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Tuesday, October 30, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE THREE RED GROSS HELPS 1 WAR'S SUFFERERS Aids 200,000 Veterans and L Their Families 27,000 Dis . abled Stiil in Hospitals. SPEMDS $5,856,255 IN YEAR Individual Attention Assured to All Physically Ailing or 1 in Distress. Washington. War service five years after the armistice, which on November 11 the American Red Cross marks with the opening ot the annual membership canvass, shows that dur ing the past year assistance was ex tended by the Red Cross to some 200, 000 ex-service men or their fami lies. To 130 hospitals throughout the country approximately 75,000 ex-service men were admitted for treatment, and to 63,296 of these men definite and specialized service was extended, the Red Cross annual report discloses. In all hospitals under government opera tion a total of nearly 27,000 disabled veterans were reported by the Sur geon General of the Army. These facts of the aftermath o physical and metal disability five years after the World War, and the burden resting upon the relatives and de pendents of the ex-service men, show conclusively the great need of the Red Cross to act as a supplementary arm of the government in service to these many thousands of men who .wore the uniform of the United States. It should be emphasized that govern ment assistance is necessarily stand ardized along specified linos affecting them as a whole. The Red Cross serv ice is to the Individual man and the solution of his problems. This the Red Cross designates "home service" lor its aims to give the loving care and interest of the home to these men undergoing physical reconstitution far from their actual home influences. Year's Expenditures $5,866,255 In the year ended last June 30 the Red Cross reports $3,920,000 spent by Us Chapters In extending individual attention to the ex-service men and $1,946,255 spent by National Head quarters of the Red Cross, a total of $5,866,25F In behalf of the men called to duty in the World War the Red Cross since July 1, 1917, has spent nearly $164,000,000. Today there are 2,608 Chapters In as many localities carrying on this work, aiding the In dividual veteran, assisting his family, furnishing creature comforts and funds to tide over troublesome periods. The strong connecting link between the Red Cross and the United States Veterans' Bureau takes the complica tions out of difficult cases of claims. The Red Cross In this work requiring personal representation of the ex-service man has acted in appeal cases, in surance matters, personal and family problems, camp and hospital activi ties, and In cases of death. This serv ice handled nearly 12,000 compensa tion and insurance claims, and 2,225 allotment and other claims. Solves Serious Problem The financial problem of the ex-service man when traveling to and from hospitals is a serious one, and In meet ing this constant demand the Red Cross expended $138,334.17 during the year. For extra recreational equip ment in Veterans' Bureau training centers $14,306 was spent, and for the blinded veterans in the government school funds were supplied to enable some of these unfortunate men to en ter business as storekeepers and poul try raisers. In Veterans' Bureau 'hospitals the record of a single month illustrates the large service rendered by the Red Cross. For example, 15,504 new cases required attention, and a total of 20, 007 cases were acted upon; 49,368 let ters and 1,863 telegraph messages written, and more than 1,600 enter tainments given in recreation houses for the benefit of the patients. Authorities declare that the pres ent is a critical time in the lives of many of the disabled ex-service men who during the five years since the armistice have developed misgivings of recovery. Work Amona the "Rejulars" Service to the enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps is a charter' obligation of the Red Cross, which in the last year recorded over 200,000 cases of assistance extended and 834,420 visits to the sick and dis abled. Inquiries by the Red Cross at the request of Government authori ties into the home conditions of sol diers, sailors and marines aggregated 17,714, and there were nearly 6.000 instances where the Rod Cross locat ed men for their families. All these activities constituting a single responsibility of the American Red Cross demonstrated during the year that its "war service" In behalf of the veteran and the man enlisted in the nation's defensive arms must go forward unfalteringly and with out stint of funds. The work (if the last five years has welded a e!u.