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Four
Fear members of the Straw family,
December and January at homo while on a 30-day leave. Left to
right are Lyle "Bob" Straw. the ancle. W. H. "Bad Straw. Charles
and Bin. the nephews. Both Bob and Bod are third class petty ettl-
cers tn the Seabees and hare Just
Aleutian. Both hare been visiting their wires In Salem. They hare
rone to take farther training- fat Oakland, Calif. Charles, la the rem
" lar nary, is a first class petty officer and Is an aviation machinist's
mate. Be has been stationed In Miami, Fla and has been in the nary
for fear years.' His wife and child are living alto in Miami. BIIL
also a third class petty of fleer in the Seabees. has been in the Seath
Seas for the-past 18 months and is now in San Diero. Father of the
three sailors, and brother of one, la Fred Straw, 1279 Hoyt street.
(Photo by Bishop).
Where They Are What
Two brothers. Staff Set. Arthur
Lerey Priem (top) of the air
corps and Claire E. Priem, sea
' man second class in the nary,
are the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Priem of 17 South 25th
street, Salem. Set. Priem re
ceived am air corps medal on
January 2 for serving as first
grunner on a flylnr fortress
:: based , in England, according to
i a letter received by his! parents.
' A rradnate of Salem high
' school, Priem - enlisted In ; De
cember, ' 1942, while a student at
Willamette university. lie took
- gonnery training in Kingman,
Arbt, and armor work at Low
- ery Field, ColT Seaman Priem
" Is on a crash, boat at Kodlak,
Alaska, He trained at Farrarat
; leaving Salem la August for the
I. service. Priem was at home on
; leare before reportlnr to Brera
; erton to be sent to Kodlak. He
has been In Alaska about a
s month, '
Lt. CL Dudley ' Henderson, son
f Mr. and .Mrs. IL G. Henderson.
1705 Fir street, recently landed In
northern Ireland where he Is on
duty with the military police. His
wife, the former Jean Victor, is
working and living in Washing-
ton, DC
James P. Henderson, seaman
first class US coast guard, is now
Stationed in Alaska. The two bro
thers were i home , In October at
the same time, r .
WOODBU R N CpL Noble
Shrock came home " Sunday to
spend a two weeks furlough.vHe
Is stationed at an army air corps
replacement training center at
Salt Lake City. .
First Lt. Torlef Nelson Is rislt
Ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Nelson." He has been sta
tioned in Trinidad, British West
Indies and recently was. transfer
red to Camp Stewart, Ga. He will
return to the Georgia post after
his 20-day furlough expires.
' CLEAS LAKE Vernon Soren
sen has Just returned to duty aft
er a five day leave. He has been
on duty la the south Pacific and
this was his third visit with his
family In tw years. A shfpmafe,
- Hoy..: I.laoca of Bsmidjl, llinn.,
who hcS'bccn in tie ser'ice 18
rionlhs, tcecmpantel hid.;'.
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Members of Straw
serving In the navy, spent part of
returned from 14 months la the
They Are Doing
Kirk V. Bell has completed a
course is officers candidate school
and has been commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant according to word
received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd V. Bell. 2034 Warner
street, Salem. Lt Bell, who was
graduated from Oregon State col
lege in 1943 in electrical engin
eering, has been assigned to Hat 4
vard university for advanced
training. He recently spent: a ten
day furlough with relatives in
Beacon, NY, i
CpL Darwin W. Shlnn and his
wife, the former Shirley Turner,
are home for two weeks visiting
their parents,. Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Shinn, 704 North Cottage, Salem,
and Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Turner
Springfield, having come here
from Santa Ana, Calif, where Cpl.
Shinn , is stationed with the alti
tude training unit, army air base.
WOODBURN T h o m a s Vera
Engle, son ofMr. and Mrs. Thom
as T.' Engle of Hardcastle avenue,
has enlisted in the' US navy and
was inducted at the Portland center,-
January 17. His parents do
not' yet know where he was as
signed for boot camp training. He
hopes to take training in radio.
ZEN A Chester Clinton Mer
rick, son : of Mr. and Mrs. C F,
Merrick, has left for Farragut na
val base, following his enlistment
He is a Salem high school gradu
ate. - - - J
SCI O James Summers, USN
stationed at Farragut, spent a few
days leave last week with his mo
ther, Mrs. Al Baker. He Is now a
third class petty officer. i f
Clyde Flneran, signalman sec
ond class, USN, spent- the week
end here at the home of his par
ents,' Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Finegan.
