Capital journal., October 21, 1944, Image 3

Serving
Edited by Margaret Ma gee
V ft
n Jiw IllllW iimiumJ
r
U. William Voss
Working as late as 3 o'clock
in the morning, sleeping until
9 or 10 a.m., and sleeping with
nothing but fellow service
man's overcoat for a covering
is no novelty to First Lt. Wil
liam Baker Voss, son of Mrs. E.
G. Voss of 925 North 16th street,
with the U.S. army In France
for his overseas job often calls
for such a routine.
Lt. Voss, who was graduated
from Willamette university in
1935 and prior to his enlistment
shortly after Pearl Harbor was
a research engineer with the
Locheed Aircraft Manufactur
ing plant, describes France as
pretty, at least in places. He tells
of passing a town that looked
almost like a fairy book town
from the distance. Located on
top of a rolling hill the houses,
which were very close together,
iirrounded a large church with
a tall steeple and all of the
buildings were old and pictur
esque. The countryside was
gently rolling and very green.
Poplars sprinkled here and
there completed the picture.
The highways in that part of
France are in good condition
and are often bordered by lanes
of trees poplars, silver pop
lars, apple trees and a variety of
different species. In that far off
country, too, are to be found
many apple orchards.
Mentioned as much appreci
ated by himself and other ser
vicemen, as well, was a joke
book sent the lieutenant and a
copy of Coronet magazine. Dried
fruits, he says, are foodstuffs
that ordinarily come through the
mails in good condition and are
always welcomed by the men.
Seeing a bit of the conflict in
tlw south Pacific have been a
father .and son combination,
Lt. Col. H. G. "Fod" Maison,
with the army, and Lt. (j. g.)
Mack Maison, with the navy.
Col. Maison, who first left for
the south Pacific with the Ore
gon national guard in Febru
ary, 1942, seeing action with
the 41st division, has recently
been trasferred to the 6th divi
sion where he is in command of
the 63rd Infantry .He was one
of the first Oregon officers to
return to the States early last
spring on a 30-day leave. The
son, who is a graduate of Anna
polis, stopped in Salem recently
this month enroute from the
south Pacific to naval flying
school in Iowa after his requir
ed year at sea with the fleet, a
prerequisite for naval flight
training for regular navy men.
With marine invaders of
Guam was Pfc. David Berger,
son of Major and Mrs. Armin
pserger. The marine, whose fa
ther is also in the Pacific area,
has been overseas since Janu
ary of this year and in the ser
vice since January 28, 1942.
Woodburn Leaving Thurs
day morning from the local
draft board headquartres for in
duction into the armed forces
at Portland were Clifton F. Po
krony of Woodburn, Rober J.
Griesenauer of Brooks. Verl E.
Hershberger and Kenneth A.
Hovenden of Hubbard, Sheldon
A. Johnson of Silverton and
Tommy J. Taylor of Scotts Mills,
a transfer from Pasadena, Cal.
Pokrony was placed in charge
of the men on the bus trip to
Portland.
The little house: with the big hits
CONT. 'OM 1 P.M.
TOMORROW!
Star-Studded
Romance!
CHARLES BOYER
OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND
PAULETTE GODDARD
"HOLD BACK
THE DAWN"
MUSICAL CO-FEATURE!
FRED Mac.MURRAY
MARY MARTIN
ROBERT PRESTON
Late
News
Flashes!
"NEW YORK TOWN"
Uncle Sam
A letter received here from
Pvt. George Ishida, Japanese
American in the armed forces,
advises that he is in a hospital
at Spokane suffering with a
wound in the leg which was
shattered with shrapnel in an en
gagement in Italy and the sur
geon has not as yet determined
whether an amputation will be
necessary. Ishida is a native Am
erican, born In Colorado, but
for a number of years was a cel
ery raiser in the Labish section.
He says he is the only one who
survived out of a five-man
squad in the encounter which
may cost him a leg.
