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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER Hotel Caters Exclusively to Servicemen and Their Families 'J1 w MacArthur Follows New Landings of ' es Eyst s vv s , vV-- e Tr, s.w ' One of the most unusual hotels in the nation is located in Washington, D. C., where, despite nightly sellouts, accommodations are provided far below OPA ceiling prices! It is the United Nations Service Center, formerly the Capitol Park hotel, now under the exclusive management of the Recreation Services of the War Hospitality committee. The only hotel In the United States taken over completely for this purpose, it is perhaps the largest Canteen in the world for servicemen of all the United Nations, and is operated as a voluntary community project along modern health and sanitation lines. The United Nations Service center has everything from its own newspaper, Flags Abreast, to a free nursery for children of traveling servicemen. Washington, D. C., is such a hub for the armed services that the Canteen, despite the hotels size, was forced to take over an adjoining school house, converting it into room for 345 more beds, a total of 570 available sleeping accommodations nightly. The huge center was officially opened October 27, 1943, and there has been a virtual sell-oof accommodations since. It is the only Canteen that accepts the wives and families of servicemen, as well as those In uniform. No reservations are accepted first come, first served. This is true of both officers and enlisted men. Just recently, the 1,000,000th visiting serviceman was honored. He was Petty Officer 3c Stanley Wicklund, of Boston, Mass., stationed at the naval air base, Patuxent River, Md. Has Own Police Force. Actually it looks like the headquarters of the general staff, except that 74 former employees of the Capitol Park hotel are still working there as members of the Canteen staff. Everything that occurs at the Canteen must be approved by the military district of Washington and the Potomac River naval command. A duty is maintained by the Shore Patrol the Canteens own police force! Though much of the Canteens varied accommodations Are free, some services are rendered on a cost basis, which astounds the average ut Typical guests at the Center are Petty Officer 3c Stanley Wicklund of Boston, and his wife. When Wicklund came in the door he was told that serviceman to register at the hotel. The Wick-lund- s he was the are shown resting in a corner of the nursery, where they have put Bobby, to bed. th seven-months-o- ld to d Washington civilian. This is true of nursery chairman, is a and children traveling laundry service, clothes dryers, mothers washing machines, valet shops, bar- through Washington. ber shops and the impressive cafeEmploying two registered nurses on an eight-hou- r shift each, and one terias. The cafeterias are tremendous child educator or psychologist, the projects in themselves. There are nursery operates 24 hours a day. two one each for officers and en- There are 60 volunteers in this delisted men. Miss Rochelle Z. Ken- partment alone, all having passed an dall of Dallas, Texas, is the Can- intensive course in child care before teens food expert and nutritionist. acceptance. Since its opening, 2,568 Pointing out that the tnost modern children have been cared for, with and sanitary methods of food cater- the average between 9 and 12 months ing had been employed there, she of age. The youngest guest of. the infant! said: Every governmental stress nursery was a But most unusual is the nurserys on basic, nutritious foods has been observed by us, as has the general Baby Ferry Command. This is a governmental theme of utmost sani- group of uniformed AWVS women tation during this wartime crisis. We who rcJam the citys Union station a have, for example, employed single- block away, and route weary mothservice paper eating and drinking ers and children to the Canteen. utensils almost exclusively, in place Should a child or mother be ill, both of obsolete and sanitarily inadequate army and navy dispensaries in the dishwashing equipment, thus avoid- city are on call for emergencies. Apparently nothing has been left ing the possible danger of transmish to chance in this greatest of all sion of disease from via poorly washed common eating Canteens. It is a mighty institution and drinking utensils. More than that has grown out of this war, and is a living testimonial cf the home 50,000 paper cups weekly are used. d to Mothers. fronts contribution to the war efNursery Is The free nursery at the Canteen, fort in general, and to the serviceaccording to Mrs. Luther Gulick, the man and his family in particular. God-sen- Become Seamen In Six Months right fellows. Line up on either side of the walk and open up your gear for inspec-.tioAll n. No knives, guns, eras or radios permitted aboard the base. Outdoor steering trainers are used to teach apprentice seamen the proper method of standing a Wheel watch, relieving the helmsman, and following a course. The trainers are circular metal platforms floating in concrete basins. They are equipped with a ships wheel, binnacle, and compass. As the trainee turns the wheel in accordance with directions of the instructor, the platform ro- tates. purser-hospit- 50-m- line-throwi- topics are kept in view on classroom bulkheads. Completing four weeks of boot training, the new recruits move into work week. A variety of duty including kp is assigned each individual to teach discipline and to attend to necessary station tasks. Next the apprentice is ready to move into the course of advanced instruction for which his preference and tested capabilities qualify him. Deck trainees, at the end of their training, receive three final weeks of practical duty aboard one of the U. S. Maritime Service training ships which operate on Long Island sound and Chesapeake bay. Ashore they use ingenious equipment to learn. In one of the large indoor buildings a mockup of a complete ships bridge is constructed so that men may see the equipment and understand the Engine trainees receive instruction in