07 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
1
The Y M C A has supported the nation and soldiers since its founding, offering morale boosting activities, entertainment, and essentials across theaters of war. Pershing praised its impact, urging mass support to keep home comforts accessible to troops far from home and in danger.
The article highlights that young women are crucial war workers alongside men. It notes 101 Y W C A Hostess Houses offering hubs for mothers and sweethearts visiting soldiers. It also mentions hundreds of girls in government stenography clerical and mechanical roles in America and France, calling for care and support for the women as for the men.
The War Camp Community Service operates within camps and in nearby towns to make camp life feel like home. It runs clubhouses and hostess houses, provides information bureaus, arranges meals with host families, and connects soldiers with self-respecting citizens to prevent vice. It supports families and seeks to ensure soldiers receive a “square deal” on leave.
President Wilson asks Raymond Fosdick to unite seven war relief groups the YMCA the Catholic War Council the Jewish Welfare Board the War Camp Community Service the American Library Association and the Salvation Army into a single campaign during the week of November 11 to support military morale and recreation while preserving each organization's autonomy. He commends their cooperation and expresses government appreciation for their service to troops at home and overseas.
The government backs a 250 million dollar boost to a united home front effort aiding soldiers in France. The drive highlights 15,000 uniformed workers, 3,600 buildings, 125 million sheets of paper, 3.6 million books, and 15 miles of weekly film shipments, urging voluntary support to bolster morale and comfort for our troops.
The Salvation Army led relief efforts in the present war with huts and trench work. It operates over 700 war relief buildings and 800 officers in shell swept zones delivering coffee and doughnuts. They have moved 125000 wounded from battlefield to hospital and are among the most trained allied forces, serving without pay beyond the joy of aiding the cause. They will return to America with empty pockets and sleeves, urging generous donations to support the fighters.
The American Library Association provides camps and war centers with complete libraries of books magazines and literature of all kinds. Reading rooms supported by YMCA Knights of Columbus Salvation Army Hospital and Jewish Welfare Board offer free uplifting material to soldiers, turning every idle moment into a home away from home.
The Knights of Columbus alongside the National Catholic War Council offer open doors and free services to all soldiers. They provide huts libraries theatres and canteens with the slogan Everything free for the boys HERE and IN FRANCE. The drive urges generous gifts this fall as the climax of the war approaches.
Endorsed by the President and all war departments, the Jewish Welfare Board supports camp work hut work and all efforts to improve the physical and moral fitness of fighting men. The message urges community support with a strong call to give generously for the cause.
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