THE? BEND EUUETlN, BEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945
PAGE EIGHT
Navy's Medicos
On Guam Paving
Road Into Japan
By Edward I Thomas
' (United Press War Correnixmtlcnl)
Guam U1 American scientists
are fighting their own little war
on this Island. Their primary ob
jective is to see that disease is
eradicated as a Japanese ally, but
they are also gathering valuable
first-hand data that will serve
toward making the post-war
world a healthier one.
Capt. T. M. Rivers of Forest
Hills, N. Y., who is on leave from
his civilian post as director of the
Rockefeller hospital in New York,
landed here with a staff of 44
officers and 226 enlisted men on
Jan. 12. He is already set up in a
! 25-acre jungle camp that will be
his advance headquarters for the
macule Medical Research unit.
In a few short weeks navy sea-
bees and doctors cleared the un
debrush from the 25-acre plot be
tween two field hospitals and
began construction of more than
GO steel buildings. These will
house the valuable scientific equip
ment that will not only be used
to study diseases already encoun
tered on the road to JaDan but
also will be prepared to take quick
counter-action against new dis
eases that medical men expect to
una as our lorces move norm
ward toward the Japanese home
land and China.
Adm. Mclntire Sought Best
The idea was fostered by Vice-
Adm. Ross T. Mclhtire, USN,
President Roosevelt's personal
physician and chief of the bureau
. of medicine and. surgery of the
navy.
"We were fighting the war with
the best equipment and materiel
and Adm. Mcintire decided we
should also fight disease with the
latest weapons," explained Capt.
Rivers. "The experience out here
In the Pacific has been that dis
ease puts men out of action quick
er than bullets. And you can't
fight a war with sick soldiers."
The project is financed by the
navy with a supplementary, fund
of $25,000 donated by the Rocke
feller Foundation. Personnel In-
Japs Butcher Manila Mother and Child
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snocking evidence of Jap atrocities, a Manna motner and cnim huddle in deatn inside waned city of Manila.
During the many nights before American soldiers finally breached the walled section, U. S. observers nearby
heard women's screams, then shots, then dead silence. Once Inside they saw these and many other Innocent
. victims of bestial Jap savagery. U. S. Signal Corps photo.
eludes some of the finest doctors
In the. United States.'
Tarpaulin-covered crates and
boxes are scattered over the tem
porary encampment, containing
some 5,000 separate pieces of
equipment for the unit. Capt.
Rivers said he expects to com
plete the project sometime in
March, but meanwhile he and his
staff are working in temporary
quarters.
Several groups under Capt.
Rivers' direction are Investigating
diseases such as malaria and
scrub typhus in the south Pa
cific now. Another group is study
ing metnoas oi spraying insecti
cides from airplanes and "we still
have a .lot to learn about this."
sal Capt. Rivers.
Invasion Units Trained
The doctors here are not eolne
to ao an tneir work in labora
tories miles behind the front lines.
Several mobile units are training
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to land with assault groups.
A disease known as Schlstomia
sis Is giving the scientists plenty
of worry at the moment. Our
forces haven't encountered it yet,
but it's a dead cinch they will
eventually If they go to Formosa,
China or southern Japan, accord
ing to Capt. Rivers.
The Schlstomlasls germ breeds
In snails and rice paddies and if a
human being so much as washes
his hands in water polluted by
this germ he's almost certain to
become infected, Capt. Rivers ex
plained. "The germ settles In the liver
and the intestines and persons in
fected literally bleed to death in
acute cases."
But while concentrating on
fighting diseases that might hold
up the progress of the war. Cant.
Rivers and his staff also are
studying diseases prevalent on
this Island such as tuberculosis,
amoebic dysentery, hookworm
and dengue fever, that if succes
fully countered will make the
tropics a more healthier place to
live In than they have ever been
in the past. .
Cloverdale
Cloverdale, March 7 (Special)
Corporal Verl Bnoughcr is here
visiting his father and other rela
tives. He has just recently re
turned from -India where he had
served for the past two years in
the signal 'corps.. After a short
visit 'here Cofporali Beougher
plans, to enter tlA hospital at San
Francisco; wher6?)ie will undergo
trentrjiehts for malaria;.
. Mtvami-Mrs. liee Goodrich and
Mr. and Mrs. Uftorge Billingsley
were in HedmotVd Monday night
to 'attend .the.pojluck dinner and
initiation -ceremony of the. Ameri
can Legion auxiliary,
i Dean Brenchley of Prineville
Junction . 'returneU ' to : the Wills
place Mbhday vnere. he, is cm
bloyed. Brepel1& jhas been em
ployed there for the past three
years.
A Red Cross benefit dance spon
sored by the members of the
Home Economics club will be held
at the community hall on Satur
day night. All proceeds are to be
turned over to the Red Cross.
