Tha OREGON STATESMAN. Sodftia. Orgoa. TiMsdoy Momlng. December 14, 1943
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Where They Are What
fames Albert Ilenery, above, son
f Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ilenery.
1579 Broadway, was graduated
last Wednesday from tbe na-
ral air training center at Cor
pus ChrUU, Texas, with the
commission .of a lieutenant in
the marine corps reserve. He
formerly attended Santa Rosa
junior college In California.
. SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
Two Oregon sergeants both
4 gunners in Liberator bombers who
shot down enemy zeros in an air
battle over the islands north of
Australia have been awarded
. air medals by Lt. Gen. George
C. Kenney, commander of the al
lied air forces in the southwest
Pacific area.
. They are: Tech. Sgt. Gerald R.
Kate (Forest Grove, left waist
l gunner; and Staff Sgt. Conrad K.
Bowman (O'Brien and Port Or
ford), top turret gunner.
Sgts. Kate and Bowman were
members of the crews of B-24
Liberator bombers which made a
combined "bombing attack and aer
ial reconnaissance of enemy posi
tions in the Aroe and Kui islands
'north of .Australia on September
.21.. .
The mission was accomplished
in daylight covering more than
1300 miles and consuming more
than nine hours flying time. Much
of the route was over enemy wa
ters and bases where the bomb
ers were subject to enemy fighter
interception and anti-aircraft fire.
Excellent photographic cover
age of enemy positions was se
cured, despite the anti-aircraft
fire. :
Over Langgoer the Liberators
were intercepted by from 20 to
25 zeros and twin engined fight
ers. In the air battle which en
sued, for more than an hour, one
of the Liberators was shot down
and damage caused to others.
Despite , the enemy attacks,,
bombs were dropped causing hea
vy damage to the enemy airfield
and installations at Langgoer.
The Liberators shot down 12
enemy fighters during the engage
ment of which Sgt. Kate and Sgt.
Bowman each destroyed one and
were cited for their expert marks
manship and gallantry.
Winston Taylor son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milo Taylor, left Monday to
return ' to Camp Pickett, Va.,
wearing the extra stripe his moth
er sewed on his sleeve while he
was furloughing here. Cpl. Tay
lor received notification of his ad
vancement from private first
class while he was in Salem,
where he was a Willamette uni
versity senior and Statesman
news editor when he entered the
service.
Leland C. Smith, machinist's
mate first - class, is at home on
furlough visiting his wife and get
. ting acquainted with ' his new
daughter, whom he had not pre
viously met. The little girl was
born last Christmas eve. Mrs.
Smith and daughter reside in Sil
verton. Smith's parents are Mr.
and Mrs. .Giles G. Smith, 1120
Center street He has been sta
tioned for more than a year in the
Aleutian islands. Before joining
the navy Seabees, . he was em
ployed as a weighmaster with the
state highway department
.Cple. W. CL Esplln, who is on
leave from the Salem police de
partment has written to the de
partment from the south Pacific.
The islands, he declares, are pret
ty from offshore but not an ideal
abode, very little like the Holly
wood version.
PORTLAND, D e . lS-;P)-The
navy recruiting station announced
. enlistments today of Lawrence A.
Wlsner, Estacada; Henry A.
Drake, Earl K. GIvens, Charles
D. Hasbrouck, James D. . Mason,
Thomas C McLaughlin, Ernest E.
. Scott, Henry J. Shaff. George R.
Shearer, Walter I. Welty. Salem;
and Harold A. Mires, Silverton. ,
Wayne Perry has been home on
a short furlough visiting with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Perry
at Newport, with his sister in Ta
coma and his : aunt : and grand
mother in Salem. He left Satur
day for California where he has
been stationed since the aircraft
carrier Lexington, on which he
was - serving. , was 'sunk in' the
aouth Pacific
Gerald L. De&art has been clas
. cified a pilot at the Santa Ana
; army air, base classification center
in -California. He will now enter
V pre-flight : training. His parents,
- iSx. and Mrs. Clyde DeSarf of
' Central Howell, have just return
ed from "California where they
'Visited Gerald and other relatives.
SILVEZTON Clold Wlgle,
paratrooper, son of Mr. and Mrs.
They Are Doing
Oscar Wigle now of Bethel but
formerly of the Brush Creek dis
trict near Silverton, has written
that he is well over a sore throat
after some time in the hospital.
