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Challenging the WLB
Declaring the war labor board has exceeded its authority
In ordering the company to incorporate in a contract with its
union employes the so-called "maintenance of membership"
clause and the check-off system of collecting union dues and
fees, the United States Gypsum company has rejected the
board's order, contending that its employes are legally and
morally free to join or not to join a union as they wish.
Asserting that congress has given the board no authority
to issue such an order, the company says the board "is de
stroying the very essence of democracy, that is, the right of
the people to make laws through their chosen representatives
in congress." The letter rejecting the order continues:
"Under this maintenance ot membership form of closed shop
employes would surrender their freedom to the Union and would
not be free to resign from the Union. The Company would be
compelled to discharge every Union member who fails to maintain
his Union membership in good standing (non-payment of dues,
non-payment of fines, etc.). Maintenance of membership is the
starting phase in establishing the closed shop, which lnevllaDiy
leads to a dictatorship.
"The order violates those fundamental principles of liberty
which the Company and its employes now enjoy. The employe
has the inherent right to work, and in doing so, should be free
to join, to refuse to join, or to resign from a Union without losing
his job. The Company has the right to be free to employ the
person best suited for the work.
"The order requires the Company to discriminate against an
employe in direct violation of the National Labor Relations Act.
It requires the Company to interfere with the free choice of its
' employes to resign from the Union. It requires the Company to
give support to the Union by a check-off of Union dues and ini
tiation fees from wages. It requires the Company to discriminate
against Its employes if they resign
or if the Union declares them not
"The Union appealed to the
tenance and check-off because of
of granting these provisions in every such case coming before the
Board. The War Labor Board has no power to adopt any such
standard of practice in violation of the provisions ot the Federal
Constitution. Congress alone has the power to legislate."
While its chances of being sustained in the New Deal
courts should the board elect to try to enforce its order are
slim, the company is to be commended for its courage in
raising such a fundamental question involving the freedoms
for which we are fighting.
The Stepping Stone of Sicily
Continued allied devastating block-buster raids upon the
stepping stone island of Sicily, with the destruction of Axis
airfields already accomplished, indicate that Sicily will be
the next objective of seizure by the United Nations in the
attack on Italy and centers attention on this island which is
separated only by a narrow stretch of water, the strait of
Messina, two miles wide, from the Italian "boot."
Sicily is triangular in shape and has an area just under
10,000 square miles, It is an elevated volcanic region, com
paratively little of its surface being under 1000 feet, with
several detached peaks, such as the great volcano of Etna
(11,870 feet) in the east and Monte San Giuliano (Ancient
Eryx), 2640 feet, in the extreme northwest. The whole
north coast is cliff bound, despite two good harbors at Mes
sina and Palermo, the capital. The rivers are short and use
Jess for navigation. It has a population of four million
people.
Sicily was populated before 1000 B. C. when it was invaded
by the Greeks from Acgian islands. Probably the earliest
inhabitants were the original Iberian race which inhabited
most of southern Europe and Italy and were called Steam
from which the island received its name. The Greeks found
that Phoenician trading posts had been established at various
points along the coast, but gradually they were driven out.
The Greek occupation was completed about 700 B. C.
Sicily has, since recorded
ground. It has been invaded in
Carthcgians, Romans, Vandals,
and Italians. Invaders have
east or south, where the central mountains slope gently to
the sea, where allied forces are gathered.
Sicily is well fortified, studded with fortresses with good
communications. As long as defenders control the railroads
from Palermo to Catina, they can throw their forces against
any threatened point or withdraw to the mountain heights.
It can resist the most desperate assault, hence the thorough
preparation by air assault being made by the Allies.
Whether the garrison fights to a finish depends upon its
morale and it is reported to be none too high.
Saving Job; for Servicemen
The city commission of Portland has before it a proposal
to amend the city charter in a manner which should receive
serious consideration by Salem and all other cities operating
under civil service. It contemplates a limitation upon the
tenure of all new civil service employes to the "duration,
plus six months."
