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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1944)
rx.cz zanxa -The CHICOT! STATESMAN, Sdanx Oregon. Friday Morning, May S51S14 Rickreall Man tr raises i ann Ammunition 'A SOUTHWEST BASE, May 25 HPhAmerican equipment has wen the respect of soldiers fight ing in the damp climates of South Pacific areas, , who have found their own methods of keeping delicate parts and finely mt vhined weapons in fighting trim. Major Ralph Dempsey, ordnance - department, Rickreall, - Ore., - said the percentage Of duds in artillery ammunition, which must be hand led several times before it reaches the front from the factory, is ex- , trem'ely low. Each round is packed in a waterproof case until just be fore it is fired. He said that in his experience he had found. the per- , eehtage of duds to be less than 2 ; per cent, while In one lot of 400 Japanese artillery shells captured, at least half were duds. ' V Other officers praised the qua lity of workmanship on weapons, equipment and ammunition and said that the knowledge that Am erican equipment is generally su perior to that of the Japanese gives added confidence to the men i who use it - ' ! - A veteran ordnance officer, ! Lieut Col. C. E. Peterson, 1669 Ardath, street, Wichita Talis, Tex as, recently reported that soldiers had all but overcome the. ever present rust and mold in the hot - muggy, climate, of , the area. He scribed their! success to constant preventive maintenance routine cleaning, oiling, 'and replacement of parts. - , , v ' r s ; Soldiers like theGarand rifle best -for general utility, he said, but prefer the carbine' for patrol work because it is jight, accurate, and has an instantly - available volume of fire power necessary for close, surprise fighting.-Heretofore, he added, soldiers have grudgingly carried the automatic rifle, or bar, because of its weight but its accurate blast of rapid fire has won their respect Deaf School Graduates 6 - , Six seniors will receive diplo mas at graduation exercises sched uled for 8 o'clock tonight at the Oregon State School for the Deaf. Carl E. Aschenbrenner, principal of Parrish unior high school will deliver the address, and friends re invited to attend the program. Exhibits showing work done in the vocational department will be arranged in the 'school parlors. Graduates are" Clyde Randolph Ketchum of Vale, Lewis Harvey Kuenzi ot Silverton, Reta. Jewell Toombs of Salem, Betty Lee Tur ner of Lakeview, Beverly Jean Pettit of Portland and Margue rite Troyer of Albany. Portland Man Gels SAR Vice-Presidency Alfred F. Parker of Portland was elected vice president-general for the Pacific coast district at the 55th annual congress of the national society Sons of the Amer ican Revolution held in Harris burg, Pa., on May 19. The honor came as an unsolicited recognition of Mr. Parker, who was not in attendance at the congress but was busy at his office when the vote was taken. The states of Oregon, California, . Washington and . Ne vada and the territories of Alaska cd Hawaii comprise the western district Working V 7 ""- 'V.1TLI 1Y.Z nTTII ARMY, ItalyServing as a radie snaintenanee v r--3 rear t s TL'lh army front Anzti, Cre checks transmitters f-t r L':r mi Lis crew have been under fire many times, Includ-i-r t w T-crili African landings and the Sicilian Invasion. Srt Deh- I r h t'.e f:a cf tte lata Mr. and Mrs. William Dehler and a brother ! : j T' -rtzx IJcLIer, principal of St Mary's school of Mt AngeL ArziU he attended St Mary's school and Mt' Angel -1 later rradaated from St Martin's college at Laeey. i : i : r.'jring la enclneering. v - s stztlcsed at Fort i 1 1 ri-23. The next fall he was a member of the first r-'ia f-rce and likewise took part in the successive Where They Are 'What "X.. Prt Melvin Johnson, ' who has completed his basie training at Ft Knox, Ky- and received an 18-day furlough, spent with his mother, Mrs. Laura Johnson, 763 North Winter street and sisters,; Bin. Rath Fletcher, Sa lem, and Mrs. Alt D e 1 a n, Protland, Mrs. Mabel. Erickson, - Mrs. Edna - Bergner, Prinevllle, and Mrs. Ole Johnson of Bend. , Johnson was born In Salem, graduated from Salem" high school, jknd attended Oregon State college for six weeks pri or, to catering the army. He will return to Ft Knox follow- .tng his lurlongh. Pfe.' Johnson's brother. Gustavo Johnson, is In the hith Pacific Pvt Alden H. Cooper, 21, of Sa lem, is shown inspecting the breech of his Ml rifle at the marine corps base, San Diego. Husband of Mrs. Frances Ma sac Cooper of route 1, he is un dergoing recruit training. