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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1945)
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith have received word that their son, First Lt. Merritt W. Smith, of the army air force, has arrived safely overseas on Tinian island. Lt. Smith (second from left in the lower row) is pictured with his B-29 crew. He is the younger brother of Frank and Alice Smith, of Mill City. Mrs. Merritt Smith resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1 Serving Uncle Sam Edited by Margaret M Jungle Sunseffers Receive New Pilot Headquarters 13th AAF, Phil ippines Lt. Robert R. Schus ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl . E. Schuster, 2441 Monroe street, lis now a member of the veteran YSunsetters squadron of Briga- dier General Earl W. Barnes' 13th AAF Fighter Command. Lt. Schuster entered service April 1, 1943, and was assigned to overseas duty June 15, 1945. A P-38 Lightning pilot with his squadron top scoring outfit in the Jungle Air Force he re ceived his training at Santa Ma ria, Calif., and Marana and Wil liams field, Ariz. He was graduated from Cor vallis high school, Corvallis, in 1942, where he lettered in track. He also attended Oregon State college, Corvallis, majoring in mining engineering. - Vet Eyes Pacific Miami, Fla. With fingers crossed and an eye on the news for developments in the Pacific, a group of veterans of the Eu ropean conflict, including T75 Stanley K. Stesney, of 1968 Fer ry street, passed through Miami army air field for trans-ocean flights on air transport com mand planes, en route to their homes in California and Oregon some to stay after separation from service and others for fur loughs before reassignment. Stesney spent seven months with field artillery in Europe, terminated in Austria. -. Independence Pvt. Loren . Tibbies, son of M. N. Tibbies, Weft today for Alabama where 'he reports after a 10-day relay from Camp Roberts, Calif. AUTHORITY ON DEAFNESS HERE HAROLD F. MCDONALD WILL DEMONSTRATE NEW WAR-DEVELOPED HEARING LENSES AT SALEM Mr. McDonald, with special ized training on hard of hearing problems, will conduct a free Clinic for the hard of hearing at 905 First National Bank on Friday and Saturday, August 24 ind 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feature of this Better Hearing aclinic will be a demonstration ot tne new "Hearing j,enses," a dramatic development made as a result oi war discoveries. Being hard of hearing him self, Mr. McDonald takes an un derstanding interest in helping the hard of hearing, and is well qualified to make scientifically correct fittings of bone and air conduction instruments. The new Acousticon Speech Hearing Test will be given free as well as a private demonstra tion of the new Futura Acousti con hearing aid, which is made by America's oldest hearing aid manufacturer. Simply call at the time mentioned above. Eve ning appointment for a demon stration in your own home may be arranged for. (Adv.) Promote Chief Of Fighter Crew Headquarters Panama Canal Department TSgt. Kenneth W. Boswell, 27, has been pro moted to SSgt., it was an nounced by Sixth air force fighter command headquarters at Albrook field, Canal zone. He is married to the former Ruby M. Pennington of 892 N. Winter street, Salem, and prior to his entrance into the armed forces, he was engaged in agri cultural work. The sergeant arrived in Pan ama, June 22, 1944, where he is a crew chief for a fighter squadron. Soldier Honor Guest Sunnyside A family dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barry com plimenting Staff Sgt. Robert T. Barry, on furlough from Eng land. Those honoring Staff Sgt. Barry were Alice and Ruth Barry of Seattle, Frances Bar ry of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. John Neuenschwander and sons, Fred dy, Dicky and Jerry, of Sun nyside, and the hosts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barry. Col. Lewis Honored , At Adair Ceremony Camp Adair, Ore,, Aug. 21 Lt. Col.'Arden I. Lewis, post ad jutant, was today awrded the Legion of Merit in colorful cere monies here. The presentation, first of its kind since the recent reactiva tion of this post, was made by Col. L. S. Norman, post com mander. His citation reads, in part: "During the historic Mena conference, Colonel Lewis acted as liaison officer between the late President Roosevelt and headquarters, U.S. army forces in the Middle East, which duty he performed in a most credit able manner. Colonel Lewis, by demonstrating constant loyalty, superior judgment and adminis trative ability, has upheld the finest traditions of the United States army." A resident of Carlsbad, New Mexico, the colonel entered the service in June, 1941, as a first lieutenant. He attained his pres ent rank in May, 1945. Officer Assigned Refresher Course Lt. (j. g.) Sam M. Whitney, USNR, of Dayton, will be trans ferred from the naval air station at Ottumwa, Iowa, to the na val air station at Dallas, Tex., this week, for refresher studies in flight instruction, Captain K. B. Salisbury, commanding officer, announced today. Since May 1944 Whitney has been a flight instructor at Ot tumwa, a unit where aviation cadets and officers receive the first phase of aviation training. He has a bachelor of science degree from Oregon state col lege received in June 1941, and prior to entering the navy he worked for the Bonneville power administration, McMinn ville, clearing a right of way for the power transmission lines. He was given primary flight training at the naval air station, Dallas, Texas, going to the pri mary flight instructors school, New