Under the plan all new civil service appoinlees would be
required to relinquish their jobs six months after the war
ended and compete with war veterans in examinations to
succeed themselves. The amendment would not apply to
those who have taken the places of civil service employes
who have resigned to enter or who have been called for
military duty. Under state law and city enactments these
soldiers and sailors are already guaranteed return to their
civilian jobs when the war is over.
It is obviously unfair to the men in uniform to deny them
an opportunity to compete for the permanent positions in
public employment which come under civil service. Unless
some such action is taken these men will return home to
find themselves excluded from a lot of choice positions for
which they are fully qualified, because the civil service wait
ing list will be long with names of those serving temporarily
during leaves of absence. And it is a general rule that
civil service employes on the "laid-off" list take precedence
over those who may subsequently qualify by examination.
Governmental bodies should be the last to put obstacles in
the path of returning servicemen in search of jobs.
Salem Boys Among
Law Class Winners
Corvallis, June 21 W
Awards wore presented here
yesterday at the close of the sev
enth annual Beaver Boys State
meeting, sponsored by the
American Legion to teach demo
cratic practices to Oregon
youths.
; A speaking contest in the
Oregon, Monday, June 21, 1943
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their membership in the Union
in good standing.
War Labor Board for Union main
the Board's established practice
history began, been a battle
turn by Phoenicians, Greeks,
Normans, French, Spaniards
usually swept m from the west
I geopolitics class was won by
mil ncnricK, mcaiorci. A r I
Ohling, Albany, was among the
prize winners.
Winners in a law class con
test included Arthur Engelbart
of Salem. Leo Reed of Salem
was selected among four top
lawyers.
Peter Hoar, Salem, won a
history class prize.
John Heilbronncr, Klamath
Falls, won the horseshoe singles
title and Sam Barker and John
Lee, Salem, the doubles crown.
Life's Little Lessons i
iv, 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 i i n Br Beck I,, j
( NO TENNIS . SAD. THORNTON, i
THE WAR 15 COMING CLOSER AND)
Finn Brothers Rise Rapidly
By Valiant Action in War
The Finn brothers, two lieutenant-colonels from Oregon, have
brought fame on four occasions to their home town of McCoy in
Polk county. Both are natives of Polk county, both are graduates
of New York military academy
both are West Pointers and their
rise as officers has been as spec
tacular as was that of their
father, J. Waldo Finn, Polk
county farmer and stock buyer,
who entered the army as a buck
private in March of 1917 and
wound up in France as a captain
of infantry.
Elder of the brothers is Lieut.
Novelties
In the News
(Br the Associated Press)
Wrong Surprise
Philadelphia The "surprise"
10-year-old Danton Jacobson
planned for his parents was a
dinner, cooked all by himself.
He surprised them, all right.
Returning from a half-hour
visit with friends, they found
the stove, windows and dishes
shattered.
Danton, dazed but unharmed,
admitted he might have waited
too long to light the stove after
turning on the gas.
Nice Doggie
Morganton, N. C. Vernon T,
Garrison saw his fox terrier
trotting home with something in
his mouth then Garrison
blinked and stared.
II was a dollar bill.
No Spring Time
Camp Roberts, Calif,
Pvt.
Franklin S. Riley has one of
those self-winding wrist watch-
It stopped. A jeweler look a
spring out of the watch, advised
the soldier to return it to the
dealer for repairs.
'Whatever you do, don't lose
this spring," the jeweler cau
tioned. Riley slipped the watch on
his arm. It started running
has been ever since.
The spring? He hasn't lost it.
It's in an envelope.
Near Miss
Kansas City Ensign Winslow
Beckwith, West Newton, Mass.,
wrote his mother during an
overnight stop.
Pvt. Walter Beckwith, also
en route to a new assignment,
stayed all night here. He wrote
his mother.
The letters revealed the two
brothers, who haven't seen each
other for a year, stayed in the
same hotel the same night
And they still haven't met.