A U. S. Troop Carrier Base,
European Theater of Opera
tions Staff Sgt. Galen B.
Boltjes of Salem .Oregon, crew
chief of a C-47 aircraft in the
U. S. troop carrier forces, re
cently participated in the dar
ing daylight operation when
paratroopers were dropped over
the Rhine delta in Holland
near the German border. The
first combined operation of the
newly created 1st Allied Air
born army, thousands of para
troops and glider borne infan
try were employed in an effort
to outflank the Siegfried line
from the north.
Flying for miles over enemy
held territory in a path previ
ously blasted by allied fighters
and bombers, the large unarmed
and unarmored C-47 aircraft
met little German opposition.
Back at his base after the mis
sion Sgt. Boltjes said, "It was
a terrific mission! Everything
seemed to work like clockwork,
and those troopers came out of
the planes like letters out of a
mail chute."
Carrying paratroops is an old
success story for the outfit to
which Sgt. Boltjes belongs; they
participated in the invasions of
Sicily, Italy, and Normandy and
have also piled up an enviable
record carrying supplies and
evacuating wounded troops from
combat areas.
The army man is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boltjes, of
1498 Ferry street. A graduate
of the Davenport high school In
Davenport, Nebraska, he was
employed in the post office in
Salem before entering the serv
ice in January, 1943. His out
fit has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Unit Citation. He
wears the Distinguished Unit
badge and Air Medal for meri
torious service, while participat
ing in the invasion of Normandy,
and with the North African
Middle Eastern European cam
paign ribbon.
Mill City Cpl. Milan Weston
of the artillery coast guard, who
has been sta
tioned near Se
ward, Alaska,
and recently
spent his 28-day
furlough with
his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Addie
Hayes of Mill
City, with
whom he resid
ed when a child,
and with his mother, Mrs. J. E.
Clark, and family. The coast
guarasman attended Mill City
schools and for the past six
years has been with the U. S.
coast guard. Since entering the
service he has been stationed at
Fort Stevens, Fort Lewis, Fort
Canby and Seward, Alaska,
making his longest stay in
Alaska. He now reports for
duty at Bowerie Field, Texas.
Silverton Tech. Sgt. Dean
Stamey with the armed forces
in the European area has in
formed his parents the Carl
Stameys of Salem and his
brother Maurice, Silverton, that
geographically, the countries in
which he is located extend over
a lesser section than the Pacific
northwest. The first of three
letters written on three con
secutive days, was from France,
the second from Belgium and
the third from Holland. Sgt.
Stamey has been in the service
more than two years.
ENDS TODAY!
Bin; Boh
Crosby Hope
Dorothy Lamour
"Road to Morocco"
Joel
McCrea
"SULLIVANS
TRAVELS"
J ; if
J
f f V i
7 .JV;
tr si
Cpl. Harvey Young, recently
returned from 31 months of ser
vice in the South Pacific, where
he has served with the 41st di
vision, who has been visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. Eliza
Parker of 706 North Commer
cial street, and his uncle, Clar
ence Parker. Born in Salem, the
army corporal was graduated
from high school at Kelso, Wash.
After visiting in Longview,
Wash., with his mother, Mrs. C.
D. McLean, he left to report to
California, for re-assignment.
Staff Sgt. Gordon Trick
Prisoner of war since May 26,
when his plane went down over
territory occupied by the Ger
mans, Staff Sgt. Gordon L.
Trick, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Trick of Salem has been
awarded the air medal with one
oak leaf cluster, with the pre
sentation made to his mother
by Lt. Col. B. H. Jones of the
Portland army air base October
14.
In the army for two years,
Sgt. Trick had been overseas
since April, 1943, and during
that short space of time had
completed almost three-fourths
of his missions. A Salem high
school graduate before enter
ing the service he had been with
the Pan-American Airlines in
Africa for almost a year.
