Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 21, 1944, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Textr 001 to mi ste he) Ru Ca arc J ele Pit Ga Pe Cil Ae Joi 141 41. Li led on ral axil I me I am I pa: to un Vt i frc bu Ou ma P' thi u n he .vi un up lot tri nl on eoi be ui mt ln In otl frc Ar J 10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. , P GI Joes From Far Reaches of 1 World Praise Cherrian Paper From the fox holes of New Guinea, the fog-swept Aleutians, Pn the hedge rows of Normandy and from the seven seas come letters of appreciation for the work of the Salem Cherrians In tit nvntrrto hnmav tnwn npu fnr i the bov.. In everv branch of the armed services. The third issue fcll of the "Salem Cherrian," a tab' formation concerning the folk at home, Is now on its way to y every serviceman from Marion county whose address is known , to those in charge of the pub lication, 13 The. letters started coming . it.tti.ia omeu t-utiuiJB " J shortly after the first issue was fal distributed In every theatre of war. There has been no slack to ing off and King Bing Frank riioae' moll nnnltnui.. in ha well sprinkled with communica- , tions voicing the boys' thanks. "The biggest little paper in " print," writes Thome H. Ham B mond from the Mediterranean w theatre, who adds that "issue n No. 2 came aboard today many u. miles at sea when we made Rood our rendezvous with a di( supply ship." a "It is indeed gratifying to us overseas to know that some St of the home folk remember ' us," comments George E. Thompson. A Lack of space prevents quo- : War Correspondent Killed in Action wi n pr, New York, Aug. 21 () Tom Jie Treanor, war correspondent for Uq the Los Angeles Times and the , National Broadcasting company, eu lias been killed on the road to Paris. w Advices to supreme headquar U,, ters In London said It was re fot ported one other American cor iet respondent had been killed and three wounded. w( Treanor's death was announc ed ed from France by John Mac ve. Vane, another NBC reporter , there who said the jeep In which Ureanor was riding was run over by an American tank. : Treanor recently published a hnnk nf his Ynprtfnfi. iir. ' correspondent, called "One m Damned Thing After Another." P: He Is survived by his widow, Te Eleanor Stimson Treanor, and No their three children, Thomas, esI 30, Marshall 8, and Cordelia, 5. J. r Bokil 0 31 (hi I Rl 1 STAYION CITY HALL . tation ,rom " the Iette. but here are a few items "It makes me feel good all over to know you folks are back of us." Henry C. Esau. "I have spent two years In the marines, have been over seas 18 months, about nine of which I have been away from civilization and have seen two white women in that time." Richard Gray of Aumsville. "The news from the home town means a lot to us fellows. Naturally men are proud of their home towns and are anxious to know its progress and I believe the 'Cherrian' is the answer to our question, 'What is going on back home? " Bill Ferguson. "Have been gone four years now and it certainly is refresh ing to hear a little home town news. Read every single line to make sure I don't miss a thing." Peter H. Geiser. "There is nothing so good as news from and concerning those who are your friends and neigh bors." Norman H. Speck. "The farther you get from Salem, the more you like to hear about it. 'Where's Elmer?' is a great idea and one that all the fellows appreciates." Da vid Putnam. "I would give nearly anything In this world for some good Oregon fruit and another glimpse of Mt. Hood. The only thing that Is plentiful in these jungle islands is mosquitoes." O. O. Henderson. "It was really a pleasant sur prise the day I got the first issue of the Salem Cherrian. In times like these, reading it is as good as a Scotchman's trip home." Ralph A. Smilher. Other servicemen who have written their thanks include: L. a. Wrlzht. Rtr X. ELsey. L. o Sachtl.r, John R. Mccracken, D. F Covllle, James W. MarUfleld, J. 8. oem mell, D. r. Hickman, Walter Oorjtllne, Alau D. Cannon, s. M. Lancefieltl, A. L. Bel!. Bob Warren, L. X. llopp, O. T. Bowder. Russell L. Kink, Austin Wilao.i. M. euelnnacn, Ray L. Fluster. Jerry Slick, James Klrklln, Lyman E. Slm- ong. R. A. Sederstrom. Ted Stanton. Dean H. Boyea, H. D. Edael, Paul E. Llnne, Howard Kaffun, Earl R. Noble, Don C. Herb, Leland P. Sarfr, J. A. Mc Carthy. C. V. Hess, Robert P. Coster, I narter, Jaaaea A. Hammack, Gordon Slack. D. L. Barrlck. William c. RUSll. David Wlcke. Pern H. Amit.lv W. D. Qraham, Byron R. Shobar, J. M. bamb. Jr., Robert L. Clark, c. R, Jar- Jameji S. Dounherty. Free Transportation Good Picking WOMEN'S LAND ARMY Join this patriotic service . . . "Women's Land Army" ... be pre pared to respond to immediate call for emergency harvesting of crops. Be