He is believed to be in the Medi
terranean area.
Pvt Eldred Williams, who fought
In the Sicilian campaign, is now
recuperating from an illness and
is at O'Reilly hospital in Spring
field, Mo. He spent a few days at
Halloran General hospital in New
York V. before j being sent on to
Springfield.
Mrs. Robert Pltser and small
son are ; with her husband, Sgt
Pitzer, at Moses Lake, Wash. Mrs.
Pitzer is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Domogalla.
Vernon Simmons has been ad
vanced to sergeant and is with the
post engineers at the Marana army
air base near Tucson. Mrs. Sim
mons, the former Helen Seeley,
is nvfrfog her home at Tucson for
the present
OAK POINT Mr. and -Mrs.
Alfred Klug have received word
that their son, Warren Klug, is
attending the university at Wich
ita, Kan., taking aviation training.
His wife is with him at the mid
west 'post
Richard Comstock, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C C. Comstock, is home
on a 21-day leave from naval duty
in the South Seas. In October he
met his brother, Bob Comstock,
and the brothers had a nice visit
WUliam Gordon Merriott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Merriott of
1220 North 16th street has refus
ed a principal appointment to the
US military academy at West
Point in order to continue train
ing as a navy flyer. He has been
sent to pre-flight school at Mon
mouth, ILL
Robert Osland, USMC, former
Statesman carrier who became as
sistant circulation manager here
and later was circulation manager
of the Coos Bay times, Marshfield,
left Monday after spending a fur
lough with his mother, Mrs.
Sigurd Osland, 1785 South 12th
street Salem, and will return to
undertake office work with the
marine corps at San Diego. He has
recently completed his boot train
ing at San Diego.
Norville Wells Bennett whose
home address is 823 Calhoun
street Dallas, has been promoted
from captain to major in the air
corps, the war department has
announced.
CAMP MACKALL, NC, Dee.
13. First Lt John A. Ritchie of
1696 State street- Salem, Ore., is
one of the officers of the air for
ces Troop Carrier command par
ticipating here this week in large
scale maneuvers involving an en
tire division of airborne troops.
The battle exercises involve
movement of fully-equipped of
ficers and men in troops-carrying
gliders and huge transport air
craft A demonstration of proce
dure followed in evacuating
wounded men from battlefields to
base hospitals by air is also sched
uled. Lt Ritchie is the son of Mrs.
V. H. Ritchie of Salem. He is as
signed to a troop carrier group as
pilot
The Troop Carrier command is
the branch of the army air forces
charged with carrying men and
equipment . into battle areas
throughout the world. The giant
C-47 twin-engine planes used are
a military version of the familiar
Douglas airliner.
- Mrs. Katherine Moore, 590
South 22nd street received a card
from her son, Jerry E. Moore,
who has been in a prison camp
since the fall of Bataan. He re
ported that he has been in the
same camp, Philippine Prison
Camp No. 10B, since his capture.
His health "is fair" and he is "not
under treatment sent greet
ings to his friends and said he is
well.
Moore was in the army air
corps " when taken prisoner, his
mother said.
Penicillin to Be
Available Soon
For Civilians
NEW YORK, Dec 13.-i2P-Maj.
Gen. Norman T, Kirk, army sur
geon - general, announced today
that penicillin ; would be avail
able in "adequate supplies for
military and civilian needs with
in the next six months.
"It is with great pride that I
am able to report today to the fa
thers, mothers, wives and sweet
hearts of our fighting men that
penicillin is literally in mass pro
duction. Gen. Kirk told the Am
erican Pharmaceutical Manufac
turers association In a program
broadcast over WOR.
Judge Fee ! Approves
Snedecor Proposal
PORTLAND. Dec 1 J.-iffV-Ped-
eral District Judge James A. Fee
approved today a recommenda
ttrm of Estes Snedecor. federal
referee in bahkruptcy,. for com
position of debts- of the joraan
valley irrigation' district,- U
Snedecor proposed that the dis
trict use a $78,000 loan from the
Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion to pay 20 cents on the dollar
on $430,900 in district bonds in
default since 1929. -
Hunter Offers
New Teacher
Training Plan
PORTLAND,' Dec 13-P)-Fred-
erick M. Hunter, chancellor of the
state system of higher' education,
today replied to criticisms of Ore
gon's teacher training by recom
mending i a duration - - program
which would continue the colleges
of education on a skeletal basis.
