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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1951
Page
3
A 1951 editorial column argues thrift and caution against overreaching government, contrasting American justice with totalitarian regimes in Russia and China. It imagines a Reds takeover, warns of loss of due process, and laments editorial profit culture while reflecting on moral governance. It closes with notes from readers and local visitors.
A 250 person pool in Washington county hospital operates as a walking blood bank. Donors are typed and kept on record to provide immediate matching blood for emergency transfusions. Of the typed group 108 are type A, 97 are A, 32 are B, and a small number are AB, reflecting national distributions.
The record lists volunteer donors with name age address telephone and blood type including Rh factor. Ages range 21 to 60 with more than half men. Relatives and patients donate when compatible. if not, others are sought. Washington hospital performed 17 transfusions last year.
The article recounts multiple cases where blood transfusions saved or aided patients in dire injuries and severe bleeding. It notes improved outcomes, including a child with a ruptured spleen and an elderly man in a collision, while acknowledging risks and variable results.
The hospital and a unit cooperate on a walking blood bank with records of each volunteer’s type. The Red Cross also runs a program to collect blood for wounded service members. Mobile Iowa units will tour to collect blood for Korea battlefield casualties. Large wartime Red Cross collections previously secured plasma and transfusions for armed forces. The ongoing conflict increases demand for blood supplies.
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