OREGON STATE L’ES MINI# «S California had the greatest p«P«- lation gain in the three years from April 1. 1940 to July 1. 1913. (1.559.135). while New York suf­ fered greatest loss (826,939). Kan­ sas. Montana and Idaho also lost. Oregon’s population gain. 145.798, was 13.4 percent, the same as Mon­ tana's loss. . . . AH men over 30 in essential employment will be dg- .'•rred in the draft, according to ouis B. Hershey . . . SOCIAL LIGHTS Vnigbt's Field House dance will mark “finis” to the popular Fri­ day night events—drop around for it. Sunday at 2000 Club 1 will bring a well-rounded show from the Ore­ gon Shipbuilding Corporation — a troupe of 20 players. Camp Adair. Or?gon, Friday, July 14, 1944. Former SCU EM Cited; Receives Silver Star S-Sgt. Torrice Decorated for Gallantry on Cassino Front ) I SI 50 a Year by Mail Two 70th Teams ZS, S. T railblazer' to Win on Sunday Norwegian Gov't ( f i Renamed JS. S. Kopiten Worsoe* For Famed Norse Navy Officer Adair over Salem; 882nd over Marines; Named Best Games I Casamer J. (Cas) Torrice was a little guy with soulful In swan songs to competition for By Tec 5 Edmund Arnold brown eyes and guts. Something over a year ago, Hq. Co., j the time being, two great ball As a soldier must sometimes change his shoulder patch 6CU 1911, was doing its stint marching up and over Coffin games—one in hardball and one in when fortunes of war demand his services with a new divi­ Butte. Little Cas said, “I’ll be the* softball—were won by two power­ sion. so the “S.S. Trailblazer,” first -ship in the world to lie first over the hill. Watch me go.” ful Post teams Sunday and Mon­ ’ --------------------- ♦named for an infantry division, For Gallantry He wasn’t quite first but he wasn’t day. changed her insignia this week to Sunday at Salem the 883rd Can­ get into the fight quicker. noneers defeated the notorious Sa­ Th«- great tanker was turned lem Grays 1-0 in a nine-inning over to. th«1 Norwegian government pitchers’ duel that had 1300 ball- and will immediately go into serv­ mad fans sweating it oit on the ice. That that service will be of last pitch. For in this pitch, Hank the most violent kind is best il­ Desmond whiffed Blacky Ward <-f I ------ lustrated by the record of the the Grays with the count 3 and 2 i ith a little over two weeks yet Nor««- Navy to which she now be­ and the tying run on third base. ‘ to go on the military personn« l’s longs: 500 of the fleet of 1000 mo­ The most hardened horse-hiders , Fifth War Loan drive. offi«-ers and tor ships with which Norway start- called it the best game seen in Ore­ EM of Camp Adair climb steadily id the war have already been “kill­ gon this year. toward their goal. ed in action.” Monday the 882nd FA Bn. soft- Trailblai« r officer« held ii big To Re-ume Later ballers won their 11th straight l*on«l rally at the Division Officer-' After the war, the -hip will game in the Corvallis league with club Saturday night with Lt. Shel­ a 15-2 cannonading of the Marine by D. Dukes, war Ixind officer, • gain resume its name of “Trail- blaier" and sail under the Amer­ Ba e Raiders. manning the guns. Lt. Dukes re­ The 882nd softball« rs are sched­ 1 ported that the sales were high I ican flag, I’ntil then, it will be called "L'.S.B. Kapiten Werwe.” uled to meet the thus-far unde­ and would bring the totals for the Men of the 70th Division, who S/SGT. CAStMF.R TORRICE, feated Grimshaws of Portland in an division, in both deductions and launched the ship in colorful cere­ exhibition game at the Corvallis formerly SCI' Hq. Co., who re­ cash sales, above their quota for monies just a month ago, were un­ cently received the Silver Star oall park Sunday aftern«»on. Tenta­ this week. derstandably saddened when the for heroism at ('«asino—Picture, tive starting time 1400. The civilian personnel, already news came down from the Swan See details of both games in the 1 100’per cent in courtesy Ball’s Studio. participation, have Island shipyards Saturday. They sports section. lo)«tere«i their 15 per cent dedue- were proud of “their” ship and had tions, although in th- Fifth War looke«l forward to a gallant career I oan they are officially over the for her in the South Pacific. top. But Norway needed a tanker, a «Continued on page 11, Col. 5) I ‘Continued on page 7. column 6» Okay, Joe. if you ever bought If you like to write, there are anything at a discount at Camp 12.000 boxes of Tarco stationery' Adair, your last chance to do it portfolios at 10 cents each, They Fill Infantryman's Boots begins today, with a vengeance. 