Tlx OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Thursday- Morning, May 25, 1344
70th Chaplain
Writes Jenlts
About Iran
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CAMP ADAIR, May 24-TraU-blazer
chaplains overseas "report"
regularly to Division Chaplain Lo
ren T. Jenks of the 70th division
at Camp Adair and their letters
make good reading..
Chaplain Ivar M. Gjellstad, 'for
merly with the 276th Infantry,
writes of. terrific heat in- Iran
and makeshift materials he works
-with;
. ! "Am now at work," he writes,
"and what a contrast it is to the
setup we had. It is really rugged.
but it is fun,-too, and a wonder
ful experience. . ; -
I This country Is a peculiar com
bination of waste desert land (and
I mean desert) and rough moun
tains. The heat is terrific in the
summertime raising the mercury
A. 4aa 1 41 l 1 im. . a
sand are one's constant compan
ions. "- Goggles, sandfly nets, and
the ability to digest anything from
C rations to pulverized rock and
dirt are the essential requirements
if a person wants to live and
guess I'm going to live, ,
fOur main Job is delivering
goods1 to Russia and everything
else Is tossed in for good measure.
I have a nice i little mud-brick
chapeL.The fixtures are made, of
crate-lumber. Not strictly GI, but
a j wonderful house, of worship.
to us. Chaplains are scarce here.
My unit has never had one -be
fore, and I am serving a number
of units here and there in addi
tion. . ;- j --; , ;;; .
. "They operate under the Per
dan Golf command. Our officers
and men are of the very best. At
tendance: at services is excellent.
Religion means something to these
fellows.1' v. s
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PAGE SEVEN
Where They Are What They Are Doing
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SOMEWHEKE IS NEW GUIN
EA f Tech.: 5c Clyde A." White,
son of H. C. White, 1091 Edge
water streeV West Salem, Ore, is
engaged in administrative work in
connection with patients of a US
army station hospital which has
cared If or battle casualties evac
uated t from -three major cam
paigns. "'
Recent casualties handled were
from the Admiralty islands, rush
ed to' the New Guinea hospital
after receiving preliminary treat
ment tnear i the scene of - combat.
Earlier in 1944, US army and ma
rine combat troops from , Cape
Gloucester and New Britain had
occupied the. same beds, receiving
definite f treatment for battle
wounos incurred, . in most cases,
less than three days previously.
LL Kenneth K. Vaaghn, son of Sir.
and Ifi. James E. Vaoshn,
reate S, Salem, "has keea pre-
meted U first Ilevtenant, i
cording te werd received here
this week from his army air
base to BaglaaeC Pilot ef a B-24
bomber, Vang ha has received
the air medal and three eak
leaf elasters, bat recent letters
indicate thai he Is thlnklns
about such things as Oregon's
fresh trait. "While in London,'
he wrote, "I saw fresh peaches
(an oddity Itself) and one peach
Just one was t shillings er
ILSft." Ia addition to the air
medal,' awarded for partlcipa-
tloa la bomblnf missions ever
occupied Europe from an East
Anglian base, Lt. Vaaghn wears
the distinguished unit ribbon
his organization having - beea
cited by the war department for
Its part m the- battle of FloesU
eh August 1, 1945.
Richard W. King F tit, whose
family resides at Jefferson, is
now a member of the amphibious
forces of the United States navy.
At the completion of his pre
liminary LST training at the am
phibious training base. Camp
Bradford, . NOB, Norfolk, Va,
King was assigned to the crew of
an LST for active duty.
Tne LST is especially con
structed for the transporting of
troops and heavy equipment. ; It
has a bow that can be opened
when it comes into the beach
which enables men and equip
ment? to land ready for action.
This type of amphibious craft Is
as large as a destroyer, and it is
the largest of the amphibious
ships capable of making landings
directly on the beach.
Mr Monroe Cheek
ceived word from her son.
re-
Oren
C McDowell, that he has been
promoted to technical sergeant
Graduation
Activities Get
Started at SHS
Commencement activities for
the graduating seniors of the Sa
lem high x school get under . way
Friday. The awards assembly for
seniors starts at 12:45 p. m. The
balcony will be open to parents
of seniors'; who would like to at
tend, . X
Friday night the senior ban
cruet - and farewell party take
place at the schooL The banquet
will be held at 630 In the cafe
teria. At its conclusion, the
graduating students will go up to
the gym for the rest of their pro
gram. :7;:
.The baccalaureate address will
be delivered Sunday night by
Rev. M. A. Getzdaner, pastor of
the American Lutheran church.
The address win be given in the
high school. auditorium at 8
o'clock. :j:s:r - $ :
Announcement of details on the
Junior prom for outgoing seniors
will be made later.
He is stationed at Camp Edwards,
Mass, with the coast artillery.
GREAT LAKES, UL May 24
Robert B. Albert, 21, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Albert, 481 North
High street, : Salem,' Ore, wi
commissioned an ensign in the
US naval reserve when he gradu
ated . recently from the naval
training school for midshipmen at
Abbott ball. Northwestern uni
versity, Chicago, HL
His completed three-months'
course consisted of navigation,
seamanship and : gunnery.' The
newly commissioned ensign .will
now see action with the fleet as
deck officer.
