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12 Capita Journal, Salem,
Serving Uncle Sam
Edited by
Well traveled, at least on the European continent will be many
of the soldiers of Uncle Sam's army, who remain in that country
with the U. S. armed forces, with numerous trips to places of
interest arranged for them. Former Salemite taking advantage
of these trips is Tech. Sgt. Louis Updegraff, who has briefly
sketched them for his sister,
Mrs. Ted Woelk, and his mother
Mrs. Bessie Updegraff, in let
ters to the two.
One of the first trips made by
the sergeant was to the Bren
ner Pass, which required about
Tech. Sgt. Louis Updegraff
14 V4 hours with the traveling
done via army truck. Describ
ing the Alps as rougher than
the Rockies with the treeless,
snow-covered mountains 4,500
feet above the sea level at the
Pass, Updegraff told of crossing
the border and going a short
distance into Italy.
The road by which they made
the trip, he stated, followed the
Rand river, which was similar
to the Sandy river at this time
of the year with the water white
from melting snow. Close by
was a double track railroad on
which ran electric type trains.
Many tunnels were cut through
the mountains with the track
running through them.
; En route to and from the
Pass the Americans passed
through country that the ser
geant described as rolling land,
all farmed unless wooded.
Farming, he noted, was done in
la very crude way with oxen
used for most of the work. Only
six tractors were seen in the
fields and few horses were to
be seen.
As the group passed two air
; fields they saw German planes
'burned or wrecked, with some
of them "simply out of fuel."
. Among the planes were some jet
planes used by the Germans in
the last part of the war.
Described by Updegraff a s
giving the men a funny feeling
was the German convoy encoun
tered on the trip. The convoy,
which stretched as far as eye
could see, was composed of all
types of German equipment be
ing taken to collection points.
The trucks were of all makes,
with lots of Ford V-8 1V4 ton
trucks like the US 1940 and '41
models in the long line. These
were from factories that the
Germans had taken over in Ger
many. Practically all of the
heavier equipment, the soldier
stated, had diesel motors.
Early in June the former
Salemite made a trip to Hitler's
hideout at Berchtesgaden in
Austria, where the. men were
shown an underground a i r
plane hangar that was being
constructed when the war end
ed. The hangar of reinforced
cement, circular in shape, with
the top about level with the
ground, was described by Sgt.
Updegraff as a big engineering
Job that looked as if il would
stand up against any bombing.
On an airfield close by were
seven turbines from jet planes,
the construction of which could
be seen even though they were
badly shot-up. These motors
burned alcohol. The building
at Hitler's hideout were said to
have been pretty badly bombed.
' On the trip to Berchtesgaden
the men saw Goering's special
train, which had an all wood
finish inside with the while ma
ple highly polished. The cars
were divided into private com
partments, each with a private
bath, telephone and fully equip
ped. They also went to the
Goering Art Museum where was
collected art loot from all over
Europe. They, however, did not
visit the museum, being inform
ed that they were expecting spe
cial visitors.
Telling of the road on which
they made this trip, the army
man stated that it was a six
lane super-highway divided in
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the center by trees and grass.
The Germans, he added, had
blown up some of the bridges.
Late in the month Updegraff
was to go to a rest camp near
Luzemberg, France, at which
city is said to be located the
most powerful radio station in
the world. The Germans for
some reason left this station un
damaged and the Americans had
it in use again within a few
hours. Over this station the men
get much of their armed forces
radio programs.
Enclosed in the letter was a
picture of a big German gun
of the type that gave the Am
ericans a good deal of trouble.
The gun, whose bore is 11 inches
or 274 m.m., was able to send
shells 30 miles, and shrapnel
from its shells sometimes weigh
ed three to five pounds.
Sgt. Updegraff, who is with
company B of the 136th ord
nance maintenance battalion,
with the Third army, is now sta
tioned at Toging where the men
are quartered at an aluminum
plant, which when in use by the
Germans, employed at least 10,
000 slave laborers. Power for
the plant was generated by tur
bines and at the plant is still
a huge stockpile of virgin alum
inum in all shapes with pieces
weighing from a pound to over
100-pounds. The sergeant's out
til has a former officers' or doc
tors' quarters with hot and cold
water, a radio, shower rooms
and many other things that to
those men seem like luxuries
after the long time spent in bat
tle. Of the town of Toging the
former Salemite says: "This
town of Toging was one of the
places Hitler kept girls to raise
children for Der Fuehrer. I
have seen various medals award
ed girls having the most babies
for the Fatherland and believe
me there are plapty of children
here, from mere babies up to a
few years old. Every home has
from four to six."
