The Oregon statesman., April 19, 1944, Page 4, Image 4

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The OZZGOII ETATEUAH. tdtsu Oregon, Wednesday Mating. April 19. 1314
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fTfarei Tftijy 4re -What
Flaniiliig wen - balanced meals
for American, soldiers la England
Is Lt. Frances ' Croker, dietician
with US army hospitals in the is
land. Lt Croker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William P. Croker, 1088 .
Fir street, received her ES degree
front Oregon State college and
went into army service In 1942 as
a civilian dietician. 'She was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
1943. YY'i V-.' Y' ' ' :: Yk?
. IX Eichird G. : Crawford has
written to his wife at 2307 Laurel
street, trfli"g of the awe-inspiring
sight presented by Mt Vesuvius
in Italy; during the mountain's
great eruption of recent weeks. Lt
Crawford, who has been stationed
'on the Anzio beachhead, relates
how he and fellow officers hiked
up the volcano at night and
watched the "red streams of lava
coming down the mountainside."
Bluejacket Don D. Fa HI am,
route 4, Salem, is now eligible to
qualify for the petty officer rate
of aviation machinist's mate third
class following his f graduation
from naval aviation training
school at Navy Pier, Chicago HL
Ffe, Robert E. Burnette, Salem,
has been awarded the good con
duct medal somewhere in England
for "exemplary behavior, efficien
cy and fidelity" as a member of a
repair squadron attached to a
Flying Fortress base. '
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Back at his base an the Panama
canal is Sgt Boyd Oaggett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Oaggett, .Salem,
who was recently home on fur
lough. Sgt Oaggett flew dgwn to
Panama, stopping off in several of
the Central American countries.
Word has been received froaa
the South Pacific of the promotion
from corporal to sergeant of Dar
win L. Davidson, step-son of Ira
L. Blodgett, 235 West Wilson
street Salem, who is serving as a
Cletrac operator In a heavy bom
bardment squadron under the
command of the 13th AAF.
Prior to Sgt Davidson's promo
tion he was presented with the
army good conduct, medal for ex
emplary behavior, efficiency and
fidelity during service of over one
year in the army of the United
States.
Davidson was Inducted into the
service April 6, 1942, and was as
signed to the AAF, starting his
training in Monterey, Calif., where
he received his basic training be
fore being sent overseas.
$gt Davidson attended Port
land' public schools and. prior to
entrance into the service was a
truck operator." " . .
ROBERTS Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Rice have received word that their
son, Lt Roy Rice, jr., US army
air corps, has arrived in Eng
land.
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They Are Doing
Word was received from Howard
Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Adams, that he has been
promoted to the rank of major.
Major Adams has been sta
tioned in England since August
1943, with the heavy artillery,
. Quartermaster division. Mrs.
Adams, the former Kate Corey,
Is employed In San Francisco,
JEFFERSON Prt Kenneth
Henderson, and Pvt Bernard Ig
low of Camp White were recent
visitors at the home of Hender
son's uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs.
John Henderson. Henderson's fa
ther,' T. Ov Henderson, lives in
Flint Mich, and is a former Jef
ferson resident Bernard Iflow's
home is in Chicago, EL
Mr. and Mrs. W. K Winn f the
Dever community west of Jeffer
son report their son, Orville Winn,
23. coxswain third class is servinx
on a carrier since his seven weeks
boot camp training at San Diego.
after his enlistment December 9,
1941; 48 hours after the Jan at-
tack on Pearl Harbor. He has had
one five-day leave. i
fft Gilbert Downing is in Sa
lem visiting his wife at 2190 South
Church and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Downing, 709 Hoyt
street He has been stationed at
Camp Roberts but is, on his way
to a new station. Before enlisting.
Downing was employed at the
Oregon Pulp and Paper company.
