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Show RUl Rural al America : Has Major Role RoleIn RoleIn RoleIn In Annual Red C Cross Coss oss Call1paign Campaign Canroaiffn ( _ _ _ _ D k ' _ "if if " _ "ifMS1 MS1 MS1'i 'i i ' 4 ( FRIENDLY FLAVOR Typl Typi Typlct Typicil c\t c t cil ' \ of the variety of Red Cross CrossserVIces Crossservices serVIces that makes hospital rou ron routme rontine tme tine take on the flavor of bre lite out- out outside outside - - side are the varIOus duties per performed performed formed by Red Cross Gray Ladlcs Ladies Ladlcsat Ladiesat at McGuire Veterans hospital hospitalRichmond hospitalRichmond Richmond Va to Stress StressFour < : Four Hal Main lJlain , , Fields Fieldsof FieldsOf Of Service in 194711NJ 1947 1947WNU WNU 1J7NU 11NJ ( Features TealtlTes FeaturesRural FeaturesRural Rural Amenca-the Amenca the America-the America America - the prOVI prOVISlOn provision provision SlOn sion stockpile of the nation nationhas natton- natton nation- nation nattonhas nationhas - has an especially Important Importantshare Importantshare importantshare share m in the current fund cam earn camI campmgn earnpaign campaign I pmgn paign of the American Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross officials at the Wash Washmgton Washington Washington mgton ington D C national nattonal head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters emphasize emphasizeWith With a 1947 campaign goal of 6Cmillion 60 60mUlton 60million mUlton million dollars the Red Cross aga n nIS nis ] is relying relymg upon the rural areas and andthe andthe amthe the smill sm.ll smll . towns wh ch center centcr the thefarm thefarm thfarm farm ng communities for substan substant substanI t I al at support in m atta ning mng its quotaBecause quotaBecause quota quotaBecause Because 1947 w will l be in the nature natureof natureof natureof of a shakedown cruise crwse for a na nation nation nation tion newly returned to peacct peacet me meand meand meand and because in the uncertainty uncertamty of ofthe ofthe ofthe the POStVl postwar ar existence many Amen Amencana Amencan3 Amencans cana can3 are inclined mClmed inelined to question the theneed theneed theneed need to support e\ e e\en e en een \ en the most de deserving deserving deserving serving of organizat orgamzat ons Red Cross CrossofficIals Crossofficials Crossofficials officIals have related the answers answersto answersto answersto to some of the whys Vlhys of the fund fundcampaign fundcampaign fundcampaign fundcampaignMajor campaign campaignlUajor campaignMajor Major lUajor Kcd Rl'd Rld Red ' Cross respons bilities bill billties billties ties will be four fold In 1947-48 1947 48 194748Tbey 194748They 1947-48They 1947 48They - - - Tbey They include mclude service to veter veterans veterans veterans ans and their families famiUes famliles to men menIn menIn menin In army and navy hospitals bospItals to tomen tomen tomen men serving with the armed armedforces armedforces armedforces forces overseas or in this coun country country conntry try and to the commumt community communityDuring commnnitDuring } ) Durmg During the war period penod of 1941-46Red 1941 46Red 1941-46 1941 46 194146Red 194146Red - - Red Cross was supported by contrl contri contrlbut contribut contnbut but ons ens in the amount of $784 784 $ 151 15t 000 000in 000in 10 in five fund campaigns In numbers numbersrural numbersrural numbersrural rural comm m 10 in ty chapters-2908 chapters 2908 chapters-2 chapters 2 chapters - 2 908 of ofthemaccount ofthemaccount ofthem them-account them account - account for more than three threequarters threequarters threequarters quarters of all the Red Cross chap chap- chapters chapters . - I ters in America With the over overwhelm10g overwhelming overwhelming whelm10g whelming majority majonty of their workers work workers workera ers era unpa d volunteers the Red Cross Crosssaid CrosssaId Crosssaid said these smaller chapters were werethe werethe werethe the backbone of the ARC during durmg the thewar thewar thewar war and will Wlll contnue cont nue to be so m in mpeace inpeace mpeace mpeaceExpand peace peaceC"pand peaceEcpand Expand C"pand Cpand Ecpand " Services ServicesIn ServicesIn In the coming commg year on a greatly greatlyreduced greatlyreduced greatlyreduced reduced budget the Red Cross willconduct wIll wIllconduct willconduct conduct a program exceeding exceedmg any anyprev10us anyprevious anyprevious prev10us previous peacet me operation in Jts its Jtsent itsent itsent ent re historyServices historyServices history historyServices Services tor for veterans and the thearmed thearmed thearmed armed forces and the r families Wlll will Wlllbe willbe willbe be the major concern of the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross