The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 15, 1944, Page 12, Image 12

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Tbo OREGON STATESMAN. Saltnv Oregon, Thundery Morning. June 15. 1344
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TFOODBIRN Home for the first!
; tine since May, 1941, Capt. Ro
bert E. Renn, of - the United
States army air, force, is retting-
acquainted with Michael,
his baby son, born while his
father was flying- with the 15th
air force oyer objectives in It
' aly, . France, "Germany,' Austria.
' and ether parts of continental
' Ear ope. In the 13 months over
seas. Capt. Renn has completed
89 bombing- missions. He flew
his own plane to the United
- States, landing first In Florida
. a week arc and coming! as far
as Oklahoma City by I plane,
completed the trip by' train. His
wife and parents met him In
: . Portland '.. early Sunday ( morn
tnr. At the end of a 21-day fur
lough he will go to Santa Mon-
. lea. Calif., for rest and further
assignment. Capt. Renn, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Renn, Is a
j . graduate of the Woodburn
- schools, where he was a , leader
In athletics and in student, body
!. activities.
March 14,' 1942. He has visited
England, Italy, Central America
Africa and Sicily during his senH
ice in the armed guard, - I
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Gilbert 'Weathers of Toledo, Orel
His:; wife, June resides at' theii
home in Salem.
WOQDBCRN After 19. month!
in the Hawaaian islands, Staff Sgtil
Chester Lavier, the first' Wood4
burn man to . return under ; thf
army's rotation plan of furloughs
is completing a 22-day furlough aj
his home , on Young street, with;
his parents. - V .' ';
His four stars indicate the presJ
ence of his unit at Pearl Harborj
Midway, Guadalcanal and Vella
lavella. He was injured at Guad-j
akanaL .: He will report to Camp1
White at the end of his furlough.
BUENA VISTA Harry j Wells
- has been spending his furlough
. here with his sister, Mrs. Milo
Oraber, and her family. iHe is
" stationed at an army camp in Mis-
sissippi.
r QUEENER -William R. Busch,
naval petty officer third class, has
- been a recent visitor at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Emma Busch,
route . two,- Scio. - Busch and his
sister, Mrs. Albert Isaak of route
one, Salem, celebrated their birth
' days visiting relatives., in the Sa
. lem vicinity. Calling in the home
of G. H. Wilson, route four, Sa
. lem, they met also some friends of
earlier Oregon days, Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Kennedy, now of Chehalis,
"Wash.:
. j NEW ORLEANS. June lt-The
advancement in. rating of Joseph
Carson Weathers, USNR, of 540
Leslie street, Salem, Ore., to cox
swain was announced recently by
the New Orleans naval armed
guard center where he is attached.
.! Weathers entered the navy
AN EIGHTH AAF "LIBERATOR
STATION. England First Lt
Richard G. Kelso of 1091 Elm
street, Salem, Ore., bombardier
on the Liberator "My Gal Sal"
has received official credit for
for the destruction of an Me 109
during the 'bombing attack of
May! 8th on Brunswick, Ger
many. Kelso had released his bombs
and had taken his place In the
nose turret when the enemy
plane made a head-on attack.
Catching him In his sights, the
bombardier gave him a -series
: of short bursts and observed
the nasi plane burst into flames,
disintegrating as it went earth
ward. This Is the second plane
to the eredit of Lt Kelso, son
of Mrs. Eliza E. Kelso, 1091
Elm ; street, Salem, Ore. He has
been! overseas and bombing with
the eighth air force since Dee,
19, 1943, and has 28 missions
to his credit including trips to
Kiel,! Bremen, Berlin and Gotha.
Lt. Kelso holds the air me
dal i with three , clusters and
the ETO ribbon with a bronze
star. His wife, Mrs. Dortha Kel
so lives' at 714 North McKinney
street, Odessa, Tex. . .
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AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB-
ER 1 STATION. England The
air -medal has been awarded to
'Second LC Kenneth C. Elwood
... of Salem, Ore, pilot of a B-17
- Flying. Fortress for meritor
ious I achievement" : oa ; bomber
attacks over continental Eu
rope. I ::.--.
. The citation acompanylng the
award read In part: The coin
age, coolness and skill displayefl
by Lt. Elwood upon these oc-j
casions reflect great credit up-
- on himself and the armed for
ce of the United States."
