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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, : Oregon, Sunday Morning, Norembcr 21. 1313
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Where They Arc What They Are Doing
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It's CapC Garold I. Simpson bow,
nor first lieutenant. Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Simpson, bis parents,
nave learned. Capk Simpson Is
with the Infantry in th south
Pacifie. He participated In the
Salamaoa campaign, bat now Is
resting somewhere in Australia,
recuperating from a shrapnel
wound in his
- M ON llOUTn - Tfe. Donald
Smith is" here f rom Springfield,
- Mo. to visit bis parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Riley. Enlisting at the
Portland air base 24 years ago,
he has been overseas for tome
time. He was injured in a motor
truck collision in July and has
been hospitalized since, suffering
from facial contusions and frac
tures. He wfll return to the O'Reilly
general hospital at Springfield af
ter his furlough to undergo furth
er plastic surgery. ,
CAMP LEE, Va., Nor. 20 H?)
Five Oregon men, who were
graduated from the non-commissioned
officers training course at
the quartermaster school, were
listed today as William B. Don
nelly,-1 McMinnville; Edward T.
Bryant, Rosebufg; John " C. .Clay,
Astoria; Mervin R. Evans, HUls
boro, and Charles T. Shimomura,
Portland. , . . 'j?
- CpL WBMam A. Bowes baa Just
left Seneca school, WVa, where
be has been instructing in moun
tain climbing, for Camp McCoy,
Wis, ' where he will instruct in
skiinng.
I Pfe. Floy4 Smith, stationed at
Camp Adair, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Smith, has proved ' why the
American soldier is one of S the
deadliest rifle shots in the world.
He placed four shots in the space
that could be covered by a half
dollar while firing on the 300
yard range. He missed by two
points the distinction of qualify
ing as expert rifleman. His unit
has also made a record not yet
topped at Adair. Pfc. Smith has
been hunting with his father, a
deputy sheriff, ever since he has
been able to use a J22 caliber rifle,
DALLAS Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Pleasant have received word of
the promotion of their son, Lt. J.
C Pleasant,, to the rank of cap
tain. Pleasant has been assigned
to Fort Penning, Ga, for further
training, i
DAIXAS First L. D wight
Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
VL Webb, has been assigned to the
army air base at Gainsville, Texas.
Webb has been stationed in Cali
fornia for several months. Mrs.
Webb and son, Stephen, will ac
company him. r
Some of the rifts most treasured
by service men were given them
long, long ago, suggests Miss Elma
Weller, 695 North Liberty street,
who submits as proof of her con
tention a letter from Pvt. James
Armpriest, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Armpriest, route four, Sa
lem. A former music pupil of Miss
Weller's, young Armpriest writes
from the middle east, in part:
"I am working nights now and
like it fine. There are four of us
working together and we accom
plish quite a bit because we don't
have many interruptions at night
I am working at aircraft sheet
metal and like it fine. When a
plane comes back full of holes,
we patch it up so it can go out
again the next morning. Often we
work from supper straight until i
breakfast in order to get all of
our work done but it makes you
feel kind of good to know that you
are doing a little something for';
your country. j
"We have had some pretty bad
dust storms here lately but today
It is raining. This is the first real
rainy day I have seen since I left
Portland. That has been a little
over eight months but' It seems
a lot longer. I imagine you are
having about the same kind of
day at home, only it will be cold
er there. I can 'close my eyes and
picture your home now as I used
to see it on many a rainy eve
ning. The trees will be nearly bare
of leaves and the sap is going to
we roots xer the winter. I. can
imagine the sound of the rain on
the. windowpanes. To most, of the
people in Satem it is dull and
dreary there, but to me it is beau
tiful. People come and people go,
but the music of the wind sigh
ing through the trees is still there.
"There is beauty here, too, but
of a different sort. On one side
of us is desert, on the other side
is the sea. We have beautiful sun
sets here. The slanting rays of the
sun tint everything in rosy hues
and suddenly the sun drops Into
the sea. There is a swell beach
about ten minutss walk from here.
