The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-02-25
Who's News
This Week
By
Delos Wheeler Lovelace
Consolidated Features.--wNU Release.

NEW YORK. = Incentives to
L y American girls and women to
join the u. S. Cadet Nurse corps are
less numerous than the blessings
USCNc Chief Has follow them
lnducement That on the battle
Should Fill Ranks FIELDS OF the '
hard-pressed, under-staffed civilian
hospitals. Still, they are numerous
enough: free education In a well
paid profession, a shortened train
ing period, living expenses, spend
ing money while training, a distinc-
tive, insigne, uniforms. But Lucille
Petry, director of the corps, seeking
n, 900 more recruits, offers still an
other inducement. The prospects for
marriage in the nursing profession
are, she points out, excellent.
This corner agrees after view
ing the fetching new uniform.
The petite, erect, gray-haired,
fresh-as-a-daisy Miss Petry is
even prettier in uniform than In
civilian dress. On leave Of alb
sence as dean of Cornell Univer-
sity New York Hospital School
of Nursing, she has been helping
the government since 1871. She
was named director Of the nurse
corps Immediately after its Gre
alton in 1913. Before Cornell she
taught and supervised at the
University of Minnesota.
Earlier there was an immense
amount Of study. Graduating with
honors from the University of Della
ware in 1924, she entered Johns Hop
kins Hospital School of Nursing. Aft
er graduation there she was awarded
a scholarship and took a masters
at Teachers college, Columbia uni
versity.
Daughter of q small town
school principal who believed
that children should accept re-
sponsibility, Miss Petry worked
in dry goods store, a canning
factory and q brokers' Office
while still "the little Petry girl"
IF Lieut.. Gen. Omar Bradley runs
l true to form his maps of coastal
France are being worn thin. He
will lead invading American ground
Not Out for Victory the corning
Through Needless big push,
Blood Sacrifices and ne tries
much of the battle terrain as the
enemy, more if possible. Usually
he hops into a sjeep and looks the
country over, then studies its maps
far into the night. Since he can't
very well tool a jeep through Nazi
defenses beyond the channel the
maps must do double duty.
Fifty-one, Bradley is a Mis-
sOurian who has made his way
in the army against the handi-
cap Of singular modesty. Be-
fore this war started he was
notable as one Of the army's
crack rifle shots, one of its best
mathematician, probably the
best commandant ever in charge
of the Officers Candidate school
at Fl. Benning, and a tactician
who usually did a little better
In maneuvers than his opponent.
When he took over in General
Patt0n's wake in North Africa
only the army found his name a
familiar one. His score at CAT
sa, Hill 500, Mateur and Bizerte
turned the international spot
light on him.
Bradley's military books are dog
cared from much reading but for
fun he likes detective stories. He
likes also to talk with his soldiers.
And above all he dislikes the rec
ords of such generals as that
Frenchman who, in the last great
war, was said to butcher his divi-
sions to gain victory.
W HEN historians turn to the ex-
w citing story of this era they will
note the use of special ENJOYS as
characteristic of the long admins
vu - ~, tration of
'Oene' va the second
Sea Dog Who Is Roosevelt.
AnAdroif DiDlon,of Now it is
Envoy w. A.
Glassford who performs the very
special task of laying American aims
and plans before the obstreperous
Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
william A. Glassford Jr. is a
vice admiral in the navy, and it
Is common practice to look upon
all our admirals as bluff old sea-
dogs but among them is included
a handful of def diplomats. The