He is stationed at Bremerton navy
yard but previously was on duty
in Alaskan waters. -' i
GEKVAIS Richard Holorebek
is home on a 10-day' furlough
from Camp Phillips, Kan. He re
cently completed maneuvers in
Arizona and since has been in be
low zero climates and is enjoying
Oregon weather.
IIAYESVILLE Lt Vernon
Greig. .son of Mr. and Mrs. .David
Greig, Is now overseas. His wife,
the f ormer Helen Bowers of Can
ton, ' Ohio, recently arrived for a
visit at the home of his parents.
They were married in New. York,
November 20. '
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Two couples present as many problems la II-G-JLTs musical, fiesta, "Thousand's Chfer. rrc--ced la
technicolor and starting Friday at the ELLaefe theatre. First we hare Jclm Csles aci t'j e''.rac;ei
wife, Zlxrj Astor. Then wo have Gene Helly, the private, who falls in lore wUh the ecloncla daurhler
and has an Idea his rank does not qualify him for Kathryn Grayson's hand. XZlsa Grayson. "Kelly, Miss
Astor and Boles are only a few of the many stars la the oatstandlsr attraction which has practically
every star on the M-G-f.I roster In It Latest March of Time and other selected s!;srt sutjects are Also
ttlrx thown -at the"LTi2ro,''li---; i.; I i -y 'i J'r -I-.. f.-'.w'1'' .'',
Family Serve in Navy
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Hogh E. Perkins, seaman second
class stationed ; at Farrarat na
, val station, is a son of Mrs. Ef
, fie Perkins, 1091 Jefferson
street. Salem. He attended Sa
lem schools. . ! -
Claude C a s e.-Jr' abore, was
named honor man of his com
pany an completing; re emit
training at Farrarat, Idaho, na
val traininr station, on the bas
is of excellent arerares In the
many phases i of the ' training
prorram. Ho served as a platoon
leader.! Ho formerly drove ' a
taxieab In Salem, and Is a rrad
nate of Perry dale high school.
Bis wife, Carolyn Case, is llr
Inr with her mother, Mrs. Ba
sel Hastings, at 1915 South 25th
street His - parents,: Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Case, live at Amity.
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LYONS W. R. Stevens, run
ner's mate, third class, has left for
Norfolk, vVa following a short
leave spent at the home of his
family in Lyons.' . . : '
MARION ! FORKS Etoil Jer
ry"; Myers v isited! the Scott
Youngs this week. He formerly
lived in Detroit and is home aft
er two years In the US army in
Hawaiian island service.
MIDDLE ? GROVE CpL Floyd
Jepson, stationed at White Sulphur
Springs, W.i Va.who 'came west
cn a business trip spent several
days at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Eisenbach. His wife was
the former Sylvia Eisenbach and
she and their small son are with
him in West Virginia, ' r '.
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Staff Srt Allen M. Stratton sU-
tloned with a ferry squadron at
Homestead. Fla is the son of
Mr. and Mrv Byron Stratton.
route two. and the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Stratton, 955
Belmont street' He enlisted im
mediately after his graduation
' from Salem high schooL "
RICKREALL Donald ' Pence.
USN hospital ..corps; jhas been
spending a brief leave .with his
mother in Portland and his sister,
Mrs. Harry Gustafson in Salem.
He is now stationed in San Fran
cisco. - :
Paul Taylor, US army, until re
cently stationed at Dutch Harbor,
Is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. G
Brabowski. - ' t , '
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dempsey
have received word that their son.
Capt Ralph Dempsey has been
promoted to major. He is serving
In the Pacific j theater and was
commissioned In May 1942 at the
Aberdeen proving ground. Md. He
was sent overseas with his com
pany in January, 1943.
CpL Charles W. Adams; TJSMC,
was married to Ardis -J. -Stanton
in San Diego, last November 30,
friends here have learned. He
has; since been transferred to act
ive combat duty. His mother, Mrs.
Mary Adams of Portland, was a
recent visitor here where she for
merly lived.
American Japs
To Be Drafted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-JP-
American citizens of Japanese de
scent again will be brought under
the selective service program.;
The war department said today
that Japanese-Americans consid
ered acceptable for. military serv
ice will be reclassified by their
'draft boards on the same basis as
other citizens. ' None has been
drafted since February, 1942. :
The . announcement said ; that
fThe excellent showing" - which
the! 44nd combat , team has made
in training and the "outstanding
record achieved by the 100th
battalion now fighting In . Italy,
both composed . of Japanese-American
volunteers, were major fac
tors in the decision to reinstate se
lective service for citizens of Jap
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Tin-Hat TJanns
Park Kiddies
ICaiserCbild j L
P Care Centers
Frecj Vbrkers
. ; By, MAFFORD CONRAD ,
PORTLAND Ore, Jan. 20 -JP)
Tin-hat packin' mama is getting
in more licks for victory now
thanks to Henry J. Kaiser and his
two new , child care i centers. If
there are any ; larger i or more
modern in the world, the slup
building genie and his child spec
ialists ha vent heard of them. .