Sgt. Roen Visits
Stationed at the airbase at
Boise, Idaho, for the past three
years, Tech. Sgt. Thomas Roen,
Jr., with his wife and two year
old daughter, Marlene, is now
visiting in Salem with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Roen.
The air corps man, in the
service for four years, will leave
Salem July 26 to report to Salt
Lake City for his new assign
ment. His wife and daughter
will remain in Salem.
When first entering the serv
ice the sergeant was stationed at
Sheppard field, Texas, for seven
months and then was at Fort
Lewis for a time before being
assigned to duty at Boise.
Independence Pvt. Jack C.
Cooper of Independence, a vet
eran of 28 months service in
the transportation corps in Eur
ope, arrived at Presque Isle ar
my air field in Maine July 10.
Eugene Weddle of the U.S.
navy spent last Saturday visit
ing with his parents, the E. A.
Weddles.
Llewellyn T. Arrell, fire con
trolman third class, formerly of
Independence, has seen action in
three major invasions, Sicily,
Iwo Jima and Okinawa, aboard
a cruiser. During the Okinawa
campaign his ship destroyed
many Jap installations and
knocked down five planes, three
of them bent on suicide dives.
Arrell attended Independence
high school and before entering
the navy in Novelnber, 1942,
was a crane operator at the Ore
gon shipyard in Portland.
Mrs. Byron Ruridull has re
ceived word from her son, Glen
Hardman, with the U.S. mar
ines, stating that he expects to
be home soon from service in
the Pacific.
Silverton On a 20-day leave
that is being spent with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hol
lin, is Slc Odin Hollin on his
first visit home in two years
from the South Pacific area.
The navy man arrived in Silver
ton Monday. Three others sons
of the Andrew Hollins are Sgt.
Lloyd Hollin in Okinawa, Slc
Alvin in the Aleutians, and Cpl.
Nevil Hollin, recently discharg
ed after serving 37 months in
the South Pacific.
Store will be clotted July 30
for about a month, m we are
enlarging our store.
In the meantime we are having an expansion
sale. The sale includes a large stock of Dia
monds at pre-war prices.
Complete stock of .lewelrr
Don't forget, Saturday the 28th, is the last day
THE JEWEL BOX
S. MUCHNICK
Jewelers
443 State St., Salem
Store hourse 9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Emmons Promoted
From the Pacific, where he
has been on duty since the first
of this year, has come word of
the promotion to senior grade
from lieutenant junior grade,
July 12, of C. S. (Pat) Emmons.
The naval officer, in the serv
ice since February, 1944, during
the time that he has been over
seas, has been at a number of
Pacific islands, including Oki
nawa and Saipan. He also was
at Pearl Harbor.
Mrs. Emmons andjthe couple's
four sons, David, Harry, Patrick
and Michael, make their home
in Salem.
Sisson in States
Arriving jn the States July
17 aboard a hospital ship was
Capt. William A. Sisson, who
telephoned his wife of his arriv
al and informed her that from
Stark General hospital in Char
leston, S.C., where he was taken
after reaching the States, he ex
pected to be sent to an army hos
pital nearer home.
Sisson, who was in command
of an engineers company with
the 10th Mountain division, in
April received shrapnel wounds
in the chest, back, hand and arm
and has since been confined to
the hospital Entering the serv
ice in May, 1942, he left for ov
erseas duty in December, 1944.
During the captain's absence
from this country his wife and
son William Howard, have been
making their home in Salem
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Brown E. Sisson.
Dyer in Salem
Docking in New York City
earlier this month with the
104th division, with which he
served overseas, Capt. William
C. Dyer Friday arrived in Sa
lem to spend a 32-day leave
with his family.
The captain whose family met
him last week after his arrival
at Fort Lewis, where he report
ed to receive his leave, left for
overseas late last summer with
the 104th division, which h e
joined while it was stationed at
Camp Adair.
At the termination of his leave
i Capt. Dyer will return to his di
vision at San Luis Obispo. His
wife and young son will join
him at the California camp.
Woodburn Tech.5 Ed Mur
phy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Murphy, arrived home Monday
on a 30 day furlough and is
visiting his family and friends.
