The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 08, 1944, Page 12, Image 12

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The OniGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning. Tan 9. 1S44
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Donald K. Free, son of Mr. and
' Mrs. E. C. Free, 645 North Cot
tage street, was recently oom-
; missioned a second lieutenant
following completion of army
afr forces advanced flying school
- training at Williams Held,
Chandler, Arts. He Is a former
Salem high school student
Norman Parrlsh Hinges and
Lester Robert Jones were commis
sioned second lieutenants in the
engineers corps of the US army,
following graduation from the en
' gineer officer candidate school at
Fort Belvoir, Va, on May 31. Both
men entered the army at Ft Lew
is March 29, 1943. Hinges was a
student at Salem high school, Wil
lamette university and Oregon
State college. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Benson, 173 South
Cottage street, Salem, i ;
Jones also attended Salem, high
school and Oregon State college.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Jones of 150 North 21st street,
Salem.
.Robert Brace Wallace, seaman
27 c, telephoned his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. T. Wallace, 1155 Elm
street West Salem, S a f u r d a y
night He told them he had just
, been released from the hospital at
. Pearl Harbor, and would like to
have his friends write him.
Cadet Charles Beardsley is
home on a ten-day leave at 80
Madrona avenue. He completed
the' first part of his training.
Beardsley is the son of Mrs. Olive
Beardsley.
Lt (jg) Win. Jenks was credited
with lifting the spirits of the crew
on an LST boat in an article ap
pearing in the June issue of the
.Florist Telegraph association's of
ficial publication.
The association presented the
boat with a public address sys
tem, radio and phonograph equip
ment and a collection of classical
and popular recordings because
Jenks, a former Salem florist, is
serving as supply officer on the
'boat Presentation was made by
Willmore Holbrow, regional di
rector for Dorchester. The article
commends Jenks for seeking to
provide the same floral service
for navy men via the association
as is now received by army men
through the army exchange serv
ice. ' -
MAJORS FIELD, Tex Jane 7.
-Aviation Cadet Clayton W. Van
; darwarka, formerly of Salem, has
arrived at this army air forces
training command station for the
second phase of flight instruction.
' The son of Kir. and Mrs. Floyd
Vandarwarka, 1085 Larmer ave
nue, Salem, he was employed at
the Master Bread Co., prior to en
tering the armed forces.
' Mr. and Mrs. H, Scnellberg,
1725 Fir street, have received
word that their son, Kenneth O.
Schellberg, who is ' stationed at
Fort Riley, Kas., has been promo
ted from major to lieutenant col
onel. He is in the quartermaster
department and is commander of
alf colored troops in his area
which comprises 11 units.
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8Sct Allen M. Strstten arrived
In Salem Wednesday morning
from Wilmington, DeL, to spend a
brief furlough 'with his parents,
Mr..and Mrs. B. E. Straiten,' and
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs'.
Oreh Stratton. He Is enjoying the
cool Oregon' climate" doubly be
cause of recent experiences inJ
Iran,' where temperatures , some
time, range irom.. 120 to J.8Q .de
grees, members of the family said
Wednesday. His sister, Jeannette
Stratton, stenographer- in a Port
land war plant, has been, given a
few- days' ' vacation to spend at
home while the sergeant is here!
Stratton is third in command on a
ferrying plane.
ST. LOUIS SSgt Francis P.
Schomus, who is connected with
the AAFRC liaison office at San
Francisco, is here on a furlough
which was lengthened because of
the serious illness of his father,
Joseph Schomus, a patient at St
Vincent's hospital, Portland. The
sergeant has been in the service
30 months and prior to his San
Francisco assignment was sta
tioned at Washington, DC, and
Atlantic Cityj NJ.
Dan Norris, seaman seeond
class, son of Mrs. Ruth Norris, Sa
lem resident temporarily living in
New York, and grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Miller, 376 North
23rd street has been transferred
from Sand Point to Northfield,
Minn., where he will take naval
aviation training.
