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PAGE SIX Th OHEGON STATESMAN. Scrlem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. September 24, 1SU Where They Are What LU Raleigh Wirth. US army air : corps,- who spent a reeent leave i with bis wife. Betty Ejrrely H Wirth in Sal t WOODBURN - Ilyrtle Fryer, motor machinist first class, who has been serving in the Caribbean since 1942, is spending a 15 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Fryerr before report ing back to New York for assign ment to shore duty! He served first on a sub chaser for 18 months, and then seven months on a mine sweeper. ' ".' , '.,' WOODBURX Iteb Evans CM2e for the past three years on a coast guard cutter in the North Pacific spent a few. days With his parents at their farm home north and west of town,' before going on to Seattle for a new assignment. - 'WOODBURN Mrs. Eebert Renn and little soa Michael are en route to Columbus, Ohio, to join Capt Robert Renn of the US air force, who is in training there. Former Salem Officer Dares I GermanLihes to Demand and Obtain Yielding of Paris Nazis' 14. Col. BionG. Welker, who was stationed in Salem as execu tive officer to'Coi. rA.- H. Stackpole of the 104th cavalry, a for mef Pennsylvania 'national; guard regiment assigned to coastal defence ia;1942, forced the surrender of the nazi commandant of the Continental hotel in Paris in late August through personal in-trepedit?- and -power of persuasion. " In civil life, Welker is managing editor of the Harrisburg "tele graph cf which Colonel Stackpole was publisher. His present duty is civil ; affairs officer, with the firsl firmy. Colonel Stackpole is on duty in China., ,; - jne ifrmy newspaper, ' btars and StfipeS,".in Its issue of August 29,-told the Welker story under the heading, "Sage of a Paris Ho tel,, or How a C-5 Talked a Nazi into Surrendering. According to this "article: i Demands Are Met v- ' 'It started when Lt. Col. Bion C. Welker, civil affairs officer of the United States 1st army, coldly drove his captured German vehicle-through the German lines Into Versailles. He faced Ger man capture. He knew- it. He drove on until .two machine guns barred his way. ' " I. am a domineering type of man, said Welker -with a grin, -'arid I demanded to b taken to the Stadt Kommandant of Paris . Quickly he was. conducted be fore the resplendent Komman dant who was not a little impres sed by the Class A uniform and the air of importance, worn by the colonel. Welker was in the Con tineniai, a iusn and expensive hotel taken over by the Kom mandant and the SS and he ex plained to the Germans the utter hopelessness of their position in the face of such French and Amer ican strength as was assembled outside the city. Surrender Advised ' "As the thunder of allied gun fire drew nearer, the Komman dant became more nervous. "What do you think we should do?' he asked Welker. Speaking perfect German, Welker . told him he should surrender as an honorable soldier before a . superior force. The Kommandant shook his head. "But . time was passing. The guns moved in, and the FFI was i gaining the upper hand throughout the city. A wild night of burned secret documents followed frantic hurried conferences. Welker could feel the end was coming. "His guards were perfectly cor rect in their treatment of him and the German officer looked . after hLfweLfaxe. Then came the sud den end. . - " m 'Herr Colonel, said the Kom mandant, .we will surrender to you to the Americans but do not turn us over to the FFI, I beg of you. . "Welker said he -would consid er the matter, which he did, long enough to get a white sheet and march out of the hotel to the wait ing French, ; who then took the Germans away.; Welker had ex plained the situation to them and they agreed to accord the' sur- Fcrcn Fern Acres Contract LJ Farmer . land Clearing ' CuHiozins: Fhil Dylrsira Rt. 1, Sheridan, Ore. A A They 'Are Doing I Wendell late, pharmacist male 1st class, of Portland, has been a guest of hU uncle, ' John .TeSelle, of the Valley Motor company, cm leave from active duty in the Pa- cific. Member of a navy medical unit attached to the second marine divisioorZsaac participated in the fighting at Guadalcanal, , Tarawa and Saipan, and wears numerous battle decorations including the purple hearty On" his , return, to duty he expects a shore assign ment with - the navy for several months and then hopes to be as signed to a battleship .1 ". '(Special to The Statesman) AN E IGHTU AIR FORCE FIGHTER STATION, England Pfc. Orville C. Wright of Salem, Ore., .is a member of an eighth fighter command ' P - 5 lNMustang group which recently passed the 450 mark in -victories over.