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10 Capital Journal, Salem, Serving Edited by Margaret Mage Mrs. Adam Diebert has re ceived word that her husband, an army staff sergeant, who is a radar mechanic with a coast artillery anti-aircraft battery, has landed in the Okinawa area. The sergeant has been overseas for a year and a half and trained in Hawaii before seeing action in Leyte. He is a former em ploye of the Shell Oil company. Ship Off Okinawa Two men from this area are aboard a battleship off Okinawa that has been pouring a wither ing torrent of high explosive shells into the island's beaches as a unit of the greatest naval bombardment force in history. The sailors are Seaman 2c Kenneth W. Purcell, son of Mrs. Charles Norton of route 6, Sa lem, and Seaman 2c Nicholas J. Zolotoff, whose father, John S. Zolotoff, resides on Star route, Sllverton. Woodburn A veteran of 33 months service overseas, First Sgt. Joseph M. Kirsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kirsch of Woodburn, is a member of a jungle assault unit of combat in fantrymen, that attacks and de stroys a Japanese pill box in "Here's Your Infantry." Under the joint auspices of army ground forces and the war fi nance division of the treasury department 25 of these units are touring the country to aid in the seventh war loan. Sgt. Kirsch served overseas with the famed 41st infantry division and par ticipated in the Papuan, New Guinea and Netherlands East Indies campaigns. He wears the Asiatic Pacific ribbon with two campaign stars, the American defense. Good Conduct ribbon, and the Combat Infantryman badge. Lt. Francis X. Ryan of the air corps is home on a 21-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan of route 1 Aurora. Lt. Ryan has been in England since August and com pleted 30 missions over Ger many before leaving for the states. He is a graduate of Woodburn high school and was voted the outstanding student of the class in 1038. Mrs. Leo J. Erwert has re turned home after spending two months in Seattle with her hus band, a gunner's mate 3c aboard a coast guard cutter. Staff Sgt. Robert E. Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Low of Woodburn, has arrived in the United States on furlough from the Pacific theater of operations where he served 38 months with the infantry. Mrs. Levi Welty has received word that her son, Lester I. Shanbeck, has been promoted to first lieutenant. Mill City Pfc. William Bri ant, of the AAF is spending a 15 day furlough with Mrs. Briant Mill City. Briant will report tor duty in U4ah on May 23. Robert Taylor of the navy, and Mrs. Taylor were guests at the Cecil Wriglesworth home TOR MANY YEARS aspirin his been accepted by both the medical profession and che public as a safe sure way to relieve pain. But many people who hid complete confidence in aspirin did not find it gave as quick relief from blinding, maddening psin as they hoped for. Hence in desper ation they sometimes turned to other remedies less well proved. To meet this situation t group of medical research men set out to see what could be done to speed up the analgesic or "pain-killing" action of aspirin to make it bring their patients quicker re lief, without heart or stomach upset. Out of these researches came a really new kind of analgesic tablet, a combine Supcma.. . Quick relief from pain- Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1945 Uncle Sam last week. Taylor, a former Mill City man, is stationed at a naval training center in Chi cago. Pfc. Richard Gregory, of air corps medical unit, stationed at Burlington hospital in Van Nuys, Calif., was called home during the illness of his mother, Mrs. O. C. Gregory. He will be here on a 20-day leave, re turning to the hospital, where he has served for the past two years, on the 27th. Aviation Cadet Gordon A. Murdock of the naval air arm, son of Mrs. C. A. Murdock, has been transferred to the naval air training center in Pensacola, Fla., after completing his pri mary flight training at the naval air station at Bunker Hill, In diana. Cadet Murdock, a grad uate of Salem high school, after passing his intermediate flight training syllabus at Pensacola, will be awarded his wings as a naval aviator and commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve or a second lieutenant in the marine corps reserve. Miami, Fla. After 31 months in Africa, Tech 5 Ralph E. Har ger of Albany, Oregon, has ar rived in the States and is now clearing the air transport com mand's Miami army air field en route home. The corporal, whose wife resides at Albany, served with the quartermaster corps in the Middle Eastern theater of operations and was flown to the States in a fleet ATC plane. i With the 32nd Infantry Divi sion in Pangasinan Province, Luzon, P. I. Cpl. Tech. James Brown, whose grandfather, T. J. Brown, lives in Independence, is one of the real veterans of World War II, starting his fourth year overseas with the famed 32nd division. A me chanic in service battery, 120th field artillery battalion, he came overseas in April of 1942. Seaman 2c James Arthur Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Erickson of route 6, Calem, has been assigned to duty at the navy quartermaster school at Gulfport, Miss. Cpl. Albert L. Warner of 45 Garden Road was one of the 27 enlisted men from Washington and Oregon who, May 19, left Fort Lewis to spend rotation furloughs at their homes after serving overseas. CAMalty List One Salem man, Staff Sgt. John