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Show PAGE 2 'TEliS&SSEgVSS' SUNDAY HERALD Army Nurse Says Hospitals, Technique, Much Improved Over World War I -. Only three . per cent of the American soldier who entered our military hospitals in the ' European theater died -from their wounds, Lt Marjorle McKiernon, army nurse related in Provo. "This compares with 17 per cent in the last war. The great drop is undoubtedly due to the new "marvel drugs" and the mobility mo-bility of our field . hospitals," Lieutenant McKiernon stated. The comely nurse returned from Germany only a month ago. Her last assignment was in the concentration camp at Linz, Austria. Aus-tria. "It was a common occur-rance occur-rance to see dead persons on the streets, victims of starvation." Asked how the German medical med-ical corps compared with the U. S., she stated. "They have good hospital setups set-ups and instruments, but not so many supplies. Their surgery, especially amputations, was good and the cast work excellent. The food, needless to say. was poor." Lieutenant McKiernon was overseas six months with the 121st Evacuation Hospital unit "We were with Patton's army, and he really kept us on the run,"- she exclaimed. Vistlng with her brother, Harold Har-old Dodge, Grandview, the lieutenant lieu-tenant left for her Richmond, Calif., home. Her husband is overseas in the quarter master corps. She will leave for the Pacific Pa-cific theater area in the near future. Seabee Flown to Bedside of Wife CAMP PARKS, Cal., Aug. 4 (U.R) An air transport today carried car-ried Seabee Glen L. Layton across the Atlantic ocean to the bedside of his dying English wife. The 20-year-old veteran of the European war received word recently re-cently that his wife was critically ill of tuberculosis and not expected expect-ed to survive. An emergency leave was arranged by Lauton's commanding officer and the American Red Cross. He is from Fresno, Calif. Layton, member of a stevedore battalion which handled supplies for the invasion of France, met and married Eileen Hall Layton of Devon six months ago. When informed of her condition, condi-tion, the stricken bride asked to have her husband at her bedside. Kolob Scouts At Annual Outing SPRINGVILLE Over 200 Boy Scouts, their parents and friends went to Kelly's Grove, Hobble Creek canyon Friday afternoon for the annual outing, out-ing, court, of honor and rally. Activities began with arranging -of camp and with a program of sports. Around a huge bonfire in the evening, a program was given giv-en and the regular court of honor hon-or conducted, the latter being under direction of Freeman Bird of Mapleton. Contests between the various troops including water boiling contests, first aid contests, fire by friction and a treasure hunt, also featured the entertainment. At the conclusion of" the program, pro-gram, taps were sounded and many remained at the camp site overnight. Wilford Manwaring., scout commissioner, was in charge of arrangements. FRENCH TRAITOR EXECUTED ARIS, Aug. 4 (U P.) Paul Fer-nonnet, Fer-nonnet, French traitor who broadcast broad-cast propaganda from Germany during the war, was executed today to-day at Fort Montrogue. A French court convicted him of collaboration collabora-tion with the enemy. 3J COMPLETE BATH ROOM INSTALLATIONS - We Have a Limited Stock of PLUMBINGS FIXTURES and MATERIALS and are in a position to make installations in-stallations in the order received. P. L. LARSEN PLUMBING &NHEATING SHEET METAL WORK Phone 574 , Provo, Utah Springville Man In Burma Jungles SPRINGVILLE Pfc. Herbert Taylor of this city was a member of anti-aircraft unit of the Tenth Air Force ' which struggled through 800 miles of dense Burma jungles from a base in Assam, India, to Rangoon, according to' a report received here. Their trucks are believed to be the only American vehicles to traverse Burma from north to south. The convoy's mission was to deliver the trucks to anti-aircraft units which had been flown to central Burma airstrips. These batteries were protecting vital air supply routes from Nip plane at tacks. Many times the drivers were forced to drive through rice paddies, pad-dies, ford streams and follow cow paths never before used by motor vehicle. South of Indaw, one of the trucks wenj through a bridge and the two and a half ton vehicle had to be hoisted and the bridge re built before they could proceed. The trucks were finally delivered deliv-ered to the anti-aircraft units and carried the first American troops into Rangoon. Smart Woundfcd In Okinawa Action Sgt. Edwin H. Smart, with the U. S. marine corps reserve, was slightly wounded on Okinawa recently, re-cently, according to a release from the navy department for publication today. Sgt. Smart, son of the late Mrs. Nettie Neff Smart, has been in service almost four years, and overseas nearly all of that time He is the last living member of three rifle platoons which were in his company. Holder of sev eral battle stars for his Pacific theater of operations ribbon, the sergeant has also received a per sonal citation for saving his bud dy on the battlefield. Twins On Duty In Philippine Area SPANISH FORK Pfc. Clyde A. Swenson and Pfc. Cleve H. Swenson, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Swenson of this city, have been fighting together in the 43rd infantry division on Luzon in the Philippines. The young soldiers have been together since their