About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1923)
c-DNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1923 RED CROSS HELPS WAR’S SUFFERERS Aids 200,000 Veterans and , Their Families—27,ooo Dis- B abled Still in Hospitals. SPENDS $5,866,255 IN YEAR Individual Attention Assured to . All Physically Ailing or in Distress. »■ Washington. War service five years after the armistice, which on November 11 the American Red Cross pi arks with the opening of the annual membership canvass, shows that dur ing the past year assistance was ex tended by the Red Cross to some 200.- 000 ex-service men or their fami lies. To 130 hospitals throughout the country approximately 75,000 ex-serv ice men were admitted for treatment, and to 63,296 of these men definite and specialized service was extended, the Red Cross annual report discloses. In all hospitals under government opera tion a total of nearly 27,000 disabled veterans were reported by the Sur geon General of the Army. These facts of the aftermath of physical and metal disability five years after the World War, and the burden resting upon the relatives and de pendents of the ex-service men, show conclusively the great need of the Red Cross to act as a supplementary arm of the government in service to these many thousands of men who wore the uniform of the United States. It should be emphasized that govern ment assistance is necessarily stand ardized along specified lines affecting them as a whole. The Red Cross serv ice is to the individual man and the solution of his problems. This the Red Cross designates “home service” for its aims to give the loving care and interest ofthe home to these men undergoing physical reconstitution far from their actual home influences. Year's Expenditures $5,866,255 In the year ended last June 30 the Red Cross reports $3,920,000 spent by its Chapters in extending individual attention to the ex-service men and $1,946,255 spent by National Head quarters of the Red Cross, a total of $5,866,25'1 In behalf of the men called to duty in the World War the Red Cross since July I,< 1917, has spent nearly $164,000,000. Today there are. 2,608 Chapters in as many localities carrying on this work, aiding the in dividual veteran. assisting his family, furnishing creature comforts and funds to tide over troublesome periods The strong connecting link between the Red Cross and the United States Veterans’ Bureau takes the complica tions out of difficult cases of claims. The Red Cross in this work requiring personal representation of the ex-serv ice man has acted in appeal cases, in surance matters, persona! and family problems, camp and hospital activi ties, and in cases of death. This serv ice handled nearly 12.000 compensa tion ami insurance claims, and 2,225 allotment and other claims. Solves Serious Problem The financial problem of the ex-serv ice man when traveling to and from hospitals is a serious one. and in meet ing this constant demand the Red Cross expended $138,334.17 during the year. For extra recreational equip ment In Veterans' Bureau training centers $14,306 was spent, and for the blinded veterans in the government school funds were supplied to enable some of tliese unfortunate men to en ter business as storekeepers and poul try raisers. In Veterans' Bureau hospitals the record of a single month illustrates the large service rendered by the Red Cross. For example, 15,504 new' cases required attention, and a tdtal of 26,- 007 cases were acted upon; 49.368 let ters and 1,863 telegraph messages written, and more than 1,600 enter tainments given in recreation houses for the benefit of the patients. Authorities declare that the pres ent. is a critical time in the lives of many of the disabled ex-service men who during the five years since the armistice have developed misgivings of recovery. Work Among the "Regulars” Service to the enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps is a charter obligation of the Red Cross, which in the last year recorded over 200190 cases of assistance extended and 834.420 visits to the sick and dis abled. Inquiries by the Red Cross at the request of Government authori ties into the home conditions of sol diers, sailors and marines aggregated 17,714, and there were nearly 6.000 instances where the Red Cross locat ed men for their families. All these activities constituting a single responsibility of the American Red . Cross demonstrated during the year that its "war service” in behalf of the veteran and the man enlisted , tin the nation’s defensive arms must go forward unfalteringly and with out stint of funds. The work of the last five years a has welded a close bond of regard between the men who sacrificed and the Red Cross, whose efforts are praised and indorsed by the veterans’ organizations. To do all that can be done to soften the con sequences of the hard blows of war is the supreme duty of the Red Cross, to which it is giving its best work an# most liberal service. DR. S. F. STAPLETON VETERINARIAN Office in Chamber of Commerce Phone 8 Residence Phone 171 DOINGS OF THE DUFFS- ‘ ---ByAlima.. f WHAT'S ALL THE S f"ZA A* "f' A ('IZ '-A S—' J I . y, ( WHAT'S , / 0 W- he ran RIGH r WRONG y / . rt 0|4 t ®ra 0// OLIVIA ISGIVING A 0 / mJ'U \H 6 ' ■ \ | A \ ' / LITTLE. PARTY FOR uA' - <-/< -f l-M RM BROOM, ) J ' 'UI Ml-'l44®. ir-'-’ : ■ H'iTh Ml '■ jW'l .. ll Freckles and His Friends Inconvenient —BY SWAI \ f aw-go v y' r I going, fbkwles? r bptidav papvpor jav‘'| u 1 , \L '< 1 I® ' ( YoO APE? YES?.* I, jugo’loMG- v ! 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SEVERAL CRAFT REPORTED IN DANGER OFF COAST NEW YORK, Oct 24.—A fifty mile northeaster, reported to be rag ing along the coast ,rom Newfound- EVERY STREET IN AMERICUS Has Its Share of the Proof That Kidney Sufferers Seek Backache? Kidneys weak? Distressed with urinary ills? Want a reliable kidney remedy? Don’t have to look far. Use what Americus people recommend. Ev ery street in Americus has its cases. Here’s one Americus man’s expe rience. Let J. E. Oliver, prop, auto paint shop, 303 Cotton Ave., tell it. He says: "The turpentine fumes weak ened my kidneys and caused lame back. If I stooped, severe pains caught me in the small of my back and 1 could hardly move. The kid ney secretions passed often and I had dizzy spells. I bought Dean s Kidney Pills- at the Carswell Drug Co., and they relieved me of the complaint.’' Price 60c at all uealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney pills—the same that Mr. Oliver had. Foster-Mil burn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. 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A three-masted British schoon er called for help thirty miles off Fire Island and the coast guard cutter Seminole was racing to her assistance. At * s e same time the gale sweeping across Long Island sound caught the 45-foot Ketch Harpoon, owned by William Wash burn Nutting, which was to have raced a boat of equal size belong ing to the Duke of Leinster across the Atlantic next spring, and cast it on the rocks off Fort Totten, near White Stone , Long Island. CHOICE OF FINE OR PRISON FOR P. O. CLERK MACON,, Oct. 24.—A fine of $864 or a short penitentiary sen tence was imposed upon W. B. F. Anderson, former postoffice em- Whole Grain Wheat The Wonder Food of the Age Corrects the cause of Indigestion, Stomach Trouble, Constipation, Asthma, Goitre, Diabetes, Blood Pressure—high or low—and practically every ab normal condition caused by deficiency in the food. 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So say London police who raided a gam bing house where bets were being 1 accepted from children as young las 7. In five days, one constable (declares he saw 172 girls and 199 1 boys, still in grammar schools, (THE NEW X K > llrnl' "" IL— iHj- —| (iff - i||| IIIBi Ba '.‘f, ' II $ J la ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l THE motoring public has been emphatic in its approval of the new Ford Four-Door Sedan. In all parts of the country its stylish appearance and inviting interior have brought the car instantly into great demand. Now, at its reduced price, it presents a more compelling value than ever. Although better looking, roomier, easier riding, it is listed at forty dollars less. $685*00 f. o. b. Detroit This good-looking, comfortable, and dependable Ford selling at this low price oSers an agreeable solution to your closed car problems. „ These cars can be obtained through the Ford Weekly ‘Purchase Plan, AMERICUS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY Americus, Ga. 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