NEW CALEDONIA Ffe. Nor
man S. Ludington, 1380 Center
street Salem, Oregon, whose wife
is Mrs. Emma Ludington, is now
on duty as a truck driver in the
signal section at this Island base
with the South Pacific general
depot
This depot with many million
cubic feet of storage space in hun
dreds of warehouses, "plui mil
lions more under tarpaulins scat
tered over a hundred square
miles, was established a few
months ago by four officers and a
small group of enlisted men. To
day, with thousands of officers
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UNITED STATES
Or PorrtAHa, Oncoir
SUBMITTED TO THE
COMPTROLLER OF THE CDRRENCT
AS OF APRIL U, 1944
RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks . 94,77156.94
United States Government Bonds i 278,6554524
Municipal and Other Bonds ..................... 6,094,833.83
Loana and Discounts i 3574,6980
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank i 420,000.00
Bank Premises (including Branches) 355934
Other Real Estate i ; . 1M
Customers Liability on Acceptances ........... .- 10,833X8
Interest Earned . . ,-. 1,024,6043
'Other Resources 363,22132
t420472,l4S52
LIABZUTIES
Ctpital .... ...... .$6,000,000.00
. Surplua ....... ...... ........7.... 8,000,000X0
Undivided Profita-. ...... .......... 1,679,301.19
Reserves... ............ .........M.mM ,
- I 16,846J44.0S
Cr Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc. ........... . . . , 972,374.20
Acceptances... L i- 10,833.04
Dividends Declared ....... .......... ; 120,000X0
Deposits 40243531j6J
: Other Iia1)iUties-...........ii.i,..;...V..;r i 25,605.93
- " a$42072,i152
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' Tiead Offleo, Portlaad, Oregon '
, DXSZCt BRANCH OF TEX UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF FOSTLAND
Mmb Fdrd DtpotU tniurmMC Cformti ' '
and men it is a source of supply
for everything from shoestrings to
field guns for forces fighting in
the South Pacific. CoL Joseph H.
Burgheim, a regular army officer
appointed from Illinois, is depot
commander.' t g, f .
Before entering the army in
May, 1942, Pfc Ludington was
employed as a logger for the
Rhinehart - lagging company of
Montesano, Wash, -and also
worked for Schumaker. Citj de
livery of Salem, Ore. Upon enter
ing the army be was assigned to
the signal corps and sent to Camp
Crowder, Mo, where he received
his basic training and attended the
motor transportation school. He
Is the son of Mr. Jesse S. Luding
ton of Gresham, Ore, :
Since his arrival overseas in
July . 1943, Pfc Ludington has
been awarded the good conduct
medal. He has a brother, Valdon,
who is a military policeman, sta
tioned in Philadelphia.
SILVERTON Mr. land I Mm.
A. M. Amo have received word
that their oldest son. Kent i has
now left North Carolina, but they
do not know his destination. He
had been' stationed in Las Vegas
for several months before going to
Carolina. ,1... '
Their younger son. Edgar.' who
left Silverton with the national
guard!. Is back In New Guinea aft
er being in Australia for some
time. He is now staff sergeant
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DOUGLAS, Aria, April 15.-A
graduate of advanced pilot train
ing class 44-D, Douglas army air
field, FJdon M. Diehm -of Salem,
Ore, today received his wings and
rating as a flight officer in the
army air forces. j - ft ; :
FO. Diehm Is the son "of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerhard Diehm, 180 Sil
verton road. He is 21 years of age.
Marine Capt Cecil A. Gardner.
39, whose wife lives at 2180 Cad
mus Court, has been assigned to
duty with an engineer battalion at
Camp Pendleton, marine corps
training center near : Oceanside,
Calil I v J ;
A graduate of Salem high school
and former student at Oregon
State college, Capt Gardner was
a civil engineer in civilian life. He
entered the marine corps June 28,
1942. His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
A. Gardner of. 351 North
street 1 " ft i
21st
Ph. Mate 2e Conrad G. Frange,
24, whose parents, Mr. and ' Mrs.
Joseph L. Prange, and wife, Dor
othy, live at 1945 Maple avenue,
has been promoted to his present
rank somewhere in the South Pa
cific - : :- V-
' . He is attached to a marine corps
anti-aircraft organization and is
serving as a laboratory technician
with.the medical staff. f
He Is a graduate of.Mt, Angel
college. " : " i:
Marine 2nd Lt James J. Over
lock, whose wife,. Virginia, lives
at route one, Lyons, will be grad
uated from the artillery school at
the Quantico, Va marine corps
Report of the
NATIONAL BANE
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The "E pennant for aU-aronnd efficiency among the nine main sta
tions of the western naval recruiting division has returned to Ore
ron after as absence mt two months. Above, JA, John F. Blehler,
officer in charge of the Portland main station (left) and Lt (Jg)
M. A. Tagne, assistant officer In charge, look en proudly while the
flag la being hung.
base on May 1, and assigned to a
combat unit :
Lt Overlook was member of
the University of Washington
graduating class last June.
ST. LOUIS Pvt. George Jong-
wirth is now at Fort Ord, Calif.
taxing amphibious tractor train
ing. He spent one week at Camp
White on the way to Fort Ord
from Chicago, where he attended
school in DePaul university for
several months. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Jungwirth.
President, Constable
Have Much in Common
SILVERTON - Republican
presidential and all varieties of
constable race, at Silverton will
have one thing In common: if
there are to be any in either case
they will be write-ins.
The constable office Is the only
one to be filled at Silverton in the
primaries. All other officers are
elected In the November setup. But
Chief of Police A. M. Amo, who Is
also constable; here, ' refused to
seek reelection : and It was believed
Monday that ho one had filed for
that position in the local district .