entjance into the army in October of 1944. They have earned the combat infantryman's badge; Philippine liberation ribbon and Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with one battle star. Cleve wears the Purple Pur-ple Heart for wounds received from shrapnel, but is now back on duty with his brother. As members of the intelligence and reconaissance platoon, the twins have had many exciting patrols into enemy territory in search of vital information. Prior to entering the army they were engaged in farming with their father at Spanish Fork. They graduated from the local high school wit hthe class of 1944, they were active in many sports. TO VISIT TONGA Sgt. Rudolf Wolfgram, former BYU student, will visit his native Tongan island home ,while on furlough from duty at the base censor's office in Guadalcanal, according ac-cording to Mr. and Mrs. C. Lucius 'Laudie. Orem. who received word from the sergeant recently. While in Provo, Sgt. Wolfgram stayed at the Laudie home. He attended at-tended college until 1942, when he entered service. For the past two years, he has been stationed on Guadalcanal. Yet Returns After North Africa Duty Set. Flovd R. Johnston oi Provo has arrived , home after serving 29monjbs In He is the son of Mrs. Dora Bray ot 790? West 3 Fifth South V street, ad ser- O ved as .a cook f in the army Before coming to Provo h e visited iri Long Beach, I Cal.,' with h,is sister, Mrs. Sol Haris. Following a 30 - d ay; furlough fur-lough he ex- w Sgt. Johnston; pects to receive discharge or reassignment. Former Prisoner Of War Released Cpl. La Mar Wilkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Logan Of 1207 West Center street, was honorably hon-orably discharged from the army, at'' Fort Douglas Friday afternoon. after-noon. 55 Under the adjusted service rating plan. Cpl. Wilkinson is a civilian again after 43 months of overseas service. Part of this ime was spent as a . prisoner o; the Japanese in the Pacific, i The corporal was among the firjt to be liberated in that area, several months ago. f Holder of bronze stars forgive campaigns in the Philippines and New Guinea, Cpl. Wilkinson is also authorized to wear the Asiatic-Pacific theater of operations oper-ations ribbon, the presidential unit citation; Philippine defense and liberation ribbons, American defense ribbon, bronze star, purple pur-ple heart and . good "conduct medal. ' Before entering service; in April, 1941, he Was employed at the Utah Valley! Canning company. com-pany. His future plans will probably prob-ably include business schooling in California. He spent 10 days at the army rest center in Santa Barbara, Cal.. before returning to Utah, for his release. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT FORT SILL, Okla., Aug. 4 (FAS) Kenneth ;E. Weight, 261 North Sixth East, Provo, Utah, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant at thft Field Artillery school, Fort Sill, iyhere he is stationed sta-tioned with the? field artillery traiping detachment No. 5. Sergeant Weight is the son of K. E. Weight, 2$1 North Sixth! East, Provo. He - was graduated j from the Provo high school, class, of 1943. I WINS DISCHARGE Sgt. Carl W. Jackson, son? of Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Provo, formerly for-merly of Springville, was discharged dis-charged from the tr. S. army Jjuly 13, at Fort Douglas. Mr. Jackson had been in service four and a half years, since his entrance Jap. 22, 1940. He first spent 32 months in Alaska, and recently was in Italy for fpur months with the field artillery, He is making his1 home with" his wife, the former Lois Johnsoii of Lakeview, and baby son, Howard Carl, at 1026 West. Center street and will begin electrical training in the near future. ARRIVES HOME SPANISH FORK Lyman Pet erson has arrived home after spending five months in a Ger man prison camp. He has a &0 day furlough and will visit ;his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willrd Peterson and his wife, of Lclsrnd. Lyman was reported missing, in action tor some time oeiore word was received that he was a pfis oner of the Germans. He said that the food given; the prisoners was very poor, and that he is very glad to be back home in Uijah After his furlough he will report to a redistribution Center. Farm wages in the U. S. averaged aver-aged $81.30 a month with board and $93.10 without board on June 1, 1945. THEY USED TO CALL HER FATTY Almost unhelitvkf Lm ?t.. - poMtbte for most overweight people len reduons; method. Whila eating plenty, it is possible to take off as mucf m thra to five unsightly pounds a week No, exercise, no starvation diet, no reducing re-ducing drugs or cathartic! are necessaTv for those who seek to regain a graceful youthful figure, In fact, the Tremett way is so confidently recommended that you may try Tremett without risk-ins risk-ins a dcbbv. Yrtii and t-i j. r - - - j vw. uu (QUI marvel at the exciting improvement jw Fpwance; you must get the rasulta you seek in 30 days, or your monev wiu oe retunded (b full. Easy-to-follow directions with every package Aak for Tremett at : Walgreen 's and druggists everywhere. Copr. 1945. Oxford Products. Inc , (Adv.) iter 7 t: hi ssv Hf : WXSPj I f Si ' p - v ' Trial of Farmer Set In Chaining Of Juvenile Boys , ... ;. Date of th Third Juvenile court trial of Earl Dalley, 48, Springvflle farmer; charged with chaining his two .foster children in the basement