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Show RED GROSS AIDS MEN INJISTRESS Pitiful Cases Often Come to Organization: Relief Is Assured How the ked Cross assist-; disabled St rvice men in lime of need, when they are ordered to hospitals to receive treatment when old Injuries can r trouble is told in the following state meni from th Led Cross headquarters here today: How many people in Ogden and W.ber county, realize that there are hundreds Of boys and men anions us who were physically disabled In o'ui late war? Most of us think theer were a few, but because we see so few who are maimed and had lost arms or legs We lake it for granted that there were not many from our community who were disabled. How nianv people realize what the deadlv gashes i r-- .I 111 our iH'e vva i did to our boys? It left many with weak lur.g. ee and throats, many of whom have since developed tuberculosis, enlarged en-larged hearts and other serious ailments, ail-ments, thus leaving them tfnfil to work and earn a living for them-" -and their families Many boys were limbs With shrapnel. thus causing lllmbs to be unfit to lift heavy weights or for standing for long periods Frequently our boys com. to the American lied Cross home service ..1 flee with the Information thai the doctor doc-tor had ordered them to slop working and go to the hospital for treatment. They may have to stay a month and possibly longer, often three months 'What can I do. be asks'.' W hat about the wife and babies at home" The vvif" 13 not able to work as the baby Is onlv three months Old and tli. r.- are other small children. Yes. the doctor say my condition is undoubtedly caused from being gassed While In the service, but you n il me that il will be at least two months before 1 will receive m compensation from the government What are we going t.. do In the meantime'.' mean-time'.' I i e me m I 1 . while I was away there was nothing going into the bank for uch an emergency as this." The home service ig for Just such emergencies as this and I he man is comforted with the knowledge thai he can go to the hospital and ins famil) be taken care of and when his mone) ec-mes from Ihe government he can repay the Ked Cros and not feel thit his family has been receiving charlt! What does the disabled bo do, who is informed that the federal board for vocational training .an put him In training al oflce, but it will be at least a month before he receives his first salary chedk? Hoc he have to delay his training a month? The home service, serv-ice, makes him a loan for living expenses ex-penses until his check arrives, when he can refJaj them W hat does the disabled boj do wll'll he is receiving probably (20 coniperi satlon from the government for a minor min-or disability and his condition su.i-.1 su.i-.1 rrlj gets worse and he Is Ordered to leave his work " ( cotirse, the government govern-ment will increase his compensation, but the medical statement must K,i to Washington for approval and it takes time for this to be done. What would th6SC men and their tamilics do if It. were not possible to go to the home' gervlce for aid until matters were ad-J Justed ?- |