' The water is clear and warm and
I often go there to swim, and lie
on the sand and listen to the
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; ?I seem to be in rather dreamy
mood today. Perhaps the rain has
made . me homesick. - Practically
the only music I hear is what I
hear in my imagination. There j
are a few radios and ones in a
while I manage to get in on a
good shortwave program from
England " .
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He's MaJ. Leroy V. Casey now.
Announcement that Casey whose
Salem home is at 929 Oak street
had been promoted from cap
tain te major In the air corps
I was released Saturday by the
; war department. A graduate of
. Willamette university, Casey was
: awarded the army air medal
some months are. He has been in
the air corps since 1939.
Cadet Robert F. Davy, TJSMM,
NR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
E. Davy of Newport, arrived in
Salem to visit his grandmother,
Mrs. Loilise Penton. He has Just
completed eight months of sea
duty in the south Pacific In Oc
tober his ship was sunk at Guadalcanal.
SCOTTS MILLS Marion "Bud"
Pawnall has joined the navy and
will leave early next week.
Sri. Ranald Speed, who has
been spending a furlough with his
father, Ernest Speed, has gone
to March Field.
Srt. William Straus, and his
brother, Pfc Raymond 'Straun,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.' Straun,
former Salem residents and now
of Portland, recently have been
at home on ten day furloughs.
Sgt. Straun is still visiting his
family and both service men vis
ited in -Salera while here.
Sgt Straun is in the medical
branch of the service and station
ed at Seattle while his brother Is
in anti-aircraft and stationed at
Camp Haan, Calif. The brothers
attended a reunion at the family
home in Portland November 18
Mrs. A. L. Straun was in Salem
this week.
CpL Howard R.! Woodborn, jr.,
above, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Woodburn ef route 4. Salem, new
Is servinr with an army air
- corps' depot repair squadron in
England. He is a graduate of Sa
lem hirh school and later at
tended WUlamette , university,
and received technical training
for his present duties at Lincoln
air base and at the Packard mo
tor school In Detroit. A letter
from; CpL Woodburn recently
received by his mother says in
partt ;
- England reporting and all is
well. I waited long and eagerly
for your letters and now they are
coming right on the beam. And do
I love 'em!?
; I received the pictures those
beautiful pigs! Those shapely hams
left me drooling. Our chow is good
but I miss the fresh fruit and ve
getables and also sweets are scarce.
One of the guys Is cooking up a
batch of fudge and we have been
standing around hoping for the
best It sure smells good!
We dashed into town the other
nirht It's black as pitch and you
walk into people and everyone is
very nice about it The streets
seem narrow and , they . amble
about. I'm surprised that we don't
cet lost. It's much. better In the
day time. There are lots of chim
neys and no front yards, altho the
back yards are nice and hedged or
walled in.
Not much in the way of amuse-
ment The neoDle are fine ' hut
have little time for their usual
pleasant sociability. Every able
person is either in war work or
on the farms.
SDeakine of farming, you see the
wav the Enelish make use of their
land. They don't waste a foot and
when they harvest they clean up
evervthina. With their clipped
hedges, the places are the neatst
I have ever seen. The girls who
work on the farms are called the
Woman's Land Army. They are
doing lots of the farm, work and
a good Job too.
Recentlv I Kot time off and a
trip to Cambridge. The college
dates back to 1300 AD and Just
reeks with tradition. The whole
setup is nothing but interesting.
Plentv of the old college atmo
sphere but less color than US col
leges. Maybe it's the lack of co
eds?
I'm thriving on the English cli
mate. The fog doesn't bother me
it seems "like home and I like
it
Thu editorial columns over here
interest me. Every now and then
I feel like getting a soap box (if
there were any and straightening;
them out about a few things. or
one thing they don't realize how
tough the Japs are. ' -L - -
It's difficult for us to under
stand the strikes at home, espe
cially on certain days here
I wish that I couia ten you
about my work. However there Is
plenty of it and there is plenty of
activity all the time. Believe me,
we know that there is a war on.
