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IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM j Anderson af For tTotten with ATC ; By Margaret Magee Just returned to this country from Casablanca by plane, flying i by way of Paris', Iceland and Labrador, Maj. James K. Ander- son, former Salcmile and son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Anderson of Jefferson, has been given the post of acting assistant chief of staff, traffic, the Atlantic division of the Air Transport Command with headquarters at Fort Tot- lM is To See Bomb Test Steward's Mate 3c George Grinde; Salem soldier serving aboard the LCI 332, which will participate in the atomic bomb lest off Bikini atoll. (Navy photo.) i M'Call Holder Of Decorations George N. McCall, 1615 Fisher road, who has gone into the used car business at 1297 State street with his father, C. C. McCall, route 7. is holder of several war decorations. They are the Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star with cluster. Purple Heart, American De fense medal, Pacific-Asiatic ribbon with one battle star. European theater ribbon with arrowhead and five battle stars, and the recent award of the Italian Military Valor Cross. McCall entered the army in 1B41 at Fort Douglas, Utah. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts and infantry officer's training at Fort Benning, Ga. He volunteered for service with the First Special Service force, a .ioint American-Canadian ski unit, and fought with the force in the mountains before Cas sino, and was 99 days on the front at Anzio beachhead and in the spearhead of the attack on Rome. He parachuted into southern France the night be fore D-Day, and was appoint ed aide to Gen. Robert D. Fred erick, commanding general of the 45th division. He served in this capacity until the war ended, when the division was in Munich. He had entered ihe service as a private and ' came out a captain. McCall was wounded Christ mas morning, 1943, at San Vit torie, Italy, with a shot through the neck. Several Valley Men Leave Navy Personnel Separation Center. Bremerton, Wash. Men from Salem and ten surrounding towns were among those re ceiving discharges here May 16. Included were: Albany: 8kT 2c Jamaa H. Dorman and JhM 3c Darrfll L. Well); Corvallts: Y2e Donald W. Chlpman. Ptr 3c Ronald R. Cornpliua. 8kr 2e Harold R. H.artna, RM 3c William R. McBte and Flc Albert L. Monday. Dalian: QM 2c Paul O. Buhler. Donald: SK 2c Mrron E. Blake. Oervals: ETM 3c Donald C. Luaaer. Jrfferson: Sic Leroy R. Helspr. Lebanon: TM 3c Walter E. Edwin. Marinn: BM William R. Hicks. McMtnnvtlle: SK3c Ellis J. Brladw.ll. Salem: 81c William 8. Mot!. 474 East Rural avenue: 8C 2c Lawrence M. Orlh. 23.S South 14th atreet, and SETM le Nor man A. Sholseth. Woodburn: Cox Robert Wellman. Navy Recruits Seven in Week During the week ending May 18 the Salem naval recruiting office signed seven men from this section of Oregon for duty with the navy. The Salem men were AS Paul Elwin Bales, 437 South Liberty; HA2c Dwayne Lee Welstein, 1410 D street; AS Curtis Howard Davis, 1319 Soulh 12th, and HA2c Roger No Matter How Many Have Owned it! If you were the first and only owner of your real estate, your title to it would be a simple matter. But with all the other owners who have gone be fore, titles become compli cated and are sometimes challenged. If you have a Common wealth Insured Title, you know you are the owner. UNION ABSTRACT COMPANY So I. n ten. Long Island, New York. Maj. Anderson was graduated from Willamette university in June, 11)41, and was a research assistant in government at the University of Southern Cali fornia, where he was working for his master's degree, before reporting for duty with the army as a private in July, 1942. The major served as a drill instructor at Shepherd field, Texas, until October, 1942, when he was selected for offi cer candidate training and sent to Miami Beach, Fla. He gra duated with the rank of second lieutenant in January, 1943. His first overseas assignment, which was from March, 1943. to January, 1944, was as traffic and passenger officer with the ATC's South Atlantic wing, with headquarters at Natal, Brazil. On leaving Brazil. Anderson was sent to the India-China division of the ATC, first being stationed at a base at Chabua. India, as field supervisor and as assistant director of traffic on the Over-the-Hump route to China. Later he was deputy assistant chief of staff, traffic, for the India-China division at Calcutta, and as such had the responsibility of the air trans portation of gasoline, munitions, trucks, tanks and light ordnance, as well as passengers and mail. Maj. Anderson was sent to Casablanca from India, and there served as deputy assistant chief of staff, traffic, with the ATC's North African division. Mrs. Anderson, the former Margaret Taylor, also a gradu ate of Willamette university, has made her home in New York City while her husband was overseas. -. Reserve Officers At Portland Meet One of the officers appear ing on the program at the 21st annual convention of the Re serve Officers association, de partment of Oregon, meeting held in Portland, was Col. E. A. Barlow, chief of the military district of the state of Oregon. His superior officer is Gen. Jos eph Stilwcll of the Sixth army. Col. Barlow has been direct ed by the general to open an office in the state, preferrably in Salem, for the purpose of administering reserve officer affairs and training program. At the Saturday night ban quet, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, state adjutant general, was an honor guest. Elected president of the association was Col. Kern Crandall of Portland. Among those attending from Salem were Col. Francis Ma son, representing Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Olson of the state adjutant's office, and the dele gates and alternates from Mar ion chapter, Lt. Col. Francis T. Wade, Maj. E. R. Austin, Maj. Robert Phillips and Maj. Ward R. Davis, president of Marion chapter. Henry Fogelquist, 560 North Winter. The other enlistees were James Marion Powers of Wood burn, AS George Malone of McMinnville and AS Donald Chester Naulding, Silverton. James A. Hencry Decorations Given Henery Presentation of the Distin