Show NEWS THIS WEEK WEE by LEMUEL F PARTON consolidated feature Fea tur servi serviced Ser cei NEW YORK back in the days of toothpick shoes peg top pants the guards back play and label heads in newspapers a young man was DI i i blocked channel drummed to with hobson he tame fame in a now modest 14 4 clears clear em va point cap italic headline but a line which w was a s quite a splash in those days it was heroism of cadet powell young joseph wright powell not long out of annapolis had commanded the little stearn steam launch that tagged into the channel of santiago harbor the collier merrimac sunk sank by richmond person hobson bobson to block the escape of the spanish fleet the launch attracted heavy fire from the shore forts as cadet powell searched for hobson and his men and its commander was highly praised for his skill and courage he went back to oswego N Y married a home town girl and swung into an illustrious career in and out of the navy four decades later joseph wright powell special assistant to secretary knox is busy not obstructing but clearing a channel as he helps bring through this swarm of novel little sea otter freighters to get food and war gear to england he is a director of the newly organized government sponsored company which will rush construction on the revolutionary little ships his participation linked with that forgotten headline gave to this department at least a sense of f historic continuity in our common enterprise at a moment of great particularization and controversy participating and continuous as the life insurance policies say mr wright has long been one of americas leading naval architects and shipbuilders ship builders having taken a postgraduate post graduate study in naval architecture after his graduation from annapolis under captain hobson before their service on the flagship new york fork he continued these studies at the university of glasgow and was assistant naval constructor until 1906 when he withdrew from the navy to take up his shipbuilding career with cramps shipbuilding corporation he was president of the emergency fleet corporation in 1921 and 1922 WHO HO is the highest ranking woman officer in the united states army come come what you give up the TI r Is i on quiz well the an take two dollars awer is maor jor julia a 0 try for far four flikke su s perin of the army nurse corps at a time when the corps membership is mounting toward with new members being e i ng ligen widely recruited and di diligently t aly trained to gain the goal of set for next june the peak of the corps members ship in the world war was under the active and experienced command of major flikke the base is being broadened for even a larger membership to meet the requirements of our expanding army from her native veroqua wis she went to chicago married was suddenly left a widow and prepared herself for nursing at the gustana augustama Au hospital in chicago after a postgraduate post graduate course in nursing education and administration at columbia she returned to Au gustana and became assistant superintendent she joined the army in the world war and served a year in france a year in china and a year in the philippines she was with the walter reed hospital in washington for 12 years succeeding maj julia C stimson as superintendent of the corps on may 29 1937 officers of the nurse corps have u rank somewhat comparable to male officers they can order the larrest arrest of a recalcitrant soldier but their pay is less and they them are car I 1 ried as singles that is they are provided no allowances or pensions for their families |