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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, June I, 1945 ,
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RickrealPs Major Dempsey
Lauded for Magnificent Job
In Getting Maiula on Wheels
By Set Henry McLemore
. MANILA (Special)-rTwo men
' a major and a ' first lieutenant
!are- putting Manila back on
wheels. b !"';: r-.'.
Perhaps the biggest single bot
t tleneck in this war-torn city, aft-
er our forces hid captured it from
jhe Japanese, was transportation.
The Nips, in their ..wanton de
, struction, had all but eliminated
"motor transportation. Streets were
, cooked with burned, wrecked and
semi-wrecked automobiles, trucks,
iahd 'buses. No! means of travel
jw,:aa available for the newly re
, established commonwealth gov
ernment save horse drawn carts.
Something had to be done, and
the army turned the Job of put
ting Manila back on wheels to
Ma. Ralph W. Dempsey of Rick
realL Ore., and 1st Lt Fred H.
Wilcke of Winthrop, Mass. r
They were told to organize a
civilian, transportation pool and
put civilian and Japanese ve
hicles into the ' service of the
Commonwealth , Government and
the United States army.
: They had to start from scratch.
The government furnished noth
ing but the order to get the Job
doneand quick. The army,
needing all its supplies and men
for the prosecution of the war,
told the major and the lieuten
ant to hustle for themselves.
Major Dempsey and Lt. Wilcke
opened for business in a musty,
ramshackle building bordering on
-Bilibid prison. They hired Filipino
.mechanics arid semi-mechanics by
the gross, often teaching the less
.efficient civilians simple mech
anics themselves. They construct
ed a wrecker out of an abandoned
1933 Packard sedan They thne
1933 Packard sedan. They then
The major and the lieutenant
worked around the clock. They
opened the shop February 9, just
a week after we entered Manila.
One month later they had three
shops working and miracle of
miracles had turned out ; 273
workable vehicles including a
monstrous fire truck which en
.abled the Manila fire department
to abandon the; bucket brigade.
And within two months they had
returned 153 cars to their pre
war owners.
The cars had to be painted.
There was no paint. But some
- where don't ask the officers be
cause they won't tell they man
aged to scrounge many gallons of
paint, of all colors. They man
aged to blend it until it reached
a shade bordering on the author
ized olive drab, j
Then the army handed the two
officers the job of making all the
Manila license plates. They im
v provised a press that would stamp
out the tags but even today, all
the painting of j the numerals is
being done by hand.
Now, three months after Major
Dempsey and Lieutenant Wilcke
started their thankless task, Ma
nila is on wheels again.
' It is a pleasure to write of men
who nave done sucn a lob so
magnificently. I
Wooclbum arid
Savcrtori Men
On the Mulra
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ABOARD! THE ' DESTROYER
MURRAY IN THE PACIFIC
John! F. Murphy; geakan, ?c,
USNR, whose parentsJ Mr.- "and
Mrs.l W. T. Murphyi reside at 478
Popular, if Woodburn, ' Ce.," " and
Raymond Lewis HalT seaman 3r,
USN, whose parents; Mrnd Mrs:
U'A; Hall, i live on Star route;
Silvertoii, ' Ore -; "are : aerving
aboard this gallant : destroyer! of
Uncle Sam's "Sheepdog Fleet"
which i has taken part in more
than : a dozen major naval en
gagements in Pacific waters since
being: commissioned - two r- years
ago. S .;!;" -v. k ':v,:i ::?
She first went into combat when
she took1 part in the big raid on
Wake Island In. October; : 1943.
Later she participated in actions
at Bougamvyie and RabauL - . -
In November, 1943, she joined,
the ; Gilberts invasion force . in
time to -goi Into Tarawa . with iV
While there,-she gave burial -at
tea, with . full military honors,"' to
some of thf marines killed In the
beach; assault, ; . i
; - The Murray struck close to; the
Japanese ' mainland in February
of - this year, acting in screen
for the carriers making strikes at
Tokyo. To celebrate being In
sight of the snow-capped moun
tains of the enemy homeland, the
captahv Cmdr Paul . I bevos,
Miami,- Ariz., ordered a special
treat of ice cream for all hands,
f -Eight' f American ' pilots ahot
down at sea' have been rescued by
the -Murray.' Sha has' shot down
many enemy 'planes
More Film ivaUaiIc;
For Ncwsreelg,! Movies
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More filna will be available In the
july-August-Sepember quarter for
the production f motion pictures
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MaJ. Ralph W. Dempsey of Rick-
reall Is shown kneeling in front
of a reconditioned automobile
made from a shattered vehicle
into a useable auto. The pic
ture was taken In Manila, where
the major is in charge of a ci
vilian motor pool which is put
ting badly-needed transporta
tion into that war-torn city. The
new license plate he is holding
was made in his shops. (Official
signal corps photo).