Lt Paul Harrison, for almost a
year stationed m England with
the US army air corps as pilot of
a Marauder,, bomber, telephoned
his parents!, Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
Harrison, Salem, on Tuesday from
Shreveport, La.
After a visit with his wife and
infant son, Ronald Paul, he,, will
come on to Oregon, accompanied
by them if proper accommoda
tions can be secured, for his first
visit with his parents since June
13, 1942.
Playground Group
Will Meet Today
A meeting of the city play
ground committee, originally sche
duled for Tuesday, will be held
this afternoon, Director Gurhee
Flesher has announced. Discus
sion of playground policies and
action on the distribution of funds
appropriated by the recent city
council budget plan is slated.
Members of the playground com-i
mittee are Charles McElhinny,
chairman; Dr. L. E. Barrick, Roy
Harlan, Tom Armstrong, Mrs.
Gertrude Lobdell and ex-officio
members Frank Bennett and May
or I. M. Doughton.
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to find a tried and proved product efferini the tame fine
value as always. That Is true of the Scaly Tuf ties mattress
famous for more than 69 years as an outstanding com
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CpL Roy D. Tansey, son of Mr;
and Mrs. R. A. Tansey, route'
six, Salem, hu written his par
ents that he Is In New Guinea.
Sixteen months of his service
has been spent In Canada. The
Sooth Pacific; to date, has been
"warm," ha writes.
Charges Made
On Bus Crash
ALBANY, Ore., June 7 W)
Three persons were accused of in
voluntary manslaughter by a cor
oner's i jury tonight in connection
with the death . of . three passen
gers 7 in a tree-bus crash on the
highway near Cascadia, Ore., yes
terday. William G. Lightie and Charles
H. Brown, woodsmen who felled
the tree which . crashed onto the
bus, and Glen Ohling, their .'em
ployer were charged with invol
untary manslaughter by the jury
which said they should have post
ed flagmen on the highway.
Mrs. Gertrude Dorothy Holton,
Redmond, Arthur Holmgren,
Waldport and Thomas G. O'Kelly
were killed and four others were
seriously injured. The Albany hos
pital reported the injured persons
are holding their own and may
recover.
Admiral Praises
Portland Shipyards
PORTLAND, Ore, June 7 -(JP)
Rear AdmJ Leigh Noyes, former
commander of a Pacific task
force, said here today the Portland-Vancouver
area has made
wonderful contributions to the
war effort i t
Admiral Noyes is now director
of the navy's Pacific coast board
of inspection and survey. He will
speak at the launching of the USS
Munda, last locally-built baby
flat-top, Thursday at the Kaiser
Vancouver yards.
He especially lauded the large
and small war plants turning out
material for the navy 'and mer
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITION
ARY FORCE, Thursday, June
8nyp-For "four; and tone-half
hours yesterday Geit Eisenhower
and A dm. Sir Bertram Ramsav.
commander' of allied naval forcesr
cruised oil the invasion beaches
of northern France and held -con'
ferences with operaitonal com
manders, It was announced today!
..Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery, commander ; of the Invasion
ground forces, and Rear Adm.
Alan Goodrich . Kirk, commander
of the US naval task force in the
operations, were among the high
officers who attended the sensa
tional conclave in the midst of an
armada of thousands of ships as
the supreme commander "obtained
an up-to-the-minute picture of
the progress of the invasion.
A meeting was held within five
miles of the enemy at one point
because Eisenhower felt that he
could thereby get better commun
ications.
Upon his return the general
showed satisfaction, at the results
of the conferences. V
As Montgomery, in ! corduroy
trousers and fleece-lined jacket
clambered down from the .war
ship into his launch at the end of
the session Eisenhower grinned,
stuck Up his thumb and called:.
"Good luxk to you..