The 'board of directors of the
Squaw Creek Irrigation- district
met Tuesday night at the office
of Brewster and Cunning in Red
mond.
Pfc. Raymond Haley of Albany
visited friends In Cloverdale last
Sunday on his way to Klamath
Falls. .
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chenowith
of Corvallis were dinner guests
Monday at the W. B. Simmons
home. Chenowith is with the soil
conservation project. ,
An all-day meeting with a pot
luck dinner at noon will be held
at the hall on Wednesday. Mrs.
Ross Kellogg will be in charge of
the meeting and Mending Hints
will be the project for the day.
Three new pupils entered the
Cloverdale school this week. The
two children of Mr. and Mrs.
George Ralle who recently bought
the Ed McGreer place and the
daughter of the new owners of the
Lloyd Beougher place.
...... ,CAU IS LOOTED
Joe Conrad, Rt. 1, Box 336, to
day sought the aid of Bend police
in recovering a black purse con
taining a number of valuable
papers, which he said was taken
from his automobile while It was
parked on Wall street, between
Oregon and Minnesota avenues.
The papers consisted of deeds,
chattel mortgages and other arti
cles which Conrad said were of no
value to anyone except himself.
Major elements Ip plant growth
are nitrogen, phosphorus, calci
um, magnesium, potassium and
sulfur; essential "trace" elements
Include iron, mangunese, and boron.
BOB HOPE reports on , the Red Cross in action
lt Hopa should know. Hi sowl For two years ht hoi divoltd most of hit
tparttima toinUrtolnlngC.l.'j on tho"foxholClrcuit"ol USO-CompShowt
Hopl hoi mod 'm lough In Panomo, Alaska, British Isles, North Africa,
Sicily, and most ntonlly through (hi coplurad Islands of the South Paciflc
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I SAW Red trtli lleorj plasms bring a man tack to llfel I witched a coin
cle. A miracle that could not have happened without you. .and
yout Red Crojs. In ISM-t the Red Cross was asked to proviila
5,000,000 pints of blood for the armed forces in addition to
5,600,000 pints previously obtained. 1 his project was carried oa
through centers located in 33 bis cities, I
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I SAW tha Rid Cross artoi aiwa frin lona ta a
ararrM aoal A soldier stationed In the Paci6c
couldn't understand why a letter to his
mothor was returned to him marked "un
known " Was his mother sick? Ahve? What
had happened? The Red Cross Investigated:
found out the trouble-a very simple mis
take and relieved thejpldiet'a leant
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I SAW tha Rtf crtia aiiyini mothtr
tt taomatlck, (nr-waary Kfhtaral There
are mora than 700 Red Cross
Clubs overseas. They're head
quarters for nicks, tours, dances,
games, books, home newspapers!
I SAW tin M Crist siMlai tut kits
ta tfll sroucta ssipltllj. When a
man has lost everything these
comfort kits are worth their
weight In gold. They contain
toilet articles, cigarettes, candy.
More careful budgeting of the
family's food ration stamps Is in
prespect for Mrs. America, in view
of the higher point values for
many items in March. Very heavy
demands from the army whose
needs must, of course, always be
our first consideration will leave
less for civilians on the home
front. Then, too, not as many hogs
are coming into the market as
was anticipated. The result is that
many cuts of meat 'will cost more
red points per pound, and several
variety meats and canned meats
which were previously point free
are back on the ration list. At
present, it looks as though there
will be no improvement In the
meat supply situation before late
summer or early autumn.
-
There Is one small bright spot
In the new ration picture, how
ever. The high point values on
beef steaks have been lowered two
or three points a pound. These
few reductions, together with the
increases on low-point cuts,
should result In a better distribu
tion of the limited amount of beef
available.
'. Here are the new point values
for a few of the more popular cuts
of meats short ribs now require
three points a pound instead of
one hamburger will be six points
a pound, up from four on the
other hand, porterhouse, T-bone
and club steaks have been lower
ed from 12 to nine points a pound
and short loin and sirloin roasts
are two points cheaper at 10
points a pound. Bacon now re
quires six red points, up from
four, and spareribs were increas
ed from three to four. There's no
change in the point value of lamb.
The same reason for the higher
meat point values increasingly
large war needs, and slaughtering
of hogs not up to expectations
necessitated the recent increase In
point values of lard, shortening,
and salad and cooking oils.
They've gone up from two to four
red points a pound. Margarine is
now five points a pound, up from
three. Butter, however, remains
the same 24 points a pound.
. i For this four-week ration per
iod, which began March 4, the fol
lowing new red stamps were vali
dated E2, F2, G2, H2 and J2.
They will be good until June 30.
New blue stamns are N2, P2, Q2,
R2 and S2. These also will be good
until June 30. Here's a resume of
all the food stamps which Mrs.
