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f T1i OITGOIT STATECMA1L Sdtsw Oregon. Friday Morning. Norcabcr 2t 1SU M" Lt. Williams -Credited With Seven Planes In Service WASHINGTON. Nov. 23 -((Spe cial)- LI Bruce Williams of Sa- . pm Or ura nn rt iYirom navol officers credited with three planet f? i each in the "Fighting 19thV great K . show east of th PiilinninM wtan H ' 52 Japanese planes were shot at - M. " tT.11 A pilot, last October 23. ". ' " ' : T iaiifanant VillUm. h,. m . - . " ceived the navy cross, the tinguished flying cross, two te'rs : in lieu of second and DFCs, and the air medal for his exploits of late September and In October.) . . " . -' ... ; Lieutenant .Williams .(as vhis - story is written) is credited with a total of seven planes.. . " - The action October 23 broke out . . when the eriemy.'atUclced.' Vice ;.Adm Marc A. Mit&ierV .fast cr--rierVtatkV force.? 7 . -C' i VZ-Zfr - : i 4 Pat De Jardin Is Winner Bronze Star rdis- ' f clus-. cVt:,; tthird X- it his -r" - 1 m Maariee Shepard ' ; SeattleTaxi Drivers Rebel Against Union . SEATTLE, Wash.; Nov. 23. -() Seattle's tapekab' drivers decided ; today to remain at work but, to J defy an order by Teamster Leader Dave Beck ' that no meetings be held until he returns from an American Federation of ' Labor convention at New Orleans.' A meeting of ' "independent" drivers will be held tomorrow morning and the men will con sider Withdrawing from Beck's , teamsters- union - to form a new Independent or a union affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, said James Fordan, chairman of the group's grievance . committee. - Cabs were operating" today after drivers! voted last night to return to work, ending a 36-hour strike. Fordan said one reason for the stoppage was that no union meet ings had been held and no elec tions conducted since the war started. A union leader countered that the membership had decided against meetings or elections for "the duration. , ine taxicao drivers union was placed under trusteeship in ! a statement issued by the teamsters union today in Beck's name' To night the . 'grievance committee headed by Fordan issued a state ment taymg: i ;-JY : v. """The issue here is not new but Js the same issue the founders of this tion 14 - i GEHVA1S Eobert (Pat) De Jardin 6f Gervais has been awar ded the! bronze star, for valorous' conduct! in action against ' the enemy ! while fighting with- the third : infantry division of the seventhj army in France, according to a commimication to the Gervais Star from The teventh army. i?i Pat I has been' with -.the third division; ever since he has . been overseas. -He wui in tough combat in Italy and t was .while digging a fpxhole ie. showed the dare devil of the American' doughboys.' A superior officer was with hinv4 A music cjuouca nuruic;u wni i a jnrapnet nearly, severea.ue arm: ff . ind J: carried ? him to .safetv - and i'i inedicjilr care'a'mid- "a shower rot DeJardin"'oi-Gervai'..-"'v '1 hi lis "Si:re c! D:U:r Vdrcs" i i .-c & - . ). - ' ? ? ? " yiv . J? S David Shepard James. Shepard Shepard Made his country fought against, 'taxa- 1diiAi SpiVP6V ion without representation'." lTidJUl OI VCS j Tn PliiliTiTiinftS nsmy lines 10 Pay Gold Star Honor Dec, 3 Promotion of Maurice L. Shep ard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Shepard of Zna to grade of ma jor was announced , recently from the Pacific area, where he has been serving with an amphibious tractor battalion since June - of Memorial services, dedicated toj this year. western families who have suf fered World war II casualties, will be conducted at all Ninth service command 'installations Sunday, December 3nMaj. Gen. William E. Shedd, commanding general, an nounced today at Fort Douglas, Utah. - ' Services will be non-sectarian, the general said, and will beheld. ' for all families irrespective of creed, race or nationality. Friends , of "Gold-Star" families as well as residents in the vicinity of Ninth service command posts, camps and stations are invited to attend, he added. - - 1; A request to pledge "dedication Shepard, who has been on act ive duty with the army since Jan uary, 1941, is now in the Philip pines, writing in red ink on pa per ruled in red his family, "I was one of the very first to help 'Dough-out Doug Mac Arthur make a comeback. It was a cinch. I lad a mortar shell hit close to my tractor in an airburst . . . got a good gash on my shinbone which is practically healed now, didn't hardly slow me even for several days when I finally had to rest 12 hours and get some treat ment Now everything is fine ex cept for occasional air raids that sure are a nuisance but no more. ILL Daniel Olin