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Tl OHTSCII STATEC! IAN. Ectlern, Oregon. Thursday MorxLag. August 31. 114
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Where They Are What They Are Doing
Sniper Fire Terrorizes Crowd
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IX Constine O. Schneider, who
. was recently, swarded the Dis
tinguished Fly for Cross, Is plc
' tared la the cockpit f the
Eighth sir force B-17. riylng
. Fortress, "Dear Mom,' in which
' e flew,1 first ss' eo-pilot and,
' later, as first pilot on nameroa
ability to make warV ;.
and was awarded the Distinguish
ed Unit Citation, which ribbon he
also' wears. V--' " v'' "y A "-
Sit. Harold Iloacland, a photo
graphic technician' with the 8th
US air force in England, - writes
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart
Koagland, that his group has been
awarded - the- Presidential Group
Qitation for laboratory work. .The
group turned out a quarter of a
million prints for the month of
June;,-;-: . . " i:T":.,'
Gervais Man r;
Wins 'Award
GERVAIS George Helnig, son
of Mrs. Kate JHelnig, In the 37Jh
infantry somewhere in the south
west Pacific area," and a flame
thrower, along with a comrade,
destroyed two pillboxes while un
der intense enemy fire and earned
for ; themselves., the bronze . star
pmedal. The award was given them
for.- heroic achievement - in ' the-
bloody battle of Hill 700 on the
Bougainville island in the northern
Solomons.- . , . . "...
Elwood Honored
GEBVAIS Mrs.- JU . T. Horal
ias received word that her op, '
JSgt Fred Schwingler ,was injured'
in France July 30, when a piece of
'chrapnet entered his left thigh. He
was taken by plane to a hospital
in England.
... SILVERTON Harry .Thomas
locCrea, 'seaman second class, re
turned to Farragut . Wednesday.
McCrea is the son of City Man
ager and Mrs. Harry C. McCrea
fit Silverton. Another son of the
McCreas is Lt Donald McCrea,
a fortress pilot who has completed
32 missions in Italy. A son-in-law
rf the McCreas, Lt John Forsha,
on a Liberator, has completed 35
anise tons In England. Mrs. Forsha
is with her parents at Silverton.
SClO Dalton Fox, Jr., runner
first class, reported this week to a
west; coast naval base for reas
signment with the armed guard of
a roercnant snip. e spent a leave
here with his wife and parents.
Foxnas been in the navy for two
years and served on a troop ship
in the South Pacific for 13 months.
Mrs. John Lowers (Patricia
Holland) has returned to Scib
from Colorado to make her home
with her mother for the duration.
Her husband, a staff sergeant, is
overseas. Her father, Glenn Hol
land, a petty officer in the US
nayy construction . battalion, , is
srauonea at corpus unnsii, Texas.
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SCIO Cpl. Eugene Booeher Is
spending '..a .-furlough ..with ..his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bou
cher, before reassignment as an
instructor in chemical warfare.
Boucher' is back from Italy. He
pent 18 months in the southern
European theatre, and has battle
- stars signifying, service in the Tu
nisian, Sicilian and Italian cam
7 paigns. His outfit was credited
, with saying the Anzio beachhead
from recapture by the Germans
'(Special to The Statesman) V
AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER STA
TION, England First Ii. Ken
neth C. Elwood (right), son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis E. Elwood,
sal em, Ore Is congratulated by
'Col. Frank P. Butter, jr., Roa
noke Rapids, N.C., commanding
officer at this B-17 Flying Fort
ress heavy bombardment sta
tion, after receiving the distin
guished flying cross for "extra
ordinary achievement while ser
ving as pilot of a Flying Fort on
s number of combat bombard
ment missions over Germany
and German occupied eotu
tries." ..Lieutenant Elwood waa
graduated from Salem Senior
high school In 1938. '
GetsDFC for
Hitting Nazis
LT. CONSTINE SCHNEIDER
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; , AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
: BOMBER STATION, England
: First LtjCenstlne O. Schneider, 25,
sA Salem, Ore., pilot of the Eighth
..air lorce j-w. iiymj . ionress
,: ''Dear Mom," has been awarded
1 the distinguished flying cross' for
extraordinary achievement" while
participating in numberous bomb-
Jng attacks on Nazi . military and
industrial installations, it has been
'announced by Col. Elliott Vande
.vanter, jr,r of Washington, D.C,
fortress group commander.