proud to help "Food Fight for Freedom!" Call in Person or Phone Your Local Boys Grab off Doll Day Prizes Doll day, an annual event on the Salem playgrounds, attract ed 300 entrants on the seven neighborhood grounds Friday afternoon, with winners In the various classes awarded special prizes. An oddity of the com petition was the fact that 10 prizes were carted off by boys. Next big attraction on the grounds, and the last for this year, is the pet day celebration planned for Friday of this week at 2:30 p. m., on the Leslie and dinger playgrounds. First prize winners In Frl' day's competition: At McKinley school Mary Jane Mefford, Elsie May Otjen, Joan Barnes, Ina Randle, Max Pemberton, and Helen Grachsel, At Washington school Bar bara Henncs, Bobby Brink, Shirley Campbell, Joan Lanke, Shirley Fee, Dabra Lamb. At Englewood school Darlene Helfinkle, Judy Leserer, Shir ley Ann Booster,' Karen John son, Margie Lee Olson, Robert Pickering, and Patricia Ann Beal. At Highland school Lois Thomas, Barbara Young, Mil dred Hagan, Marie Carbaugh, Sue Ellen Miller, Joanne Wood, and Jack Tach. At Grant school Emma Jean Sadler, Joan Hauktree, Loraine Kenigge, Grace Stewart, and Maxine Brooks. At Richmond school Sharon Heider, Mary Feike, Doug Rains, Orville Gemmil, and Harry Hendrickson. At Bush school Mary Young, Sandra Stonehecker, Julia Da vis, Helen Joan Davis, Glend Strode, and Leone Strode. The seven neighborhood grounds will close on Friday af ternoon, September first, city playground director Gurnee Flesher reports, while the two pools, at Leslie and Olinger, will remain open through the Labor Day holiday. FOR SALE Accod it afl S oh on C. Fidaro Professional Model DeLuxe 120 Bass Six Switch Combinations 1120 E. TURNER ROAD HELP SAVE MARION COUNTY'S CROP 1800 ACRES OF BEAN HOW Harvest of this vital war crop depends on ruin tons of beans. Help feed the fighting time earn real Join 'HOUSEWIFE'S SPECIAL' Special busses leave from the farm la bor office at 8:30 each morning for housewives unable to leave earlier. Re turn in time for wife to prepare eve ning meal. MT. ANGEL BLUE 46 California Packing Corp.. Service Resumed By Airline Planes Spokane, Aug. 21 W) Re sumption of northwest airline service between Portland and Spokane began yesterday. May or Earl Riley of Portland and a group of Portland business men were passengers on the initial flight. Pvt. Pyles Dies In Battle Independence, August 20 Word has been received here by Mr. and Mrs. George Earl Pyles of the death of their son, Pvt. Robert Carl Earl Pyles, who was killed In action in France on July 28. This Is the third Independence boy to make the supreme sacri fice while in action during this war. The other two were Sgt. Wilfred John Dingman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dingman, who was killed on Biak island May 28, and Pvt. Leslie E. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Prather who lost his life in France on D-day, June 6. The parents all live on Seventh street only a few blocks apart. Pvt. Pyles, who was 22 years of age last May, was born in Trinidad, Colo., and attended grade and junior high school in Clarksdale, Ariz. He enlisted in the service in September 1942 and was stationed in England for two months before going to France. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Earl Pyles; brothers Arthur, Harold and John, all of Independence, and two sisters, Mrs. H. Ross and Mrs. R. R. Ross, both of Flag staff, Ariz. An inch-long tube found in a cottage in Ipswich, England, is believed to be a 3,000-year-old Babylonia seal. PICKERS NEEDED! r..And For Next Two Weeks! money. WOODBURN 164 HAYES ST. . MAIN 260 THIS VITAL MESS A GE SPONSORED BY Siaylon Co-op., Blue Lake Producers, Pauius Johnston Talks About Russia Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 21 (U P) Eric Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, told a week-end meeting of the Washington state Junior Chamber of Commerce that the American and Russian people will have to work to gether In the postwar world. Although we do not want their system of government in our country, Johnston said, "I be lieve in cooperation with them and long-term credits where they can be mutually worked out." Johnston declared that the Russians were a good risk in the economic world and would not contract for anything they could not pay for. "Industries in the Soviet un ion are operated by American machines, American methods and American assembly lines," Johnston said. Russia does not equal American production in man hours, however, because they are new to the game of production. He predicted that Russia will hit its stride in in dustrial production in 10-15 years. Press Missed One Raid on Japanese Seattle, Aug. 21 (U.R)-An air craft engineer for Boeing