The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 11, 1945, Image 16
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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 $12,308,000,000 last
year.
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We've got the pelts of Mussolini and Hitler: let's*
keep the Axis trio together! Force the Japaneee mob
to join their companions! The only way ia to pull to
gether harder than ever ... to keep our brave bojrs
s^iplicd for Victory! Comply with every wartime
regulation cheerfully, and buy War Honda with,a.
vengeance!
Whitaker & ConqKUiy
Camden^ S. C.
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Adolphl A^y you hong os comfortably os the thousonds
of people your^supermenl tortured in their blood|yjiiardi)
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^ILL AT LARGE: One of the world's most danger*
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ous gongstors, guilty of the most heinous crtmos
in all history. Has record ^of'having rovishod
women and chifcTren: of helving tortured civilians.
ond men in uniform, leoving them to longvish m
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filthy .prisons or to die in open fields. Has seized
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lands to which he has not the slightest cloim. Has
resisted every opportunity to deql honestly with
other nations. The lost of the leaders of the orig*
inol Axis rtiob of gangsters# he is a menoce to
society. Is reputed to always be protected by
powerful mechanized equipment and must thoro*
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violonco# ond protection against his vicioutnoss*
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TO TM* NATIONS r*ipon$ibl« for bringing ihi»
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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
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