Influenza Threat and Home Health Advice Emerges
Washington officials warn influenza will linger through winter with pneumonia and bronchitis as major risks. Surgeon General Rupert Blue urges fresh air, proper clothing, and avoiding overheating to prevent deadly spread. public health posters explain droplet infection and practical steps for households.
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Rupert Blue
United States
Public Health Service
General Blue
Lkened
Bureau of Public’ ‘ Health
Treasury Department
Berryman
Washington
Plain Citizen
Turn the Boys Thoughts Homeward by Fosdick Urges Cooperation
Raymond B. Fosdick, ahead of a France demobilization mission, calls for family and public support to ease two million troops returning from overseas. He says letters from home and human interest are vital to morale and urges mothers to guide returning soldiers toward responsible futures.
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Washington
France
United War Work Campaign
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission On
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Fosdick
America
Teare
War Dept plan uses letters from home to aid trainees
Washington special reports the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities introduces Letters from Home to pull soldiers through the toughest training phase. The appeal targets mothers fathers sisters and sweethearts urging them to write supportive letters by December 15 to boost morale and endurance.
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Washington
War Department Commission On
Chateau near Compiegne Sees Two Red Cross Surgeons Save Hundreds
Two American Red Cross doctors Major Tarnowsky and Major Morehead directed a field hospital inside the Chateau near Compiegne as shells fell and the enemy neared. With four surgeons challenged by scarce supplies, two canteen women and five cannoneers arrived to aid.
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Compiegne
Annel
Red Cross
Service de Sante
Tarnowsky
Morehead
Angela
Red Cross delivers condensed milk to Sicilian babies
The Red Cross in Italy supplied sweetened condensed milk to fifty Italian soldier families in Sicily to feed infants. A single can fed one baby with a cup of boiling water, and mothers received guidance on use and sanitation as summer demanded daily rations.
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Sicily
Red Cross
America
Italy
Food at Low Cost for Belgian Families
American Red Cross and Belgian Government coordinate to supply low cost food to families of Belgian soldiers at the front or missing. Red Cross commits 20,000 francs per month. Belgian Supplies Minister runs 65 stores in France and near front selling to soldier families and workers in munitions plants.
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American Red Cross
Belgium
The
Red Cross
France
Reer
Faith in the Red Cross and a Brother in France
A young American soldier in France searched for his brother who had preceded him. After many delays he found the company his brother belonged to and learned he had been wounded and was in a hospital. The piece ends with a note on unwavering faith.
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France
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