Air craft company here, said today that the first attack ever car ried out against the Japanese by American Superfortresses, FARMERS INSURANCE FOR YOUR HARVEST HANDS New low rates from $1 to $1.30 per $100 of payroll. Includes liability with medical and hospital costs. At this special low cost to farmers of the Willamette Valley, you cannot afford to be without coverage for injuries to your farm help, both seasonal harvest hands and regular employees. WRITE OR PHONE ... WE W1XL CALL ON YOU. CHUCK V jml2 INSURANCES OREGON LARGEST SALEM AND 129 North Commercial St. additional hundreds of local men, women and children. A day of delay may men by helping the farmer who grows the food. Be patriotic and at the same Pleasant FILL BUSSES and TRUCKS Free transportation is provided which starts from County Farm Labor Office each morning, 6 to 6:30. Women, you will be back in plenty of time to prepare the evening meal. does not seem to hav received much publicity. The engineer, Joseph Zuber, Seattle, said that on his return from a 36,000-mile trip as tech nical observer on performance of the huge bomber, he found most people he talked to .thought the June IS raid on Japan was the first time the big planes had gone Into action. Actually, Zuber said, the raid on Japan was the second time Superforts had been on com bat mission. The first, he said, was a 2,300 mile flight to bomb Bangkok, Siam, on June S. And Zuber said, the ground crews really sweated that one out. The temperature at the Superforts base was 135, Two Injured in B-20 Crash Landing Seattle, Aug. 21 UP) Two of six men aboard a B-20 Super fortress received slight injuries Saturday when the plane made a crash landing in Pugct Sound near Redondo Beach. Boeing of ficials said the plane was on a "routine check flight." Those aboard the plane, the company statement saidf were J. A. Johnson, pilot; Frank Yag er, co-pilot; Harold G. Buffing" ton, Stanley J. Elliott, George F. Stein, all of the Boeing com pany, and J. D. Peterson, rep resentative of the Bendix Avia tion corporation. Which two were injured was not disclosed. Turner Man Wounded Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) Oregon navy personnel casual ties: Cpl. Robert H. Kralicek, U. S. marine corps, wounded. Father, Jerry Kralicek, Turner. 0 - CHET UPSTATE AGENCY MARSHFIELD Dial 4400 j Surroundings Good Farm Labor Office SALEM 361 CHEMEKETA ST. PHONE 2-1663 Bros.. Birds-Eye-Snider Salem Marines Dead in Action Lieut. William Shetlhorn and Cpl. Edward E. Ames, the lat ter reported missing in action since June 23, have been offi cially killed .in action in the South Pacific area. Both were members of the marines corps. Lieut. Shellhorn, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shellborn, of Marinette, Wis., had been over seas since October, 1943. He was married to Martha Getz endaner, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Getzendaner, at San Diego, Calif., last September. Mrs. Shellhorn resides here with her parents and is employed by the Marion county welfare commission, Cpl. Ames was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ames, route 6. $!0 tllll Id SO a""- V .... , .0 M 0 SV .USD IwmmInI On OiIIm mi Weallani mt pmbt MHh fotlMvjrflafMai lwt wllpMr "J Malt Mtfftxm. $ thli t)w paint i tali yaw fMtaliat a pi aw. ItilMMn. M R. D. Woodrow' Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping Inst, niatrihutor 325-34S Center St. - Ph. 5558 Salem, oreton s m i.kBBl .aWtLa.Ji't. ' if t i IE I 'I 1 ..ult a I 1 is KEEP PLATOONS FULL Youngsters in platoons . . . keep platoons at top strength by not missing a single day at this criti cal period. Get a substitute if you are unable to pick. Help Food Fight for Freedom! SILYERTON 706 N. WATER PH. 444 Warning Cars to Go Ahead of Trucks Coquille, Aug. 21 W The Coos County Livestock Ship pers' association will send spec ial warning cars ahead of its large trucks on the coast high way In compliance with an or der of the state agriculture di rector, County Agent George Jenkins reports. Two Donate Blood Pleasantdale Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Launer and Mrs. Ivan Gubser were the blood donors from Pleasantdale at the Yam hill county Red Cross head quarters in McMinnville Thursday. BABY PRODUCTS NSWl ANTISEPTIC! MEDICALLY ntl AH Aff MITIP Soothing i toetp) kfre laatj ' asn m aoioolh ami aofc as moliKr'a Weir Dorothy Gray conroloxion ! Uao to cloanae babf from the top of his head to hia ten pink toea. fi or-, 91. Other now Dorothy Gray Balry Frodtwto: Baby Softening Skin Cream, fl Baby Anti Chafing Ointment, fl' Baby Powder (Antiseptic), 5" nus TAX Willett's Capital Drug Store Cor. State & Liberty Ph. 3118 BEANS! Pay Au ! an. i for I am nit in fev toe BE PATRIOTIC! JOIN THE BEAN BRIGADE SIGN UP!