Internal Strife
Baker, Ore. Pfc John Lar
son, silver star winner, is alarm
ed. Convalescing in Washington's
Walter Reed hospital, he wrote
a friend this awful thought
about blood plasma:
"What if I had inside me the
blood ot a Giant fan and a Dod
ger supporter!"
Well-Bred, and Buttered
Kansas City The Stanley
Stewarts' dog ate two pounds of
butter: value, 16 points.
"Did our Cocker spaniel eat
up all those points?" inquired
Mrs. Stewart, unbelievingly.
'He's no spaniel," corrected
Stewart. "He's a pointer."
Redmond Man
Victim of Battle
Washington, June 21 tP)
Four Pacific northwest men
were listed today by the war de
partment among 167 U. S. sol
diers killed in action on five
war fronts. The list included
casualties in the Asiatic, Euro
pean, Middle East. North Afri
can and South Pacific areas.
The list included:
Capt. Donald E. Stockton;
father, McKinley Stockton, Red
mond, Ore.; killed in the Euro
pean area.
Col. Ryder W. Finn, 33, United
States army air force pilot. A
first lieutenant stationed in
Newfoundland early in this war,
he climbed three grades in eight
months and was made a lieuten
ant colonel at . Langley field,
Virginia, in January.
Patrol Record Rewarded
In April, Brigadier General
Weslside T. Larson, command
ing the army air forces anti-submarine
command, New York,
announced the award of the air
medal to Colonel Finn "for ex
traordinary achievement while
participating in more than 200
hours of anti-submarine patrol."
He was commissioned in the
air forces in 1935 after com
pleting flight training at Kelly
and Randolph fields in Texas.
Lieut. Col. John M. Finn, 29,
was promoted from major to
his present grade on the field
of battle. He led advancing
units which Janded west of
Holtz bay and stormed the
heights on Attu island, out
flanking Jap gun positions.
Major General E. L. Landrum,
commanding the United States
invasion forces, announced the
promotion "for bravery in ac
tion and gallantry on the field
of battle."
Was Hero in Attu
In a delayed dispatch from
Attu dated May 26, Howard
Handleman, International News
Service correspondent, related
that Colonel Finn, wearing a
helmet punctured by a Jap bul
let that grazed him, directed
his troops in wresting from the
Japs the Fishhook, a line of
peaks encircling Chichagof harbor.
During that engagement, ob
serving the heroism of George
Mirich of Klamath Falls, who
single-handed cleaned out nine
Jap fox holes, he promoted
Mirich to sergeant on the spot.
Lieut. Col. John M. Finn was
graduated from West Point in
1938.
The parents of the brothers,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Waldo Finn, live
at McCoy.
Howell Prairie
Pioneers
Bv
E. B. Fletcher
In 1871, Mrs. La Joy and her
sons, Louis and Henry, lived in
a small log house where the
Mathias Dunn home is now lo
cated. The neighbors called this
home the "family of contrasts."
Mrs. La Joy was large, while
the sons were slightly under
weight. They had no means of
getting about, except a shaggy
maned, large horse and a small,
bang-tailed pony with a roach
ed mane.
Mrs. La Joy never seemed to
be in much haste, as she rode
the big horse twice a week to
Silverton to market. The grocer
ies were placed at opposite ends
of a long sack, and slung across
the horse's back behind the old
fashioned side saddle. She never
was known to ride faster than
a walk, while the sons rode the
pony bareback, at break-neck
speed. Mrs. La Joy seemed hap
py and sometimes sang as she
rode, in long riding skirt, mov
ing her body in a rocking man
ner, as if to keep time with the
gait of the old horse.
The most important use for
hitching this constrasting team
together was to "snake," or
draw logs for fuel. These logs
were worked into lengths for
the fires by a cross-cut saw.
This was operated by Mrs. La
Joy at one end and Henry at
the other. Responsibility for
earning the family living fell
on Lou the older boy's shoul
ders. He worked for the neigh
bors and was seldom at home
except on Sundays.
