Nyssa gate city journal., July 05, 1945, Image 1

The NYSSA
VÖ'LUMfc XXXX
No725
Certification of
Seeds Will Be
Started Sat.
SILVER STAR WON
BY TOMMY HOLMAN
Y JOURNAL
NYSSA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 5,~1945
ENLIST
Court of Honor ¡MARINES
117-YEAR-OLD BOYS
Ny«“ Ff Sh»rt
T0 Lettuce Harvest,
Held ______
by Scouts I The marine corps headquarters1 01 Quota
in E The
_ public hearing
—- , for consider- Beet Thinning
“
_
r„ „
_
.
,
in Portland announced today that
Bond Category atlon of the 1945-46 city budget Completed Here
Troop 58. Boy Scouts of Nyssa. * the marine corps is once ’ again i
Staff Sergeant Thomas C. Hol­
man. brother of Mrs. Lloyd Lewis
ot Nyssa. has been awarded the
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I will be held In the city council
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silver star for gallantry in action. held a court of honor Sunday even- enlisting 17-year-old men into I ls
E. R. Jackman, V 1'OpS Holman, star basketball player ing in the L. D. S. chapel, with ranks. All physically fit men in S lllc S M a d e U p To July 7 chftmber Tuesday. July 10 at 8 Beet Crop Largest In His­
p. m.
for the Baker high school a few Scoutmaster Leo W. Child offtciat- that age group may apply at 208
Will Be Counted
Specialist, Will Be
tory ; Lettuce Harvest
in
Persons subject to the proposed
years
ago.
is
a
member
of
Co.
C.
ng
and
Senior
Patrol
Leader
Lynn
'
le'v
u
-
s
-
Courthouse
building.
In County
In Drive
Smaller
I K3rd infantry regiment.
tax may talk for or against any
Swensen conducting the exercises. Portland.
The
citation,
signed
by
Major
|
spe-
'
^he
After
congregational
singing
and
According
to
Major
Norris
E.
j
Ft R. Jackman, extension
Nyssa was far short of its quota of the items.
Harvesting of lettuce and thin­
General John E. Dahlguist. reads: ¡prayer by Scout Reed Ray, the I^ew eaver. Portland district re-
ciailst in farm crops, in charge of , ..xhmnas c Holman. S Sgt. Co'. 1 following program waT given Cor- «rutting officer. "The men who want for the sale of series E war bonds ' Members of the budget committee king of the largest crop of sugar
seed certification in eastern Ore- c., 143rd regiment, for gallantry ,,et solo, Loraine Cnamberlam: thp niarinc corps are the men we 111 the seventh war bond drive at are R O. Larson, chairman; A. beets ever grown in this area have
gon, will be in Malheur county in action on 21 December 1944 in talk, Lee Anderson: talk, Eldred
wanf”- jto®
pnd
the regular selling per- ohadwick. secretary; George M. been completed and work on other
Saturday, July 7. to start seed cer- Prance. As Sgt. Holman led his j Irving; saxaphone solo. Jerry Will-
Seventeen-year-old men may en- tod June 30. Glean Wells, chair gaue(, cliff Main. C. W. Buchner.
phases of row crop farming has
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.group across open terrain to att- jams talk Dean Hunter- talk Iist ,n toe marine corps reserve for man, reported
itlflcation.
ack an enemy pillbox, they were corin' Go‘atPS ^ oop committeeman' th - Juration of the national enter-
However, the city has a grace R ° Whitaker. &nil A. Stunz. been started.
The program for this year ap- plnned down 25 yards away by ftnd
q due[
^
. N ' gency or in the regular marine Period extending to July 7 in Which Bernard Frost George Henneman.
