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Aids Making
30 Cars Daily
HEADQUARTERS, Euro pean
Theatre of Operations A record
production of 30 railroad oars
day is being" turned out by a bat
talion of : soldiers-experts at an
arnur assembly plant in Britain.
Box cars, flat cars, refrigerator
cars I and cabooses are 'pouring
from the shop at 5 a steadily in
creasing rate to carry supplies to
tranna stationed r in the British
Isles or to be held In f readiness
for shipment to continental ports
when the day for invasion arrives.
The battalion doing the job is a
' part of the army transportation
corps and Is commanded by Lieut.
CoL Howard U. Bates of Canton,
! Ohio, former general foreman of
the shops and engine house of the
Pennsylvania railroad at Canton.
In addition to the plant, the unit
operates a depot where cars are
stored fortheir eventual shipment
behind the invasion army.
The key workers of the battal
ion are men with previous experi
ence in railroad shops in the
US, but the majority of the sol
diers who are now helping to
boost the high production rate
had never before been connected
with railroading. The unit pre
pared for its present task in
training periods at the military
railway center in New Orleans
and at the Pennsylvania rail
road's Bucyrus, Ohio, shops.
When the battalion first arrived
in Britain, there were no living
auarters at their : station. Before
they weifeable to begin operations
at the assembly plant, they had
to construct Nissen huts.
The work of the battalion be
gins with the receipt of parts
shipped from the US. . Wheels,
trucks, frames and panels are
stacked in neat piles in the vast
yard and move from there into
the great shed which shelters the
operating sections. . -
Six tracks, each an assembly
line in itself, run through the shed
to form production units reminis
cent of - the great automobile
plants of Detroit On each line
work 155 men under the com
mand of an officer. Sub-assembly
sections along the line are direct
ed by non-commissioned officers.
When the plant reaches peak pro
duction, each line: will be able to
turn out a complete railroad7 car
every 60 minutes.
As the main frame moves down
the line, the trucks, side panels
and roof are added, a coat of the
army's standard olive drab paint
is applied, and the finished prod
uct emerges from the end of the
shed. The panels are constructed
of plywood the frames of steel.
The plant assembles a large
i number of tank cars in addition
to the other types, but the parts
arrive from the US more nearly
assembled, and the battalion has
merely to place' the tank on the
trucks and weld the unit together.'
Parts for the other types of cars
arrived in smaller pieces, but the
shop company, which includes in
Its membership Pvt Asa Cv Wil
cox of Aumsville, Ore., puts them
together so fast that the battalion
Is hard put to find storage space
for the assemblies.
Turner Play Set
For Saturday
" TURNER - The three-act com
edy, "Mr. Beane from Lima," has
again been postponed. It will be
given Saturday, night at 8 o'clock.
The : Turner high school and
'grades were closed on Friday and
Monday due to the absence of half
the high school enrollment, ill at
their homes with the flu. J." O.
Russell, principal, and three of
the faculty Mrs. - Sarah Speck,
Mrs. Florence Booth and Mrs.
Leota Sloan, were confined to their
homes with the -flu." "
I - Mrs.. Agnes Bear ; and .high
school students substituted with
the faculty members doing double
class work. -
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Tech. Sat Merton H. Keem-
hildt, Fisher apartments, Salem,
was one of the army ; engineers
narticiDatin in dedication cere
monies of six gigantic airdromes
in Britain recently ' turned over
In one day to US army air forces,
according to a news) dispatch
reaching The! Statesman Wednes-t
day from headquarters of the Eu
ropean theatre of operations.
' All of the airdromes were hand
ed over for, occupational use, four
heavy" bomber bases. Estimated
cost of , the six dromes, built by
American engineer aviation sol
diers with British materials was
$40,000,000. Twenty-five i square
miles of English; countryside,
mostly farmeland, have gone into
the making' of 'these air. attack
"springboards. ,
Seaman second class Dorvin
Roblin in the navy, has been home
on at short leave to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Roblin
of West Salem. He has seen sev
eral months service in the Pacific
Ernest Hobbs. sob ef Mr. and
Mrs.. L. E. $ Hobbs, : 2390 Hayden
street and a senior at Salem high
school, left ! for a naval training
station Monday after being sworn
in at Portland last week.
SWEGLE -A service man priv
ileged to spend the holiday week
at home was. Staff; Sgt. Claude
Swingle. He arrived in Salem
from Marietta, Ga., on Thursday
before Christmas but ..went at
once to Astoria where his wife
and young j son whose acquaint
ance he made for the first time
were staying at the home of her
parents. Last, week they came to
the home of his - mother, Mrs,
Walter Swingle where Mrs. Swin
gle and the baby i will visit for
awhile. Saturday Sgt. Swingle left
Portland for his Georgia station
where he has been for several
months. He is in the air corps at
work on the new bomber B-29.
First IX ; Wesley Reeder, for
merly an instructor in Salem high
school and Willamette university
band director, has just returned
from Washington, DC, where he
has been attending the adjutant
general's school for three months.