DR. WILL L
THOMPSON
Optometrist and
. Orthoplst
111 Oregon Bldg.
Over Sears 8 tore
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Labor Board Will Be ,
In Salem April 28
Six i members of the regional
war labor board will be In Salem
April 23 to hear complaints by
restaurant owners and the culi
nary alliance relatives to revision
of brackets, Dan Hay, Oregon Em
ployers association secretary, was
advised Tuesday.
Hay: said the bracket rates must
be filed for approval of the board.
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ran annr wtzzzstiho
rUIKQSAItl VJACS 00$
1 Cameni Technician
. Mep Maker
rlto UboratoryTechnlcioii
Photographer
Centre4 Tewer Operator
i , Code Interpreter
Alrplano Propoller Specleilist
neldWlreaief
Photo Interpreter
j. : Weather Observer
1 :- i - Reporter
Flight SArrgeoii's AaslstsiBff
Alrpiano Dispatcher .
EombsI;nt Mecheinlc
link Trainer Operator
Personnel Clerk
Airptano Instrument SpodaSst i
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Sf n VINO
Gen. McGoach
Praises Plan
; The ' Oregon defense council's
program of pre-induction meetings
for men about to enter military
service drew" praise this week
from MaJ. Gen. David McCoach,
jr, mmma-nM-ng the ninth service
command, Fort Douglas, Utah.;
The council conducts meetings
for all men about to ne drafted.
All phases are discussed, such as
descriptions of military life, bene
fits for dependents, and Red Cross
services.' A-pv"?: ;A;'V ' ;
McCoach expressed his "person
al appreciation' in a letter : to
James D. Olson, state defense ad
ministrator, i .
Olson announced today j that
transcriptions; of the pre-induction
meetings would be broadcast
over eastern Oregon radio stations
to reach men in rural areas who
could not get to the meetings.
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Silverton Plans
Membership Drive
SILVERTON Clifton Dicker-
son, commander o: ueioeri
Reeves post No. 7, : American
Legion, named a committee of
five members at Monday night's
meeting to make a final round-up
on membership which has reach
ed a flattering list of 139, the
highest for a number of years.
To serve ' on Memorial day
plans jointly With the VFWs are
F. M. Powell, C J. Towe and Ar
thur Gottenberg. .
E. B. Radcllffe was appointed
as chairman of a degree team un
der organization among the post
AdllbTSo
. The Sons of Legion, of which
John Demae Is cbmirman of ad
visors, Is -planning, a father and
son banquet for the. first meet
ing in May. Films on child wel
fare were shown.
Liadc up our
the AAF. Bean
You'll "make
THE tiATl&n 7 ITU
Ferramale,' Dean of Loardes,
Bernadette of his protection against the town emciais in zvin ixn-tnry-Fox's
film version of Frans Werf el'a "The Song of Berna
dette,' opening tomorrow at the Grand theatre. Jennifer Jones
appears as Bernadette, with William Ey the, Vincent Price, Lee J.
Cobb and Gladys Cooper also featured, p
Greyhound Runs
Recniiting Ads
; Mobilizing the power of Its
newspaper advertising behind (he
armed forces, Pacific Greyhound
lines has run four advertisements
in the past few months to stimu
late recruiting. The first was for
the Seabees, when that branch of
the navy was in urgent need of
construction mechanics in the Pa
cifies This was followed in suc
cession by large advertisements
for the WAVEs, women's reserve
of the marine corps, and the
WAC The latter advertisement
appears in this Issue of The
Sa teaman. Each advertisement was
run fin more than 500 western
newspapers.
indomitablt men with wines.
part of our gallant flyixij legions as they soar onward to Berlin,
ilanila andTokio. Join the Women's Army Corps for senric with
Air 7ac I 1
priceless contacts and new friends among the high
est type of men and women, You'll trayeL Youll earalgood pay
while learning new skills and establishing your career in the air
age of tomorrow. You'll wear a smart uniforci with the proud
winged insignia of the Army Air Forces. life, , adTentore, happi
ness awaits you in' this new life. Grasp diis opportunity now.
7rite to Air Wac, Santa Ana, Calif, for further information, or go
to any U. S. Army Recruiting Station ot Army Air Held.
GQGVHOUHD CGnVDO TC 17AC
Therever rhe 7acs gp in die TJ. Sv-to training camps or air fields-Grey-hound
serves them with dependable transportation. This is part of our
important war job of transporting essential military and civilian personnel
to every part of the nation. We arc- glad to perform this service foe the
station now, and we are looking ahead to the post war period for the
foXSnmeat of onr plans for providing Inxnrioos new bases and a finer,
broader highway tranrpr1tidc service for alL - . ' , ;
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