. Lieutenant Schneider, . son of
Mrs. Marie H. Schneider of 695
Court St., Salem, also holds the
Air Medal with - four Oak Leaf
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There Is a good bunch of boys
-in our - plane," said Lieutenant
; Schneider. "We work well togeth
er .and have made more than 30
' missions without having to turn
back because of mechanical trou
ble. IWone on -the crew has been
"wounded and our fortress has
never been badly shot up by nasi
Cak or fighters." '
Uelore entering the AAF, Lt
Echneider was taking a pre-medi-
., .cal course at Willamette univer
The lieutenant's brother. Chief
Petty Officer R. W. Schneider, !a
. with the Sea bees in the South Pa
tillc theatre: . .
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A child sits crying on the pavement and terror shows la the faces jot
. women nearby, when sniper fire crackles near the famed Notre
Dame cathedral daring. Genl Charles' do.' Gaulle's parade . through
-Parts Caption aeoompanytaur UUs British official photo ys : Ger
man sniper fire came from the cathedral. AP. Wlrepheto via sig
nal corps radio)
America First
Picks Smith -
DETROIT, . Aug. 30-rVThe
first national convention of the
America First party' today nomi
nated the party's director, Ger
ald L. K. Smith of Detroit,-for
president and Harry Homer of St.
Henry, O for vice president. No
other names were submitted.
Smith' had been nominated by
the Michigan convention and Ro
mer was substituted when John
W. Bricker, republican vice presi
dential nominee, .- refused the
Michigan ' convention's nomina
tion. -
Delegates debated planks oi a
platform embodying the party's
policies.
ventor, 19-year-old Stanley ' Hil-
er, Jr,' of Berkeley. Tomorrow he
will report for induction.
The ship rose -vertically, " hov;
ered, swung in a circle, . inched
forward, -slid backward and. land
ed within- jk foot of the : takeoff
spot
New Helicopter
Makes Appearance
SAN FRANCISCO, AugV 30-
A new type of!, helicopter which
eliminated the customary tail
propeller, and overcomes- torque
by using super imposed, contra
rotating two-blade rotors, was
dfimonstrated. to"the navy, army
and national advisory committee
for aeronautics today, by its in-
7V
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- Mrs. Warren Pohle has received
a letter from her son, James WD
I" ri Lockard, B. M. first class, US
cast guard, that he was one of
i ve boys selected to escort Pres
:,:r.t nocsevtt's small boat on a
f'-hing trip in a email bay out of
J.:r.?au, Ala;!ia, cn June 7. Lock
r ri writes that the president
: yed alone in his beat, but that
; were next to hlrn ct -fill times.
C Jiers in. the party included Adi
; "rs!s Leahey and Ilclntyre.
" en the five Leys were selected
' - the tccret v.::zlcn they first
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Northwest Congressmen Talk
With New WPB Higli Command
-" : WASHINGTON, Aug. SO.IVNorthwest congressmen con
ferred today' with the new high command of the war production
board, and Rep. Angell (R-Ore) said afterward that "We feel that
some good was accomplished, though we, were not able to stave
off the aluminum cut-back which went into effect today."
The delegation conferred with J. A. Krug, the new WPB act-
chairman, and two of his
ing
principal aides, f Angell said the
northwesterners told them "about
our fears that the northwest
would be left-at-the-post in-postwar
development." , . ...