-3 bond of regard between the men who sacrificed and the Red Cross. whose efforts are praised and indorsed by the veterans' organizations. To do all that can be done to soften the con sequences of the hard blows of war is the supreme duty of the Red Cross, to which it is giving its best work and most liberal service. PROOF POSITIVE By KATHERINE G. NEWELL Vj-'i, by ilce'lure Newspaper Syndicate.) AFTER Martha had opened her eyes to the shaded room and re membered tliiit they had last looked with an assumed soulful expression into the victorious dark eyes of Ham ilton Ramsey, tlie pride and the most eligible bachelor in Finchviile, she rave way to a low chuckle, making 'hay'' with the expensive coverings of the very ornate bed in which her strong young body rested iu velvety i'lijse. A in; ' '. entered with a breakfast tray ami disc-net tread. Martha pounded her pillows into a position of comfort, waving aside any help from the maid. "Uh, Harriet, don't be so foolish! Nobody knows but that you carry me around like u lapdogi It's all rot, this waiting on a healthy thing like me! I hate it and I won't have itl What time did I come in last night?" "Three this morning, Miss Martha." "And you sat up for me?" "Of course. That is my duty, Miss." "I was so sleepy and so bored I didn't remember. Harriet, I won't lead this life; it's going round like a squirrel in a cage. 'Finishing' me In Europe has finished me for the life of this town. "Oh, ye gods, listen to this, Har riet !" Marthu read from the local pa per: " 'Hamilton Ramsey will entertain one hundred of his friends to a thea ter party next Wednesday. He will also give a dinner at his mansion be fore the show.' "Think, Harriet, the seats are $2.50, and you bet your boots he won't take any but the best. I told them last night they had the latest thing in 'snobs' beaten here." Martha reached out for the tele phone. "Wait, Harriet, and see how I'll show Finchviile I am right about their being snobs." "Is this 'The Venus' office? Thank you. There is a mistake iu the notice in the society items. Hamilton Ram sey? Yes, that's right. Hamilton Ram sey is going to entertain one hundred patients from the surrounding charity institutions yes; 'charity,' to the musical comedy at the theater next Wednesday. A dinner will be served before the performance at his house no, not 'mansion.' Cars will be sup plied by his friends, und all those who will send their names In will convey these 'shtit-lns' to his home and to the theater, returning them to their vari ous Institutions. So sorry for the mistake. Please put that iu tomorrow evening no, not this evening." Mar tha hung up the receiver with an imp ish smile, then, calling another num ber, she asked for Hamilton Ramsey'! private secretary. "Good morning, Miss Clarke. This is Martha Churchill. Can you tell me when the invitations go out for Mr. Ramsey's theater party? I don't want my engagements to clash. Today. Thank you so much. That will give them their invitations before the no tice comes out then wait and see, Harriet !" Martha wiggled her toes in delight. "But, Miss Murtha, don't you think you are doing an awful thing?" gasped the maid. "Nothing awful in it, Harriet, Ham ilton Ramsey should be entertaining those who need it and I can list him one hundred who do need brightening tip. The cars will be donated, too; never fear." The poor of Finchviile rubbed their eyes in amazement the next evening when the Venus gave Martha Church Ill's "corrected" version of Hamilton Ramsey's theater party, and when the hundred "best people" looked at their Invitations they had a faint feeling at their hearts. But none felt fainter than Hamilton' Ramsey himself, when angry friends rang him up and de manded an explanation. "Charity," what did they know of such a word as applied to them! Baffled, furious, he called on the editor of the Venus. Yes, a ludy had telephoned the mes sage in. Who? His secretary, the operator supposed. Miss Clarke de nied she had done such an "awful thing." Then in a flash, she told him of Martha Churchill's telephoning to know when the invitations would go out. Martha? In a flash, too, it came to him of her disgust at their "snob bery" and how they had said they would make her prove they were snobs. Over his good-looking face came a smile. Let her prove they were "snobs," but let her help carry out the entertaining of his "charity" guests. He had one on Martha, too. "Charity" was a snobbish word as applied to these poor people. Regrets poured In all day to Ham ilton's invitations. That evening he called on Martha and charged her with "snobbery," too, ordering her to get one hundred cars. "And I want the word 'charity' changed, too," he I said firmly, "otherwise you must go t with the 'goats in other words, the snobs." he added. Marl, a looked into his eyes th'sl time wi'h hr soul shining through. "You bet I will, ami. oh. Hamilton, I it IS lovely oi you to ttKc it as you have! I'll get the guests and the cars, and we'll have a great time!" she ex claimed. "You and I will, too, eh, Martha?" Martha just gave a sigh of satiefac- tlon and went into the unus waiting W . J Can J r of ai sjtS way Red Cross Roll Call November 11th to 29th Join or Renew Your Membership Junior Red Cross Spreads Good Will Throughout World Nearly 5,000,000 pupils in the schools of America are following the standard of unselfish service as members of the American Junior Red Cross, the an nual report of the American Red Cross discloses. This valiant host is rep resented in 125,072 school rooms of 24,289 schools throughout the United States. With a service program that is local, national and