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ENGLAND The promotion to
first lieutenant ef Michael J.
Balkovlc ef Harrisburg has been
. announced by Brig. Gen. Frede
rick L. Anderson, commanding
reneral ef the Eighth air force
bomber command. Lt. Balkovlc,
SO years of age. Is a squadron
inteUirence officer at this Fir
tag Fortress station. After grad
natlng from Harrlsbnrg high
school in 1930. Lt. Balkovle at
tended Willamette j university
where he was an outstanding
' athlete. From 1930 to 1540 he
was assistant football and base
ball coach at Willamette and
then for two years was a crim
inal. Inspector for the state of
. Oregon. Li. Balkovle entered
' the service February 22, 1942,
and was commissioned a second
lieutenant the - following Jana-
- ary. He graduated! from 'the
army . air . forces intelligence
school on March - C land joined
bis present unit shortly there
after. . . j,. :;
(Army Public Relations Photo)
It's Capt, Alfred J. French new.
. Eon of Alderman and j Mrs." C. F.
- French, theyoung physician who
was graduated from Salem high
sthool and Willamette; university
and who took his medical training
. at University of Oregon school of
medicine, was given the new com
mission early this month following
special training at Memphis. With
Mrs. French and their infant
daughter, Janette, he is now back
in Nashville, Tenn., where he is
connected with the Branch School
of Aviation Medicine.
Lt. Robert French, another son
of the C F. Frenches, is laid up
.with a vertebrae injury. He is in
Toledo, O., where he went to teach
physical education as part of a
military training program and was
injured in football scrimmage. He
expects to be removed to Battle
"Creek for at least three -month's
quiet
Word has been received in Sa
lem that William C. DePew has
been promoted from second lieu
tenant to first lieutenant He is
stationed at Camp Haan, Calif.,
with the anti-aircraft '. artillery.
SCIO Held Merritt son of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Meritt far
mers in the Richardson Gap com
munity near Scio, was inducted
Friday into the US navy at Port
land.
SILVERTON Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Moe had the pleasure of
having their three sons, all in the
armed services, at home, during
the weekend. Pvt Jordan Moe
came down from Seattle for the
weekend nd left again Sunday
night He was accompanied by
Mrs. Moe. Lt. Robert.Moe, who is
stationed , at Mare Island, will
leave Wednesday. Lt Moe is with
PGE Rate Cut
Order Looms
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 18-i),
iu uregoman said tonight that
ixeorge tlagg, state public utili
ues commissioner, is expected to
oraer the Portland General FJec
tnc company to take additional
rate reductions next month.
cuiiord A. Lucas, spokesman
for a group of Portland power us
ers, said he had been informed by
Dave Don, chief engineer of the
utilities commission, that a copy
of the proposed order has been
sent the PGE.
Lucas said he understood that
Portland consumers hereafter will
pay the so-called Bonneville rates
pius io per cent instead of 20 per
cent The same schedule, he be
lieved, would extend to other com
munities in PGEs area with the
exception of Salem which is pay
ing me .Bonneville rates plus
per cent
. Commissioner Flagg, the paper
said, denied issuing a rate order
and declared he would not do so
until the independent trustees in
charge of PGCs 'reorganization
bay discussed the proposal:
Adair Land Price
Said Excessive :
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 18-A)
The army was charged today with
paying excessive prices for lands
, taken over for Camp Adair.
Harry D. Boivin, department of
justice attorney, told a federal
- court hearing that $54,000 was
paid for land which had been ap
praised at $17,000 by army .quar
termasters, and at a $24,000 top
by a private firm.
A special session of federal court
it 'Albany plans to reexamine 4
condemnation cases involving pro
perty at Camp Adair. -
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They Are Doing
the navy dental division: Lt'Har-
lan Moe will remain for a week
longer. He is serving as instructor
wim tbe naval air forces at Corpus
Christ! and this is his first home
trip for better than a: year. He is
a graduate of - Willamette univer
sity. r; - ;: 'C.t;-.v::
Mrs. M,-. J Madsen , received
word this weekend that herbld
est grandson, Richard Madsen,' is
now stationed at the NTS at the
University of . Houston in Texas.
He was transferred there during
me past week from Wrieht iun-
ior college at Chicago. Young Mad
sen, a native of Salem, entered
the navy last may from LaGrande
when he was graduated from high
school there.
" FRTNGLE Eugene Wechter,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harnr Wech
ter, who is with the navy in the
Stoutn Pacific, writes that he has
seen' his cousin. Rex Grabenhorst,
also .in the navy, somewhere on
an island in the South Pacific.
Each (in writing home said they
naa seen eacn otner and . both
looked well and happy. Kent
Wechter, another son. stationed at
Astoria, was at home recently on
a few days leave.
Leonard J. Baxter, sen of Mrs.
Theresa Baxter. Grand hotel. Sa
lem, f has been ' promoted from
private to first class. He is serv
ing in Europe, the public rela
tions department announcement
of his promotion says. . .
