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tf - \ . ^AQt TWO THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE Washington, Al'jr 28.^1,am teaving Washington by plane for England for a stay of about two or three weeks In the Eiiropean«war theeter. My office In the Capital will remain open while I am gone, of course, for the service of my constituents. My news letter will not appear, therefore, for the next two weeks or so. but I shall re- annoe writing as soon as I return. After coming back to Washington I shall tiy to write for you some of my impressions as to the situation abroad and the progress of the war. Total American casualties to date have been about 300,000 killed, wound ed. missing and taken prisoner. This flgore compares with the last war’s rate of about 260,000 casualties. Ac- toally, the percentage rate is much, lower In this war than in the last, as • we have been fighting 13 months long er and have a striking force almoat triple the,size we had before. nrhe Wa'r department says the long er and more intensive training periods and good medical care account for the lower casualty rate. About 96 per cent of all men wound ed on the battlefields in this war recover, and about two-thirds of these return to duty. Ninety i»er cent of men wounded in action receive some treatment within 10 minutes after be ing hit To those whose loved ones are In volved, however, the casualties of bat tle are not the cold figures above. They represent instead the tragic en croachment of war upon the life and happiness of our people. Just bow personally we have been affected by the fighting Is shown by the papers which reach me here from Cherokee, Chaster, Chesterfield. Fairfield, Ker- Shaw,, Lancaster and York Counties. Almost every Issue carries the name of some boy whose loved ones have watched him go out to Join In this greatest of all wars and who has been wounded, made prisoner, declared mis sing, or lost bis life In the conflict The House this week passed Itif bill for the disposition of billions of dol lars worth of property which will be declared surplus as the war progres ses and at the end of the war. The measure win be changed considerably Ib the Senate and then the two ver^ sioas eonsMered together and a final law WTHteiL la ntMsetIui with the present study of post war income and em ployment the following figures have been compiled by the department of labor. In 192t there were Sl,14t.000 men and women at work in non-agri- cultural employment During that year average weekly payrolls in manu facturing industries totaled 1209,498,- 000. After taxes were deducted, cor poration profits Amounted to 17,972,- ooo.ooor^' In 1932 employment reached the low level of 22,921,000. Weekly payrolls averaged $88,852,000 and corporations showed a lees of fS,‘4f2,000,000. By last year non-agrlcnltuiml em ployment* had reached 29,728,000. Weekly payrolU averaged 1671,208.000 and cotporation profits amounted to $2,983,000,000. Net farm Income followed light along with the fall and subsequent rise of income dt industrial workers and corporation profits. In 1929 net farm income waa $6,872,000,000. It hit a low level of $1,872,000,000 in 1932 and climbel to $12,308,000,000 last year. mr out Mate me re m... We've got the pelts of Mussolini and Hitler: let's* keep the Axis trio together! Force the Japaneee mob to join their companions! The only way ia to pull to gether harder than ever ... to keep our brave bojrs s^iplicd for Victory! Comply with every wartime regulation cheerfully, and buy War Honda with,a. vengeance! Whitaker & ConqKUiy Camden^ S. C. -* . ■n' V'- V.' • -Sc.-'. -5* ' : .-ft' ■ l, .<* .y » . iit: 'IP THimse-smHk 7 / H mm Hm.. / ' We'are glod to add you to the world Hott^ Sljdiii^ Adolphl A^y you hong os comfortably os the thousonds of people your^supermenl tortured in their blood|yjiiardi) ticroiiJurooel- J. J. Newbenry Co. r or ALIVE ^ILL AT LARGE: One of the world's most danger* ( ' • • ous gongstors, guilty of the most heinous crtmos in all history. Has record ^of'having rovishod women and chifcTren: of helving tortured civilians. ond men in uniform, leoving them to longvish m I filthy .prisons or to die in open fields. Has seized ♦ f lands to which he has not the slightest cloim. Has resisted every opportunity to deql honestly with other nations. The lost of the leaders of the orig* inol Axis rtiob of gangsters# he is a menoce to society. Is reputed to always be protected by powerful mechanized equipment and must thoro* \ foro bo opprooched with full oworeness of his •. A violonco# ond protection against his vicioutnoss* / \ UEWARB TO TM* NATIONS r*ipon$ibl« for bringing ihi» • f yriminol to (ostico, DEAD OR ALIVE, wiil bo p-yf * :Troodom of Spoo^, Froodom of Woiyhip, Froodom from Fo«r, ond Froodom from Wort, to tho omoont of a HfbHmo of pooM and Mwrity. J. H. McLeod ^6riff of Kerdiaw County •r'- •'Z-M.. ■■ V