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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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The new contract will expire
next March 1. The unions had
demanded a $3 weekly across
the board raise for all classifications.
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be associated with new Cedar
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returned to San Francisco after
spending six weeks in Oregon,
visiting his brothers and sisters
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