Red Cross Gifts and Efforts Aid War Wounded and Refugees
The American Red Cross plans a December Christmas membership drive in the Southwest states and reports a $1,000,000 donation to sick and wounded French soldiers and families. Dispensaries, dental ambulances, nurses service, hospital distribution, and surgical dressings services support French and American troops. Rest stations, canteens, recuperation camps, artificial limbs, and a movable hospital aid soldiers. Relief for Belgians and Italian refugees is organized with clothing, beds, and shelters, plus transport and agricultural support for disabled veterans.
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American Red Cross
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Red Cross
France
American Red Cross Hospital
United States Army
Paris
Europe
Children's Refuge
American
Transportation Department
Switzerland
Germany
Washington
Maj. Murphy
Italy
Venice
Chioggia
Littoral
Rimini
Rome
Genoa
Milan
Ancona
Ravenna
Near East Relief receives $900000 additional Red Cross support
The War Council of the American Red Cross allocates another 900000 for Near East relief through the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. Total aid in Western Asia reaches 1800000, supporting work across Asia Minor Armenia Syria the Caucasus Persia Mesopotamia and refugee settlements in Egypt.
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The
War Council of the American Red Cross
Near East
American Committee For
Red Cross
Western
Asia
Asia Minor
Armenia
Syria
Ottoman Empire
Russian Caucasus
Persia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Youngest Big Bank President Heads Red Cross Drive
John L. Johnston, born 1886 in Louisville, rising from 15-year-old clerk to president of the German Savings Institution in St. Louis, heads the American Red Cross Christmas membership drive for 2,000,000 more members in the Southwestern division. He predicts the five-state drive will exceed its quota by 1,000,000 as 50,000 workers mobilize beginning December 17.
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German Savings Institution of
St. Louis
Missouri
John L. Johnston
American Red
American Red Cross
Uncle Sam
Johnston
Red Cross
America
United States
Louisville
Bass- Johnston Banking Company
Ashland
Muskogee
Ohk
First National Bank
National Reserve Bank of
Southwestern
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Red Cross Lancers Abroad Provide Free Canteens For Soldiers
American Red Cross operations abroad describe canteens and rest stations for soldiers near the front. Women volunteers run dining rooms with showers barber services and a movie theater, serving meals at low cost or free except for food.
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WOMER
RED Cross Lancers
Red Cross Christmas Membership Campaign Opens December 17
The notice urges joining the Red Cross as a mark of good citizenship. It states the campaign begins December 17 and invites all United States citizens to join, with a participation cost of only $1.
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Red Cross
United States
Red Cross Membership Honors Service to U S Forces
A Chrietznes gift of real service to America's fighting forces is a membership in the American Red Cross, highlighting support for servicemen and veterans through charitable involvement.
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America
The
American Red Cross
Nurses Enrolled for Red Cross War Duty
Fifteen thousand nurses have enrolled with the American Red Cross, many volunteering for war service. About 2,000 have already been sent to Europe. The current registered force is estimated to care for an army of 1.5 million, with about 1,000 new nurses added monthly.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Europe
Keep Christmas 1917 by Keeping Up the Red Cross
A wartime appeal urges sustainment of Red Cross support during Christmas 1917, urging civilians to donate time and resources to aid wounded soldiers and maintain relief services.
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Red Cross
Red Cross appeals to civilians to join the undrafted army
The article urges readers to support the Red Cross in its wartime relief work. It emphasizes close contact with the suffering, the role of Red Cross workers in healing and comforting, and urges Christmas membership drive to enlist as a donor or solicitor.
Belgian Dapians Given New Life Through Red Cross
The American Red Cross launches its Christmas membership drive starting December 17 and aiding Belgian orphans captured and held in Germany. The first groups of 50 children, ages 4 to 13, are returning to Allied territory for care funded by the Red Cross and managed by the Belgian committee at the Troche monastery near Limoges.
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American Red Cross
Germany
Begium
Limoges
France
Troche
L Grande Chartreuse
Red Cross
Belgium
Two Objects in French Relief Work Highlighted
The American Red Cross says relief in France must both aid the war effort and ease civilian suffering. Civilian help may impact military success as troops perform better knowing families at home are cared for.
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American Red Cross
Thos
Red Cross Promises Immediate Aid to Italy in Retreat
The American Red Cross moved quickly to aid Italy during its retreat. The War Council telegrammed Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page pledging full, immediate relief efforts from the Red Cross to assist Italian civilians and troops affected by the emergency.
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American Red Cross
War Council
Thomas Nelson Page
Red Cross
Italy
New Uniforms for Nurses in France War Hospitals
American Red Cross nurses stationed in French base and military hospitals will wear gray uniforms instead of white due to limited laundry facilities. The change aims to maintain proper dress while conserving resources for frontline care.
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France
American Red Cross
Red Cross Christmas Drive Aims Ten Million New Members
The Southwestern division launches a large Red Cross membership drive from December 17 to Christmas Eve with a goal of 10,000,000 new members nationwide, seeking to reach 25,000,000 by Christmas. Merchants in rural districts, Boy Scouts, and school programs back the effort, using service-flag window displays and house-to-house canvassing to recruit families.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwest
American Red Cross
Great American Red Cross
Red Cross
France
Belgium
Sant
Promie
the Faily
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Rockefeller Foundation
F. D. Gardner
Arthur Capper
R. J. Williams
William P. Hobby
Charles H. Brough
BIG Bank
Hed Chu Dane
German Savings Institution
U.S. Soldiers and Sailors Organization
Army
Woman's Bureau
Junius B Wood
French Red Cross
Army of the Undrafted
Gibson
BOY Scouts
America Red Cross
Mapuri
Aew
Harvey D. Gibson
Southwestern Division
Division
U and Express
Parc
Waton
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