Sugar beets are grwing on 36,-
--- for
■— a - period
— *--* of
-* four
*— years, to sell bonds in the campaign. Mr. Aden Wilson. Harry Miner. Bur- 054 acres of land in the Nyssa-
pears to be bigger than in recent heavy machinegun fire coming from child.
corps
years, with farmers requesting in- the enemy position. Sgt. Holman
Badges of rank were presented Fallowing enlistment, they will be Wells said that some bonds that na„ Brown> Qrant Rlnehart and Nampa district, with approximately
spectlon on a large acerage of la- Immediately ordered his men to pass! t0 Cecil Bair and Eldred Irving spnt to 830 f***0 ior “boot" traln- have been sold have not been in­ Herschel Thompson.
16.000 acres of them in Malheur
cluded in the totals.
. . .
.
.
on their
hand -grenades * forward to by Scoutmaster Child. These boys lr*g.
dino clover, red clover and other him.
, . ' He Then rushed the
...
county.
Up
to
Tuesday,
Nyssa
had
sold
position in turn presented their mothers j
$79.022.50 worth of E bonds, issue
seed crops.
|nnd, while the enemy directed with pins of corresponding rank, y
Not only is the thinning com­
yy
,
price. The quota is $108,000.
Farmers who have not already small arms fire, and threw hand O. P. Williams, troop committee
pleted, but the hoeing of the acre­
Other
bonds
sold
here
amount
to
sent in requests for field inspec- grenades at him, he threw 14 hand member, presented nine boys with . « » -
_
age is now practically finished.
$42,035.50.
tion should file immediately at grenades. In the hostile emplace- 25 merit badges. Irvin Duffin, th e '
1
Early season conditions indicate
The remainder of the county
■Mie county agent's office in On- ment, three of which fell directly principal speaker, talked on “Re 1
was
also
far
below
the
quota,
but
that the crop will be one of the
turio.
Several
changes
have
been
made
.into the position and killed one of I lation of the Church to Scouting."! . „-v.oU.iio ,,f
Malheur county is one of the the defenders. The remaining hos- j Remarks were made bv Scout Ex-
A sphpdu*p of. “ mmodity loan Malheur county is said to be about in the requirements of the civil best ever produced in the area.
largest and most important seed , tile soldiers withdrew in disorder,1—
•* Browne.
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----- rates for 1945 wheat two cents a average in the state on percentage
ecutive J. * H.
pray-
aeronautics authority making it The principal type of labor used
growing counties in Oregon, both After deploying his men in defense l er was given by Farrell Peterson. I bushel higher than last year has of sales.
easier
to receive a pilot's license, in the spring work has been Mex­
'
been
announced
for
Malheur
county,
fiom the standpoint of certified of the position he exposed him-
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Ralph Wlnebrenner, manager of ican nationals, German war prls-
|c ie n L. Hutchinson, chairman of
seed and non-eertified seed, Coun-!self to mortar and small arms |
*
i the county AAA committee, report­ I r l i ) f i n
P f l V t 'P I * (
’the Nysaa airport, said.
y Agent A. E. Brooke said.
I fire and returned 200 yards to a
I At i l l IL» 1 U " L l
In the ^
a flier was required oners and Japaese and other types
e
d
.
Certification this year will be man who had been wounded. While
10 secure a medical certificate from of transient labor. Generally an
yy
,
. . | The basic loan rates for No. 1 C t f w . l - f c
on a uniform basis as agreed upon shells burst around him, Sgt. FIol- . y
^
I
v
J.O
U
U
C
I
C
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an appointed C. A. A. doctor, but excellent Job has been done. R. G.
o l l C ' " hpat at the county points Is $1.24
at the state conference held in man carried the wounded man to I l t l V C
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now
a flier may secure a certificate Larson, district manager of the
¡per bushel.
June, covering the states of Idaho, a covered position and adminis-
Amalgamated Sugar company said.
The
Idaho
Power
company
filed
from
his family physician,
The sohedule of deductions from
The Owyhee Riding club of Ny-
Oregon, Washington and Cnlifor- tered first aid. He entered the
Flight requirements have also One of the chief reasons given for
ssa has started leveling ground toe basic loan values for grades a registration statement for the is-
nia and the province of British service from Nyssa.”
the better-than-usual type of
preparatory to establishment of a11J classes of wheat commonly pro- suance of 39,413 shares of $100 par been changed, so that It is easier work has been more careful super­
Columbia Canada.
