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Where They Are 'What
k Brantner. aboye, has
won the silver wings of a pUet
at tkt speclalixed two-engine
pUot tehl of the army air
forces training ewMniml at La
junta. Col. He wu commission
ed a second lieutenant The ton
f Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brant
ner. rente . Salem, bo attended
Salem senior high, school, gra-.
daattng in 1MI.
LEBANON 14. Warren GDI of
the US coast guard reserves, who
was Injured at Salerno and taken
aboard a British hospital snip to
British field hospital in North
Africa, has been transferred to an
American station hospital in Al
giers, according to word received
by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G.
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Last week he was awarded the
navy cross, the highest naval
ward for his part in the landing
at Salerno. He also received the
Purple Heart and had previously
been given the Legion of Merit
for his part in the Sicilian cam
paign. Lt. Gill, who practised law in
Neu- ,-ork City before enlisting.
Is a graduate of the University of
Oregon law school. He was com
missioned after taking the course
for coast guard officers at Nor
folk and went overseas on the flag
Ship of the newly organized am
phibian force.
A daughter, born to Lt. and
Mrs. Gill at Los Angeles in No
vember, has been named War
ren a.
Clarence F. Conrad, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Conrad, 1115 Ma
dison street, Salem, was gradu
ated December 11 from aviation
ordnance school at the naval air
technical training center, Norman,
Okla., and received the new rat
ing of seaman first class, USNR.
Seaman Conrad enlisted in the
navy in Salem, June 10, 1943. He
is a graduate of Salem high
school. Conrad now will be trans
ferred to a naval unit afloat or to
another shore station for further
Instruction and work.
MONMOUTH Pfc. Armond L.
Car row, USMC, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul H. Carrow, was a re
cent visitor at his home here on
furlough following completion of
boot camp. In addition to the
sleeve stripe,, he brought home
medals as sharpshooter, for his
abilities in hand grenade, rifle
and bayonet practice. He Is now in
training for sea duty at sea school
In San Diego, Calif. Carrow is a
"former Statesman carrier.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Hlnkle
of 595 South 15th street received
four letters from their son, Gro
ver r. Hinkle, on Tuesday, the
first word for two months. Hin
kle, seaman first class in the na
vy, .Is now in the south Pacific,
and according to his letters, has
been adopted by a family there.
The boy gave the name of the
couple and said they have prom
ised to write to his parents.
Young Hinkle is a graduate of
Leslie junior high school and en
listed in the navy May 26, 1943.
Another son. Robert L, has re
ceived a medical discharge from
the .navy.
SWEGLK One service man
who. was able to spend Christ
mas 'with his family was Lester
Bolton who is with the sea bees
stationed at Mare Island, Calif.
William Close, seaman second
class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Close, has received his petty
officer rating in radio at radio
school. University of Idaho, Mos
cow. He was home for the Christ
mas holidays.
AUMSVHJLE Roderick Hen
drey, . former resident , of Aums
ville, is a prisoner of war in Ja
pan, according to information re
ceived by bis parents in Harbor,
Ore. The parents have received
two letters from him since he was
imprisoned. .
CENTRAL no WELL Sir. and
Mrs. J. A. Dougherty and son,
Pvt.- Jerry -Dougherty L of Long
Beach, CaliL, were guests of Mr.
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To Landlords and Property Agents
Ordinance No. 3609 provides that all "housing accommoda
tion and rooms' be registered at city hall and fee paid by
Jan. 1st 1944, for the year 1944. Penality, fine not to exceed
$100 or SO days imprisonment or both. ..."
FAin dent com ihtee
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They Arm Doing
and 1 Mrs. Clarence Simmons.
Dougherty and Mrs. Simmons are
brother and sister.
Robert L. Simmons, naval avia
tion cadet, spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. CI. Simmons. He has been
attending Gonzaga university.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dee. 2
First i Lt Jack R. Taylor, 5237
NJL Wisteria, Portland, has com
pleted a course in depot adminis
tration ; and supply at the army
service forces depot here. He at
tended Reed college and was as
sistant to the executive. Cascade
area council of Boy Scouts in Sa
lem before entering the military.
