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With Boston's supply of blood plasma greatly diminished by a Cocoaunt Grove disaster and despite an additional supply being flown in from Washington, the Boston Donor Center has sent out pleas to all Harvard students for additional contributions. So great has been the initial response that appointments cannot be made until the first of next week, but greater and greater donation will be needed as the situation grows more critical...
Blood is needed badly by the soldiers, the Center explained, because it staves off shock, coma, and death. The casualties of the Cocoaunt Grove holocaust required a tremendous amount of plasma to revive the injured from the shock brought on by burns and loss of blood...
...nervously lighter side to the grim picture came yesterday from tales of escapes from the Grove. Many students, came close to being there, only to to miss at the last moment. Most amazing was the man who flipped a coin for the Grove or another spot. The coin said "Cocoaunt" but his date insisted on two out of three, and they missed fate. A Freshman, told he was too young to be served liquer, left petulantly five minutes before the fiame burst...
With a letter from Major General Sherman Miles and testimony of such work as the Grove tragedy to point to the Motor Squadron remains as one of the best chauces to see active duty when an emergency should arrive, according to Laurence O. Pratt '26, second Lieuten-ant in the First Motor Squadron of the Massachusetts State Guard...
...WILLIS Penn's Grove...