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Hold R ehearsal-
la rodeo ¿rounds on the former duepd in th ls county wprp given i
w
°
h““ ,*** reqUl? * flWlt te8t’ vision required from the grower
The Idaho Wranglers, well-known Nyssa airport at the south city by Mr. Hutchinson as follows: No.;“ t e » a e ^ a n g e
by changing some of the maneuvers under the war prisoner program.
Uiee ;t Accepts P oem -
2,
$1.23
and
No.
3.
$1.21.
¡Thursday.
June
28,
and
announced
and
reducing the number of re-
The Poetry Digest of New York ’ cowboy orchestra, held a rehearsal limits.
Every effort is being made to
As in previous years, loans will. that authorizations for the pro- quired hours. The requirements
City has accepted for publication at the D. O. Bvbee home Sunday.! Gannon brothers, local land level-
complete the beet work so that
be
offered
to
producers
on
w
heat,
lJosed
Issue
have
been
obtained
for
a
written
examination
on
met-
in the coming edition the poem They had their pictures taken be- ers, are leveling 20 acres of ground,
jeorology, navigation and general all labor may be diverted to the
entitled "Dish-pan Hands", written i fore “Tiny" Cox left to enter the which has been chosen as the site stored in both warehouses and oil regulatory authorities.
the
farms.
The
storage
allowance
for
|
The
entire
issue,
which
is
iden-
service of aircraft has been dis- harvesting of the potato crop. It
by T. Carol Bybee.
I .service.
I for the rodeo grounds.
farm-stored wheat will not be tical with the four per cent prefer- continued. Now the only written is estimated that in Malheur coun­
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ty alone there is 12.500 acres of
that his friends write to him.
t0 become a corporation has been advanced to the producer, but the red stock now outstanding, will be (examination is on civil air rules potatoes. Harvest will be started
storage
payment
of
seven
cents
by
the
company
to
under-
and
regulations.
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I approved by the state corporation
will be made to the producer if writers for re-sale to the public,
Miss Helen Trinkle of Ontario, next week and will be continued
Staff Sergeant James K. Chadd, commissioner, who has issued a the wheat is delivered to Commod- Wegener & Daly. Inc., of Boise is daughter of Fred Trinkle, who is throughout the summer and fall
months. As the normal shipments
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. certificate.
I At the regular meeting Thurs­ ity Credit corporation wiien the participating as an underwriter home from college, expects to re­ are two acres of potatoes to the
. with Blyth & Co., Inc. and Lazard ceive her private pilot's license by
Chadd, route 2 Nyssa, is currently day in the Oregon Trail school- loan matures.
■car, an estimated 6000 carloads of
loans bear interest at
three per ; Freres <fc Co., both of New York. fall.
assignert to the AAF redistribution house, the club elected five trus-
potatoes will be shipped from this
Mr.
Winebrenner
said
several
station No. a at Santa Ana army tees. Shares will be sold at $25 ent nnd a service fee ol one cent
‘p
*L
1 ‘ .
new students have started taking county.
air base at Santa Ana, California, per share. No one member will be :i bushel on farm-stored wheat and v
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Shipments of lettuce from Nyssa
C. J. Strike, president of Idaho flying lessons. Neal Holmes soloed
i cVTt. Ohdd. a B-17 gunner in the permitted to hold more than $500 | one-half ceht a bushel on ware-
amounted to 125 carloads, the Un­
house-stored
wheat
will
be
coll-.
Power
company,
said
The
proceeds
last
week.
eighth air force with 34 combat worth of stock.
/ y
ion Pacific reported. A total of
Gted on each loan.
I of the proposed issue will be used
missions To his credit, entered th e 1
315 cars of lettuce was slilpiied
Other
1945
crops
on
which
com-I
by
the
company
for
the
construe-
Otlu
¡service July 30. 1943 and w ent1
from the district, including Wclser.
