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 director 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 dispatch 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 community, according to A. T. Barrett, local Red Cross disaster committee chairman, is to recruit more nurses’ 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 relieving 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 project. 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 following women to represent their organizations in assisting to enroll these groups in the brief training which can mean the saving of many lives in the event of emergency: Mrs. Paul Dickerson, O. R. C., auxiliary NO. 124; Mrs. R. C. Faulkner, 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 Cross group club NO.1; Mrs. Charles Preece, L. A. to B. of L. F. & E; Mrs. Walter Wheeler, L. A. To B. of R. T. No. 848; Mrs. Horace Farry L. A. to Carmen’s local union. Axis Aims to Break U. S. With Lies, States Colonel Easier to Damage Morale Than Match U. S. Men In Battle, He Says John H Gibson, colonel, U. S. infantry, Monday afternoon spoke to a group of nearly 100 Red Cross volunteer workers at the Red Cross sewing room on “America’s Greater Spiritual Force.” Colonel Gibson, former commandant of Ogden high school R. O. T. C., said the axis forces have two methods of waging war against us. They can meet us on the field of battle, gun for gun and ship for ship and man for man, or they can attack the spiritual force of the nation by propaganda and lies. “We’ve Beaten Them” “Any place our forces have been equal we have beaten the axis, notably at Bataan peninsula,” Colonel Gibson said. “These are preliminary skirmishes. By the end of this year we can match the axis in anything-beat them any time and anywhere. “So they must turn to propaganda for an attack on the spiritual force of the nation. They must spoil American confidence, hit our institutions. “They must say to themselves, ‘What is America’s greatest spiritual force?’ Obviously it is the American Red Cross. Anything pure and honest in purpose is more open to attack. It is easy to attack the Red Cross because of the purity of its motives. First Hurdle “You are in this war just as much as the soldiers are. Your first hurdle, the first victory to be on, is the suppression of rumors, or they will sow the first seeds of disruption and those seeds will bear fruit. “We’ve got to fight the first battle on the home front and it’s got to start now.” Most rumors, when traced down, amount to very little, the colonel said. Stories about Red Cross men selling articles made at home to be given the soldiers have circumated. “But in my 25 years in the army have never seen or reliably heard of a Red Cross article being sold,’ he added. “We must keep our faith in this great spiritual force of our country. It will reflect in the actions of our men. If you don’t keep that faith, the blood of Pearl Harbor and of Manila will assuredly rest on your hands” SUPPORTS RED CROSS…Col. John H. Gibson, U.S. infantry, who spoke Monday to volunteer workers of American Red Cross. FOOD CLASSES SEEK MEMBERS Ogden Women invited To Take Red Cross Nutrition Course Four Red Cross nutrition classes are being held semi-weekly in Ogden. These classes are open to the public and are organized in cooperation with the Weber county defense nutrition committee. They are standard nutrition courses of 20 hours-10 classes of two hours each. Mrs. R. B. Porter, chairman of the Red Cross canteen corps, and Mrs. H. F. Irwin, chairman of the canteen committee, direct the class work. Certificates are given at the completion of the course and all area asked to volunteer as canteen aides in case of a disaster and to register for civilian defense at the defense headquarters at 2514 Washington. Set Demonstration The first class meets in room 209, Central building, Weber college, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from seven to nine p.m. Mrs. Louise Redford is the instructor and women of the Moose and the Service Star Legion are sponsors. Tuesday, April 21, will be the sixth lesson, and on Thursday evening, April 23, the class will meet in the Utah Power auditorium for a demonstration in cookery by Mrs. Hazel McCarty, chairman of the Weber county nutrition committee. All members of this class and those who have completed a nutrition course are welcome. The second class meets Mondays and Thursdays in room 110 Central building Weber college, from two to four p.m., with Mrs. Lydia Tanner as teacher. On Monday, April 20, the third class will be held. Members of the Welfare league are sponsoring this class. First Lesson Monday The third class will meet Monday, April 20 for the first lesson at four p.m. and will meet thereafter on Mondays and Tuesdays from four to six p.m. in the foods room at the Mound Fort school. Mrs. Kathryn Mumm will be the instructor and all women living in the north part of Ogden are invited to register. The fourth class will begin Monday at the chapel for the blind at the state deaf and blind school at seven p.m., with Miss Kathryn Eberts as the teacher. Members of the business and professional Women’s club are sponsors. All women interested are invited to enroll.