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Salem Guardsmen Answer Operation Minuteman'
Guardsmen Quick in
Responding to Alert
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This Is it! Gov. Paul PattcrKon. right hands Oregon adjutant
general, Maj. wn. Tnomas E. HUea the orders for "Operation
Minulcman" in which Oregon National Guardsmen are to
be directed to report immediately (or the Wednesday night ex.
ercisc, which was a nation-wide test of speed and efficiency
with which the Guard units could be mobilized in event of an
emergency. (National Guard Photo) ...
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Total actual strength of the Air
and the Army National Guard of
Oregon stands at 6,652. This in
cludes both the officers and en
listed men.
Salem Guard outfits' attend
ance averaged about the same as
the statewide figure, with Battery
D, 722nd AAA.AW battalion and
Company B, 162nd infantry regi
ment, having 100 per cent and
company D, 162nd, having 90 per
cent of its men and officers pres
ent.
One of Company D's men was
present .by 5 o'clock and by 5:15
are other National Guard units in
this area, but are not with the
iirst Datiauon.
Woodburn's Tank company of
the 186th infantry regiment was
another one of those Oregon units
having 100 percent of its men
reporting for the alert. The com
pany with a total of three offi
cers, one- warrant officer and 102
enlisted men hit the 100 nerrent
mark during the fourth hour of
tne alert. Two oflicers from other
units also reported to Woodburn.
Lebanon's headquarter's compa
ny, Third battalion, 162nd in
fantry, hit the 91 percent attend
ance mark within two hours and
p.m. at least 15 of them had ar-iat the last count had 11 officers
rived. At 5:50 p.m. 60 per cent and 76 enlisted men fgr 97 per-
of that company was lour ollicers ,ccnu
Call Your Men Sgt. Greene Hay J. Greene, classified ad
vertising manager for the .Statesman-Journal, who is a sergeant
first class with Company D, 162nd infantry regiment, Oregon
National Guard, as one of the four zone leaders for the com
pany calls the men on his list to report for "Operation Minute
man." Greene was still at work at the nowspaper Wednesday
evening whonhe received his call. (Capital Journal Photo)
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Rifles for Company B Master Sgt. Donald L. Jones, 2201
West Nob Hill, front left, and Sfc. Uelwyn Kleen, 17B1 Market
Street, behind Sgl. Jones, of company B, 162nd infantry regi
ment, Oregon National Guard, draw their rifles from Master
Sgt. Lawrence Baker, right, administrative, supply and main
tenance technician for the company. (Capital Journal Photo)
and 72 enlisted men reporting for
a total of 90 per cent.
Company B's first man arrived
10 minutes after the alert was an
nounced and by 6:50 p.m. all but
two of the men of the company
were actually present. One of.
these was in Canada and has been
accounted for and the other ar
rived some time between 7 and
8 o'clock.- Total attendance for
the company at 8 o'clock was six
officers arid 101 enlisted men.
Also reporting, into the Salem
Armory with D and B company
men were the men from this area
who belonged to headquarters of
the 41st division. In addition to
these the Salem units of 162nd
Tank company of the 162nd In
fantry at Dallas had all but one
of its 93 enlisted men, six offi
cers and one warrant officer
either present or accounted for
during the alert. The one man
could not be located. Eighty-seven
of the enlisted men, all of the
officers and the one warrant of
ficer were actually in attendance.
Oregon's adjutant general, Maj.
Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, who had to
leave for a conference in Wash
ington, DC, before the first
count could be taken, when con
tacted in eastern Oregon enroute
east, said he was very pleased
with the response state-wide and
felt that the state's mobilization
plans were "A number one. 1
inf-.nlrv ilU'Uinn's first hallllinn '"c Slleriu 5 Ollice Sam mat
infantry d.vision s first battalion . . , . . . . ...
for a couple or three weeks were
present for the alert and esDe-
ciany commented on tne tine co
operation given by parents of
checked in 13 other officers and
men from other units of the Ore
gon National Guard.
Arrival time of the first man to
report to Battery D, 722nd anti
aircraft artillery battalion, which
meets at the qupnset huts was
5:10 p.m. and when the first re
port was made on attendance at
6 p.m. 61 per cent of the unit had
reported. It was up to 100 per
cent of its strength about 7:15
p.m.
Joining this outfit for the test
mobilization were two officers
from headquarters of the 722nd
antiiircraft artillery battalion,
Portland, First Lt. Clurles Henry
and Capt. Matthew Beck.
