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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION ""ts Today's Battlefield Victims Get Speedy, Effective Care Blood Plasma, Sulfonamides and Organiza-tion of Medical Services Insure Prompt Treatment of Wounded Men. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. A young reserve officer friend of mine came up to say goodby to me a year and a half ago. He flattered me by asking for my advice before he went into active service. I knew he wanted to see action. He had refused a desk job in Wash-ington. I knew he wanted to do the job and get home to his wife and babies. So I said: "Hope for a light wound and you'll hope for the best." Of course, nobody would try to fol-low such advice but my friend got the wound (and a medal for bravery too) and now he's back in civvies again. He doesn't like what the Jap bullet did to his leg for he'll play no more tennis or handball but his wife has a live, if lame, husband and his chil-dren have1 something beside a pic-ture and a piece of ribbon to call "daddy." When I gave that sage advice, I didn't know how smart I was. "The wounded soldier in this global war, though he is exposed to almost every health hazard known to man, still has a better chance of surviving and returning safely home than ever before," says Maj. Gen. Norman Kirk, surgeon-genera- l of the army. The general gave three reasons: first, the use of blood plasma to avoid shock and hemorrhage; sec-ond, the use of sulfonamides to com-bat infection; and third, the mobility and organization of the . medical services which insure prompt and efficient medical and surgical treat-ment. The Reasons I heard of widespread use of blood plasma first in the Spanish Civil war and imagine much valuable experi-ence was gained from that conflict. We know it was a proving ground for Nazi and Fascist killing and un-doubtedly the Allies profited by the efforts in as well. The. use of sulfa drugs is one of the great blessings which modern chemistry has given us. Recently I stood in one of the plants of the Monsanto Chemical company in St. Louis, Mo., letting the soft, healing powder drip through my fingers. Be-fore me, in a space hardly 25 feet square, was a collection of small kegs containing this wonderful anti-septic. There was enough within my easy reach to serve the whole Sicilian campaign, they told me. Each soldier has his packet and fills his wound with it. It stymies the germs until natural processes anni-hilate them. The mobility of the medical units has been described in many dis-- 4 patches and you have all seen photo graphs of the flying hospitals, the great air transports with their equip-ment and nurses. The wounded are rapidly returned to bases where they get the best of care. Treatment on naval vessels is equally effective. It must be understood that the drugs and the plasma in themselves are not cure-all- They are not even cures in many cases. They are preventatives. They are what you "do with" until the doctor comes more accurately, until you come to the doctor. Surgery is necessary in the cases of most wounds. Capt. W. M. Craig, chief of sur-gery at the Naval Medical center, Bethesda, Md., just outside of Wash-ington, puts it succinctly: "In the last war, when a man's head was cut open by a shell frag-ment," says Captain Craig, "the sur-geon had to operate at once, even though the patient was in such a weakened condition that he hadn't one chance in a hundred to survive the operation. The surgeon had no other choice; he knew if he waited, Infection would set in and that would be the end. In this war it is differ-ent; the patient is given blood plas-ma treatment to build him up, sulfa to check infection, and if his condi-tion permits, he is flown to a hos-pital in the rear where the operation is performed under ideal condi-tions." Short Time Lag In the last war, all wounded had to have a powerful injection, a most painful thing to endure, and nowhere near as effective as modern treat-ment. The army estimates that 80 to 90 per cent of the wounded get first-ai- d treatment within an hour of being wounded. Ships are well equipped, the larger ones as well as a hospital. The man with a not too serious wound, and that is by far the ma-jority of cases (amputations are in-cluded), has a splendid chance for recovery and a resumption of his natural existence in civil life when he is discharged. In two categories this war has been harsher than any preceding. There is a greater proportion oi killed in action to wounded. Also the mental casualties are higher in the present war. Careful efforts have been made tc screen out those showing character-istics indicating they are unable tc stand up under the mental strain of modern- warfare. More might have been held out of service if the psychiatrists had been able to carry out their plans. They would have been able to do so if there had been as thorough an understanding of that branch of medical science as there will be after the war. And because of that fact, more of the mental cases will be restored to normal. The reason for the increased num-ber of mental cases is variously ex-plained: our troops have endured longer periods of offensive action than in the last war; the increased fury of modern warfare; the domi-nation of the machine, and also, tc some degree, the complications oi civilian life which encourage neu-rotic conditions. The science of warfare has moved forward with seven-leagu- e boots. Killing has become a mass produc-tion affair. But