources 'aggregate
In' excess of $300,000,000. ;
Neither Baldoek - nor members
--f the state" highway commission
would comment on -what im
rprov tme n t s "- are contemplated.
. They indicated, "' however, T that
- some of . the heaviest traveled
highways would receive first con
sideration. . ' ,
Tuna Skipper
Vanish
. DEPOE BAY, Oct 13-JP)-Hope
. that Jesse Odoms, jr., skipper of
the beached , tuna , vessel . J ackie
-,J., might have been, rescued at
sea vanished today with the ar
rival here of the last fishing boat.
Odoms, . whose name was ear
lier given as Jess, Oldon, is sur-
vived by the widow, Georgia, a
son, and his mother,. Mrs. Hazel
Odoms of Camas, ; Wash. . The
Jackie J., which washed ashore
Monday at Nelscott with Earl. R.
Olsen, a crew member, drowned
in the cabin, has been released
to Mrs.. Odoms for repair. -
Another storm victim, Thomas
,.A; Cannon, 60, of Reedsport, was
. washed ashore at Seaside yester
day, several miles from the bat
tered hull of his fishing boat.
Soldiers Ask How
Folks Take War
- NEW YORK, Oct 13-(P)-The
first question American fighting
men stationed in the European
war theater ask visitors from
home is "how do the folks back
in the States ' think the war is
going?" Jack Benny reported to
.day. "
The comedian who recently re
turned from entertaining service
men stationed in Africa, the mid
dle east, Italy and Iceland, said
"when the news reports were
good the boys would get excited
.and were inclined to be optimistic
about how soon the war would
end."
Benny, guest of honor at a
luncheon at toe "21" club, said "I
wasn't nearly killed and have no
Frank Merriwell story to tell."
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Private Capital
To Build Houses
The sixty dwelling units to be
erected in Dallas under a "war
bousing" project "Just " approved
will be permanent structures and
will be built with private capital,
Frederick A. .Cuthbert, 1 senior
housing representative in, the na
tional housing agency administra
tor's office in Portland, said while
In Salem on Wednesday. '
For the reason, among others,
that war housing, projects built
with federal money add to the
national debt, the agency endeav
ors In -every case to encourage
construction wtih private capital,
Cuthbert said. -
Hopes
Hermann and Benito in Berlin
:i:i.rta crpuLIlshed pbeto f ex-Dsee Xn!to MussoUnL looking ra
tlir tlia, acJ ntlcLsinarshal nermann Goerlng (minus uniform),
Lilta ia Csrlla, was nilati frcra Switzerland. Mussolml has been
rtl-sseJ frcEi IUlUn castle ia wUch, It Is said, he was held prisoner
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Where They Are What They Are Doing '
Staff Srt Richard' Smith, above.
; . eabled. his ' wife In Salem this
week from New Guinea saying
he is well and will write soon.
Set Smith' went overseas in
March, 1942, with the Oregon
. National Guard unit mobilised
In the fan of 1949. Mrs. Smith
' also received four T-mail letters
from her husband last week. In
one of these be mentioned that
1 his unit had been in action for
some time but was at the time
of writing getting a few days of
rest. ' .
Kent Korer MeVeynavy avia
tion radio man, third class, is
home on 10-day leave and is
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. McVey, 1343 Sixth
street. West Salem. He has been
stationed at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Daxyl I- CoIwelL aviation ma
chinists mate second class, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Colwell of 222
North Church street, has returned
to the naval air base at Alameda,
Calif.,' after spending, his 15-day
leave with his parents here."
Harry B. Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur W. Parker, route five,
was graduated last week as a
navigator at San Marcos air field,
Texas. His course there included
some 15,000 miles of flying, the
ratio being one hour in the au
to ; five . spent in . ground study.
Young Parker has received the
navigator's silver wings and has
been; commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the army air forces.
TyrreU A. Williamson, petty offi
cer second class In the Seabees,
spent his leave In Salem recent
ly with his wife and son, Charl
es, at their home, 1945 Madison
street. Williamson is stationed
at Gulfport. Miss.