SILTERTON Pfc Walter Roe,
who has been visiting his parents,
the Bert Rues, will leave the first
of the year for Fort Lewis. Young
Rue arrived home December 11
on his first visit in two years.
TURNER Mr. and Mrs. M.
O. Pearson have recently heard
from their ton, Sgt Mervin Pear
son, that he is now in New Guinea
after being stationed in Australia
for months with an engineer regi
ment He remarked about the pro
fusino of cocoanuts everywhere.
Last year at Christmas time Sgt
Pearson was home on furlough,
prior to going overseas.
TURNER Cpl. Radolph Nel
son writes his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Nelson, from some
where in England, that he was
recently promoted to a corporal.
He has been overseas for about
two months and was previously
stationed at Sheppard Field, Tex.
Cpl. Nelson is with the army air
corps.
Another son of Mr. and Mrs.
W, B. Nelson, Sgt. Clarence Nel
son of Tampa, Fla., was planning
to spend the Christmas holidays
at home but could not get trans
portation. He now expects to ar
rive in Turner after the holidays
for a 15-day leave. Prior to being
transferred to Florida, Sgt Nel
son spent 17 months in the Ha
waiian Islands and the Fiji
Islands with the army air corps.
TURNER Staff Set Roger
DeLorm is now in the Mojave des
ert after being transferred to In
dio, Calif., two months ago from
the Corvallis air base. Sgt. De
Lorm's wife, tho former Zena
Hogsed, is with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Hogsed, at then
Turner home.
TURNER Pfc Ray Godwin
writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Godwin, that ho is back
in Australia and its like getting
home .He is with the same family
he had stayed with prior to going
to New Guinea where ho was in
a major battle of 76 days steady
combat duty. He spoke of the
warm weather. Also it's possible
to buy kodaks there but no film.
and he expressed a desire for his
family to send him some. Nothing
can be bought without a ration
book and on that account he was
unable this year to get any Christ
mas gifts to send home. He men
tioned three other Turner young
men. Dean Grim and Vernon and
Leland Greenlee as all being okay
too.
GERVAIS Somewhere in the
south Pacific on 24 hour watches
on a pin point island jutting re
motely out of the Pacific on what
is perhaps one of the loneliest
duties of the war is a foursome of
United States marines, their eyes
peeled toward the horizon waiting
for approaching signs of the en
emy. Their home for the first few
months was a fox hole, then a
tent and now a crudely erected
cabin of cocoanut logs.
In the group Is Pfc. Thomas R.
Lelac of Gervais, who is th'e non
commissioned officer in charge.
He has been two years out of the
states and more than a year on
this island. Ho was a farmer bo
fore bis enlistment and writes
home: "Most of the time while not
on watch we try to occupy our
minds with little odd jobs but re
gardless of how wo try we usually
wind up talking about our homes
and families.''
Cpl. Gerald Flower and a friend.
Pfc. Chester Wichart of Camp
Adair were weekend guests of
CpU Flower's aunt Mrs. Grace
Calkins, at Gervais. Cpl. Flower's
home is in Portage, Wis.
Vernon P. Gorske, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. E. Gurske, 1234 Allen
Court, has received the petty of
ficer rating of electrician's mate
third class at graduation exer
cises at the naval training school
on ' the University of Minnesota
campus at Minneapolis.
Daryl Wlesner has been pro
moted to fireman second class in
the navy and will receive further
training in diesel engineering at
Detroit Mich. He is a graduate of
Salem high school; his wife and
young son live in Portland.
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Is mentioned several times in
tho new war book "Bridge to
Victory" written about tho
Alaskan campaign by Howard
Handelman. Brownell's par
ents. Mr.- and Mrs. Phil Brown
ell, his wife, the former Ger
trade Mildred Brooks and his
yeang son live In Salem.