xraw an oval around a city
block and you "have the approxi
mate size; and shape of : the cen
ters. Cough up $700,000 and: you
can have a pair Just like 'em. -
' Kaiser started with the principle
that nothing was too good for the
children of mothers willing to fill
In for the shortage of male work
ers. He sold the idea to the US
maritime commission, which foot
ed the bffl. . .i , - ' ;
rsTho ' KalserKperated, commission-owned
centers are . at the
gates of the Oregon Shipbuilding
and Swan Island yards. Special
buses pick' up : mothers and chil
dren, drop them at the yards; lat
er naul them home, y r. ; , t
- Mama Welder takes five-year
old Johnnie and 18-months-old
Mary to "the door of a one-story,
'fireproof, ! brick-glass building that
seems to" be nearly all: windows.
Mary, who is just old enough to
attend, and Johnnie,' at the age
limit, are; ushered Into two of 15
large play rooms which jut from
the oval main structure1 like cogs
in a wheel. The rooms are bright
and cheerful; windows are 40 per
cent of wall space.
' : The room teacher ; : examines
each child for signs of illness.
Mary - has a cold and Is sent to
an isolation room, - equipped like
the other; play rooms, with regis
tered nurses presiding, i If neces
sary, she is given medical atten
tion by physicians: at the -ship
yards' hospital or first d stations.
J There . is nothing 1 wrong with
Johnnie and he enters into activi
ties with zest He likes, the minia
ture furnishings lockers, tables.
chairs dishes, . silverware, wash
basins and even toilet bowls are
just his i size. He has .. his ' own
toothbrush and towels just like
home. . ' ' f -
' Two dozen boys and girls, are in
his playroom all his age. There
are work benches with tools, pic
ture- books, : musical instruments,
easels, paints, crayons, toy house
keeping sets, dolls, doll carriages.
In good weather they , spend
much ; of the time in Tithe inner
court .i a playground i fairyland
with jungle gyms, slides, climbing
ladders, teeter-totters, sand boxes
and dozens of shiny new tricycles.
; Even in rainy weather they get
to romp ; in, the fresh, air on
large,- covered play porches. - '
The daily program, in addition
to supervised play, includes meals
and rest periods. Each child gets
85 per cent of his daily food re
quirements at the centers. Meals
are prepared under supervision of
a dietician. . ' ,U jOVr:
.; Children of day shift ' workers
have breakfast at 7:15 a.m.; lunch
at noon. Youngsters of swing shift
mothers arrive in late afternoon,
play, eat; supper and then sleep
until taken home about; midnight
Children f brought by graveyard
shift workers are put to bed soon
after arrival, and have breakfast
at the 'center. - J . . i,;
; Cost to parents, including meals.
is 75 cents a day for: the first
child and 50 cents for each addi
tional child.
. Each center can handle 475 chil
dren every eight-hour shift.. Per
sonnel numbered 70 at the open
ing of the centers recently. " .
Bidding High,
' NASSAU, '. Bahamas, Jan.: 20.-
(A-Fantastic prices were paid to
day' at the auction ; of household
articles and objects of art. from
the home of Alfred and Nancy
Oakes de Marigny. ,! "
A five-shilling washtub brought
50 shillings and a second-hand bi
cycle .went for 25 pounds, (about
$110) in spirited bidding.
.. Nancy, daughter of the slain Sir
Harry Oakes, was left between
two; and i four million dollars: in
his will, but funds are tied up by
exchange 'controls and she arran
ged to close her Nassau home and
sell over 400 articles to the high
est bidder to raise needed cash.
She announced she -would, re
main here until Monday to con
tinue negotiations to obtain the
release of money which, she said
she required for living ; expenses
and an operation far en ailing
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Fruits, 'Vegetables . ;j
Increase 9 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, " Jan. 29
The bureau of labor l statistics
wholesale price . Index increased
9.1 per cent last week. Under
prices for fruits and vegetables,
particularly apples, citrus fruits
and potatoes, largely accounted for
the increase. . ' Vp
The index climbed to 1C3 per
cent of the 1S2S averase, 1.4 per
cent higher than a year ago 23.2
per cent above corresponding
week of jlS37 end 7.4 i per ; cent
above the average for January,
Actress Llches Building Her Homo
An old phonograph crate becomes a clothes closet for Actress Jane
Lawrence (above), who with her husband. Anthony Smith, an ar
chitect has moved into a former beauty parlor after being unable to
rent an apartment here. She recently' came to Hollywood with a con
, tract at Columbia after appearing end the Broadway stage. (AP Wire
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Wine, Women, Song in Hawaii?