Krug. told ; the group that the
wests ship building and 'airplane
industries are certain to continue
at lull speed, for the -duration of
the Pacific war. :
S. Plants Affected'
Angell said the aluminum cut
back affects four eastern and four
western - plants, releasing . 550
workmen in the c Los AneIes
area and 60 at Spokane. He said
the cutback will reduce the alu
minum production about 103,000;
000 poundi? monthly.
Others at the! conference were
Sen. Cordon (R-Ore.) and Reps;
llsworth,r M ott : v and Stockman,
all ; Oregon ' republicans; Ma gnu
son (D-Wash.),.Hofan and Nor
man (R-Wash.), , Dworihak (R
Iclaho) and White (D-ldaho). '
Wires WPB Head .1
Meanwhile," Sen." Wallgren (D-Wat.)-reported-at
Walla Walla
tl&i1d":wlioWlli:neaa
against any aluminum na jnag-
t
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-H .w i r e d that such.. contem
plated action was i' "apparently
contrary to agreement made with
western, representatives and. sen
ators when we fought originalyat
temit;; to "I reduce production of
low -cost 'western plants .while; al
lowing high cost plants to oper
ate elsewhere."
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'Westward, "HoP;
Round-Up -Theme ;
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PmbLETON.l A u g SQhJJPr'
-Westward, : Ho!w will, be ; the
theme of the Friday parade dur
InsTthe "Sept.--.14-18 'Pendleton
Round-Up. The parade ; will dis
play every known pioneer vehicle
and will feature 2000 Indians and
1000 whites, announced Director
Cliff payhuft
- Stage, properties for para da ac
tors 'wilt include ; stage coaches,
hacks, buc zb o a rd s surreys,
sleighs, buggies, ; Indian ? travois,
Red River cars, covered wagons,
Mormon carts, Aparajo outfits,
stretchers, ox carts, and pony ex
presses. "All costumes" will, be au
theitie,rwid.Dayhuft T ii a 4 I
Colut Rodents Told W
Slay Home -LaborDay; r
PORTLAND, Aug. 3(H)-Pa-
cific coast Vesldents are not to take
trains or j buses. "oyer -Iabprday
weekend unless for an emergency.
nesium producUcafcijlme office of 'defense' trjportai
Washmgton state. " V'.- J tiiOT stne -.i.l
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Fritz Kuhn, Nazi Aliens
On Camp Hunger Strike
"FT. STANTON, NM, Aug. 30-(P)-Fritz
Kuhn,- former German
American Bund - leader, and 25
other internees are on a hunger
strike at the internment camp
here, but department of justice of
ficials say-they, suspect the Ger
man aliens are getting food on
the sly. - . ; . rl :-f 'f
A. . M.' Ten h y, department of
Justice officer in charge, predicted
the hunger strike, In its ninth
daywould end before- long. The
kitchen is open at all times,", he
said, ' .:.." :
Blexican Recreation
Center Proposed - ;
EUGENE, Aug. SO-A recre
ation center for the hundreds of .
Mexicans working near Eugene in .
railroads and fields has been pro-:
posed here by a former consular '
official. ' ...r-' . i
Spanish-language enterteinment
and reading matter in the center
would attract the laborers during
leisure time, j Dr. Paul. Van do
Velde, former Belgian consul in
Mexico City, said at a city council
meeting. University of - Oregon -students
in Spanish might .assist,
he said. "; . .- : ; - '
Transportation agencies have
reported ' "gratifying cooperation
from' civilians, resulting ,'in more
space for military and- essential
war travel,' said Portland district
ODT Rail Director Frank H. Hock
en. OiyT has ipeatedly 'told ci
vilians to stay at' home on.! holi
days. - 'V -!
For. peach pack, prune and beet 'packs will follow. We
need FULL-TIME and JART-TIME workers starting
on Thursday, Aug. 31. , -
Day Still Ccrinczccs C:C3 2L IL V ,
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- PART-TIME -VICTORY- SHIFT 7:00 P. M. to 11 :0fr f
P. M. Cannery BUS will pick up and take .home
workers on NIGHT and VICTORY SHIFTS in Saleia
and -vicinity of Cannery, ?
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