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tOHER PILOT WHO SAVED MANY LIVES
TRAINING OTHEOS FOR MERCY MISSIONS
FORT SILL, Okla.—An Army heli
copter pilot, who evacuated 900
wounded soldiers from the combat i
zone during the Korean war, now is
training other fliers in this life-sav
ing technique at the Army Aviation
School here.
Captain William P. Brake, 29, of
(943 Mistletoe) San Antonio, Texas,
flew 587 missions in his little H-13
helicopter to establish the evacuation
record. Often he found himself un
der direct fire from Chinese Commun
ists while carrying out his mercy mis
sions. However, none of the enemy
bullets ever found its target. He made
forced landings only eight times, com
ing down safely on each occasion.
Four hundred and 15 wounded sol
diers were nicked up by Brake within
250 to 300 yards of enemy positions—
an easy reach for a rifle or a machine
pun —and flown to forward Mobile
Army Surgical Hospitals. He evac
uated 485 from MASH units to rear
area evacuation hospitals during his
14 months in Korea.
“Unquestionably our helicopters
have saved a lot of lives,” said Brake.
“Our company (the 49th Helicopter
Ambulance Company) was operating
four H-13’s and for awhile we also'
had an H-19 (Sikorsky). All the pi
lots were as busy as I was.”
Most wounded soldiers were eager
to sit beside him in the helicopter or
ride in one of the two litters carried
on the skids.
Brake, who said only 15 of the
wounded soldiers he evacuated were
dead on arrival at a MASH unit, was
called upon six times to fly night
evacuation missions.
“We’d know about where we were
going,” he said, “and the platoon
leaders would guide us in with flash
lights or jeep lights.”
Asked whether he got lost on many :
occasions. Brake ran a suntanned |
hand through his prematurely gray I
hair, smiled, and said: I
“Only once, and that was my own
fault. I got my co-ordinates mixed
up and suddenly found myself 3,000
yards behind the Chinese lines. They
threw everything at me but the kitch
en sink, but I found myself a river
and flew down it—about three feet
above the water —until I got back be
hind my own lines. The Chinese were
lousy shots or they’d have had me.”
Brake now is assigned as an in
structor at the Army Aviation School
at Fort Sill, Okla., where he learned i
to fly the Army’s light fixed wing air-1
craft in 1948 and where he got his!
helicopter license in 1950.
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Raising puppies in shady, moist
kennels with limited exposeure to the
sun may be disastrous if parasite-in
fected dogs have occupied the quar
ters. Pups can pick up ascarid and
hookworm infections from the day
they are born. These infections may
become so serious in two or three
weeks that blood transfusions may be
needed to save them.
Veterinary medical authorities re
port that cats can get leukemia, a can
cer of the blood. Recently a seven
year-old male house cat was proved
by blood tests to be suffering from a
type of leukemia. The cat had been
ill, listless and losing weight for sev- j
eral weeks. This is believed to be the j
first case of its kind on record.
Veterinary research has demonstrat
ed that a combination of canine dis
temper and infectious hepatitis in
dogs produces a much more severe
'type of illness than either disease
alone. The occurrence of the two di
seases at the same time in dogs is not
uncommon.
Studies made in connection with the
recent mass immunization of dogs
against rabies in St. Louis, Mo., indi
cated that such a program has great
er value in eradicating rabies than
sporadic inoculations of small num
bers of dogs over an extended period.
The mass immunization drive was
started to control a serious rabies
outbreak in the Missouri metropolis.
The problem of eliminating whip
i worms from dogs may depend on
early recognition of the condition.
Veterinary medical authorities say
the infestation can usually be elimi
nated if proper treatment is started
in time.
Glaucoma, a painful eye disease,
with increased internal eye pressure,
is difficult to distinguish from other ';
eye conditions at times. Proper diag- |
nosis is necessary to prevent the j
wrong treatment, which could do ir- '
reparable damage.
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Within ten days last May and June these four children of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph H. Hartley were stricken by polio at their farm home near
Hudson, N. C. All except one were placed in iron lungs when they
arrived at Aeheville Orthopedic Hospital where March of Dimes funda
paid for care for all four. Five-year-old Beth Hartley was stricken
first. Then Mary Sue, 7; Doris Kay, 10, and Peggy Ann, 12. This,
year's March of Dimes will be held during the entire month of January*
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1. The new Secretary General of
the United Nations, elected unani
mously by the General Assembly,
is Sweden’s
2. The U. S. delegate appointed by
President Eisenhower to replace Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt on the UN Hu
man Rights Commission is .
3. The former Republican Senator
who heads the U. S. delegation to the
United Nations is .
4. The newly-appointed director of
UNESCA is former Librarian of Con
gress .
UN PLACES
i 5. A new tourist attraction in the
world’s largest metropolis now draws
j more visitors per day than any of the
showplaces for which the city is not
ed. People from every corner of the
I world rub shoulders as they gaze with
pride at the beautiful buildings, spa
cious lawns and impressive meeting ,
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rooms. The place which draws t>o
many visitors is .
6. Both India and Pakistan lay
claim to a territory bordering on the
two nations. For a while, the dispute
threatened to break into war. But
UN intervention helped return the is
sue to the conference tables where it
is gradually being settled without
bloodshed. The name of the disputed
territory is .
7. In the midst of war-torn Korea,
United Nations and Communist nego
tiators met on two bits of neutral
ground to work out an armistice.
These neutral cities are 1
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8. In 1948 a new democratic state
was established in the Middle East.
Today, the new country is an oasis of
culture and scientific progress. This
country which owes its existence to
the United Nations is •
9. In 1946, Russian troops were sta
tioned as a bordering country, and
the Kremlin refused to recall them.
Several western powers were pledged
to protect the sovereignity of the
smaller state. UN intervention avert
ed a conflict and effected the peace
ful withdrawal of Russian troops
from •
UN AT WORK
Which division or specialized agen
cy of the United Nations might be
called upon to act in eac?’ of the fol
lowing situations?
10. An epidemic of cholera is report
ed in a certain part of the world.
11. A drought, coupled with old
fashioned farming methods, threatens
to wipe out the major food crop in a
given area.
12. A high rate of illiteracy plagues
I a certain country, which cannot meet
the educational needs of its people un
aided.
13. One nation charges another with
armed aggression.
14. An under-developed nation needs
a loan to speed industrial develop
ment.
15. Tense border incidents between,
two countries threaten to erupt into!
full-fledged conflict.
16. Newly-developed safety measures
are needed to reduce the dangers of.
overseas passenger flights.
17. A recently-discovered wonder
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sease raging in Asia and Africa.
18. Child victims of war, famine and
disease in many lands need immediate
supplies of food, clothing and medi
cine.
ANSWERS
1. Dag Hammarskjold
2. Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
3. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
4. Luther H. Evans
5. UN Headquarters in New York
City
6. Kashmir
7. Kaesong and Panmunjon
8. Israel
9. Iran
10. World Health Orgai. Bon
(WHO)
11. Food and Agriculture Organiza
tion (FAO)
12. United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organiza
tion (UNESCO)
13. Security Council
14. International Bank of Recon
struction and Development.
15. Security Council
16. International Civil Aviation Or
ganization (ICAO)
17. World Health Organization
(WHO)
18. United Nations International
Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF)
METHODIST SOCIETY MEETING
! The Woman’s Society of Christian
) Service of the Methodist Church will
meet Wednesday night, January 13, at
7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. E.
IL. Ward. Mrs. G. A. Helms, presi
dent, urges all members to attend.