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D'Italia Blames Greece For Hoggia Death

BRITAIN'S GUILTY KNOWLEDGE

GENERAL

BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE IN SPORE.

The Hon. Dr. H. R. Dive, Acting Director of Medical · Ser- vices, gave Singaporã listeners details of the Emergency Blood Transfusion Service which the authorities are organising in Singapore shortly. He was speaking from the Singapore sta- tion recently.

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Dr. Dive said: Many people in number of" donors 13 small, Singapore have been asked what amount of blood available will be they can do to help our fighting mall. But we feel certain that services and how can they assist a very large number of people in In the preparations to meet an Singapore will regard the oppor emergency in this country.

tunity of volunteering as donors Tonight I want to tell you about as a privilege and a means of very simple way in which every rendering service at the present. member of the community. of time. every race and every age" can help. And this help will be given to the great work of saving life, not destroying it and I wish required to appeal principally to those men and women who will not Be able service will be registered. On re- gistration 1 small quantity of

to join the emergency, services.

WHAT DONDE DOES

Let me explain what a donor is do. Every person volunteering to give blood for this

I expect a great many of you blood will be taken to find out the blood transfusion.blood group of the volunteer, and have heard of

to make certain that he is Perhaps you don't know what it

suitable donor, and that he or she and what it is used for

give-blood for transfusion Blood transfusion is one of the can

without injuring his own health. nost important ways of saving

Let me emphasise that taking

fe of people suffering from ex- cessive loss of blood. When a man this small quantity of blood is ¡13 severely wounded or injured practically painless, and has no after effects what- either in battle or in an accident, unpleasant

The blood group has to be he immediately loses a great deal ever.

determined beforehand because of blood

This loss of blood may cause his blood cannot be given at random from one person to another. death If nothing is done to stop

иге some people whose t, or remedy it. It a doctor is here available immediately he may be blood is suitable for any injured able to stop the flow of blond person, and there are others whose but even if he is on the spot its blood can only be given to per- help may.

the sons he of no use it patient has lost too much blood,

The way in which this Ins is made up is by blood trans- fusion. Blood is taken from a healthy person and injected into the veins of the injured man in sufficient quantities to revive him. The doctor can then treat the patient. and. except in extreme cases, the man's life will probably be saved. The person from whom the blood is taken, is" called a donor.

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belonging to

one.or

MALAYAN

GYPSIES LIVE IN JUNGLE FASTNESS

two

Time and advancement of civilisa

tion have not swept away certain characteristics peculiar to Malaja, During the past twenty years and in the secure fastness of the the value of blood transfusion has jungles live a strange tribe, who been proved over and over again may be likened to gypsies 171

Blood Transfusion Services have

baen

organized throughout the Europe, untouched by both time

and civilisation, " world, and many thousands of

They are the Kentak Naki donors have given their blood to negritos who are to be found the injured in time of peace. In

the neighbourhood of Krch and time of war biced transfusion is the Kentak Bog N negritos near even more vital, and a blood Baling In Kedah. transfusion service is an essen-

Stil retaining their primitive tial part of the medical organiza-ircle of screen shelters on the t'on safeguarding both the fight-

tion,

Until recently the blood taken from a donor had to be given al- most immediately to the injured person, and blood transfusions

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the services and the civil popula-fringe of the jungle, they subsist partly on the produce of their hunting. fishing. trapping wild animals and collecting jungle tubers and fruits in season.

The Field Ethnographer, Mr. H.B. could only be carried out when Noone, who made a special anth the donor and the patient were ropometric survey of the both in the sanie place at the same last year, ands that they do not. time." This limitation has now however, satisfy all their needs by

been overcome.

DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES

tribe

hunting, fishing or trapping."

Divided into small groups, they move their camps at short inter-

Methods have been found vals from one jungle site to an- whereby blood can be taken from other. within its traditional orbit. a donor and then preserved and land never far from their own kam

ponga.

stored for several weeks in a re- MADRAS AIR SQUADRON

frigerator, so that it is imme- diately available when and where it is wanted.

At the first warning, of an

| emergency that is to say, when

ROME, Aug. 14 (Reuter) Re- Planes Named After heavy fighting begins or air raids

jecting the Athens' explanation

of the death of Daut Hoggla, "an Albanian patriot," Italy bas in- tensified attempts to stir up feel-

Ing against Greece in Albania.