W. Williamson, husband of Mrs. Darlene Williamson of 1615 North Liberty street, was listed as killed in action in the Pacific area, one man from this area as missing and one as wounded in the army-navy war casualty list today released by the OWI. The mtsslnr rrmn til Treh fi. Harry W. Smith, husband or Mrs. Wllma L. Smith of 340a Kummrr atrett. Salem. Wounded In action while serving tn the European theater waa Pfc. William R. Thlen. husband of Mra. Mar E. Thlen of Sweet Home. New Analgesic Tablet (Pain II. f) now released to public Thousands find it gives quicker; safe relief from headache from pains of sinus, neuritis, neuralgia and arthritis tlon of aspirin and calcium glutsmate. la this new tablet, aspirin does its old, safe job of relieving pain. But through itt combination with calcium glutamate, ex tensive tests by physicians showed it gave most people both quicktr relief and grtsttr rtlit from pain. After this extensive testing and use by members of the medical profession as a prescription remedy, this new analgesic tablet has now been released for non prescription ssle by every druggist. It it called Superin (from aupcr-aspirin) You can get its blessed, quick relief from pain by asking your druggist for a bottle today 50 tablets for Ask for Superin Suptr-in. Prepared by Carter Products. Inc.) New York. GttJ Htutkitprnt Msgatbu Seat Returns Overseas Mrs. Charles Esplin has re ceived word that her husband, a corporal in the U.S. army, has arrived back overseas at his base in Honolulu. The soldier, who had spent a two and half month convalescent furlough with his wife at their home at 250 South Cottage street, has previously seen overseas duty and for nine months was sta tioned on the Baker islands from where his outfit assisted with the attack on the Gilbert islands. His mother, Mrs. Freda Esplin, also lives in Salem. At Ft. Oglethorpe Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Two Salem, Oregon, women, Pvt. Lora Goddard and Pvt. Nell M. Knittel, are taking their basic military training at the Third Wac training center here as members of one of the newly organized Wac . medical com panies. Pvt. Goddard, who is the daughter of Mrs. Cordelia Lewis, prior to her enlistment in the Wacs was an X-ray tech nician and medical stenograph er. Pvt Knittel has three sons, Claude C. Borrgech, Harold Knittel and Arnold Knittel, also in the service. Dallas Staff Sgt. Jack Boyd ston, aerial gunner with the AAF in the European theater of war, and son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Boydston, is back in the United States after com pletion of many combat mis sions. According to a telegram received by his parents this week he expects to be home on leave a few days. Boydston entered the service early in 1943 and went overseas in Au gust of last year. Lebanon Col. Lewis R. Parker, a prisoner of .war of the Germans since last spring, has been released and expects to be returned to the United States, according to word received by his wife, who with her children live in Eugene. Col. Parker is the son-in-law of Sen. Samuel Garland of Lebanon. Mrs. Lola Hamlett this week received the Purple Heart awarded her husband, Pfc. Wil liam H. Hamlett, who was wounded March 1, shortly after he went into action with the in fantry as ' a replacement in France. Hamlett is still hos pitalized overseas. ' Pfc. Ervin C. Bottcher, with the 32nd Infantry division fighting around Balete Pass in northern Luzon, has been wounded in action by Jap mor tar fire, a letter to his wife in Lebanon states. First Lt. Charles C. McKin nis, Lebaaon, recently was awarded the certificate of merit for "courageous action during the early days of the German offensive in Belgium, December, 1944," according to word re ceived by his wife. Second Lt. Robert M. Lin ville, 20, Lebanon, recently en tered the aerial offensive against the enemy's under ground oil stores at Roudnice, Czechoslovakia. Lt. Llnville, the pilot of an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Linville. He entered the army in Octo ber, 1942. with safety Seamen's Service Will Be Continued The defeat of Germany and the conquest by the allied ar mies will not remove the need for continuing activities of Unit ed Seamen's Service in Europe, but will impose the additional duty of meeting an increased need in the Pacific theater of war, according to a report to Charles A. Sprague, president of the Oregon War Chest, from the National War Fund which finances the work of USS and which receives its funds in part from the Marion County War Chest. American doughboys among the army of occupation may be stationed In Europe for many months, and vast quantities of supplies must be shipped to them, the report states, empha sizing that American merchant seamen will still need the many essential services which U.S.S provides in many ports on the European continent. Steps have alreday been taken to open U.S.S. clubs in German ports. Silverton Mrs. J. D. Drake is in receipt of a communica tion from Day Foster, stating that KGW, Portland, will broad cast a transcribed program on which Tech. Sgt. Clarence L. Campbell will be featured. The broadcast will be Mon day, May 21, at midnight, and will deal with unusual activi ties in which Sgt. Campbell Wi r Hi Tbis Is figures. Campbell, a former Silverton young man, came here with his father, Hal Camp bell, head of the music depart ment of the schools for a num ber of years and an author of a series of articles on pigeons, as well as a composer of music. