Red Cross Aid to Mme Pellier’s War Devastation
A vivid account praises the Red Cross for aiding Mme Pellier and her children after German bombardment in northern France. It recounts the family’s flight, privation, and repatriation, then details how Red Cross nurses, clinics, and supplies rebuilt their health, housing, and hope. The piece urges American readers to continue supporting Red Cross efforts.
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Mme Peltier
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Germany
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Italian Officer Gives Shirt to Newborn on Train
A young Italian officer, aiding refugees near Bologna, stripped to help a newborn baby on a crowded train. He wrapped the infant with his shirt and the mother and child were later cared for by the American Red Cross. This selfless act reflects many similar救 efforts amid hardship.
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Red Cross Canteen Provides Comforts to Soldiers
A wartime Red Cross canteen offers weary soldiers hot coffee and ham sandwiches, with friendly service and quick refreshments within hearing of the front. The piece praises the morale boost from such "food that's got a homey taste" during low spirits and notes the scale of work funded by members and donations.
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The Red Cross The Hope Of The World
The Red Cross is the hope of the world our war effort rests on mercy and brotherhood. It voices the ideals that guide our armies in trench and hospital and carries a message of humane purpose amid the ruin of battle.
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French Solder Finds Hope With Red Cross Aid
A Lille solder Waellele, wrestling illness and poverty after WWI trenches, gains care from American Red Cross. Hospital cure fails, but a kindly American donor funds him to move to the French Alps and support his wife and baby as he dreams of reopening a printing shop. The piece notes 400,000 new French tuberculosis cases since the war and Red Cross duties to curb the disease.
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Waellele
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Waeltele
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French Alps
France
American Red Cross
Home Service Aids Soldiers Families In Wartime
The Red Cross Civilian Relief initiates Home Service to support soldier families left at home. It aims to keep children in school, stabilize finances, manage budgets, secure medical and legal aid, and sustain health, education and industry through dedicated volunteers.
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Work in France This Winter Worth Over a Million Soldiers
General Petain says the French winter work by the Red Cross is valued at more than one million five hundred thousand dollars in relief and support for American troops in France today.
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France
General Petaln
Village rebuilt after war grants name plaque to director
In postwar France the village celebrates its recovery by naming a small corner near Martin's house the corner of Merre Martin. The director accepts a plaque bearing a red heart and the inscription Placé de la Croix Rouge Americaine, acknowledging aid from the American Red Cross. The mayor and priest praise the director for restoring homes and hope.
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Father Joan
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Charles Dana Gibson
Harold Bell Wright
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Ralph Henry Barbour
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Plage DE LA Croix-Rouge Americaine
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