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L Cooper, also live on ronte L AUMSVILLE Otis King, US army infantry, spent a few days with his aunt Mrs. Charles Ma lone. He has returned to Camp McCain, Miss. Sat Carl Olson, Camp Adair, was here Sunday to visit his bro ther, Ralph Olson. MILL CITY Harvey Sjverson is spending his furlough with his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sy verson. Pvt Syverson attended Mill City schools and was reared in this community. Several fam ily gatherings were held in his honor. He will return to his post at Camp McCain, Miss. Dean D. Kay, MM 2c, Is at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ray. He's enjoy ing a 25-day furlough. . in Italy in Italy, Sgt. Joe E. Dehler of Mt In a radio room built onte a track. He entered the service in March, luiox, Ky where he took a special- Tiff -.;rv .... ' v They Are Doing Dudley . Bullock has qualified for fireman 2c, one of four men In the entire 463rd company to qualify. He will be home on leave early In June and then entrain for the Shoemaker, Califs school.. Francis . A. M. Meier, fireman 2c, US navy, is training with the amphibious forces of the marine corps at Norfolk, Va. He recently completed n six-months: training period at I Farragut, Idaho. His wife lived at Coeur d'Alene, Ida? ho, while he was at Farragut but she has, returned to Salem for a little while before she goes east to join him. Meier was a driver for the Oregon Motor Stages before he entered the. service nine months 'ago. CpL Robert L Beecroft has graduated from the communica tion department of the armored school at Fort Knox, Kyrf He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Beecroft of 1940 Royal street, Salem. --;- " . . ' Lt Donald Treadgold visited briefly with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. N. C Hubbs, on bis way to his home In Eugen e. Treadgold is stationed with an eastern army camp. V BETHEL Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lauderbaack have a letter from their son in the service In Eng land. He , has received promotion and is now Sgt Dean Lauderback, depot repair squadron, Ninth air force. He sent an insignia patch like the one he now wears. He is well, working hard and wishes the big push would start ? j Dean had been troubled with colds and wrote his ; mother to send cold remedies, which she did. He wrote that it must have been the generous supply on hand which did the trick, for he had not had a sniffle since the parcel arrived. . Two Salem men, Dean Ellis, 2c seaman, and "Nick" Phillip Schramm, 2c aviation machinist's mate, met each other at the Nor man, Okla., navy school recently. Ellis, who is studying to be an ordnance man, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ellis, route one, while Schramm's parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schramm of Sa lem. Ellis .wrote his parents of the meeting. ' ; : . E. E. sBeckman has been pro moted to the rank of sergeant ac cording to a letter he wrote his mother, a Mrs. Anna Beckman, from Pulfport, Miss. He was transferred to that post recently from the army air base at Deck ert, Texas.' Allen : Newcomer, boatswain's mate second class, US navy, is spending a 20-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. New comer, 1865 West Nob Hill. . He came home from his New York base accompanied by his aunt, Miss Mary Berkey, and nephew, Robert Berkey, of Wakarusa, Ind. Pvt Alden H. Cooper, 21, Is do ing his recruit training at the San Diego marine corps base. His wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George t. Cooper, live on route one. ; Oliver C Jeasap, now stationed in Italy, has been promoted' from the rank of first lieutenant to captain. Capt Jessup has been in the army a year and a half. His wife, a former Salem resident who now makes her home in Port land, had word of his promotion.. Pvt Bob Hinkle will receive five weeks of infantry training and 11 : weeks of military police training at his present station in Fort Custer, Mich. Hinkle is the son of Mr." and Mrs. S. G. Hinkle. Sgt and Mrs. John Zumstein are visiting their parents in Sa lem during Zumstein'a furlough from his duties as a specialist aerial gunnery instructor at the Tyndall field air base in Florida. He is the 'son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zumstein, 2010 North Lib erty street, . while Mrs. Zumstein is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P-, Ziellnski,' route seven. Before Sgt Zumstein entered the service, the couple lived in the Hayesville district Trade School Still Operates - To help I fill the demands for more skilled machinists, the vo cational l education department, of Salem high school continues to op erate its training program for men and . women, IE. T. Barnett, voca tional education supervisor, point ed out Wednesday, adding that there is no charge to the trainee for the classes. Any person 16. years of age or older interested in becoming more highly skilled as . a machinist is eligible, be explained. Lathes, drill presses, shaper, various measuring tools and even the latest type of contour cutting machine are avail able at the school. Operating on a five-day week, six hours a day, the class is ar ranged so that schedules may be worked out with each trainee in dividually , to accommodate Ida work schedule. . i Persons interested may secure more Information by calling office, 6737, or going to ihf at 14th and D streets du hours, 4 p. m. to 10:3 State to Stop Direct Flax, Industry Help The' state of Oregon, which has fostered and provided expert ad vice for private as well as state-operated.'