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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1945
Colonel Seagrave
Nearing End of
Long Road Back
By IIurJi A. Crumpler
(United PreM War Correspondent)
Seagrave Hospital Unit, North
east Burma nr The Chinese
push into the Shweli river valley,
the last phase of the campaign
from Burma to reopen the lanJ
route to China, Is a homeward
trip for Lt. Col. Cordon S. Sea
grave, the "Burma Surgeon."
Nearly three years ago the Jap
anese marched into Nahmkham
a small Burmese town 71 miles
southeast of Bhamo on the
Bhamo-Wanting Road and Col.
Seagrave, after 20 years, was
forced to evacuate his American
Baptist Mission hospital.
On the way down the road
home, Col. Seagrave can look
hack on a remarkable record of
medical service since ho left
Nahmkham and walked out of
Burma with Gen. Joseph W. Stil
well. 12,000 Operations Hv Unit
The Seagrave hospital unit
which is composed of American
surgeons, Burmese nurses, and
American and Chinese enlisted
men went into combat with the
Chinese army In the Hukating
valley campaign of March, 1943.
Since then the unit surgeons have
performed more than 12,000 op
erations, 4,000 at Myitkyina alone
and the malority of them while
the hospital was under enemy
fire.
Col. Seagrave and three other
American surgeons performed
4,000 operations in a month-and-a-half
at the beginning of the
Hukaung valley campaign. In
one day, during the battle for
Toungoo, the colonel and Maj.
John H. Grlndlay of Milwaukee,
Wis., performed 130 operations.
Japanese bombers were over the
hospital three times that day.
During the remainder of the
North Burma campaign, the unit,
which follows close behind the
Chinese army lines, performed
another 4,000 ooerations. The fig
gures don't tell the whole story,
because countless casualties were
treated without operation. Most
of the patients are Chinese, but
Seagrave's men have treated
American, British and Burmese.
Nurses Get Through Much
Now that Col. Seagrave Is
closer to home, some of his ''old
practice" is returning. A well
dressed Shan wpman recently
walked Into his office a table
beneath the stilted floor of n
basha and prostrated herself In
front of the embarrassed doctor.
"You probably don't remember
me," the woman said, "but you
once saved my life by an opera
tion." Even a few of the old nurses
from his Nahmkham hospital
have found their way through
the Japanese lines to the unit.
They are always weleom." be
cause, although the hospital now
has 26 trained nurses and 18 stu
dent nurses, the work is some
times too heavy for them. Three
have broken down with tubercu
losis, which Col. Seagrave attrib
utes to overwork. Two collapsed
at Ramgarah, where they worked
Ifi hours a day, and one during
the battle for Myitkyina.
Col. Seagrave's present hospital
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hrncst I,, Idiocies was disappointed when be failed to lind a min
now bucket for forthcoming fishing trip. His granddaughter, Vir
ginia Hall, wrote to the President, explaining Crump's predicament.
Wli forwarded letter to WPB. which sent name of firm that still
Had a few such buckets on hand and everything was hunky-dory
Now Cramps and Virginia are both pleased.
Is an old Buddhist monastery, a
big building jammed with Chi
nese casualties lying almost side-by-side
on stretchers or blankets
placed on the floor. The Chinese
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DESERVE OUR RECAPS!
N. W. Redmond
Northwest Redmond, Jan. 17
(Special) Mr. and Mrs. C. Z.
Peden made a business trip to
Portland Monday. They returned
home the latter part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burgess
were dinner guests of Mrs. Clyde
Burgess Thursday evening.
Clarene Killlngbeck was a Sun
day visitor at the Dick Woodard
home.
Guinn Peden, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Z. Peden, suffer
ed bad bruises about the head and
face Tuesday while riding his bi
cycle Into Redmond. Riding Into
the canyon west of town his
frorft wheel hit a rock, throwing
him. Guinn was unconscious for
two hours and was taken to Prine
ville for treatment.
Rev. Ladd Howard was a visitor
at the D. L. Penhollow home
Thursday.
Herman Jahns was a business
visitor at the James Underwood
home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Adams and
daughter, Mrs. Ed Franklin, were
shoppers in Bend Thursday.
Mrs. Edward Franklin visited at
the home of Mrs. Dorothy Best
in -Redmond Monday.
Mrs. Ed Whitten and Mrs. E. L.
Overlander and daughter were
guests at the E. B. Adams home
Monday.
Mrs. W. F. Reynolds is making
an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burgess were
Sunday evening visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Latta visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. G.
Ditterline Monday afternoon.
The Northwest Fidelity club
soldiers seem as patient as the (will hold its next meeting at the
doen stone and wooden Buddhas I hmc of Mrs. Arthur Molt, Thurs-
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Don't wait until the fabric shown
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in the altar at one end of the
building.
