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AID FOR VETERANS ' ’if
IS RED OIOSS PLEDGE |f
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Service and Ex-Service Men Are
Helped in All Problems.
Service to World War veterans in
hospital, for able bodied veterans, and
for dependent families of both called
f u' expenditures of $738,000 by the
mmrican Red Cross during the yeai
just ended. In addition, Red Cross
y.iapters spent $1,963,000 in veteran
relief, and also for men still in service
Although eleven years have passed
•ilnee the Armistice, there remain
to,500 disabled and sick veterans ot
he World War in hospitals, and the
peak of the number who will require
10 pitalization is not expected by
Veterans Bureau authorities to be
reached until 1947. For these men.
he Red Cron) must continue its serv
,ea of providing recreation and com
'oils, according to James L. Fieser.
vice chairman of tlie Red Cross.
“Under its Charier from Congress,
he Red Cross is required to maintain
: -rvicc- for veterans of wars and for
be men still in tlje service," Mr
Fieser -said. "The funds for this work
mine from the annual roll call rnero
iiorship, fees. In addition to the sum
spent in maintaining contact with the
veterans, the Red Cross expended
*398,000 in its service to the men still
m the regular Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. The society and a majority ot
its 3,500 chapters handle claims for
these men for insurance, compensation
and other benefits they are entitled to
under the iaw, and also where neces
-ary arranges to provide for depen
denti of the men.
"Red Cross workers are maintained
in forty-eight Veterans Bureau Hob
pita):!, as well as in all regular Army
and Navy hospitals, whose duty it i»
to supervise recreational facilities for
the patients, and to provide small com
forts. In the Army and Navy Hos¬
pital,", the workers also do social serv
- ice for the patients. These tasks also
are performed at all Army Posts and
Navy Ports by Red Cross workers, aud
id addition Red Cross representatives
to handle claims are established at the
majority of Veterans Bureau regional
otllces.”
Mr, Fieser urged tbaj all citizens
enroll in the Roll Call, from Armistip#
Day to Thanksgiving Day. November
IX to 28, in order to aid in supporting
this work.
NEW CROPS IN FLOODED
STATES BRING PROSPERITY
t'tie introduction of new habits ot
planting, following the Mississippi Val¬
ley Hood of 1927, has Drought added
prosperity to farmers In many of the
Mississippi Delta counties, according
to Red C-koss officials,
Almost every cabin has n tine vege
table garden, whereas cotton formerly
grow right to the doorstep, the Red
Cross states. The home demonstration
aid agricultural agents t-i ve followed
up the project Inaugurated by the Red
Cross, immediately after the flood ot
1927, with very gratifying success
There is a large acreage in :ovn
whereas formerly cotton was the one
mop. Alfalfa lias gained a firm foot
nold. and the growing of this crop is
bringing good financial returns from
lie three or four cuttings each year
Live stock also is Showing improve
meat due to these new crops.
Everyth Ing considered, the Delta
ections which gscaped a backwater
problem in the Spring of 1929 are in a
prosperous condition, as a result ot
the follow-up and rehabilitation by the
American Red Cross.
RED CROSS HONOR FLAG
GOES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
The honor flag, given annually to
the State which enrolls the greatest
percentage of its population as mem
her of the American Red Cross, went
this year to New Hampshire. The de
eision was so close between New
Hampshire and Vermont that 1t hunt
in the balance for a time. California
ranked third in the honor t.st and Con
necticut fourth.
A final tabulation ot figures of tht
192S Roll Cali showed a nation-widi
membership of 4,127.946. The baunei
rests with New Hampshire where it B
aung in the State House, until tht
1929 Roll Call—held between Artnis
.ice Day and Thanksgiving Day—is
completed and new figures availabli
for the 1929 winner.
FIVE RED CROSS CAMPS
HOUSE FLOOD REFUGEE!
A total of 27,791 persons were main
tamed by the American Red Cross
in camps or in their own homes in
the three States of Alabama, Georgia
aud Florida, following the disastrous
floods of early last Spring. Five
camps were organized, or which foni
were in Alabama and one in Florida
Small temporary camps were set nj
in various places in addition to these,
but the persons not sheltered tn the
five main camps soon were able to re
turn home or to friends and relatives
Red Cross nurses were at ai! five
catnps, assisting the State health au
thomies in care of tne stes and tn
Inoculating against epidemic*
GALLS ON RED CROSS
INCREASE; RESPONSE
TO ROIL CALL URGED
Society’s Activities Reach Elions
Each Year— Chairman Payne
Asks Generous Support in
Membership.