Frederick Walter WorraL son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Worral of
Glen Creek drive, was promoted
October 1 to second class petty
officer in the navy, according to
word 1 received by his parents.
Worral, who enlisted August 10,
194Z, previously was employed bv
the American News company. He
is stationed in the Pacific area.
ROBERTS Aviation Cadet
Raymond Ringwald has returned
to Yuma, Ariz after a ten-day
furlough which he spent visiting
his parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Ringwald. j
"Just a note - to tell you how
much! I appreciated getting my
firsi'issues of The Statesman.
They arirved yesterday and were
from May 16 to July 2 inclusive.
Don't : make anv diffprno hnw
late they arrive or how irregular
just so they come." ; ,
Thus writes 1st Lt Garold I.
Simpson, whose 1 letter discloses
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that he was "somewhere around'
when Salamaua was captured. The
I letter continues:
"Little did 1 think some 13 years
ago when Mr. Edwards would let
me sleep in the paper chute while
waiting to go on my route that I
I would be reading the same paper
in ; (censored).' If I told you that
the. same Statesman was read in
Salamaua you probably would not
believe me. The censor will 'not
let me say that is a fact but draw
your own conclusions from radio
reports " of that t never-to-be-for-
I gotten day of September 12,
"It has been pretty rough going
the last 'two months, and when
we took this place the boys looked
pretty .tired and ragged. Thanks
to the Jap quartermaster most of
us were able to get a complete
linen sailor suit that they had
abandoned. The Yanks look a bit
peculiar in : them but they 1 were
at least clean and cool and . will
get us by until new clothes arrive
for; us. '
"At one time this was no Hnnht
a beautiful .spot f: but ' the. war
changed that. Now it . is a hot,
filthy mess. If the Jap army is as
unsanitary in their living condi
tions throughout as we have found
them I don't see how their army
exists.
"All the local boys are fine and
still plenty drugged. Please give
my - regards to 'everyone and
thanks again for your swell paper.
A sPi! hello to Mr. Edwards."
C W. Earnest, electrician's mate
second class in the navy, has just
returned to the east coast to re
port for duty after a. 16-day leave
at home in Salem. He has been
serving in the North Atlantic for
six months. Formerly n employe
of the Portland General ; Electric
company, he joined , the Seabees
on October 6, 1842. Mrs. Earnest,
who spent the last nine months in
Rhode Island, is now at home with
their' 18 - months - M . Hanoht..'
Karen Lee, at 890 Cade street
PORTLAND, Oct. 13-vP)- The
navy announced the enlistments
iwiay oi L'ecu A Ketchum, New
berg, and William J. Minter, Sa-
ST. LOUIS CpL Leslie Man
ning, Who is in Unonln v.w
'Writes to his relatlva 4ko k. i-
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getting along fine and is feeling
ictwrw mai me morn
ines are conl thro k,i
weather is grand because it turns
warm during the day just like
Srt. Francis Kbnmna r t
is parish recently wrote to his
parents that he has just been made
- sergeant, ana was glad to get
DAYTON Wendell
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aviauon - machinist's Hmate
third class, is home on a short
leave before taking final' tra
in Rhode Island. He is visiting
ma parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell
Willard, and his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Willarrf
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WEST ; SALEM ' V t
Wallace of ram
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been home on a 15 day furlough
w ftoowi wauace, second class
seaman. ha Wn
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day leave. He returned Sunday to
Camp Bennion, Farragut, Idaho,
aaav nc is siauoneo. iarry re-
lUfueu w ms station Wednesday,
LYONS Relatives and friends
Aivm uarnson recognized
him in an AssnrfateH t.o.
photo appearing Friday in which
wounded, men, of which he was
vuc. ncie iif in r inenoAfAW t a.
Gen. George S. Pattern, jr, com
mander of the US seventh army
which swept through Sicily. Last
word had been nwivoH
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Garrison on August 21 although
he previously had written his fa
ther, Levi Garrison, that he was
with Gen. Patton in Sicily. : , ; .