The soldiers, who have infinite
faith In the Chinese-speaking
American, call him "the Old Doc."
Col. Seagrave pays this tribute
to the Chinese soldiers: "When
they are seriously Injured, they
are the best patients in the
world."
The Burmese nurses, dressed
In colorful "lungyis" and white
blouses, are lovely and graceful.
Hut there is something incongru
ous in the picture. You eventu
ally find it: Thev are all wearing
size 10 G.I. shoes.
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day, January 25.
Mrs. B. L. Fleck spent the week
end in Portland visiting relatives.
TWO MEN HELD
Two men faced arraignment in
municipal court today as a result
of their arrests yesterday on
charges of being intoxicated. They
are Harry E. Golden, 48, a Bend
lumberjack, and William A. Mor
ton, 52, of Walla Walla, Wash.
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This month tribute Is being paid
to the many thousands of loyal
volunteers who have given so
generously of their time In service
on local OPA boards throughout
the country, which administer our
wartime rationing and price con
trol programs. They first began
functioning two years- ago, one
month after Pearl Harbor. With
the danger of Inflation calling for
constant vigilance in holding the
price line, and the broadened ra
tioning program Increasing the
workload of boards, the service of
these volunteers is more impor
tant than ever. Here's an oppor
tunity 4pr you to participate in the
battle on the home front, by join
ing forces with this civilian "ar
my." Go to your local board and
find out what you can do to help.
With spring just around the cor
ner, victory gardeners are getting
out the seed catalogues and meas
uring up the yard In preparation
for bigger and better gardens this
year. With many foods back on
the ration list and less canned
goods available for the home
front fresh fruits and vegeta
les, home grown, will be more
important than ever before, both
to your family and the national
food supply. Not only will a vic
tory garden furnish fresher and
more healthful food, but it's good
exercise and fun for the whole
family.
.
Those of you who have been
wanting to huy a pressure canner
to process the fruits of your vic
tory garden labor will be glad to
hear that they will be available
soon in local stores. Last fall the
war production board authorized
the manufacture of several thou
sand canners. Most of them will
come In two sizes; one holding sev
en quart jars and the other four
teen. They are made of cast alu
minum and contain a rack to hold
the jars. And you'll get year
round use out of them, as they're
just the thing for cooking stews,
beans, cereals and steamed pud
dings. Here are a few hints designed
to help point-conscious Mrs. Amer
ica in planning no-point, low-point
menus. A tasty dish good enough
for company is a stuffed shoul
der roast of veal. A boneless roast
required only 5 red points a
pound, and a savory bread dress
ing makes the meat go further.
No-point meals can be built
around sweetbreads, tongue and
heart which makes tempting dish
es. Ask your butcher about other
meats on the point-free list.
A discussion of entrees would
be incomplete without mention of
that perennial favorite baked
beans. No red points are require
for any variety canned, frozen
or dried. Treat the family soon to
a pot of old-fashioned, home
cooked baked beans, flavored with
molasses. You're practically guar,
antced compliments for your ef.
forts from anrppiattim a r,
Chances are they'd like chill and
oinei- uean aisnes occasionally,
If the tires on your car are run
ning down, take the advice of
OPA and have them recapped im
mediately. Increased military de.
mands have made it necessary t0
cut the number of tires allotted
for passenger cars during the
coming months. The manpower
shortage in recapping plants will
be more severe in the spring, so
get yours fixed up now to avoid
inconvenient aeiay.
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You're my kind . . . Have a Coca-Cola
... or allies enjoy a friendly pause
There's a friendly phrase that speaks the allied language. It's Have a Coke.
Friendliness enters the picture when ice-cold Coca-Cola appears. Over frosty
bottles of ice-cold Coke, minds meet and hearts are closer together. It's a
happy custom that's spreading 'round the globe. Coca-Cola stands for the
pause that refreshes, has become an everyday high-sign of friendliness among
people of good will.
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It's natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
dons. That's why you hear
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order
I he wires hum. It's a "31" order important instruc
tions for a train soon to arrive and for which the con
ductor must sign. The station agent sets the semaphore.
The red light flashes its warning. The train arrives and
rumbles to a stop.
This is just one of many safety measures established by
Union Pacific to assure reliable transportation of pas
sengers and freight. War resulted in a tremendous in
crease in rail traffic. A large part of that traffic has been
directed over Union Pacific's "strategic middle route"
uniting the East with the Pacific Coast.
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Through constant vigilance and tireless effort on the
part of employes, thousands of men and trainloads of
materials have been moved efficiently and quickly to
aid the Allied cause.
The constant improvements in railroading resulting in
safe, efficient transportation are due in large m5;sure
to the American system of encouraging workers to seek
advancement through personal enterprise and initiative.
We're fighting and working to maintain that spirit of
equal opportunity for all.
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