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Hospital Patients
At Corvallig Win
Awards of Navy
' U. S. NAVAL rlOSPITAL, Cor
allis at the first official award
ceremony to take place here. 47
navy men and marines were deco
rated Tuesday afternoon by Capt.
Paul W. Wilson (MC) USN, com
manding officer. I Four of the 47
were bed patients.
Awards included the Bronze
Star; Air Medal, Gold Star in lieu
of a second Purple Heart, and
presidential unit; citation.
Shipyard Worker Makes
Qwn Suit of Clothes
Fronr Empty Grain Bags
PORTLAND, May 31 A
shipyard worker who made : his
own suit of clothes from empty
burlap grain bags because war
time prices are too high declared
today he was satisfied.
"It'g a good suit," he Mid,
"every itch of it." u
: The grain-sack tailor, George
J. paudlin, left the red brand
name on the fabric f dr trim and
used war stamps for buttons.
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Lt. CoL Hjalmar T. Gentle of
Monmouth. Ore., commanding
officer of the 9th general disp.,
in Paris. Frence, receives the
bronze star medal from Brig.
Gen. Allen R. Kimball of Ams
terdam, N. Y., for meritorious
service in connection with mili
tary operations from Feb. 15,
1944, to April 1, 1945 (U. S.
Signal Corps photo).
Florence Cameron
Called to Active
Nurse Corps Duty
Florence B. Cameron, 1242 j
Franklin st., West tSalem, has re
ceived her orders to active duty
with the army nurse corps and
will report to Madigan General
hospital, Fort Lewis, Wash., soon
for basic training, it was an-1
nounced today at Ninth service
command headquarters, Fort
Douglas, Utah.
The Salem nurse, recently com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the ANC, will be assigned to
Birmingham General hospital,
Van Nuys, Calif., upon comple
tion of training.
WITH SIXTH INFANTRY DI
VISION ON LUZON PFC Darrel
G. Sexton, son of Guy W. Sexton
of Salem, Ore., has been awarded
the bronze oak leaf cluster in lieu 1
of a second Bronze Star Medal by
the commanding general of the
Sixth Infantry division for hero
ism in action against the Japa
nese at San Mateo, Luzon, P. I.,
on February 24. j
When his company ;was sub
jected to a barrage of heavy mor
tar fire which inflicted several
casualties, Sexton left the safety
of his foxhole and carried litters
and medical supplies to his
wounded comrades.
Sexton is in a rifle company of
the First infantry regiment of the
Sixth infantry division, holder of
the continuous combat record for
the Pacific.
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Legion of Merit to - v
TSgt. ftoy Wright
WITH . THE , 12TH AAFSC IN
ITALY TSgt Roy B. Wright
has been awarded, the Legion of
Merit for outstanding perform
ance, of highly technical signal
maintenance work in the . Medi
terranean ; theater of ; operations.
His citation reads, fFor exception
sJ(ly.Tmeritoriou3 . conduct in the
Performance of. outstanding serv
ices" As maintenance man for -a
crack' signal unit of the 12th air
fqree. "service command. Sergeant
r Wright's participation in four
sports at Amity' Union high school
hisi'stood him in good stead dur
ing his 28 months overseas s ' i ,
i iLois E. Wright, wife of the ser
geant,' lives at. 15? South Winter
aC.SaXem, Ore. His father M. V.
Wright, is resident of Dayton,
Oregon , . " s. . -
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Isabel McGilclirist ;
Commissioned in " . .
Women's Army Corps L:
: FORT DES MOINES, 'la: May
28 'Isabel Scott McGilchrist,
daughter of Mr. and Rlrs. Barnes
McGilchrist of 2500 S. Commercial
St., Salem, Ore, Is "pat of the newly
commissioned officers. Lieutenant
McGilchrist is a graduate of Sa-r
lem high school and received a BS
degree from Oregon State-college!
