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Honolulu Take
Part-Time Jobs
By Edward L. Thomas
(United PreM War Correnpondent)
Honolulu IP-Hundreds of army
and navy enlisted men have ob
tained part-time civilian jobs,
ranging from bus driving and
hash slinging to tree surgery and
printing, in Honolulu during the
past six months through a unique
USO "hiring hall" that Interviews
an average of 1,000 job-hungry
servicemen every month.
It is not at all strange to see
a khaki-clad corporal with an air
force Insignia on his shoulder
driving a bus, or a sailor behind a
counter dishing up hamburgers in
Honolulu, and a swank new night
club recently was remodeled and
decorated by a gang of Sea bees
working in their free time.
Miss Jean Wood, USO secre
tary who does all the Interviewing
in the "hiring hall," said the boys
seek Jobs when off duty either to
help combat their boredom and
loneliness or to pick up a little
extra money, or both. The exact
number of servicemen working In
Honolulu on their off hours can
not be computed because neither
the navy nor the army keeps any
official record and the USO
handles only part of the job-seekers.
Many employers do their hir
ing Independently.
Unions In Favor
Labor unions have welcomed
the GI labor supply. The GIs
sometimes work side by side with
union members in otherwise
closed shope. Some GIs who be
longed to organized labor In the
United States contribute volun
tarily to local union funds, Miss
Wood said.
While some ' employers offer
wages higher than the WLB cell
ing to lure the GIs, most employ
ers stick to the stabilized rate.
Miss Wood ' started obtaining
work for the boys six months ago
as part of her regular duties as
hostess. But the demand grew so
rapidly that In October she Inter
viewed 920 Job hunters and USO
officials decided she should devote
all her time to managing the "hir
ing hall." She filled 585 jobs In
October.
She Interviewed 1,007 men in
November and obtained Jobs for
672. She put 713 servicemen Into
fiart-time Jobs in December, after
nterviewlng 1,231 applicants.
Beabees First to Work
"Those famous Seabees really
started it," Miss Wood said. "One
day last July a bunch of cooks
came In. They were bored to death
and were.sure they had exhausted
the city's recreation possibilities.
They thought working would be a
good way to get acquainted here
as well as to get a little extra
money for themselves or to send
home. As soon as the word got
around that we could get them
Jobs my desk was swamped with
requests from both job-seekers
and prospective employers.
"Now I think I could get you
almost anything. A law office
found a legal secretary. Business
firms have found accountants,
business machine operators and
even CPA's. I even had a tree sur
geon." But the saddest lot are the 25 to
50 homesick lads who file up to
Miss Wood's desk every day look
ing for odd-jobs around someone's
home.
"They want to do yard work,
they want to wash windows, put
up cupboard shelves, or anything
to neip Keep a nome looKing neat,
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IEND. OREGON
SNEA Tetepholu;
A defending Jap lies dead In the street as American medium tanks and Infantrymen advance along a
Manila street post the For Eastern University Budding. Along with dead Jap, pock marks in University
Building are mute evidence of heavy fighting In this sector. Photo oy Stanley TrouUnan, Acme Newspic
tures' photogiupher for War Picture Pool. . ..
Bombers Blast Fort Drum in Manila Bay
Smoke belches upward from Jap'-hcld Port Drum In Manila Bay, after "Ken's Men," a B-24 unit of the Fifth
Air Force, gave It a devastating posting. The raid took place as Yank ground forces moved to wipe out last
ditch Jap resistance In Manila and Tokyo radio nervously hinted imminent American kuidicgs oo Our-
regldor.
she said.
But mostly, they Just want to
get Inside a home."
Wells Receives
Aviation Award
New York. Feb. 19 UP Edward
C. Wells, 35, of Seattle. Wash..
chief engineer for Boeing Aircraft,
received tne 1944 Kawcott aviation
award last night for his work in
advancing long distance flight
through development of the B-17
and B-29.
The trophy and $1,000 were pre
sented to wens by Ma 1. tien. K. B
Wolfe, first commander of the
20th bomber command In China,
during a nationwide radio broad
cast. I he award Is made annu
ally by f'awcett Publications, Inc.,
lor "the greatest scientific contri
bution to the advancement of avia
tion as a public service."
IS CLUB HOSTESS
Mrs. Jean B e s s o n Adams,
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Frank
S. Besson, who lived in Bend while
Colonel Besson commanded Camp
Abbot, is now a service club host
ess at Fort Lewis, .Wash., it has
been learned here." A picture of
Mrs. Adams appeared in the Sun
clay Oregonlan. A former lieuten
ant, she is the wife of a lieutenant-colonel,
sister of a brigadier
general and the sister of a major,
the latter a Jap prisoner since the
fall of Bataan," states a news
story appearing with the picture.
Mrs. Adams was formerly a Wnc
lieutenant.
