RECRUITERS HERE FOR RAILROAD

   The government's attack on the critical railroad manpower shortage gained new impetus today with the announcement that the War department and the War Manpower commission had joined forces to form a special manpower recruiting team to "rout out" every worker in southern Idaho towns.
   The team, composed of two WMC men and one paratroop officer in uniform, will set up recruiting headquarters in the USES office, city hall, Burley, on Friday, August 3.
   W.M.C area director C. M. Link of Boise will be in charge of the team and he will be assisted by. Albert A. Anderson, USES interviewer, Boise, and Lt. Frank B. Thornton, Seattle, formerly of the 508th parachute regiment of the 82nd division and now on convalescent leave from Bushnell general hospital.

Was in European Theatre
 
   Lieutenant Thornton spent 18 months in the European theater of operations and made two combat jumps  before being hit by a German 88 shell which left his left leg "within walking; distance," he says, "but I couldn't-get to it."
   The young paratrooper holds the purple heart with cluster, the bronze star, British combined the theater of operations bar, the President's unit citation bar, and American and European theater ribbons.
   "This Joint recruiting team is in the Burley and Rupert area for one purpose and that is to get manpower for the railroads," said Guy Newman, local USES manager. "This is probably the most serious manpower shortage of the entire war and Idaho's share of this emergency Is 900 workers. I urge the people of Burley and Rupert to respond in this emergency. No matter what your present job, you may be eligible for transfer to a vital railroad job. Come in and see the special recruiting team Friday."

[The Burley Herald, Burley, ID, 02 Aug 1945, Thu, Page 1]