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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
8
This appeal highlights the Salvation Army as a major wartime relief force with huts libraries and canteens serving soldiers in France and camps. It emphasizes unity with Y M C A K of C and W C C, urging public support with reading rooms books and funds to sustain morale and morale-driven work.
Wartime drive urges support for Y M C A W A C S and Y W C A efforts in France and the US. It highlights 15,000 uniformed workers, 3,000 buildings, 125,000,000 sheets of paper, 3,600,000 books, 100 actors touring huts, and 15 miles of film weekly. It argues for voluntary funding, noting peace may require $250,000,000 and claiming Pershing values such morale boosts. It emphasizes women’s roles and W C C S care in camps and towns to keep soldiers connected to home and avoid desertion.
The Victory Boy and Victory Girl Campaign aims to enroll one million boys and one million girls aged 12 to 20 to support two million American fighters via the War Work Campaign. Slogan highlights include Girls for victory with Every girl pulling for victory and Bogg urging a million boys behind a million fighters.
The plan integrates the United War Work Campaign into a broad outreach. Pledges will be collected by boy and girl teams visiting a distant community ten miles from the water tank station on a branch line. Youth volunteers enroll for extra service not to disrupt school or work commitments.
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