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VOL. XXX. NO. 50
RED CROSS DUTY
TO AID VETERANS
Spends Nearly Four Millions In
Year to Lessen Burdens of
Disabled Soldiers.
SERVES 63,700 IN HOSPITALS
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Every Case Is Given Individual
Service—Assists Families of
These Men Everywhere.
Washington—The need of Individ
ual assistance by ex-service men and
their families from the Red Cross ta
as pressing today aa It waa imme
diately after th# end of the World
War, For six years this work ha*
been foremost of all Red Cross ser
vices. and In emphasizing the steady
public support of this m'ork the Red
Cross National Headquarters urge*
the largest enrollment this year dur
lng the membership campaign open
ing on Armistice Day. November it.
Nearly four million dollars of Red
Cross funds spent for disabled veter
ans and their dependents during the
year ended June 30 k«5t presents some
Ides of the magnitude of this work.
The current year, it Is estimated, will
call for still further disbursements of
funds tor the reason that the Red
Cross, through more than 3,600 Chap
ters in as many communities In th#
United States, has been called npon
to help the ex-service men in making
out their applications for the adjusted
compensation granted in th# so-called
bonus law.
68.767 Soldier Cases a Month
The Red Cross work_ for the dis
abled soldier ts designated “home ear
vice.” for It gives Individual attention
to the man and his family approxi
mating the interest and loving care
of the home. Such service In the hos
pitalB, esmp*. - Jioidters’ homes iM
sanatoria, averaged 33.951 eases a
month during the year. Assistance
to ex-service men _and their depen
dents averaged 58,767 cases s month,
in addition, th# Red Cross In the last
twelve months provided 33,000 recre
ation and entertainment events in the
hospitals and camps.
Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as
the ‘Greatest Mother,” still watches
over these many thousands of men,
comforts them, helps to lighten the te
dium of their physical reconstruction,
and In their homes lifts some of the
burdens from their “own people.”
Work In Communities Increases
The home service of the Red Cross
was the most pressing duty of 2,609
Chapters, an Increase of 1*2 communi
ties where problems affected by th#
war veteran’s condition required so
lution through immediate and Intelli
gent assistance The Chapters alone
expended some $2,000,000 In this
work
The transient disabled soldier, nso
al’y suffering from disability or tuber
culosis, is almost everywhere a grave
problem. From national funds the
past year $173.076 30 was expended in
helping the Chapters to care for these
wandering men
According to government report
there are 4.800 veterans in civilian In
etUuUnns, and in the national homes
for soldiers the complications are in
creasing The large groups of pa
tients whose claims have been disal
lowed. of veterans of foreign wars,
and the great number of men perma
nently resident In these Institutions
call for Red Cross work which can
not be avoided nor denied.
Definite Serv'ee to 73,700
Of a total of 84.500 ex-service men
in hospitals and other institutions 73,-
700 were rendered a definite and spe
cialized service by the Red Cross.
In a single month 4.185 new cases
were presented and a total of 20.125
was acted upon—figures which serve
to Illustrate the magnitude of the in
formation and claims service engag
ing the attention of Red Cross work
ers. New veteran legislation amend
ing the War Risk act which extends
many additional rights to disabled ex
eervlce men will reopen thousands of
cases and require still greater Red
Cross service.
When Congress granted a charter
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QIBSON, GA., W6DNt§*l)AY , NOV. 5, 19J4L
KEEPING WELL
SHOULD COUSINS
MARRY?
DR. rRKOERUK R. GREEN
Editor el < HEALTH’’
TS THERE any foundation for our
closet? -•sjjrajudiee related against the marriage, of
persons?
In more than a third of the United
States marriage of -first cousins is for
bidden. In Oklahoma not even second
cousins are allowed to marry.
Yet In England marriage between
cousins is quite common and has been
for generations. An Englishman can
marry his father’s brother’s daughter,
but until recently he was not allowed
to marry *iis deceased wife’s sister,
who wag no relation to him whatever.
Professor Paul Popenoe, the well
known authority on this subject, says
that whether or not cousins should
marry depends entirely on the cousins.
Marriage between persons of the
same ancestry and the same persona!
traits tends to produce children with
these traits more strongly developed.
If the Inherited characteristics are
good, the marriage results in better
children.
If the Inherited traits are had, then
poorer children are the result.
Professor Popenoe concludes that If
both Interested parties to the marriage
are strong and healthy, mentally and
physically, above the average, with no
bad tendencies In their common an
cestors for several generations back,
their children will probably be above
the average.
But If the cousins are mentally or
physically below the average, If their
ancestors had undesirable traits, or If
Sny evidences of insanity, feeble
mindedness. liability to disease, ec
ceutrlcltles. or other undesirable pecu
liarities were present, then their mar
riage would be Inadvisable.
Professor Popenoe’s conclusions are
In line with what every live stock
breeder knows from experience.