Also coming from Portland, but
here to check on the efficiency of
the test mobilization was SFC
Spencer Gorham, U.S. Army, rep
resenting the regular Army ad
visor group for the National
Guad.
As soon as enough men had ar
rived for guard duty they were
dispensed to their various posts.
Salem places put under guard
during the alert were the city
water works, bridges, telephone
building, radio room of City
Hall, the capitol and other slate
buildings, the radio stations and
transmitters, the armory and the
Salem airport.
First battalion of the 162nd In
fantry regiment of which Salem
Companies B and D are a part
had 95.5 percent of its men re
porting fur the alert. All units
of the battalion had at least 60
percent of their men reported by
6 p.m.
At hiiverton, home station lor
headquarters company of the bat
talion, 80 enlisted men, 11 offi
cers and one warrant officer re
ported for 99 percent of the
strength of the company.
company A of the battalion at
McMinnville had 96 percent of
its men reported in or 73 enlisted
men, and four officers.
Albany's Company B of the bat
talion reported 73 enlisted men
and five officers counted for 97
percent of its strength.
woououm, uaiias and Lebanon
young men in the National
Guard. Many parents contacted
companies and were most con
cerned because they could not im
mediately locate their sons and
promised to continue trvine to lo
cate them.
n Salem one member of Com
pany D, Pvt. 1 Vernon B. Papen
fus, who joined in January of
this year, reported despite having
iii3 leg in a cast.
SCHOOLBOYS SLAIN
NAIROBI, Kenya Ifl Two Eu
ropean schoolboys were found
stabbed to death and mutilated
early Thursday at Ruaraka, three
miles from Nairobi. Police blamed
the murder on Mau Mau anti-
white .terrorists.
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Guard Replacements at attention Men of Company D, 162nd are checked in before their departure by truck. (Capital Jour- '.
infantry regiment, Oregon National Guard, who bad not yet sal Photo) " .';
stood guard duty in "Operation Minuteman" Wednesday night '. ..
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Ack-Ack Guns Out Too Four members of battery D, 722nd'
AAA, AW battalion, Oregon National Guard, roll out one of
the anti aircraft guns of the battery and prepare to leave for
their posts during the nation-wide alert. At the back wheel left
is Art Christiansen, Redmond, who is a student at Willamette
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Company B Men to Guard Duty Three men
of company B, lono iniamry regiment, ure
gon National Guard, rifles in hand, run up the
armory stairs to load into a truck to leave
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lor guard duty Wednesday night during "Oper
ation Aiinuteman." In front is Pic. Lester L.
Miller, center and In back is Pvt. John Caug
hell and at right is Pfc. LaMoyne L. Mapes.
. .Air National Guardsman A 1e Kenneth
Morris, member of the Statesman-Journal ad
vertising staff, who belongs to the H2nd Supply
Squadron of the Air National Guard dons his
blouse on the ran as be leaves to report for
the alert. Morris, instead of going to the
home buse of his squadron in Portland, reported
to the Salem armory. (Capital Journal Photo)
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University; at the front wheel, left, Pfc. Dwight Baker, 821
North Cottage street; Pfc. Daryel Jensen, 265 West Rural,: is
pushing on the gun, at right rear; and pulling on the tongue of
the gun, right front, is Cpl. Robert Howe. (Capital Journal
Photo)
Italy Replaces France as
Mecca for U.S. Tourists
By United Press
Italy has replaced France as the 'Italy, according to travel agen-1
favorite country for the record tide cies and reports from United Press
of American tourists to Europe i bureaus abroad, has become the
this year. ' nation to which most Americans
Sbain. least expensive of all Eu- will go and stay the longest. Paris
ropean nations, also is moving up I will hold her crown as the favorite
ciiy. nut Americans are finding
Franco expensive.
Here's a report from the UP
bureau in Rome:
"Italy as a country makes a hit .
with the new brand of American
tourist. Rubbernecking around the
renaissance wonders of Florence,
the Venetian palaces or the relics
of ancient Rome, he has a satisfy
ing feeling that he is getting cul
ture and history with the mini
mum amount of pain.
"The main anxiety is to make
sure he does not ijiss anything
that people are likely to ask about
when the wanderer gets home.
speak at the annual meeting of ' i h , b , ,. ,iH. ,S
the Salem Community Counci Jr sacTa'k
Thursday night at 8 o'clock in "J?,:!"! 2" m, SP'S have
the Music Hall, Willamette Uni
versity campus.