Service Men Sing Blues
. By AL DOPKING
HONOLULU, Jan. 20-(P-Ask any service man about wineK
women and song in Honolulu and he begins singing the blues.
; 4,What women?" - . ','''
p There are about 250 men to every; woman now on this island
they called the paradise of the Pacific; before the war. And while
it might look like happy pickings for ; the fairer " sex, "they ' are
nearly as fed up witn it as tne
thousands of GFs and. sailors who
spend, most of their liberty time
walking the streets. ':-'r0r.
An army officer arrived the oth
er day fresh from; the states. He
was confident the Woman situa
tion would be different for him.
His little black address book was
filled: with ; telephone numbers,
supplied by acquaintances recent
ly j returned from1 Honolulu and
others from friends who wanted
him' to look up someone. , .
Four hours of telephoning pro
duced, one invitation . to, a young
woman's home. They had . a drink
or, two when an officer friend of
hers ; arrived unannounced. Then
the new arrival learned of hold
out," a popular- parlor game in
which two or more males try to
outlast the rest with the idea of
ending up alone with the' young
woman. The game generally ends
in a tie.
- The next day the young army
officer tossed away his little black
bookj (Most of them do. sooner or
later.) - .
A date merry-go-round has be
come such a whirl for some girls
that they substitute their initials
for their first names in the tele
phone directory. There was a hab
it growing among service men to
scan the directory for feminine
names and then resort to all sorts
of approaches in trying to build
up an acquaintance. It had begun
to reach the point where all a lot
of the women were able to do in
the evening was answer their tele
phone.
There was the Honolulu girl,
who had one of those common
names. One day she was. phoned
by a man, who said his name was
the' same-as hers. - :- h-
: 'Why': he said,.- -It's even
spelled the -same - way. . Do you
have any relatives in Oregon? ,
Informed she had. not relatives
in Oregon, the young man was in
sistent that he come out to see her.
He was sure, he said, they must be
related in some way.
Yes, I've heard that one, too,",
she replied and hung up.
The CPs dating problems are
the toughest He has 'no rank-, to
fall back on. Women like rank. It
gets them into the nicer places. -
Waitresses find i the w am a n
shortage profitable. ' .'. ' ' . '..
Sailors, after months on the wa
ter, come ashore with pockets bul
ging with unspent pay. They have
one thing in mind getting rid Of
it before they get back to sea.
Waitresses often make $20 a
day in tips and occasionally axoy
one with a glib tongue and a rea
dy smile may run it up to $30. '
- Sailors - simulate ' romance by
posing with Hawaiian girls for
pictures they can send home.
And they have to stand in line
and pay 75 cents for that :
Spiinz-.OKs'Seal Pact
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 -(JF)
The San Francisco baseball dub
announced today that Joe Cprinz,
veteran catcher, had jipel hij
1344 baseball contract, the first
of the Seals to come to terms this
season. Eprinz will be playing his
seventh consecutive season for th
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Gustafson
Rites Friday
t. FAIRVIEW -- Mrs Margaret
Gustafson, 77, died Monday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Alsop, after several months ill
ness.iShe had been a resident of
this district for many years.
Besides Mrs. Alsop another
daughter, Mrs. Paul Thompson of
Portland survives.. One son and
her husband preceded Mrs. Gus
tafson i in death. Surviving her
also are five grandchildren; and
one 'sister, Mrs. Effie Woodward
of near Amity. .
t Funeral services will be held
at the Hopewell Seventh Day Ad
ventist church at 2 o'clock - Fri
day. Elder George - T. Dickinson
of Salem will officiate.
Mr, and Mrs. Gilbert Hallstead
and son, Ersel Hallstead and Mrs.
Stanley Sargent will . sing. Burial
will be at the Hopewell cemetery
by the side of her husband and
son.
Trotters Slated
PORTLAND, Jan. 20 The
Hariem Globetrotters will be pit
ted ; against an all-star quintet
from j Portland's independent bas
ketball league here Sunday..
