-; i i Li 1 Tia CIGOU STATUS !AII Calsm. Ornjao. Sunday llaenln?. August ZX IS II I PAC- nxvni ftr the first time since January, Set Harry Bonner Ilarrold, US amy signal corps, (center) has been twa yean In New- Guinea and spent his 21-day fmrleoch here and has sea t Caasp White. Hal Harreld, chief motor machinist's . mate, (rlht) US nary, has been la the nary for six years most of the time la Hawaii. The younrest brother, Bruce Ilarreld (left), ship fitter first class, US nary, has been five years In the navy and spent the last S3 months on a repair shir in the southwest Pacific Mrs. Hal Harrold, the former Kosemary Herbert, hat lost returned from Saa Dlero where she visited with her husband. The three boys came hero from No braska and .Bruce finished Salem tnroruand. - - " Sergeant Sing Gets ; ' .Oak Leaf Cluster ' (Special to The Statesman) AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOM BER STATION, England An oak leaf cluster to bis air medal has been awarded to Tech. Set Ernest J. Sing, 25, son of Mrs. Dora J. Bing, 944 North Commercial St, Salem, Ore., tor "courage, coolness .end skill displayed while partici pating in several bombing attacks upon German military and indus trial targets. 1 - ' He Is the radio operator and a gunner on an Eighth Air Force ; B-17 Flying Fortress. . , I AT A 12th AAF B-U BASE Cpl. Stanley R. Stiffler, wfiose parents, Mr; and Mrs. Lloyd Stiff ler, reside in Salem, Ore, recently rounded -out his 18th month of service on foreign soil, entitling him .to wear three gold overseas stripes. ' 1 .y. The Salem soldier earned - the stripes serving as a radio oper ator with a B-25 Mitchell bomb squadron, veterans of the Tuni sian, Sicilian . and Italian cam paigns in the Mediterannean area. He is entitled to wear the European-Middle-East-African ribbon and the Italian campaign star. .. (ADDITIONAL SEE VICE MELVS ' NEWS ON r AGE ) MX" mm Uomca's Laid ilrmy Join this patriotic service . Woniens Land Army be prepared to respond to immedi ate call for emergencr harvest ing' of crops. Bo proud to help 'Food Fight for Freedom!' w ! 1941. three bus C Mr. and Mrs. H. hih school la 1939. The parents, , . s t If f ! CNIONVALE R b e r t Allen Macee. son of Mr. ' . and Mrs. Lewis Ma gee, who graduated from midshipman's school ' at Columbia university, New York City, last week and has been commissioned an : ensign. He will be stationed at Newport, XL for torpedo training. First LL Edward H. Farringtoa, nephew of Mrs. Furth Van Patten, 2047 Mill street has been award ed the Bronze-Star by Ma. Gen. Walter M. Robertson for excep tionally meritorious achieve ments against the enemy in France. . ""t". " " , , f". " '. lap mi mm unwipiix.. jwwwwwwm If .. If ' - ' - " 1 mil Turn- Sail "m? msmM CITY IIALL : . J. Barrold net la Salem recently. Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Harrold, bow live I v, - Salem Nurse Nor , J ; Second Xieuteiiarit i - i !' (Special to The Statesman) i FORT DOUGLAS, Utah Re cently cammissiopsd s second lieutenant in the army of the United States, and assigned to the army ijurse corps, is Pat Ma rie fcergiiv 47T, Winter, Salem, Ore.! Lieutenant Bergin will re port to Camp. White, Ore, to re ceive basic i training before re porting to1 Dibble General 'hos pital,v Menlo Parle, Calif, where she; has been assigned for duty. S1LVERTON, Aur. Walter Rue, son of Mr and Mrs. Bert Rue, Silverton, ; has, joined 1 the j para troopers at Fort Bennlng, Gjl, ac cording to word received by his parents. He has been in the in fan try and has been serving in Alaska. , He was ; expected! home on furlough but his recent transfer made; it necessary to cancel