Reserves Give Blood for
Fighting Men in Korea
Tonlsht reserves a a -
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rorces will De donating blood
to send to the men fighting In
Korea, some of whom were pro
bably buddies of iome of the re
servist when they were on ac
tive duty.
The Red Cross bloodmobile is
to be at the Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve training center
from S p.m. to 10 p.m. While
reserves are expected to be the
main donors, it is not restricted
to them, for civilian donors will
be welcomed. The important
thing is that ample blood be
given.
Many Salem people this week
learned of the Armed Forces use
of that blood from a Navy medi
cal man who during World War
II had commanded an amphib
ious hospital ship, equipped with
a complete floating blood bank.
Blood however, In those days,
did not come from donors in the
. States but from other service
men. The visitar, Capt. J. L. Chap
man, assistant district medical
. officer for the 13th Naval dis
trict, said the Red Cross had been
designated by the defense de
partment as the official collec
tion agency for blood, and had
both the civilian collection and
military collection. For that
used by the military the Red
uross receives six dollars plus
per pint to help defray collection
costs.
After the blood used by the
. armed forces is collected it is
immediately taken to Travis Air
Force base near San Francisco
and from there is flown by mil
itary transport planes directly i
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and continues on its way, stop-'
Ping at Guam en route to Tokyo.
uie Army nas its blood
bank, reaulrina iknii ao u.
In all for transportation.
Considering the fact blood re
mains staple from 21 to 28 days,
it arrives in TnW t u
There the blood is allocated to
nospitais ana Hospital shops.
Capt. Chapman tatri the Mn
program was actively used in
the Korean situation, with the
plasma used on the Hunn-.H
pusiuons. uTom tnere the
wounded are evacuated, via hell
copter, to a hospital ship, which
has the whole blood.
Only type "O" blood is shimed
overseas. Other types are proc
essed into plasma and other
components, one of which is
gamma Elobulin. used nrlnr-lnnl-
ly for prevention and to a de
gree for cure of communicable
diseases, such as polio, measles,
mumps and infectious laundice.
The latter, it is estimated, has
cut child mortality by SO per
ceni.
A hospitalized serviceman
who has reauireit hlnnH tinni.
fusions will need nine pints be-
tore he is released, the captain
said.
Stressing the importance of
the blood program to men in
combat, Capt. Chapman noted
that in World War I. when there
was no blood program, the cas
ualty rate was 10 out of every
100 men reaching the hospitals.
In World War II there was an
active blood program and the
mortality rate was reduced to
4.5 men out of every 100, while
in the Korean incident it has
been cut still further to 2.6 cas
ualties in every 100.
Asked about hi hospital ship,
uie uss 1ST 484. which be com
manded in 1944 for about 12
months, the navy doctor said
that it had been converted from
a tank, troop and military supply
ship into a complete amphibious
nospital ship.
The ship took part in six dif
ferent landings, going in with
either the third or fourth wave.
Patients were mostly army men
though they did care for navy
personnel and some Marine ill
ers.
The LST 464 had a 175-bed ca
pacity, plus 130 ambulatory
(walking) patients, bad two sur
geries, a laboratory, x-ray and
dressing stations.
There were 12 medical officers
each a specialist, two surgeons
and 65 corpsmen. Included in the
medical staff were an internist,
pathologist, dermatologist, aenes
thetist, orthopedist, dentist, psy
chologist ana an eye ana ear spe
cialist. Later when the blood
bank was added a haemotologist
was added to the medical staff.
Mass Easfer Egg
Hunt at Lebanon
Lebanon A mass Easter egg
hunt for local children is be
ing planned by the Lebanon
junior chamber of commerce,
President Jack Wentworth announced.
The event will be held on the
high school campus Easter day
at 1 p.m. Children five years
old and younger will have first
chance at the eggs.
In order to swell the egg col
lection for the hunt the down
town theaters plan a special
matinee on April 4 with two
colored eggs as the price of admission.