A veteran of 14 months with
Patton's Third army, he was
with a reconnaissance group
of the mechanized cavalry, serv
ing in France, Germany and
Austria with some time spent
in Scotland and England. At
the end of his furlough he will
report to Fort Lewis and then
to Ft. Bragg, N. C. The Mur
phys have two other sons in the
service, Staff Sgt. Joe Murphy,
crew chief on a B-25 in the
South Pacific, and John F.
(Jack) Murphy, S. 2c, serving
on the USS Murray in the Pa
cific. x
Angela M. Kosse, WAC, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kosse, route 1, Woodburn, has
been promoted from private to
private first class at Las Vegas,
Nevada, army air field. Pfc.
Kosse entered the service July
10, 1944 at Los Angeles, Calif.
She has two brothers in the
service, one of whom, Tech. Sgt.
Jerry, now home on furlough,
spent 21 months in a German
prison camp.
Shelby S. Stuckey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Stuckey of Wood
burn, has been promoted to cor
poral while serving with the
120th General hospital in Man
ila. His wife resides in Arnett,
Oklahoma. Stuckey spent eight
months in New Guinea before
going to the Philippines and for
participation in the New Gui
nea and the Philippines cam
paigns wears the Asiatic-Pacific
ribbon with two Bronze Serv
ice stars and the Philippine Lib
eration ribbon. He has two
brothers in the service, Verne,
a corporal in the air corps and
Elbert, a staff sergeant with the
Engineers.
Naval aviation cadet Loren
W. Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Olson of Woodburn, route
1, has completed the course at
the U. S. naval pre-flight school
at Chapel Hill, N. C. and has
been transferred to the naval
air station at Glenville, 111., for
primary flight training.
Cpl. John W. Hanrahan of the
Timberwolves, who returned'
last week from the European'
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For information leading to the
recovery of a 95 H. P. Ford motor
and hand truck stolen from
Davidson's Auto Service
July 14th or 15th
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Together in the Philippines recently were these four officers
from Salem, two of them air corps men and two from the 41st
division. The four (reading from left to right), Lt. Bill Chapman,
Lt. Col. Armin E. Berger, Lt. Gordon King and Lt. Richard
Grabenhorst met at the headquarters of Col. Berger, who since
Elfstrom Heads
Chest Group
The pre-campaign committee
of the Salem United War chest
will be headed by R. L. Elf
strom in this year's drive ac
cording to plans set up Friday
afternoon at an organization of
the campaign committee. Elf
strom's selection for the import
ant pre-ca '.paign job was made
by Carl Hogg, campaign chair
man, and approved by the rest
of the committee.
Other changes were effected
with naming of Leo Page to
head the mercantile division, Ed
Majek the professional division,
Roy Houck for the industrial di
vision and Ralph Campbell to
handle general gifts. The rest
of the organization will remain
much as before. C. A. Kells
will be secretary of the cam
paign committee, Blanche Allen
office secretary, and its tem
porary headquarters will be set
up August 1 on the second floor
of the YMCA.
Division heads include: W. L.
Phillips, automotive and trans
portation; Fred Anunsen, con
tractors and builders; Carl
Aschenbrenner, e d u c a tional;
George Alexander, government
al; Franli Doerfler, rural; Ralph
Johnson, utilities; Dorathea
Steusloff, women's. Gardner
Knapp is publicity chairman.
No West Salem chairman has
yet been named.
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
McCullough received telegraphic
word of the arrival of their
daughter, First Lt. Marianne D.
McCullough at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey, from Camp Bland
ford, Dorseth, England, where
she had been located since Aug
ust 1, 1944, serving as nurse
with the army air corps.
Lt. McCullough who soon will
be home on leave, entered the
service February 8, 1944, fol
lowing cadet training at a Van
couver and a Seattle hospital.
She was at Hammar Field, Calif,
until July 14 when sent to Eng
land. In May of this year, Lt.
McCullough visited in Scotland
for a week, during her only time
off duty while overseas.
A son of the McCulloughs,
AOM 3c Bob McCullough left
Monday for his navy air base at
San Diego after a short leave at
home. Another son, S Vc Jack
McCullough, of coast guard, bas
ed at Tongue Point; will spend
the week end at home.
CASwtklty Lit
Appearing on the navy war
casualty report today released
by the OWI was the name of one
man from this area killed in ac
tion. The navy (lead T&s Fid. Miwlc Cpl.