the trip, f : 1 ; t j f - DALLAS Theodore L. Coon, aviation metalsmith first class US navy, visited; with his wife land family , in DaEas Tuesday, their 11th wedding anniversary. He was recently transferred fromj Long Beach, Calif., to the Astoria naval air station. - - ' - -'I EILIP;AVIE o) aA i r 1 . " i ' : El - - 1 tit IIarvc:i cf ihis vilal war crcp dennfa cn my run lens ci ine snno lino cent real ccney. I 3 i ! Ofllll Join fEIom:3uif3fs Sncrid' : - . i ' I I, Ii 'I ' Special busses leave from the farm la bor office at 8:30 each morniidg for housewives unable to leave earlier. Re turn in time for wife; to prepare cve-ningmeal.- ;- , . r IT1 CLUE 45 , - ! - ;:: :'"; Where They Are W hat MONilOUTH. Anr. 1 Sgt Donald 1 McEldowney,; prisoner of wjrr in cfermany;- has emmnnnfeat- ed diredlr wi& hlk jwife, Gloria, here,-and his mother, Mrs, T. A. McEldowney of Burnt, Woods, as ink postal cards: issued by the Ger man government for such purpose. The date was May 4, and the hand writing sis recognized as the ser geant's, the cords coining from s camp near Eressiau, i uermany, called Stalaglutt IIL He stated he was well, and was fed and treat ed all right; St:it-.f-.r Sgt McEldowney, tail gunner on a B-17 bomber; was taken prison er by the Germans when he baaed out on i flight over France- last April 2p; He U a native of Mon mouth, and graduate; of the local high school A aa was torn to the McEldowneys July 2L - - .1 ' Virgil Wuson, peamaa Qdrd class, I US asrry. Is bow hi Salsaswtao- !- eordins to word received by his j.' wife,! the former Joyce lively. I He Is; the sea of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson of Jefferson. Seaman Wilson has jeeri In the service for two years and! was at Pearl Harbor before going to Salpaa. His wife and nine month old soa, Douglas Dale,! reside In Sa- ,enH - II II! -1- Clarence Conrad, javlation ord- nanceman second class, has just completed his seven-day leave "with his parents, Mrj. and Mrs. C J. Conrad, 11x15 IMadison street, and has returned toi duty at San Diego naval air station.-He is jturretspedalisll fj1-; t-i ' ;:: Young; Conrad came from San Diego by naty plane to Sand Point, Seattle,! and j spent a day jvisiting j his , ste, jRuth, a stu dent Jn Seattle. He jspent the re malnder of hi time here. ' " nn UWLJ(Q)DTl(oJ tsars. Help ic:a ice iifjzlisg nen by helping its 0 f ! M 1 B -I- i V 164 liAYJES: ! 1 -.i - : 1. . J - - J, 1 U ' "l ! '-I - - - i ; !.": 4 ii i ' - -e , - i. This Vital MessazA Sponsored by " They Are,' Doing ; DALLAS Cast Wayne 3. Page is in England, ills wife, . the former Jean Balburg of Salem has earned, ffii parents,' I!k aadlirs. 4 J. Pagej live here. Capt Page is a . former Dallas doctor, and graduated from Dallas high school to the University of Oregon, and University Medical school. He vol unteered in March, ilS42, ' and served fat Camp Adair for : some time before going: to Camp Grant lit, where he was stationed unta recenUy; . . ;.. ..vS.vt' In Camp Grant he. was an in structor; at : the. medical i center. Mrs. Page and their daughter, Ju dith Ann, were with him at Camp Grant i SALEM Capt Martin J. Elle has been la the South Paeifla area for the vast 22 moafhs la the administrative branch of the j photo reconnalssanee. Capt Bio has been stattoaed at New Zemlaad. Gmaajilcaaal. New H rbrldes Islands, and New Cale donia. Friar to eaterinr the service, Capt EUo was asslst 'ant superintendent of edaeatton for he state -of Oretoa. i 1 - i DALLAS Ed. Janzen. boats wain mate first class in the coast guard; who 1 was a state police of ficer until , his enlistment 26 months ago, has been transferred to the district headquarters intel ligence'; service in Seattle. ' His famflyjjhas Joined him, and wlil uve in Seattle. 