SALT LAKE ClTY-iiP)-More
than j a - year ago -- a. householder
asked the OPA to xheck whether
he was being charged too much
rentj
' ; Six months ago he bought the
house to- escape .eviction; - r j
Today: the OPA , notified him
the rent was $15 a month too
high and to start paying the lower
amount immediately. :
Love Birds
The t!rJ c a Nellie's t;t was a
rier ecia-ared to CLi newest
frl.-.r chxpeaax worn by allar
lax; Cs,Ie Etora cf Los Angeles
; and CiIayed at the Cal-araia
' rrrlrx f.Ilatry crenlzg ' there
rcc:r.!y. Two tcsrltt tesieJ
.; Llr's kLis ate? the I At and tSe!r
tnrijiiolse tine feathers cascade
Cast a each si a to frame the
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Y7cr Lean Zli!
622 Million
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-(.T)
"War bond sales credited to t
fourth war loan totaled $22,' -000
through last night, or I Is
more than 11 per cent of the .
500.C00.CC0 goal et for indiv! zl
purchases.
The fig u r e, ! embracing r zl
since January 1 although
drive did not open formally until
Tuesday, was reported to war
loan headquarters tonight by Sec
retary Morgenthau from Cincin
nati, where he was scheduled to
speak. ' - . , :"
Although total goal of the drive
is $14,000,000,000, the first two
weeks have been devoted exclus
ively to sales to individuals. Sub
scriptions from corporation, in
surance firms and associations
will not be reported! until after
February 1. I
The treasury said it would not
release sales figures by states at
least until the campaign for Indi
vidual purchases is concluded.
622 Head Cattle
Auctioned
DENVER, Jan. 20-iP)-Stx hun
dred forty-six head of Hereford
and Aberdeen-A n g u s . breeding
cattle Were auctioned at the na
tional western stock show this
week for $423,691, biggest total
since 1919 and 1920.
Last year '407 registered ani
mals In the two breeds were auc
tioned for $283,855. !
In this year's Hereford auction.
234 bulls and females were sold
for $315,335. Last year 207
brought $222,510. The Denver
Hereford breeding stock auction
customarily is the largest in the
nation each year. '
This year 412 Aberdeen-Angus
bulls and females were auctioned
for $108,356. In 1943, 200 sold for
$61,345. , ! "
Ex-Track Star
Now Prisoner
MEDFORD, Jan. 20 -P)- CpL
Raymond Crosby, former state
guarter-mile champion captured
by the Germans in North Africa,
took part recently in a prisoner
of war broadcast his parents said
today. .
The Medford high ' school ath
lete's voice was heard on a Jap
anese program featuring German
prisoners, the federal: communica
tions commission (FCC) and' Pro
vost Marshal-General's office told
Mr., and Mrs. David B." Crosby.
Crosby, who holds the Silver
Star was imprisoned in Italy and
then Germany.
Mexican Oil '
Surplus Falls Off
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-4V
Mexican oil probably will not be
available to alleviate gasoline
shortages in Pacific coast states.
Rep. Anderson (R-Calif.) said to
day. ' " r..;. i . '
Basing his statement on infor
mation received from the office of
the petroleum administrator for
war, Anderson said Mexican crude
oil production had fallen off "con
siderably since the Mexican gov
ernment - assumed control of oil
properties , and that there was
very little surplus" for export "
Whatever surplus exists, Ander
son added, is largely shipped 'to
the United States east coast for
fuel, or, to Latin American coun
tries. Labedz to Move
Inland to Boise
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20.-)
-Carl La bed z, naturalized German
who lost a ' federal court battle
against an army order excluding
him from the Pacific coast, plan
ned today to move to Boise, Idaho. 1
It will be the third move within
10 r months for the , Portland ma
chinist, whose test case against
the western defense command was
denied on the grounds that he had
not been threatened with bodily
eviction.
Labedz attorney said he wouM
aslc WDC to suspend the exclu
sion order. ;, . ,
Labedz, ordered from the coast
last March, returned to stand trial
in an action later dismissed ,pf
the government to 1 revoke his
citizenship. He remained here.'
Mrs. Douglas Turns"
Latin School-Marm V,1,.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -)-
Mrs. William O. Douglas, wife cf
the Supreme court justice, "has
turned school-marm to help re
lieve the shortage of school teach
ers here. Today she taught Latin
to a class of Powell high school
students" whose regular teaclit
was ill., i
"She knows Latin pretty good"
volunteered on of her new stu
dents. '!-; :.; i1'' .
Three Arrive Cut ' '
Plate Srt for Fourth
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i ronTLAin, Jan. 20-(VThre -'
of I.Trs. J. II. Cooper's sons ar
rived here simultaneously on fur
lough.. ' . . - -
Eut "she wasn't Quits sat;.:
The fourth son, en aviation t
was due home, too; a..:. 3 i"' s .
his' plate already tut cn t!.-s t-i-. -when
his leave was csncc" - -..