American Two Dollar Bill Helps Orphan Resolve In Armenia
A dramatic photo shows a homeless three year old in rags at a Near East Relief orphanage in Armenia, then a week later well dressed and fed. The article asks who gave the two dollar bill that funded the transformation and notes over 250000 other orphans seek aid in Western Asia. More such bills are needed to admit and care for them until self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Oliver Harriman
Currie Chagman Catt
America
Sear
Madison Avenue
N.Y
Armenia
Asia
Orphaned Boy Displays Burlap Garment in Near East Relief Poster
A starving child in Igdir Armenia, found by Dr. Milton S. Littlefield of Near East Relief, wears a single burlap sack blanket as his only possession. The image, captured on a busy Erivan street, underpins a new Near East Relief poster highlighting cruel conditions facing 250,000 vulnerable children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Igdir
Armenia
Milton S. Littlefield
Near East Relief
Erivan
Dr. Littlefield
Women War Workers Aids Armenians In Near East Mission
Mary Vail Andrees leads a group of American women to the Near East to aid Armenian relief efforts. The party includes Frances and Betty Anderson and others who have served with Red Cross and relief organizations. Col. William N. Haskell reports 800,000 Armenians may starve before harvest and 120,000 orphans face death without aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary’ Vail Andrees
New York City
Near East
Miss Andrees
Ser Cross
Near East Relief
American Committee On
Western Asia
Congress
Red Cross
Oew
Frances
Betty Anderson
New Canaan
William N. Haskell
Paris Peace Commission
Haskell
Christmas appeal led by Taft and Morgenthau aids Armenians
Prominent men including William Howard Taft Henry Morgenthau and Alexander J Hemphill serve on Near East Relief Executive Committee urging ongoing support to save 800000 people in Armenia and western Asia and feed clothe and shelter 250000 orphans. The appeal cites Hoover and a call to give to relieve hunger cold and destitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
William Howard Taft
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Alexander J. Hemphill
New York
Near East Relief
American Committee On
Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
Caucasus
Lis
Armenian Bandits Attack Harbord Force Near Ararat
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord head of the American Mission to Armenia and his party escaped death when mistaken for Armenians by a band of raiders near Jimat Ararat. He has returned to the United States and reported to President Wilson on Near East distress and American relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Harbord
Armenia
Jimat Ararat
Harivard
United States
Wilson
Near East
Amero Charity
Wie
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Mrs. Oliver Harriman
Erivan, AR
Menia
DR. M
Littlefield
Mary Vail Andrees
Sry
Mary Vail. Andrees
Taft
William N. Taft
Alexander J Hemphill
Henry Morgenthaud
Executive Committee
Khim
Fletcher
Warrs
Soea
IBM
T. Markette, Jr
T. Markette
J. R. Markette, Jr
BP. T. Markette & Sons, Proprietors
Oxford
Markette
Pine Crest
Cole
Jas
Stone
Pinerest
Pinecrest
Orion King
Bank of Oxford
Yoccona Valley
Bete
Miss
City Pressing
R. V. Black
Mgr
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