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Lake County Register (1922), 16 Nov 1927, p. 6

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Out £5 PAGE tat ..nMneouly with this vast " , m the Red Cross. In conjunction 9%tt state and radon! tysattts ot. "I. undertook the greatttst db m mutton Campaign of peace- IIC. how to protect not None "I I!!!" but the whole coun- ir. In. the memo ot epidemic "at which might quickly re- "a, an . bu ad of than an] ~.uo.ooo er': _ am jaunt a a SMS' use) can: to the unmanned "If": to an " my" now» "on lot the mama" an". Mutation any. weddrdered at In. Good m munch". and m hr help were rnt_itr' m. 00: $1!)th- mhod food; lanai up. - an"... madman "It! Mgr- whon other mayor mm mm It no relief work in a mum argrtnatrttNter. but " re w cu in no mingling ot also. at "rrtgtrand-readyt' men- If. cm- vueh It was carded on. Appraisal: t49 camps and -tmtittat points unnamed the {Ohm brought out of oierttored - (to. ttood conditions. This -ten accomplished tho com- - inoculation mint typhoid ot m no." old vaccination ot 111.1". who that woman: tn. ": It union-took mm! "no. "WE the Mod - boh- tho sign.) to radio - to III-on coming nu of 'ttri. nut-pod towns. out of tree hp all or at long tenants. In this any. the Red Croat cared b.8351» refugees. and tot other in the upper stories ot and. nunilu nfuso points. than the total was.» the ttttttt to 007.130 900' s. Be this mat any of "terertr, til tic: Cross found that! with DOM.) r ad a! stock to shelter and had nu! their men could re- ahtt. them. A A an... Prevent!" Campaign of £10091 j:l':liz)zziipi:t:,jzlz:tiiizi, R1823 S'Penplé's jflllopp cy stase at the disaster. the Red Cross launched its rehabilitation work. on invariable part of the dis- - relief service of the organiza- tion. The great migration of thou- sands started once more. this time homeward. As each tamily left a camp. the Red Cross supplied m- tions tar the readjustment period which would follow until the family could become sew-Importing again. They were given simple household elects to replace similar necesai. ties destroyed in the hood; feed for the livestock was donated. Where the family was dependent on such animals. tam stock lost in the Mod was replaced by the Red Cross. All families. tam animals, household goods and suppliea, were transport- ed by the Red Cross to the home acres. in many cases the migration was by boat, just a: the people had traveled to camp. because in many areas the water drained " very slowly. leaving roads impa%sible or non-existent tor milta. _ Many refugees had no homcs left to return to, others had only the remnants of homes and farm build: In". The Red Cross supplied " proxlmtely 5.000 homes ot mode. ate dimensions. to meet this need, the "no bolus delivered to the good no!" in sections. so that they' could be erected by the new owner If necessary. Regularly organlzed Red Cross earavtuis, consisting or crown. motor troch. derricks and repair annulus. traversed the dqvastated regions. assisting to set up hoot". ranking or hauling other. across neld- hack to their urinal toundattons tron which they voro "not. and assisting the returned Bood efettrgtg to elear their "qitimndtntm tor normal work once more. " mm to". in their entirety were reconstructed " the Red Cross; at (than. old to" of Co. Whole Town. 'teeq"tgtrtteted Tremendous " this one task has proven. it was only one at 91 disas- ters in the United States during the past ttseat year in which the Red Cross extended relief. These dis: asters were scattered through " States. Hard salt is to grasp. while the Red Cross was matching every resource at its! command against the Mississippi flood. " other ca- lamities occurred at the same time in other parts ot the country, end the organization was still able to tunnel: relief to these also. In the any year n toreign disasters claimed assistance from the :Red. Cross. Altogether it makes a ree ord ot disaster relieved by a single organization unparalleled in Red Cross history. All told. nearly [million persons, victims or tit diatom". hue re- qeivod misuncqtrom