Americans Abroad in Red Cross Work
Americans living outside the continental U S form the Insular and Foreign Division the Fourteenth Division. In 1920 it reported 80808 paid up members with chapters in many countries and territories. They supported service for servicemen families disaster relief and international aid continuing the Red Cross peace time program.
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American Red Cross
United States
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Philippines
Guam
Red Cross
Argentine
Bolivia
Brazil
Canal Zone
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Japan
Manchuria
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Liberia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
Sallara
Red Cross Assists Disabled Veterans in War Aftercare
The American Red Cross runs a broad program for World War II disabled veterans in Public Health Service hospitals and through Federal Board for Vocational Education networks. Red Cross workers aid from admission to discharge, with home service, convalescent houses, and recreational activities. They assist with compensation claims, loans, living arrangements, and appeals, and track men who leave training or go missing. The Institute for the Blind aids training for blinded veterans, guiding vocational placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
United States Bible Health
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Public Health Service
Red Cross
Home Service
The
Federal Board
American Red Cross Institute For the Blind
Baltimore
Spanish Red Cross malaria fund gets aid from Iberian chapter
The Iberian chapter of the American Red Cross, made up of Americans living in Spain, has contributed 480 dollars to a fund raised by the Spanish Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies to combat malaria.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Spain
Spanish Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Death of Kolchak Described by Soviet Firing Squad
Victoria B. O. reports Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all Russian government, died by firing squad after smoking a cigarette. Capt. Wallace Ian Webb recalls Kolchak calmly facing the squad and asking to see his wife Mme Kolchak, who was denied.
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Mme. Kolchak
Webb
Kolchak
Pepperingeff
Booze Has Long Pedigree in English Language
Prof William H Hulme of Western Reserve University traces the word booze through English history from 1300 bowne meaning to drink in excess to 1600 slang usage. He notes bousing 1529 and bouser 1611 as early forms, showing its shift from honorable to vulgar over time.
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Cleveland
William H. Hulme
Western Reserve University
Hulme
Bowne
Hits British Army Morale
London reported that disquieting incidents have affected discipline in certain British regiments. The Daily Sketch cites a Russian Soviet government plan to turn the army into a hotbed of dissension. Stern measures are to be taken and major arrests are expected, with wholesale deportations anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Sketch
Stern
Breaks All Records for Earnings Off Chickens
Nogales Arizona report notes H A Atkins on his Parker Canyon ranch near Patagonia earned a record $100 net in one month from eggs sold by 17 percent White Leghorn hens. He supplied feed and sold eggs on the open market for 60 to 80 cents per dozen, setting a county record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales, Ariz
Santa Cruz County
H. A. Atkins
Parker Canyon
Patagonia
Junior Red Cross at Home Teaches Citizenship Through Service
The Junior Red Cross uses school programs to train citizenship through service. It aims to fit activities into regular classes with a focus on mutual aid, health education, and civic participation, linking students with national and international peers.
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Junior Red Cross
American Red Cross
Livingston Farrand
American Red Cross Central Committee
Red Cross
United States
America
Red Cross Active in Disaster Relief
The American Red Cross provides immediate relief after disasters, offering food, shelter, funds, doctors, and experienced workers. In the past year four disasters a month affected 150 communities in 27 states, with 50 killed and nearly $100 million in losses. The organization deployed 110 nurses, seven relief trains, ten relief stations, and 30 food centers to aid victims.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Elrer
United States
Corpus Chris
Red Cros
German forgery rings loot millions in export and import permits
Berlin reports hundreds of millions of marks lost to the state through wholesale forgery of import permits by border gangs. Bands from Duesseldorf Mayence and Flensburg issued false licenses stamped M A causing thefts of foodstuffs and tools. Police with German authorities led across borders to seize bands and arrest suspects.
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Berlin
Saya
Koelnische Zettung
Red Army
Ruhr
M. A
Mayence
Flensburg
Hamburg
Ber- UN
No Honor Among Thieves in Bordeaux Jail Potatoes Theft
Montreal reports division over officials guarding Bordeaux jail after a gang stole a hundred bags of potatoes meant for inmates. The raid caused neighborhood alarm as residents feared convict escapes, with the loot large enough to require a wagon for removal. In Chester, Ridley Park officers calmed three Richmond, Virginia suspects who claimed a ghost in their cell woke them with a loud, chilling racket.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Chester
Ridley Park
Henry Brooks
Richmond
Walter Moore
Joseph Ford
Legal Notice Proof of Will for Peter A in Marion Iowa
Notice is given that a last will and testament purportedly of Peter A Knoxville filed in the Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa. The will is set for hearing in the October 1920 term on October 5 1920 with all interested parties invited to be heard. Harold Clements Clerk of District Court By L R Clements Deputy.
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the District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Peter A. Knoxville
Said Court
Harold Clements
L. R. Clements
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Julius Zeyer
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South America
Fifth Avenue
Delmonico
Yoo Vts
FocSimite Sidnstore
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T. Plette
Pella
Stewart
Stewarts
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