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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1944)
11 s. - J. v w VI ! J v I i i .i r 7 i I II LLJ I 1 1 I i i f 4 -V. i VEXN MOLVEE i f; t " v 1 j MICKEY MOLVER. ' ":" - w ' j ' ' . ; - i ' - ri - ; ' - ' fireman KENNETH MOLYER : J DAN MOLVER, JR. Vera Molvef (top), US army air corps, has been missing sine May 2ft ver France, aeeordlnc tm Information received by nla family. Uls father is Dsn Mol ver. who lives with bis slater. Mra. Carrie OpiU. S7 North Liberty street. Tern Molver is ne of four brothers la the US army. They attended Enrfe- " wood school In Salem and ; lived in Salem and Albany. : Their mother, Mrs. Maraerlto Molver; lives at Seventh j and Geary far Albany. The ether brothers are CpL Mickey Mol ver (second from top), ln the har bore raft servlee In England; rfe. Kenneth Molver ' (third from top), US. army narter- i masters corps, stationed In the Sonlh Pacific The oldest bro ther, Dan Molver, Jr. (bottom), Is tn the army signal corps. Fort Stevens. - (Special to-The Statesman) AN EIGirm AAF BOMBEK STATION, England The Air Medal has been awarded to Tech. SgL- Ernest J. Sing, 25, Salem, Ore., for meritorious achievement 'While participating . in several attacks upon military installations on the invasion coast and other German industrial and railway ob jectives. Ha is the radio operat or and a gunner on an Eighth air force B-17 Flying Fortress in the heavy bomber group commanded by Col. Elliott Vandevanter," jr., Washington, DC.- j Sgt Sing is the son of Mrs. Dora J. Sing, 844 North Commercial street, Salem. Prior to entering the AAF in November, 1941, he -was a machinist apprentice for A. B. McLauchlan Machine works, Fai rgrounds road, Salem. He vol unteered for aerial gunnery and received his training at Kingman field, Ariz." . Dr. and Mrs. Floyd Utter of Sa lem received word Thursday that their son, Robert Utter who is stationed in New Orleans, has been promoted to the rank of major and i-s:,:r"ci tr.a Ui "of commanding cillcer ct. trscps of transportation cogens Fred iiMk.f 1c, USN, has been in -the South Pacific nine months of his first year fa the navy. Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lleske, 90 South 12th street, he writes that he is fa good physical condition nd getting plenty of adventure but that he misses family - and friends here and is anxious to get home. , - - . Ffc Clifton Boehmer, US-marine corps, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Boehmer, route 4, box 424, that he came through the battle of Saipan un harmed. His V-mail letter was dated July 8 and was received here July 18. He was wounded at the battle of Tarawa and his fam ily waa happy to hear he had es caped without injury in the more recent battle. ' TU OSZGOIjr CTATECMA1T, gcdyn. Ortgoa. Ttidaj Mcrclng. JulV 21. 1S44 ;Back From Alaska IN-. 1 . ' 1 PIONEER Raymond Richter US army air corps, former resident of this community, was killed fa action over Germany, May 19, ac cording to Information received by friends here from the parents fa Enid, Okla. His brother, Russell Richter, US army air corps, is In a hospital fa Italy, according to last information received here. Raymond had previously been re ported missing following the May 19 mission over Germany. Both boys attended Dallas high school. MT. ANGEL Ensign Walter Poepping, US maritime service and third officer in the merchant mar ine Is home on a short leave, visit ing his mother Mrs. Mary Poeo- plng, and other relatives and friends. Ensign Poennlnr enlisted In the merchant marine July 29, 1942, shortly after graduating from Ml Angel college. He studied for six. months at the Long Island mer chant marine academy fa