Co. Budget
Estimate Made
By Mattson
Preliminary estimates for' the
1844-45 county budget total $813,
560.68, according to figures com
pleted y County Clerk ; Henry
Mattson. Since the limit allowed
under the per cent limitation
ia $76497.90, considerable paring
will probably be made during the
budget meeting today on the ex
pense accounts submitted by the
various departments. Not only
must the allocations be brought
within the 8 per cent limitation.
but - a $73,000 appropriation has
been planned for a . courthouse
sinking i fund. -The total levy lor
the 1943-44 tax rolls was $721.-
13Q.90. , ,"
i Total budget expenditures are
estimated at 1,234,079,18, but an
estimated tax delinquency of al
most $125,000 brings the level up
to $1,358,369.10. Of this amount.
$344,588.50 collected from miscels
laneous revenues and $200,190 as
expendable surplus, reduces "the
total estimated levy to $813,590.68.
r The state tax and elementary
school tax will not enter the pic
ture. State income tax funds make
provisions for them
' County Judge Frank Murphy
in the pre-budget meeting Wed
nesday did not believe the paring
down task would be as difficult
as it appeared on the surface and
believes the estimates can be set
at lower figures without seriously
upsetting county activities. The
$75,000 : courthouse appropriation
would still . be retained.
I The six funds making up the
total . estimated amounts are as
follows: General fund, $242,708.48
roads and highways, $39,925; mar
ket road fund, $101,400; county
school fundV $203,420; county
school library, $203430; old age
fund, - $149,103.- These estimates
are for tax. levies only .and do not
Include receipts and expendable
surpluses allocated to some of the
funds.' " ; -, - j -; -
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Camp
Exp
aign
enses
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Hereford . Lacking,
Rotarians Change
In Mid Stream
SILVERTON ; The-. Rotary
board of directors has changed
from a lierexora can to a can oi
some other breed which is obtain
able. - The change was made be-
Louncettv
Lowell Stockman, i Pendleton
republican, renominated for' rep
resentative in -congress, second
congressional district, at . the re-.
cent primary election, I expended
$108.03 in conducting L his cam
paignj his expense statement filed
in the state department 'here
Wednesday disclosed.. I - j
Gust Anderson, Portland labor
leader,' spent $323 in behalf of
certain candidates ! and measures
In Multnomah county. I
Other expense statements of
$100 or more: : ;
W. C Wlnslow. Salem, delegate
to the republican i national con
vention, state at large, '$124.10.
Walter Theodore Liles. Port
land, for republican nomination
for state representative, 5th dis
trict, Multnomah county. '
Hall S. Lusk, Oswego, for just
ice of the state supreme court, po
sition no. 5. $100.
J. O. Bailey, Portland, for just
ice of the state supreme court.
position no. 3, $100.' , 4
cause it was impossible - to pur;
chase the Hereford calf.
The new calf has been selected
and the presentation will be made
Monday,' May 29. This will be the :
annual calf party, and the two
calves previously presented .will
be brought in to be present at the
presentation of the third Rotary
calf. i ' -
UNITS
U-44 1
3300 ENERGY
AND 9000 UNITS VITAMIN "A IN EVERY KXJNO;
. . . ol TOE IIETO0P0L5TAI
The Store of
BETTER VALUES"
SCUDS'
W in America ere no lonrjtr saving
fjatolin only to savo rubbr. Vo '
era no longer saving gas Just bo-;
causo of a bad transportation am.
- From now on wo aro also saving gas
to savo ljumcn lives to shorten the
war. From now on ws must make
rattening work as It should ... or -Isel
Here's the situation
Ner-mirades of production expansion
have been accomplished by the oil com
panies. But the war machine needs gas- '
oline In fabulous quantities. .' , :
THI SARI FACTS...
From 1942 to 1944,
total civilian pas
senger car gas sup
ply has been CUT'
almost one-ball . r
From 1942 to 1944,
military need for
gasoDse steppedUP
almost 4 1
JUST TO CIY1 TOU AN ICZA...
It takes S tons of gas te "de
liver a 1-ton bomb! -
Over half the total of at
supplies shipped te the front
Is petroleum in oee form or
3
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Oafaronefueliegof abatds
ahip would beat aa average
hoeat 350 years!
On top of all this, oil has many difficult 1
new jobs to do. Oil is needed for syn
thetic rubber. Oil makes a thousand
things -including. 100-octane aviation
superfueL Airpower is America's pride
today-but airpower is a gas hog on a .
scale we have never known before.
For example...
Ever since we went to war, the military
need ier gasoline has been gbins up,
and the civilian supply coining down...
AVIATION GAS FACTS...:
It takes about twice as much petroleum te
make a gallon ef 100-ocUas gas as to make -automobile
gas. i ; - li
From 1942 to 1944, output ef 100-octaae aria
tio gas stepped op S times!
Training one pilot uses more gas taaa tfie
average car Uses te IS rears.
thi amswixisuf to you.Total gasoline
supply for this total war is limited...
but it can be made to do. Fighting forces
come first and will get what they need.
As a result, the home front gets less
than lit wants. Of thisj the biggest part
must go to essential home-front work
farms, trucks,, buses, industry. Needs
of this group, too, have gone UP 20
since 1942-and they are the supply line
toVictory. ; "
Dvilian rationing takes care of what is
left Rationing is not an arbitrary' plan
to deprive people of gas-but the only
. workable plan for spreading -too little
gas fairly among all users. Every wasted
gallon of gas means somebody else must
io without And the armed forces will
not be cut f ' I . -
YOUSt PART IS THIS... ,
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Don't apply for more gas than you
really need. Get into a ride-sharing club
and stick, to it. Endorse a7 your , gas
coupons now. Don't t&e extra gas cr
' coupons from anyone.
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