Tho writer says in his descrip
tion of tho battle of Attu:
"With the crest of Bloody Point
taken and held against the first
attack, the name 'BrowneU began
to be heard throughout tho pla
teau. "Brownell, slight sandy haired
Lt. Robert Brownell of Salem,
Ore, an electrician in civil life,
was artillery spotter. Until Bloody
Point was taken he was cut off
from the higher ground from
which he could see Holtz Bay, but
with the point in American hands
Brownell was able to crawl over
to the Jap side of the mountain
with his walkie-talkie and tell the
artillerymen back on . the beach
where to shoot
"His immediate job was . to
knock out the Jap anti-aircraft
guns which were used against
Americans on Bloody Point For
two days every time the artillery
exploded shells at Holtz, every
one asked 'What does Brownell
say about this one?'
"He was the eyes for the big
guns, the man through whom the
artillerymen far back on the
beach took their bead.
"Theirs was the most frustrat
ing job of all. Miles of mountains
separated them from the target.
They never saw the effects of
their work."
Then again the author says, as
the Americans moved toward
Holtz valley:
"The navy covered the advance
on Holtz valley, even battleships
moved in close to bombard.
Brownell, still perched on his
lookout station on the Jap side of
the mountain, did spotting for
both the army and navy. He had
been working steadily since Wed
nesday night two full days, and
doing a grand job.
"He talked to Ensign Abe Pret
ekin, once a Dayton. Ohio, optom
etrist who relayed firing direc
tions to the ships. The happy
sound of no change, no change'
came over the walkie-talkie at
4:04 p. m. telling of a direct hit
and pleading for more in the same
place. The navy gave more, lots
more. Each salvo from the bat
tleships went off with a huge puff
off lame that made the ships look
as if they were on fire. It was a
brilliant red flame that hung in
the air long enough to obliterate
the ship for an instant.
And yet later:
"There was a second shot of AA
from the Japs. This time far be
yond the troops on the ridge, and
over against the mountain to
their right. The troops on the
mountain scurried for cover, rac
ing over the snow singly and in
pairs.
"The 105s answered quickly.
Brownell must have given an ur
gent call for cover for the troops.
The Jap AA and the 105s blasted
away several minutes, the. Japs
shooting at personnel, the 105s at
the Jap gun. The navy joined the
melee of big guns at 5:13, the hea
vy sound of the battleships guns
reverberating through the moun
tains.' Lt Brownell was awarded the
silver star for his part in the re
conquest of the Aleutians. He is
stationed now in the Hawaiian is
lands, according to a cable re
ceived this week by his family.
Mrs. Knight Goes
To Netc York City
TALBOT Mr. and Mrs. Gil
bert Belknap, Mrs. William Knight
and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Brown and
children, Ardis and Lynn, were
Christmas dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Redmond of
Portland. Mrs. Knight left Christ
mas night for New York City
where she can be with her hus
band when he is in port. He is on
duty in the Atlantic and New York
is his home port !
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In Oregon by insuring at Hoggins Office.
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INSURANCE
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Salem and
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Oregon statesman. Sow
Hollander
Dies Sunday
: LEBANON Mrs. Jacoba Gala
ma Sturm who was born in Hol
land 67 years ago, died at her
home in Lebanon where she has
made her home for the i past 25
years Sunday. She is survived by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wilhelmi
na Piatt of Portland and by one
nephew, Hans Piatt with Jhe
army air force in Texas. A step
daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Sturm Doo
little is expected Irom Seattle to
day. ,
Bessie Trnelove
LEBANON B e s s i e Truelove',
54, who has lived in the Tallman
neighborhood' since she was
brought here from Illinois at the
age of three months by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin True
love, died at the family home Sun
day. She had taught in Linn coun
ty schools for many years and is
survived by her sister, Addie and
by one nephew, Ted Truelove.