" J ty uftns win be tffcrtTnble to I a f new facilities to meet con-
fruicn!;
overseas in October, 1944. He has
Ontario and Nyssa. which was
Malheur
county
producers
are
rye,1
tinuing
increases
of
demand
for
been awarded the air medal with
about 100 short of the total sent
Parley,
legume
and
pasture
grass
i
electric
service.
Among
these,
he
four oak leaf clusters and th e '
from the district last year.
eeds, Austrian winter peas and sa><L "'ill be a new power plant in
European theater ribBon with
potatoes.
Loan
programs
on
all
ol
1
tbe
Hagerman
valley
and
an
ad-
-V-ii't. Raymond Graham arrived three battle stars.
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ditional 138-kv transmission line Staff Sergeant Raymond Larson,; SCALE TESTER IS
in Miami, Florida from Africa the
-
I Dairy farmers in Malheur coun- these commodities will be handled from
the Hagerman valley through who returned home from Europe COMING TO COUNTY
for
the
Commodity
Credit
corpora
lirst of Ihe week, according to word Wendn’l Gordon Ward was among
wdl receive increased production
tion
by
the
county
AAA
committee
Boise
to Emmett, construction of Monday, said that France is badly
received
by his wife, Mrs. Ann those who went to Boise Monday payments beginning July 1, when
which will begin as soon as ma- torn up as a result of the war.
M. Clarke Webb, deputy state
Graham. He is expected to arrive to take their pre-induction
exam- the summer sohedule of rates be
terials and equipment can be ob- I Sgt. Larson stated that the large sealer of weights and measures,
in Nyssa next week to
visit his inations.
comes effective. These government LUNCHEONS TO BE
tained.
cities of Germany were badly dam- will visit Malheur county about
wife and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. i
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payments, designed to encourage RT?QTT]\Tpn N F .X T
W F F .K
"Idaho Power company enjoys a aged by the allied bombings, but July 10 and will have with him
Don M. Graham.
| Staff Sergeant Carl M. Ledger- production of milk and butterfat,
high acceptance of its securities added th at the countryside is heavy duty testing equipment for
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wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pay are adjusted quarterly.
The weekly hinclieon of the Nys- throughout the entire nation," Mr. practically untouched, exceipt for testing large scales.
Mr. ami Mrs. Clyde Long receiv- Ledjerwood of Lincoln Heights, Tbe new rates for this county sa chamber of commerce and the strike commented. "At the time of an occasional bomb crater.
Requests for testing of scales
ed word that their son. Max. has was in a battalion that participated f°r production in July, August and Lions club will be resumed next the sale of the company’s common | Sgt. Larson, fighting with the
been promoted from seaman, 2nd in a parade at Halle, Germany September will be 55 cents per week, officers announced Tuesday. stock to the public in 1943, and 97th Infantry division, served in the may be left at the county agent's
cla.-s, to 1st class. He has been June 1.
hundredweight for milk, and 13 The Lions meet Monday noon also of the four per cent preferred Ruhr pocket and then went into office in Ontario, where they will
serving overseas since last Septem -, The 817th tank destroyer batt- cents a pound for butterfat, acc- and the chamber of commerce stock in 1944, the issues were over- Czechoslovakia with Oeneral Pat- be referred to Mr. Webb.
ber in the South Pacific theater, alion. of which he is a member, has ording to the Malheur county AAA mfets Wednesday noon.
subscribed, and many local people, ton's army. He came out of the
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served in France, Belgium and committeeman. Present rates are
The luncheons were cancelled who desired to purchase the com- j fighting “without a scratch". He
Word was received Tuesday after Germany since August 22. It par- 35 cents for milk and 10 cents for during the last three weeks be­ pany's stock were unable to obtain left the United States for overseas
a 44-day silence from Keith D. ticipated in the Hurtgen forest butterfat.
cause of the rush caused by the it. Idaho Power company has dls- | duty the first of February and re­
Bybee. 3 2 c. who is believed to be
fighting and in the campaigns “Dairy farmers here are making lettuce season.