The increas ng need for forassistance forassistance forassistance assistance to veterans will cont nuefor nue nuefor nuefor for years Approximately 1 100 000 000veterans 000veterans 000veterans veterans and the r families were wereassisted wereassisted wereassisted assisted by Red Cross last year yearthtough yearthrough yearthrough thtough through its workers in chapters chaptersalone chaptersalone chaptersalone alone Thousands more were a ded dad dedby dadby dedby by Red Cross workers in m hosp hasp tals talsUnder talsUnder talsUnder Under authonzat authonizat on of Veterans VeteransadmmfstratIon Veteransadministration Veteransadministration admmfstratIon administration there are 155 Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross field directors and assIstant assIstantfield assistantfield assistantfield field directors in 10 105 VA hospitals hospitalsNearly hospitalsNearly hospitalsNearly Nearly 350 Red Cross claims ex experts experts exports perts are stationed m in VA offices officesthroughout officesthroughout officesthroughout throughout the nat on in Puerto PuertoR R co Hawaii Hawall and the Phil ppmesOn ppinesOn ppmes ppines ppmesOn On army posts and naval stations I r 4 , 4J4 4J4r , r ' , " 7 7hELPING HELPING HAND IIAND Red Cross CrossGray CrossGray Gray rUly rUlyIrs I ady : \Irs Irs Mrs ! \ JoIm John W JoImson Johnson JoImsonhas Johnsonhas has a long shoppmg shopping ltst list She is isshown isshown shown adding Items wanted by a ap'ltIent apitient p'ltIent pltIent pitient ' at Bay Pmes Pines Vewrans Veterans Vewranshospital Veteranshospital hospital St petersburg ria na riaShe naShe She 11 U buy them at the canteen canteenand canteenand and downtown in this country and overseas Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross field directors are servmg serving servmgglvmg servinggiving scrvmggiving glvmg giving emergency assistance coun counselIng counsclmg counscling selIng sclmg and helping keep the men mcommunicat m in mcommuni incommunicat communi communicat cat on with their famil famll es as esat asat esat at home homeIn In the tbe field of commumty community commumtyservice communityservice communityservice service Kcd Red Cross disaster disasterwork disasterwork disasterwork work is a round thc-clock thc clock thc-clol'k clol'k clolk the-clock the - - ' opera opera- operatIOn operaion operation - - ( tion ion the ( he country over NatIonal NatIonalstate Nationalstate Nationalstate state and local tocal governments e't et e'tpect e expect ' ' pect the Red Cross to assumeleadership assume assumeleadership assumeleadership leadership In Jn disaster prcpued prepsred prcpuedness prepsredness preparedness ness and aDd relief rehd and rural areas areasknow areasknow areasknow know well the work of red redCross redCross FedCross Cross following follo\\lDg follo lDg ' \ tor tornadoes tornadoesfloods tornadoesfloods n ado e s sfloods floods and fires firesRed firesRed firesRed Red Cross first aid water safety safetyand safetyand safetyand and accident prevention serv ces ceshave ceshave ceshave have been carried on in all cornmunit com commumt communit mumt munit es as of this country First a d dmstructlon dinstruction dinstruction mstructlon instruction tor for yo ye ng people and andadults andadults andadults adults swimm sWlmm ng classes for ch 1 I 1dren Idren 1dren dren of the community and spread spreadmg spreading spreading mg ing the gospel of safety from farm farmaccJdents farmaccidents anm anmaccidents accJdents accidents areoeveral are arc 'everal everal oeveral ' ways these theseRed theseRed theseRed Red Cross safety services functionAid functionAid function functionAid Aid Rural AreasRed Areas AreasRed AreasRed Red Cross home nursing nursmg Instruc InstructIon instruction instruction tIon in rural communities commumtIes where wherehospital wherehospital wherehospital hospital facilities faclhhes are scarce is re recelvmg receivmg receiving celvmg ceivmg greater emphasis Commu Commumty Community Commumty mty nity nutnt nutrit on classes teach tea'h teah ( ' the thehomemaker thehomemaker thehomemaker homemaker how better to prepare prepareand prepareand prepareand and preserve foodsThe foodsThe foods foodsThe The American Amencan Junior Jumor Red Crosswith Cross CrosswIlli Crosswith wIlli with its 19 million youngsters pro provJdes provides provides vJdes vides effective channels through throughwh throughwh throughwh wh ch school children throughout throughoutAmenca throughoutAmerica throughoutAmerica Amenca America may put to practice Clti citi Cltizensh citizensh citlzensh zensh p respons b 1 I ties and good goodneIghbor goodneighbor goodneighbor neIghbor practices prachces with children chlldren of ofnat ofnat olnat nat ons overseas |