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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1952)
Soldiers9 Health 'Colonel's Concern WASHINGTON JP CoL Nell Wicklitfe, whose parents wanted her to study music when the was a girl back in West Union, S. C, today heads up one of the youngest and most unique ..corps in the na tion's military organization. She is chief of the Women's Medical Spe cialist Corps, made up of dietitians, physical therapists and occupa tional therapists, There are some 600 of us, all members of the Armors medical team, devoted to the same single mission of safeguarding the health and well-being of the American soldier." she told me. "But we need to grow. We're seeking some 40 per cent more recruits." Col. Wickliffe says members ot her corps are serving in all over seas theaters, including Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean and Hawaii. "Our dietitians in the Far East are meeting the dietary re- 1 quirements of a polyglot army composed of men and women from 20 nations who have joined Ameri can forces under the U. N. flag, she said. "In Germany our physi cal therapists are doing an out standing job in getting disabled troops back on the job in record time. Our occupational therapists, wherever they are serving, are ac tively participating in a rehabili tation program . . . for orthopedic patients and those suffering from other disorders . . . which we be lieve is unsurpassed." Col. Wickliffe, a slender and at tractive brunette, was made chief of the corps a year ago after serv ing as chief dietitian of the Japan Logistical Command and dietetic consultant for the Far East Com mand. She received a Legion of Merit citation for her work in re vamping hospital food service in this area. An authority on military diet planning, she had been with the Army's specialist program since 1929 long before there was a Spe cialist Corps. She completed her dietetic intemeship at Walter Reed Hospital, served as staff dietitian until 1930 and came back six years later as chief dietitian. She got started on her career in 1921 when as a freshman at Winthrop College at Rock Hill, S. O, she decided to major in home economics instead of music. "Like many Southern girls, I'd been shooed out of the kitchen, so I didn t know much about do mestic science first hand," she said. "But when I looked over the field for something I wanted to do, I decided home economics was the coming thing." CoL Wickliffe is a talented host ess and loves to travel. She says she's always shopping for things tt add charm and color to her home. She picked up a porcelain vase in the Russian Zone of Ger many, an old brass candle wanner in Amsterdam, a marquisite watch in Switzerland and hats and gloves in Paris. RADAR TO CATCH SMUGGLER SINGAPORE (P Small craft engaged in smuggling goods and illegal immigrants into Singapore may in the future have to pierce a radar screen ringing the island. The government is considering es tablishing a radar, station atop a hill overlooking Singapore harbor. the newspaper Sunday Standard reoorted recently. The station would be in contact with police patrol craft by radio. School Bus Drivers Meet for Instructions I -i I - r I i' t .... r it- r " r " :- - j -if - 1 1 - t ! 4r " s.i. muf Km ' 4rfrera whm 22-btu fleet was found 1b rood condition la a state safety check early in the week, met Satarday for the annual safety instruction period sponsored by the state. Paul Warren of the state education department conducted the program. Among the Salem bus drivers are these, pictured at the bos shop near Salem High School: (Left to right) first row John Turner. BUiH itMhrlrht. winimm Lee. Guv Weeks. Robert Goff. Jack Hande; second row James MeHxle, Dean Moore. Del Githens, Ronald Coffey, Hugh Nelson. James Gay, Lores Kaatan, David Folndexter. Drivers from Keizer. Stayton and Aumsville also attended Stock Market Gains Stren gth NEW YORK (JP) - After strug gling through a week of minor barriers, the stock market mus tered renewed strength and closed at a new 1952 high. Most of the rough going arose from psychological factors in volving the question of whether the market had gone too high too fast and was due for a little rest. Such a pause before the start of the traditional year - end rally would not be unexpected. j News developments, and there weren't very many, were mostly on the bullish side. Included was a prediction by the staff of j the House-Senate committee on the economic report that prosperity would continue even when defense spending tapers off. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks gained 90 cents on the week with most of the gain ac counted for by the railroads. The average closed at $1100, the high est level since June 4, 1930. On that date it stood at $116.60. Tha) Slatman. Sedan, Ofgon, StrndxryDacambar 21, 18S2 II AP Staffs Race to Scene of World's Worse Air tragedy (Story also on page one.) SEATTLE m The Associated Press . and member newspaper photographers and Wirephoto op erators raced from three cities by helicopter and automobiles to get a picture story of the vorst plane crash in aviation history .t They battled icy mountain passes. snow and icing conditions in the air to reach Larson Air Force Base, where a C-124 crashed and killed 84 military personnel. 4 Their problem not only was to get the pictures but to get them out to the rest of the world from the Air Base -hich lies midway between Washington's i two largest cities. f From Spokane, the Daily- Chron icle sent photographers and report ers by automobile over icy roads the 125 miles to Moses Lake on the edge of the big Air Base. From Seattle, 175 miles and a snow-covered mountain pass away. The sscviated Press and Seattle Times sent photographers, report ers and Wirephoto operators. 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