The parents of the prisoner
have received a letter from him
having a September dateline
from Trick in which he men
tioned a sore arm that was prac.
tically healed, indicating that
he was wounded, when captured
by the Germans. Baseball was
apparently the chief diversion
of the prisoners as Trick stat
ed that there were some good
ball teams at the camp and that
his team had lost but one game
adding that he was the pitcher
for his team. Balls and bats
used in the game are made by
the prisoners, whom he said
were getting along alright swith
the German rations and Red
Cross parcels.
Clifton Cass, signalman 1c
of the U. S. navy, who has been
on duty for the past two years
is visiting his wife and baby
daughter at their home at 2215
Stale street. Cass was on one
of the torpedoed ships in the
African expedition.
Word of the wounding of Sgt.
Dean ' Stamey was received in
Silverton Friday evening. Sgt,
Stamey was serving with the
armed forces in Germany and
was wounded in action October
n
If I
9'Al
f " a.
M C
f i
f
o HENRY KING
WcltUn fDf Ih Serttn by LAMAR TR0TTI
A 2 0 CENTUtY.FOX PICTURE
Grand Theatre i
COMING TIES., OCT.-24 1
3. He Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Stamey, longtime
residents of Silverton who are
now in charge of the laundry
at the Fairview home here. Sgt,
Stamey and his brother. Mau
rice Stamey, carried the Capital
Journal In Silverton for eight
years.
Stayton Called to Portland
from local board No. 3 for pre
induction physicals October 19
were:
Albert F Bchneider. Portland: Clarence
E Simmons. Jr.. William Q. Warner.
Richard W. Johnson. Melvln T. Wilkinson.
Henry o. Pfennig, Wilbur A. ShattuoK.
Raltilt L Nafaiacr. Maurice L Sutton.
Dale W Sttce. Jack L. Tull and Roderlcl;
H Hendrlckson. all of Salem: Mervln Ni.
Mlckenham. Turner. David C. Shrlltto.
Jefferson. Charles M. Stewart. Mill City
Edward A. Mlnten. Aumsvtlle. Landy J
Pram, West Salem Ivan w chase, Jef
ferson, Robert M Martin. Aumsvllle. An
thony F. DeSantis. silverton. Robert L
Smith. Stayton. and l.yle B. Nash, of
Merrill. Harold H. Etr.el, Sublimity. Wil
liam L. Wlederkehr and Frank w, OIL
mnur of Jefferson. Jack R. Haseman. Id
auha. William A. Vice. Alfred J. Henne.
Vernon F Rock, William H. Burrlaht and
Richard H. Chandler, alt of Salem Trans
fers: Rex A Tansey to Salem, Herbert E.
Patterson to Hutto. Calif,. Francis fi.
Doualas to San Francisco: Roy L. Walker
to scio from Montesano. Wash.
Sgt. Glen Williams, instructor
in the air radio school at Sioux
Falls, S. D., is home on fur
lough visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Newell Williams. He
expects to leave for Sioux Falls
on October 27. He has been
connected with the air radio
school there for 27 months.
Oregon soldiers announced to
day by the war department as
killed in action in the Mediter
ranean area are Pvt. Harold E.
Robbins, whose mother, Mrs.
Doris S. Robbins, resides on R.
1, box 33. Turner, and Pvt. El-
don A. Olsen of Molalla, whose
wife makes her home in that
town.
In the service of the federal
government for the past 12
years Miss Ha Scott, supervisor
of home economics at the Che-
mawa Indnan school, has en
listed in the Wacs and will take
special training as a dietitian or
laboratory technician in the ar
my medical department. The
enlistee, who is a graduate of
Perdue university, look post
graduate work at Cornell uni
versity. She at one time serv
ed as president of the federal
employes local union at Chil-
acco, Okla,
Mt. Angel Chief Petty Offic
er Traviss, U. S. navy, and Mrs.
H. L. Traviss (Anne Bigler) are
guests at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Al Saalfeld, for a week.