Eddy Plays
Greatest Role
Susanna Foster, r
" . Claude Rains Give ;'
Brilliant Portrayals
Well deserving the superlatives
which heralded its arrival, "Phan
tom of the Opera," that thrilling
ly magnificent screen classic now
playing at the Elsinore theatre is
filmed in technicolor. The produc
tion has astonishing pictorial qua
lities; but -the drama, the music
and the performances of its play
ers must be called matchless. The
note of terror and hot suspense
which accompanies every scene, is
completely, fascinating. Breathless
audience reaction would indicate
that Universal has created one of
the most brilliant successes in its
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Portrays Praised-'- 'L
Co-stars Nelson Eddy,? Susanna
Foster and Claude Rains give dis
tinguished portrayaL Eddy as the
Paris opera star who loves the am
bitious young vocalist, has the
most colorful : role of his career.
Miss Foster, appearing as the sing
er, wins new laurels in a part
which reveals her exceptional dra
matic ability as well as her mu
sical talent '
Rains b the -Phantom." His
sinister portrayal of the musical
composer who mystifies and ter
rorizes the personnel and pa
trons of the Paris opera, is one
of the screen's all-time aeting'
classics. The role, which pro
vides the eerie motivation of the
story, furnishes amaslng action.
Scenes! showing the "Phantom"
releasing the giant chandelier
which crashes down upon an au
dience; and the sequence devo
ted to the chase of the killer
through the deep catacombs be-
neath the theatre, are vividly
exciting.
Roles Are Important
Featured in important roles are
Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Jane
Farrar, J. Edgar Bromberg, Fritz
Feld and Hume Cronyn. All deliv
er memorable performances. Many
other notables' and a multitude of
atmosphere players are seen -in
various spectacular sequences of
the film.
An enthralling musical score In
cludes two original compositions
by Edward Ward. They are "Lul
laby of the Bells' and "Piano Con
certo." "Lullaby" is featured by
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Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Edgar Barrier, give colorful portrayals in Universale technicolor thrill -:
drama, "Phantom of the Opera." Claude Rams, as the sinister "phantom," Is co-starred with Eddy and
Mis Foster. ".Phantom ef the. Opera." which is now playing at the Elsinore theatre, is co-featured with
;Petuoeat Larceny," starring Ruth Warrick. John Carroll and Walter Reed. ..- -
fTiis Is the Army' Brings
Music, Comedy, Top Talent
, JThis. Is the Army, the army's own musical show that was
so great it had to be put on film for the whole world to see, is
playing now at. the Capitol theatre in its magnificent Warner
Bros, technicolor. - 1
; For an inspired Job of transfer
ring the. show to the screen all
proceeds going to army emergen
cy relief for the privilege--Warner
Brothers deserves the nation's "E"
for excellence and 'its everlasting
gratitude; .-..'" .C ." -J V- CJ;;: ' y
i The Sgt Irving Berlin of World
waf I was responsible for 'This Is
the Army tn and, of course, wrote
the music that is already famous
and loved.. lie wrote one new
number for. the picture version,
entitled "What Does He Look
Like," a beautiful tune, ' sung in
the film bjr Frances Langford.
Happily, it's, a case of "some
thing new has been added" and.
Just as happily, nothing has' been
taken away. . The entire accom
plished original cast remains
singing "This Is the Army, Mr.
