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FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1951 Blood Means Life—

By JIM G. LUCAS

Scripps-Howard Staff Writer TOKYO, Oct. 19 — Tokyo

They were using the kitchen elevator for

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city—outgoing traffic comes to a halt,

Sometimes ‘one, sometimes

ing from the opposite direction you pull over to the side. The busses crawl past at less than five miles per hour. Each has a

ing for him. We took it pretty hard.” : ” ” ”

SOMEBODY thumped the ser-

Army General Hospital was “two, often as many as five or jammed. six military busses with red 8&eant on the back. Every ward was full. There crosses painted on the drab “’Allo Dicky boy,” a pintwere cots in green sides are headed toward sized Spaniard with an arm in a the chapel and sane = Tokyo. Each has a flashing red cast grinned at us. in the halls, : # sa light. When you see that ~cm- “This is Chico,” Sgt. Carter

sald. “He's a Puerto Rican from New York City. We keep him around for laughs. He'll make you laugh no matter how low

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surgery cases, “The casualties have hegun to come in again,” Sgt. Dick Carter of Mayfield, Ky.,

load of stretcher patients. you feel.” 4 2 Chico grinned happily. ASKED 8gt. Carter “I look like a Christmas tree,” he said. Chico was wearing pajama trousers with no tops. A scar ran from the top of

WE about blood transfusions.

“Had one man who took 75— 28 in one 12-hour period,” he

said. “Two lied. “Walked out of here a DIS stomach to the bottom, It Mr. Lucas replied. alike ‘ hospital ships well man. An Air Force colonel had once heen an ugly wound, docked at Yokusha yesterday. took 57 pints. He died the night Chico we 11: now™ ( hico. Last night five plane loads before last. Had burns over 45 ~ chuckled. “Chico never work

again. Just sit and wait for the

landed at Fachikawa. A C-120 : postman to bring check.”

is. due this afternoon. There'll be 68 litter cases on it.”

per cent of his body. “He was sure right up until the last he was going to make it. All around Tokyo you see Had it licked Joo, pis Som pliea’ " o4iyy . tions set in. Maybe you woul proof that the men sre still say that blood was wasted. But fighting and dying In Korea. we kept him alive for three Several times a day-on the months and he wanted to live. highways leading to any one of Everybody in this hospital was a dozen airfields around the his friend and we all were pull-

“How many pints of blood did they give you, Chico,” we asked. “Didn't count them,” the Iittle Puerto Rican said, ‘still Chico never work again. Just sit and wait for the postman. One mortar do that. Not bad. 1 think.” :

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too. They are Oct. 30 and 31. PTA; Mrs, Dinetta Harding,

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haw -history.will record the fate close those two days. Star Mothers; Mrs. Frances E. of Americans fighting in Korea? Boys overseas are supporting Schultz, School 57 PTA; Mrs. Modern Minute Women. you are their Buddies in the front Eugene Jackson and Mrs. Robert ranks. What about you? Holdcroft, School 76 PTA, and

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apolis were among 700 Navy per- habilitation Center PTA. of support of these men—your sonnel] who set-a record in blood’ Mrs. Bryon- K. Rust, Alpha donation and your “Buddy's” gonations at a United Nations air Latreain Club; Mesdames Ray donation of life giving blood must pace in Japan, it was learned Reed, Gerald Stauck, Ruth Cross, be made now. today. Esther McDaniel, Clara Milano, : Red Cross Blood Center, 18 W. mhe record was for the amount Mary Blaunt, Roselia Frank, Georgia St., will be open until 8 or phj50d donated in one day at a Bruce Hougland and Ruth Map. m. today. Call. Lincoln 1441 military activity. lone, School 39 PTA. and make your appointment. They were James A. Sands, Mrs. Adeline M. Pierce, LofThis is the first time in the aviation machinist's mate, third raine Chapter ITSC; William R. Center history it has operated on ;jass, USN, husband of Mrs. Mary Frank, B'nai B'rith: Miss Dorothy a continuous 11-hour basis. It 1 Sands, 1906 S. Belmont St. Schlesing, National Council of opened at 10 o'clock this morning and John E. Welker, seaman ap- Jewish Women, Indianapolis Sec-\ with the auxiliary aid of two Red prentice, USN, son of Mr. and tion; Mrs. Robert Boesinger, Cross nurses flown In from Cleve- Mrs. John Welker, 914 Arbor Ave. Alpha . Mu Latreain, and Mrs. land earlier this week. Advance appointments were Adolph Schlender, Matinee MusiOnly donations and pledges made at the Center yesterday by cale Professional Group. . made by noon today will count on Mr, and Mrs. Victor Armbus, In- Additional Minute Women and this week's battalion roll’ call in dianapolis Toastmistress Club ; their “Buddy” donors who gave The Sunday Times. Mrs. T. M. Leonard, Indianapolis at the Center yesterday were Zeros by the side of your club Dental Society Women's Auxil- Mrs. Thelma Walker, School 34 group stand for zeros in the ranks jary: Mesdames Ralph Schneider. PTA; Mr. and Mrs. Garold Egin Korea. It is a score against Charles Barry and M. J. Anthony, gers and Mrs. Evan Nachoff, our American boys. It is a score St. Joan of Arc Women's Club, School 14 PTA, and Mrs. Mary for Communism. and Mrs, Olive Jorgensen, Lanham, West Washington Street Two more full days still remain Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Church of God Missionary Soopen this month at the Center’ Mrs. James Leone, School 68 ciety.

