THK CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. OrefOB
Wednesday. Augtut t, IMS
LAST DAY COMMUNIST CASUALTY
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Summary of Recruiting
For Month of July Shown
Two Chinese litter bearers carry off one of their dead
comrade killed In the final day of the Korean war aa
Communist and U. S. Marine! (background) clean up tha
former no-man's-land on the western front before pulling
back out of the demilitarized font following the cease
fire. (U.S. Marina Corps Phots via AP Wlrephoto)
Lebanon Seeking
Elusive Burglar
Lebanon Night police
found the door of the Pastime
billiards jimmied during their
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round Saturday night In
truder! had been frightened
away before entering the
building, they reported.
' City police answered an east
lid call the same night where
a prowler was reported In the
house. The intruder escaped
before they arrived but the
switch box was found opened,
and it is believed the prowler
was planning to cut electrical
circuit before entering.
A wrist watch and approxi
mately 110 was stolen from
hi home at 10 North Main
street, Lawrence R. Christian
told city police. The theft oc
curred during daylight hour
last Friday.
More than 4,000 species of
plant are found In Great
Smoky National Park.
One woman and 48 men
j were enlisted in some branch
i of the Armed Force through
l the Salem recruiting offices of
the Navy, Marine and Army
land Air force during the
month of July.
The on woman enlistee wa
Sheryl R. Kay of Silverton
who signed for duty in the
Air Force.
Specific schools of the
Army, for which the young
men cm sign before enlisting
attracted nine of the enlistees.
These men were Larry L. Car
ter of Sclo; Fred C. Toeves of
Dallas; Gilbert A. Cox, Hub
bard; Earl W. McCoUum, 8 li
ver ton; and from Salem John
L. Minnifie, Walton Y. Tur
ley, Gordon L. Morris, Merle
D. Baumgart and James J.
Rodewald.
Signing for airborne duty
were four of the men enlisting
through the Salem Army and
Air Force recruiting office.
The four, all' of whom were
from Salem, were Alvia K.
Prather, Garry C. Ferguson,
Mervin R. Halbiesen and
Lloyd Schemp.
All ix of the men enlisting
for service with the Army
were from Salem and Includ
ed were David R. Lock, Rich
ard O. Powers. Howard L.
Owen, Kenneth W. Andreien, !
Glen D. Peterson and Claire L.
Brown.
The Air Force also had six
enlistees with four of those
men having Salem addresses.
The four were Larry D. Mar
tin, Peter B. Hansen, David R.
McOuira and Richard J. Lan
don. The other two men sign
ing for Air Force duty were
Donald R. Wentworth of East
Hampton, Conn., and Joe A.
Majors of Grand Rond.
Marine Corp recruiter
signed 10 men for duty with
branch of the tervlc during
the month of July with four
of them from Salem and the
other from nearby town.
Salem men enlisting In the
Marine Corpa were David Wll
Hard Hunt of 40T Union
street; Kenneth A. Ramseyer,
879 Grandview place; Billy
Rex McGranahan and " Law
rence Dal McGranahan of
1146 South 18th street.
Other Marine Corp enlist
ee were William Arthur
Conner, Aurora; Jack Pinks
ton Birker, Route 1, Indepen
dence; Charle .LeRoy May,
Nelscott; Irvla Eugene Gor
don, Aumaville; Edwin Ken
neth Burrii, Rout 1, Turner;
and Joseph D. Wilkinson,
Route 8, Marion.
Choosing to wear the blue
of the Navy war 18 young
men. Two of these men were
twin brothers and two broth
ers, who were re-enlisting In
the Navy.
The twin brother were
Dean Lavern Vettrus end Den
nis Leonel Vettrus, of 1P80
Gaines street, Salem. The
brothers re-enlisting In the
Navy were Warren Ellis
Hamel, PRS, and Kenneth
Wayne Hamel, GMS, of 1143
Eighth street.
Other Salem men enlisting
in the Navy were James Ar
thur Brown, 1180 North ISth
street, and William Grover
Mattlson, 1285 Leslie street.
The Nvy' seven other en
listees In July were Galen Eu
gene Willis, Robert Carlton
McConnell and Gary Alex
Norrington, all of Albany;
Gerald Lee Snodgrass of Phil
omath; Robert Leroy Sulil-
1200 Idled in
Woods, Strike
Lebanon The wood strike
is (till Idling 1800 workmen
in the Lebanon and Sweet
Home area, but threat of the
walkout spreading ha dim
med other operation re
portedly refuse to quit work
for the raise la pay.
Still strikebound for the 8
cent per hour raise are Wil
lamette National at Foster,
Santlam Lumber both la
Sweet Home and Lebanon,
and the Snow Peak logging
operation near Griggs.
Two meeting between em
ployes of the striking firm
and company official last
week-end ended In deadlocked
talks. Demands for the nickel
van. Mill City; Reed Gaylord
Breeden, Independence; and
Ronald Paul Magruder, Wald-port.
raise wort again presented at
Sweet Horn and Lebanon
meeting! by Locals 8-881 and
8-868 to committee of Wil
lamette Valley Lumber Optra
tor' association.
. Spokesman for lb employ
er commute O. A. Metigor,
pointed out that since the start
of negotiation there ha been
a marked decrease in lumber
prices, pointing to a continued
down trend la price.
Ia view of current and rore
eeabl conditions, the em
ployer spokesman said that no
cost Increase war justified
and that the interests of all
concerned would be best serv
ed if industry could manage
to maintain wage' at their
present levels. In view of
conditions outlined, the em
ployers rejected the union'
demand and offered to re sign
contract without change.
Metzger stated that as of
last Friday, 80 firms in the
lumber and logging industries
In the northwest, employing
8,701 employes, have conclud
ed this spring's negotiation
with 18 IWA local on a no
general Wage Increase basis. '
Is behalf of the unions,
John Ball, business agent of
the Lebanon local emphasized
that Increased pay would re
sult In weekly Increased pay
roll of only about 848 at San
tlam Lumber company, and
834 at the Snow Peake operation.
About S3 par cent of tha
Dead Sea 1 salt compared to
three and one-balf per cent
of the ocean.
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