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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1944)
PAGETTCES Mid -Willamette Valley Men Are Serving Their on Battlettorits of :Worid Tho OrJCGCW STATESMAN. Scdein. Orecon, Sunday Morning, Noreraber 5. 1S44 Country AAF Sergeant From Salem ; Gets Promoted While the airmail from the 15th AAF in Italy was dotted with dis patches concerning his promotion - from staff sergeant to technical , sergeant and his experience on a mission to oil refineries at Blech , .hammer, Germany, William (Dew , ej) Paulus, 22, was on his way . home to Salem and Portland. ; - V Paulus, who visited friends here late last week,' beat the airmail. ' Son of Mrs. Pauline Paulus, 5924 - Northeast Mason street; Portland, ' Paulus is graduate of Salem high school, class of 1940. Before en listing in the army air forces Pec. ' 29, 1941, he was employed by the ' Cherry City Baking company as a shipping clerk. .-' i Enslneer-Gnnner ' , He If an engineer-gunner in an Italy-based 15th AAF Flying Fort ress, who flew his 50th daylight .' bombing mission in the Mediter-- ranean theatre, . September 7 of this year.' That particular flight the group blasted a jet-propelled aircraft factory at Munich. The Blechhammer mission of August 27 he describes as . the toughest of his career, more col orful and dangerous tnan that of . July 8 at Ploesti .when Paulus, . riding as waist gunner was hit in the left shoulder by. flak which knocked him down but inflicted only minor , injury. Other Targets ' Among other important targets, Paulus has 'flown "missions to the aircraft factory at Wiener, Neu . stadt, Austria, railyards at Buda pest, Hungary, and refineries at , Vienna, Austria. - Friends here expect the ser geant, to spend some time here while in this country on furlough. DALLAS Dick Hartman Is visiting at the home of his mo ther, Mrs. A. R. Hartman, until November 8, when he will report to the Alameda airport in Cali fomia for navy flight training. Hartman completed his naval pre , flight training," at the University of Washington. IX Robert A. Hartman, his bro- ther, is now overseas in the Europ ' can theatre serving with a field artillery battalion. DALLAS -Pvt.' Richard L. Ven ter has arrived from Camp Clai borne, La., to spend his furlough with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Ot- to -Venter.- Venter is a cook with ' an army engineers outfit -'t. '5 Mr. and Mrs. Venter have an other son serving with the army air forces in England, who writes - that he will soon complete his re ' quired missions and expects to be sent home on leave. He went ov erseas In March. . - v-iau.. :v ... '" ? : - v 1 ' 1 " It 1 i ' ' i i il 'V ' mm. Jy f UBEKTY St Sgt Ivan "Dale Clark, top, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Clark, whe has been awarded "the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters for mer itorious achievement while par ticipating la aerial flight with the 15th AAF in Italy. A sec ond son, Sgt Howard . T. Clark, bottom, is with the 71th division at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Mrs. Howard T. Clark and' their twe children. Marly n and Jerry, have just returned te Salem fol lowing a visit with him. She Is the former Grace BIcCoy ef Turner.-' . SILVERTON Three bine service start grace the windows of the home ef City Manager and Mrs Harry C. McCrea on Mill street. Included are then- elder son, U.! Donald W. MeCrea,- left, whe was re , cently awarded the' DbtlarnUhed Flyiag Ctom ia Italy; their . roang-er son, Harry Tom McCrea, fire--. man 2e, center, and their son-in-law, Capt. Joseph Forsha, right, who la flying a Liberator in Eng land. LL McCrea's wife Is still In the east bat may come west by Christmas when her husband Is ' expected here on furlough. Seaman McCrea is at Camp Bradford. Va-, where he was sent after leav : tng Camp Farragnt. Mrs. Forsha (Betty . MeCrea) and Infant daughter are at the borne of her par ents in Silverton for the doration. English Woman Dreaming Of Chicken and Ice Cream; Rqbot Bombing Described Hitler's robot bombs have damaged London "beyond estimate" and f thousands are homeless, but Londoners fare a great crowd. and meet the V-l (robots) with the same spirit as they met the blitzes plenty of cockney, humor." ,VU..; '.;'ij---,"V.."L--,:.1 This was the summary written by an English matron at the height of the robot assaults, to Mrs. 1 Jess A. Nunn, the former Nadine Orcutt, of Salem. ' , ;:- : s The writer, herself a resident of a rural district but 20 miles north of , Southampton on the channel coast, began corresponding , with I!:s!: Uc:l Inszlslha Installed under pneumatic pressure. - .