Singapore, one of the world's
great ports, was developed from
an unhealthy and sparsely pop
ulated island.
BPA Contracts
Awarded Here
Contract for construction of
the Salem and Prospect Hill mi
crowave radio stations for the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion, and the Salem remote radio
station, was awarded yesterday
to the Electric company of Port
Angeles, Wash.
The company's low bid was
$31,003
T. B. Trees, project engineer,
will be in charge of the construe
tion for Salem and Prospect
Hill.
At the same time contract for
the construction of the West
Portland and Oregon City micro
wave radio stations approved by
Secretary of . Interior Douglas
McKay, was awarded to Charles
R. Schmiedeskamp, Portland, on
his low bid of $30,995.
Project Engineer A. A. Hlse-
rote will be in charge of the
construction at West Portland
and Oregon City.
Upon completion, these sta
tions will constitute the micro
wave link between BPA'i J. D.
Ross substation at Vancouver
and the J. P. Alvey substation at
Eugene and provide more effi
cient control of power transmis
sion from the Columbia river
plants to the rapidly expanding
load centers In the Willamette
valley,
Kellenberger Heads
Forest Industries
Lebanon Ed Kellenberger,
member of a Linn county pi
oneer family and a life long
resident of Lebanon, was named
president of Western Forest In
dustries association at its an
nual meeting held in Victoria,
B. C. Kellenberfer is owner
of the Kell Lumber company,
and Round Top Logging com
pany in the Sweet Home area.
More than 100 members and
guest attended the association
meeting which Included a tour
by rail, bus and steamship to
Victoria, B. C, where business
sessions were held Saturday,
Salem Students Help
With Freshman Glee
A group of Salem students
attending Willamette univer
sity have been named to help
manage this year's Freshman
Glee, annual music contest to
be held in the gymnasium the
night of March 21.
The assistants, according to
announcement by Vaughn
Blankenship, Riverside, Calif.,
manager, include:
Charmalee Allen, Sonja An
derson, Bonnie Baker, Diane
Bulman, Don Bunse, Marvel
Coleman, Norm Cocking, Gary
Gortmaker, Dorla Herring,
Carol Hewitt, John Rehfus, Au
drey Roblin, Tom Steeves,
Wanda Tanner, Dave Weeks
and Clarene Woolery.
The theme for this year's
Glee will be "Alma Mater."
Each class composes Its own
words and music and the judges
base their decisions upon sev
eral phases of the contest in
cluding formation.
IKE ROMPS WITH KIDDIES
Washington U.R The happy
chatter of small children enliv
ened the dignified halls of the
White House today as President
Eisenhower romped with his
grandchildren for the first time
in months.
Jury Disagrees
In Theft Case
Albany After deliberating
more than s'x hours, the Linn
county circuit court jury that
heard the trial of Alfred Wil
liam Strain, S3, on a grand lar
ceny charge, disagreed end was
discharged.
Strain was accused of having
stolen a metal boom belong
ing to the H. E. Werner Con
struction company which Is
constructing the western unit of
the Albany Interceptor sewer.
Strain was accused of having
taken the boom Jan. 4.
Strain took the stand In his
Tele-fun
by Warren Goodrich
Capital Journal, Salem, Qrt, Thnm, March 12, 18SS a
own defense and his attorney
called as witnesses also W. A.
Matlock, scrap dealer who testi
fied he bought the boom from
persons he did not know; Doy
Gatlin," who testified regarding
the trailer Strain and Charles
McDowell had assertedly rented
"Sorry I didn't answer soon
r. I was following a ferry
boat that turned out to bo an
ocean liner.". . .You won't
miss important calls if yon
always answer your telephone
promptly ...Pacific Telephone.
to haul the boom to Matlock's
junk yard. .,., ,f-.. .. !'
Strain was arrested Jan. It
I He is still in the county Jail. ,
The Amazon river la 400 miles
wide near its mouth.
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