Pfc Joel H. Peonies of the
Timber Wolf division contribute
the - following verse: - j
Somewhere in Central Oregon
Where a girl is never seen, '
The skies .are never cloudv -
And the grass is never green.
where there s never anv whisW
And the beer is never chean -
And the coyotes' nightly howling
Robs a man of blessed sleep.
James Floyd Hunter, IS, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Hunter of
Salem, was recently promoted to
aviation machinist's mate third
class at the naval air station at
Ft Lauderdale, Fla. Hunter at
tended Salem high school prior to
enlistment m the navy at the Sa
lem 'recruiting station, and re
ceived his preliminary training at
the Farragut, Ida., naval station,
later attending the aviation ma
chinist s mate school in Norman
Okla. He is attached to the air-
crewman department as a student
aerial gunner at the Ft Lauder
dale station.
Aviation Cadet Georre E. Hlrh.
whose wife is the former Mildred
M. Morrison of Salem, has re
ported for duty at the army air
forces bombardier school at Carls
bad, NM, for advanced high-level
bombardiering and dead-reckoning
navigation instruction. He re
ceived pre-flight training at the
Santa Ana, Calif., 'air forces re
placement center. Instruction he
is now receiving will qualify him
for a double-threat Dosition stvled
"bombagator," acquiring a skill
especially useful in m e d i um
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bomber service. Upon ? gradua
tlon he will receive a commission
as second lieutenant or be ap
pointed a flight officer.
,' Fvt Wheeler English baa begun
basic training at, the finance re
placement trianing center at fort
Benjamin Harrison, - Ind. Upon
completion of an ; intensive field
program.-' he will take "ud 'class
room study ;- of " army pay : meth
ods. Before ' entering the army
August 11 at Portland, English
was a field auditor for the state
public utilities commission. His
wife, Mr&y Jeryme English,; and
their youna son Reid live at 1329
Chemeketa. street Mrs. English is
society -editor of The Statesman.
Navigation Cadet Roger W. Kel
logg,, 28, of 444 North Winter
street, Salem, has reported .to the
huge army air forces navigation
school at San Marcos. Texas, for
18 weeks of training in advanced
aerial navigation leading to
commission as second lieutenant
or appointment as flight officer
in the army air forces. The
course will be concluded in Feb
ruary. Kellogg is the son of Mrs.
Allis H. Kellogg, 429 North 23rd
street, and : Frank t R, Kellogg,
route 8. - r , ;
Deuald Laraent, seaman first
class in the Coast Guard, has been
transferred from Portland to an
Alaskan base. ,. Mrs. Largent will
remain in Portland, s w
Lt John H. Kolb. 28. former
Willamette" university athlete who
later was associated with the state
parole - department ; arrived :. last
week at Perrin field. , Texas. to
serve aTa flying Instructors He
recently completed a course at
Central Instructors school at
Randolph field. Tex. Lt and Mrs.
Kolb, who formerly lived at 1756
Center street in Salem, wul make
their home in Sherman, Tex. ; -
St"t and Mrs. Don Dour Is are
spending two weeks in Salem with
Sgt Douris' mother. Mrs. Lesnia
M. Douris, and visiting-Mrs.
Douris parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ned
McCoy, West Salem. Sgt. Douris,
on leave from : his position as
director of religious : education at
the First Presbyterian c h u r c h
here, is stationed at Galena field,
Spokane, with a medical detach
ment, and Mrs. Douris is em
ployed in one of the army offices
there. ' A : .
Staff Sgt Clarence "Tolly"
Williams, with a headquarters
battery of the coast artillery at
Fort Stevens, has been visiting
with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Wil
liams of Hollywood Drive,- and
friends in Salem for. several da vs.
During his furlough, he with his
mother visited in Medford.
NORTH HOWELL -i Making
farewell calls Wednesday after
noon was Ralph Eagleson of Ed
dyville, who left Friday for in
duction into the marines. All
three Eagleson boys, sons of Mrs.
Alice Eagleson Swarner, are in
the service now. Lt John Eagle
son is at Camp Bowie, Texas, and
Boyd Eagleson is on an aircraft
came" somewhere in the northern
Atlantic ' i WfcWEEB
1 - Joyd Patterson, who has
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tJ QX, "J J , W. mewing by K. McCanafcfc a yfatirs by Umm CWpia . - I
been stationed at Oamp Adair
Since , his induction Into the army,
is spending a 15 day furlough
with his parents, Mr. - and Mrs
A. S. Patterson, -
WOODBURN Ma J. Phillip
Livesley, stationed for some time
at Camp Adair, has just returned
from -three months of advanced
training at Fort Benning, Ga.,
coming py way or San Francisco
where he stopped briefly with the
Donald Macmillans. At Corvallls
he was joined by his wife and
two children, Diana and Phillip
in. They visited with the T. C
Poorman and H.J.I. Austin famf-
bes and with other friends and
relatives in Woodburn. then drove
to Portland to see Ma j. , Livesley's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. . Phillip
Livesley. . , . . . r
CpL Lloyd H. RelnwalAV'son of
Mr. and - Mrs. Henry Reinwald.