a, wide variety of technical subjects in addition to continuing courses in boats, gunnery, physical training and swimming. In the station powerhouse which provides steam for cooking and heating, a Liberty ship engine is installed. inter-relatio- n. Men for the cooks and bakprs schools are selected after a series of special examinations. In addition to standard seamanship courses these men learn butchering, cooking and, baking. They are provided with two Liberty ship galleys and two Victory ship galleys exact to the final pot and pan. Fifty men are admitted to the Maritime Service hospital corps school each week, selected by competitive examination. Trained to double as pursers and hospital corp-me- n aboard merchant vessels, this is one of the hardest courses of instruction. The men are not doctors but skilled and competent medical men able to treat ordinary ailments of seamen and, most important, how to utilize most modern medical methods and drugs to keep alive and comfortable a dangerously ill man until the services of a medical officer become available. Founded by a provision of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the U. S. Maritime Service came into being as the training organization for men to man Americas merchant marine. In addition to the Maritime Service which trains both apprentice seamen and men for officers who have had 14 months sea time, the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps trains young for duty in the merchant marine. The pdtent organization, the War Shipping administration, comes under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Maritime Commission. Under recent age limit changes youths 16 to 17 can enroll for merchant seaman training by the U. S. Maritime Service provided they have their parents consent Men between 26 to 35 can still volun-tee- r for all branches of Maritime Service training, provided they se cure a referral card from the U. S. Employment Service. Men up tc 50 years of age can volunteer foi cooks and bakers training only. Expenses of recruits are paid to one of the four major training sta tions of the Maritime Service. Ir addition to a 10,000-mastation at Sheepshead Bay are schools at Hoffman Island, N. Y St. Petersburg, Fla., and Avalon, Calif. Pay during training is $50 per month with increases for the more advanced schools. Uniforms and quarters are furnished trainees. Upon completing training, the men are assigned aboard a merchant vessel to begin Delivering the Goods all over the world. iy s comt Regi dul I mbe ise; call, The I s as i ;h le. ou npet o te e sa tim il in unoi n fui t at Latioi rid ir 10 God-Sen- -- from Nebraska, Indiana, Alabama, Michigan all across the country report in six days a week at U. S. Maritime Service training stations to learn to sail aboard a wartime cargo vessel to Deliver the Goods. For his first few days at Sheepshead Bay, the new trainee is under the supervision of the indoctrination officer. His orientation includes reasons for and proper method of saluting, proper stowing of gear and instructions in rules and regulations of the station. A section instructor section then assigned to each takes over and continues with the newly formed section through the first four weeks of preliminary or boot training. In boot training, the new trainee receives instruction in 20 subjects ranging from gunnery to mental hygiene. He attends classes eight hours a day, five days a week. During his boot period, the new recruit uses a wide variety of training aids. He sees motion pictures, practical demonstrations of fire equipment, breathing devices, breeches buoys and guns. Wall charts on a variety of Vice Presidential Candidates Address LegionJ mouth-to-mout- Land Lubbers Thats the first order boots entering the U. S. Maritime Service training station at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, N. Y., hear when they land at the worlds largest merchant marine training station. Taken in tow by an MA (Master at arms), within 24 hours the new recruits are processed through the station and their equipment issued. From three to six months later these same boots emerge as thoroughly trained merchant seamen, ready to take their place as radio operators, deck or engine seamen, cooks, or assistant corpsmen aboard one of Uncle Sams modem merchant vessels. Recruits Gen. Douglas MacArthur inspects Yank positions (left), after successful invasion by fi, g . Morotai island, which is within 300 miles of the Philippines. Right Leathernecks of the First sion storm ashore with the tenth wave of American landing forces on the beach at Peleliu Isla MacArthur has promised that it will not be long before he and the marines will be landing od the I n Ji he s, beg to n the s th landi My j je ha The Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Harry S. Truman (left), and the Republican) Gov. John W. Bricker (right), addressed the American Legionnaires assembled in Chicago at tbeb convention. Both candidates were given a typical Legion welcome as were high ranking army andi cers who attended the convention along with aces of the present war. 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Oi oq a bed iedia attle t, 'not and Left, trainees practice flaming oil in the aft hold of the S. Sheepshead Bay. Three men the bridge play a stream of water the sides of the hold to cool off the plates and confine the fire. The man in the foreground stands ready with new foam extinguishers. Right, apprentice seamen are shown the use of the breeches buoy, which has saved many sailors from drowning on sinking ships. All other are also methods of taught. - fai on S. on on life-savi- icipii rted tics to tl tifidt P0l m Nearly 20,000 Nazis surrendered at Romorantin, France, to Col. J. It. French, of Fairfax county, Va. Nazi Maj. Gen. Erich Elster surrendered his entire force to the Americans. It was later reported that many of his officers objected, believing that they could fight their way back to their homeland. Many stated that Germany would win the next war. N. Sc"teJ N. Y. was commander Edward bany, Legion ..oTifinn, sueee J1 he t ared fori intra |