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. Think of that a
stampede of men themselves
badly wounded, wanting to give
em ft r.i
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If they, who had already giv
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even more for their fellowmen,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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'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.
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feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you hare to offer. Write:
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