Camp Adair Sentry Thursday, April 15, 1943. Page Fi va , 1942 Col. Gordon H. McCoy arrives to take command of camp after tour of duty as military attache in Mexico City . .. Contractors works full shift on July 4 ... First all soldier talent show at tent city—boxing and vaudeville. Pvt. Nick Sansonia proves Wow with impersonations, songs, accordion ... Corvallis highway widening worker» 1 split shift to allow for camp traffic peaks ... Capt. Herron, engineering officer, married ... Gen. Bradley arrives for duty here with his division ... Salem Chamber lists rental properties ... Sugar rationing explained ... PX opens first store... Red Cross staff here ... Rufus Holman, Oregon senator, visits post ... Salem and Independence open soldier centers ... Camp Command moved to post ... John Wagner treats colored outfit to watermelons ... Hospital unit builders winding up. They Stick Togethe r; i Snell Advocates Meet M-Sgts. Birkes Post-War Program I I Governor Outlines Men Return Faster If Girls Join the WAACs Not you, soldier, but your wife or girl friend: Want to join the WAACs? If so, Lt. Lilian Garrick (who is, by the way, a direct “scioness” of the famed actor David Garrick), is at the Senator Hotel, Salem, for a full week in the interest of signing up recruits. Feel free to call her any time either at the Hotel Senator or the recruiting station at Salem Post Office. “Women may remember.” said Lt. Garrick, “that you may do much to speed the return of your husbands by getting in and pitch­ ing now.” 2000 Flood Eugene For Panel Discussion Hostesses Help Out Speak of sticking together — tion hospital as Sgt. Major. Cleve 4-Point Program consider the brothers Birkes: I Birkes received his Sgt. Major 1 At Music Conference There are two of them. Both are rating on December 4. 1942. He is Sgt. Majors at Camp Adair. Start- attached to Post Headquarters. I SALEM, April 14. - (TP) - Ore­ A conference over the last week gon’s post-war readjustment and Johnny is married and has a four development committee, holding its end for the Northwest Music Edu­ year old daughter. Cleve is single. first meeting here today, was given cators’ Wartime Institute proved The two brothers get to see quite a four-point program by Governor that music hath charm in Oregon. a bit of each other. Both like hunt­ Earl Snell. Over 2000 music loving soldier.» The governor told the committee ing and fishing. it should : and civilians came to Eugene and Johnny Birkes has had his ap­ 1. Make plans to rehabilitate and plication for warrant officer ac ­ overran the hotels, apartments and rat ■ cepted and is now waiting for his re-employ members of the armed private residences. Some of tr.e ¡forces after the war. -»V b 4 commission. History may quit re- w % 2. Plan for re-employment of war visitors even slept on park bene :'.:s ? ■ E- I workers who will lose their war in order to be present for the j jobs at the end of the war. conference, 3. Make plans to retain war in- j Florence Coardy Merriam, host­ | dustlies after the war, studying Talent Night in Corvallis 1 what adjustments would be needed On Easter Sunday the Corvallis ess at Service (dub 2, was asked to keep the war plants in operation. USO Club is planning to hold “tai-1s’nR' an