- . . T.Ittal Interlockinj!: Weather Strippin Cares zp to 40 in your fael Tree Estimate - No Obligation I"1S r.oosevelt Tbone SIS! CLOVERDALE Lt. Vernon Hed ges, US army air corps, fa spend lag a 21-day leave with bis father, Earl Hedges, following completion ef SB . missions, ever Earope. -His father fa aow work- , Ing in a Portland . shipyard. While here Lt Hedges win spend some time with his grand mother, Mrs. Dora Tittle, and - his younger brother, Floyd Hed ges, both of 1886 North Fourth street, Salem. Another brother, , Frank Hedges, fa , at Farragnt , and was home on a short leave ; last week. SCIO Sgt Harold Hoagland had breakfast in bed for two fur lough weeks with a Scottish fam ily, according to a recent letter re ceived here by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Hoagland. Sgt. Hoagland, a graduate of Scio high school, has been stationed in Eng land with an army photographic unit for more than a year, r "Spent my 21st birthday in a muddy fox-hole, but it could have been worse," Pvt. Marvin L. Shell writes from his American division sniper patrol in the Southwest Pa cific. Pvt,' Shell is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lytic of Scio and visited here on several occasions before his induction. His home is in Sheridan, Wyo. DALLA8 Pvt. George Nieel is spending the week with his mother, Mrs. Rosa Nicol, while en route from the infantry replace ment training ..camp ..to ..Camp Wolters, Texas. He will report to Fort Ord, Calif. Nicol enlisted last spfing and this is his first visit home. - fc.-.-;-.f..v:".--: M GARDE M COMPOST , MAKKR sum UMJM RlLLEri LEAVES Crass C&pptags a Cardea Csfase HAKE VALUADLG FEKTItlZEn i: Cemswst with MILLER ) C'nrEI! C0L7CST Z?.1t2 i S1UE1S33D" Ci m?. cd. 210 State St-Safest " ' Phone 4SC3 r Mrsf Nunn after the latter's hus band, Lt Jess A. Nunn, was quar tered at the English family's home. London Main Target The English woman described London as- "their (robots') main target," but said, regarding her own district: "We have some very bad nights here. I gave up going to bed and parked, fully dressed, on the settee all night . We have had some narrow escapes; they have fallen , all around the town," but "we got nothing more than cracked windows." She added that "London children play a game called 'Dodge the Doodles', seeing who can get to the shelters first' Taking shelter from air raids is part of the school train ing. A nice thing to have to teach children In this year of our Lord, 1944." i ) . i The writer also mentioned ra tioning -j- weekly allowances of two ounces of tea, two of butter, four of Hmargarine,: two of fat three off cheese, half pound' of meat ut closed her letter with the cheering iope that "I'll bet you 20 cents next time I write I shall be glorying in peace . We want an American flag to hang beside the Union Jack in front of the house: If L can't get -one I may send an SOS to you for one." : ;f , As to war reaction, the English woman said j "the war is getting' on my nerves in a curious way I keep dreaming I am eating lovely meals of chicken' and' ice cream." She added that she had one cockerel ''which l am fattening up on .. potatoes in readiness in case those boys (meaning Lieutenant Nunn and . another army officer) spring a surprise on us and come home on leave." Regarding Lieutenant Nunn, she commented: "When he cables and says 'I love you, you can walk on air with"" perfect safetyhe cer tainly means it" . RICKEY William H. Bales, ap prentice 'seaman, is at San Diego, for his basic