1 If you like to go out at night. Old Letters in Pack In a grand pre-liquidation sale , there ar«- 4048 flashlight batteries Get First Class Rate which is costing your Post Ex­ at a nickel apiece. If you're thinking of going over­ change a cool $6000 in coin of the Joe, if you're sending packages realm. 217 items will go on sale seas. there are 2029 overseas caps home, they go parcel post—but it starting at 0830 at PX 2. In many j for EM—59 cents. If you like to he well dressed. ■ will cost first class rates of 3 cent* instances, the prices have been sla'hed to as little as half the ac­ there are a variety of ties for sale nn oum-c if you include old letters, This was the warning issued yes- tual cost to the PX of the merch­ at big discount. If you like to ride a bicycle, terdav from the Camp Post Office, andise. The sale,is open to all comers, there are 120 bike supporters at It was revealed that a number of 'GIs who have started sending pack­ and it is a “first come, first served” 29 cents. If you wear shoe», there are 676 ages home are including with them proposition. Post Exchange 2, situated at 1st . pairs of shoe-braids at 3 cents. bundles cf old letters, which they Street North and Hostess Avenue, If you’re an officer, there are wish to save. These can only go will be open from 0830 until 2000 '62 general stars cloth insignia at1 first clast*. < ach day, and the sale will continue ! 49 cents. If letters are found enclosed in | If you get there early enough, such a package, first class rate« until the stocks are depleted. On pages 6 and 7 a double-truck 1 there are 3 duffle (barracks* Hag« will be charged for the entire pack­ • advertisement lists items which at 98 cent«. age. Packages may be ««pened for will go on sale, including the quan­ , If you have any money, there inspection. If "they are not caught tity available, the usual selling , are 20 leather money belts at a at this end. they’re likely to be price and the sales pnre. A con­ slashing discount. 39 cents. caught at the other end, and a So it goes. With every right, I postage-due charge made for the siderable amount of clothing, in­ cluding shoes, is on the list. Among I the slogan of this sale is "Read weight of the entire package. 1 'em and reap.” items picked at random: Letters, in other word-, must go , under any circumstance- as first [class mail. They cannot be ‘hipped ♦ CAEN FALLS 'by railway express. Thus, if you I have old letters, either keep th« m ♦ RUSS NEAR EAST PRUSSIA [or wrap them up and send th«-m as * SAIPAN BATTLE ENDS | first class mail. Bond Drive Now Moving Steadily far behind. This week word came from Italy that, after a year of fighting, S/Sgt. Casamer J. Torrice had on June 21 been decorted with the Sil­ ver Star for gallantry in action. Word also came directly from Torrice in a letter received by Vir­ ginia Landquist of the Station Hos­ pital laboratory, saying that “it was pinned on by a two-star gen­ eral.” Torrice is also wealing a Pur­ ple Heart, for wounds received in the action for which he was cited. His lieutenant and two of Tor- rice’s buddies were pinned by a German machine gun. He went out after them. While bringing back his first buddy, badly wounded, Torrice was also wounded. But he went back and brought hack both the lieutenant and the «Continue«’ -in rnnee 6. column 11 BIG PX SALE TODAY i The World • This Week Mor.itored by Tec4 John Stump THE RISING TIDE OF ALLIED VICTORIES «wept deeper into the heart of enemy-occupied landa in the world this week and brought the day of liberatimi ever nearer . . . GENERAL MONTGOMERY REVEALED that Allied forces *n Normandy have captured more than M.0«0 prisoners and said that the offensive was going according to plan . . . Secretary Stimson, in prais­ ing the troop« on his tour of Italy, said that “the thrill of victory is in (Coe tin nod oa Page Z, Columns 3 and 4) COAST GUARD TO MARK 154TH BIRTHDAY AUG. 14 New York (CNS>—The Lnited States