LW Elwood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis 8. Elwood, was grad
uated from Salem I senior high
school In 1938. Before entering
V the Irmy In October, 1941 he
was i employed by 1 the Oregon
state highway department His
wife Is Mrs. Peggy Chamberlain
Elwood..-
WOODBURN First Sgt Ken-;
neth Schooler of . thf antl tank
company, 186th infantry Is at
home pn furlough after five
months' at the Letterman hospital
in San Francisco. With the Wood-:
burn company he sailed from San
Francisco in April, 1942, landing
in Melbourne, Australia, about
mid-May. I i ,
Later the company was sent to
New Guinea. Sgt Schooler was
wounded in the Buna campaign,
and during the five hionths hos
pitalization in this country he has
undergone five operations on his
eyes and nose. He was first hos
pitalized in late October when the
unit he was with was sent back to
Australia. -I
Sgt Schooler and his wife, the
former I Miss Jackie St Thomas,
are visiting at the home . of his
mother,: Mrs. Walter ; Schooler of
Cleveland street .
SOMEWHERE IN ; AUSTRAL
IA SSgt John F. Hagemann
of Salem, Ore., now assigned to
an army training center, has re
cently completed his "second year
of overseas service, g
Sgt f Hagemann is the son of
Mrs. C. F. Hagemann of 173
South bottage street Salem.
He was inducted in February,
1941, at Fort Lewis, Wash., where
he received his basic training. Pri
or to sailing for Australia with the
41st division, he was on coastal
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defense duty. During the Papuan,
New Guinea campaign, he served
as battalion intelligence sergeant
Shortly after his return to the
Australian mainland,- he was pro
moted to - the grade 'of -staff serf
geant -i-Tr':J ;''-f :.
Sgt. Hagemann attended : Wil
lamette, university at 4Salem be
fore being inducted. He was em
ployed by the Oregon state high-
way department , - .
. Donald E.' Woodry. havtnr sae-
cessfully completed his course at
the air forces " officer candidate
school at Miami Beach, Fla, has
received his" commission v as sec
ond lieutenant in - the . air forces
of the army of the United States
and Is this week at home on leave
His duties will be' to direct vital
administrative and supoly oDera-
tions of the army air.; forces in
theaters of operations all-, over
the world. I'-" jt. ,; ': '.
As a civilian. Lt Woodry lived
at 880 Norway street Salem, Ore.
His mother, Mm Jack Hyett lives
oh route seven, Salem.
VBTKEL Cpt Carl Raeta,
who has been In the army air
forces for nearly two years, is
spending a 15-day furlough with
his wife (Ha Mae Creech) at the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W L. Creech, and with his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Charles
Raetz of Salem. . . ,
He is stationed at West Over
field, Mass, where' he was. trans
ferred from Florida just prior to
his furlough.
AURORA Mr. and Mrs. Par-
zey Rose recently 4 visited their
son, Wayne, US navy, who was in
port in Seattle for a few days.
Ashenfelter
Rites
Today;
; Funeral services! will be held
today ' from the Macy ; Funeral
home in ' McMinhville ; for Mrs.
Edyth J. Ashenfelter, ' Who died
Monday at the home of a son in
Carlton at the. age of 78 years
Concluding rites will be in Ma
deay cemetery. v-tKyf
Survivors include daughters,
Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Mrs. Cur
tis Strode and Mrs. Ray Swear
inger, all of Salem, and Mrs. Ger
trude Harper, ' Los Angeles; sons
Louis Rr Ashenfelter iand Edward
Pfc Lester Hagen and hist wife,
the. former .Betty. Pugh, arrived
home last week from Fort Sill,
Okla, while spending a few days
at the coast and visiting: friends
and relatives in and near Salem,
he received notice that his group
had moved to Camp Polk, La, and
he reported there at the end of his
furlough. Pfc. Hagen has an old
er brother in the Seabees who is
stationed in Rhode Island They
are the only sons of Mr, and Mrs.
C. J. Hagen of Salem. i
! AN EIGHTH AAF LIBERATOR
STATION, England-A B-24 Lib
erator heavy : bomber : group of
which Cpl. George H. WindedahL
400 Bluff avenue, Salem, is - a
member recently was j officially
praised by Lt Gen. James H. Doo
little, commanding officer of the
Eighth air force, for achievement
of its first' mission which' was
against Berlin.' ' The action was
the German capital's worst day
light attack of the war and left
huge fires raging in the city.
