What Country Must Do For Its Disabled Soldiers
A WWI era call to expand veteran reconstruction through the Red Cross and government programs. It outlines hospital care, training, and civilian employment for disabled soldiers, plus the role of the Red Cross Institute for the Blind and broader needs in aviation, education, and public health.
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Red Cross
Cromes
Sinrane
Americas
Wwe
Atda
Surgeon General
Division of Reconstruction
Washington
Medical Department of the Army
Aerio Ted
Tos
Sutton
France
United States Military General Hospital No. 7
Baltimore
Ted Crome
Army
Heil Coons Tnstitute
Thin Red Cross Institute
Tan
Sid
Hin
Jeremih Miebank
New York
Kelief
American Red Cross
Uses for Planes in Peace Times
Captain Francis of the Division of Military Aeronautics argues for keeping and repurposing the U S air fleet after World War I. He envisions air mail service, seacoast patrols, army dispatch work, and Great Lakes patrols as key peacetime roles for aviators and aircraft, preserving a valuable national asset.
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Francis
Division of Military Aeronautics
Coast Guard
Forest Patrol
Ameri
Pranels
Tevin
America
Francia
Congress
Great Lakes
The Red Cross Man
A poem by Jeanne Judson praising The Red Cross worker who aids soldiers in Paris and at the front. The piece highlights his constant presence, hot drinks, morale boosting, and his noncombat role, serving every mate.
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Jeanne Judson
Paris
Hospital searchers aid front line with casualty reports
American Red Cross teams scan hospitals near the front to supplement army casualty reports. They prepare detailed letters noting the killed and wounded, sharing the grim touch of war with families and the world.
Caring for Those Left Behind in Family’s Struggle
A ten year old girl and her mother faced hardship in a troubled neighborhood. A Red Cross Home Service worker helped place the girl in a country home for schooling and care while the mother received hospital treatment. The mother died. the seventeen year old brother enlisted, the other brother contributed from his camp pay, and the girl now attends school with support from both brothers under ongoing Home Service supervision.
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Home Service
Ho Vrvice
Portable Red Cross Kitchen Serves 1000 Daily
A portable kitchen installed by the Red Cross on the captured Arc site provides tea coffee and other refreshments to about 1000 soldiers and civilians each day.
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Siierean Red Cross
Town of Arc
Exodus on From Alaska Peak Emigration Waves Increase
The article notes a mass exodus from Alaska with hundreds aiming for the coast. Over 800 people reached White Horse en route, including about 300 from Fairbanks and other Yukon towns, as Dawson and nearby boats carried gold miners to escape. The Alaska and Yukon population dropped to a multi year low.
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Alaska
Pacific Coast
White Horse
Fairbanks
Yukon River
Dawson
Yukon
Yukon Territory
Seattle shipyard awards over fifteen million in insurance policies
Workers at a Seattle steel shipbuilding concern receive more than 15 million dollars in old fine insurance policies. Department heads and male and female employees have been granted boules. No charge is made. workers stay with the company.
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Seattle
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Northeat
Corse
Ile
Arin
Pant Dee
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