They arc enroute to Bunker
Hill, Ind., where Traviss has
been assigned following 21
months of service in the South
Pacific. The couple are also vis
iting at the home of her mother
Mrs .M. A. Bigler, and his fath
er, N. B. Traviss, and were feted
by their numerous relatives.
Pfc. John Fennimore recently
of Fort Benning, Ga., is home
on leave at the home of his par
ents, the S. A. Fennlmores.
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton Thostrude have recent word
that their son, Kenneth, aerog
rapher's mate 2c, Is now sta
tioned at Seattle after having
served for more than 2 years
in the South Pacific. Another
son of the Thostrudes. Milton
Alan is an army sergeatn in
France.
Pfc. Arthur H. Dahl of the
71st division at Ft. Benning,
Ga.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Dahl on furlough, arrived
home Thursday and remained
until November 5. He has been
in the service one and one-half
years. Another son of the
Dahls, Lt. Raymond Dahl of
George field, 111., had planned a
furlough at this time, but was
unable to arrive home to be
with his brother.
The John L. Merrymans of
Cherry street had word from
their son, W, W. Merryman,
that he graduated with honors
Friday. October 13, from the
merchant marine officer's
school, receiving the rating of
assistant engineer. He has been
ordered to report, to Houston,
Texas, by October 28 for location.
WILSON' IS THE MOST
FASCINATING ENTERTAIN
MENT IN SCREEN HISTORY!"
What the Well Dressed German Soldier Wears in combat is on
display in a show window of the Acklin Bootery on north High
street. The display was made possible by Mrs. Katherine Fox
of 550 North Summer street who has three boys in the' service.
One of them sent the various articles to her. The display includes
a pair of felt boots with wooden soles, which weigh 10 pounds.
Recently awarded the sol
dier's medal for heroism was
Staff Sgt. Ben
jamin Blake,
crew chief in
the engineering
section of a tac
tical reconnais
ance group
with the Ninth
Air Force,
whose home ad-
ifc dress is 2086
Midinn clroot
Salem.
Blake, who joined his pres
ent organization at Santa Rosa,
Calif., in September, 1943, was
cited when after discovering a
fire in a hose compartment of a
gasoline truck parked adjacent
to an operational aircraft he at
the risk of his life closed the
compartment doors and drove
the truck away from the vicin
ity of the aircraft and extin
guished the fire. By his action
Sgt. Blake prevented the pos
sible destruction of an opera
tional aircraft and a vehicle as
well as the possible injury to
those persons in that vicinity.
A graduate of Salem high
school, the army sergeant was
employed as a sheet metal
worker with the Boeing Air
craft company in Seattle prior
to entering the service in Sep
tember, 1942. He completed an
airplane mechanic course at
Dallas, Texas, and the Allison
engine school at Indianapolis,
Ind., and has been "crewing"
an airplane since his outfit be
- i
Continuous Shows Daily From 1 P.M.
AND COMPLETE
Bandltader... fJPjl JW
plays trombone . .Xfj'Cs
now a major in 11 if1
ufi
JWifcdM.Zy
have onicl ft I
' We can't tell you their names,
'cause that would spoil the fun!
THRILL CO - HIT!
. . . His thirst for
adventure almost
costs him his life!
gan operations in February,
1944.
Sgt. Blake's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Blake and his wife
and small son, Bonnie Earl,
make their home in Salem.
Waconda Tech.5 Duane I.
Felton, with engineers light pon
toon company somewhere in
France, writes his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Felton of Mis
sion Bottom, that when his out
fit got low on meat he and a
group of the Oregonian buddies
went elk hunting. He killed a
6-point elk that weighed 320
pounds dressed and one of his
buddies killed an elk cow. He
added that elk steaks cooked
over an open fire were the best
ever.
Mrs. Eugene Fields has re
ceived word that her husband
is now in Holland after spend
ing some time in Belgium with
the armed forces. His brother,
Harold Fields, is somewhere in
France.
