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Reopening of
USQ Here Not
FormaUy OKd
Reopening of the Salem USO on
full-time basis hag not been for
mally approved- by national ftead
quarters of the United Service Or
Conizations nor has. an date for
such reopeninf been set eren un
officially, Tinkham Gilbert, presi
dent of tb Salem USO -council,
v. eun
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i ne suuemem louewev a codkp
ence with Clara Akroft, north-
west regional USO representative,
and . Lawrence Johnson.- assistant
regional executive from .Sao Fran
cisco, on terms of the lease which
the i Salem council haa reeom
mended. . . ' ' i .
There cannot be much doubt
that the servicemen's center will
operate full time , soon in Legion
home. Cottage and Chemeketa
streets, where activities -have in
creased considerably atnee the re
deployment program took in Camp
Adair, GUbert said, but authority
for such operation has not come
through as rapidly -as was ex
'. pected. -
R. R. Boardman, director of the
USO club in the Legiont building
when Camp Adair was a training
center, haa been notified of his re
assignment here and has indicated
he will come as soon as he is re-
lieved at the Ephrata, Wash., USO,
but may not be here for another
two weeks, Gilbert said.
Meantime, although 255 cots
with blankets have been set up at
St Joseph's hall and the YMCA
to accommodate servicemen, not
enough sheets or towels have been
secured to supply each bed,
CELEBRATED POET DIES
PARIS, July 2H)-pauFYal
eryj 74, celebrated French poet
and philosopher, died today after
several weeks of iUness. He be
came a member of the French
academy in 1&25, succeeding Ana
tole France.
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Fred Pfennig Home
On 30 Day Leave -
Fred Pfennig, motor machin
ist's mate 3c, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Pfennig, Is home on a
30-day leave. Enlisting In the na
vy February, 1943. he spent 23
months in the South Pacific and
took part ui the invasion of Lu
zon and Okinawa.
He wears three service ribbons
with four bronze battle stars. He
will leave next Thursday; Julr
26, for "Bremerton, where he will
be reassigned. He is a brother of
Henry and Emma Pfennig.
LEBANON' Friends, ef Cpl.
Jeanette ' PWpps, r WAC, have
learned that she was one of two
members of the corps in; the
Mediterranean theatre of war se
lected to attend officers candidate
school. She has been assigned to
the 12th fighter command. She
served in North Africa and Italy
and has been overseas a year and
a half. A farmer student at Uni
versity of Oregon, she was gra
duated from Pacific college and
was a member of the Lebanon
high school faculty before She en
listed in the WAC in the spring
of 1943.
A EC ENGINEER COMMAND
BATTALION, Germany "For
-meritorious conduct in the per
formance of services from April
1, 1945 to April 25, 1945," T. Sgt.
Merton H. Boembildt of the Fish
er apartments, Salem, Ore., has
been awarded the bronze star
medal. He was serving as a sur
veyor with headquarters and ser
vice company, 818th engineer av
iation battalion at the time of the
service for which the award was
made. Sgt. Roemhildt's sister,
Miss Irene Roemhildt, resides at
the above Salem address.
The Rev. I and Mrs. Carl Baker
of Monmouth have r e c e i ved
word from I their son, Ronald E
Baker, S 1c, who was reported
burned several weeks ago, that he
has completely recovered and is
on active duty again. He received
gasoline burns and head and arm
injuries in a suicide plane raid
during the Okinawa invasion
Baker enlisted Jan. 12, ; 1944, and
has seen; active .duty in many
parts of the. South Pacific.
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Sailor Moves FPO to
Atlantic Seaboard
SILV5RT0N Richard Madsen,
the radar service in a subma
rine, has changed post offices
from New York to San Francisco,
he has 'written his grandmother,
Mrs. M. J.:1 Madsen, l Silverton.
Seaman i Madsen had; been in the
service two years. A native of Sa
lem, his parents, Mr. i and Mrs.
Alvin H. Madsen, now live in La
Grande.i He visited here and; in
Salem and Albany last fall before I
he wento the Atlantic coast!