along with the char--. iot of Mars, Mercury has advanced on winged feet and the healing arts have progressed to the point where for those who escape the scythe of the grim reaper there is a strong, helping hand along the road back. Crowned Heads Prove Headaches After the last war, some poetically minded writer penned an editorial which had wide circulation entitled: "The Twilight of the Kings." Many a throne had tumbled as a result of that last conflict, names that were written large in history, faded until they were less than memories Hapsburg, Romanoff, not to mention a host of lesser majesties. But some who survived are to-day problems of the United Nations, like plebiscites, famine, frontiers, lend-leas- airways and a thousand other annoying questions that must be settled when peace comes. Of course, kings are not to be shrugged away lightly. Some of America's best friends are kings. But there are crowned heads who are bound to be headaches for the uncrowned brows of the statesmen who have to put the world together again. There is the House of Savoy, for instance. The king of Italy has been a problem; So are Balkan poten-tates in exile or in cahoots with Hit-ler. About King Carol One most romantic monarch who is likewise exceedingly dynamic is Carol of Rumania. Recent-ly, I received a communication from him. It looked like a telegram but it was not that intimate it was mimeographed. It contained a state-ment of some kind, I have forgotten the exact nature of it. But the other day, its source was revealed when a certain publicity or-ganization registered with the de-partment of justice as all organiza-tions representing foreign elements must. It developed that Carol had arranged to try to encourage the good will of Americans by hiring this agent for $35,000 (ten grand down, the rest in easy payments) to express Carol's views, all to be democratic and pro-All- But the interesting implication is that one of the jobs of the press agent is to remove the "ex" from the title " which seems to have attached itself to Madame husband. And there is a roll-bac- k which only the temerity of an American press agent would grapple with! WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS U. S. Forces Advance in South Pacific As New Air, Sea, Land Blows Hit Japs; 1944 Farm Machinery Output Doubled; Germany Stunned by Berlin-Bombin- g (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions ar expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ol this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. - WORLD RELIEF: Big 4 to Cooperate In accordance with the principles of the Big Four pact of Moscow, the U. S., Britain, China and Russia will work together in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation adminis-tration for obtaining supplies for the postwar's needy countries. The U. S., Britain and Russia will in estimating the require-ments of the different European peoples. To get the necessary sup-plies as speedily as possible, It was suggested that raw materials be especially allocated to pre-w- in-dustrial nations with available ma-chinery for manufacturing goods. United Nations not invaded are to contribute 1 per cent of their na-tional income toward a fund for financing relief and rehabilitation operations. Rationing After War Because of prospective demands on U. S. food supplies for feeding SOUTH PACIFIC: Yanks Advance Lett than a week after U. S. forces under Maj. Gen. Holland Smith swarmed onto the shores of the Gilbert islands of Makin, Tara-wa and' Apamama, the stars and stripes floated brarely orer them and most of their 6,000 Japanese defenders lay dead. Even as U. S. forces were mop-ping- up the Gilberts, from which the enemy once menaced Allied supply lines to the southwest Pa-cific, American airmen struck an-other heavy blow at Jap naval otner nations, ra-tioning will not only continue but also may be more se-vere after the war, Secretary of Agri-culture Claude Wick-ar- d told a senate committee. Declaring that the time needed to feed other people will de-termine how long rationing will go on in this country, Wickard said the ' 1 v I severity of the con- - clauae Wickari trol will depend to a great degree on the supplies we have on hand when the war ends. All tillable land out of the 20,000,-00- 0 acres owned by the government should be returned to farming by sale or lease after the war, Wickard said. WORLD BANK: For Reconstruction To join with private capital in re-construction and rehabilitation in the CONGRESS: Ban Subsidies To the senate for approval went a house bill prohibiting payment of subsidies to reduce or maintain re-tail food prices and only allowing their use to stimulate agricultural production. Championed by the administration as a means of keeping living costs down, retail subsidies were attacked in the house as inflationary, in that such savings to consumers only add-ed to their purchasing power, and money borrowed for the purpose in-creased the national debt. The administration is now spend-ing approximately 800 million dol-lars annually on retail .subsidies for meat, butter, milk and other prod-ucts. Under the house bill, subsi-dies would be continued only for domestic vegetable oils, fats and oil seeds. In approving subsidy payments to stimulate production, the house vot-ed to extend the life of the Commod-ity Credit corporation .to June 30, 1945, and maintain its borrowing power at three billion dollars. CCC also was given permission to re-sell at a loss perishable fruits and