Disaster relief worli, service to dip
allied veterans and their famine.-', pub
lie health work and its many other
activities caused expenditures of $11.
004,000 by the American Bed Cross
for the year ended June 30. 1029, ac
cording to the annual report of ih<
organization.
This work by the Ked Cross Is sup
ported by the annual Hull Cali fen
members, which is held from Annie
tice Day to Thanksgiving Day, NO
vember 11 to 28.
Directing attention to the heavy ex
peudilures by the Rod Cross -during
the past year, and to the fact Urn
the organization was called upon foi
assistance in 120 disasters in the
United States and Us Insular posses
sions, Judge John Barton Payne, the
chairman, said:
“The Red Cross is a volunteer so
clety, supported by Its me tuber-; ltfi>
and belongs to all of the citizens
While It is a semi-governments!
agency in that the President of tin
United States is its president, and one
third of Its governing board are rep
resentatives of Government depart
mentt, yet It receives no financial sup
port from the Government.
"Funds for our work for war v<!
erans and their families, for carrying
" varied
on disaster relief, lor our
health activities, the life saving and
first aid work and our many other ac
tlvlties, all are derived from the mem
bership fee. The public is asked only
once each year—at. the Annual Koli
Call—to join in this support of the
Red Cross.”
The Red Cross expended an aver
age of $930,000 per year In the past
seven years, tn disaster relief work
from Its own treasury, statements
show. The work for world war vet
erans also lias caused heavy expend!
lures.
HEALTH PRESERVATION
IS AIM OF RED CROSS
Society Employs Rural Public
Health Nurses—Teaches First
Aid and Life Saving.
A comprehensive, nation-wide pro
gram to prevent illness, and to save
lives through proper nursing care and
advanced mol hods of life saving and
first, aid is fostered by the American
Red Cross.
Tlie organization is the largest em
ployer of rural public health nurse
in the United Stales, through its
Chapters. The policy of the Red
Cross is to encourage its Chapters to
extend tlie public health nursing serv
Ice, where leadership tn this held
not taken by some other agency in the
community.
The Red Cross health aud life sav
lng campaign embraces the following
preservation of health through skilled
nursing caro; prevention of Josh '
life In accidents: prevention of Him •
through cleanliness in the home's':-:
knowledge of methods of home our
of the sick and raising (lie standard
of health and physical effieionc.
through proper nutrition.
During the year just closed, mor
than 42,000 certificates have been is
sued in the Red Cross course tn Horn
Hygiene and Care of the Sick, an
since the courses were Inaugurate-:
more than 600,000 persons have he n
taught: 149,000 children were instruct
ed in proper eating through the Nn
trittou course: 40,st)S Individuals
passed the severe Red Cross tests L
Life Saving and 52.596 poisons passed
the rigid examinations in the Fir?'
Aid Course.
This work is supported from funds
obtained in the annual Roll Ca!
Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Da.v
November 11 to 28.
SIX MILLION CHILDREN
IN JUNIOR RED CROSS
The year 1929 marks the tenth at
nlversary of the founding of the
American Junior Red (Ross T
are now Junior Red Cross societies i:
forty-one uations, all plod,:; d in th
common cause of service to their '
lows
Membership in the American Junlm
Red Cross tn the United States . >;
Insular possessions is 6.: TS.t-dO, ar¬
ts largely through grade and his;
schools and private schools. The or
ganization Is governed by the bey
aud girls. One of its chiet features
Is conduct of international com
Spondenee with schools of Other na
tions. through exchange of admins :
small gifts. The American >• : '
sent S5.000 Christmas boxes of sir >
gifts to children of many nations iar
year.
The American Junior Red Cross
gained 349.171 in membership las’
year.
Fifty-one nations belong to the
League of Red Cross Societies, an
are prepared to' carry on health, d:s
aster relief and life saving programs
ail around the world.
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i’T & CLEVELAND -COURIER, CLEVELAND. GEORGIA-^
ft ED CROSS VOLUNTEERS
t'RINT BOOKS FOR BLIND
One of the most appealing^sewuces
that 1s carried forward by women vol¬
unteers under the American Yied Cross
is that of transcribing popular and
scientific hooks Into Braille for read
ing by the blind. This work was
started at Evergreen hospital, where
blind veterans of the World War were
sent after the Armistice.
The Red Cross now has 1,155 volun- j
teer Braille transcribers, and last year j
they produced 442 titles in 1,849 vol- I
umes, or 175,000 pages of Braille. The
majority of the books go to the
Library brariea throughout of Congress the and country, public ai- 11- j i
though some ot the books go to i
schools for the blind and, in a few j
instances, text books are transcribed
for some individual scholar in order
to some help study. him complete his course in j
The work is supported from the Red
Cross Roil Call for members which
occurs each year from Armistice Day
to Thanksgiving Day.
