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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1944)
Ilimmlcr Reads Hitler Proclamation This German photo serviced by the Swedish picture foncy Pressons Bild was captioned as ' Heinrich Himmler reading Hitler's proclamation Nov. 12 at Munich at the postponed observance of the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch." Seated at left is Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. (AP wirephoto via radio from Stockholm.) Ernie Pyle Tells About Trip Home on Hospital Ship By Ernie. Pyle (Distributed by United FreiM This little piece comes more in the blood-bank category than in the bond-buying one, yet if you'll apply it to your bond buying, it may help save a great deal of blood. This fall I came home from France on a ship that car ried 1000 of our wounded American . soldiers. About a fourth of them were terribly wounded stretcher cases. The rest were up and about. These others could walk, though amoig the walking were many legs and arms missing, many eyes that could not see. Well, there was one hospital ize! soldier who was near death on this trip. He was wounded internally, and the army doctors were trying desperately to keep him alive until we got to America. . They operated sev eral times, and they kept pour ing plasma and whole blood into him constantly, until they ran out of whole blood. I happened to be in the head doctor's cabin at noon one day whten he was talking about this boy. He said he had his other doctors at that moment going around the ship typing blood specimens from several of the ship's officers, and from un wounded army and navy offi cers aboard. They were doing it almost surreptitiously, for they didn't want it to get out that they needed blood. And why didn't they want it to get out? Because if it had, there would have been a stam pede to the hospital ward by the other wounded men, offer ing their blood to this dying comrade. 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If they, who had already giv en so much were willing to give even more for their fellowmen, isn't a stampede to the bond counter the least we can do for those fellowmen still fighting An average of 12,500 ships annually passed through the "New Waterway," the famous Dutch canal linking Rotterdam with tlje North Sea. IPrinnle Club Has Carnival Pringle The Pringle com munity club carnival at the ' schoolhouse for the purpose of replenishing the kitchen and hot lunch fund, was pronounced Saturday a complete success by Ed Kottek, president of the Community club. Much credit was given to members of the Salem Retail Trade Bureau in donating mer chandise as carnival prizes, the members of the community who assisted through contributing time and items (ranging from a 14-pound turkey from J. L. Fenley. to hot dish holders) and the teachers and children of Pringle school. Proceeds of the evening amounted to over $280, and will enable the board to proceed with the completion of the kitchen unit, which was start ed last year through the joint efforts of the school board and Community club. Bids arc be ing taken for wiring and plumb ing, after which will be the matter of securing an elcclric range. Mrs. Toni Luvich has been engaged as cook, and it is hoped to begin serving lunches, at a cost of around 12 cents per student, immediately after the Christmas vacation. . The committee was Mrs. James Adams, chairman: Mar garet Wiley, Mrs. Al Ellison, Mrs. Warren Callaway and Mrs. Carl Bartrutf. Logging Congress Shifts to Seaside Portland, Ore., Nov. 21 l-l' The 1945 meeting of the Pa cific logging congress, originally scheduled for Portland January 10, 11 and 12. has been shifted to Schsidc. Ore.. A. fWisnant, secretary, announced here to day. There will be no change in dates. The meeting, which will bring together approximately 1000 logging superintendents and en gineers of the western states and British Columbia, was transfer red alter a request that large meetings be not held in con gested production areas on the west coast until after the war. S u n n y s i d e Neighboring communities are invited to at tend a course in home nursing, sponsored by the Friendly Hour club. For a group of 15 persons an instructor can be obtained to hold meetings at Sunnyside. Classes to meet once a week for a period of 12 weeks. Mrs. Dudley Taylor in charge of registration. Cigarette Sales at Exchange Stopped London, Nov.. 21 tPT Sale of cigarettes is to be discontinued immediately at all U. S. army post exchanges in England with the exception of those at air force combat stations. A critical shortage for use of combat forces on the continent caused the shutdown on sales, i the army said. English brands cost