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
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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.
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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).
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Monday - Tuesday
Feb. 5 - 6
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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
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WhltUer, Alaska. When it
comes to doubling in brass, Capt.
Howard E. Schrecengost takes
260, double supply ooo. uet HSNtroI
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To Nation's Lawmakers
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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.,
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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
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and the armed forces of the United States
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