international in scope, the American Junior Red Cross is working unfalteringly for health and happiness and in the promotion of activities among boys and girls wherever there is opportunity for use fulness. Increased activity on the part of the schools enrolled and deeper recog nition by school authorities ot the ed ucational values of Junior Red Cross have been significant features of the last year. Carrying on educational and relief work in France, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria and Rumania, the American Juniors have influenced the forming of Junior departments in the Red Cross organizations of these coun tries. American boys and girls wear ing the "I Serve" button of the Jun iors are proving apt messengers of the spirit of good will and mutual un derstanding through correspondence with pupils in schools scattered throughout the world. At the close of the school year in June 2,009 schools were engaged In correspond ence with a like number of schools In Europe; 2S4 schools in our insular possessions and Alaska territory car ried on an exchange of letters with schools in the United States and South Africa. In fact, nearly 2,7(10 schools with probably 100,000 pupils were busy in this line act of cheerful communi cation, while 8,347 articles passed through National Headquarters of the Red Cross in exchanges between the interested pupils here and overseas. An incident of the year's advance was the beginning of activity which will eventually install Junior Red Cross in the Indian schools ot the United States. From every section of the country reports of the tour of the unit of crip pled children with their chorus which came from the Bakule school in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to show grati tude to the American Juniors for their assistance declare that nothing since the World War has done so much to awaken the Red Cross spirit in the communities visited bv the unit. The work of the American Juniors In foreign fields Is emphasized in the advancement of playgrounds, scholar ships in farm, trade and other schools, community and school garden work, and donations of cash and equipment to children's organizations. In these projects $112,660.17 was ppent during the last year in tea Kuropean coun tries, in China and in the Virgin Is lands. "It Is inconceivable that the Id dross could have co::i-' thus far only to retreat; that it could hive cue- ceeded up to the present time only to fail." President Coolidge. Liberal to Ex-Service Men Over $1,000 was expended by each of the 3,100 American Red Cross Chap ters in the past year in behalf of dis abled ex-service men. The actual to tal spent was 3,S30,000. you think iv better to use dollar? Her Neat Little Scheme. Wife Hear, if you'll get a cur I can save a lot on clothes during our vacation this summer. Hub How do you mean? Wife Well, you see, if we go to one hoU'l as formerly I'll need seven dresses ; whereas if we have a car I can get one dress and we'll go to sev en hotels. Boston Transcript. RAGS WANTED C lean cotton rags wanted at Herald office. Knit underwear, etc., not acceptable. 22-tf Just Good H 0 j JJ SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL ERA Utilitarianism, It Seems, Must Ulti. mately Kill the Pure Desire for Knowledge. Wireless is of great practical im portance. It facilitates slaughter in war, the dissemination of journalistic falsehood in time of peace, and the broadcasting of trivialities to relieve the tedium of evening hours not de voted to success. But the men who made it possible Faraday, Maxwell and Hertz were none of them the least interested in furthering this re markable enrichment of human life; they were men solely Interested in trying to understand physical proc esses, and it can hardly be said that the existence of Industrialism helped them even indirectly. The modern study of the structure of the atom may have a profound effect upon in dustrial processes, but those who are eigaged upou it are very little inter ested in this possible future effect of their work. It seems likely that the utilitarianism of commercial indus try must ultimately kill the pure de sire for knowledge just as it kills the very analogous artistic impulse. In America, where the more utilita rian aspects of science are keenly ap preciated, no great advance In pure theory has been made. None of the fundamental discoveries upon which practical applications depend have been made In America. It seems prob able that, ns the point of view appro priate to commercial industry spreads, utilitarianism will make such funda mental discoveries more and more rare, until at last those who love knowledge for Its own sake come to be classified in youth as "morons" and kept in institutions for harmless lunatics. The Dial. How Braid Trimmings Should Be Handled Before cutting braid which la likely to fray, twist cotton tightly around it and cut Just below the part so tied. It Is advlsublff to run a thread once or twice across the end of cut braid to prevent It unraveling and spreading out of shape when the cut edge to bolng turned under. 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