America can now use red stamps
Q5, R5 and S' (good through
March 31), T5 through X5 (good
through April 28), Y5, Z5 and A2
through D2 (good through June
2) and E2 through J2 (good
through June 30). Blue stamps
X5, Y5, Z', A2, and B2 (good
through March 31), C2 through
G2 (good through April 28), H2
through M2 (good through June
21 and N2 through S2 (good
through June 30). Sugar stamp
35 is good for five pounds of sugar
until June 2.
.
Recapping in time will add addi
tional miles to the life of your
tires. Chances are there won't be
any new tires available for most
car-owners for many months. No
relief is In sight In fact, the tire
situation is becoming increasingly
worse. The factories are having
dilflculty keeping up with war
orders much less civilian orders.
In case you haven't realized what
a staggering number of tires are
rolling to the warfronts, here's an
example. It takes a hundred thou
sund replacement tires a month to
keep trucks alone running, Just on
the European front. War orders,
of course, will continue to be
taken care of first. Civilians come
last. But you can make your tires
last longer by recapping them in
time. Have them checked to see If
they're ready for it, now.
An Iron ore deposit near As
swan on the Niile river 600 miles
from Alexandria contains over
13,000,000 tons; plans for its use
are under consideration.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
Tha.t Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the scat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and Rid nature
to soothe and heal raw, ten ler, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
(or Couefts, Chest Colds, Bronehitif
I SAW aaj C ahla taMm food taewr
ta la arisoa eampsl Thousands of our
en in enemy hands would suffer
w it not for the food, clothing
Tnd medicine, sent by and throufib
tbe Red Cross.
This Space Courtesy of the
I SAW tin Rid Crass trill f
lust tick from a anlssianl I saw
Fort come in haggard men
crawl out of her. A Red Cross
cluhmobile pulled up. And
the fliers relaxed over dough
nuts, coffee, American girls'
smiles.
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Elmer Lehnherr
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Radarmen No. 1
U.S. Nayy Need
Procurement of young men for
training as radio technicians con
tinues to hp the No. 1 lob of the
I U. S. navy recruiting service, ac
cording to word Just received by
Chief Specialist Paul Connet, re
cruiter in charge of the Central
Oregon navy recruiting station,
Bend.
Although this district, and
every other district in Oregon, has
responded nobly to the navy's call
for men to be trained in radar,
the demand for additional train
ees still is great, and the progress
of the war in the Pacific wij be
determined, to a large extent, by
the speed in which these men are
recruited, the directive to the local
recruiter stated.
Emphasis was placed on the op-'
porrunuiy oiierea in mis neia to
men of draft ages. Those who can
pass the Eddy test, which deter
mines whether an applicant has
the aptitude for such training, will
be given a directed letter assign
ment to the navy, which will be
made effective upon their appear
ance at the induction center. It is
pointed out. however, that no one
of draft age will be given the I
tdclv test unless he has passed his
pre-inductlon physical examina
tion. -Advantages
Listed
Seventeen-year-olds and men be
tween the ages of 38 and 50 Mi, in
clusive, can be enlisted as radar
trainees immediately upon their
passing of the Eddy test. But re
gardless of whether a person is a
non-draft-age volunteer or a vol
untary inductee, he is enrolled as
a seaman first class two steps
up the ladder from the usual
starting place of apprentice sea
man. Chances for promotion is rapid
in the radar field, many trainees
going as high as petty officers ;
second class during their training I
period. This period, incidentally,
is for a minimum of ten months i
and costs the government $5,000 1
for each trainee.
The heat value of a pound of
absolute alcohol Is approximately
twice that of dried wood.
' Somewhere in Germany
February 20, 1945.
Dear Folks:
Remember that time in Luxembourg
after one of our toughest campaigns
I wrote about the Red Cross girls who came
to set up a little field canteen and served
us hot coffee and doughnuts. Man! Just
tpplno their cheerful faces and talking
with them made us Gl's feel 100 oka
kay
md I
again. One girl was trom uautornia a
sure had fun kidding her about liquid
sunshine." But she came right back at me
about Oregon Webfeet.
A week ago I wrote to you about
my swell 72-hour pass in Paris from the
front lines in Germany to Paris is a long
way to go not by actual mileage but
from one world to another, you might say.
Did you get the picture I had taken in front " -of
the Arc de Triomphe with my buddies?
Well, do you know we each had a private
room with bath and 3 meals a day the whole
time we were in Paris provided by the
Red Cross.
Now those are usf 2 personal instances
and don't, begin to tell what the Red Cross
is doing for all of us. You know about the
packages for American prisoners the blood
plasma the aid to war victims - so nuff
sed. - - -
I Just wanted to be sure you knew
what the Red Cross has already done for,
me and ask that you contribute whatever
you can. '
Love,
Tom
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