about fifty cents for a pack age of 20. Hospital patients, replace ments and combat personnel in rest areas still will be able to smoke their favorite brands from the States. Cnpitnl .Timrnnl. Salem, Oregon, Tuvsriuy, Nov. 21, 1941 7 arettes has been diverted, by one means or another, into the black market. Vendors ped dled American cigarettes at SI. SO a pack two weeks ago to war-wealthy Parisians. Now since they have boosted the price to $4. they're still getting more orders than they can fill Officers in the Paris and rear areas were put on reduced cis aretle rations last week and enlisted men got none. Thq, scarcity here, is linked to sup-i ply and transport problems con nectcd with the offensive. They expected troops in the rear area tn get cigarettes next week. Nothing could be Si unvr man cr Paris. Nov. 21 iP' Soldiers and officers in Paris and many other rear areas were told Mon day they could get no cigarettes, although the black market has them at S4 per pack. Combat troops at the front recently were on short supply, but now they have plenty. A large amount of army eig- in the 4-oz. Family Jar PASTE SHOE POLISH i 1 1 i rn el mr I WMF WTO JUICE i ml A hatter , d7a difference. HOURS! 8 39 it ff 5 39 ' OfittcoCX BLDGT-' I WATERS-ADOLPH STATE ft COMMERCIAL .i.1WIJ.IiJII.'l,tMlill,IJJHl illi AT BOTTOM OF POO (jl 1 Before the war, the people of Europe consumed 30 gallons of petroleum products per capita each year. How much do you think the American people consumed? The largest single oil company in the U.S. does less than 13 of the nation's oil business. How many oil companies would you guess there are in this country altogether? Crc Out 87 946 n 8,267 Last year, Union Oil Company made ciiuk Om a net profit of $7,269,199-6 6 on business $ 231.69 done for the year. How much did this av- $ 2,356.22 erage per stockholder-owner? $15,632.41 Everyone who works at Union Oil Chrd o has to have"too!s"-a desk.a tank tmck $ 946 or perhaps even a $6,000,000 refining $ 4,251 unit. How much do you think equip- $39,504 ment costs will average per employee? S It costs anywhere from $95,000 to deck One $230,000 to prospect for oil in a single 1 in 2 unproved area. What are your chances 1 in 3 of actually gelling oil after all this? 1 in 12 l'X--rS-!,--,,1 n- J,. WZt-'"?i 6 ! y" p In Rome before (lie war gasoline cost 81c a gallon. In Berlin it was 59c; in London 31c; in War saw 40c. World average was 33.7c. U. S. average ISVac What caused the difference? U.S. Govt, r-, Regulation ! ' Check Out Competition between U.S. Companies i Foreign Govt. . . Resulation I ' Last year Union Oil took in $1 10,000,000 from the sale of its products. $'1,500,000 went to the stock holders as dividends. How much went to the employ ees as wages? 6 million Clirrk Our 15' 2 million : 'i million ANSWERS 1 427 gallons firr capita, per year. The daily life of the average American is just about 14 times as mechanized as the average Euro pean's. Even during peacetime, it takes more than million Amer ican working full time in the oil industry to keep the machines of the other 129 million fueled and lubricated. 2 There art8.267 individual oil rompc.nits in the V. S. For their work of finding, drilling, processing and transporting petroleum prod ucts to you they average about 810ths of a cent profit per gallon. 3 $7,269,109 looks like a lot of money, but it was divided among a lot of people-31,375. So net profits averaged just $231.69 per stockholder-owner. 4 S.'19,r04-That's why, in some industries today, you have to pool the money of a lot of people under legal agrrtments known as cor porations. Very few individuals could finance the "tools" of heavy industry, 5 1 in 12 -But by dividing this risk among a lot of people, as Union does '(230,00031,375 stockholders -S7.33 per owner J, we have enough capital to keep going until we find oil. W Competition. No nation in the world lias had as many oil com panies (8,267) competing for the business. No nanon Ims had less governmental control of the industry. As a result, tin: ust of "reg ular" gasoline to ou (f-x lusive f taxe-0 dropped fmm :."A7c ppr gallon in 1020 to 13' c in And the quality (IimUd from 52 oc tane to 78. 7 2-1'j million -Union Oil employee zn approMinately ?.?1 in wages for eveiy $1.00 that went to the stoi khukltrs. COPYRIGHT, 1914, UNION OIL COMPANY OP CALIFORNIA union OIL COMPANY OF CAMFORNIA Tiiisscrics, sponsored by Hie people of Union Oil Company, is dcditvlcd to a discussion of how and why American business functions. II V hope you 11 feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you hare to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Illdg', Los Angeles I I, Calif. AMiRICA'S FIFTH FREEDOM IS FREE ENTERPRISI