Jones,", Tm Getting Tired So I
Can Sleep "With My Head! in
the Clouds" and all the other hit
parading tunes. - r v . j
As he did in "Yip, Yip Yap-
hank," his soldier' show of more
than. 25 years ago, and again in
"This Is the Army," Irving Ber-
ltn einr ! nlalntiv lammt Wh
How I Hate to Get Up in the
Morning," in a way that puts
lump in your . throat : and brings
the dew to your eyev ' : ' ! J
The Hollywood contribution is
a 'lavish cast of players including
George Murphy, Joan Leslie,) Lt
'Ronald Reagan, George Tobias,
Alan Hale, Charles Butterworth
Eddy and Miss Foster, who also
sing together in the presentation
of "Russian Opera, "French Op
era" and "Martha" (third act)
Miss Farrar, Tudor Williams and
Anthony Marlow are other vocal'
ists heard in the operatic numbers
which feature a large singing
chorus.
"Petticoat Larceny," featuring
young Joan Carroll and Ruth War
rick, completes the double bill at
the Elsinore theatre. '
DALLAS Dick Osuna, seaman
first class is spending his first
leave with his mother, Mrs. Ev
elyn Osuna. Osuna, who joined
the navy last Decemhber has been
operating out of Florida on sub
marine patrol and convoy duty.
He will resort to an east coast
port November 22 to be assigned
to another boat
CpL Herbert! O. Hunt, -son ef
Mrs. Emily Hunt 2460, Trade
street, Salem, has completed
training and been graduated from
the Chanute field, 1114 school of
the army air forces training com
tnand, where he received instruc
tion in the instruments course
and In other technical operations
vital to maintenance of fighting
pianes.
' We're taking them up now '
for transplanting. Good se
lections still available.
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Quality stock atva reason
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Now Playing ! ; -Continuous
Today from 1 P. M.
Pvt John F. Hudson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Hudson, 1175 North
13th street is home on a 20-day
furlough. He has been stationed
In Alaska with the army for the
last 18 months. He will report
back to Fort Lewis, Wash.
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Selected Shorts
NOW PLAYING
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dfttxcnr of army EMetCENCT truer
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"Adv. of the Flying Cadets'
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pad A Riddles Early Morning
fliaunee Thanasglvlnr Day
ThC army Hakes ear .ef Its. .own- At he-Trerid jwwniere Wartter
Bothers- produeUon ef vIriir5erHn'r?niWh ;the AJrmy.the
army, moved la te see that tbere
UtulT9tm the. sky and te ; form mWUir background ? for the
penisur. The HeOyweed theatre In New York-" was the scene -ef
much military fanfare. The preceeds ef the film will ge te the
army emergency relief fund. See this greatest of an pictures now
playing at the Capitol theatre, ' --.
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Barbara! Stanwyck plays the, role
of a levefy Irish! lassie who f alls
In lev! with Joel McCrea. a 'rail
road trouble-shooter in the Ce
cil BJ DeMllle ! motion picro
"Unioa Paclflct opening tody at
the Grand theatre.: '- i
and jUni Merkel( telling the gtry
sequence written! around the sold
iersi show by Capt Claude Bin
yon and ; Casey ; Robinsoni. The
story reaches back: to the "Yi Vip
Yaphani" of World war I an -returns
tof the present with a w;arm
ing father and son! tie-up.
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- play leading roles in Warner Brothers romantic comedy, "Princess
O'Rourke," coming Tuesday to the Elsinore theatre. The full length
feature film, rThe Battle ef Russia," the picture fumed In the cities.
In the homes. In the factories and at the biasing Russian front. Is the
companion feature.
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ture, "Over My Dead Body," the story of a super-sleuth en the
spot, which starts today at the Hollywood theatre. Co-feature is
"Bombardier," a story ef America's angels of wrath, with Pat O'Bri
en, Randolph SceU. Anne Shirley, Walter Reed. Richard Martin, v
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PORTLAND, Nov. 20-v5VSix-
year-old Clarence Jones, Faloma,
choked to death on an orange seed
lodged in his windpipe, the sher
iffs office reported.'
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IT'S HERE ! ! . The picture you'll be talking about all your life . . words
cannot describe what you will see '' what you will feel v What you will
remember about the mightiest human drama of all time ! Full - length :
.feature filmed in the cities homes factories-and": at the' blazing
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