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PAGE SIX The OREGON STATESMAN. Solan, Oregon, Sunday Morning. March 5. 1944 MJBim lowrntbm Where They Are What They Art Doing KIRTLAND FIELD, Albaqaerqae, NM Fesv-Avtstien Cadet Ray. vmd J. LeDvox of ML Ansel Oregon has bee commissioned second lieoteaaat and award, cd the silver "irlw" of the aer 11 bombardier pa graduation front the anuy air forces bom bardier school .hero following successful completion of eUrht een week of flurbt and combat tratplnf la hlfh level precision bembinf and Euvbration. Li. LeDomx Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lenta A. LeDoox of , ML Ansel and husband of the former Edna Ann Brock of Woodbarn. Before his accep tance as an aviation cadet, May 8. 1942 at Salem, he was em ployed as a mechanic. Prior to his advanced train ing at KlrtUad Field. Lt. Le Dobx received the lnsirnla of the aerial rnnner apoa frsdaa tioa from- the army air forces flexible gunnery school at Kins man, Arizona. Now readr for active duty, his destination b not disclosed. Mrs. TbxsVA. Roberts, AH North Winter street Pfc Roberts, a . graduate of the naval aviatioQ technical training school at Nor; man, Okla., with grade of marine corps " aviation ordinanceman, n at present stationed at El Centra; Calif, -- 'i-.-V- WASHINGTON, March ,rjf Among the promotions armouriced by the war department today wis included that of Larren Lawsoa Jones, engineers corps of the army, 1857 North : Front stree Salem, Ore, from first lleutenao to captain. . Xm.l. I 'IT V u- n Laird 1r h iwrivH unn) thai her brother-in-law, army alt corps navigator, is missing ln'acl ti on over German t. He is a on of Mr. and Mrs. George Laird of Vernonia. , i Robert Kelle. USN. is stationl at, Moscow, Idaho, where his will recently visited him. . i Arlie -Stub" Turnidge has beej assigned to an aircraft carrier. a6 cording, to Information received vj uu porcuis, mi. ana mrs. oeri Turnidge. E. T. Waring has been pro moted to petty officer first class at his station on an aircraft car rier somewhere in the south Pa cific, according to word received by his wife in Salem. Waring is a former projectionist at the Cap itol theatre here, - ' Thomas A. Roberts, Jr.. private first class in the marine corps, is in Salem on a - IS day furlough visiting with his parents, Mr. and SCOTTS MILLS Stanley Rich and Maurice Magee are new re emits In the military service. Rich left for Fort Lewis for induction into the army and Magee has gone to Farragut naval training base Marion rownall has been sent to Oklahoma for further trainirifl in the naval air service. He rei cenuy finished basic training Farragut ! sergeant, according to word re ceived by his wife, the former Lois M. Cregson of Salem, now residing . at 1335 North Winter street with her parents. Sgt. Gen. na, stationed in Italy since - De cember, has been flying in the "Deuces Wild", bomber which has been cited for accomplishing more missions ; than . any ship in tits r Word has been received In Sa lem of graduation of David IM. Frees,: 1355 State street, from a specialized training course In en gineering at Indiana University, the. Salem man being among a class of 233 cadets. ' J .- i iiii! 1 1 - Naval; Aviation Cadet James Courtney ' Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. ' Jones, 398 Hoyt street I Is home on 18 days leave following; Completion of a prelim inary training course at Wabash college in Indiana. Cadet Jones will next report to Ohio Wesleyan college, Delaware, Ohio, for pre Cight training. iS ' Ray; Tipton, seaman first class, is home on a seven day leave vis iting : his . parents, ' Mr. 1 and Mrs. H. A. Tipton,' after duty on a war- ship in the south Pacific. He will next report to San Francisco.- Cantala L. D. Berlin, fur 1K past five years liaison officer bep tween the marine corps and the selective service here, has beel transferred to San Francisco witK the niartermaster department b the marine corps, and taking up duties here as his sucessor Is Capti J. A. Blakeley, Pittsburgh, Pa,j who arrived in Salem the early part of the week. ; j Flight Officer Joseph Willixm T?ircnn imi nf Mr nrA Mrs Iff Rierson, 1561 Plaza street, has reported to Minter Field, BakersH M' i j r, . i ' i xieio, vuu vo asume us auu as flying instructor. CpL Leq J. Prange is spending a 15-day. fiirlough at the home of his fatheri 'Joseph L. Prange, 1945 Maple: street He is stationed -at Fort Lewis. ; Other members of the Prange family in the service are Clarence A. Prange, aviation metalsmith second class, US navy; Conrad G. Prange, pharmacist's mate second class, :ancl Robert H. Prange, youngest qf the family, and sta tioned at Corvallis with the ASTP. He is with: the field artillery unit Both the Prange boys in the navy are somewhere in the south Pacific; and Conrad has a four- weeks-old daughter in Salem who he has never seen. His wife is the former Dorotny uiegier, f James E. Corey, seaman second class, who; has been at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Corey, i 1464 Marion street be cause of illness from pneumonia since completing boot training !at Farragut, has been moved to sick bay In Portland. . - 1 T Sgt Vince M. Genus, crew chief on a B-24 Liberator bomber, has betai promoted to grade of staff: MS fv"T T WAV V V wrn own ivaqo sciiht ac:d cisvcnAL dlouses YOU CAN DO IVONDCQS! 8 It I D T Q Choose rtht port woskH of chocked rayon ... a bofisto Kbot-blovto . . . o beguiling rayon sheer I You'll have three little blouses to toko you brightly from' business o beav-cafcftngl 32 to 38. 