Flint Trainee Qne of
13 Brothers in! Service
CAMP ROBINSON, Ark., July
20-()-vt Fred Burns of Flint
Mich, trainee in the Infantry re
placement training ; center - at
Camp Robinson,' 1st one "of 13
brothers in the armed forces 4
near record for one family, so far
as Ihcptrolic relations office Can
determine. I . !, , .
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'Coniraaiido' ymeetin Wednesday
leave Army loaay ; j
ATLANTA; July OrK-Charles
(Commando) Kelly, the techni-1
cal sergeant , who Won - the Con
gressional Medal of Honor : for
mopping up 40 Germans in Italy,
leaves I the army tomorrow and
wants to "start work as soon as
possibly, fj
Eire Plans Relief Work
DUBLIN, July 20M(AV-Eire's
dail parliament) ! unanimously
voted $12,000,000 today to buy
Irish food for European relief as
Agriculture Minister S James Ryan
reported the home food outlook
excellent. I i i
TONICA; IlMiflP)-The young
est station agent on the Illinois
Central railroad's Springfield dl-
visions-Arnold Hering, 14,1 of
nearby Blobmingtoo-rno sooner
completed one four-week vaca
tion relief; than he bounced
right into another. ! ' I
A sophomore at -Bloomington
high school, Hering learned
Morse code and other railroad
depot Chores at a tower station
after school hours. His first four
weeks j relieved an adult agent
at Hudson,! and today he took
over a four-week stint at Ton-
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Larklat' f .'
Memorial aarvicea . far i Tech. Srt.
Howard Larkin. killed in the aervfta
of hta country at Mindanao In the
Philippine June IS. 1S49. will be held
t the HoweU-Idward chapel, MS
North Capitol aU Sunday. July XL at
4 p.m.. with Rev. George Swift ottl-
cieunf . aumvm ere to parents. ; Mr.
and Mrj Baa Larkin of Salem; two
sisters. Mr. Lawrence ; Stoddard
Mrs. Sam Saunders of Salem: thi
brothers. 3j Tech. Srt. Marvin Lax kin
stationed; at Camp Maxey, Texas, and
Melvin and Harold Larkin of Salem,
and a nephew. Tech. Sat. Jelfry
Too lite to. Classify
PUPPIES: Part buU. SS. Salem Vet
erinary Bosp Portland Hd.
rOR SALX: Chestnut mare years
old. Saddle and bridle. A nice little
pony. After pjn. . week days, SIS
PINK tweed coat size H, $10. Like
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OREGON STATESMAN,-: Satan. ,
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Jigs Johnson Home , r l
From South . Pacific l W
Pfc Corf y (Jigs) JohnabfV son
of Mrs. Hazel Hoove?, Gervais, ;is
home on a 45-day furlough after
serviag 39 months in the -south
Pacific with the army, artillery.
He 'has spent some time in- the
Hawaiian islands-and at Tarawa,
and since his enlistment 2 H years
ago, has not been home. 1
He has four . brothers in . the
service.- Staff Sgt. George and
Sgt. Oscar! are in Germany, Sgt
Harris' is with the combat engi
neer, on Okinawa, CpL Alonzo. is
with the infantry la the Philip
pines, and" Pfc Edward Is with
the USMC in the south Pacific.
Anotner orotner, IQcnard, was
recently discharged, and is living
in Salem. ; s ,
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MADRID, July 2HP)-Gener-
alissimo Franco completed, a long-
expected shakeup of his cabinet
tonight, dropping Foreign Minis
ter Jose 1 Felix Lequerica and
Falange Secretary-general Jose
Luis Aires but appointing Fa
langists to five of the 12 cabinet
POStS. .! J . i
Franco, jwho said j in a speech
Tuesday that Spain was entering
a preparatory period for the re
turn of a monarchy, appointed
live cabinet ministers who were
considered monarchist sympathiz
ers. althouEh none haa had the
support of exiled Prince Don Juan
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or
maj sooQarciusfc groups. .