the Amert. an Red Cross during the armin- lion's put tuetu year. This service extended throughout the civilized world. though the Id rice ot disasters in the United States chimed a major shm' of Red Croce uni-lance. Flood- wmd over thousands ot ttttees while are... tornedou. explosions, hurri~1nee end similar violent oc- Throughout the past summer. veteran Red Ctoss administrators remained in the tiood zone. direct. in; the work ot the State and coun- ty Red,Crose committees which were extending rehabilitation aid to the etricken States. in some sec- tions this nuisance must he car- ried Into the winter. so completely devastated are they. Imbus, Ky., which wss moved bod. ily to a new site hsit_a mite from where it has stood tor more than s century; Arkansas City. Ark., which "r" simply strewn about by the swirling Bood; and Melville, La., which Ind to be excavated trom .un- der heavy deposits ot and left by the current; m WMW COUNTY REGISTER VFWJGJSBL ' . ' ' \More than 812.001.1909 had been expended or epmrtiitted gt the closet of the ortrtut,izatitn't' 'nscél year from the relief fund. An extensive rehabilitation program is still itt progress In that disapter area. The. Mississippi tioo11 end the Floridm hurricane of September, 1926. ere the contending disaster relief operations which the Red Cross conducted the pest tttteat year. in Florida the orgnnlzation expended nearly $4,500,000 tor the relief of approximately 40.000 no. tlms during a relief and rehehihte- tion period coverfns tive months. To date the Red Cross had given- rehabilitation assistance to more than 90,000 families in the Miesis~ sippi disaster. _ One of the other Moda In which the Red Cross served was in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming, where the Mod occurred at 6,500 feet ultitude, and the, workers had to reach the scene by elem; through mountain was deep with snow. . .9 ' Red Croce Nance Shire Heard. Running through the record of relic; work. especmly'inthe we. Destructive. " the ." Mississippi ttood proved. the record snows thet- tornadoes headed.the list ot disu- ters numerically. " being listed. with 24 Mods coming second. end tiretCtrt " communities. ' hurri- csnes: and a miscellaneous series of mine ex'losions, hail storms. train wrecks, and disease epidema ice inking up the tow. _ ance the. but year trom the Red Cross mm in any similar period of the couptry's history. . currences i marked the rear." In fact reporh tb date indicate that more le have required mist- ance the. Last year from the Red an' untold number or volunteers labored with the regular Red Cross forces in the 'Mississippi- Iryod Some manned rescue boats. others helped in thecampa end tiooded tbwnn. In their impromptu way these people curried out the tradi, tion of Volunteer service developed by Red Cross volunteers in many ot lines "rt. year-non" nettvity: from yoluntnry duty at the water resorts att/tif-tm to transcrib- in; reading material into Brnillf type for blind reader's. _ Enrolled under the Red Cross more than 44.000 qualified nurses are coymtly It the eountrr'tr.eall, thong they my be quietly toi. lowing their mmtiar duties. On tte- tire duty throughout the past year. 806 Red Croittt Public' Health nurses were on duty in every part ot the country. misting to main- tain community heath. working un- der iced Red Cross chapters. Re lated to thie work in Red Cross in. struction in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. received by 67,000 women and girls the past year. Headed by American . Legion posts and tuxillaries. and the on gapized groups ot local industries, sissippi Road. is the service ot Red Cross nurses. For the whole disas- ter operation, e tom ot 329 nurses served in the Mod zone, working In camp hospitals, traversing the dee. astated tree by host. on foot, on horseback. or over ttooded country where they altered the heard: ot the men tenet vortex-e No major disaster of recent yarn has struck the country thnt they'heve not been ready, end have rendered 'eehice. It wee the nine tn norms. the sec- ond greet disaster the pest titteal 2: "v a record ot service to an average of 73.000 disabled_ veterans and their families each month ,d'urlpg. the' past new you. In donation. ?,,tl,,stsiiil8?,,'s,')iili,,tsii . 