'Continued)
Dunham
Says
Umatilla Rapids Dam
May Be Sidetracked
Plans of Engineers
Being Ignored
U. S. Builds Airbaset
But Can't Get Title
By Paul Dunham
Washington, June 21. Ac
cording to the comprehensive
plan for the development of the
Columbia river the next dam
should be built at Umatila rap
ids, and this has been the plan
of the army engineers. Such
dam would increase the power
of Bonenville hydroelectric dam
in the mid-Columbia section.
However, there is a scheme on
foot to sidetrack constructing a
dam at Umatilla and build up
the water reserve on the upper
Columbia to enhance the power
at Grand Coulee and also pro
vide water for the reclamation
feature of the Columbia ' basin
project.
At a time when the Bonne
ville power administrator is ner
vous about what wil happen to
the government plans in Colum
bia river after the war, with the
possibility of losing some first
class customers now engaged in
war work, it is proposed to
greatly increase the power out
put of Grand Coulee and, inci
dentally, Bonneville. Govern
ment officials have asserted
that Ihere is no power shortage
the Pacific northwest, with
the present equipment of gov
ernment and private plants,
nevertheless a drive is being
conducted to generate more
power.
Plot Scented
Montana and Idaho, since
they discovered that the further
development of power at Grand
Coulee will destroy thousands
of acres In those states by the
construction of dams, swamping
a great area of fertile land, are
charging that behind the plan
for more dams to produce pow
er for customers who do not ex
ist, is a plot to take these wa
ters of Montana and Idaho
(without payment) to irrigate
the reclamation phase of the
Columbia basin area. As the
Montana and Idaho protestants
contend, those states will be de
prived of valuable taxable land
to irrigate thousands of thirsty
acres of land in Washington,
thereby increasing the value of
desert land in Washington at
the expense of Idaho and Mon
tana. In this design to generate
more power from the Columbia
the plans of the engineers for
Umatilla are ignored. Engineers
have stated that Umatilla is an
ideal place for a navigation dam
plus power and that when there
is a market for more power
than is now being developed
the place to put the next dam is
at Umatilla rapids. This recom
mendation of the army engi
neers is being sidetracked in the
effort to build up greater gener-
atintr far-iliiioe at ClrnnA Pmilpp
lanrl imnniinrl watpre in Montana
and Idaho to service the irriga
tion district, which calls for the
reclaiming of 1,200.000 acres.
Under Secretary of the Interior
Abe Fortas, who has been de
ferred by the draft because Har
old Ickcs insists that Fortas is
an indispensable man, is in
pitching for the Grand Coulee
program. Umatilla, apparently,
has friends only in the Oregon
delegation, although it is as im
portant to Washington as it is
to Oregon. Umatilla was cast
aside for Bonneville originally:
then Grand Coulee was started
as a political pay-off to Clar
ence Dill, and now Umatilla
may not be built for a genera
tion or more if the current
Grand Coulee cry for more gen
erating capacity is successful.
Title to U.S. Refused
Army and navy have spent
$833,000,000 building airfields,
housing and other things in
British possessions. So far as the
American taxpayer is concerned
this money is a free gift, but it
is not charged up to lend-lease.
There are a couple of sandspits
in the Pacific on which the Uni
ted States has poured money
for aviation bases. United States
has claimed title to these sand
spits but the British refuse to
recognize the American claim
and have dispatched civil ad
ministrators to these islets.
There are 20 Islands, large and
small, whose only value is that
they can be used to defend the
United States. Military experts
assert they would not protect
any other nation. On these Is
lands $913,960,000 has been
spent by army and navy, but the
countries owning these outposts
will not give title to the United
States, which has saved these
islands from invasion.
In addition to lend-lease, the
expenditures of army and navy
exceed one and a half billion
dollars, all on foreign soil. On
these Islands and mainland of
Latin-America Uncle Sam has
paid for the Installations and
paid for 85 per cent of the na
tive labor.