vegetables bought to support prices. Vote' for Higher Taxes Also to the senate went a house bill providing for 2"A billion dollars in additional taxes, far below the 10 billion dollars requested by Treasury Secretary Henry Morgen-tha- Largest source of new revenue in the bill would be obtained from taxes on goods, such as beer, liquor, jewelry, luggage, bulbs and cosmet-ics, and from services such as tele-phones and telegraphs, amusements, transportation and club dues. Adjustments in individual and cor-porate income taxes would provide substantial revenues, with approxi-mately 600 million dollars being ob-tained from additional levies on business. Local postal rates would be In-creased to three cents and charges would be raised on money orders and special deliveries. EUROPE: Fortress Smoulders With its home front rocked by Berlin's devastation by 1,000 RAF bombers, Germany sought to bol-ster the southeastern flank of her smouldering Fortress Europe by turning to military maneuvers to in-fluence wavering, neutral Turkey. While Berlin's populace dug out of its ruins, Germany was reported moving troops through Sofia, Bul-garia, to the Grecian frontier, n f postwar era, the U. S. treasury has pro-posed a world bank and laid details be-fore congressional committees for study. Announced by the treasury's financial wizard, Harry D. White, the bank not only would help in advancing long term credit for rebuilding the shattered econo-mies of nations, but Maj. Gen. Holland M. T. Smith forces serving their embattled troops on their last Solomons' hold-ing of Bougainville island. Of a force of six Jap destroyers, two were sunk by torpedoes and two more by gunfire by a smaller squadron of U. S. warships. In ground fighting on Bougain-ville, U. S. forces expanded their base of operations under support of heavy artillery barrage and bomb-ing attacks of Mitchells and Ventu-ras. FARM MACHINERY: Doubling Output Rationing of farm machinery will be reduced to 31 types next year as increased raw material allotments will allow the manufacture of almost twice as much equipment as was made in 1942 and about 80 per cent of the 1940 total. Production of re-pair parts will be unrestricted. With sufficient carbon steel avail-able, only uncertainty of supplies of n bearings, malleable castings and forgings is ruffling farm machinery manufacture. As in all mechanical production, bear-ings are the chief bottleneck. Despite the improved outlook for farm machinery, difficulties may arise from the scarcity of hauling vehicles, including trucks, and in ac-quiring replacement tires for trucks now in operation. LIVING COSTS: Up 23 Per Cent While the War Labor board's "Little Steel" formula restricted wage increases to 15 per cent over the January, 1941, level, living costs have risen 23.4 per cent since then, according to figures of the depart-ment of labor. Originally, WLB awards were based on a 15 per cent increase in living costs from January, 1941, to September, 1942. Since September, 1942, however, there has been an-other 5.6 per cent rise, with labor demanding a corresponding reduc-tion in living costs or higher wages to equalize the present condition. Further, labor charged that the government figures on living costs were inaccurate, and the President appointed a special committee to look into the subject. WORKING WOMEN: More Needed With 16 million women already at work, another million' are needed to round out war production de-mands. As of October, only 700,000 people remained unemployed, and with this sharp reduction in the number idle, it has been found necessary to call on women to fill in many jobs, espe-cially in busy war production cen-ters. The extent to which women have been recruited for industry since the armament program got under way can be glimpsed by the fact that only 10,800,000 were working in Octo-ber, 1940. Mm Harry White in some cases it would also guaran-tee repayment of loans made by pri-vate capitalists. U. S. contribution to the bank would amount to 700 million dollars at the start, and possibly 3 billion dollars in all. Great Britain would advance less than a billion dollars, Soviet Russia's share would be sub-stantially lees. RUSSIA: Counter-Punche- s Red armies launched a heavy at-tack on the northern sector of the 1,200 mile Russian front as German Marshal Fritz von Mannstein's troops pecked out new gains in the vicinity of important railroad junc-tions to the west of Kiev. In their drive in the north, the Reds took another step closer to the pre-wa- r Polish border, and pressed against the upper section of the rail-road system constituting the Nazis' last north-sout- h rail link in Russia. After recapturing the rail hub of Zhitomir in a whirlwind comeback, the Nazi attack lost some of its im-petus against stiffening Red resist-ance, and although the Germans beat forward for further gains and spread the scope of their drive north-ward to take in still another section of the rail line previously cut, their pace was slowed by concentrated Russian artillery fire. U. S. SPENDING: Sees Need Special advisor to the board of governors --of the Federal Reserve bank, Economist Alvin H. Hansen proposed annual government ex-penditures at the rate of 15 to 18 billion dollars to prevent postwar de-pression. Declaring that the last great "de-pression was the result of a drop of 15 billion dollars In private invest-ment between 1929 and 1932, Hansen said it was necessary for the govern-ment to develop a program for meet-ing such crisis, so as to halt big