Roy Meletta. who is in radio
work on a submarine, has re
cently telegraphed his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Meletta,
that he had arrived safely at an
American port.
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Nusom re
port their son, Donald Nusom,
U. S. navy, writes he is sta
tioned on an airplane carrier
somewhere in the South Paci
fic. Brentford J. J. Miller, Jr.,
of the U. S. navy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Brentford J. J. Mil-
- llPl
OWL SHOW AFTER
"
It's amazingi . . . Ifs
astounding I ... how many
swell stars, tunes and laughs
have been crammed into
one wonderful show I
Willi
EDWARD RYAN
MARJORIE MASSDW
STANLEY PRAGER
Directed by BENJAMIN STOLOPF.
Produced by BRYAN FOY
Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1944 3
ler, arrived in port at San Fran
cisco recently after completing
a cruise somewhere in the
South Pacific.
Lebanon Lester Parton. for
mer Lebanon city mail carrier
who has been with the marines
stationed on Indian island near
Hadlock, Wash., has received a
discharge from the service. He
visited in Lebanon Wednesday
and said he may return here.
During the latter part of Par
ton's 27 months service he was
a mail clerk at the marine base
on the island.
Pvt. Paul Williams, former
state game enforcement officer
for this vicinity was in Leba
non this week on a brief fur
lough from his army camp in
Arkansas. Williams has been
In the service since February.
When he left the state force two
and a half years ago, he was
employed at the local paper mill
and then in Washington before
entering the service.
Scio Reid Meritt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Meritt of the
Providence vicinity, is at naval
officers' training school at
Butte. Mont., and expects to
take further training at an east
ern university, according to
word received here. He is a
graduate of Lebanon high
school, and has been in naval
training for the past year.
Roy Lambert, truck driver
for the Roaring River Logging
company, has received notice to
report for induction into the
navy October 28.
Dolly Martinak. seaman sec
ond class of the Waves, station
ed at San Diego, is home on 11
day leave with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Dobrokovsky,
on the farm six miles southeast
of Scio. Seaman Martinak's
husband, Cpl. Amos Martinak,
formerly of Albany and Sweet
Home, is with the army in Ice
land. Pfc. Theodore Burmester is
spending a 30-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Burmester, east of Scio. He
has been stationed for the past
25 months with a medical de
tachment at Fort Ord, Calif.
His younger brother, SSgt.
Clenton Burmester, has also vis
ited the parental home recently,
after seeing service in the Pa
cific theater. He is currently
stationed at Fort Sumner, New
Mexico.
In answer to the call from the
surgeon general's department
for more assistance in the army
medical department, Mrs. Val
deria Bennett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Fowler of route
1, Silverton, enlisted in the
Wacs today for assignment to
one of the many army hospitals
in this country where medical
technicians are urgently need-
Starts
MIDNITE!
"
ed. Valderia, who was at one
time employed at the Torring
ton hospital in Torrington,
(Continued on Page 4)
ENDS TODAY!
ROB Bl'RNS
"OUR LEADING
CITIZEN"
Jim Newill
"OUTLAW ROUNDUP"
CON'1'. FROM 1 P.M.
Tomorrow!
. . . Rope Your
self a Bundle of
t l.affs!
ELLEN DREW ANDY DEVINE
PHIL HARRIS Virginia dale:
LILLIAN CORNELL DENNIS DAV
rCAMICHAEL ...ROCHESTER
THRILL CO-HIT!
VMi
Today!!
iii Don't
ItT YO0
4
NEWS FLASHES!
Dramatic trials of Fascists
in Italy! G. I. heaven on
the Mediterranean! . . .
Fishinc bmitinjr. . . ! Ro
deo thrills! Late football
flashes!
It BBB 1
V IY,Th
CIHIURT.fOX W Si
PICTURE m
AKIM TAMIRROF