Oregon Fliers t
Win Decorations
WASHINGTON, Oct 13
Three Oregon men serving with
the eighth bomber command of
toe US army ; eighth air force in
England, have been decorated for
destruction of an enemy aircrafe,
the war department announced to
day. ; ' - f- - - ; - ;
Set. Hueh W. Rnti twt.'.j
A) a wi uauu,
nd Sgt Harry K. Chambers, Al
bany, received toe bronze oak
leaf cluster to add to their already-won
air medal. .
Sec Lt. George V. Nicolescu,
Richland, was awarded the air
medal.' .. - -: .
Afpritd hj tin Wm riuetim CmtJE.
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Cancellation
Rumor Denied
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 13-T
Rumored - cancellations of war
contracts in the Pacific north
west because of , the manpower
shortage - were denied today ; by
Admiral H. L. . Vickery, head of
the maritime commission, and
Ralph A. . Bard,, assistant secre
tary - of the navy. -. r . .
" In a telegram to L C StolL
state war manpower commission
director,, vickery .asserted that
the. maritime commission -"does
not contemplate any curtailment
of steel shipbuilding: in the Pa
cific northwest. - v - v
"Three yards In the Portland
area now have definite contracts
to January 1, 1945," the telegram
said.
D, K. MacDbnald, president of
the Seattle chamber of com
merce, i earlier said indications
were that 37 of the 77 Washing
ton and Oregon shipyards might
not have their contracts renewed.
Bard, in a separate teleeram.
said "the only curtailment of ex
isting contracts in the area 'con
templated are minor adjustments
to meet the changing demands
of the 'war'ef fort anrl in wImm
manpower if and ' when needed
to handle essential ship repair
work." '
TULSA, Okla.HVOene Ester-
line, manager of a men's clothing
store, has featured this slogan for
years: "Two suits for the price of
one." -'- . :
Today he got a similar deal. His
wife presented : him -.with . twins.
Tiler's , only one thing wrongs
They're ! girls and can't take ad
vantage of the "two for one" suit
bargains.
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Tell Details of Tdilitary Life
- - From three young men who
home, Mrs. Monroe Cheek, 775 Ferry street, receives letters which
compete with such volumes as "Ozzie' St George's "CO. Post
master," in their description of details of military life and re
counting of experiences. " . ' ; '' - ,
' Not the least of these correspondents is her son, CpL Oren Mc
Dowell, jr., who wrote her recent-
ly from Camp Edwards, - Mass
telling that among his campmates
are the members of a British anti
aircraft unit supposed. to be Eng
land's , finestuThey . fought, in -the
battle of Britain and some of them
have had experience in Africa,
McDowell writes. ..
1 CpL' McDoweU'siwif e toe-tpr
mer Sylvia - Flett,- who was em
ployed here in 'offices of the state
unemployment compensation com
mission prior to her , marriage - a
year ago, Is living in a Cape Cod
town not far from the camp.
From Lt H. G. "Gordy" Wilson,
who lived in Mrs. - Cheek's home
while he was attending Willamette
there recently came a letter in
cluding this bit of description: i
? "About the best thing that has
happened to me recently is the op
portunity of spending six days in
a rest camp in the foothills of the
Atlas mountains. . t-was really
marvelous and though ' I am not
very good at description I shall
try to. tell " you about a little of
it To begin with, it is in resort
hotel taken over by the air corps
for combat officers and it accom-r
modates about 150 men at a'thnei
It is on toe outskirts of a little
French . village about. 5000 feet
high' and surrounded by real trees
and hills. v .
"The village is all French ar
chitecture and .Very clean: There
was much, to do, shooting, fishing,
tennis, Softball, swimming ln a
swell big pool, bicycle ridmg and,
of - course,- hiking. - Then In the
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formerly made her residence their
evening they usually gave us a
movie or had a dance and Invited
as feminine companions the' local
French girls" many of whom were
just vacationing from toe coast d
ties of Casablanca, Marrakech and
other places.' They, too, were , very
nice, though, of course, a poor sub
stitute for a WU co-ed.-
."The food and beds though took
the top of the list for being some
thing out of a book and we had
such un-African delicacies as ice
cream (all you could: eat)," steak
(toe first in long while) and
fresh butter ; and vegetables. .All
this served, by waiters , on tables
and in a large cool dining room!
