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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. . -
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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
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pressure. - .- .
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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
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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. ;
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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.
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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, .
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OAKLAND, Calif, Oct Xl-(Spc-eial)-First
Lt Carl B. Grelder
: : ef Wichita, Kas farmer physi
- eal directer at the- Salem, Ore.
YMCA, has been 'awarded the
Purple Heart by Adas. Chester
; W. Nimita, Grelder fa eenflaed
te the Oak KaQ naval hospital
awaiting flight to Philadelphia
; where he will nnderge surgical
and aptieal operations far a gaa
shot head wound received In ae-
- tion en a Saath Pacifie Island.
DALLAS, Nov. Word has
been . received by : Mr. and Mrs.
Bert McKlggen of the birth of a
daughter, Gail Louise, to their son
and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Keith -McKibben at North Rock-
hampton, j Queensland, Australia.
This is the first granddaughter of
the McKibbensV 4 :vK(i-X
The father was the first mem
ber of the local company to mar
ry an Australian girl. McKibben
is serving with the 41st division in
the southwest1 Pacific.
DALLAS Letters from Pfe.
Linton E. Hoff, a bulldozer oper
ator with the engineers of the ma
rinejj division, on Peleliu Island
during the invasion, describe some
of his experiences on his first time
in combat with that division.
, He built roads up to. the front
lines in opening supply lines; cov
ered up Jap 1 caves and , pillboxes
and j also large shell craters. In
fact states Hoff, "III have enough
to talk about the rest of my life."
- Hoff has - been in the marines
since September 1943 and is the
sonl'f Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Hoff now of Portland.
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