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Monday. Feb. 8. 1945 CAPT. 'SCHRECK' top honors around , this army port base. The captain Is a four letter man, serving as post S-2, post S-3, provost marshal and conser vation officer. Because of these latter duties, he is alternately known as "the sheriff" and "the game warden." Since the nearest incorporated city is 99 miles away, he comes rightly by these titles in this part of Alaska. . Shortens Name Capt. Schrecengost, in order to keep others from stumbling ever the pronunciation of his name and shorten telephone con versations, has become known as Capt. Schreck. The sign on his door, the nameplate on his desk, and the generally accepted man ner of addressing him is Capt. Schreck. The captain, whose home is Medford, Oregon, has another distinction around the post he nearly always carries cane. His duties take him outdoors most of the day, and the cane is a good appendage for battling the weather conditions. It helps him lean Into the frequent winds and is a good means of testing the depth of mud puddles form ed by the constant rain. With all these distinctions it is easy to understand the cap tain's popularity with all the personnel at the post. It is just as common to hear the captain addressed by "Hi, Sheriff" as by his military title. ford National Guard unit and went into active service when the guard was mobilized in the fall of 1940. Mrs. Schrecengost resides at Route 2, Box 338A and the captain's mother, Mrs. J. E. Schrecengost, makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Harwood, 502 Park ave. drains time for Sunday loo Lata to Clatitfy 5.30 Saturday afternoon--Pleasa remember E flying ichool where he won his wings and commission early in 1944. Prior to enerlng the AAF, he was student in the Medford high school and would have graduated with the class of 1943. The primary organs of the League of Nations are the coun cil, the assembly, the secretariat, the international labor organi zation and the permanent court of international justice (at The Hague). ACOUSTICOli For Better Hearing $. C. Mitchell, Dealer Medford Hotel, Monday - Tuesday Feb. 5 - 6 KAPOSI BRONCHIAL IRRITA'iONS , WASHINGTON, D.C. Capital' GladHanders Repre sent Many Organizations -v oold quickly nb red by muttcn "i 1 Ht djveloptxi by The captain is a graduate of Medford senior high school and later attended the Southern Ore gon College of Education in Ash land. He belonged to the Med modem Kience into ft counter- i (mean nnnriiins tulvsV Onlv f WhltUer, Alaska. When it comes to doubling in brass, Capt. Howard E. Schrecengost takes 260, double supply ooo. uet HSNtroI PEN ETRD 1 BASE RICH IN UUTTOH SUET To Nation's Lawmakers flOKT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE MA SV 1 37 Bf Frederick 0. Othman (UP Staff Correspondent) Washington, Feb. S. U.R) Before I get around to Cal John son of Belleville, 111., I must re port that this town is full of lobbyists of all shapes, but most ly portly. There are more of these lads rmttnnhnlintf rnnffreamn than ! there are congressmen. This re sults, obviously, in serious wear-and-tear on buttonholes. Glad-Handera Rampant The association of peanut but ter grinders Is represented here.' So are the lead pencil makers, the soda pop bottlers, the sugar cane choppers, the flour mix manufacturers, the broccoli deal ers, the fibre box builders, the artificial leg whittlers, the apple dryers, the ice cream freezers, the stone crushers, the jelly pre servers, the wire cloth weavers, and the narcotics researchers. This is only the beginning. The movies, the postal clerks, and scores of other organiza tions have their capital glad handers. Dozens of ex-congressmen practice law before the fed eral courts. So much for an introduction ' to our friend from Belleville, - Calvin D. Johnson, who used to be, until last month, a con gressman himself. He lost out by 2000 votes to Melvin Price, a Democrat, and you know what happened? Sans Portfolio. Some of the Republicans from his district sent Johnson back here as a congressman-without- portfolio and set him up in business to represent them in their multitudinous dealings with 'the government.. The dis trict produces coal, kitchen stoves, furnaces, iron castings, butter churns, apples and other items too numerous for John . son to mention. His employers consist of a dozen of the leading manufacturers. " "The original idea was to get 29,000 people to put up $1 each to send me back to Wash ington," Johnson reported. "But I vetoed that, I didn't think it looked right. So now I am rep resenting these businessmen, do ing for them about what I used to do . when I was a congress man." He said he was no lobbyist. He'll leave the lawmaking to Rep. Price (who was, unfortu nately, out of town and unavail able for comment) and atlck to dealings with the alphabetical agencies. "The idea is that whenever ono of these concerns wants to do anything, it has got to get in touch with Washington," he said. "It used to be they'd have to send a man to Washington. Now a man on a railroad train is no good to anybody. With me here, all of these people are just as close to Washington as the nearest telephone. I handle their priorities, their travel, their freight, that kind of thing. It is a new idea, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work out." Lt. Robert Brown Given Air Medal At Base in Italy 13th AAF in Italy. 2nd Lt. Robert O. Brown, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown, 820V4 West Tenth street, Medford, Ore. has been awarded the air medal at his base, somewhere in Italy, for "meritorious achievement in aerial flight while participating in sustained operational activi ties aganst the enemy." Lt. Brown is a co-pllot of a B-24 Liberator bomber and a member of a veteran heavy bom bardment group of the ISth air force which has flown more than 140 bombing missions against the Germans in southern Eur ope. He has been in the army since November 6. 