posed of the entire new issue to ¡ turned to this country by boat
in China. He said the sea-going that carried the Americans across every effort to increase milk pro-
underwriters, who will handle the June 16.
w..s very rough, with salt baths Germany and to a junction with duction. Higher payments during
After a 30-day furlough with his
distribution to the public.
every day and two meals. Upon I’usian forces.
toe next three months will offset SCHOOL BOARD OF
“We hope local people who may parents Mr. anU Mrs. R. O. Larson.
arrival, they pitched their te n ts,
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-
toe extra feed bills when pastures NYSSA REORGANIZED be interested in the new shares be­ Sergeant Larson will go to Port
In a native village, in a garden of Clyde Hainline, U. S. navy, left brown off during the summer and
CAROL BYBEE
come fully informed and have Bragg, North Carolina. He expeots
The organization meeting of The ample opportunity to place their to be sent to the Pacific theater
rice, peas and cabbage. He said Lincoln Heights Friday for a sta- more commercial feed and hay
"HOME AT LAST"
that all he wanted for his birthday Tion in California after a 30-dny have to be fed to keep up milk Nyssa school board was held July orders. Such persons should con­ of war in the fall.
By T. Carol Bybee
2 .
(he is still 17) Is a long letter leave. Which he spent with his yield,” Glen Hutchinson said,
tact Wegner & Daly, Inc., and
(Dedicated to the thousands of
C. W. Buchner was sworn in for request a copy of the prospectus.”
from his friends.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orien Hain- | The dairy production payments,
YOUTH CAPTURES 21 boys who are returning home)
■
line.
¡initiated in the fall of 1943, have a term of fiva years and R. G.
They said that we were going
Pvt. Jay E. Bunn, A. S. N„ is now j
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¡helped farmers to push milk out- Larson was elected chairman.
GERMAN SOLDIERS
HOME AT LAST.
at Camp Maxey, Texas. He is a j George Rookstool, son of Mr. put to a record-breaking
height Henry Hartley was named as clerk. PVT. HARRY LONG
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bunn and Mrs. J. C. ’Rookstool of Parma to meet wartime needs without The first National bank of Port- DIES IN ACTION
Pfc. Jay Lee Kinkade. son of
of the Nyssa Furniture company, route 2. has received his rating as breaking the barriers against in- and, Nyssa branch, was named as
Mr. and Ms. Dixie Kinkade of Our hearts were overflowing
official depository.
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| first lieutenant in the army air Ration.
Pvt. Harry W. Long, son of Wal­ Nyssa, captured 21 German sol­ Seemed too good to last.
James Tyler, who is taking a forces at Salinn. Kansas and has| Applications for payments on
ter Long of Nyssa rural route, was diers with the help of his buddy,
killed in action in the Pacific according to information received The fellows counted up their
V-12 course at the University of been transferred to Clovis, New milk and butterfat production dur- Here From Idaiio--
Miss Elva Rae Pope of Idaho Falls war area, according to information here.
points.
Callfornia, was in Nyssa FYiday Mexico. Lieut. Rookstool was a mg April. May and June should
Pfc. Kinkade, now stationed at They said good-bye to all the
visiting friends.
resident of Lincpln Heights before be filed at the county AAA office is here for a month's visit with received here.
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¡enlisting in the air forces in Oct- as soon as possible after June 30. her sister’s, Mrs. Richard Taylor
Kastel. Germany on guard duty, I Joint«,
Melvin J. Fiek, of the navy has ober, 1940.
¡and not later than August 31. and Mrs. Merle Lee.
Officer Visits P o st-
received a merit ribbon and a I “ I (
been sent overseas, according to
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¡Checks are Issued at the time
Fred Corn, .quartermaster and bronze star for the exploit. The To us it did not seem quite real,
Returns Ifomc--
adjutant of the department of merit ribbon was presented to Kin- Now we ll tell you how we feel,
•word received by his parents. His ! Pvt. Phillip Ransom son of Mr. applications are filed.
