Red Cross 1928-29 Roll Call Aims 6 Million Members
Judge John Barton Payne appeals for 5 to 6 million adult members during the 1928 29 Red Cross annual roll call to fund disaster relief veteran aid and health programs. In 1927 28 the society spent about 16.6 million on disasters including Mississippi Valley flood relief New England and St Louis tornadoes with most funds from its own resources. The largest budget item funds veteran relief and disability work totaling 1.17 million.
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Ed Cross
John Barton Payne
Themerican Red Cross
Washington
Pea Cross
Red Cross
Payne
United States
Tta
West Indies
Porto Rico
Florida
Misatispipp Valley
St. Louis
New England
Red Cross Emblem Symbol of Universal Helpfulness
The emblem stands for service to all citizens regardless of race color or creed, embodying universal aid and humanitarian effort celebrated in America.
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America
Red Cross
Red Cross Membership Endorsed by Business Leader
William Butterworth of the Chamber of Commerce backs the twelfth annual Red Cross roll call. He argues individual membership yields personal satisfaction and praises Red Cross efficiency in disaster relief. The appeal runs November 11 to 29, aiming for five million members nationwide.
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American Red Cross
Willam Butterworth
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Butterworth
American National Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
William Butterworth
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Who Is on Trial in Continental Gallery Incident
A Continental picture gallery event concerns a tourist who mutters a disparaging remark about a famed old master. The custodian replies that the real trial lies with the visitor, not the artwork, asserting that perception reflects the observer’s judgment.
Mystery in Diamonds Lies in Deep Blue Ground Sources
The bulk of fine diamonds comes from a bluish green serpentinite rock called blue ground found in deep earth funnels or craters. The origin remains mysterious though chemically akin to charcoal and reducible by combustion. Volcanic changes are thought linked to formation.
Red Cross Veterans Relief marks tenth Armistice anniversary
James L. Fieser reports ten years of Red Cross veteran relief since Armistice Day 1918 with about 65.8 million spent. Daily 25,600 disabled veterans in government care and similar deaths, plus 349 workers in field and 2,700 chapters aiding dependents. 1928 figures show expenditures and claims handling, War Service benefits, and annual Roll Call funding.
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American Red Cross
James L. Fieser
Red Cross
Washington
Fieser
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Nation
The
War Service
Graf Zeppelin completes first rough commercial transatlantic flight
The Graf Zeppelin, piloted by Dr. Hugo Eckener, landed in Friedrichshafen 68 hours 56 minutes after departing Lakehurst New Jersey, marking the first rough commercial transatlantic flight of a rigid airship. Passengers mail and freight were carried both ways amid storms and cheering crowds including Clara Adams and stowaway Clarence Terhune who drew wide attention.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Newfoundland
Bay of Biscay
France
Airdrome
Clara Adams
Tannersville
Clarence Terhune
Enaddy
Hart Carroll
New York
Clarence
United States
Terhune
Berlin
Heidelberg
Hagenbach Circus
Countess von Brandenberg-Zeppelin
Graf Zeppelin
New York Post Office
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