Not shown in lend-lease (Unit
ed States has given five times
as much to Britain as Britain
has given to United States) are
the expenditures by this coun-
f Serving Uncle Sam
Among the 49 men attracted
by navy service and signing
with the fleet in Portland Sat
urday were Edwin Harold
Zitzow, Salem; Arlie Leon Ma
whirter, Sheridan; William
Stanford Duncan, Ray Hubert
Elliott and Maurice Leroy
Todd, all of Silverton; John Jan
zen, West Salem; Willard Earl
Mathews and John Edward
Thompson, both of Woodburn;
Robert D. Keller, Jr., Albany;
Charlie Arthur McCall, Ger
vais; Harry Christopher Chris
tensen, Lebanon, and Francis
Anthony Deneke, Mt. Angel,
Arthur Douglas Parkes, son
of Mr. and Mrs, D, B. Parkes,
235 North 15th street, Salem,
has arrived at the U. S. naval
training station at Farragut, Ida
ho. Thoughts brought about
through the observance of Me
morial day "somewhere in Aus
tralia" are contained in a letter
received by Mrs. F. J. Boyd, 170
North 23rd street, from her son,
Lieut. Alvin H. Boyd. "Today
was Memorial day," writes
Lieut. Boyd. "To me this is
the first real Memorial day I
have ever seen. A day when
we think of the past. At home
Memorial day was merely a hol
iday and the day for the In
dianapolis race. Today I sat
and listened to the Memorial
day sermon. Not in an elabor
ate church but at a little gath
ering here beneath the trees
somewhere in Australia.' As
we listened to the sermon I
could see tears in the eyes of
some of the boys. Perhaps they
were thinking back to a short
time ago when they were lying
in a muddy, water-filled fox
hole and perhaps next to them
lay their best friends who never
came back. When I thought of
that I realized what Memorial
really Is. As Abraham Lincoln
said "that these dead shall not
have died in vain We are fight
ing for a great cause and one
of these days it will be finish
ed and we can return home.
We will probably be back in the
front lines again soon and some
of us will perhaps not return.
But those of us who 'throw the
flaming torch' will know that it
has not been in vain."
Dayton Fairen Sion, turret
gunner sergeant in the eighth
army in Europe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Sion of Dayton, re
ported missing May 1, is one of
those boys who may return.
New hope has been given by a
letter received here, dated June
7, written by a flight officer. It
reads:
"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Sion:
"First I'll introduced my
self: Flight Officer Cockrell,
and I am writing in regards to
your son, Sgt. Fairen Sion. I
know you received word from
Washington, and I understood
just how brief the message was.
I don't want to build any false
hopes, but I would like to say
that I have evfry good reason to
believe that Sgt. Sion is as well
right now as I am. I am sorry I
can't tell you any more or give
any details, but that is my be
lief. "I would like to add that Sgt.
Sion was a member of our crew
for four months, and I've never
seen a better soldier. His job
was one that never had to be
checked, because it was always
done well and on time.
"If you get any news I would
appreciate it if you would write
and let me know.
"Sincerely,
Charles Cockrell."
Salem Heights Staff Ser-
r Warie Dickinson recently
returned to Salem from Salina
air base, Salina, Kans., where
he has been stationed the past
seven months. On June 1, he
received a discharge from active
service, being transferred to the
civil air patrol.
Monmouth Word has been
received by Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas H. Gentle that their son,
Major Hjalmar T. Gentle, has
been promoted to lieutenant
colonel. Hjalmar is a gradu
ate of OCE, the University of
Oregon and the university medi
cal school in Portland. After
interning at the call of the gov
ernment to be district surgeon
for northern California and sou
thern Oregon in the CCCs. At
the outbreak of war, he served
as surgeon on board troop
transportation in' Alaskan wa
ters, covering over 25,000 miles
in this service. After four
months as port , physician in
Seattle he was assigned to the
try in the lands south of the
border. RFC has spent $432,
690,000 buying in Central and
South America and paid for the
materials at war prices, the ma
terials to become war muni
tions. The board of economic
warfare has expended millions;
the export-import bank has
loaned $71,000,000; commodity
credit corporation has been op
erating in the southland. To get
out rubber from the jungles the
United States has spent a king's
ransom in sanitation work
alone.
job of equipping and organizing
a 350-bed hospital, of which he
is now in charge. Another son,
Maurice Gentle, who is now with
the navy, is pharmacist's mate,
stationed at Treasure Island in
San Francisco bay. , Recently
he worked in the Mare Island
navy yard at Vallejo.
