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,Lt. Col. Willis jE.. Vincent, for
merly of Salem ind now adjutant
general of an trmy corps in
France, has beei promoted to a
full colonelcy, Mrs. Vincent has
been Informed- hire.
From November, 1928, until the
outbreak of the World war II he
was detailed to .duty in the ad
jutant general's jffice in Salem.
He entered military service, in Sa
lem in company M, 3rd Oregon in
fantry, January , 1916, saw ser
vice on the Jltjexican border, and
in January, 1918 was sent to the
Philippines. j '
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tenant of infantry in the Oregon
reserve corps inj May, 1920, and
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n 1925. , Vincent
re-enlisted in the Oregon national
guard, company B, 162nd infantry.
Shortly after
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Pictured at a spare-parts rack Is Marine CpL Clarence Baer, some
where in the pacific.; His duties consist of replacing worn parts,
; and repairing, trifles returned from the battle sone. His wife lives
at 1305 South i2th street. Salem. '
detailed to the idjutant general's!
office he was. promoted to cap-r
tain and assign d as adjutant of i
the 82nd infanttjy brigade, in ad
dition: to his duties with the ad
jutant general, In January, 1929.
i He was transferred to the 41st
division staff in 1939! as aide-de-campj
to the commanding general.
The Same year he was appointed
major and made assistant adju
tant general of the w4 1st division.
; In September, 1940, he entered
the federal service for World war
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ant clonel in the adjutant gen
fral's department in December,
1941. Col. Vincent was trans
ferred to the 44th infantry divi
sion at Fort Lewis in March, 1942.
snd announced as adjutant gen
eral. He was transferred to the
21st corps at Camp Polk, La., in
Apvilj 1944, as corps adjutant gen-
eral. .'
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: Twenty-two recruit-enlistees from the Salem navy recruiting
area, the largest complement of 17-year-olds to ship from the local
office since the departure of Salem's famous "company 666-41", com
prising 120 seventeen-year-old youth from the Willamette valley dis
trict last. June, will leave early
Monday ,, morning for Portland.
The group will, be sworn into the
navy at the main recruiting station
Clarence F. Conrad, aviation ord
nance man, lie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Conrad, 111$ Madison
ave., recently spent a leave In
i Salem with his' parents, r
: Deryl Royse, 2c signalman,
United States navy, 'son of W0.
Royse, 180 South 12th street, is
home on a 21,-day leave from the
South Atlantic, where he has
been the past year. Royse has
been in the service three years. '
Deryl has two other brothers in
the navy, Robert, chief yeoman,
who has been in the South Pa
cific the past 18 months, and Ivan,
1c seaman, who is attending av
iation1 metalsmithf school' in Nor
man, ! Okla. He enlisted in the
navy last June. ...
IDAN'H A Herman Grafe, avia
tion radioman first class, was
home en leav durinr the holi
,day season from Dutch ' Harbor
where he had been stationed
for 18 months. He was reared
in Gates, attended Oregon State
college and hi parents, Mr. and
Mrs. LeRoy Q r a f e live here.
His brother, Willis Grafe, is in
the naval air corps at Corpus
Christ!, Texas,
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Bichard W. Furness, ,U. S. navy,
has returned to duty after a SO
day leave spent with his wife
and three children. Helen Lou
ise, Margaret and Billy, 1170
,. 15th street He came home af
ter two years in the Mediter
- raaean theatre where he took
pari in the invasion of Africa.
; Ftrnest Is 45 years old and a
navy veteran of World war I,
aa active member of the Ame
riean Legion post at Mandan,
ND, named for his brother, the
first casualty from the North
Dakota town In the war 25
years ago. Mrs. Farness is a
sister of Carl Sundland of Sa
lem and she came here with
, her. family when her husband
: enlisted after Pearl Harbor.