Mrs. Charles Howo
MILL CITY Mrs. Charles
Howo who has been seriously HI
since the first of September died
at the family home Sunday eve
ning. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Time Buys Interest
In Blue Network
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-()-Time,
Inc., owned by Henry R. Luce, to
day purchased a ' substantial in
terest in tho Blue radio network
from Edward J. Noble, former un
dersecretary of commerce, .who
bought the system In October for
$3,000,000 cash.
Noble announced that the staffs
of Time, Life and Fortune mag
azines would "make a major con
tribution" to the network's pro
grams, which will play up news
and news features.
Time's interest in the company
will represent 12 H per cent of
the stock, while another 12 per
cent interest was sold to Chester
J. LaRoche, former chairman of
the board of the advertising firm
of Young and Rubican, and now
head of the war advertising coun
cil. Smaller interests also were
sold to Mark Woods, president of
the Blue network and Edgar Ko
bak, executive vice president
Bourbon Bottling
Problems Studied
OLYMPIA, Dec. 28.-()-Ray
Conway, administrator for the
Oregon state liquor commission,
discussed with the Washington li
quor board today problems con
nected with bottling and trans
portation to the respective states
of 60,000 barrels of Kentucky
bourbon, recently purchased.
Chairman Evro M. Becket of
the Washington board said the
proposed uniform rationing pro
gram for the two states also was
discussed, but that there was
nothing to be announced at this
time.
Arrival in Washington state of
some of the whisky was expected
shortly after the first of the year.
Cramer Accepts
Extension Post
EUGENE, Dec. 28-(P)-Dr. John
F. Cramer, superintendent of Eu
gene schools, said today he will
accept an appointment as dean
and director of general extension
for the state system of higher
education next July 1.
He disclosed that his resignation
as city superintendent already has
been accepted by the Eugene high
school board. Cramer said he
would remain until July 1 to car
ry through affairs of the fiscal
year and give time for the selec
tion of his successor.
Snell Favors Chrome
Production Continuing
MARSHFIELD, Dec. 28 -")
Gov. Earl Snell has backed the
Marshfield chamber of commerce
in urging the war production
board to rescind an order sus
pending all chrome mining ope
rations in southwestern Oregon.
The governor asked Sen. Hol
man and Congressman Ellsworth
to urge the WPB to complete its
contract for 240,000 tons of the
ore and build up adequate stock
piles. Archibald Dies
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2B.-VT)
-Edmund O. Archibald, civil en
gineer who worked on highways
in Oregon and Washington and a
railroad in Alaska, died in a hos
pital here today. He was 54.
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Toastmasters
Vary Topics
Salem Toastmasters, who talked
on subjects ranging from the
area's new aluminum . plant to
,faithfulness, at Tuesday night's
meeting, entertained as a special
guest Fred Ely of Seattle, one of
the founders of Toastmasters'. In
ternational. "
Gilbert Madison presided as
toastmaster of the evening.
Speakers were: Frank Doerfler,
whose subject was "Buy War
Bonds and Keep Them;" Howard
Conkle, "Conversation With the
Fighting Forces; W. E. Hansen,
"Faithfulness; Linn McLachlan,
"Postwar Planning; Carol Helm,
"The New Alumina Plant."
Critics were Dr. W. J. Stone,
Walter Lamkin, Ralph Nohlgren,
Charles McFJhinny and Deral
Jones. Marvin Clatterbuck was
general critic.
E. L. Bentley, Klamath county
potato grower from the Tulelake
district, was a guest
Durham Tries
Another Escape
PORTLAND, Dec 28
George Durham, 33, who escaped
from state prison last spring, tried
again today to break free of tho
law and failed.
He slashed Morris Race, state
penitentiary guard, with a razor
while being brought to Portland
in an automobile for arraignment
of two burglary charges. Race
suffered jonly a slight scalp wound.
Durham whipped the razor from
a pocket and said, "This is as far
as Tm going." E. S. Worden, cap
tain of prison guards who was
driving, steered the car into the
rear of another on a Portland
bridge approach. This halted the
car and he helped overpower Dur
ham, who was handcuffed to Race.