Mrs. Hugo Olson and three chil­ Oregon. Veterans of Foreign Wars, kade and his buddy by Oeneral
address 4s S. S. Lot Whitcomb, and Mrs. Paul Ransom, route 2. ’
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dren returned to their home in visited Malheur Butte post No. Heckey.
SAFE HOME AT LAST
postmaster Sheppord S. S. Co., Nyssa. left Monday for Corvallis Go To Portland--
■
Across the miles of ocean blue
to attend college under the army
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maw and Morgan, Utah after spending two 41G6. VfrtV. at Ontario last Thurs­
San Francisco.
specialized tarining program.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Maw and weeks visiting here with Mrs. Ol d a y night. Jake Kollen, George N. Ga On Vacation—
Ronald Kenneth Lane of Nyssa family went to Portland Tuesday son’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bear and Don M. Graham of
Mr and Mrs. Merle Marcum of 8AFE HOME AT LAST
Word was received from T Sgt.
Child.
I Nyssa attended the meeting.
Dean O. F*ope. who is now at route 1. Seaman, 2nd class, has on business.
the Hollingsworth Hardware and I've come my dear to you.
Okinawa, that he has flown o v erm en assigned to duty as quarter-!
Implement company and two boys |
are spending a week's vacation at ¡You'll never know how long
Tokyo twice. In the service for five j master trainee in the navy at |
Portland and other coast cities. ¡The nights can be.
years as a radio operator, his first | Gulfport. Mississippi. He is a son
Ralph Hollingsworth of Ontario is ¡But It was worth It dear,
.overseas action came Just last year, of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Lane.
working In the Hollingsworth store Cause you were true to me.
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j Pfc. Bill Boersma arrived in
here while Mr. Marcum is away.
The first word in 45 days was Baker Saturday to visit his par-
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SAFE HOME AT LAST
received from Jay Bybee by his ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Boers-
Club Will Meet--
Far from the bitter battle land
parents. Mr and Mrs. Sherman P. ma. former Nyssa residents. Pfc.
Bybee Tuesday, when three letters Boersma spent Sunday in Nyssa.
The Sunshine club of the Reb-
arrived. One was written in a fox While here he was a dinner guest
ekah lodge will meet July 6 at 2 ¡If I have changed,
hole on the back of a water canteen. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Nick I'm sure you'll understand.
Bybee has been advance:! to a H. Fox. Pfc. Boersma spent five
Rudelick.
Td go again.......
B. A. R. man and is first gunner months in a German prison camp,
To fight for you and freedom.
in his squad. He said he had not He was with the seventh army. He
Undergoes Tonsilectomv—
Mias Peggy Herren underwent Thanks be to Ood,
changed or removed his clothes in j will report to Santa Barbara. Call-
We re SAFE AT HOME. AT LAST.
five weeks. He has seven Japs to his fomia September 4.
a tonsilectomy Thursday.
credit. It rains every other day.
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(This poem has been set to music
making his fox hole muddy. Four ' Pv*. Keith E. Blackburn, who Is
In Ontario—
Five Marine Corps officers who have been promoted to the rank of brigadier general are, left to right,
of his pals were killed. He Is believ- Rationed at Fort Mead. Maryland
Mr. and Mrs. Arien Haroldson and has been copyrighted in the
LeBoy P. Hunt, Thomas E. Bourke. Harold O. Campbell, Leo D. Hermle and Claade A. Larkin. Each
ed to be on northern Luzon, accord- recently visited in Washington, D
and Dar Thel Bybee were in Ont­ library of congress, Washington,
baa been a Marino Corps officer sinco 1917.
D. C.
ing to word received here. He asks
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ario Sunday evening.
Loan Kates Un
\Yheat ilCFOilSCCi
Pilot’s License
Tests Reduced
Riding Club To
Kocieo
Our Hoys In
Th e Service
Dairy P’armers
Given Payments
Larson States
Europe Battered
Mr
T.
Marine Corps Officers Promoted
POET’S
CORNER
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