Kings- point, N.Y., before going to sea. He has made one trip around the world and h's most recent trin was to the South Pacific. MT.ANGEL Word was re ceived here by Mrs. Leonard Ficker that her husband. Pvt. Leonard Ficker, was graduated in class No. 34 of the postal school division of the quartermaster school at Camp Lee, Va. on Thursday, July 13. He was transferred to California a few days later. Besides his wife and infant son. Pvt. Ficker has his mother, Mrs. Mary Ficker, numerous other rel atives living at Mt Angel. Before his induction fa the army, Pvt.-Ficker, was assistant post master at Mt. Angel. MT. ANGEL Lt. and Mrs. Hubert Saalfeld and son, Richard, arrived here from Texas for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Saalfeld, and other relatives andUfriends. Lt Saalfeld fa fa the army air force. Lt. Cmdr. W. R. Stevens, SO, Salem, Oref commander of a Ventura bombing saadron, shown here "standing, , left, has jost. returned to the United States from an Aleutian naval base where he has taken f part In the first consistent bombinr of the homeland on Japan Lij Cmdr. Stevens has served ai pilot fa the crew shown here and has completed eight missions I against Paramushlro and Shimushu. Operating under fleet air wing fonr. these Tfntnra crews have been part of the navy task fnlt which has flow weU ever 100 Knriles bombing missions this year. He Is the sen f Mr. . and Mrs. Carl Stevens of LaHabra, Calif. Mrs. Stevens and' their two children, William r, Stevens, Jr., 4, and Carole Anne I nine months, left Salem Wednesday to make their heme In LaHabra. Shown fa the photo are, left to right, standing, Lt. Cmdr Stevens, squadron commander. Salem, pilot; Ltjj (Jg) G. Kl Meriwether, 362$ Lemmon, Dallas, Tex, co-pUot; Enilgn J. A. Waggoneri West Mllford, WV-, navigator; front row, John W. Momma, Dtuutigan. Calif, radioman; C. E. Eore. Hattlsbttrgj Miss, tanner; Baferd O. Barnette, 1415 Campbell street, Houston, Tex, plane! captain; Henry; J. Ancella. Revere. Mass, navlrator and ordnanceman. Satl Joe A. Wdlenv of IStMm Joe A. I j'T ''.; (Special to The Statestt)an) j AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER STATION, Englandi-Sirt Waleryi 28, i a Squadron operations clerlS at this Eighth air! force B-17 Fying Fortress base, of 1781 South Liberty street, Salem, Ore, spends many sleepless night arranging ground operation details insuring the success of AVF Fortress long-range bombing ttiwcjta on uermany s muixary ana industrial targets or attacks in sUDDort :of . around troor ar- tivity in the Normandy invasion area, i I . - Responsibility for renlacement gunner or officer oersonnel assign ment to crews prior to a mission is of prime importance fa Sgt Wal ery's job. Operations officers, he says, must scan their roster of PAGE SEVEN Lenna Hudson Dies in Sleep Mrs. Lenna M. Hudson Af Maurice Hudson, state corporation commissioner, died fa her sleep Wednesday night She was 43 years old and had )ivH tn ssin since the-imiddle of June. . C Besides her widower, Mrs. Hud son Is survived br i em. Toh Sgt Wmiam-Sv Hudson, now in the armed forces fac Italy; a daughter, Beverly, Salem; : and four sisters. IMrs. E. D: Hunt. Portland; J Mrs. Clyde. Lewis and Patricia Boyd, Los Angeles," and Mrs. R. A. Cobb, Veradale, Wash! Funeral services will h heM fn Portland Monday. ' : Mrs. Hudson had been active in fraternal land civic affair, in Portland for many years. - .' f ' : - ."."