' Spaniards have expected a cab
inet reorganization since the time
of the United Nations San Fran
cisco declaration that no govern
ment ' organized with Axis held
could become a member : of any
United Nations group,
Franco named Alberto Martin
Artajo, Catholic lay leader, to sue
ceed Lequerica in the ministry of
foreign affairs.
Arrese iwas displaced through
the elimination of his cabinet po
sition minister without portfolio.
Jefferson WSCS Has
Al Powell Residence
JEFFERSON . The WomenS
Society ot Christian Service met
with Mrs.' Mary Powell on Wed
nesday. The .vice-president, Mrs.
J. G. Fontaine, presided . at the
meeting. I . ' Z '
Miss Addie Libby was in
charge of the devotional period.
using as her topic: fThe Door to
Understanding." Mri C, J. Thurs
ton reviewed the closing chapters
of "West jof the Date Line," and
Mrs. Fontaine conducted the les
son study I and spoke on "The
Road to Understanding." Rev. N.
Hawk read an article, "The Bal
ance Sheet on Race ! Relation."
Mrs" Lloyd Arnold f of Salem
assisted her, mother in serving.
Dallas Logger Killed
DALLAS, July 2Q (JP D.
Whitlo, Dallas logger, was killed
about 12 miles southwest of here
today by! 4 log which crashed
upon him' during a logging oper
ation. I
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Senators Want
1.S. to Keep
Pacific Isles
I WASHINGTON, July 20-(
Senators made it plain; today they
hope President Truman was ex
empting strategic islands in the
Pacific when he said at a flag
raising in Berlin that the United
States does not want "one piece of
territory" out of this war.
Asserting that this, country. Is.
fighting, for peace and for the
welfare of mankind," the presi
dent declared:" - ; -1 j "' -"".rr v
; "We are not fighting for con
quest There is not one peace of
territory or one thing of a mane
tary-nature that we want out of
this . war. We want peace and
prosperity xor the f world ; as
whole.
While legislator agreed with his
main thesis, several said they hop
ed the renunciation! of territorial
gains does not carry with it loss
of control of the Pacific islands
taken from Japanese in bloody
fighting. .
Senator Byrd (D-Va). who
headed, a delegation of senators
who discussed the island question
with American delegates at the
San Francisco conference, told
reporter: v ' I r '
."We must retain' those island
bases. We need them to keep the
future peace in the Pacifie."
. Senator Johnson jD-Colo) sug
gested that perhaps; Mr. TrOman
was referring only to the European
war.' K -
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But Senator Ellender (D-La)
said that in any event he believ
ed, the president was ! being "too
liberal.. . ' j - j
I believe; that we not only
ought to have the Pacific islands
that we have conquered, but . that
I we ought to have cpntrot of some
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i ox uie uuumrj oases we nave duui
fin other parts of the world,"
said. '.:; - A ' ;
Nippon Planes
leturning to
Okinawa Skies
OKINAWA, Julyi aCHP)-Jpa
nese planes have returned to Oki
nawa skies -after an absence of
nearly a month, .indicating the
enemy -may not have yet entirely
written off the loss .of this stra
tegic island, now a base for deva
stating raids on southern Japan.
They have caused four! raid
alerts in two nights, but appar
ently little or ho damage. Three
Americans . were slightly injured
in the latest raid, made last night
during a storm. I -1
The Nipponese planes attempt
ed to come in under; protection
of the storm, and three of them
crashed, one in an occupied area.
One tried to make a suicide run
but missed. - I "'-
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By th Asaodated Presa v
ferial Bombing of Shanghai
area, supply port for, Japanese
army In east. China' for eight
years, goes into second dayl :
CMna-Chmese announce 50
miles." of southeast China coast
has been cleared of Japanese.
Barnee Aussies consolidate
hold on third captured oil field
atiSambodJa, near Balikpapan.
Sea Movements of American
and British fleets, somewhere
oft Japan's coast stay shrouded
in second day of radio silence.
Memorial for
vardLarlrfn
To Be Sunday
Memorial services ' f ot Tech.