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CHICO went off down the hall making others laugh. “He's a good kid,” Dick Carter said as we continued down the hall. “Everybody likes him. He's good medicine, that little guy. Had a tough time too, but you'd never know it.” : Sgt. Carter went on: “You really oughta talk to Maj. Valle. He's our chest surgeon. Maybe he's free now but I doubt it. Everytime he does a chest case he uses five pints of blood. Needs it just to keep those guys from going Into shock. It's all that keeps them alive. We stopped at a desk. A plump nurse stood beside it leafing through records. “Pardon me,” the sergeant said. “This gentleman would like to see Maj. Valle.” The nurse's eyes were tired. “He's in surgerjly,” she snapped. “You Xnaw that.” We hesitated. “Could you tell us. how much blood he took in with him?” “Go away.” the nurse said crossly. “I'm busy. I've no time to answer questions.” She walked away rapidly and the sergeant smiled an apology.

a un on “THESE NURSES nexer sleep and it's worse when the

i : a . i 4 casualties startComing in-like cK MERLE AR TREC pledge: gard ez tole: ‘Sebaal A8 2Y te Mog, s ARiea ENR ERA ted Pow eatin

cross. They're really nice. Let's 80 to the lab.”

There«Sgt. Carter introduced

Maj. Claude Lenn of Chandler, '

I11., chief of the hospital's laboratory services. .

“Come into my cubbvhole.” the major said. -“Sorry it's such a mess.

Been busy. Guess

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you've seen the hospital busses. Lots of them in the last few days.” We asked about blood. “We're using an average of 35 pints daily,” Maj. Lenn said. “I imagine other hospitals are too. That makes 900 pints a month for this one hospital. The high mark was 45 pints daily for several months. There's no such thing as an average day. May give 75 pints today and only three tomorrow. Depends on the kind of wounds. The other day we put six pints in one surgery.

“Lots of it was lost; ran out

almost as fast as we put it in but he’s still alive.” 2 n y IS BLOOD hard to get? “Well,” the major said. “The bank's never let us down. But I understand thev’'re having some trouble getting it from the States. If we run.into an emergency we can always get it in Tokyo.” How much of the hospital's blood comes from the States? “I'd say 90 per cent comes from Tokyo,” the major said. Has there ever been a time when Tokyo Army General Hospital was caught shert?

¥ = “There was one month” he

said. “Tt just wasn't comifig in

“fast enough and Tokyo couldn't really blame them for being °

the difference. The supposed to

make up whble blood’'s not

be used after 21.days. But that month we extended it to 30 days—<taking proper precau-

tions, of course, . It worried us but we had to have blood and it was either usé that or let those boys die. Fortunately, it turned out all right.”

man during

HOW MUCH blood needed by the average casualty?

was

“No one really knows,” Maj. |

Lenn said. “I kept records for

two months and my figures indicate around two and one-third pints per man.” Do we have that much? The Major looked startled. “My God, no.” Sgt. Carter walked with us toward the door. “Sorry everybody's so busy.” he said. “They really didn't tell you much, did they? But you can see how it is.”

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