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyer have received word from their son, Sgt. Earl C. Meyer, who has been in combat areas in Germany for many months, that he is well and has been locat ed in" France as a mechanic since April 22. The Lewis Halls of the Sil verton Hills received a photo graph Tuesday of their son, S OM 3c Raymond Hall, and his cousin, Ph. 2c Richard Hart ley, son of the Alvin Hartleys of Silverton Hills. Both young men are at the same location in the Hawaiian islands. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Hartley are sisters. Lyons Mrs. William Prich ard and son, Larry, went to Portland Wednesday where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Prichard. Larry, who has enlisted in the U. S. navy will be inducted into the service Thursday. San Marcos Army Air Field, Texas Staff Sgt. Richard H. Arnold, son of Mrs. Kathleen Artiold of 883 Bellevue street, Salem, Ore., has been assigned to this AAF training command navigation school. Sgt. Arnold served in the European theater of operations with the Eighth air force for eight months. nm 8cmst, -res.'! f-t ?s?S'H " " "That's what I'm doing . . . "Hitting 'em twice as hard buying twice as many bonds as I ever did before. Uncle Sam has got to raise in this war loan just about as much as he did in 2 war loans last year up to this time. "That's why the 7th is the biggest and most important of them all. "And I'm mighty proud as every farmer ought to be to have the chance to help! "The way I figure it, at this crucial time in the war Uncle Sam is calling on all of us to go whole hog to produce more food, to U -nM-nnar nr n , mTT .-a . l. . ifrt c4t. . H 1 1 . I an ogicial V, S. Treasury ai ttrtistment Marion County $785,839 from Income Tax Marion county public schools will receive $785,839 from Oregon state income taxes during the coming 1945-48 school year. All public schools in Oregon will receive roughly $13,000,000 of income tax revenue, or 512 903,872 based on 1944-45 fi gures. This amount of income tax proceeds goes to public schools throughout Oregon part ly as result of . laws enacted by the 1945 state legislature. Marion county's share of the $12,903,872, or $785,839, will consist of the following amounts: State elementary school tax (2-mills tax on property that is cancelled by state income tax revenues), $117,947. State school support fund $5,000,000 of income tax money diverted by the 1942 measure, $289,969. This county's share of $2, 000,000 of income tax money that was added to the $5,000, 000 school support fund by the 1945 legislature will be $116, 509. This amount is distribut ed on a "teacher unit" basis among the various school dis tricts in our county. Marion county's share of $1,000,000 of income tax money that was added to the $5,000, 000 school support fund by the 1945 legislature, will be about $57,994. This amount is dis tributed on basis of "actual days, attendance" ratio among the various school districts. In addition to the above hm-way measures: ftftfh . , mst mciffr war loah of am - prepare J under auspices of Treasury Schools Get amounts, this county will re ceive at least for the next two fiscal years, about $203,555 from the income tax revenues. This amount will wipe out any levy on property for the coun ty school tax of approximately $10 per school census child. Almost one-half of the cost of public schools in Oregon is now being paid by revenue from the two state income taxes, personal and corporate. Al though much of the $13,000, 000 of income tax revenue now being diverted to public schools is supposed to reduce property taxes for school purposes, ac WATCH REPAIRING 1 specialize on fine Swiss & American Watches and 1 make balance staffs for Oyster Rolex, Longines, Gruen, Bulova, Buren, and other makes. R.G. WARREN Certified Watch Maker 125 N. Liberty St., upstair. time At build more equipment, to do all we can to hit the enemy HARD without a let-up. "And of course all that takes money. Money for thousands of giant new planes, money for all the tons of ammunition and war supplies our fighting men need to do the job up brown. "Neighbor, that's where you and I come in. ' "We can help in the chore of sending our boys everything they need help by buying all the bonds we can , , , twice as many as we did last time!" Department and War Advertising Council, tually much of the property tax "offset" state-source revenue is being absorbed by special levies over the 6 limitation being voted by many school districts. Edible mushrooms contain some nitrogenous foods an about 90 per cent water. mm Home . Insulation SAVES UP TO 30 IN FUEL COSTS Roll 2.9S 37V. ia. ft, FREE ESTIMATE Tires (one STORES Phone 9144 Cor. Liberty Center 8ti. WAR BONDS PAY OFF IN THESE'7 WAYS... J The same Government security backs your War Bonds as backs the actual dollars you put into them. 2 You get $100 at maturity for every $75 loaned now. You can act vour monev hack. 60 days after issue date, any time V-! .,.. i .i I i j" new u , . , in uic lucauiiuit you get safety and steady growth. You have a backlog to renew farm buildings and equipment after the war. 5 Bonds will insureyourchildren's schooling, or provide for your own security, travel, retirement Q Bonds go into a national nest egg that will help to assure post-warj prosperity. "J Bonds transform your love of home and country into action,,, you join personally in the big gest, most urgent War Loan of all -the Seventh!
