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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1919
Page
10
The speaker laments the world’s hurtful paths and the burden on the young, then finds resolve seeing schoolchildren pour into the streets like drums for Liberty Loan. He urges personal sacrifice for Red Cross and war effort, urging readers to consider their own contributions after reflecting at home.
A wartime verse found on an American soldier praised his unknown status. It speaks of enduring faith, the tragedy of war, and the dawn of a freer life. The poem urges readers to find strength in freedom and to tell future generations about shining victories over darkness.
Edward N Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, urges a second war relief drive of 100 million dollars. He says every American should support the Red Cross to back troops in Europe and strengthen postwar peace efforts, noting the fund must continue to sustain welfare as war costs rise.
The note details Allied efforts in World War I to curb German advances, praising Red Cross relief in France. It cites hospital capacity, convalescent care, and the strain on workers as American aid accelerates frontline care and disease prevention. It emphasizes urgent action to prevent German victory and save French civilians, especially children.
A neighbor’s son Billy Jones is wounded in a French trench fight as German bombers retreat. Comrades pull him from No Man’s Land to a dressing station and then to a base hospital where Red Cross nurses tend his healing cheek. The piece urges support to keep soldiers abroad through Red Cross funding.
A persuasive wartime appeal describes American Red Cross aid to France Italy Romania and England. It notes 50,000 French children aided, 3,423 French military hospitals supplied, 2,000 French hospitals equipped, canteens serving thousands daily, a mobile hospital for 1,000 men, and warehouses with vast capacity. Also mentions 120,000 supply cases received in Paris and ships shipments to Italy and front line units. It urges continued sacrifice and pledges the Stars and Stripes in victory.
Ruth Dunbar notes how efficiency erodes old romance as modern sock and sweater production via Red Cross machines speeds up work. In New York County Chapter workrooms, seventy five machines churn socks in 25 minutes each, with instructors guiding workers at 20 East Thirty-eighth Street and other sites. Private groups and families pool machines and donate results to the Red Cross.
A wife explains how the Red Cross home service assisted her family after her husband enlisted over a year ago. Their twelve year old son had measles, recovered, then misbehavior at school and irritability at home led to a contact with the Red Cross. Advice advised immediate glasses for the child due to weakened eyesight following measles, reducing home and school troubles.
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, wounded by a German shell fragment, credits Red Cross aid with restoring comfort and morale in the hospital. The Groton School connection with Dr Billings is noted, and Roosevelt asks the Red Cross to secure a new uniform after the damage to his six-piece outfit. The shell fragment is to be sent to Theodore Roosevelt.
A Philadelphia North American dispatch describes 62 Red Cross nurses at a base, praised for cheerfulness and competence. It recalls a colonel's praise and a hospital anecdote, then notes nurses abroad care for war orphans and tuberculosis. The piece mentions 19 divisions of the Red Cross in the U.S. and organized warehousing for supplies.
In Antoine’s ruined farm a weary peasant surveys a scarred landscape of pits and wreckage. A stranger from Columbus arrives with an iron horse plow, saying it is the American Red Cross bringing aid to till fields and rebuild, as petals fall from a cherry tree above the charred stones.
A four year old girl named Marcelle wanders the Evian Casino during repatriation processing. She cannot name her mother or herself, yet she is comforted by nurses and strangers who become her guardians as the Red Cross caregiver tries to identify her. The scene shows grief and relief among families separated by war.
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