Tuesday, October 30, 1923
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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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
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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.
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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.
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