The program, which will go be
fore the board tomorrow, would
Increase training of teachers al
ready employed, emphasize voca
tional education courses at the Col
leges in Ashland and La Grande,
and work toward a permanent
state school fund and salaries high
enough to attract competent teach-"
ers.
The chancellor also submitted
three possible alternatives, involv
ing 'drastic reorganization which
would cost from $750,000 to
$1,000,000 at the outset They
were:
1. Abandon teacher " training
throughout the state and establish
a new central Institution in Port
land. 2. Concentrate teacher training
the University of Oregon and
Oregon State college.
3. Convert the colleges of edu
cation (Monmouth, Ashland, La
Grande) into regional vocational
schools.
War has cut enrollment to 317
at the three colleges of education,
and reduced budgets nearly 30
per cent, Hunter said. They have
a capacity of 1550 students.
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Military Polite on Trains
Nursemaid Soldiers. Civilians
-Some 460 neat, alert soldiers are acting as father-confessors,
information sources, and policemen to approximately three
quarters of a million servicemen who ride the trains in the eight
western states of the Ninth Service command, army reserve
forces. . k'i - :'-.;;. -Cr v-;.- .
.They are the train guards, of the corps of military police. In
cooperation with the navys snore
patrol, they attend the welfare of
military personnel and frequent
ly give needed aid to civilians
on 116 trains, it was reported to
day at the Fort Douglas, Utah,
headquarters of Maj. Gen. David
McCoach, jri, commanding officer.
Much of their work Is routine
train patroL All of it is based on
an vold adage: "An ounce of pre
vention is worth a pound of cure."
' They check passes, furloughs,
and orders of military personnel.
They guard against loose talk on
the part of service men. They pre
vent excessive drinking and any
untoward incident They assure
that service men are in proper
uniform when moving about trains
and stations.
Once an hour they must patrol
the train on which they ride. Fre
quently they patrol more often as
a routine check. They encounter
few cases of trouble
Arrests have been few, although
"MPs" are authorized to make ar
rests if necessary for any offense
which reflects discredit upon the
services. Usually the mere pres
ence of an "MP" Is sufficient to
cause military " personnel to be
quiet and orderly. They are re
spected by the enlisted man and
officer alike.
This Is probably due largely to
O'Cat Cracker' is the industry's name for its newest type of refining equipment - iA Cata
lytic cracking unit There are a number of other important units in our new 40 million
dollar 100 octane gasoline plant, but adding the "Cat Cracker" will enable us to make mors
100 octane from a barrel of crude than we could ever secure by older methods. Here's why:
What this increased performance will mean to our armed forces now, and to your automobile after the war, goes with
out saying. But to put the catalytic cracking method into operation requires a tremendous amount of plant For example;
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the type of men who are new
being selected, trained and msed
as military police. Train guards
are chosen by their commanding
officers , for their diplomacy,'
tact and common sense. Their
assignments are considered high
ly Important
The day of the brow-beating,
blustering "MP! is past if, indeed,
it ever actually existed. Now he
leads, .not drives. He sets a good
example.
His weapons, a police-type stick
and a revolver or pistol, are used
only as a last resort when abso
lutely necessary to enforce disci
pline or defend himself. He is
identified by a brassard (band)
around his left arm lettered "MP."
Above all, he is a friend to travel
ing service men or he isn't an
MP.
He must have possession of
mind, ability to lead and a spirit
of ingenuity, for not all his duties
are routine. Incidents on every
run test his ingenuity. Take a
recent example:
Near Stockton, Calif, a train
bos collision killed nine persons
and injured a number more.
Gasoline from the bus had been
spilled over the wreckage, (has
creating a setting for a poten
tially greater tragedy. When the
train stopped the train gaards
quickly obtained the services of
two army nurses and two navy
pharmacists' mates from the
train. Then they supervised the
setting ef a guard around the
wreckage,; "A :; r;-",:;i
Several times military police
have obtained assistance when
the stork was about "to overtake
trains. But the enlisted man the
forlorn and unfortunate soldier-
Is the military policeman's great
est charge and care. ? , .