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Joseph A. Breckhelmer has been
promoted to gunner's mate sec
ond class in! t the construction
battalion of the V. S. navy. His
mother, Mrs. . Kathryn Breck
heimer Uvea at 2386 Cherry ave
nue and his wife, Lillian Breck
helmer. and their three children.
ob Hyde street. He has been In
the navy for three Christnuses
having enlisted in December
CLOVERD ALE Victor Herald
Jarman,' fireman 1 2c, brother of
Lloyd: Jarman, who has been1 sta
tioned' at .Oakland,- Calif., spent
of 17 -year-olds
Oatli Monday .
Monday i and
Diego naval
same night.
Approzima
depart, for the San
training ' center the
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ely 12 weeks i basic
training will .be given the! new
recruits, before they are assigned
to a trade school, or some phase of
specialized programs at the south
ern indoctrination center. Several
former high I school athletic! stars
are numbered among this ; latest
contingent of future surface-craft
fighting , men,' including Leo G.
Lyman, fGlen W. Widdows, and
Andrew G. Zahara of Salem, stnd
Jack DVickers, Turner. s j
.Navy roster of recruits: Willis
L. Bach, Richard W. Dunn,; Cam7
eron D. . Campbell, . Gordon R.
Pratt, Robert W. Bishop, Cecil E.
Gum, Willard E. Hudson; Paul
Gilmer, ; Donald G. McLaughlin,
Leo G. Lyman, James R. Jones,
Harvey AV. Young, Roy R. I Yung,
Jack E. Proctor, Glen W -Wid
dows, Lyle L. iParke, and Andrew
G. Zahara, all of Salem; Jack D.
Vickers, Turner; JJonald p.iThur-
man, Aumsville; Everett. E. Hack
worth, Dayton;. Carl E. Landon,
Scotts Mills; Arnold R. Snyder,
Idanha
Saturday's: applicants for enlist
ment include: ; George C. Risteen,
George H.' Davis, Harry G Wier
glenda, from : Salem; Robert .G
Friesen, Dallas. These men will
leave for the San Diego training
center in February.
a shprt leave here with his broth
er and family last week. I
Mr. and Mrs. William Lake re
ceived word, from' their son,- CpL
Donaljd ' Lake, who is somewhere
in - the Central Pacific with the
tLS. . marine'corps. He said that
he liked it where he is now sta
tioned.
Mrs. Carl Newland received a
letter! last week from her husband,
saying that he is" with. General
Patton's army, and took ''part in
the battle of Metz. He is now at
Luxembourg.. The letter :: was dat
ed December 29. '-
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Donald Schur
Reported' as
War Prisoner
Notification that PFC Donald
L. Schur, .formerly of Salem, re
ported missing : in action ". since
December. 5, has now been "men
tioned 4 on German propaganda
broadcast as a prisoner , of war
came this week to his wife," who
makes her home at 2600 Southeast
34th avenue, Portland.".
Mrs. Schur'i message from the
provost marshal general empha
sizes the. fact that no personal
message was Included. " in he
broadcast and that, pending fur
ther .-confirmation, the report
would not establish his status as
a prisoner of war. It promised
that shej would receive aror fur
ther information comlnf to- offi
cials in this country. ' " '
DALLAS Mrs. R. F. Thelsa has
received I word that her husband
has" been promoted from S 1c
to coxswain, j, Mrs. Theiss - and
daughters plan " tov join , him in
California In February.;., '
. We will, bm dosad oil day
Wednesday. . Janucdy 3 lit,
for Inventory. T '
Open again as usual at 9:30
A. M. Thursday, February
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155 N. Liberty , Phone 3194
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Says:
Who was it thaf said ,"A woman
is l Just a woman " but a good
diamond is an investment,!
Well we' are not going the com
ment on that lone; don't know
what brought it tip In the first
place except, that we were Just
going over our; diamond ., stock
and it occurred to us that people
could not possibly go wrong in
buying ' these diamonds, at these
prices, for an ; investment. " Dia
monds have always been a good
Investment and . here is an op
portunity to 'spend those extra
"dollars and have them too. A
few years from now " you may
bevglad you bought one of these
diamonds. Wes will be glad to
" talk about It with you, and we
don't want you to feel that
you'll be obligated either.