Durham was taken to the coun
ty jail here. He was free for a
week after escaping last May from
the prison where he was serving
10 years for receiving stolen pro
perty. He was recaptured near
La Grande and charged with sev
eral house burglaries here.
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fall that blanketed Charleston.
SC. made WAVE Shirley Cald
well of Watertown, Conn, feel
right at heme. It was the first
time, however, she ever hid bo
hind a palm tree for a snowball
battle, she says.
Pitching Statistics Shoiv Why
Cards Copped National Chase
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 - (JP) A
glance at the official National
league figures, released today,
gives a hint as to why the St
Louis Cardinals walked away
with the pennant this year.
The three pitchers leading in
earned run averages for the sea
son are Cardinals, with Southpaw
Howie Pollet topping the list with
a miserly 1.75 figure, the lowest
since Carl Hubbell's 1.66 in 1933.
Max Lanier, another Card
lefty, is second with a 1.90
mark, followed by Right-hand
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pay those past-due bills. .. . See
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of Portland and discuss your
financial problems. ... Save when
ijou borrow, the First National vraij
and repaq monthly.
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Poofi OJifiaoiioioll. Bmtz
OF PORTLAND
Around Oregon
By fo"AwoeteJ Pre
Oregon State college granted 59
degrees, 10 to army trainees in
engineering, in mid-year com
mencement ceremonies at Corval
lis Tuesday night " . Pul B.
McKee, Portland Power company
executive, "announced his reelec
tion to the board of directors of
the National Association of Manu
facturers . . .
Civic leaders at Tillamook have
called a mass meeting for Jan
uary 4 to consider curbs for in
creasing juvenile delinquency . . .
xt,n. .v nraham. Salem, was
among the leaders on the Univer
sity of Oregon fall term nonor
roll which listed 82 civilian' stu
dents ... .
Umatilla county's 1943 traffic
toll jumped to 12 with the death
of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hammer,
Cayuse, as their car was struck
by a train at a crossing between
Athena and Adams ... Stacey
Sexton, 41, who. Detective B. H.
Yoemans said was wanted In Se
attle on a 1941 kidnaping charge,
was arrested In Portland. -
McKenzie Pass Open
BEND, Dec 28 -iflV Mile-high
McKenzie ,pass has been cleared
of an 18-inch snowfall and is
open to travel, state highway de
partment officials said today. The
pass usually Is closed by snow
before this, they aaid.
er Mort Cooper, -who had an
E-R-A of 2.30 in rolling up his
21 victories. Rip S e w e 1 1 of
Pittsburgh and Elmer Riddle of
Cincinnati also won 21 games
each to tie Cooper for leader
ship In that department.
As an added tribute to. the St.
Louis mound staff, two pitchers
who did not complete 10 games
led the field of hurlers in that
category, Alpha Brazle having a
4.53 mark and Harry Brecheen
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Kitley of 1845 North Summer
street, who will be graduated
from Lea Angeles medical
school on January and will
take his Internship In Seattle.
Chiles la a graduate ef Salem
high school and went one year
to Northwest Naxareno eollego
at Nampa, Idaho, no attended
Willamette : for twe years. His
wife Is the former Maude Mar
tin and lived 1st Salem before
her marriage.
PEP Trustee
Disqualification
Hearimr Set
Hearing on the motion of George
H. Flagg, public utilities commis
sioner of Oregon, to disqualify the
inedependent trustees of the Port
land Electric Power company as
parties to the Portland General
Electric company rate case, was
set in circuit court for January 5
at 1:30 p. mv Tuesday by Judge
George R. Duncan who will hear
this phase of the case.
The commissioner was served
Tuesday with a copy of the tem
porary injunction gran tea recent
ly by Judge Arlie G. Walker, re
straining him from any action to
enforce the emergency rate re
duction order until the final de
termination of the case.
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