FIRE SCORCHES HOUSE
Trash burning too close to the
structure shortly after noon to
day scorched a house owned by
L. C. Fleming at 1215 Fresno ave
nue, city firemen reported. The
house was vacant and was under
going renovation, It was report
ed. Only slight damage resulted
from the blaze, firemen said.
VAN1JAI.S HIT HOUSE
Damage to a house he owns at
12.15 West Eleventh street by
knocking a window pane out of a
roar door, and the scattering or
ashes from a stove on the floor
of the dwelling, was reported to
Bend police today by A. A.
Skaggs, 1215 Milwaukee avenue.
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London, Feb. 19 Hit Former
Congivsman Will Rogers, Jr.,
has been promoted to first lieu
tenant and awarded the bronze
star for heoiic action in the battle
of the bulge In Belgium, the Ex-1
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Library to Close
Friday, Saturday
While workmen redecorate the
Interior, the Deschutes county library-will
be closed until 6 p.m.
on next Friday and Saturday; it
was announced today by Miss
Eleanor F. Brown, librarian. The
library will open at 6 p.m. thoselstrating the use of facsimile and
days, and will remain open until
9 o'clock, she said
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painters are at work. No books
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Two-Way Radio
On Longer Trains
- By Albert P. Mayer
(United Prcu Buff Correspondent)
Chicago HP Experiments with
end-to-end . radio communication
on long freight trains has devel
oped many Interesting timesavlng
features, including a saving of at
least 30 seconds per mile, in
freight service, according to C. O.
Ellis, superintendent of communi
cations for the Rock Island rail
road. "Developments In radio the past
few years have opened new vistas
and It is now possible to utilize
frequencies for communication
that were only dreamed of a few
years ago," Ellis said.
"These frequencies lie between
that of 40 megacycles and 5,000
megacycles and even higher. With
this expansion of radio spectrum,
it is hoped that channels will be
made available for railroad use."
Big Aid to Yurdmaster
The Rock Island was granted a
license and assigned call letters
for experiments in radio commu
nication used in connection with
the operation of trains in May,
1944. Since that time, many tests
have been made on two-way radio
between locomotives and ca
booses. These tests were made un
der the most varying conditions
and under various topographical
conditions between Chicago and
Kansas City and between Denver
and Salt Lake City.
Ellis said two-way radio be
tween the yardmaster's of flee and
switch engines working in the
Rock Island's suburban freight
yard in Chicago were begun June
5, 1944, and have worked out suc
cessfully. Timesavlng uses of radio In
switching yards include: to in
struct crews of any additional
switching required in the area in
which they may be working
often great distances from the
yard office; engine crews can be
Instructed regarding the arrival
and breakup of trains; yardmas-
ter can Instruct engine crews op
erating in other yards and on in
dustrial sidings regarding addi
tional work to be done in the area
they are working, or In the other
yards, when returning to the
home yard.
Radio communication on long
trains has many uses including:
notifying the engineer when the I
switches are lined and crew
aboard; notifying engineer when
train is clear of interlocking plant
and public crossings; conductor
can advise engineer of location of
cars in train that are to be set
out or cars to be picked up at sta
tions in advance; engineer can
advise conductor of reason for un
scheduled stops and they can
jointly determine action necessary
to get train In motion with a min
imum of delay.
rocslmlle Adaptable
The Rock Island has also suc
cessfully completed tests demon-
found that written messages can
be submitted by radio to trains
while in motion. Similarly, the
train crew could transmit a writ
ten acknowledgement of the mes
sage back to the sender.
At present permanent channels
Bright,
Spring Touches on
1945
for use of radio on railroads have
not been approved by the FCC
and little progress Is expected un
til such channels are assigned.
"When such authority Is re
ceived from the FCC," Ellis said,
"we believe that within a very
short period most of the major
railroads of the United States will
be utilizing radio for the opera
tion of their yards and trains.
Railroads in the postwar period
will require every competitive ad
vantage and, if our competitors
are permitted to use radio in con
nection with their operations, the
railroads should likewise have
this privilege especially as It will
contribute to the safe and efficient
operation of trains." -.-
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died, and two other dogs each
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Radar Signups
The Central Oregon navy re
cruiting sub-station, Bend, took
top honors In the state during
January In the procurement of
radar technician trainees for the
navy according fo a report today
from the main navy recruiting
station In Portland. The figures
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sub-station in the state exceeded
the Central Oregon sub-station in
actual numbers and that was Eu
gene. Corvallis tied with Bend in
qualifying four men. Eugene had
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Of the four men qualified by
the station in Bend, two were 17-year-old
enlistees and two were
of induction age. The four men
are: Richard Arthur Myrick, son
of Mr. and Mrs,
M. L MyncK,
Bend; John Joseph Ellis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ellis, Prine
ville; Donald Otto Schuman, son
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Bend, and Max Byron Kline, son
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