Sho Awas a member of. Mask and
Dagger, dramatic society, .and of
Sigma Lamba Delta, national Hon
or sorority. Before - enlisting in
the -women's army? corps, . she was
employed by the4 federal -works
agency, Portland," Ore. . .-'"J
' Lieutenant' McGilchrist, enlisted
in the WAC in April, 1943; and
was ait administration instructor
at Fort Slocum, NY, before ' at-
J tending officer candidate school. '
Service Oub at-
Hamar Home , ,
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MONMOUTH. Mrs.' J. E. Ha
mar was hostess to' the1 Sunbeam
Service club Wednesday afternoon.
The club which has been very ac
tive in charitable and welfare
work, voted to cancel money-earning
projects fojr the siimmcr, . as
all- members " are .occupied with
personal work. Mn. W. J. Stock
holm will entertain the club the
fourth Wednesday in June,' and
Mrs. G. Li Russell , will1 b. club
hostess the 'fourto' Wednesday in
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Spring Heals
CKIAMtD NIW KOTATOIt AND PIAS
cooked, peeled i ! new potatoes
Cooked; oeas to; medium thick
white sauce, sprinkle with paprika.
1ADISH SLAW
bine thmlv! sliced, washed rad
ishes with salad dressing, season with
salt and pepper!, and garnish with
t parsl iy. ' ' j ! ; . f i
A ASPARAGUS WITH MOCK !
;- HOLLANbAISI SAUCI
Real 1 egg whitss until stiff but not
dry: fold in 1 cu mayonnaise. Pour
to ll-inch thickness in shallow bak
ing dish; place 4 to 5 minutes under
very hot - broiler until delicately
browied, about 1 minute. Makes if"
1 cupt
It takes delicious fresh fruits and vegetables to put pep
into Spring meals ;. . find Safeway is I the place to find
'em. For Safeway produce! is rushed from farm to store
naturally fresh . . . so good we say : your money .back
in rull if you are not pleased! ..
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Serve ovtr asparagus.
RHUIARi CRIAM PIE
p sugar 1 tbsp. grated
cinnarnon ( orangtrind
. cornstarclh Stbspa.
' orange mar
' malade
Baked pastry
i shell
Vine ripe Texas;
Asparagus ;
No. 1 grade
Rhubarb
Fine for pies
Oranges, Valencia;
Sweet and juicy .1 L
Lib.
....Ub.
5 lbs
Fresh Peas
Full plump pods
Celery
Crisp Utah type
Green Onions
Tender, mild
Radishes
Fresh and crispy
Dry Onions
Crystal Wax
ib. 20c
3 lbs.
Fresh
Cuban
Pineapple
Fine for canning lb. 19c
Grapefruit, Desert, ib. 10c
Lemons, Sunkisi 5 lbs. 64c
2 cups cooked i4n
! sweetened, rhu
barb and jui'pe
Lompine sugar cinnamon, corn
starchy and salt; add to rhubarb; and
copkl jabout 10 jminutea, or until
thickened, stirring; constantly. Add
orange rind and j beaten egg yolks;
cook: 2 minutes Ifnger stirring com
atantly. Cool; pour into baked pastry
shellj Beat egg whites until stiff and
dry; fold in orange marmalade. Pile
lightly1; on pie; bake 15 minutes,! or
until ivell browned, in slow oven
(300f.) . Makes 1 -inch pie. "Serves 6.
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Suser SteiKp--Ne. 35 j
All Ekpirc Saturday, June 2d
Mrs. Wright'd Dread
Morning Glory
Pick yoJr favorite
You'll be 4rell satisfied!
1-Ib. loaf R 12f
Crocked
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Wheat
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IVitdmin Bl ond iron.
Quick or
Regular
3-lb. pkg.
2fr
Harvest Dlossomr Flour
itoi i . , 25-lb. sacft 90c
50-Ib. sack $1 J9
lb. ir 54c
l b. bag 20c
Edwards Coffee!ReorDrp
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HersheyS GoCOa Always Gooa Va-lb.pkg. 10c
Borden's Hemo M Vitamins lib. jar 59c
Canterbury Teaf 0ran? Pekof lf 85c
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