Nov. 23 NURSE’S AIDES INDUCTION SET. 11/23 Members Will Become a Part of Civilian Defense Group All nurses aides in Weber county will be inducted into a civilian defense council and will receive important instructions Tuesday evening, in the Central auditorium of Weber college at seven-thirty. Induction ceremonies will be under the direction of Ross C. Glassmann, commander. Nurse’s aides should appear in uniform, officials said. A special film will be shown, portraying the work of the medical units, including the nurse’s aides, and their responsibility in times of disaster, sabotage, or bombings. All members of the medical division of civilian defense, or the disaster committee of the Red Cross are urged to be present, A. T. Barratt reports. Staff members of the OCD will be present, and will forgo their control activities until one week from Tuesday. NEW FIRST AID CLASS TO BEING 11/30 Study Is for Nurses’ Aides but Open to The Public Nov. 30 A first-aid class, specifically for nurses’ aides, but open to the public, will begin Tuesday evening, in room 108W, Central building of Weber college, at seven-thirty p.m. A class to start tonight was postponed, due to so many preferring Tuesday night. The class will be held on Tuesday and Fridays in the same room. The Red Cross and civilian defense require the nurses’ aides to complete at least a 20-hour course within the first year of their service. In the civilian defense work, the nurses’ aides become a very important personnel to assist regular nurses and members of the medical staff. COnsderable first-aid will have to be odne in the first-aid stations, casualty stations and emergency hospitals. “We are anxious to have all nurses’ aides get first aid as soon as possible, so they may be ready for any emergency of a local nature, whether it be Red Cross upervised in disasters and sabotage, or civilian defense work in case of bombings and war emergencies,” reports Kent S. Bramwell, director of Red Cross first aid and executive officer for the civilian defense. Dec. 7 Red Cross Photo Contest Award Winners Announced 12/7 WASHIGNTON, D.C.-Winners in the October contest of the American Red Cross for photographs suitable for use of the organization have just been announced by James I. Clarke, chairman of the national contest committee. Mrs. Karl B. Cuesta, amateur photographer and housewife, Tampa, Fla., took first prize of $200 in war savings bonds, with “Hurry Up Call,” showing a 19-month-old baby with first aid kit. Second prize of $100 went to Toni Frissell, New York City; and third award of $50 was earned by Noell Ward, Chicago. Thirty-three special merit awards of $25 each were made. Winners in November and December competitions will be eligible for 14 grand prizes totaling $1600 in war bonds. Entries in December contest must be submitted to New York headquarters by December 31. Dec. 1 R.C. Hall of Ogden, who has been made director of Red Cross warehouses, with headquarters in San Francisco, is on a visit to Ogden. Prior to moving to the coast, Mr. Hull was in charge of the Red Cross warehouse in Ogden, now supervised by Ornal Barrett of Ogden. Mr. Hall reports Red Cross activities rapidly expanding. Since 1941, when the business in the Pacific area was less than a million dollars, it has increased to over $50,000,000. There are 2,000 persons employed by the Red Cross in San Francisco and the Bay area. In connection with the discussion as to the affect of the war effort in this area on business conditions, George S. Eccles made the following comments: Nov. 30 Expert Arranges First Aid Talk 11/30 OGDEN-W. Van B. Claussen of New York City, one of the nation’s foremost experts in water safety and small watercraft manipulation, will conduct demonstrations and offer free instruction Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Weber college gymnasium, it was announced Friday by Kent S. Bramwell, director of first aid, water safety and accident prevention for the Weber county chapter, American Red Cross. The staff of the gymnasium will present a swimming demonstration at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 RED CROSS GETS BOAT AND BUOYS 12/4 The local chapter, American Red Cross, announces the arrival of additional equipment for use in life-saving and water safety instruction. For the past year, the Red Cross equipment consisted of a canoe, a torpedo buoy and a ring buoy. The new equipment consists of a boat with extra paddle, additional ring buoys and water googles. “We expect the arrival any day now of a surf board or paddle board to demonstrate rescue work,” Kent S. Bramwell, director of water safety, announces. “This will give us the most complete equipment of any chapter in this region.” “Our present concern,” Mr. Bramwell continued, “are the boys enlisting or being inducted into our military services. Many of them cannot swim. A lot of them would have tough job swimming at all with their regulation packs. How can they tell when they might be pitched, thrown, or blown into the water-then it will be up to them to save themselves.” “The local chapter will be happy to teach all young men who desire to learn to swim, to swim better or learn life-saving methods. This should especially appeal to the recruits in the 18 and 19-year age group. ‘Anyone interested in this training is urged to phoe 7961, the Red Cross office, to register.” They Pack Christmas Boxes for Kiddies 12/4 AMATEUR SANTAS….Shown in the above photo with a portion of the 80 packed Christmas boxes to be sent to children in Alaska and South American, to create good will, understanding and friendship are officers and the advisor of the Ogden high school Junior Red Cross council. They are, left to right. Catherin Whetton, president; Fern Marquart, advisor; Gene Roberts, vice president, and Merel Williams, secretary. 1942 Dec. 1 Supplies Arrive for War Prisoners 12/1 In a dispatch received today a red Cross headquarters, information on the progress of ships carrying war prisoners and relief supplies was given, announced Mrs. Leah P. Greenwell, executive secretary of Weber chapter. The dispatch indicates the ultimate destination of supplies prepared by the many volunteer workers in the Junior Red Cross group, the sewing room division and the surgical dressings division of Weber and other Red Cross chapters: “The Japanese exchange ship Teia Maru which left Marmugao, Portuguese East India, carrying relief supplies valued at about $1,00,-,,, for prisoners of war and civilian internees in the far east, has arrived in Yokohama harbor. These supplies left the United States on Sept. 2 on the Swedish lineer Gripsholm, used by the United States and other countries in the mutual repatriation of American and Japanese nationals.” Special 13-pound food parcels packed by volunteer Red Cross workers made up a large part of the relief shipment, which included supplies form the Canadian Red Cross for British prisoners. The Japanese Red Cross sent on the Teia Maru some 365 tons of food and recreation equipment for Japanese nationals intended in the United States and about 80 tons for those interned in Hawaii and Canada.