Rtiben Samuel Hoff of the USMC (previ
ously reported prisoner of wan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hoff of MeAtlnnvtUe.
theatre of war, states that with
his study of German in college
conversation with the German
people was not difficult. H e
found the German people clean,
thrifty and hard working and
dazed by the splendid equip
ment of the Americans. Han
rahan, a regimental clerk, was
with the first regiment to reach
Cologne, and was in the cam
paigns of Belgium, Holland,
Battle Brest, Rhineland, and
central Europe. He wears rib
bons for these campaigns and
the Infantryman's Badge. He
is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John
M. Hanrahan.
Shas been moved to Mindanao.
Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Forbis of Salem, is
with the 41st division. His wife
resides in Eugene. Col. Berger,
also of the 41st division, has
been overseas for many months,
the long stay broken only, by a
leave spent here last year. His
wife resides at 2145 South Cot
tage street. The air corps men
are Lt. King, a pilot, whose wife
and son make their home in Sa
lem on Wilson street, and Lt.
Grabenhorst, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Grabenhorst. Gra
benhorst, with the ordnance
branch of the air corps, has
been overseas 28 months.'
Scott Speaks About
Position of Church
Reverend James Scott, of the
Church of Christ, Cottage and
Shipping streets, spoke to the
Hollywood Lions club Wednes
day noon oh the position of a
church in the community.
Qualities of community life
were discussed, especially the
need for all religious organiza
tions to be of benefit to a com
munity, and not just live off it.
He said that the quality of
business institutions, education
al facilities, and social life, all
go to make up the community,
besides the religious (side of it.
"One thing we must all do,"
he said, "is to speak well of our
neighbors and emphasize their
good qualities, not knock them."
His previous work as sales
manager for a large mid-western
firm helped him in his pres
ent work, he said.
Hospital Unit
Goes to Corvallis
Washington, July 21, W)
Representative Mott (R-Ore.)
said yesterday the navy has ap
proved construction of quar
ters for 162 at the naval hosp
ital, Corvallis. The building
will cost $62,500.
Christensen Visits
Spending several days in Sa
lem recently was Capt. R. J.
Christensen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Christensen of 364 North
12th street, who was enroute
from Lemoore field, California,
to his new assignment at Mc
Cord army air field, in Wash
ington. The captain, a pilot with
the army air corps, returned
home from the South Pacific
May 21 of this year after serving
over there for 20 months. A
flight leader, he had at the time
of returning home completed
120 missions.
From the Philippines, where
he has been stationed since early
spring, has come word of the
promotion to sergeant of a for
mer Willamette university ath
lete, Stubby Harriman.
Many Burmese chew betel
nuts, which discolor teeth and
gums.
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SALEM
Salary, Wage
Bill Passes
Without argument, except the
asking and answering of some
questions, the city salary and
wage bill was enacted into an
ordinance by the city council
Friday night, sitting in special
session for the purpose of con
sidering that bill. The ordnance
makes no change in the pay
schedule of the already-adopted
city budget except to set up an
hourly wage scale for street
department employes, ranging
from 90 cents to $1.20 an hour.
Alderman R. A. Forkner not
iced a difference in pay of sev
eral stenographers and ques
tioned it. Alderman Lewis Mit
chell, whose answer was accept
ed as satisfactory, said it was
one of the things to be investi
gated by special committee bn
salaries and wages and report
ed on for consideration next
year when the 1946-47 budget is
prepared.
Alderman G. F. Chambers
wanted to know why public
park employes were to receive
only 85 cents an hour while the
minimum for street department
labor was set up at 90 cents.
City engineer J. H. Davis said
he suspected the reason the
park department could get men
at 85 cents was because it was
steady work.
Alderman Tom Armstrong in
quired why a salary ordinance
was necessary when the same
content was taken care of by the
budget ordinance. City Attor
ney Lawrence Brown said the
practice of having both was
adopted at some indefinite time
in the past In the present in
stance he said it wouldn't real
ly have been necessary had the
street department wages been
set up on an hourly basis. With
the wage provision lumped in the
budget at $9000, he said, t h e
schedule in the salary and wage
ordinance of last year would
have prevailed had not a new
one been enacted.
Pioneer Farmer
Passes at Home
Silverton Peter Steffen, 84
year old Silverton farmer who
had lived here ever since he
was 12, died at his home Thurs
day after a long illness.