dips in consumer buying and attract capital back into business. The present war will be followed by a period in which people will spend money for accumulated needs, Hansen said. But unless gov-ernment stands by with some kind of program to take up the slack in employment that will follow the fill-ing of all these orders, we might well run into another depression, Hansen asserted. German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop (at right) greets Bulgari-an regent, Prince KyriU (at left), while Hitler looks on in background. fronting Turkey. The move close-ly followed the Nazis' recapture of the strategic Aegean islands of Kos, Leros and Samoa, from where they could threaten Turkey's western coast. The Germans' movements ap-peared to he their answer to Allied pressure on Turkey to cast her lot with the U. S., British and Russian cause. Under terms of the Turkish-Britis- h alliance of 1939, each coun-try promises to come to the assist-ance of the other if attacked. In Italy, Britain's 8th army occu-pied lowlands along the Adriatic coast, in preparation for an assault against the Nazis' mountain posi-tions immediately to the north. U. S. casualties in Italy since Sep-tember 9 were placed at 1,613 killed; 2,685 missing, and 6,361 wounded. LIGHTING: A new type of electric light that requires no wires, but obtains current its from a beam of radio energy, was demon-strated recently in New York. Ex-perts said that this will be the light-ing of the future. Also shown were radiant heat lamps that gave off enough heat to cook food, and a mer-cury vapor lamp, the most brilliant known. It uses 10,000 watts, and produces a light one-fift- h as bright as the surface of the sun, it was re-ported. WAR BONDS: Record purchases of government securities were made in the third quarter of the year-Ju- ly, August and September-t- he Securities and Exchange commission reports. Dur-ing the period individuals and non-corporate businesses invested more than 5 billion dollars in federal bonds, largely war issues. For the first nine months of the year, bond buying amounted to more than 12 billion dollars worth of which nine billions were wai' bonds. BehindJiI BvPaulMallonJ Released by Western Newspaper Union. ONLY PLEASANT ANGLES DISCUSSED BY HULL WASHINGTON. Since Moscow, - Mr. Hull has mentioned only the pleasant things in agreement. Sen-ator-had planned to call him into 8 closed meeting of the foreign rela lions committee to ask the impor-tant questions in their minds, not ir a spirit of criticism but in pure Mr. Hull adroitlj smothered this inclination by gettinj himself invited to address the join) open session of both houses, where no questions would be in order. This blurred outline of the peace and the new world may be main-tained only a short time,- perhaps less than a few weeks, before some additional details are offered. Bui not until the agreement is applied in action in specific cases is there likely to be a determination on the auestions now far from the attentior of the public, but naturally agitating all insiders including the negotiators such matters are the relative in-fluence of n democ-racy and socialist-collectivis- ir Finland, Germany, Poland, the Bal-kans and even in France, Italy, in-deed in China, and throughout the rest of the world in trade and po-licing. Mr. Hull is not trying to be coj in avoiding these matters, and thus keeping them from the public eye. I have reason to believe he has sel himself a goal beyond the expecta-tions of freer-flowin- g international spouters today. He wants unity or foreign policy in this country, a unity which would remove it frorr the field of politics. It is all right for us to argue among ourselves about domestic is-sues, but we should face the work' as one people. If we cannot estab lish peace at home, how can w aspire to establishing world peace. Conversely if the Stalin-Churchi- ll Roosevelt meeting (promised bj London dispatches) results in a par-tisan alignment or lets Europe fal' Into realms of struggle between such elements as democrats, commu-nists, church and all the familial conflicting ideological elements, large groups in this country wil start protesting the Moscow agree-ment and they may become withir a short time more unpopular thar the Munich agreement which wai also erroneously thought at the time to mean peace. People have been cheering the Moscow agreements for one reason only. They showed a hope of democ racy, empire and socialist-collectivis-to live in the world peaceablj together. In that hope this natior is unanimous. The development seemed less important to some o! us, because we expected nothing else. Of course the three great post-war powers should live in agreement. Any other course would be stupid is unthinkable. The question biggei than that one, is what kind of an agreement, what kind of a world? Mr. Hull has brought us to this cross-road- s, but the deciding factoi of the road we will travel, and whether we will go in sensible unity as we should and must, is yet to be determined. . WAR'S END SOONER IF HITLER TRIES GAS Hitler said the United States was too far away but he could lay his hands on someone near and make them suffer for United Nations deeds against him. He could only have meant England, because he has nol only let go of the tail of the Russian Bear but is running for dear life with his hands fully occupied. This threat lent superficial cre-dence to a suspicion that has become world-wid- that Der Fuehrer is pre-paring a last gasp, ie inva-sion of