He also was on temporary duty at
Fort Belvoir, Md. He will resume
his work as classification officer
and psychological ' examiner at
the Oregon armed forces induc
tion station in Portland, duties he
performed for approximately a
year before attending the school
in Washington.
Collins Utter, sen : f Dr. and
Mrs. . Floyd L. Utter, 448 Oak
street, has returned to the naval
training station at Farragut, Ida
ho, after a 15-day j leave which
followed his completion there of
boot training.
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After service in the middle east
ern theatre of war, Maj. Dorsey E.
Dent, Gresham, Ore., has arrived
at Scott Field, Illinois, army air
forces training command radio
school where he has taken over
duties ; as hospital chaplain and
assistant post chaplain.
The men -he served as chaplain
in Syria, . Palestine," and Africa
fought with the Eighth army.
Chaplain Dent was attached to an
American air service command
unit and, went with! it as far as
Tripoli. ? ; V " .
Chaplain j Dent served in the
first World war as a private at
Fort Bliss. Texas, and entered the
service again in April 1941, going
overseas in July 1942. " He re
turned, to this country last Sep
tember and was stationed at Jef
ferson Barracks, Mo, for a short
time prior to his arrival at Scott
field. I')::, ;:L-" - '
Earning a diploma in Journal
ism at Haddock college, Los An
geles, he holds a BA degree from
the Bible -university at Eugene,
Oregon, and MA and BA from the
University f of Oregon. He has
done postgraduate work at both
Institutions. He- also attended
Willamette university of Salem,
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Oregon and Kimball College of
Theology in the same city. 1
- Shortly before he entered the
army in 1918, he was attending
Reed college at Portland, Oregon,
where he played football. He
taught Latin and speech at Gresh
am high school and was pastor of
the Estacad and Sandy churches
at the same time.; In forensicshis
students, won IS state champion
ships and placed in 'quarter' finals
of the national speech tourney at
Beverly, Hills, Calif J ,
He played football in the, army
and was a member of the football,
cross-country and track squads
at Willamette. I
CAMP: ADAIR, Jan. 5 With
a background well qualifying him
for his new ; assignment, First Lt
Frederick Sullivan of Salem has
come to Camp Adabf to take over
the duties of assistant past train
ing officer, it was announced re
cently by CoL Samuel D. Hays,
post commander.; He will assist
Capt. J. D. McKay,!; post training
and public relations' officer. '-
Leaving his 'interior decorating
and drapery business which he
had conducted In I Salem since
1937, Lt Sullivan) entered the
military service in May, 1941, and
received his ' initial training at
Camp Roberts, Calif., as a volun
teer officer candidate. Subsequent
ly he attended two army schools,
being graduated ' from both, the
tank destroyers school at Camp
Hood, Texas, and the school of
engineering, ! camouflage depart
ment, at Fort Belvoire, Va. Prev
ious .to his assignment at Camp
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Visits Sister .
In Portland ;
f BUENA VISTA Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Allen and - daughter of - Sa
lem were weekend guests at Ce
cil Hultznan's. , r
I Dinner guests at Jonas Grabers
were Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Milbous-
er and son, Claude, and; Mr. and
Mrs. Milo Graber and children.
I Miss Margaret Wells of Port
land returned Friday after spend
ing f the holiday v with her sister,
Mrs, MUo Graber. ; ; ,
Elmo Prather and Wayne Wad
dle spent the New Year's holiday
with Jean' McAtee in Portland. : '
i Miss Deloris Hultman was host
ess to her Sunday school class at
a watch party Friday. ;
I' Howard Wells .was home: from
school in Corvallis for the New
Ifear's Weekend.'', .('r
p Bill prather returned Friday
after spending several days with
relatives in Portland.
Miss i Mary Jane ' Long spent
New. Year's eve with her sisters
in Portland.
i Mrs. Martha Ball was a New
Year's dinner guest of Mrs. O. K.
Long and daughter, Dorothy in
Independence. ' ' " '-:. " i.:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold! Withrow
and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Graber
visited jTuesday at the Ed Rex
home In Monroe. Mrs. Rex is ill.
I! Mrs. Emma Bersin. has been ill.
Her son, Raymond, and his wife
Were called Tuesday night
v Jerome Wilcox has been quite
ill with a bad throat after siege
Of flu.' ; -
Adair he ' was an instructor in
camouflage field fortifications at
Camp Hood, Texas. j
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Nczv Year's Dinner
LINCOLN Entertaining witb
.new ieari cunner . were Air.
and Mrs: L. L Mickey of Lincoln
whose guest list included Second
Clas Petty Officer Robert Mick
ey and MrsJ Mickey, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph C Shepard and Ardoa and
Joe, Miss Marjorie Smith, Ken
neth Edwards, Barbara Douglas,
Portland, and . Mr. and Mrs. Leo
White, Bremerton.
Sailor. Honored -With
Big Party
UNIONVALE Complimenting
Lloyd Versteeg, who left Monday
for training at San Diego, Calif ,
his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Noble entertained with a dinner,
a group of close relatives at thelr
home Sunday. Lloyd has been ac
tive in combat duty n the South
Pacific and was on a 30-days'
leave. ;
Attending were his mother, Mrs.