The rooms had hot and. cold run
ning water and in the lobby were
very comfortable chairs and quite
a bit of reading material with a
good radio. 'All in aU,J it was so
wonderful after toe . desert, that '
nated to, leave. I shall be glad
when the fall of the year arrives,
for then, at least, it will be soine
what cooler.rww-r.r-r---t
"We have rigged up "an -tapro-f
vised: shower arrangement here
that works pretty good as we have
an! oid Italian, water tank andTby
connecting up toe fire pump from
toe.tank.to a horizontal: pipe. we
have a four-man shower .with all
the pressure, that Is .wanted ; Zr.nt
"We follow toe war quite close
ly, over.. here Jut toe. news M not
always easy' to get but it is inter
esting to witch the maneuvers de4
vetop. I have-been' to Sicily- and '
it is really - a nice littl . island:1
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Very peaceful and the climate Is
much bcttrr than .parts --cf Af
rica."' " ' " . "--
:Hns'zn Vallace Turner, for
merly of Willamette, writes of ex?
periences aboard a destroyer,
where' he Is disbursing officer,' is
in charge of commissary, ; stores
and a division of 20 men, has a
place on the coding board and
more recently has been given toe
Job of operating the ship s stoae
."In this , store," writes Turner,
who went from Willamette-back
to the University of Minnesota for
graduate work in business admin
istration prior to entering the na-r
val reserve, ."we" sell caniy, to
bacco, pipes (in three price
ranges), gloves,-clothing, toilet ar
ticles, knives stationery, ink, an(i
pens (when we can get toe lat
ter), peanuts, thread, needles, and
other odds and ends. The 'store is
just a breath larger than - a tele
phone booth,' but we sell about
$75 or $100 worth of merchandise
a day " in it. That is pretty good
considering : we have -only about
300 1' prospective . customers.' Of
course, It is only fair to admit that
toe absence of competition helps
to keep -our sales figure up.
"The fellows more or less jok
ingly refer to the store as toe
'gyp joint' And toe storekeepers
and I always counter with toe re
ply, that Ihey can. take it or leave
Since toe next store is usually a
long way -off . and practically in
accessible, they , usually take It." '.
Turner tells how he rations can
dy "because . I don't want toe crew
filling up on candy, spoiling their
meals and' fussing about the food.
You" can see' I'm getting quite pa-
ternarr little did I ever think "can
dy and spoiled appetites would
ever- concent-me.--But -you know
as well as I do" that getting a
person to toe table hungry is about
half toe Job - of serving; a satisfying'-
meal . .
"As an" Interesting . sidelight"
Turner continues - later, "in the
way of making the world oeenva
lot smaller, while taking on flour,
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" NORTH HOWEIX. Women ia
this district who Lr.itted articles
for too soldiers, sailors, marines
and merchant marines, were re
warded when Mrs. Gladys Walt-
man received a letter from Irv
Mark, In "the merchant rnarin
expressing appreciation for the
cap wnicn ho had received and
which furnished warmth and
comfort during his two trips to
Australia on troop transport con
voy. . .. ' - ,
The women were Drovided with
yarn last winter and knitted a
dozen watch caps for men in the
merchant marine. Each knitter's
name and address was sewn inside
the cap. The Home Economics club
members purchased the yarn and
sent toe finished articles to toe
merchant marine office In San
Francisco.
Knitters included Mrs. Walt-
man, Mrs. W. M. Oddie. Mrs.
Perle Wood and " Mr.
Cbomler. ;
' LONDON-Witterbuff!rfnff h
been given toe heave ho bv Lon.
hdon hot J spots where American
soldiers have been going to cut a
rug. '
Covent Garden, biggest dance
hall in town,- led off -with the ban
and others have followed suit
The reason: Kicks from less ef
fusive dancers who said thr
were bruised by toe jitterbugs
throwing their partners.
I noticed about half of , what we
received was milled in Astoria,
Oregon! Then toe next day I
picked up some canned fruit. to
read the label out of curiosity, and
what did . I find but . that it had
been packed by Ray . Maling. in
Hillsboro, Oregon!" , , . .
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