Britain, based on the use of gas. Mr. Churchill, in his last speech, seemed to warn his people to be alert for some such attack. Everyone here hopes Hitler tries it, the sooner the better. It would bring an abrupt termination of the war. The threat of gas does not have the horrors for military met that have been transmitted to the general public by the adventure magazines. Despite all the isolated instances discussed back and forth, it prob- ably has not been used in this wai except on one occasion by the Jap xn China. Smoke shells and bombs have been used but not gas. Oui enemies have not avoided it for hu- mane reasons, but because the phys- ical limitations on its use (bulkiness weather) prevent it from bringint decisive results. Thousands of planes would be necessary to wipe out a smaU city under perfect conditions. Invasion Impossible. For any invasion of England, Hit-le- must have an air force capable of meeting and beating what we haye there. He cannot muster such force, so he cannot successful invade, with or without gas Just, remember this in any tali about gas: The way it can be m, effective!, 'used is by spray or bomt from mrplanes. We have both th Planes and the gas to make such use extremely practicable if anyone opens up the subject. The chanr, that it wiU be used is therefore mor remote than ever before isT'thwe01ar&e e EuroPea" situation facing a difficult tary problem in penetrating Hitler continental fortress, as we are on he wrong side of the M batni 7 mVusadeS he WiU me the on our own We can save both planes andS m thls way. To invade, therefore Hitler wouId have tQ INe force there, and thus keeD away from southern Europe. ' X"HETHER it's towel or p v ' case, scarf or cloth you embroidering, it will be enhar by these "true to life" g;: favorites. Pattern 7568 contains a transfer p; of 16 motifs averaging 4 by 3 stitches. Due to an unusually large dema-- j current war conditions, slightly more is required in filling orders ior a ft the most popular pattern numbers. 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Blackfish which live in the we swamps of Alaska and easier, beria can be frozen in the ice months, but when thawed out come as lively as ever. HIGHLIGHTS . in the week', news I SHIPS: Shipyards under manage-ment of Henry J. Kaiser have launched 1,087 vessels since Janu-ary 1, 1941, Mr. Kaiser told the CABLES: The navy wil make it possible for naval personnel to re-ceive cablegrams at most shore in-stallations outside continental Unit-ed States. Service will be expanded shortly after the first of the year. The army has forbidden fixed text holiday greetings to be transmitted to soldiers overseas between Decem-ber 6 and 25, to prevent overtaxing of facilities. WARSHIPS: Secretary of Navy Knox asked congress for 24 million additional tons of auxiliary ships, and a million tons in landing and district craft, explaining that the developments of the war indicated a need for this type of ship. The cost is estimated at about five billion dollars. TANNERIES: Thirteen tanneries, inoperative because of striking workers, have been taken over by the army, under orders of the sec-retary of war. The army authorities will operate the plants, which are in Massachusetts. New York Economic club. Of these, 985 are Liberty ships, 40 or more are g ships, 40 are fast tankers, and 12 are aircraft car-riers. "Two or three," he said, "are troop transports with seven decks, carrying 4,000 passengers." ROAST TURKEY: Congressmen crowded into their private restau-rant the day before Thanksgiving to enjoy a turkey dinner with all the trimmings for only 60 cents. The price is about half what an ordinary citizen would have to pay. Congress votes a subsidy of $85,000 a year for its favorite lunchroom. RADIO: No person or corporation may control more than one single standard radio broadcasting station within any one area, the Federal Communications commission has ruled. The order affects possibly 50 localities. B R I E F S . by Baukhage Season's Greetings, accompanied by a check, have been mailed by the Santa Fe railway to its more ;han 8,000 employees, who are sta-tioned in this country or throughout the world. The national income produced in he United States in September was the highest monthly figure on rec-ord. It amounted to $12,536,000,000. Newspaper dispatches from vari-ous parts of Germany and Austria ndicate that the Nazi party is con-ducting a special campaign to bol-ster morale among the women of Ihe Reich. A total of 23,571 telephones, 220 teletypewriters and three teleprint-;r-s have been surrendered by gov-ernment agencies for use in war plants or by war workers as the result of an appeal to federal de-partments made'by the Board of War Communications last June. Black market operations in occu-pied France have reached the point where color shades are being used to distinguish reasonable from unrea-sonable illegal trade. . The American people have been asked by the Office of War Utilities to confine Christmas lighting deco-rations to Christmas trees inside private homes. The controlled press in Germany has opened a campaign against the telling of political jokes involving the Nazi regime or party leaders. It has been suggested to Illinois farmers that they feed 1943 Illinois automobile license plates to the hogs. Mr. John Nash, chief clerk of the automobile department in the office of secretary of state, reports that hogs like the flavor of the fiber-plast- ic plates and Illinois will get new 1944 plates of a similar ma-terial |