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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
4
A 1917 era letter asks editors to publish a call to extend YMCA access to drafted youths. It urges submitting a familiar city scene for a lantern slide to remind soldiers of home and requests parents to provide addresses for free newspaper mailing. It emphasizes YMCA as a home-like, free support network for boys overseas.
The sound of French artillery surrounds hundreds of healthy children living in former barracks turned into homes for orphans. American doctors oversee kitchens while teachers educate, and older children learn trades. The Red Cross response is noble and timely.
On troop trains bound for seaports, Red Cross canteens provide coffee sandwiches candy and postal cards. Women in charge bring homey cheer to soldiers stirring homesickness and the service now lists over 500 such canteens at key railroad hubs across the United States.
A call to readers to support the Red Cross drive for war relief. The author invokes the image of Christ and the suffering of France soldiers, allied children, and devastated lands, urging generous giving until it pinches to prove national compassion.
The Italian Premier praised the American Red Cross for its relief efforts after October Austrian advances displaced half a million refugees. He highlighted the organization’s prodigious activity and the generous cooperation against a common foe, noting the timely aid in Italy’s misfortune.
Thousands of patriotic women nationwide volunteer in the Red Cross effort crafting surgical dressings knit goods hospital garments comfort kits socks and sweaters. The value of this labor is estimated at 34 million dollars annually while the Red Cross operates in France with a 250 motor truck transportation fleet.
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