WCTU Urges End to "Peddling the Red" Blood Fund Drives
At the 75th annual WCTU convention in Philadelphia, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin condemned blood banks paying donors to fund liquor purchases, citing $3 to $8 per pint and hospitals paying $25 to $50 for good blood. She urged health authorities to act and cited investigations from Chicago.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
D. Leigh Colvin
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William J. Slocum
Collier’s Magazine
Temperance Organization
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Polio Cases Rise Across Nation Amid August Surge
An Associated Press survey shows infantile paralysis cases climbing nationwide with over 8,000 new victims in August and a year total of 15,500. States like New York lead with 1,837 cases, while Nevada reports a light season. Southern states fade and access to nurses grows urgent in North Dakota.
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Nationalists Grant Liner Safe Conduct
The Shanghai office of the American President lines said the liner Gen. Gordon has been granted safe conduct into Shanghai by the Nationalist government. The vessel is scheduled to call at Shanghai September 15 to pick up upwards of 1,000 foreigners.
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President Lines
Gen. Gordon
Shanghia
Evacuation Plans for Gen Gordon Sailings in Asia
The Gen Gordon is slated to sail to Manila Hong Kong Shanghai Kobe and Yokohama as part of evacuation efforts. A few hundred foreigners have received exit permits from Communist authorities in Shanghai.
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