1942, when he en listed at Portland and is a gradu te of the Turner Field, Ga., .DOtmUK Art You Embirraud By HOT FLASHES? It sou, like so many women, between the a?f s of 38 and 63 suffer from hot flashes, nervous tension. Irri tability, are a bit blue at time all due to the functional middle aga r1od peculiar to women try Lydla Plnkham'a vflWahla compound to relievo rich symptoms. For almost a century thousands trpon thousands of rromen rich and poor alike have reported remark able benefits. Many wise women take plnkham'a Compound regularly to help bul'd up restiMno against such auuoying distress. Lydla Plnkham'a Compound helpt nature It also has what Doctors call stomachlo tonlo effect. Follow label direction. Worth trying turn t..mmwiX2E$i A report to the Women of America on our Wounded and the critical Need for more Wacs in Army Hospitals The plain fact of the matter is if something isn't done toon, and very soon, the wounded and hospitalized American soldier may not continue to get the care to which he is entitled. The American casualty the boy from Portland or Brooklyn or Windsor Locks or Council Bluffs may not continue to get his bandages changed often enough. He may not be bsthed or made comfortable early enough because there may not be enough people to help. As a result, the recuperation and return to nor mal life of the boy from Portland or Windsor Locks may be needlessly delayed; Theie Are the Facta In the two-and-a-half years from Pearl Harbor up to the Invasion of France total American tattle casualties were 224,693. Fronv'D" Day until January 1, 1945, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson reported that in France, the Low lands and the German border region, casualties in the ground forces, alone, of the United States Army totalled 332,912, of whom 232,672 were wounded. Overall American battle casualties at reported through January 7, 1945 were 662 J99. Thee Are the Sobering Figure t Wounded are being returned from overseas to Army General Hospitals' in this country st the rate of 30,000 a month. Many of these men have been wounded two and three times. One Georgia Sergeant had been wounded SEVEN TIMES I There are thousands of husbands and brothers and ions recuperating in Army hospitals overseas regaining strength to return to duty or to come back to the States for further treatment. Are the women of America going to disappoint them? At the moment, every Army nurse in the United States must handle twenty-six hospital beds almost twice as many beds as any one person is efficiently able to handle. The Army is doing everything- In Its power to obtain more nurses. At the tame time, a vast effort mutt bt made to stretch the professional efficiency of every single Army nurse on duty in the United States. This is why IVacs are needed ow right here, The Imperative Need for Wact in Army General Hospital tn Thie Country More than 8,000 Wacs are needed immediately in United States Army Hospitals to help Army doctors and nurses in their tremendous task. Unless nurses are able to give full time to the professional nursing requirements of individual cases, wounded men will lack proper care. Un less more Wacs are found to take over non-professional duties, recuperation and rehabilitation of hospitalized soldiers will be retarded. Approximately 3,500 Wacs are already at work in our Army General Hospitals today. Soon, another 1,000 Wacs now in training will go on duty. But this is not nearly enough' to fill the mini mum needt of Army hospitals in the United Stales. The Work Woei Do in Army Hospital There is a pressing backlog of requisitions, at the moment, for WAC Medical and Surgical Technicians. Any woman, aged 20 to 49, inclu sive, may apply. Previous hospital training it not necessary. If'you can qualify, the Army will traiit you. WAC Medical Technicians under professional 'supervision of Army doctors and nurses aid in the care of wounded soldiers. They help with blood transfusions, serve as ward masters, de - liver meals to wounded soldiers and feed the helpless ones, and keep those essential records which are important to their present progress nd their post-war protection. WAC Surgical Technicians under professional supervision specialize in the technique of assist ing doctors and nurses don surgical gowns and gloves, attend to the care, repair and steriliza tion of operating instruments, and assist in the - pre- and post-operative care of patients. Wacs are also doing marvelous work as medical stenographers. An Army doctor using a Wac in this capacity can take care of many more pa tients, for he does not need to retain mental notes or take time to write up a case before seeing another. Wac Will Be Recruited for Hospital Unit The Army's goal is a unit of 100 Wacs to every thousand beds in Army General Hospitals in this country. Each unit will be made up of several platoons. Each platoon will number fifteen Wacs. Many women- will want to interest their friends in "making up platoons doubtless many communi ties will set out to recruit a whole unit. Although the primary need is for Medical and Surgical Technicians, any woman with clerical aptitude should also apply. For each WAC unit will need several women with clerical ability. General of the Army George C. Marshall,' on January 7, wrote the Governor of each State as follows: "The care of the increasing number of casualties arriving in the United States, together with an acute shortage in nurses and hospital personnel generally, necessitates urgent measures being taken to recruit and rapidly train women for service in Army hospitals. "We urgently need Wacs for our sixty General Hospitals. "Your leadership in recruiting women for such platoons will be a great service to the Army. These recruits will be trained for assignment to particular named Army General Hospitals, in cluding those located in your State." Previout Experience fs Not Necessary The Army Train You Technician Fifth Grade Rating at Successful Completion of Training If you've had two years of high school or the equivalent go to your nearest United States Army Recruiting Station and apply for a WAC Hospital Unit. If you meet enlistment requirements, you will be given six weeks of basic training before being 'sent to a recognized Army Medical Technician School. After six weeks of technical training, you will be assigned to an Army hospital, where you will have four weeks of sdditional on-the-job training. Those who qualify will become Technician Fifth Grade immediately on completion of their training. . Not only are these WAC hospital jobs of infi- nite importance in war time, but they can lead to a career ... Women trained in this kind of work will find medical, industrial and social fields for their -skills in years to come. The experience gained from serving in Army Hospitals under war time conditions is invaluable. The Need It Imperative The Need I Immediatet Of all the needs in the country today this Is among the most urgent. Never in the world was a woman's war 'job ' more clearly defined, more obvious. Sacrifice? To be able to assist in comforting our wounded heroes ... in easing their pain in speeding their recovery? No I It's an honor a privilege an experience for a woman to cherish forever. Our wounded need your help JOIN THE WACWQW and serve in a U.S. Army Hospital This Important message published at the request of the War Advertising Council and the armed forces of the United States s a public service by . . - The CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