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Lt iiJ.) J. A. Brown
Veteran Back
From Pacific
Sea Battles
' The navy is setting brilliant
battle records jn the Pacific de
clares Lt. (jg) J. A. Brown, just
back from eight major invasions
of the south Pacific. He is a vet-i
eran of Bougainville, Marshalls,
Guam, Palau, Hollandia, Leyte
and others. ;
After Guam he .was awarded a
commendation from President
Roosevelt and Admiral of the
Fleet, Nimitz, for meritoriously
distinguishing himself as a ' trac
tor wave i commander and, organ-!
lzing and directing the movements
of assault troops under ; heavy.
mortar ; fire.
He is visiting with his ,wife,
Lorraine Brown, and Mr. and Mrs.!
Fred Albus of Stayton, and his
parents,: Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Brown j of Independence. Shortly
he will, leave for the south Pacific.
CLOVE RDALE Mr. and Mrs;
J.' Stinnett received a letter re
cently :from their son, Pfc. Mel
vin Stinnett, saying that he was
in Belgium. This is the first let
ter they have had from him. since
he went overseas. ' ' -
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The war department today list
ed, among 2637 United States sol
diers wounded in action in the
European area the names of three
mid-Willamette j valley men:
Tech. 5 Leonard F. Lulay,' son
of Cecilia A. Lulay, Sublimity,
Pvt Wayne t. Miller, son" of
Branch L. Miller; 1645 South Win
ter street, Salem.
Pvt. Harold L. Morse, whose
wife, Helen G.i Morse; resides at
1401 South Second si, Lebanon.
In all cases the next of kin had
been notified several weeks ago. -
Pvt. Daryl W. Drorbaugh, who
has , completed 17 weeks of basic
training at Camp Roberts, is ex-
pec ted in Salem this weekend. Ac
companied by bis wife,, he is to
spend a 10-day furlough here be
fore rejporting for further training,
CF5GIAL OIIEGIUHQ AOCOUnT
K HO UCHTHIY JIRYICS CHASSI t .
no u::;:mum baumcs hxquiseoi"
AthfcrDzizUs !i 7 '
UHITED STATES nATIOHAt DAIIII
Sa!f3 Ort-ea . ,:mtMz rate
Jack Vickers, 17-year-old son
of Mr. : and Mrs. E. V. Vickers, is
leaving ii Saturday morning for
navy boot camp at San Diego.
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Depends cn iHs
To give the most efficient
service she must have med
ical supplies of the best
quality. Our label on a pre-
scription bottle is recognized
by nurses aa a sign of the
best. Have your next pre
scription filled at Schaefer'a.
; 1899 1915
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la Esrepe Casualties were heavy in the dirk of D Day .
we were there . . . and we were needed. As lour men move
closer to victory, we move with them, backing their fight with
all bur might . . . with all bur energy ... with all our skill.
Bat we need more help ... more nones! i
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Im the Pacific This war of many fronUj takes uj to all
qnarters of the globe ... wherever our soldier need us. Nowhere '
are we needed more or will we be needed more than in oar
battle to crush the Japs in the Pacific Out here, the need for
nurses grows each day!.
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In tite Arctic Ve are needed here tt these outposts that
guard our supply lines to the battle fronts. Our soldiers muss
have proper care and treatment no matter where they are.
Ve see that they get it . . . bat sometimes it prekty hard to
keep p . . there are so few of oat - i j
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Mothers, wives, sweethearts, and sisters of
soldiers . . . heed this plea it is urgent!
If you are a registered nurse, ioin the U. S.
Army Nurse Corps. Visit or write your local Red Cross .
Procurement Office for complete information, or communi
cate with the Surgeon General, U. S. Army, Washington 25,
D. C If you are not trained, take a home nursing or nurse's
.aide course. If you are a senior cadet nurse; serve the
final six months of your training in an Army hospital,
NURSES ARE NEEDED HOW!
The; abdixss or rout local IU Caoss cHArm ut
435 STATE STREET
. SALEM
This Message Compliments of
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