Orleans, Louisiana, before reporting to Ottumwa. (5 SSgt. Fred J. Schaeffer. son of Mrs. Katie Green, 2055 Com mercial street, who gave his life when making a one-man stand to cover his infantry division's retreat in an encounter with the enemy somewhere in Europe. Posthumous award of the Bronze and Silver Stars has been directed. Salem Mother Told Son Hospitalized Pvt. Lucien C. Scholl, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Scholl, Salem, is receiving medical attention at Barnes General hospital, Van couver, Wash. For meritorious service he has been awarded the European theater ribbon with three battle participation stars. Inducted in to the army at Spokane in July, 1943, he received training at Camp Gruber. Oklahoma, and served in France and 'Germany as an engineer. A former stu dent of Walla Walla high school, he was employed as a district manager of Northern Life Insur ance company prior to army induction. School Costs Given Estimate Cost of operating Oregon's pu blic schools for the 1945-46 school year probably will reach $31,925,000, Gov. Earl Snell's tax study commission was told yesterday. State' superintendent of public instruction Rex Put nam estimated that the largest percentage of cost would be em ployment of teachers and ad ministrative officials. School cost in' Oregon last school year was $22,544,558. Estimated enrollment for the coming year is 237,387, an in crease of approximately 11,000. Putnam suggested that a min imum state equalisation fund be provided to effectuate the state's share of the school program to about 59 percent of the current operating costs. The commission announced that Samuel J. Barrick of Wash ington, D.C., had been employed as the commission's executive secretary and administrator. State Senator Coe McKenna, newly-appointed member of the committee, said that he did not intend to advocate a sales tax before the commission. He pre viously had publicly endorsed the sales tax. The next commission meeting will be held early in September, it was announced. Bear Thought Dead Claws John Adair Seaside, Ore., Aug. 21 VP) John Adair, Jr., 18, was in the hospital here today, seriously clawed by a bear which the young hunter had thought dead His father said the animal lashed out at young Adair yes terday as the boy approached after shooting it. The father and son were hunting. Goal Set for Chest Drive The board of directors of Sa lem United War Chest Tuesday afternoon set a goal of $100, 288.20 for the 1945-46 campaign and it was announced that the general campaign will be launched Tuesday, October 8, at a kick-off breakfast. Carl Hogg, campaign chairman, will direct the drive. Two weeks be fore the main campaign is launched preliminary work will be done on large subscriptions. Money derived from the forthcoming campaign will be divided as follows: Local agen cies supported by the chest, $54,- 043.40 and to national war fund for USO and other war welfare and relief work and to the Ore gon war chest for state agencies, $35,944.80. Administrative and campaign expenses will amount to $10,300. For local agencies the budget committee of the chest has made provision as follows: Boy Scouts, $8700; Catholic Charities, $2400; YMCA, $19,995; Y W C A, $8618.40; Campfire Girls, $4280; Salvation Army, $5500; Emer gency, $1500; Depreciation, $3000. Provision has been made on the second floor of the YMCA building for pre-campaign head quarters to be established. Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday.'Augmst 21, 19457 them California, 125. Additions to hospitals, to be built during the 1946 fiscal year: : Neuro psychiatric Roseburg. Ore., 164. New hospitals to be construct ed during the 1947 fiscal year: General medical, Spokane, Wn., 250. Additions to hospitals to b built during the 1947 fiscal year: Neuropsychiatric, American Lake, Wash., 164. Big Outlay for Hospital Plan Washington, Aug. 21 W) Plans for a $200,000,000 hospital construction program to meet all anticipated veterans' require ments were made public today by the veterans administration. The two-year program is now before the federal board of hos pitalization for approval. It calls for building 40 new hospitals and for additions to many exist ing institutions. Officials said that if the plans are endorsed by the board and funds are appropriated by con gress, the administration will have hospitals with a total bed capacity of 300,000 at the end of the 1947 fiscal year. "We believe that will be en ough for all our needs at this time," one official said. . The bed capacity of present veterans hospitals, and those which are under construction or authorized, is 123,931. The new program will add approximately 29.000 beds. The remaining hospitals nec essary to bring the total capac ity to the 300,000-bed mark are expected to be transferred to the administration by the army and navy as their own needs dimin ish. Sites tentatively selected for the hospital projects, with the bed capacity of each, include: New hospitals, to be con structed during the 1946 fiscal year: general medical and sur gical southern Oregon or nor- Want to tend flowers to Alaska? if easy! Flower,, baby chicks, apple trees, blood plasma even yeast for a sourdough's bread hare flown to Alaska on Pan-American World Airways Alaska Clippers powered by Cherron Aviation Gasoline. Flying the Alaska run is an exacting job, men and materials must be the best and that's why Chevron Aviation Gasoline gets the call. Someday, when there's a high way version of this great flying fuel, you'll call for Chevron to bring out the best in your car. 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