Yisite JSalem on Leave From Post XL Daniel Olin, wbe just com pleted j a special school at March field, Calif is in Salem on leave before' returning' to liis. base.' at Great Bend, KasJ He was accom panied by ; his -wife,' the former Beth Billings, and they are guests at the .home of Jher mother, Mrs. Jay Billings. The Olins also' have visited in Vernonia with his, par ents, Mr, ahd Mrs. F. R. Olin.". Lieutenant Olin ; took, his MIT training j ; at . Harvard and T tiorh mere was seni 10 camp wiurpny and Robins field, Ga. I He took special training for two monthfe at the Bell Telephone laboratories in New York City. Lieutenant Olm is communications and r radar of ficer at jthe 76th -service group at the army air base at Great Bend. Kas.. ;! - r ' !- V- 1- 1 . - . . Pvt j J. J. Anderson Serving at Supply j Base of Fifth Army PENINSULAR BASE ' HEAD QUARTERS, Italy A former citizen oi L.yons, ure., is serving ; with the headquarters command oft this base, important services and supply f Organization for the fifth army.rf-1 , . ' 'I " -i son oi; .Marvel, Anderson, route onei. Lyons, who has been in 'the service j since March 5,1941, and oversees since July 5, 1943. The 1 headquarters command, with the: arrival of this base head quarters, in Italy in October of last year, was responsible for se curing improper billets for officers and adequate quarters for the en- ' listed personnel of this headquar- 1 ters.' -I j : "' The supply of eight organiza- I tions, more than forty officers, four j large messes and numerous smaller uni messes, and the supply ahd equipment of all . headquarters personnel are functions of this or ganization. -. ;.j .. - ' ! . 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Each set in a box. ; fa98. nt ntti Iivm" an that th carrifi of American youths was not in Scuf JaP (captured pa vain will be made by army chap lains during the service. - Civilian clergymen in areas ad-1 .Jacent to military installations will be asked to conduct similar memorial services for the famil ies of war casualties residing in their respective locals, Col. J. L. 1 Blakeney, NSC chaplain, said. per and ink, but necessity knows no regulations out here . . . The natives here are a nice people and friendly maybe getting a little spoiled by us now and sorta have the 'gimmies but I guess that will straighten out -They were out on the beach to meet us despite the TURNER Pfe. Wesley Say Goodwin of the 41st division, and of the original company B from Salem, is home on a 21-day. fur lough from the South Pacific. He is .visiting his parents, - Mr. and Mr. GijW. Goodwin, and other relstivesy- He has seen action in tnree major battles and was wounded at Biak island, to be come entitled to the Purple Heart. 4- .UU- Marvin Rolh Gets ; Advance in Rating NEW DELHI. India Marvin A. Roth, 825 D it, Salem, Ore., has been promoted to technician 3rd grade (ssgt) from the grade of technician 4th grade (sgt), ac cording to a recent announcement .from the headquarters of Lt Gen. Dan I. Sultan, commanding gen eral of the U.S. forces in the India Burma theater. Prior to his induction, Oct.' 24, 1942, Roth was the supervisor of the Willamette Grocery Co. in Sa lem. He. has served in this -area almost two years. . . ; ' GREAT LAKES, I1L, Nv. 2S (Special) Among those gradua ting from an intensive, course of basic engineering training at re cent service schools exercises here heavy bombing. How they stood it was Ante M. Lien, 23, route 6, Sa avn Know, uum i a wriiw cum iem, ore. This bluejacket ; was a halt and make a patrol. 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He was one of the surviv ors of a ship lost In the Mediter lanean and was later sent to the Some they took from us I guess The Shepards have two other sons in the . service, Capt David S. Shepard, former company com mander at Camp Adair, now in a hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., and James Shepard, who, after 18 months in Iceland, is stationed at Norfolk, Va in reconversion serv ice. , All three were trackmen at Sa lent high school; the major and the captain continuing cinder ca reers at Oregon State college, where David was captain of the team and where Maurice gradu a ted in 1933. The new major's wife, the former Carolyn Blakely, and their two-year-old son reside in Portland. 1 i 8ft Curtis E. Service stopped over in j Salem . 10 days with his wife, Mr l. Curtis E. Service, and hif parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Service jof SO El ma 'street, when enrouie ,10 camp earmey, lexas, tof officers training school. , Sergeant Service is studying to become a medical administrator. 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