training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bales of route six. ' Elc-clcct Your Congressman I bzpuslican He is one of the recognized leaders of the National House of Representatives. " . , He has placed the Tirst Con gressional District of Oregon in the most commanding position It has ' ever occupied m the House, and has obtalneo tor it more beneficial legislation than tt has ever received before. His Re-Election Assures Con tinued Active, 1 Experienced and Effective Representation la Congress. ; - EeaS tfl OvtstaiUSf Bet 4 tm V.rr hn-i ulet $.', ' . '" i' Lt (Jg) Egon F. Hoffman, who was reported missing in 'action in the South Pacifie, according : to a telegram received by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. ; i Emil Hoffmann. 440 North 17th street Word was received by his wife and parents this week, that Lt Hoffman had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. : DALLAS Tech. Sgt Leroy Teal is in Dallas for a visit with his wife, Mrs. Wanda Teal J He has completed 50 missions total ing 224 combat hours as a radio-operator-gunner with . the "jAit Apaches," veteran B-25 skip bomb er and strafer outfit in the south west Pacific. Teal was assigned to his present unit in October 1943 somewhere in New. Guinea and has been awarded the Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal for mer itorious achievement in aerial flight - i His organization specializes in swift low level bombing-strafing attacks and has been instrumen tal in sinking 183 Jap ships and destroying 317 enemy aircraft Ra baul, Wewak, Hollandia and the Halmaheras were among the ob ject of his missions. ." 15TH AAF JS ITALY Tech. Sgt Robert L. Furchner, 21,' son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Furch ner, 530 North 5th street, Corval lis, Ore- radio-gunner on a B-24 Liberator, recently ; was awarded nis Xirst oak leaf cluster to the air medaL-' Since . his arrival in Italy. Sgt Furchner has partici pated In bombing attacks on such important targets as enemy air dromes, oil refineries.; railroad yards, harbors and bridges In Ger many, Austria, Hungary, France, and other axis-occupied territor ies. Sgt Furchner is a graduate of Corvallis high school, class of 1941. Prior to entering the army air corps , he was a free-lance writer. Aviation Cadet Donald Cecil Carey, son of-Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Carey, Rt 1, Lyons, Ore., has re ported at Carlsbad, NM army air field, : where he will receive ad vances flight' training, high-level bombardiering - and dead-reckoning navigation. ; DALLAS Pvt Doa Webster , fa spending his furlough' with his father, C. A. Webster and family. Webster, who was I Inducted in June, will report to an army camp in Arkansas for further training. . 1 - . A Pablie relations star from the war department tells that SSgt William . Keffer, 38333935, . after being shot down over Berlin is now a prisoner of war in Gep- many. Mrs. A. M. Keffer of a Salem rural route Is said to be his mother, but it Is doubtful she has beard of the news.! ..." $500 Reward! This sun will be paid to anyone who will prove be yond a reasonable doubt that Denver Young, ; while serving as a criminal depnty In ' the sheriffs office in September, 1943, "turned up . . . more than $300 In claims for mileage trav eled In serving civil papers" as set forth in an editorial In the Salem Capital Journal of date November 2, ' 1944, said edi torial being headed Time for a Change." This reward money fa an deposit ia the U. 8. Na tional Bank In Salem. Get this straight: -The record-keeping ia - the sheriffs office fa done by Chief Deputy Miss Alma John son. It Is my "belief that the allegations made in this ' edi torial in- the evening- paper were the outgrowth - ef spite and prejudice, rather than an earnest desire te correct any mistakes, or wrongdoing. A. C. BURK, . Sheriffs PdAdv. J r . V v ' . ' v"" 'Oil I 1 - ' - ill'. 'CONVERTS s :i Csrden Rsfcse, Weeds, Crss CotCnss, etd. f ONTO VAE.UADD.E LtsSces severz! hsndred "ponnda from tht 5 &. pis. 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