Districts

LONDON, August 14 (Reuter)— Lord Beaverbrook. Minister of

arr expected-donors can be call- ed upon, blood taken from them. and. distributed to places where It is likely to be required. Then, immediately the wounded or in-

In the Popolo d'Italia. for in- Aircraft Production, has cabled to jured arrive at centres for treat- stance, Clayda declares that Italy the Governor of Madras an ex-ment, the blood can be given to has many proofs of the political pression of gratitude for the many them repression and persecution of Al-'contributions sent in to the Gov- banian Nationalists living under mor's War Fund.

have been

the Already. £35,704 Greek rule, and reiterates contention that the murderers contributed and a Madras Pres:- were Greeks acting for the Greek dency Squadron is to be formed. authorities.

رام

„RADIO ATTACK

A Reuter message from London

with 'planes named alter the various districts contributing to the fund.

The value and éfficiency of stored blood under war condi- tions was proved in the Spanish Civil War. A stored- blood transfusion service was organized behind the actual fighting lines. The donors were mostly, young girls whose states that Rome radio last right ush War Savings

The Hon. Secretary of the Bri-

help was invited by wireless: movement in blamed Britain for the murder. India announces that nearly a

They gave their blood Un- The Italian announcer alleged

and this blood. was Britain was trying "to, set fire to quarter of a million of National grudgingly,

sent to the front line dressing stations and the hospitals first *The results were of the greatest value. and many lives were saved that would otherwise have been lost.

the European power magazine

Savings Certificates and bank banks

in the Balkans and the killing bonds purchased through

Daut Hoggia; was "Intended in India have been received since dealing with the wounded.

'to push the double-faced and fo-called neutralist Metaxas Gov- ernment (of Greece) towards its dcom,"

ADELL

HINT OF TROUBLE

With their primitive camp as a base, they work for their Malay, Chinese, Thai or even. European neighbours. This en- terprise may be the collection of wooden pole's for mines, ol aitap and rattans, of fruits in stason for trade, or it may be to assist in pounding rice for villagers or building fences or houses of a superior type which they do not favour for.. themselves.

These Malayan gypsies have also, from time to time, co-operated in the smuggling of commodities to and fro across the frontier along, Jungle paths known only to them. selves.

WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS

U.S. TO JOIN, IN NEGOTIATIONS

We are now going to start an WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 (Router)

"The Greek Government 15 emergency blood transfusion ser--Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant In another announcement, Rome challenging the Axis Powers by vice in Singapore. It may never Becretary of State, declared res- radio stated: "There la definite their democratic policy of raping, be needed-and we hope it won't terday that the United States proof in the bands of the Italian national liberty. These wilful-but should the emergency arise Government is expecting its local Government that the responsibili-mistakes cannot be tolerated in its value will be incalculable in authorities in Shanghal to settle ty lies with Greece. The plot this decisive hour of European saving lives. If the, service Is to questions arising from the with- was conceived and conducted history."

be able to meet the needs of any drawal of British troops, from within Greek territory.

Admiral Hart, emergency Tery large number of Mr. Welles sald MADRID, Ang. 14 (Reuter) A donors Is required and those Commander-in-Chief of the Asia- "In a recent speech, the Italian hint that there is stiff trouble serving in H.M. Forces will not be tie Squadron, would doubtless Foreign Minuter sald the borders in Albania is contained in a cryp-available as donors in an emer-foln in the Shanghai negotiations of Albania were sacred to Italyle statement from the Berlin gency.

involving decisions regarding what. and would be defended. The Greek correspondent of

The ability of the organisation forces' shall take over patrol of Government obviously don't un-newspaper, "ABC" yesterday. tu supply blood for transfuson to the British sector...

Mr. Welles hoped all questions derstand, or don't want to

He states: "In Berlin, no im- the seriously injured depends en- un- derstand, the meaning of these portance is attributed to the hap-tirely on the number of people would be settled in Shanghai in words.

penings in Albania.”

who offer their services. If the a friendly and equitable manner.

BORDERS SACRED

the Spanish

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

1940

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