-nazi planes, becoming the third Ame rican fighter- group in . the Euro pean theatre of operations - to make such a .record, ; , ; , " Ptc Wright is an armorer In a Mustang squadron stationed here and his work contributed to the group's high record of combat ef ficiency. , . m , Pfc. Wright, who formerly re sided at 530 North 21st street, Sa lem, was employed by. the suite highway department of Oregon prior to his induction in January, 1943. I . - v. .1 The name of Second Lt. Fran cis A. Min turn, son of Mrs. Lucy MintUrn, 292 North Church street, is on the official list of men miss ing - in . action in the'. Asiatic theatre of operations, released this weekend by the war department - NORTH HOWELL Pvt. Ray mond Woelke, U.S. army, -has written to his mother, Mrs. Anna Woelke, from southern France. rendering German staff all the honors of war, and gave them treatment , commensurate with their rank. j Welcome to Paris ; "Shortly after, a tank column pushed to that section of the city, writes Winget (S&S correspond ent). 'I was halted by a French man who said he would take me to Welker. We walked through endless dark corridors of the ho tel,, past litter cast away by the frightened Germans everywhere, and past the piled up armament, through rooms where meals were still oh the' table, only half eaten. Eventually I found the colonel sit ting placidly in a chair with a gass of vintage wine in one hand, and watching the street fighting from his penthouse window. " 'Welcome to Paris,' said this former editor ot the Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph.' - "He had just one complaint A German officer had stolen his on ly shirt and his toothbrush." - IT COSTS TO BRING IT SOMETIMES the "profes sioal atmosphere" around this establishment deceives folks. Because we bare a repu tation for holding to die high, est ethical standards; emptor-: lag oaly skilled registered pharmacists and isistia apoa fresh, potent drags; aoeae people coactode that we are "high priced, But it iso't so! Actually, It costs no more of tea less to briag your preicriptio here to Head quarters. "Why aotaext time? "JJ,,VfT Capiid Drnj !:re l Cer. State A Liberty - Pheae 111! First "WAC of the week in the s eruitinr effke is Hazel Marie Schomberr, daughter tt Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schomberr of 142 Abrame avenue, wh has completed her ( enlistment in the women's army; corps and will be called to active ' duty October 1$, Miss Schomberr has very special interest in the I work of the army medical corps, for she has been ene of the rernlar I contributors ; to the Red Cress blood bank. After completing her basic training- at Des Moines she will be assigned to the medical I corps for surgical technical training and will then be assigned to one of the army general hospitals tation of wopnded soldiers returning from overseas. Salem Private Writes of Guam Invasion, Jap Tanks, and Says -Thank God Pm an American9 I y; -' .ms.-: : ' . y , ,; A V. '' ' fit 'O -5 m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmf. Li in mi n is muni 1 Pvt. Wallace Gilchrist Pvt. Wallace. D. Gilchrist, : jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gil christ of 115 Liberty road, told his parents in a letter that D-day of, the Guam invasion "was really a breath-taking sight." . following are excerpts from a letter of Private Gilchrist, whose wife and son reside at 1862 N Winter, written io "Dear Mom and Pop: f For several days now we have had hardly any rain at all, but today old JupejPluvius visited us quite often. But . . . the rain does make it a lot i cooler and helps keep the flies down, too. l WCI1MI1 Kill U I CKILUI UUI19 II a T V 1.1 u - been lifted on certain items so I want to tell you about the you about the big show on D-dayj , . : . J f Early in the morning all (the fighting ships) started . shelling and planes were bombing up until the zero j hour. fThen at the ap- NO MORE IJERE J Z - V y !... .. . . ! ' - ' - i 'J- . t :.X'- v ' -" " ' '.i ' ; - - ' .. .r area served by the Salem army re- where WACS aid in the rehabili pointed, minute the landing craft headed for the beach to make the assault What a flotilla that was! It was I the-, first v invasion I had seen and the immensity of the thing held me spell-bound. "I thought of how many hours of labor it took to .make possible all the! shells, ships, planes and supplies;, and how much planning it . took to make the whole opera tion a success. " "We-fellows over here certain ly must "thank " the people back home for the quality of our equip ment. ' ; vA. r ,.. ;v; ,youd laugh, out loud like I did at the first' Jap tank I "saw. It resembles an old pot-bellied stove and when it was hit by a shell . . ii just sorta disintegrat ed. Thank God I'm an American. "It's unny how during the cam paign I worried' about you folks and Lois worrying about me than I did : about myself j May sound strange! but a lot of fellows said the same thing. "The idea is .that the soldier in the fox hole knows he is OK, & : i I " yj ' ' ' i Cor. Court & Liberty . , - ; Salem, Ort. j Overseas Mailing Season Expected to Be largest in History; Regulations Stressed, AP Features ' . - ' . Mailing gifts to servicemen and women abroad is just as important as buying. The post office- says t&is overseas mailing season from now to Oct. 15 will be the biggest in history. , : Here are the government's rules for overseas mailing: : " : Packages "must not be