21 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1914
Page
1
A report notes seven million people in Belgium are starving with daily rations at three ounces of flour per person. The figure underscores severe hunger amid wartime shortages and calls for relief measures.
Gov. Hodges and state leaders call on Kansas towns and citizens to donate flour to Belgium. Kansas produced 180 million bushels of wheat this year and a first offering of 100000 barrels of flour is requested with further winter contributions. Donations may be in barrels or sacks, with mills grinding wheat free and transport arranged to the seaboard.
The German ambassador in Washington issued a statement saying Germany will support relief for Belgians. A central committee will coordinate contributions with a fifteen member executive and ten workers per township. Frank C. Fiesell is county president, J. H. Little treasurer and agent, Baker relief group handles funds, with Russell J. promising a strong county showing.
In Topeka Morwanville and nearby Republic County towns with 285 inhabitants, volunteers rally from sunup to sundown. The effort aims to send a cargo of flour to Belgium, with Rush County activating its machinery and 159 workers currently in the field awaiting when shipments begin.
A charity auction at the Commercial Club in Shawnee County plans to sell a cow donated for Belgian relief. Col George Moore announced the animal would be displayed by a large auto truck before auction hours. County organizers, officials, and representatives will attend to support the aid drive.
A fragmented plea mentions a committee to collect wheat or flour or money to buy it. It references Governor Stubbs and a plan to send sacks of hour with a stated intent to supply. The text is garbled but implies coordinated effort and regional aid.
Kansas mobilizes relief efforts for Belgian famine with free rail and telegraph support. Millions of Belgians rely on flour as the American Belgian Relief Committee urges rapid local organization and contributions. Hoover warns that delay costs lives. Kansas, the wheat state, is urged to lead in feeding refugees amid war destruction.
Kansas urged rapid aid for Belgium with flour as the essential food staple. The American Relief drive calls for consignments to New York, then London, Brussels, and distribution under trusted oversight. Citizens are urged to subscribe and rally neighbors to transport 49 pound sacks of flour and other acceptable staples like peas and beans.
A report describes Belgium as peaceful and prosperous before the war, then devastated by mines and mills. It notes a population around 7.28 million, severe famine, and a relief effort estimating 80,000 to 90,000 tons of food needed monthly. American Belgian Relief and others push urgent mobilization, with ships delivering flour and staple foods to sustain children and families.
A fragment describes Mr Chase recounting a Canadian town nearly starved, urging a fundraising response in flour barrels to feed every family. It notes the town raised over 1500 dollars in hours and calls on residents to donate barrels or sacks as a family basis. Old Kansas residents recall past aid from neighboring states.
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