Eisenhower also had a historic
conference Sunday night with
Prime Minister Churchilt Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden and Prime
Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts of
South Africa. i -
The meeting lasted two hours
and the supreme commander
subsequently reported complete
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7here; Attacks Launched
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Arrows point to area of Le Havre
: the Normandy peninsula, and to
t of the- Somme river In France,
: allied Invasion of western Europe
i area of about 22 miles Inland from the French coast the area cot
j ered In London broadcast by Eisenhower spokesman warning pea
pie to move Inland that iistance. (AT Wlrephoto.) j
agreement was reached on mili
tary matters with the French.
i. It was not detailed how much
of the touchy zone of transitional
administration of i liberated terri
tories was included in ''military
matters." n
New Oass Organized
r HOPEWELLA, young married
people's class has been organized
at the Hopewell United Brethren
Sunday school and Mrs. E. F.
Schroeder has been appointed the
teacher. It meets at 10 a. m. Sunday.
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and month of the, Seine river, to
the area of Abbeville and month
where the Germans claimed the
began. The broken line Indicates
Leaves Monmouth ,
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MONMOUTH Leonard TL
Moore, manual; arts instructor at
the high school here for several
years, has signed a contract to
teach in the same department at
Tillamook high the coming year.
Birthday Dinner Held j
UNI ON VALE Complimenting
Ivan L. . Crawley, former Union-
vale resident sj surprise birthday
family dinner was served Sunday
at his home in the Broadmead dis
trict with 12 members present j
Nazis Caught
Asleep When
Allies Struck
ABOARD A US P-T BOAT
OFF FRANCE, June 6-(Delayed)
The invasion . caught - the naxis
completely by surprise. '
It was not until 3:30 jxl that
German - reconnaissance , - plane
sighted the .United Nations in
vading forces moving into position
and thia was -too-late to-be- effec
tive. v . '
Dawn revealed! the most amaz
ing sight 'of this ox any other war.
There were ships everywhere -I
looked. Planes were darting
through the clouds above them.
Heavy broadsides of American
and British battleships and cruis
ers rumbled through the over
cast and yellow flames from the
gun muzzles all but. obscured' the
warships as thousands of tons of
explosives' were : sent . shoreward
against German Installations.
: Destroyers and landing craft
jockeying for position,' awaiting
the opportunity to discharge their
cargoes. ;
So completely i asleep were the
Germans that British minesweep
ers escorted by this P-T squad
ron ran interference for. the in
vasion by clearing a broad path
right up to the! beaches without
once being challenged. I
This unprecedented maneuver
was carried out without the loss
of a single P-T. Despite ' rough
seas .'which left crews bruised and
battered and many acutely sea
sick, the American P-Ts : shep
herded the ' minesweepers along
the charted 'route all 'night Be
cause of the slowness of the mine
sweepers it had been necessary
to. begin the operation in ' broad
daylight Monday, but perfect air
cover by the US air forces and
Yank Planes
Blister Guam
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US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-i
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, June
7-iTV-American army, and navy
planet blistered Guam, less than
1600 miles east of Manila, In the
fourth land-based raid of the war5
Monday, failing to stir up enemy
interception ' but '' encountering
moderate to 'Intense anti-aircraft
. Adm Chester W. . Nimitz an
nounced i the raid : today, - along
with strikes; at the former British
phosphate island of Nauru, at Po-f
nape in the Carolines and at Mille
atoU in the Marshalls. ' -
In the two preceding land-based
attacks - on Guam, May 6 and
28, American airmen fought off
Japanese planes over the! former
American naval base seized by
the enemy early in the war. From
seven to eleven enemy aircraft
were downed in . the earlier at
tacks. All American planes re
turned from these forays into the
southern end of the Marianas is
lands, v j
; Nimitz also reported that navy
search ; planes, . operating : near
Truk, damaged a small Japanese
bomber. . The actions occurred
Monday.
Hitler Anti-Invasion
Speech Expected Soon
LONDON, June 7 -(P)- The
Daily Mail reported today in a dis
patch from Stockholm that Adolph
Hitler . was . expected to make a
speech soon from, "somewhere in
the west" as "personal commander
of anti-Invasion operations. ,
RAF kept away any German
planes. .
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