Bill Nelson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Nelson, who until re
cently was a student in radio
transmission in the signal corps
of the army, was released a
short time ago on account of his
age and is now doing military
police duty in Los Angeles.
Lucius Forbes, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lucius Forbes, Sr., is
now at the Aberdeen, Md., ord
nance proving grounds lor three
months. He has been commis
sioned a second lieutenant.
Second L i e.u t . Gordon G.
Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
laim G. Black, 210 North Com
mercial street, has been gradu
ated from the reserve officer's
class at the U, S. marine . corps
base, Quantico, Va.,.and awaits
assignment to a combat unit or
specialist's school for further
training. Lieut. Black is the hus
band of Geraldine Black of
Freewater, Ore.
Ready to begin an intensive
training program toward becom
ing members of the fighting
fleet, are several Salem men
who reported to the U. S. naval
training station at Farragut, Ida.
These Salem recruits are Ansel
Trone Ramey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Ramey, route 4;
James Howard Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Smith, 1025
North Church street.
Gervais Frank W. Stravens,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Stravens, was promoted to cor
poral at the army advanced fly
ing school, Douglas, Ariz.
Cpl. Joseph C. Hill left last
night for Fort MacArthur, Calif.,
after having spent 10 days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Hill, 2240 North Fifth
street. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Hill entertained with a supper
at which all their children were
present. Those attending were
Mrs. W. D. Wilkinson and
daughter, Miss Janet; Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Hill and daughters,
Miss Shirley and Miss Marilyn;
Cpl. Joseph C. Hill and Miss Va
da Hill. A son-in-law, Lieut. W.
D. Wilkinson, is with the army
air forces overseas. -
Mt. Angel Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Hotter were hosts at din
ner on Friday evening in com
pliment to their nephew, Gil
bert Hoffer, seaman 2c in the
United States navy, here on fur
lough the past week. Covers
were placed for the honored
guest, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Hoffer, Victor Hoffer, Miss
Regina Hoffer, Paul Hoffer, Ro
bert Hoffert, Mrs. Gene Hoffer,
the hosts and their family.
Dallas Jim Boydston, with
the U. S. army engineers at Jef
ferson Barracks, Mo., for the
past several months, was among
those called on flood control
work during the recent flood in
that area, according to a letter
written by him to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boyds'.on, for
mer Dallas residents now living
in Portland.
Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. John
De Wall of Jefferson left Thurs
day for San Francisco to visit
their son, Sgt. Walter De Wall,
and their new daughter-in-law,
Mrs. De Wall. Sgt. De Wall was
married June 3 to Miss Louise
Boswell at the Presidio. He has
been in the service since Jan
uary, 1942.
Virgil Wilson, navy cook at
Pasco, Wash., and Mrs. Wilson
visited his father, A. Wilson and
family last week. They also vis.
ited Mrs. Wilson's family at
Fruitland. He was on a five-day
leave.
Unionvale Vernon Coberly
came Tuesday to spend a portion
of his 15-day furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Coberly and other relatives
here, enroute from- Farragut,
Ida., to "training base" in Cali
fornia. Thursday he accompan
ied his father to the Oregon
shipyards, where he is employ
ed, i
Silverton - Lieut. Oscar
Specht, son of the Carl Spechts,
is with the ferry command bas
ed in the United States and has
made many trips since January
11, 1942, having received his
wings two days previous, and on
active duty since that time. He
received his wings at Mather
Field, Calif. His brother, Lieut.
Lyle Specht, with the marines
6th engineers, is somewhere in
the Pacific, and is improving
from a lengthy hospitalization
as the result of a fever contract
ed in the jungles. His latest let
ter home told of his again being
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"mopping up" at Guadalcanal.