The breeder kffows that when the
parents are carefully selected and all
animals with bad traits and,physical
defect* ar* cut oot. there I* ro
or surer way of building up a tf$e
grade of stock than by Inbreeding.
On the other hand, the breeder
knows that If the parents are defec
tive. low grade nr “scrub” animals, the
general average of the herd Is lowered
So the answer to the Question
whether cousins should marty ts thai
It ail depends on the cousins And
the hear ad'iee to those in doubt Is
that of Punch—"Don’t.”
(© 1?24, Wftftttrn Newspaper Union.)
ir Al#THAT FOt'D PARENTS
TELL ABOUT THEIR’P'RltSHT"
CHILDREN 13 truE.ToE NEXT
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to the American Red Cross it charged
the organization with the duty to act
as “the medium of communication be
tween the American people and their
Army and Navy." This responsibility
to the enlisted men and t.heir families
Is met every year without restriction
6erve« Men on Active Sqr/ice
The extent of this Red Cross activ
It? during the last year embraced a
total of 195,24B cases. There were
36.995 separate soldiers’ and sailors’
claims; 20,316 Investigations of home
conditions; 11,421 cases related to dis
charges, furloughs, etc. Assistance
tvas given in 39.633 instances for per
socah business or family problems:
744,220 visits were made to the sick
or disabled, and nearly 40,000 letters
and telegrams dispatched to the
homes of enlisted men
From June to September at the nu
merous military training camps the
Red Cross provided information and
home service to the trainees, also in
struction tn First Aid and Life Saving
The entertainment and recreation
events at the various Army and Navy
hospitals reached nearly 9,500 during
the year, and occunational therapy i:
nine Naval hospitals gave construe
live and beneficial results and occu
pied tb# time of patients in the mak
ins of useful and ornamental thiugs
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Red Cross Figging
First Ar*– Ba^pk?
To Conserve Life
Reliable records establish the fact
that more than 75,000 accidental
deaths occur every year In the United
States The records show t.iat 206
\merlcan citizens are killed every
day: that 38 of these deaths are due
to automobiles, 35 to falls. 19 to
drownIngs. 16 to burns.
Facing such "distressing sacrifice ol
life Is the First Aid Service of the
American Red Cross, fighting through
education and demonstration to Instill
a conclousness of safety In the public
mind and teaching approved methods
which assure "that compei«nt hands
will eare for Injured persons until th*
arrival of doctors Trained service It)
the first few minutes Is vital In
.serious accidents and saves mail;
precious lives
One of the most encouraging signs
of the past vrar Is the record of the
R.ed Cross First Aid Insurance Car
No 1 which traveled 9.700 miles along
trunk (Ines, stopping at 137 places
The car’s staff of surgeons gave 911
demonstrations to audiences compos
»d of 42.150 railroad men 71 ono high
school and college students 13 000 In
dustrla! workers, 2,000 members of
For All the Family
“\kjE have used Black
i* Draught ever since
ily and that was shortly
after 1874,” says Mr, E.
A. Branstetter, of St.
James, Mo. “It is my first
remedy when any of us
gets sick. ... We use
Black-Draught for torpid
liver and stomach com
plaints.
“When I get sluggish I
and don’t feel so good,
take Black-Draught—and
you have to show me that
there is a better medicine
4 Remember
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BLACK-DRAUGHT
Vegetable Liner Medicine
dobs. and nearly 18 000 pollcemfo
Stamen and other municipal em
•0j>ve9. a total of 147W00
't–cifm F 4 r»t jtjrt eertlfloat»Vi
VCf;!' conferred trrott 13.865
who look th‘- course last yfisr an In
crease of 4,000 over 1923 Telephone,
gas. and electric companies, public
corporation'! and other laree
employers of the country adopted the
Rea Cross course, and their team
contests everywhere were witnessed
by huge crowds with as much Interest
as develops at popnlar athletic games
' »« the Industrial field the growth ol
First Alrt Practice to fight to reduce
preventable accidents and unneoes
sary '°ss of life has received wide
recognition The promise of an tin
precendented advance 1n this fine
cause lies In the evidence of th <4 great
strides systematic Instruction In First
Aid has made throughout the country
through the Red Cross Chapters and
the the work of the experts In this
service under direction of the nations’
organization
Sign the American Red Cross rol
this year for humanity’s sake.
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While It seems impossible to mice
Washington pie (o ifs original pinker,
i Is Interesting to note that recipes
’or It may he found in old English i wiU
woks
in Missouri. I think it is
asss*^Sr“*» fine for indigestion or for
UBes jt fay «ny stomach
ailment, Indigestion and let
biliousness. We never
the house be without it if
I know it. We also give it
to the children for chil
dren’scomplaints,cold*or fever.
Keep a package of Black- ,
draught in the house for
aU the family,
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Bibfe Thoughts fo^
the Week
Sunday.