over five pounds in weight, nor more than 19 inches long, nor more than 36 inches In length and girth com bined. This is about the size of an ordinary shoe box. Only , one package may be sent by or on behalf of the same per son or concern to or for the same soldier in one week during the mailing period. The package should be marked "Christmas Parcel," and a label not resembling a postage mark or stamp is suggested for this.' . ; 'Standardized boxes for mailing are being sold. But, if you'd ra ther you can make your own from corrugated fiberboard car tons, such as can be secured from the grocer.' The box should be tied firmly with strong twine, bound and reinforced with strong gummed paper tape, or both. i The' address '. should be type written c printed plainly in wa terproof ink. A duplicate address and return address should r be placed inside the box. The destination address should include; the rank and full name, serial , number, service organiza tion and. unit of the service per son.' It also should include the proper Army Post Office or Fleet Post Office number and The, port from which it will leave. The re- j turn address should be complete, i Mrs. Morrow to Sneak ) To USO Volunteers PORTLAND, Sept. 23-UP)-Mrs. Dwight W, Morrow, national head of USO ; volunteer services and widow of the former US ambassa dor to Mexico, will arrive here this week to speak to volunteer workers. -' but his people 5 or S thousand miles away do not know that ' ifThe doughboys in Europe are doing V wonderful job; it makes me feel like the whole thing couldn't last more than ( or 8 months, longer. . . . "Thanks for the clippings from The Statesman of the chief radio man who was on Guam 31 months. One of ; the natives told me about it. and' how they befriended him but I was a little skeptical about it,? so now the clippings verify the whole thing. ... f Darkness is falling and . the mosquitoes are coming out. I can not see very well so shall close. "Although my body is on the island of Guam, my heart and mind are always in Salem -with my loved ones. Mail from home means a great deal to the soldier, so keep the letters coming. I .. "Love, i I 1 "Wallace, Jr. ; FOUR POINTS TO CHECK - ill II -" if , w " -5 .. TF .)' j-y Postage on all parcels must be fully prepaid fourth class on packages over eight ounces, third clasS under that weight. Armstrong to ' Assist Winant In London Post ... WASHINGTON, Sept 21 - -Appointment of Hamilton Fish Armstrong, editor of the magazine "Foreign Affairs," as special as sistant ; to Ambassador John G. Winant at London with personal rank of minister was announced today by the department of state. McCnORD FIELD. Waskw Tech. Sgt XeRoy J. Willig, sta tioned at McChord field, Wash has been awarded the Good Con duct medal at that fourth air force base. . Sgt Willig, with close to eight years service, including two years overseas, also wears the American Defense Ribbon. A crash crew chief at McChord field, the popular, well .liked sergeant is also president of the base NCO club. His home address is 1554 North 4th street, Salem, Ore. ; Overlooking the' French town of Dreux on the Blaise river, near Parish are the ruins of a castle of the cbunts of Dreux who flour ished in the Middle Ages. Many articles i are strictly ta boo for mailing: Perishable foods, intoxicants, weapons, poisons, and inflammables . like matches and lighter fluids., i . ..Ia Bigger Deer Season Expected by Hunters PRINEVILLE, Sept 23 -P)- A larger open area, more ammuni tion and . a. season which opens on a Sunday will attract an unusual ly large army of deer' hunters to the Ochoco national forest Oct 1, forest officials predict .. rnv iprpnn n n uinfffA I Efil TO (MESS !Wheii teeth are lost, replace them with dental plates that improve your nat ural appearance. Make your own terms within reason, for dental work of all kinds Accepted Credit : enables yoq to obtain dental serv ice and pay later. You can start your work immediate ly and pay at ydjir conven ience. Payments weekly or monthly. 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PQElS VMML 123 LICEHTY ST. .COIL STATE , TELEPHONE SALEM 8825 . Other Offices la Ec;ene, Portland, Tacoma, Spokane, Seattle Ana in au leading Fislierman Drowns When Tug Ranis Boat - CAMAS, Wash, Sept 23 Thrown into, the Columbia river when tug rammed 'his small fishing boat last night, Jess Powell, Camas, still was missing . today. All three occupants of the small boat, apparently unnoticed by a tug taking two barges downstream, were hurled into the river by the crash, which occurred off the port dock between Camas and Washou aL Frank Gibson and Henry Hu ber, both of Cama tlung to the wreckage until help came. lfr(md mum ': Ce9 ia fer o Sdsntifk EYE EXAWriATIOJI flosses oh facdit Dr.- Harry A." Brown srown " H rist I rty SL I Optometrist 184 N. Liberty Dr. Painless Parker Says: "Yon can avoid the dis tortion of features by keeping teeth in repair. Restorative dentistry. t prevents - hollow cheeks, -'sagging facial muscles. 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