-flax plants, ah o u 1 d henceforth not have to go too far out of its way to aid the in dustry, board of control members intimated Thursday as they in structed J.DeMytVflx 'au MAY . Opon Door, A MESSAGE FROM : AT 0 YOUR NAVY . To young men of Salem and the Willamette Valley . . w ( Formation of a complete compa ny of 17-year-old "Navy enlistees, to embark for recruit training at Camp i Farragut June 5, now is nearing completion. j Act at Once! . Qualify for Naval enlistment in time to "weigh anchor" for Far ragut with . ' The Salem "Victory Volunteer" ., Contingent Apply Today; Navy Recruiting Station. Post Office Building, Salem 'Action It Trlm-wcdsted, short sleeved porous rayon gabardine on Impeccably tailored. Popular dark or bright pastel shades, t : Others crt ISO 8.80 ; , .''.-.a.-' . ..-'I.-. - ' . ' ' 1 - - "Add the Skirt and Presto! A Pretty Dress COLOIlFul AIID COOL PLAY S0IT Trim pleated shorts-end-shirt suit for - active f play 1 ' Matching button on skirt ; of floral or '- w striped seersucker and spun rayon. Sizes 12 to , I HISSES SOLD COLOR SACHS Smoothly' taUored, comfortably cut jpleated . - ' slacks. Made of light weight rayon acuxrrdinev : ; ? Cut to fit perfectly. Popular, dark fcr bright col- v -ors. - ' A 1 ;J."u., Cool, Lightweight and Practical for. Vacation r GIBLS GABADDIIIE SLACK SUITS Two piece ' girls', slack" suits.' Short sleeves," ; pleated slacks, ' and big roomy pockets Qub ,4 collars. Sturdy and cbol rayon gabardine. - ' . . GDI.S' TUO-EECS COTTOII EIAYSU1TS Playtime shirt arid shorts suit with matching dirndl skirt, of lovely printed fabrics. Fine for . " play or chore-time. Save their good clothes with; husky sport togs. 1 thority at the penitentiary plant, to limit his ports of call to state plants . and the - growers from which - those : plants buy - unless asked for assistance and advice, t " Of the 12 plants In Oregon, all located in the Willajnette valley, nine' are owned entirely by pri vate , capital. Approximately 8000 of the more than 18,000 miles De Mytt "drove last year in his . own car on flax business was for vis its to plants outside the: peniten tiary grounds. , , - - :. Cancellation of the calls to the nine plant, may "not mean.; can to Summor 1 &)0 Fcr COHFOHT ... Fez V70IIC . i For LCZSUnS - Cut, Lightweight Fabrics mil TAILORED DAVOII Jackets with deep patch pockets, club collars of spun rayon. Broad shouldered and pleated slacks. cellation of the entire 8000 miles of car operation, since I the state is financially Interested; in . three plants outside the penitentiary. The ' discussion arje with pre sentation of a study ' of. mileage figures . and the request that the state provide, carj for the flax operations. The board voted to ask for ration permit; for pur chase of another car for! the peni tentiary with " the junderstanding that if the car larpurchased- one of the "prison cars will i be- made available, for .DeMyJt's tate flax business trips. , i , . i -'- for Long Wear! SLilGK SUITS czcc:n noca 7 Girls Graduate From Hillcrest ; Seven girls are members of the grammer school graduating class which will holditscommencement exercises this afternoon at Hill crest school, with State Treasurer Leslie Scott as the speaker. ' Chorus and vocal solo numbers will, feature, the program, to be held outdoors on the lawn. Members of the class and their mothers will have corsages, and a number of guests "hayei.been In vited ..to-a.; vlt ---i ' T ,W v , - 1 - v. CUTCCQIS - i "X . rwedttofwoilstxenuoM . M 7 . 5 ' a a 1 a a a ' a t r f ng; well-punned vacauocs: ail these help us do a better Job. Make' every minute of your, summer play-time count in health-building you serve best And Penney play mer indispensable! i.' .i ; :m.kX 1 mm i -rgmmJ?M- Palmer EFoyt Receives 4 Plaque From GOP'8 , PORTLAND, Ore, May Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian, received a plaque from the "Multnomah county re publican executive , committee, in appreciation of an address at the party's Lincoln day banquet ; The committee was so - im pressed with the address that copies have been distributed to republican leaders' all over the nation, and much laudatory com ment has been received. ; i FC3 COOD KZALTH! when you're fill clothes are, of coarse, t fuav i