The theme of Senator Merri
field's address will be "Recent
Oregon Legislation of Social Sig-
rapidly and will be in third place
ahead of Switzerland, Britain,
Germany and most parts of
France outside Paris itself.
That's the word from travel ex
perts as the vanguard of some
560,000 U.S. vacationists head
across the Atlantic this month. It
will be the biggest tourist year for
Europe in history.
Community Council
To Hear Merrifield
Senator John Merrifield will
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a distinctive charm for the tour
ist. American men also undoubted
ly, if furtively, appreciate the un
failing charm of the big-busted
Italian girls in summer dresses.
nifi,.nno" Scnainr Mnrnfii-IH ie me ourning-cyed Italian men a so
I interested in the social problems 1 ni spice to many an American
I of the state and is an active lady tourist's evening out, though
churchman with deep concern for lew would admit it.
social legislation. All Europe will have more
Senator Merrifield is from Americans visiting than ever bc-
Multnomah county and is serving fore.
his second term In the present The great majority will go first
session he is chairman of the to England either by plane to
educational committee, vice-chair-, London or ship to Southamolnn
They will spend four days to
ween in Britain. An increasing
number will visit Scotland.
Guardsmen Arrive to Guard Bridges Mem
ber! of Company D, 162nd infantry regiment
unload from one ot the company's trucks at
the Marion street bridge and prepare to stand
guard duty during "Operation Mintiteman," nation-wide
National Guard alert held Wednesday
night. (Capital Journal Photo)
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Six Cars Damaged in
Rear-End Collisions
Two rear-end collisions Wed-
Guards at Capitol Building Standing guard
duly at the ftate capitol building during "Op
eration Mtouteman" were men from company
I, M3nd lbUntiT ttfunfnt. Shown btn in
front ot the building, left to right, are Tic.
Krank Smith, Sic. Mclun Karsten and Pic. Don
Kndree. all from company B, 162nd Infantry
regiment, Qregoa Kaiional Guard. I
man of the wavs and means com
mittee, and a member of the fi
nancial affairs and public health
committees.
At the conclusion of Senator
Merrifield's address there will be
a report of committees and sub
sidiary councils, especially the
i Youth and Recreation Council of
! which John C. Mclean is presi
j dent.
Dr. John Rademaker. who help-
vears ago, will speak about the npsna' afternoon one involving
future of the Community Council ,wo " an1 'he other four, re-
of Salem. Mrs. Marjorie Wikoff is ! n damage to all the cars
the president but no injuries, state police re
ported.
The car of Harry Clyde Daw
son, Route 1, suffered extensive
front end damage and the car of
George F. Kraus, Silverton, suf
fered extensive rear end damage
in one of the collisions, officers
Theodore F. Crowley, throueh Si"d- h.raus had stopped for a
his guardian. F.sther H. Crowley, school bus thai was unloading
filed srit in Marion county circuit students when the accident orcur-
I court Thursday seeking general red. 'hey said. The accident oc-
damages in the sum of $43. .170 and curred about 4 p.m. about two
special damages totalling $327.27 miles west of Salem on the Dallas
Damage Suit Asks
For Over $43,000
against the City Transit Lines.
Raymond Gross, a drivei for the
utility, and Mrs. Dorothy lAlvin
R Starr, driver of a privately
operated automobile.
Tne suit stems from an accident
Antl Aircraft Guns Into Place Battery D,
T22nd anti-aircraft artillery battalion mR act
one oi toiir 1145 in place in front ot the Capi
tol building during "Operation Minuteman."
(Capital Journal Photo)
Road.
About an hour later, cars
driven by Gregory B. Wood,
Corvallis: J. C. Thomas. Portland;
John Adams, Jr.. Ft. Lewis
Wash.: and Harrv C. WicV s.tl
ai we intersection w nojee Avenue . ue were involved in a collision
and State Highway 99F. October when two of the vehicles slow)
22. 19H- ' for a truck ahesd of them, police
The complaint recites that the s?id The accident occurred "uth
nlain'iff was a passrnner in a City of R'clrcsll on Hichwav r"v
Trars:t Lines bus when it became . .
involved in a collision with the ve- Sl'ttl lMITV tlANCK
hide operated by Mrs. Starr. All of SCIII.IMITY - a' henefit h.lrn
the defendants arc charged with dance will be given in the Parish
netligencc and carelessness. hall Friday evening Aohl 29 .
The plaintiff it said to have in- v
curred numerous injuries and a Public and private debt in the
reoccurrence of previous admo- United State totals about U 300
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