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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
3
A wartime column urges Americans to boost production and personal sacrifice to win the war. It argues the nation must increase wealth through production and self-denial, not rely on savings, and advocates buying Liberty Bonds to fund the effort. It calls on all groups to contribute, stressing income taxes and patriotic duty.
A November meeting led by Gov Hobby with Dr Charles McCarthy and F A Peden urged President Wilson to approve at once a 50 million dollar war measure. They seek a revolving farm and livestock credit fund to provide feed, seed, labor and relief for drouth stricken Texas, with state and county officials to administer. They warn of vast losses and depopulation if action lags.
The War Council of the American Red Cross urges universal membership to support U S fighters with money material mercy and manpower. The Southwest division covering Missouri Texas Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas seeks 2 000 000 new members to back the army and navy in the global conflict.
In our first Christmas away from home many men are in the trenches or at sea. The appeal asks members to light Christmas candles and place them in windows behind Red Cross service flags on Christmas Eve to express the spirit of service and mercy embodied by the American Red Cross.
A call to action urging immediate support for the American Red Cross to back U S forces in World War I. The message warns that future casualty lists will haunt those who did not act, urging widespread Christmas membership and dedication to morale and relief efforts. It emphasizes NOW over THEN and invites 10,000,000 new members by Christmas Eve.
The American Red Cross launches its Christmas membership drive on December 17 to December 24 and plans to provide every mother in need with an infant layette. The program urges home sewing by women to supply warm baby clothes, with Junior Red Cross and rural women contributing to support the war effort and the welfare of children.
A lone white woman in an Alaskan town, ten years isolated, reports sending 36.50 via money order to the Red Cross for war relief. She collected the funds from two Tin Dredges and notes two refusals, asks for confirmation of receipt.
The Town and County Nursing Service of the American Red Cross announces a series of public health nursing scholarships funded as special war gifts by local chapters and individual donors. The program aims to support training and service in wartime public health efforts.
Dr. Harvey Cushing reports a Boston base hospital behind British lines is impressed by the Paris Red Cross warehouse. He notes ready access to ether, plaster, medicines, surgical instruments, lamps, and supplies, and foresees large storehouses aiding overseas efforts and war aims through home support.
National Fire Underwriters warn candle display with Red Cross service flags on Christmas Eve poses serious fire risk. To avoid danger, members should place flags in windows between 7 and 9 PM with no candles behind them. Use an electric flashlight behind the flag as a safe alternative.
National headquarters of the American Red Cross ships five hundred thousand manuals detailing twenty three standard and special dressings. Complete directions enable chapters nationwide to prepare dressings for shipment to base hospitals in France.
Persistent fighting erupts across Petrograd as authorities combat drunkenness and raids on wine cellars. A mob attacked a distillery. 15 soldiers died after drinking themselves to death, and an armored car fire injured and killed multiple people as the blaze spread before order was restored.
Major General Greble at Camp Bowie received a War Department telegram objecting to releasing 60 percent of the men on Christmas furloughs. The secretary of war urged reducing the figure to 5 percent due to congested railway traffic and strained transportation facilities.
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