4 v DALLAS Cat James Laaey. patient at the Barnes hospital at Vancouver, visited this week with Mr. and Mrs. Laird V. Woods of Dallas.' . His home is in Visalia, Calif, j Mrs- Woods is Red Cross "gray ady ;at Camp Adair hospi- taVand met Cpl. Laney there. uddiliial hnarlrcds cl r t - i .i...n - "i if crv 7 ! t mm Fill Eiisscs hid Trnclis Free transportation i$ provided which starts from County Farm Labor Office each morning 6 to 6:30. Women, you will be back in plenty of time to prepare the evening meal, j - j j i : , . I V .I ' I ;"i t STL - Mala 2S0 381 f Step right np and pitch 'cm on the when the cameraman caught this group at aa American Red Cross Service club somewhere tat Australia eetebraUng the Fourth of Jsly at a "state fair." Six states are rtpreseated by the group. Girls la the pk tare are a Red Cress worker from Denver sad s WAC private from New York City. 1 SDLYESTON, Aug. 1 Lt How . ard lieehty, US army air who has served maay tas In Italr and tai other d Eureaeaa areas, is. aow visiting ; hh pareats, the Albert Lleeh . tys. He wul be located at a . Caliorala base f ollewlas his 4 leave. J.,;1t fl Tech. Sgt Robief M. Etelmaa, scat of Mrs. Myrtle R. Holman, 740 Ferry street, Salem, -is due to arrive in the United States this montti :, on furlough 'from . flie Southwest Pacific; theatre of op erations, Where he has served 27 months with the medical corps. Iccal nea, ncnea and nmcr.uto grcTrs ins i 1 OIEMEKETA;- PH. 2-1653 ' ' '' y ' SI IIiKm., if ! I ! i ' . . i - ' f- w i; 5. I::! ' aamberr Carl W. Keascher, Ph. M SianeyFunk WHtesJietter, From Japan SCOTTS MILLS A letter from Sidney E. Funk, prisoner of war In Japan, was received this week by his sister, Mrs. Fred Buck. He writes that he "is: working every day except Sunday." Food is fair, and he hopes tq be home soon.'- r -I :l - " " j 1 The family has heard from him only three times since October, 1941 -:when he, left Shanghai, China, for the Philippines. He was taken prisoner after the fall of Corregidor. . . I This last letter was written with a pencil m his own nandwrning. The others, were typed "with only his signature written. Pvt' Floyd L. Barnes, Jr, who has recently completed a course at enlisted cadet school. Camp Croft, N. C, is home on furlough with his wife and two; daughters at their home at 1764 Market street' ' LHSESTY Lt Staryt C. Austin flew home from Dover, Del, on a IS. day leave. ; He is the oldest son of Mr and Mrs, S. C Austin,' is a fighter; pilot and has been instruc tor at Lake Louise, f .' s children. A day cf delay Iccl Lf3 palnslic ana al ILL J u U liH J. 1 ) I) n i it! .- i ' ' - ? . - - . v $ i EmiM alaM Kcsp.Fhlcans Frill Youngsters in platoons .' keep platoons at top strength by not missing a single day at this criti cal period. , Get a substitute if you are unable to pick. Help Food Fight for Freedom! I 1 : - r t ' II I ; I ' M M 70S 1C WATER ;, 1e, Salem, far left had just pitched t i - FRINGLE K tberl -Blaekmore, soa "of Mr.! and Mrs. Floyd Blaekmore Is t a k I a g radio trataing at Memphis, Tenn and expects to bo transferred to Florida to complete his course. 4 HUTCHINSON. KaSv Lt Francis! Fred Matthewson, son of' Mr. and Mrs. Frank W, Matthew- son, route lour, , Salem, Ore, - has completed !a ' refresher 'course at the Hutchinson naval air station and is now qualified as a patrol plane commander of a navy PB4Y patrol bomber j ' " It Matthewson will now join a squadron which soon will go into :Combatj h t t ' -W-.-iv; n H II Ifci Vk. - PH. 44 it V ' ! : " -'fv-. ; - l .i f . . 5 . i ... n : HHPS