One of the founders of the
Pratum Mennonite church, he
was long active in their affairs,
and was regarded as one of the
excellent pioneer farmers.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Rosina Leichty, also
from a pioneer family, four chil
dren, Lena E. Clark, Ellen F.
Steffen, and Dan A. Steffen, all
of Silverton, and Oliver E. Stef
fen of Roseburg; nine grand
children and several nieces and
nephews of Howell Prairie.
Under the direction of the
Rev. Wilbert Regfler, funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday in the Pratum Men
nonite church and interment
will follow at the Pratum ceme
tery. Student Pastor
Sunday Speaker
John Ediger, student pastor
of the Gervais Presbyterian
church will be guest speaker
Sunday evening at the First
Presbyterian church here.
A student at Princeton theolo
gical seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey, Ediger was given the
Gervais charge as part of his
training course.
Young people of the church
there will accompany the .stud
ent minister and following the
service the Gervais representa
tives will meet with the West
minster fellowship of the Sa
lem church at the home of the
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Synod Objects to
Envoy at Vatican
Portland, July 21 W The
Presbyterian Synod of Oregon
was on record today as object
ing to the United States' send
ing a representative to the Vat
ican. Calling the practice "a vio
lation of our national principle
of separation of church and
state," the group sent a peti
tion to the president and to
Oregon congressmen.
Spur Franchise
Voted to Espee
Franchise to the Southern Pa
cific company to build a spur
track to serve the new unit of
the Kelley Farquhar company,
and Willamette Cherry Growers,
Inc., and available also the
Keith Brown Building Supply,
was granted in an ordinance en
acted by the city council in spe
cial meeting Friday night.
The bill was introduced, put
on final passage by suspension
of the rules and passed without
opposition after City Engineer
J. H. Davis had displayed a
map at the request of Alderman
Albert H. Gille, showing the
exact location.
The spur will take off from
the main line just north of
Smith street, a short street run
ning into the State Fair grounds.
It will cross Smith, extend down
a narrow unnamed street, cross
Woodrow street and Tile road
into the area where the Kelley
Farquhar and the Keith Brown
plants are located.
Allocation of Fund
Waived This Year
No allocation of the state and
county school fund will be made
to counties for property tax off
set this year, the state tax com
mission said Friday.
The fund, which is based upon
a $10 per pupil rate yearly, is
derived from income and excise
taxes, and is the last on the
"priority" list of uses to which
surplus funds may be put.
The tax commission, in esti
mating the receipts from the
taxes for the coming year, de
cided that the amount would
be insufficient for the prior
needs plus that state and county
school fund, which previous es
timates this year placed at about
$3,000,000.
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Council Moves
Against Espee ,
Recently an automobile cross
ed a railroad track at a Salem
street intersection. The cross
ing was so bumpy a hub cap
flew off the auto, crashed
through a nearby apartment
window and landed on a da
venport. No one was sitting on
the davenport, so no one was
hurt.
This was related to the city
council Friday night by City
Engineer J. H. Davis to illus
trate the miserable condition of
grade crossings In Salem. The
council voted to do something
about it.
"I am receiving many com
plaints from the people of this
city," Davis said. "I want to
help them, but I can't get any
where by talking to the offici
als of the Southern Pacific com
pany. I have talked myself
black in the face. The council
will have to back me up."
Alderman Albert H. Gille
added the charge that some S.
P. engineers have a habit of
pulling the whistle open at night
and leaving it there all the way
through town.
'The Southern Pacific fran
chise on Union street," said
Gille, "expires next year. That's
a good club to hold over their
heads."
He made further complaint
that the passenger depot
grounds in Salem "are the most
unkempt in the state of Oregon."
Gille asked Davis for a sug
gestion as to what should be
done about the crossings. Davis
suggested the S. P. be asked to
make a complete survey of its
crossings in Salem and make a
report subject to review of the
council. On motion of Alder
man Lloyd Rigdon the council
voted to ask for the report to be
made at the second council
meeting in August.
Another complaint by Davis
was that Southern Pacific sec
tion crews have removed two
survey monuments, one of them
dating back to 1868.
Gulfport Army Air Field,
Miss. Second Lt. Kenneth Les
ter Wilkinson of Turner, Ore
gon, has reported to this sta
tion for combat crew duty
aboard a B-29 Superfortress.
Prior to entering the army I.i
May, 1943, Wilkinson was an
employe of the Willamette Iron
and Steel company in Portland,
Oregon.
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