Red Cross Roll Call Spirit Of Christmas Observance
The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call urges universal support as Americans pledge membership dues to aid starving, sick, and shelterless people worldwide. Leaders stress that enrollment numbers matter most, with the aim of 40 million supporters proving humanitarian resolve and expanding aid beyond peace. Each donation affirms shared values and funds relief abroad.
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Red Cross
Ught
Europe
Asia
Tuberculosis Fighters Align With Red Cross Roll Call
About 1500 anti tuberculosis associations across states join the Red Cross Roll Call urging universal Red Cross membership. The campaign shifts 2.5 million dollars from Red Cross funds to broaden outreach and enroll every man and woman in the country through cooperative state and local chapters.
Comfort Kits Kept From Soldiers Bags By Army Policy
Army limits personal bags on transports banning comfort kits though Red Cross plans large freight shipments through its Foreign Commissions to keep morale up. A grateful soldier praised a simple toothbrush and comb found in a kit, saying it brightened grim days and pledged to donate from his next pay.
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American Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call Dec T:
The fragment discusses a December Christmas roll call and a patriotic census of the Americas. It references gay persons and allies, urging support as the roll call proceeds. The readable text is fragmented and unclear in places.
One Nation in War Effort Through Red Cross Unity
The Red Cross Home Service coordinates 10 000 committees to aid soldiers families uniting diverse races under one flag. The program highlights Indians Negroes Italians Mexicans Japanese Icelanders as Americans and calls the Christmas Roll Call from December 16 to expand membership from 22 million to the full potential, signaling national unity and commitment to honor and mercy.
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Red Cross
America
Home Service
Amer'en
Tuberculosis Patients urged to join Red Cross drive
A nationwide campaign led by the National Tuberculosis Association and Journal of the Out of Life seeks to enroll tuberculous patients as Red Cross members during the Christmas Toll Call. Sanatoria nationwide, about 600, organize efforts to achieve one hundred percent enrollment with every patient recruiting another. The movement is a contribution by tuberculosis patients supported by the Red Cross funding for 1919.
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National Tuberculosis Association
Outoof Life
Red Cross
United States
Red Cross Delivers Food To Belgians On Front
American Red Cross trucks worked along the Belgian front handling 240 tons of foodstuffs and salvaged material in two weeks. They saved effects of residents in shelled towns Furnes Abede Coxyde La Panne Alveringham Oostduarick Trappist Farm Jeanle Blezen and Reninghelst without injuries to trucks or drivers.
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American Red Cross
Commission For
Belgium
Furnes
Abede
Coxyde
la Panne
Red Cross Produces Water Sterilizers for Italy
The American Red Cross manufactures numerous water sterilizers and disinfecting plants to be turned over to Italian military authorities in Rome for use at their discretion as part of relief efforts.
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Italy
American Red Cross
Rome
Red Cross Aids Farming in Italy
American Red Cross efforts introduce scientific farming to Italian youth near Porta Furba Rome. A joint effort with Italian Comitato per git Orfant de Constadint Martin Guerra runs a field school outside the historic gates. Orphans of peasant soldiers receive training in modern tools and classroom work by Salesian Fathers to foster soil attachment and create capable farmers.
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American Red Cross
Italy
Department of Civil Affairs
Comitato
Martin Guerra
Salesian Fathers
Porta Furba
Rome
Orphi
Red Cross Appeal Urges Newark Cleric Voices Support
Bishop John J. O Connor of Newark urges public support for the American Red Cross Christmas roll call. He says failure to enroll is a neglect of humanity and patriotism, praising the Red Cross as a universal humanitarian body that requires pity and relief for misfortune. He invites readers to place their names on the rolls.
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John J. O'Connor
Newark
Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross Society
American Red Cross
Why America Needs Christmas Roll Call
George B. Scott of the American Red Cross explains that a universal membership surge from the Christmas Roll Call will elevate soldiers and sailors with purpose, renew devotion for workers at home, and inspire and strengthen those serving overseas.
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George B. Scott
American Red Cross
United States
America
Soldiers in Convalescent Care in Italy by Red Cross
Convalescent soldiers in Italy are housed in sixteen Red Cross hospitals with twenty-nine more planned. Beyond medical care, they are being taught trades using typewriters sewing machines and cabinet making tools. These activities provide practical skills and offer enjoyment during recovery.
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Italy
American Red Cross
Food Administration cites 16 million bushels saved in threshing drive
The U S Food Administration reports that adopting cleaner threshing methods and field collection saved 16 000 000 bushels of wheat this year along with reductions in barley oats rye and other grains. Farmers and threshermen nationwide contributed through reduced losses and repairs to faulty gear.
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United States
U. S. Food Administration
The
Food Administration
No One Suffered Here Food Saving Ideal
The article extols voluntary food saving and self denial as a triumph of national spirit noting that no hardship occurred. It credits food control in America with stabilizing bread prices, preventing speculation, and maintaining domestic tranquility and health.
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America
Dr H W Lewis Address Him Now at Laurens South Carolina
A note directs Dr H W Lewis to present himself in Laurens South Carolina indicating a current address or contact update. The fragment provides only the location Laurens and the name Dr H W Lewis with no further context or action.
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Laurens, S. C
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