! .. - John Nezoda Rite 2 Hdnie F roin -'Actire ' Duty r" v - Saturday eligible! fliers and decide which men are best suited to fill in on regular!; crews. Their decisions make efficient operation and coor dination of the crews possible. A few hours prior to takeoff an operations clerk must be a walk ing encyclopedia of information to combat j filers, especially new crews. Walery must be able to tell a flier vhat Fortress he is on and where pie can find -it" He1 must know, the answers to all questions relative to equipment needed and where It can be obtained jimme diately If the time is short before takeoff fhe may f sometimes tell the man tojget to lis aircraft and he will seoire the Equipment and take it to hjm. j i AU $gt Wllery'a work isn't limited to operfitional missions as ground; school j instruction lis ne cessary for ne,w crews and re cords Have to be kept of each man WOODBURN. Julv o h n Nezoda, 81, died at his home on the Boons Ferry road Wednesday. Funeral services will be held fol lowing 8:30 requiem mass at St Agnes Catholic 'church fa Hub bard. Burial jwill be made fa St Luke's cemetery fa Woodburn. The rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock Friday night at the Ringo chapel. ; . k" - - Survivor are the widow. Ella Nezoda son, John J. Nezoda, jr. ai nome; two daughters, Margaret Cico and Martha Bolif, both of Portland, and four grandchildren. Visits in Swegle i . Following Operation ! SWEGLE - Mrs. Harold Sne- then has been spending a few days mis week! at the E. I. Snethen home on East Turner Road, re covering from an operation at a Salem hospital. She will visit at the Hartford home fa Silvertoh before returning to her home in Gervais. "4 !' ' 1 ! Former Pringle Man Dies at Portland Home PRINGLE' Word has been re ceived of the death in Portland of Ira Briggs, ;who until last year lived fa the Pringle district Mr. Briggs is survived by his widow, Mrs Rowena Briggs, one daughter ! Esther and two sons, Marvin and Lollin. through his scnxling and oper ations. He 'doesn't mind the long houjs and says "Since D-day op erations jhave stepped up, we're. now .helping our, ground troops by bombing : enemy installations and that makes it; easier for. them.l They have ? the same 'feeling we have in wanting to get the" war over and that's the main thing." Sgt Walery. is: the son of Mi, and Mrs.' John Walery of Salem."- of tbe Cily-1233 Slafe Slreel MM m Prices Effective Friday Ihru Ilczday Cannii - ALUATS FDESLI FDUITS AND VEGETABLES ; S TOtlKKiL j- --. i i . ; i ' ij i I a- -' ' ft ' ' ( j. r. ; . M, Mk Bros. Efe 4.111 :l i)c : BALL VAC0UI1 SEAL JARS C0E1PLETE i Qls.f floz;f ;)c : j PlsL, dbz. ,()c EIRE. lm$M UEigoS 3-Ho Swhoi i V i I I 1-Lb. Fcchcjs 1 in 1 Lb. Usui -iriiiiiiiniji. ; -jj Frying E!nl!:ils 111 lxb. Zd0 Zzikzi -Pt n fi - ! mi rmjll V i 4 i 74i W. W. Campbell is pictured with his two sons, who have been visiting him following active duty la the Pacific area. Left Is Pfe. Therman L. Campbell In the marine corps, whe has been la the Sooth Pacifle for. some tlmej and Is new at Bremerton for hospitalization. He enlisted on Janaary II, 1 nd ;WM wy from hom about 19 months. The second son pictured Is Leaman R. Camp, belt aviation machinists mate 1e, who entered the navy en May 29. 1941, and' has been away from home for three years. He has been In the Central Pacific area. A third son,-Newman P, Campbell, Is a private In the army and stationed fa the Eastern Pacific area. (Kenncll-ElHa.) Boy Is Poisoned By Fruit Spray " AUMSVnjJ-Donald Moun tain was taken suddenly ill Fri day from the effects of spray poi son which he got from eating un ripe apples. Though he washed the apples, enough spray was left to cause him to become violently ilL antidote was quickly administered. Goes to California SWEGLE Miss Marian Thratcher and her father left Sun day night for California, near Los Angeles to spend their vacations. At a 12th AAF BaseTech. Sgt Thomas B. 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