There's the case of the private
from the hinterlands who arriv
ed in Batte, Mont Shortly af
terwards he discovered ho had
lost his billfold. With It had
gone his ticket and money. He
was desperate. Aa MT en the
Salt Lake Ctty-Bette ran. how
ever, appealed to the Red Cross
In the mining city. The organi
sation lent him the money and
the young private continued on
his first furlough.
Too frequently to mention indi
vidual cases are the times the
modern "MPs" have given ud
their berths to a sick soldier, sud
denly taken ill while traveling.
And almost numberless are the
times military policemen have
nursed ill men of all branches of
our fighting forces until thev
could be removed from trains to
the nearest hospital. ...
-But the guards have their light
er moments, too. The members of
the detachment . located at Fort
Douglas are unanimous that they
never have a tour of duty that
some man or woman doesn't ask:
"What time does the six-thirty
train get into Salt Lake City?"
And then there is always some
woman at some station along the
route who, without giving her
2 Ordinary cracking methods yield a base stock gasoline of about 78 octane. Catahta
cracking yields the same amount of gasoline, but of a much higher grade. For the
catalyst acts as a "molecule immigration inspector"-allowing only those petroleum
molecules which have high engine
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Metal Workers9
Strike Looms
In Northivest
SEATTLE, Dec. 13-VF)- Offi
cials of the war production board
and war manpower commission
took - action today in an ; attempt
to avert the prospect of an' immi
nent strike in 77 Oregon and
Washington foundries . and metal
working plants. ? -
The state, WMC agreed to begin
an immediate survey on the man
power situation in the industry.
A shortage is alleged by the moul
ders and foundry workers union
(AFL). If a shortage is ascer
tained, a wage increase can be
granted . as a basis for attracting
more workers to the essential war
industry.- .
The WMC action came as the
result of an urgent request by T.
A. Mardon, WPB regional produc
tion service manager.
The regional war labor board
acceded to Mardon's request that
its hearing on the . workers de
mand for wage increases be re
opened on results of the survey.
The union membership voted
overwhelmingly a month ago to
sanction strike action in the wage
dispute. The 30-day "cooling off"
period under the Smith-Connolly
bill expires Wednesday.
The strike threat came after the
labor board refused to meet the
union demand for a pay scale in
crease of 8 cents an hour to $1.28 '
name, asks anxiously: "Is my hus
band on that train?"
performance value to "get by."
Finally, we'd like to make one more point.
This 100 octant plant represents an inresV
aoeot of 140400,000. But the U. S. Treasury
didnt have to put up a penny. We dug up the money
ourselves without any help from Government subsl
dies. We're rather proud of this, of oourse.but
that tec could da it Is far more important than our
persona! feelings.
For it points up a principle that has
with our country's war production record than any
ether influence in American life. That principle is oar
American System of Fm Enterprist.BeaMt of this
free, competitive system every American business.
large and small, has been encouraged to
and as fast as its abilities would take it.
Cbnseqoently, when war came, companies like Union ,
had mlrwady developed the "know-bow " the resources'
and the capacity to convert to military production with v
oux a zutcu. as a result, our nation has been able to o&
the greatest job of war productkn ever accooiplisheS
by any people fa history. We believe mat's something'
to think about
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for journeymen and S3 cents f of
helpers; : . . : ; :; ;;
"It s hoped that th union and
employers will docoth. ag to affect
the situation adversely until the
WMC has opportunit, to make
this fact-finding surve. Mardoa j
declared. "Urgent war production j
should not be held: up. (Everything
possible is being done to solve the '
problem."- i M
UO High School
Faner Contest
Starts Soon
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON",
Eugene. Dec. 13-65V-The I annual
high school newspaper contest
sponsored by the School ofj jour
nalism. University pi Oregon, will
be held early in 1944 although tho
19th annual Oregon High! School
Press . association: . conference t has
been called off because ofj war
time conditions, it was announced
by Dean Eric W. Alien of i the
school of journalism. The contest
will be supervised by Robert C.
HaH, associate professor of jour
nalism and superintendent of . the
University Press.! j . j - t j ;r
Entrants should I submit copies
of two issues published since the
beginning of the school year I be
fore March 15 to Mr. Hall at the
school of journalism, who asked
that the entrance1 fee ol $2 to cov
er the cost of judging ind prepa
ration of a comprehens: ve critique
be sent along with the j papers.
Previously the awards have been
made in the fall
on the basis of
issues ; ; published
du
ting f th
spring.
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