'ada/to Cuba, in- l resorts all through the rear, thit gage ' ' eluding _ G re at service aggregating thousnnds oi {lg-mug"? Britain. Japan. hours. adds to the value ot tht "a"; C h l n it, Chile, f training where the couutrru con gfitfi V Peru, "'ttnarntr, i cerned. During the height ot thi 'ttMWF"""';; [ Guatemala. Haiti. l outdoor season, rescues " life Santo Domingo. guards. nanny at then: trained by i _ Colombia, Ger. the Red Cross. are frequent. C . 223501: {8:6 and Closely nliied to henlth work i: . g F e . the Red Cross nutrition Instruction tsti'i'li,1uhstti,dA,r2th/te' or ,... tteienee ot was m We of the American ot/opt " for health. This was taught to 12. when it extended the iiiiiriii grey 000 adults and to 115,000 scltot/ from the scene orthe Florian storm children in the past iiscal year. new to Cttttaotruett DY iAlmihr .' During that period. 24 State: Mutiny; "a. morir recently When": were given trom one to 10 pro National Headquarters cabled Its 8"" ot ttutrition tttgtructiott it otterytt assistance to the new," each Stnte. through Red Cross nu Red Cross When ts' flood in Germany tritionists while reports show that phyed havoc: even While the. mg :l 38 States nutrition instruction slsslppi Jrtu' resin; it» nearly P, us given either through the Red thousand '.niiess through our ow: irons nutritionist or through vol country. Services such " thee inteerenrolled Red prose dietitian, were frequently recalled by varlou instructors. The degree or Inter. forum ,trrtttitatttue" with our ow tst in this subject has been demon. tiood victimef ' , ' ', ' trsted over a wide tield. out as the Foreign contact ituroogh,, the Re " or those reached are In the Cross is not edntined" to Death".- t-nooi rooms it is especially liner of distress. since more than 5,000 sting to note the manner in which 000 sch'ool children In. the Unite .; spreads trom the school to the States- enrolled inlttte Junior Re otnmupitr. Teachers. and assoc1a Cross. "0 closely idetttitiid will ions ot parents and teachers, he 'titNItrr. toreitm ttrotutt' "tt Junior ides community orp,acizatiou.s in most of the countries or th, ave cooperated in this really-'1. world. "lithium bonds ot friend ' sftlt the result that the subject it» 'ttttt through mutual helpfulness it .een taught to many such groups each other. V . [lithe past year an average at ' ' . C c 15,000 individuals a mum. 'mluil Aids War-Disabled V in; parents. teachers. other adults, Sham with disaster relief as at ind children, were aided by the Rt'll outstanding obligation of the Re, frees in 'euring a knowledge at CPO", It ita rito'ormibllitr to th, mtritiotr_tutd 'i' applicr'mn to disabled 31.93.44" mu and hi leir daily lives. .3 family. This Is . continuing tieiv- An acquaintance with the c" mii.' _' tee despite the ten weighing tts/ ther services or the Red Cross Will World War. because} m Cros indicate why its disaster relief ttttttice to these men is sup'ptemel} vhile spectacular. is only a parrot tsry to pro%tri6ntrtttr their wetter. he Red Cross' responsibility nutter by he Government, "an; as . me is charter. " will also show cog dium between the people ttttti' in. (k elusively the importance of a large Government. sndth'e dis-shied be" membership, through which dues eNMry. Tint the held tor such " most Red Cross activity is- made sistnnce is still wide-is indicated by ? possible Every man and woman is s record at service to sn'nv'ernge i, invited to enroll tor the 0.0111108 ot 73.000 disabled "as." "tnd year during the Eleventh Annual their families each month durips. Roll Call. which will'be held trom the out titrgal you. muhitt'tig,L" November 11 to " inclusive. "M 'rrte,bl"i" Clo-cl! mitted to health work is an Red Cross nutrition instruction. or the science ot choooiu' ioods tor health. This In mush: to It,. 