Henry Versteeg, his brother, Don
ald JVersteeg,' his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Whitmore and two children, all of
Chehalem mountain district near
Newberg; his uncle Guy Stou ten
burg and daughter June and son
Ronald of Salem; his uncle, Smith
Fields and daughters, Leta, Ma
cell, Verdella and soaf Donald, all
of Wheatland; Mr. and Mrs. Harold-Shields
and family of Amity.
New Pump House Built
UNION VALK A new pump
house at the Unionvale ' school
house was built during the holiday
vacation. Arthur Clow- was the
carpenter in charge. .
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LIcAIpin Qub
SetsLIeeting
' McALPIN i- Mrs. C. F. Doerf
ler will entertain ' the" McAlpin
Stitchers at her home on Thurs
day, January C '',,
. -Mrs. May belle Terry has re
turned to make her home with
her parents. Mr. and , Mrs. C E.
Morley, after working in ..Salem
for several years.
Airs. Theresia Bender ana son
Aloyius, were New Year's day
guests at - the 'home of Mr.' and
Mrs. Fred Yost f :
i Mr. and Mrs. Orlo : Humphreys
and Robert were Sunday ; dinner
guests of Mr. ; and Mrs. Phillip
Fischer.. 1 ,- - r r :
Mrs. c. F. ; Doerfler and , son
Martin, returned to their home
here Monday after visiting the past
ten days with her parents at Van
couver, Wash.
Announcement- has been re
ceived of the; marriage of. John E.
McCrow, AMM 2C. of ; Norman,
Oklau, to Miss Rosemary Welch, a
WAVE stationed in Kansas, which
occurred at Norman,' Okllu; De
cember 10. Young McCrow is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oarjence Mc
Crow of Tillamook and a cousin of
Eric Fisher of McAlpin. . i
Nusoni Rites
Are Thursdiayl
ELDRIEDGE Funeral serv
ices will be held Thursday at 1:30
pjn. f or Mrs Henrietta ;S. Brown
Nusom from the chapel of W T.
Rigdon. She had been a resident
of this community the last 80
an
All $1.95 values; metal, plasties, beads, brooches, necklaces,
earrings and bracelets. Wonderful values. AH to go at one
price of , -.' - " ;.
and died Monday at the
of her son. It W. Nusom
years
home
cf Clatikanie after ten cays ci
illness.
Oldest child of John Wesley
Brown and Roseanna KautX
Brown, she was born February. 1,
1870 at Kautz station near Val
praiso, Ind. She moved with her
parents to Ness City, Kansas in
1878 and was married in 1885 to
Aaron W. Nusom. In 1893 they
moved to Oregon,: Mr. Nusom
died a -year: ago. : m
, Three sons and two daughters
survive. They are Allyn Nusom of
Gervais, R. Walter, Francis R. and
Alberta : Becker of Clatskanie,
Mrs. Lola Brooke of Hayward,
Calif.' : ' ' -
Two sisters also survive, Mrs.
Cora' Dunn of Siletz and Mrs.' J.
E. Williams of Carthage, DL Also
12 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. ,
Silver Cliff Qub
Entertains Group
; UNION HILL A New Year's
watch party was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fox under
the auspices of the Silver ' Cliff
Woman's club on New.Yeara eve.
"Five ; hundred' , w a s i played
with high score going, to Mrs. Car
rie Townsend for the ladies and
W. J. Krens for the men. W. M.
Tate received the traveling prize.
Refreshments h were served to
Mr. and Mrs. "Albert Savage, Mr.
and Mrs. W. ? M. Tate, l Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Krenz, Mr. and Mrs.
Verny Scott Guy and Keith Scott
George Scott Mrs.' Jessie Pendle
ton, Mrs.- Carrie Townsend, Mrs.
Geneva Hubbard, Frances and
Floyd Fox, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Fox.-.:: ' v-i,"::.
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Plain -and- flowered.
Crepes and satins. One
group to be closed out
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Broken lines mast be -closed out ct once,
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GRAND IZLAI.T) Its Cr-J .
Island beallJi conditions are ia
proving and school attendance en
Monday showed only four swea
tees in the four lower czzizs. :
A new health game for the en
tire school to take part la for 23
consecutive school days and tfcf a
a check on each student will be
taken to note what Improveiucnt
if any, had been made.
Morton Tompkins, state grans i
master who recently returneJ
front a trip to England at the re
quest of the local community cluhj
entertainment' committee will br .
the main speaker at the monthly
meeting to be held at the Grand
Island school house January 7. ;
The annual 'election of officers
will be held at this meeting.
Hopeivell Church ;
Holds Dinner ?
HOPEWELL" The HopeweU
United Brethren church annual
fellowship 8 o'clock dinner and
watch night party - was attended
by more than 40 members ana
friends. Thirteen members of th4
Unionvale Evangelical choir were?
present and repeated the Christ.
mas cantata, "Bells of the Sky. ,
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Bennett
were given a purse Instead of a)
wedding shower by the congrega
tion. Mrs. Owen Pearse made the
presentation. Games were pastime
until time to bid farewell to thf
old year, and greet 1944 with the
traditional old-time hilarity.
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