guished Flying Cross and the Air medal with gold stars in lieu of a second and third Air medal was made in Portland Saturday to LI. James A. Hen ery of the United States marine corps service. The awards were pinned on Henery's blouse by his ex-commander, Maj. Gen. Claude A. Larkin, USMC (retired), wing commander of marine fighter squadron 212, group 14, of the First marine air wing in the Philippines campaign. In citations read by Col. J. J. Keating, USMC, a Portland visitor, Henery was commend ed for heroic actions in flying missions over the Philippines from January 29 to Mav 9, 1945. His father, John M. Hen ery, was present at the cere monies. Henery entered the service in August, 1942. and is now re leased from active duty. He is in business here. W.H. Beall Has ' Berlin Assignment Berlin Head of youth ac tivities, education branch, in ternational affairs and com munications division of the of fice of military government for Germany, is William H. Beall, Salem, Oregon, man. Mrs. Beall resides at 1955 Maple avenue. Beall is a graduate of Wil lamette university with the class of 1932. and the holder of a BD degree from Yale univer sity's divinity school. Before being assigned to his present position, he was senior examin er for the president's commis sion fair employment practice. He was at one time director of student activities for the Wes ley foundation at the University of Oregon. His father, W. H. Beall, is a resident of Portland. Werner Discharged U. S. Naval Personnel Center, Shoemaker. Calif. Sic Rein heart E. Werner of route 7, box 308, Salem, was among the men receiving their discharges here May 16. Aurora Ruth Pickett of Ida ho, recently released from the Wac, has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Snyder. Miss Pickett was a close friend of the late Miss Jean Snyder, daughter of the L. I. Snyders, who lost her life some time ago while in the service of her country. Sfanfield Sent To Los Angeles Maj. Sherman D. Stanfield, who has been in charge of the Salem army recruiting office since last fall, Monday received orders transferring him to the Los Angeles, Calif., office. He left that afternoon for his new post. The major, an army man for about six years, entered the service as a private. He receiv ed his wings in January, 1943, at Stockton. Calif., and in March, 1944. was assigned to duty in the Mediterranean thea ter as a bomber pilot with the 483rd bombardment group of the 15th air force. Stanfield returned from Eur ope May 15. 1945, after having completed 35 missions. Before being sent to Salem he saw ser vice at Hobbs, N. M., Salt Lake City and at the Portland army recruiting office. Mrs. Stanfield and their daughter, Roberta, have already taken up residence in North Hollywood, Calif., where they will live while the major is stationed in Los Angeles. Al so going south with the officer was his father. W. E. Stanfield, of North Hollywood, who has been visiting here. -. Volunteers Given Physical Exams Physical examinations were given last week at the Salem naval recruiting office to young men enlisting in the Willamette Volunteers group, which leaves Salem June 17 for San Diego on a special troop train. Here Saturday to give the examinations to the 75 men, all of whom were accepted for en listment, was Lt. Robert W. Palton (MC), senior medical officer at the Portland recruit ing station, and his staff, com posed of CPhM Robert K. Wil son, CSM Levi Crabtree and Sic William E. Baker. Forty of the men in the Wil lamette Volunteers, the entire group of which was signed for two years and enlisted as ap prentice seamen, are from Sa lem. The other 100 are from surrounding towns. The men will be sworn into the navy at a ceremony to be held at the state capitol before their de parture. -- Col. Sheets Given Duty in New York New York Col. Arthur M. Sheets, at one time professor of military science and tactics at Oregon Slate college, was recently assigned to the New York port of embarkation as army ground forces liaison officer. A veteran of three years of duty in the Pacific theater, the colonel left Oregon State in March, 1942, to report to Ft. George M. Meade, Md He was assigned to the 76th infantry division as an artil lery officer. Eight months af ter his assignment he was nam ed chief of staff of a task force operating in the South Pacific, Col. Sheets spent 20 months in the Solomons and took part in the initial landing on Okin awa. He remained there until his return to the States in De cember, 1945. Since then he has been at Fort Sill. Okla., and Fort MacArthur, Calif. FOR PLEASANT MOMENTS-here's a Perjeet Match! The gardenia .'. , and PM DE LUXE. Both exactly right. PM ts so superlatively flavored, smooth and mellow, that just suggesting, "Have a PM with me?" pays the friendliest sort oj compliment. You're always sure the Pleasure's Mutual. FORpLEASAXT OMENTS I mum L Va M&ISi : IMF West Coast Phone Agreement Reached San Francisco, May 21 (U.R) Wage disputes between the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company and 13 west coast unions, which threatened to bring about a strike after June 25, were settled today with an agreement on pay increases, re troactive to March 1. Some classifications of the 46.800 telephone employes re ceived a S3 weekly raise. Oth ers received $2 more a week. Night operator, shifts were re Capital Journal, Salem. Oregon, Tuesday, May 21, 19469 duced from 8 to 7 hours. The new contract will expire next March 1. The unions had demanded a $3 weekly across the board raise for all classifications. v SERVICE 4fcU ALSO SERVICE FOR OTHER MAKES HOGG BROS. APPLIANCES & FURNITURE 200 Stale St., Salem Phone 9149 Veteran Change Hugh Ros son, above, resigned late Mon day as director of stale depart ment of veterans affairs. He is succeeded by Lt. Col. George Sandy, now attached to stale selective service. Rosson re joins Equitable Savings & Loan association of Portland. He will be associated with new Cedar Hills project near that city. James Miller Leaves Aurora James A. Miller has returned to San Francisco after spending six weeks in Oregon, visiting his brothers and sisters here. Nahotut Distillers Product! Corp., N. Y. BlmdtJ Vkkkry. 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