The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18
Connecticut Defense
Weekly Review Highlights State-Wide Confer
 ence of Women Engaged in Defense Activi-. ,@ ties Medical Preparedness Em- .N z. ..s v .phasized in Latest. a 4s.

ing Mrs. Ralph o. Lasbury, IT,, of the State Defense Council in are arrangements for the meeting are Mrs. II. M. Dadourian, Hartford; Mrs. Chester Bowles, Essex: Mrs. Samuel C.. Harvey, New Haven; Miss Eliza beth O. Nickerson. State Department of Health; and Mrs. John R. Brooks Of Bolton.
 '. Medical Services
 pr. George Baehr, chief medical ofncer of the Oftlce of Civilian De- fense, has requested that each local council, wrich has not already done SO, appoint without delay a local chief of emergency medical services. He asks this lin order to expedite the organization of emergency rned- teal services and provide for their effective administrator Dr. Baenr says that the appointee should be an outstanding medical leader and should be selected in consultation with the State Defense Council, the local medical society and the local health officer. To facilitate teh inte- grafton of all local medical resources into 8 comprehensive program for civilian protection, the local chief of emergency medical services should be assisted by a medical advisory council, consisting of the local health officer, an experienced hos- pitai executive and representatives of the local medical society, the lo- cal nursing profession, the Red Cross and any participating voluntary agencies.
 In & radio address Monday night, Commissioner of Aeronautics Thomas H. Lockhart said that the fundamental purpose of the Civil Air Patrol, now being formed, is to organize Connecticuts civilian ayia- ton resources, pilots and planes, so that they can be trained and used in cooperation with both the military and civilian defense forces. On the program with him was Lyman B. Brainard, a member of the State Defense Councils aviation commit tee, who said that civilian pilots, as 6 result of their training in the "Connecticut Wing" were not only going to be better observers and bet- ter navigators, but would learn to read maps accurately and that the training and experience should prove to be an important factor in bring ing greater efficiency and safety to flying.
 < New Controller
 Major Paul A. Larned, controller of the Hartford District warning center, has been called into active military service and Robert B. Cool iige of West Hartford has been appointed to the post of controller.
 First Aid
 The State Defense Council is con- ducting survey of first aid train- ing courses now in progress through out Conencticut. The survey when completed will assist defense and Red Gross authorities in determin- ing the number of instructors who must be trained an order to carry out teh plan of training one in every ten Connecticut citizens in first aid.
 Homes Registration
 About sixty representatives oi Homes Registration ofIices in New England and Eastern New York met in Hartford on Friday to discuss problems of organization and de- velopment Og work in connection with securing living quarters for defense workers and others. Ccnsid- erable discussion centeTed on the HeconditionAng and reconstruction og existing buildings in line with the FedeFal program.
 Town Changes
 L 2. Exolhin1hasn has recently hean appointed chairman ~ tho New <lanaan uefonee caunzii ElleeR4dsns N. N a Rns.