Lieut. Lyle also said in no un
certain terms that he absolute
didn't want to quit the job Q
a minute, even for a visit home,
until the whole thing was fin
ished and that his pals out thera
felt the same way about it.
With the acceptance of Miss
Louise Specht in the navy when
her nursing course is finished in
January, the three children of
the Carl Spechts will be in ac
tive service, and an older bro
ther, Raymond, Is doing a special
job in an airplane factory in Los
Angeles where he and his wife
reside.
Woodburn A group of men
from the area of the Woodburn
draft board left Friday morning
for Portland to take their army
physical and if passed will be in
the armed forces with a short
period at their homes before be
ing called to active duty.
William Lincoln Bentley of
Woodburn was appointed lead!
of the group and William sAsP
ford Duncan of Silverton was
appointed assistant leader.
Those leaving1 were: From Woodburn,
Willard Earl Mathews, John Edward
Thompson, Melvin Dale Collins, William
Lincoln Bentley, Virall LeRoy Davis and
Steve Antone Kadrmas, a transfer, from
Lakevlew.
From Salem, Glenn Adam Btter, Ernest
Lawrence Mattison.
From Mt. Ansel. Edward Michael Fle
nett, Francis Anthony Denecke. V
From Silverton, Henry MHrtln Ohrt,
Maurice Leroy Todd, Rhynold Frederick
Wittreln. Bert Allen Burr, Francis Allen
Qlroux, William Stanford Duncan, Ray
Hubert Elliott, John Anthony Strobel,
From Brooks. Edwin Harold Zitzow.
From Gervafs. Elmer Leon Blerly.
Charlie Arthur McOall.
From Hubbard, Kenneth Harold Parka.
From Portland. Charles Joseph Schoen-
ecker.
From Chemawa. Louis John Paae. carl
Gordon Wood. Robert Alwlches Edden.
From Aurora, Carlton Allen Peterson,
transferred from Iowa.
Transferred to other boards for induc
tion were Elzarus LaVon Hundsaker to
Briaham. Utah: Robert Franklin Chase,
to Lincoln, Nebraska: Leonard Raymond
ttamlo to Houston county. Minnesota:
Preston Oua Davis to Pacific County.
Washington.
Silverton Major Ray Van
diver and Mrs. Vandiver (B
trice Leonard), flew from The
Dalles Sunday forenoon to spend
two days at the home of Mrs.
Vandiver's parents, the T. T.
Leonards. Major Vandiver is
to report in Washington, D. C,
June 24, to arrange for his direct
furlough leave from duty and
will return for a longer visit in
Silverton at that time. The
Dalles homecoming planned by
his parents, the A. C. Vandlv
ers, will be arranged after his
return west.
Don Kinzer, with the mer
chant marine, has completed
his training at Catalina Island
and is now stationed in Port
land. He joined the merchant
marine the first of April and
was home to spend the week
end with his mother, Mrs. May
Kinzer, 1320 State street. Q
Justice of the Peace Joseph
B. Felton received a letter from
Lieutenant Talbot Bennett, who
is with the United States mar
ines at San Diego. Lieutenant
Bennett was assistant district
attorney before his enlistment in
the marines.
Captain Parker Gies of the
U. S. army air service who is
stationed at a northwest air base
with a fighter squadron, spent
Friday night and Saturday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Gies and with Mrs. Miles C.
Branch, 965 Garnet St., mother
of Mrs. Parker Gies. Prior to
being transferred to the north
west Captain Gies was stationed
in southern California.
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. Viae
nie Heinz (Kieth Van WinklW
received a picture of their son,
Leonard Heinz, Friday from San
Diego, taken officially on the
occasion, two weeks ago, of his
receiving his paramarine wings,
being one of 20 of his platoon
to make the grade of stiff tests.
Heinz was awarded a medal as
expert rifleman during his "boot
schooling" at San Diego. He is
now In a school batallion re
placement company. He has been
in the service since February.
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