FINDING THE RIGHT WAY.—
Seek ye I he Lord while he may he
found, call ye upon him while he
Is near: let the wicked forsnk# his
way, and th» unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto
I he Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon.— Isa.
55:0, 7.
Monday.
WHOM SHALL 1 FEART-The
Lord is my light and m.v salvation ;
whom shall I fear? the Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom shall
T he afraid? Ps. 27 .1.
Tuesday.
NOTHING BUT GOOD.—And we
know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to
them who are called according to
his purpose.—Rom. 8:28.
Wednesday.
GREAT AND PRECIOUS PR03I
ISES.—Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious prom
ises; that by these ye might he
partakers of the divine nature, hav
ing escaped the corruption .that Is
in the world through lust—II Pet.
14
Thursday
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM
—Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as thin little child, the same
Is greatest. In the kingdom of
heaven.—Matt. 18:4.
Friday,
DELIVERANCE AMID TRIALS.
■When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and
through th# rivers, they shall not
overflow thee; when thou walkest
throttgh the fire thou shalt not he
burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.—Isa. 43:2,
Saturday
PRAY FOR REVIVAL—O Lord,
revive thy work in the midst of the
years, in the midst of the years
make known; in wrath remember
mercy.—Hab. 8:2.
T*d«>’« Wise Word.
“An education for Individually
•feoiild Include In a large way the «*
•ential beauty of poetry of things; th«
essential order of history of things,
the ultimate values or the religion ot
things; and. In childhood particularly
the eternal vea and nay or Hie realitj
of tbine«’’- r , : iis> f,orp $h*»rn
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is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Dengue,
Aches, Conitipaticn. B Uousr,esx
Uii the moil ipeedy remedy we lin,w.
$1.00 PER YEAR
50,000 IN LIFE-SAVING
SERVICE OF RED CROSS
Additional 50,000 Water Safety
Experts Probable Gain of
Summer Campaign.
A boy watched an expert give a
class a lesson In the way to revive •
person unconscious from water im
mersion. The next day the boy tried
it on a bathing companion and saved
his life. Such a boy justifies all the
effort anti the cost of the Life-Saving
Service. American Red Cross officials
declare. The Red ^Cross method of
restoring partly drowned persons Is so
simple that the continual large sacri
fice of life must decrease as an In
formed public insists upon general in
struction in prone pressure practice
to Induce respiration.
The Red Cross Life-Saving Service
in every part of the country, summer
and winter, is engaged it teaching
this method as an integral part of
swimming and life-saving. This ser
vice has grown from a single expert
in 1914 to a corps of almost 50.000 ac
tive life-savers. In this tenth year of
the work It Is predicted that fully
60,000 more experts will be eligible
for membership in the corps. ThU
large accession In a single year is
confidently expected as the result of
the campaign among 22,000 troop* of
Boy Scouts under a plan to qualify
at least two life-guards in each troop.
During the past year 4,746 men,
3,374 women, 9,731 boys and girls suc
cessfully passed the rigid tests of the
Red Cross—an increase of 5,331 over
1923. Intensive Instruction Is develop
ing hundreds of qualified examiners
for the Red Cross Life-Saving Corps,
who supplement the teaching staff
maintained by the national organiza
tion. The cause of water safety la
therefore penetrating to new sections
and eventually will cover all Ameri-
can territory.
Recognition of this Red Cross ser
vice for humanity Is growing apace.
At the reqUest of the War Department
pypry military training camp had life
sgving mnstruetiou last Kunmer. -M*
niclpsltiies ba»e adopted the Red
Cross course, public and private
schools are offering It to students,
business, civic and athletic organiza
tions are promoting, campaigns, and
police departments are making It a
part of the conditioning procese for
their recruits.
Volunteer life savers throughout the
country, the American Red Crose fe
ports, are eagerly advancing the cause
of water safety, 388 volunteers receiv
ing medals for giving from 200 to 100
hours’ service in two or three years.
In addition 36 rescue bars to medals
were awarded members of the Red
Cross Corps who saved one or asore
lives during the year.
It Is for the work and extension of
life-saving that continued support
through memberships is sought, and
the American Red Cross urges all per
sons to Join or renew membership
during the enrollment campaign open
ing Armistice Day, November 11.
Believed Earth Round
gir John Manaeville, author of one
of the earliest English books of travel,
trhich was published In the Fourteenth
century, was one of the few men be
fore Columbus’ discovery who believed
’hv earth to be round.
Seems So
On the very day that a man has set
to Inaugurate his plan of personal Im
provement something happens io fire
rent it. He 1ms to herein some, other
lay.
WRIGLEYS
After Every Meed
Sl*s the longest-lasting
confection you can buy
—end It’s a help to di
gestion and a cleanser
for the mouth
fo *; and teeth.
Wrlgley’s means
benefit as well as
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