90 ; . OCE Term to End MONMOUTH, March t-(JP)- Oregon College of Education's winter term will close here next Wednesday. Spring term opens March 14.1 -J Salem Men In European Salvage Unit; HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN THEATER OF i OPERATIONS Who do you suppose will sew on Johnny's buttons when he's busy fighting the battles? No, you're wrong it wont be Johnny himself. Hell be much too busy, and the Job will fall to soldiers In a new type of mobile salvage unit right behind the front lines. , :;r;:;- '; In this mobile unit ' are ' real 'fighting quartermaster? soldiers who are also tailors, cobblers, up holsterers and general handymen. Speeding along at 50 miles an hour, these "Mr. Fixits" of the army will be able to care for the needs of as many as 50,000 troops. Working on an assembly line basis, in specially - designed trail ers,' these men win repair torn uniforms, worn - out shoes, ripped canvas and other damaged arti cles. . -' . In other words, troops with mangled equipment will not have to leave the battle zone their repairs will be made on the spot Latest types of machines are car ried by the unit, for all kinds of Jobs from sewing on Johnny's already - mentioned button to re building a shot-up truck tarpau lin. . . Men in the salvafe unit are a rough, tough lot, proud of their hard Infantry training. They are skilled in lieht and heavy ma chine guns, rifles, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns. They are fully capable of their own defense. Enlisted men from the Sa lem, Oregon, area Include Pvt Myren E. Turner, 248 Center street, and Pfc. Dean G. Fisher, 1895 South 12th street, Salem; Sgt Robert O. Diekman. SU verton; Pvt. Lowell L. Shane, Valsets; Pvt Kenneth W. Note boom. 1043 Sixth street, West Salem; Leon D. Flux, Pvt Al bert E. Jansen. 1500 Westt Ma ple street, and Pvt. Erwin A. Peters. 107 Ash street, all of Dallas. Navy Rechiiters Adopt LongHours : ' In order to speed up enlistments and also for convenience of people working, the Salon US navy re cruiting station, room 220 post of fice building will from : now on be open from 8 o'clock to 6 pjox, and including the noon hour. - ' Smaller towns in the Salem dis trict will be visited every week by recruiters A. C Friesen and N. G. Kennedy.: Following is the schedule: i ' Tuesday . afternoon,' McMinn ville, Amity, Dayton . and Grand Ronde; Wednesday afternoon. Stayton, Sflverton and ML Angel; Thursday afternoon. Indepen dence, Monmouth and Dallas; Fri day 'afternoon, Gervais, Wood burn, Hubbard and Aurora. Men 17 to 18 and between 38 and 50 years of age may still enlist in the navy. 1 : ; ' All women between the ages of 20 and 58, with two years of high school and who are physically qualified, may enlist in the Waves, the recruiters stress. 9 Salem Youths Apply for Navy . . Nine 17-year-olds have made application for enlistment in the US navy, through the Salem re cruitlng office. They are Norman P. Schmidt Clarence P. Kuper, LeRoy M. Wallace, and John L. Lehnherr all of Salem. Others from this district mak ing application are Glenn Arthur Skeels and William B. Nibler, Gervais; Floyd A. Sullengex, Sa- verton; Larry P. Arrance, Falls City; and gtephea: N. VSichter, Dallas. A. C Friesen, - specialist first class is in Charge of the local navy recruiting office in the post- office building.; The office will be open all day from 8 o'clock In the' morning to 6 at night includ ing " the 'noon 'hour, ' ; " l.x N. G. Kennedy, specialist first class, is the assistant In the office. Navy Needs Men For Charting New Wateirtfays To chart waterways and coast lines for the; advance of the at tacking US fleet, a number of men as hydrographie officers for naval operations are needed immediate ly, the of f ice lof naval officer pro curement announced today. ' A college degree In civil engin eering plus two years' experience in the field, or two years' college training in engineering and four years' experience for commission' ing of men 25 to 40 years old in this specialized billet is required. Civilian experience must In clude work in hydrographie or geodetic surveying, -land and top ographic - surveying or mapping, city surveys or mapping, construc tion surveys, -or plotting on maps or charts or - working up ' field notes of survey parties in any of these fields. i .-. Men . accepted J will be given four to six - Weeks indoctrination training at tne navy's nyarogra phic office in; Washington, DC Francis Airies NewVFWHead :LEBANONj--'At their last meeting,Wednesday night, the lo cal VFW post and auxiliary elect ed officers. Francis Ames Is com mander;, Gary Ellenburg, senior vice commander; LeRoy; Williams, Judge advocate; Dr. J. C. Booth, surgeon; Archie Pollock chaplain. Trustees named for one, two and three years . respectively - are: George Roe, Edward Roth and Julius Esslg. The service commit tee ' are 'Archie Pollack, Leroy Johnson and Edwin DaOey. c ; Amy .: Bailey, ' member of this unit and district president will in stall the new: auxiliary officers at the April S meeting. Elected at this meeting were: Lethel Roe, president; Cleo Callahan,; senior vice president; Letha! Pollock, Junior vice president; Thelma El liott, secretary-treasurer; Evelyn Bevans, conductor; Muriel White is outside 'guard. Trustees chosen for one, two and three years re spectively are: Minnie Morgan, Bertha Bo wen and Eva Williams. Lyle Vehrs sent In his applica tion for membership in this post from Italy. I 1943 Oregon Crop Greater Than 1942 SALEM, March 4-(P)-Tne to tal volume, of Oregon's crops in 1943 was five per eent above 1942 production, and 20 per cent above the 1932-41 average, State Direc tor of Agriculture Ervin L. Peter son said today. . 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