148 West Wilson street was one
of a group awarded good conduct
medals recently at Camp Callah,
caur.
Lt Cons tine Otto Schneider ef
Salem has completed the nilot
transition-four-engine - course at
Hobbs, NM. army . air field, ac
cording to a public relations of-
Uce announcement He received
his pilot's wings and commission
as a second lieutenant at Douelas.
Ariz., oa July 28.
Aviation cadets ' wha bava im
ported for basic aerial training at
Goodfelldw field, may air forces
pilot school at San Angelo, Tex
include .Frank H. Hunt 26, ' son
of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Hunt 2460
Trade street, and James W. Coo
per," son of Mr.", and '.: Mrs. - C T.
Cooper, 2455 South . Hieh 'street
Both are graduates of Salem high
school and Hunt attended Wil
lamette university. Cooper served
with the army engineers for three
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force. .
PORTLAND. Oct 18.HTV-The
navy recruiting station here an
nounced the following enlist-
ments:
. Verne A. Allen, Albany; Charles
D. Fortenberry sr- William R.
Massey, Lawrence A. Nelson,
John E. HilL Salem; Paul A. Ha
gen, Willie J. Lahners, Silverton;
Edmund J. Maresh, Eau Claire J.
Byers, Joseph E. Mills Jr Charles
O. Ronge, Clair J. VandeheyJ
Woodburn.
Oil Companies
Lciase in Coos
BANDON. Oct 18WiPr-A small
stampede for what may prove oil-
rich land was disclosed, today by
property owners in Coos county..
The Phillips Petroleum corpor
ation, which has leased 8000 acres
of county land and several thous
and i privately owned acres, ob
tained a permit from Washington.
DC, to drill on the Westport arch,
12 miles southwest of Marshfleld.
Meanwhile, at least four "other
oil companies leased or : began
negotiations -to lease acre1 lands
in the, Coos area. L. T. Felsheim,
county, judge, said . they are now
marking time to see what the
Phillips oil drills show. -
Firms interested in the region
are . British-American Petroleum
corporation, Texas Oil corpora
tion. Sun Oil company; and Jer-
gens Oil. company. :
Qaims -7th Fatality
y , COTTAGE GROVE. Oct 18-UPt
Oregon's seventh deer hunting fa?
tality was marked up yesterday!
with the death of Leslie NickeL I
25, Springfield.- He was shot by !
a stray : bullet : from his hunting I
party. His widow survives. .
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. Hew Navy Recruiter for State
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Lt Cmdr. Glenn F. DeGrave. rixht
naUea's leading recruiter. ' tamed
after three years' service to Li.
the Helena. - Mont. recraltiar
s. Biehler en a tear ef sub-stations
Pearl Harbor and assignment 14
the two Officer visited Um" Salem
officers fat charge Chief Quartermaster Robert B. Pallonand Chief
epeciaim u. k. Anderson, who
Oregon who gathered In Portland"
aeparrare. oreron won evenr uad
during: DeGrave's regime, never. dropping below third In voluntary
enlistments, and by latest national figures; placing first la Seabees.
Last 'August Oregon captured the "E pennant for all around ex-
-cellence.
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ef the Oreron district and the
ever" the helm last' Wednesday
John F. Blehler. formerW chief af
district., and la ueamnuvliiv lAl
before heading est ' to ' sea for
the 14 th naval district Monday
lull nmltlnr
were among the recruiters front
to : honor DeGrave . before his
or reeraitinr nanar in kaak
Army
crap -lclnt ,
Thousands of tons of. scrap mr i
tal some of it received from farW
flung battlefronts are retumic.
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to the war zones in new form tk
blast the enemy again as the tiU
suit of the army's own "ceaseleU
salvage program,' it was reporte'd
Monday, at the headnnaH
Maj,:' Gen. David . McCoach, Jrl
commanding general of the nintH
service command. at" Fnrf Tirti,
las, Utah. - -: . , . .
A scrap metal reoort foriAumi
showed that- during that montli
the ninth service command's rf.
camps, and station mi!w.ti ; 1
gross tons (of 2240 pounds each).
vt war-necessary ferrous scrap,
consisting of Iron and steeL
'A total of 3.468 rrasa tnn w9
sold. The excess of the shipment
total over the amount received la
credited to stockpiles whirh ac
cumulated daily, result in soma
reserve most of the time. i
The report showed 1 054 47a
pounds of vitally-needed nonfef
rous scrap-copper, brass, alum
inum : and miscellaneous similar
types were collected of which !
732,568 pounds were sold.
Seventy-five thousand
of copper and brass. 26.00a nmin.
of aluminum jwid 1,154 gross tons
of iron and steel were shipped into
the command from bases overseas.
Scrap, rubber, also included in tha
"report," shipped from overseas
amounted to 355,490 pounds of
which-310,800 pounds were dis
posed of by sale. u
Miscellaneous material, includ
ing fired cartridge cases,' received
from overseas, totaled 1540 tons.
the same amount being sold.