Observer_1945-05-15

MAY 15, 1945 The OBSERVER Page 3 Red Cross Comforts Gls this month, there is an emergency quota for the Pacific fighting- 556 pints a day. When the Blood Center opened, one day last week, there was. only one donor waiting -a nineteen-year-old boy, a phar– macist's mate in the Navy-home o nleave from combat duty in the +•-•-•-•-•-n--•-n-n-n-••-t~-•-••-••-•._.._.....,.._,..,._,, -----·-··-·-·-·-·--·+ WASHINGTON, D. C.-"V– E Day saw the American Red Cross working at top speed," said Chairman Basil O'Connor last Pacific. He had already given nine week, "gearing its forces to the dire~t transfusions. shifting responsibilities at home and abroad." • Global Red Cross overseas ser– vice clubs now serve a monthly average of more than 1,640,000 complete meals, 9,000,000 snack lunches, and provide 680,000 lodg– ings at less than cost to U. S. troops, it was pointed out. The Red Cross policy of a slight~ charge to servicemen for meals, lodgings and snacks was established at the outset of World War II in com– p~iance with desires. of the War Department, ·::~nd varies with the theater of operations. Among the many comfort items purchased in the U. S. during the past nine months-for free distrib– ution in all theaters-were, 736,- 336,000 cigarettes, 5,757,480 choc– olateb.ars, and 5,325,986 packages of hard candies. Eighteen million pounds of flour went into the making of 500,000,000 doughnuts, which, with 25,200,000 cups of coffee, were served to GI's free by Red Cross. "The armed forces will still rt'– quire 45,000 pints of blood a week," Mr. O'Connor continued. These. will be collected at blood donor centers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, San Diego, Olicago, N e w York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington. Most. of the do- . nated blood will be processed into plasma for wounded servicemen, but the Type "0 1 ' whole blood will continue to be flown immed- Every star in a service flag stands for a man who s offerng hs life for his country. The gold stars commemorate those who have already given their lives. Surely civil!ans, safe at home, can give their blood-to keep the blue stars blue! In honor of the dead, and for the sake of the living. Telephone the Red Cross for an appointment-today. The number is ATwater 8561. The Blood Do– nor Center is located at S. W. 17th and Alder. Naval Base Needs 1 Explained by OPA The General Baptist District Associatio"n of the Northwest, which will hold its 25th annual session with the Emmanuel Tab– ernacle Baptist in McLauglin Heights, Vancouver, Wash. The Rev. 0. C. Sterns, pastor; Rev. 0. W. Powell, co-helper. The church is located on Mill Plain road at Garson St. The Rev. Mr. R. L. 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