LABOR HEAD URGES
SUPPORT OF RED CROSS
•'Invariably it is the masses of the
people which suffer most when disas .
icrs occur," stated WUiiaa) Creen, i
president of tjjg American Federation
Labor, recently
“Because they suffer n ost and be
cause of their helplessness, the minis
crations of the Red Cross organization
take oq added significance and Irnpor
r.anoa. No doubt many lives among
these particular groups ate saved
through the prompt service which tifis
organization give*.
“Because the American Federation
of Labor appreciates tins fact, we have
supplemented the appeal of the Ameri
can Red Cross at each Roll Call period
for memberships from the great mass
of working men and women and their
families.
“fhe continued service o the Amer¬
ican federation of Labor in this most
humane and unselfish work will be
most cheerfully rendered."
Mr. Green is a member ot the Board
ot Incorporators of the American Red
Cross
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has nothing to do with
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v> When the station-man puts a quart
of oil in your crankcase, not a
single drop of it reaches more than
50 vital lubrication points of your
chassis.
Proper lubrication requires regular
greasing of these chassis parts.
A quart of oil in the crankcase
can’t do it all. The PAN- AM man
can do it quickly. Drive to the
grease-pit.
PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM
CORPORATION
PAN “A
Oils and Greases
Blessed Kadio
The Lord bless radio! It has put
1 old people back into the world.
Rheumatism and oilier infirmities
common to old age no longer are able
to break the contact between the in
dividual and the world. Grandpa,
without taking off his house slippers,
can turn a little “thingumajig' 1 and
hear polities, news, sermons, hog
markets and crop reports; and now
and then a comical dialogue that
makes him chuckle. And grandma
can serenely sit beside a little box
with dials and listen to an orchestra,
a band, a bit of grand opera, a dis¬
course on garden seeds and garden
culture, how to grow pretty flowers
with the best of success, and how to
best make preserves, apple butter and
grape jelly and how for 10 cents one
can make a dollar apron; and all
sucli diversions and useful hints, Yes,
radio comes as a blessing to the aged
and shut-ins, says the Atchison Daily
Globe, It makes grandpa forget his
rheumatism, and grandma seems to
suffer less from the stitch in her
buck. And the world is at their el- j
bows. Bless radio!
A sensible innovation was adopted
at the annual banquet of “Master
Farmers” held recently in Lafayette,
Iml., when the French names for food
on the menu were followed by trans¬
lations in parentheses, 'thus the im¬
pressive but mysterious “bisque of
fowl" emerged as plain "chicken
soup," an<l farmer-feasters who might
weli have been rendered panicky by
the elaborate phrase "larded filet of
beef aux champignons” were reas¬
sured on finding that tills reduced It¬
self to “steak and mushrooms." The
use of French terms on menus Is
purely a matter of convention, and
whoever prepared that menu for the
Indiana farmers showed good sense
jq affixing translations, says the New
Fork Herald-Tribune. At the next
banquet a further logical step might
he taken by the entire omission of
the French nhrasea.
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is the master key of our civilization-,
the means through which we have
achieved art, education and industry.
It is well worth the very highest
efforts of its craftsmen.
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I have the remedy no matter what your
trouble has been diagnosed: Nervousness
stomach trouble, loss of weight, loss of sleep!
sore mouth, pains in the back and shoulders
phlegm peculiar swimming throat, in the head, frolhy-like
In passing mucous from the
bowels, especially aftertaking purgative, burn¬
ing feet, brown, rough or yellow skin, burning
or itching skin, rash on the hands, face and
arms tion, resembling sunburn, habitual constipa¬
(sometimes alternating with diarrhoea)
copper or metallic taste, skin sensitive to sun
heat, forgetfulness, despondency and thoughts
that you might lose your mind, gums a fiery
red and falling away from the teeth, general
weakness with loss
of energy. If youj
have these symp¬
W. C. BOfftTBEE, M. D. toms and have,
taken all kinds of
medicine and still sick, I especially want you to
write for my booklet,
Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Rt. No. 4, Piedmont, S. G,
whose picture appears here, writes: "I have
been able to work every day «his whole Spring
and Sommer, and that is something I ha vein
been able to do in five venr* before and I haven't
taken a dose of medicine since 1 took that half
of treatment in February. I cat any kind of
Vegetables that I like and it does not hurt me
any way at all. I give all of my health aud
praise to you and your treatment.
FOR free diagnosis and LITERATURE
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