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Red Cross Bathhouse Aids Romanian Peasants During Typhus Fight
June report from Jassy notes the American Red Cross ran a large bathhouse offering weekly meals clothing and medical care in exchange for cleanliness. The dis infector system sterilized clothing to curb typhus, praised as saving Romanian troops. Queen Marie reportedly received the season ticket. An accident at the kitchen caused fatal electric shock to a boy, with two bystanders injured.
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