S. : Ashenfelter of Carlton, John
H. Ashenfelter of Portland, Dale
E.. Ashenfelter- of : Condon and
James J. Ashenfelter of Berke
ley, Calif.; 15 grandchildren- and
six great grandchildren; 'one sis-
ter, Mrs. Claude ,-Townsend, of
Salem, and one brother, Oscar
Rennie of Portland. 1 -
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Navy
Pound Truk r
US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Peart Harbor, - June
14HflP)-t The. sixth aerial pounds
ing in five days of Truk, Japan's
Carolines naval base, by army and
navy Liberators was announced
today by AdmCbester W. Nimitz
in a press release. The raid oc
curred, in daylight Monday. '', '
Fifteen interceptors were beat
en, off with one shot down," two
other probably downed and four
damaged. --'Cv-iT ---;
The ' daylight strike closely- fol
lowed ' a ' predawn f raid in 1
heightened aerial campaign appar
ently intended to keep Truk neu
tralized while fleet task forces are
carrying out ' their bombing and
shelling of the Marianas. . -"- ,
Despite, the enemy interception,
all planes returned. ? v"'"V.;-i;;,
. Truk's : airfields were hit " and
several fires started. Two fighters
probably were destroyed on the
ground. !
The same day army Liberators
bombed Ponape while fleet. air
wing Venturas attacked Ocean
and : Nauru, phosphate producing
islands to ' the southwest
Isolated enemy: garrison in the
Marshalls were hit Monday and
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Jefferson Residents
Vacation, Entertain
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And Conyajesce f
JEFFERSON ' Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin- Hutchings and JJartha
Jane, and Mrl and Mrs,' Irvine
Wright and two sons spent Sun
day at the coast at Pacific City,
Sara Margaret Hutchings, Lois
Smith, Barbara filler and V Aleen.
Armstrong, who spent the ' week
in t the Hutchings cabin ' the past
week, returned, home ,;with ; them.
Mrs. Anna Zysett and EL E.
Howell attended the' homecoming
at the OakvFew' school on" Hungry
Hill. 'Approximately 100 persons
were present,: coming from var!.
ious places, including Redmond,
Portland, Salem, Stayton. Mill '
City, Scio, Albany . and Jefferson.
Dinner was served on the, school
lawn, cafeteria style. In the aft-.
emoon the men enjoyed baseball
and outdoor sports. - f S'
Chambers . Howell and Ella'
Howell of Gladstone were recent'
guests at the home of his brotlw
er; E. E. Howell. 4 j
t Mrs. -C- 'P."- Oleman returned
home. Saturday- from ' the Salem
Deaconess hospital, following a
major operation. She is getting
along hlcely. ""; " p -
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Child's Oxfcrds
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If you haven't tried shopping the Marion street market way you are really missing something Drive down and see us; al
ways a place to park, eevrything undergone roof drugs restaurant barbershop groceries-meats vegetables a n d
bakery goods we'll be seeing you. I
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Ho Points Dcqnired far These Heals
Sliced Dixie Dacon . 26
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Fresh Sausage . . . 300
j Lamb Rib Chops i
390
B Grade,
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lamb Shoulder Steahs
B Grade,
lb..!...
350
Armour's Pore Lard
4-pound carton,-
no points...L..
730
wBffli&r moss
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Quaker Oals
Small
package.
-Breakfast
cereaL.
UHEATALOIE
pkgs.
EIELLGGG'S ALL BEmil
Large size!
package.--.t-
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Something you have
been . wmting-w ell,
here it is at the
Marion Street j Market
Cakes, several varieties;
Donuts, several varieties;
Maple Bars; Batter Horns;
Cinnamon Rolls; and many
other pastries all at popu
lar prices.
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(VEGETABLES
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Green Tops
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Green Onions
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Fresh Tonalcos
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Fresh Ccrn
flpriccls
Ud:m:!:zs
Don't forget to buy your" supply of canned roods
now while they are ration free. Buy now, special
prices. ' ' '
Snowflake and Krispie
Soda and Graham.
2-Ib. package .
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MJB, Hills Bro& Maxwell House, Empress, Alpine,
Folder's, Wadham'g, Golden West, j VfQC
Your choice, lb , ... , i,
Crisco, Spry, Snoudrifi, Forrnay
Yoor
choice
Srail Dinners ...A 90
1 Red Point Package
Tcxbest Grapefruii Juice
No Points.
47-oz. tin
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Camay Toilci Soap 3 ir. 190
Bed Alasha Salcsa trtZk
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