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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
4
Dr. Vernon Kellogg, American Relief Administration official, reports Poland faces famine and disease akin to Belgium’s wartime hardship. He recalls four million people needing aid, with one million plus Polish children receiving free meals daily as eight major organizations unite to fund food and medical relief across Eastern Europe.
A report on the American Young Women's Christian Association aided Polish relief efforts. Polish Grays group, comprising women of Polish descent, organized food distribution and clothing for starving children in Poland since 1918. They trained in the United States and now oversee feeding programs, distribution points, and ongoing relief work across Poland with a mobile network of stations and staff.
James A. Flaherty, supreme knight, announced that the Knights of Columbus will support a European relief appeal urged by Herbert Hoover. He said the group will not launch a national campaign but will join with Americans to fund aid for starving and sick children in Europe, pledging partnership in mercy.
Five years of famine have driven Vienna’s death rate from 153 per thousand to 225 per thousand in 1918, with child welfare collapsing. Dr. Gustave Bobn notes rising mortality and malnutrition. 54,819 children examined in 1918 shows only 4,637 deemed well nourished. Hoover's American Relief Administration funds meals for 800,000 deprived Viennese children, as eight American groups unite under European Relief Council to feed up to 3.5 million children across Central Europe. An appeal of 38 million dollars is underway.
Dr Harry Plotz reports to the European Relief Council on dire medical conditions among Poland's Jewish population. He cites high infant mortality, malnutrition, widespread tuberculosis and typhus, skin diseases, and lack of vaccines. Vilna has 11000 child cases. vaccination gaps persist across Poland and Ukraine.
A Christmas appeal urges donations to the local committee of joint organizations for European relief. Checks should be sent to the European Relief Council at 42 Broadway New York City to aid two children’s lives.
A joint appeal by eight American relief organizations to fund continued aid for undernourished children in war devastated Europe. The European Relief Council merges efforts of the American Relief Administration, American Red Cross, Quakers, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Federal Council, Knights of Columbus, and YMCA/YWCA to prevent a halt in life saving aid. The Brest Litovsk region hosts thousands of war orphans living in shelters and deserted dugouts as relief crews report severe hunger and exposure.
A plea to the American people urges urgent overseas relief for 3.3 million children amid war devastation in Eastern and Central Europe. The appeal stresses that aid must come now, with 28 million for child food and 10 million for medicine sought, while detailing how contributions will be matched by communities and governments.
Eight relief groups form the European Menet Council to raise 33 million dollars for 3.5 million starvingEastern and Central European children. Hoover chairs. Lane treasurer. funds for food and medical care. local committees to mobilize communities and ensure efficient use of every dollar.
European relief efforts focus on saving starving children as war ravaged districts face harsh winters. Eight American agencies form the European Relief Council to raise 33.3 million dollars to aid orphans, hospitals, and vulnerable youths, highlighting cross‑border aid drives and shared humanitarian purpose.
The European Relief Council, formed by eight major relief groups, plans to funnel aid across war torn Europe. Funds and supplies head toward Czecho Slovakia Germany and other hard hit regions to save 1,500,000 children.
Americans and British exiles Mrs Barker of Vancouver and her husband recount three years among Bolsheviks in eastern Russia. They were repeatedly threatened as miners, managers, and workers faced massacres, ties to shelling, and city ruins. A Chinese gunboat battle ferried survivors to safety.
A collection of notes discusses advertising as essential during demand drops, urging firms to keep marketing and top sales staff despite belt-tightening. It contrasts durable brands with newer converts and cites Forbes on prudent spending and sustaining campaigns. It also mentions German taxicab quirks, an art sale tied to Toledo authorities, and Chinese bank practices with compradores and the chit credit system.
Ethel Barrymore compares a young actress to Ellen Terry, recalling a famed quip about a judge and age. The piece then shifts to flowers describing oriental and California poppies, their colors and lack of fragrance. A separate note recounts a perpetual motion machine exhibit in Los Angeles and its failure when the city power plant shut for repairs, as reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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