000 adults and to'1ttr.000 school children in the past "cal year. resorts all through the year. this service aggregating thousands F ot hours. adds to the value ot the training where the country In con cerned. During the height ot the Outdoor sea-on. rescue. by life guards. may ot them trained by the Red Croce. ere tree-eat. l During that ieriod. 24 States were given trom ens to 10 pro- :rtm ot nutrition instruction in each State. through Red Cross " tritionists while reports show that n " Staten nutrlti n lnstrucnon as given either tifough the Red attackers. The dégree 'ot inter; st In this subject has been demon- tutu! over a wide tield, but as the alt or those reached are In the (1100! room It is especially Inter. sting to note the runner In which i spreads from the school to the ummuplty. Teachers. and associa. O t SPRINGFIELD, Nos. It.---., {the turkey and cranberry 59.3 'siust ahead and the frosty my a ready winning the a; pm)! again the coming mast, hr. k .m- (',ii"f,.ii'.iiirt,,'t'?tb, heap, h throw: a ' ' dares that I few square ts.cul, l this time of yen Ire not only L, Quanta! but' distinctly ndvanu [eons to health. The main requ" I menu In not to overdo that fea int giving the donut n chance rest after a Me med, to make horizontal attack on' tru, Him! _ tame, eating some of many 81H! food did not too much of any a 'nhl to lure liquor alone. F T overweight people and thole w ordintrily over-indulge their a l petites the tedueing diet was a horizontal decline. leaving n... gt! ('li food. off the menu but um i sparingiy of all. . ' i -.V"A "cheerful mind and a r Some Libertyville girls would make excellent wives if they knew half as much about making pastry as they know about moving pm "REA brings the mum of those fhtnnesially interested in electric rail lines to 5,500,000. The invéstmeut in: electric railway properties is 35.500.000.0m. "we the number of stockholders is 1.300.- ndolin} plants used for the mini- fnetune of local transportation mot- Electric railways operate cattapdfVr00 buses. _ One person out of every twenty in the United States is Srtttneiall.v ip- narrated in the welfare of transpor- tation supplied by eieetrie railway managements, according to the American Electric Railway Associa- tion, which has compiled the follow- ing statistics on street railway traprporutietn, in the United States: Sixty thminnd miles of co ated-rail and bus service are ' Sikteen billion passengers are car ried annually. : Mil Mt ARE GREAT DANGER POULTRY SHOW WILL BE HELD CHICAGO, I will be the" p01 erica, Not. '28 "hUtiottti Fault! organizations e The convention is scheduled in ac- cordance with the plans 'of other sessions of national importance in the poultry industry. On Nov. 30 n conference of agricultural depart- ment ofticintr and others from all sum is called to discuss plum for uniformity m state regulation: gov. erning '.'fft1t1, recognition of qual- ity and. m from disease in MM fueta, lumberieo and chicks. RUSH Ti) am ' WI? LIGHTS ELECTRIC RAILWAYS VITAL TO WELFARE or MILLIONS OF PERSONS S. t Stattnard, dimctor ot department of agriculture The Coliseum poultry _Mtoqr. " competitive exposition, is aim sched- uled for thawed. On thi, exhibi- tion poultry judging 0am: compete for honors. The national asset-ia- tion of state marketing official! and the Live Stock Sanitary aim-irks! also hold their than.) mowing: in Chicago it that time. when they Ipproech a trait showing: the green C "light Clinic; M. Hayes, preside: Chic-to Motor Club. "The, tmeoattroilrrbi.e impulse to 4 interseetimt ore the kph n, and duh crriss streets thought for eir safety safety of others. " 800!) but a twi im- the the can: they preach car that that ions accidents lide, and . cause eeri pedestrian yellow fat) so: be red six faves. "W "Motorist: wees are c In cone rpvided t thing. f the much In n aowevéia. , in food a If per pa: or reg has "KIT St m men srg driver = rem.» um vector of a " w, ur, dam tl y the caplza 29. I ne d a " 1i.-jith y 59.3011 .'.'1Lr " " against ttan when the and Ink-d ordine to he m fl Imam) ee perm 3' one i.000 nner For who "' i be sort ting IO all ml It p- tf et N to IO "

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