NURSES NEEDED BY THOUSANDS FOR WAR WORK Railroad Women Back Nurse Aide Move In Ogden An Associated Press dispatch from Washington, D. C. Saturday said the Red Cross reported 1,000 trained nurses must be recruited each month during the remainder of the year to meet army and navy needs. Miss Mary Beard, national di¬rector of the Red Cross nursing service, disclosed at the same time that 7,000 registered nurses had volunteered for war duty since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the dis¬patch said. In Ogden, this means that an even greater shortage of trained help is to be expected by medical men of the community. Nurse Aides One means of offsetting the loss of trained nurses in the commun¬ity, according to A. T. Barrett, lo¬cal Red Cross disaster committee chairman, is to recruit more nurs¬es' aides, who, though they will not be nurses, or do the things a nurse must, do to ease suffering, can be of great assistance in re¬lieving the nurses of the smaller duties that do not require long training to accomplish. Recognizing the need, R. E. Edens, superintendent of Ogden Union Railway and Depot Co., had urged that railroad women and wives of railroad men assume nurses' aide training as a proj¬ect. Mrs. W. C. Ewing, vice president of the Union Pacific Old Timers' club, has been made chairman of the railroad nurses' aide groups, and has called upon the follow¬ing women to represent their or¬ganizations in assisting to enroll these groups in the brief train¬ing which can mean the saving of many lives in the event of emer¬gency: Mrs. Paul Dickerson, O. R. C., auxiliary No. 124; Mrs. R. C. Faulk¬ner, B. of R. T. auxiliary No. 173; Mrs. Frank Parker, L. A. to B. of L. E.; Mrs. R. Barr, U. P. Jr. Old Timers, No. 9; Mrs. J. F. Gibbons, Union Pacific Red Cross group, club No. 6; Mrs. A. D. Kingsford, Southern Pacific Red Cr.oss group, club No. 1; Mrs. Charles Preece, L A to B. of L. F. & E.; Mrs. Wal¬ter Wheeler. L. A. to B. of R. T. No. 848; Mrs. Horace Farr, L. A. to Carmen's local union. Nurses Needed in Service of Army The army nurse corps has immediate need for three thousand qualified registered nurses, and for ten thousand in all before the end of 1942, to keep pace with the expanding army, the war department announced today. Applicants who can fulfill the requirements will be appointed in the grade of nurse, with the relative rank of second lieutenant. The pay is $840 per year, in addition to maintenance and uniform equipment. Appointments will be for the duration of the war. Applications may be made through any local office of the National Red Cross nursing service. Red Cross Official Will Depart GOING HOME . . . William T. Raney, national Red Cross field rep¬resentative, is packing his bags prior to returning to St. Louis, Mo., his home office, after completion tonight of the third course he has taught in Ogden for first-aid instructors. Nurses Will Be Enrolled 2/42 Practical nurses of Ogden and vicinity will enroll tonight at seven-thirty o’clock for call to service in case of emergency. Dr. R. L. Draper, head of the medical division of the Red Cross disaster committee, will enroll the women, who will not be called unless their services are needed by the local defense council or Red Cross. The women will assemble in Utah Power auditorium. Also meeting at seven-thirty, at the civilian defense headquarters at 2514 Washington, will be women interested in nutrition. J. A. Howell, chairman of civilian defense in Weber county, will launch this meeting. Christine B. Clayton, vice chairman of the health and welfare division of the state defense council, will talk on nutrition in defense and will assist in forming a nutritional program. Writing in Readers’s Digest, an authority says that at Pearl Harbor, blood plasma proved its worth. Three out of every four of the victims of that disaster required transfusions of blood which were given not in the old way but by instruments instead of arm-to-arm transfusion. Plasma is the yellow liquid of the human blood, with the red blood cells eliminated. It can be preserved and shipped long distances. Any type of blood from a healthy person can be utilized. At present the Red Cross is collecting blood plasma from 365,000 donors who are volunteering in response to a patriotic call. NURSES’ AIDES BEING ENROLLED Applications of women up to 50 years old for enrollment in the nurses’ aide training course to be started by Weber county Red Cross chapter in early May will be taken for the next 10 days at the Red Cross offices in the city-county building, dial 7961. All applications must be made in that time, or the names will have to be excluded from the May list, officials of the chapter stated. Five Hospitals A.T. Barrett, chairman of the disaster committee, which in the event of emergency will take control of medical services under the civilian defense council setup in Weber county, said today that at least five emergency hospitals will be established in Ogden if the need arises, “and nurses’ aides will be urgently needed to help staff the units.” Authorities pointed out that women, in making application for the course, state definitely whether they will serve only in the city or whether they will be available for call outside the city if needed. “These statements are always regarded as positive assertions,” said Leah Greenwell, executive secretary of the chapter. “No woman can be called outside the city for service unless she has indicated her willingness to answer such a call.” Reprisals Seen Medical authorities have estimated that at least 300 aides would be needed in Ogden area if a bombing should cause casualties, a possibility that loomed even greater following the American raids on Japan last Saturday. “In fact,” said one highly placed military official who asked that his name be withheld, “the west coast can assuredly look for reprisal raids, and this area is within cruising distance of the coast for heavy bombers.” Only expense for the nurse’s aide course is 75 cents for the textbook and $3 for the uniform. ADVANCE CLASS MEETS TONIGHT Will Precede Instructor Course in First Aid Methods The final night advance class in first aid before an instructors’ class in May will start tonight in room 204, Moench building, of Weber college at seven-thirty. Ferron Losee, former national field representative of the American Red Cross, will be the instructor. All those who have completed their standard training within the last three years are invited to attend. The instructors course will be conducted by a national field representative from the San Francisco office, during the week of May 11-16. Classes will be held each night, each class of three hours duration, said Kent S. Bramwell, first aid director. “If there be anyone desiring an afternoon advance class to start Immediately, they are requested to call the Red Cross office, phone 7961. We shall do our best to organize it at once,” Mr. Bramwell added. Chiropractors and osteopaths of Weber county will begin an extensive standard course Tuesday night, room 214, Central building of Weber college. The public is invited to attend this class. Lynn Phillips will be the instructor. “All first aid instructors are requested to return kits and other equipment to the Red Cross office as they must be put in readiness for any emergency,” Mr. Bramwell declared. WATER CLASS STARTS MONDAY Ferron Losee to Teach Life Saving Course For Red Cross Ferron Losee, Weber college instructor of swimming, will start the first of a series of life saving courses under Red Cross sponsorship Monday at five-thirty p.m. in Weber gymnasium pool. Students must be at least 17 years old and good swimmers. A small fee is charged for use of the swimming pool, the textbook and the lifesaving emblem. Those interested in taking the class should dial 7961, the Red Cross office, Monday, or be on hand for the start of the class. Mr. Losee is a former student at Panguitch, at Brigham Young University of Provo, and at University of Southern California. While performing on the swimming team at B. Y. U. he established a new record for the Rocky Mountain area in the 500-yard freestyle. The record still stands. The instructor has just completed the swimming season as coach of the finest tank team Weber college has ever produced. During the past two summers he has been on the national Red Cross staff as a first aid and water safety field representative.