of the family home, has been set fori Aug. 29, Juvenile Judge Dean E. Terry. rTovo, reported Saturday. Although Dalley pleaded guilty when arraigned in the juvenile court over a week ago on the charge, he changed his plea to innocent when brought, into the court for sentencing. His wife, Mrs. Tnora Dalley, pleaded not guilty, when arraigned and her case is expected to be handled at the same time, it was reported.' Mr. Daley is - charged with chaining his two foster children, Neil Smith, 11, and Jimmy Hart, 14, to a plumbing pipe in the basement with a 15-foot chain. The Smith boy was found chained to the pipe by Theron S. Hall, Springville, Utah county sheriff, after he received a call from Bus Childs, a neighbor, who heard the boy's cry for help. The Hart boy, it was revealed, had been chained the previous night. Utahn Interviewed On Riviera Program Pfc, Rayond O. Davis, of Orem, was interviewed on the radio program, pro-gram, "Heroes of the War" one week ago, in a broadcast from the Riviera, France. Husband of Mrs. LaRee Raw-lings Raw-lings Da vis (, Pfc. Davis has been in the army three and a half years, and overseas one and a half years. In the European theater of operations, he has participated in France, Belgium and Germany, and is now on leave at the romantic roman-tic Riviera. He is originally from Salem. Provo Youth On Duty in Wiesbaden Pfc. j Robert E. Davis of 358 Wesf ecpnd South, who is on patrol, duty in Wiesbaden, Germany, Ger-many, soent a busy day off, July V? g 4th. The soldier, a son of Mr. J and Mrs. Rual , Davis, was cnosen to par ticipate in races, track and boxing events for the enter- tainment flf troops in that area on Inde pendence day. One of four sons in service. Pfc. Davis' br o t h e r s are Pfc, Davis Ariel R. Davis, electrician's mate 1-c with the navy" in the Pacific; Myron D. Da vis, aerial machinist's mate 1-c, in Iowa, at present, having previously prev-iously spent 27 months overseas. and George A. Davis, carpenter's mate 2-C, now in the Pacific. Robert B. Burns Succumbs at Home Robert Buckner Burns, two- year-old son of Robert Roderick and Zella Buckner Burns, died Friday at the home of his par ents, Bex 783 Route 2, Provo, of pneumonia. The little boy was born Sept. 25, 1948, in Provo. He is survived sur-vived by his parents; two sisters, sis-ters, Carolyn and Marian LaVae Burns; and. grandparents Mrs. Anna Buckner, Grand View; and Mark Burns, El Cerrito, Cal. Friends may call at the Claud-in Claud-in Funeral home Monday, and at the home of Mrs. Anna Buckner, Rout 2 Box 765, Carterville road, Tuesday prior to service which 1 r L 100 ALL WOOL PILE RUGS Here is a good selection of m e d i u m - priced; real wool-faced rugs, all in the popular 9x12 size Unusually attractive patterns in a pleasing variety of colors predominate. GO TO YOUR NEAREST DTR STORE AND SEE THEM Ask for a FREE COPY of the Bigelow Weaver's Thumbnail Decorator and Room Planner All the basic decorating rules are given in their simplest, easiest form, explained by diagrams dia-grams and sketches. YOU LEARN HOW TO PLAN A ROOM, step by step, front start to finish. With the room planner, its graph paper and furniture cut-outs, you can settle your room arrangements, test your color schemes, and make your plans complete. DTR First Polio Case Reported In Utah at S. r. Utah county's first polio case of the summer was reported Saturday Sat-urday by the Provo public health office, when It was learned that a 2H-vear-old Snanjsii tor cnuq hand been strtcKen who uie dis ease. The child Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Black, Spanish Fork, according ac-cording to health authorities. The case has definitely been diagnosed as infantile paralysis py attending pnyslciana. Mrs. Carol B. Raile, Provo health nurse, said it was the first case of polio to- be reported since early last spring, when two cases were reported. Utah county was nartiularlv hard hit- durins the severe epidemic during the sum mer Of 1843. Wounded Soldier Provo Resident T5 William T. Reese, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Thomas Reese, Provo, Pro-vo, was wounded on Okinawa June 231 A veteran of the Aleutian, Marshall, Mar-shall, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa Oki-nawa campaigns, he entered the service Jan. 24, 1941. He has served serv-ed overseas for almost three years. Awaiting further word in addition ad-dition to his parents are a brother, broth-er, Robert W. Reese, Provo, and four sisters, Mrs. Charles A. Thomas, and Mrs. E. J. McPolin, Park City; Mrs. Arvel McAffee, Hebert City, and Mrs. J. A. Giau-que, Giau-que, Jr., Salt Lake City. will begin at 2 p. m. in the Grand View ward 6hapel. Bishop C. Rodney Kimball will conduct the funeral services after which interment in-terment will take place in the Provo City Burial Park. County Jest Arrived! Factory Shipment 100 9x12 AXMINSTER RUGS Former Resident Of Utah Dies Funeral services for Mrsi May Walters Nielsen, formerly of Pleasant Grove, who died in San Gabriel, CaL, were t conouctea Saturday. Burial took place in the San Gabriel cemetery, according to word received by Mrt .L E. Eggertson, a sister-in-law. - Mrs. Nielsen was born in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. She made her home in Utah for many years, while Mr. Nielsen was ensaeed in educa tional work in Tooele and Amer ican Fork. 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