Sgt Howard Larkin, who was
killed in action on Mindanao June
15, will be held from the Howell
Edwards chapel Sunday at 4 pjn.
The! Rev. George-H. Swift will
officiate.
Larkin entered the service with
the original 41st division soon af
ter ihis graduation from Salem
high school and had seen action
in the Pacific in the campaigns
of Salamaua, Hollandia, Blak and
the Philippines. ,
Surviving are his parents, Mr,
and! Mrs. B. O. Larkin: two sis
ters Mrs. Lawrence Stoddard and
Mrs." Sam Saunders; three broth
ers. Tech. Sgt Marvin Larkin at
Camp Maxey, Texas, and Melvin
and; Harold Larkin, both of Sa
lemi and a nephew. Tech.' Sgt
Jeffry Stoddard. -.
Navy Considering Points
To Release Older Men
WASHINGTON, July 20 - UP) -
The navy disclosed today it
considering a point formula for
release of older navy personnel.
By December the plan is esti
mated to. release 11,600 commis
sioned and .warrant, officers and
19,000 enlisted men.
The ..navy emphaaued that the
formula unaec study will be in no
way 4 a, , demobilization, measure,
since the navy's strength will not
be cut below the present author-
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n L. Elfstrom will head the pre-
campaign committee of the Salem
United War chest His appoint
ment by Campaign Chairman Carl
Hogg was approved at an organ
ization; meeting of the committee
Friday noon.'; . ".
Ralph Campbell has Deen nam
ed chairman i of the general gins
division, : formerly headed by
HMf! Rot Houck is to succeea -
C Haag as chairman of the in
dustrial division; Leo Page will be
chairman of the mercantile divi
sion, Ed Majek, the professional
division.. Otherwise, the organiza
tion ' remains . largely unchanged
from last year.
Temporary camwant"
to be established August 1 on the
Temporary'campaign offices art
second Door of tne duuu
ing, with C A. Kells as secretary
of the campaign committee ana
Blanche Allen as office secretary.
Division beads include: w. I
Phillips, automotive and transpor
tation: Fred Anunsen, contractors
and builders: Carl Aachen Dren-
ner: educational: George Alexan
der, covernmental: Tranx uoer-
fler, rural; Ralph Johnson, util
ities: Dorathea Steusloff, women's.
Gardner Knapp is pubuclty cnair
man. ' No West Salem chairman
haa yet been: named.
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FWA to Pay 'Half , Cost
Of Bridges ToU Free '
WASHINGTON, - July 20-flrV
The senate passed and sent to the
White House today a bill author
izing the federal works-administrator:
to pay to a state half the
value of any toll bridge the state
makes free, i if on a federal-aid
highway. "-'J '- ' ,
Salem Man to Take Part
In Cornerstone Laying
MEDFORD, July 20 -JP)- The
cornerstone of the Friends church
here will be laid Sunday with
exercises led by Oscar H. Brown,
Salem, and a sermon by Fredrich
B. Bakert -. Camas, Washington;
ized maximum of 5,389,000 which
was. reached Uune SO. ! . ? Si
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I One of First
Draftees Out
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
july ZO-vV -Harry Robert Bell,
28, on of tne nrsi
American draftees called te serv
ice in 1940, came nome rrora we
wars today to rejoin nis wue ana
5-year-old son after four jrears and
nine months in the army.
He fought on five battlefronts
Africa,: S icily. "alV southern
France and Austria and saw ac-
unn in uuvw
And now that he's bacx m civ
vies again, Ex-Sergeant Bell has
two worries: getting a ration book
and some nice cool summer
clothes. . . ' .
"But that's the kind of troubles
I don't mind," he grinned.
Fish, Sea Foods Made
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Eligible f OF PriCC IXlDg
WASHINGTON, July 10--
The senate today aecurea nsn
and other sea food j to be agri
cultural commodities xor price
fixing purposes.
A bill requiring that the agri
culture secretary approve any
action taken under the fair price
met regarding this food, passed the
senate and was sent to the house.
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