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Show America's War Victims Appeal i'or Your Help - ' ' ; .. . . ' V ! " ' 4 -St.? - . 't v ' i'i ',-' tr i j f-i5 faj t, . . ..yr- I -. . ,.v v -:l ' 1 ' 4 - - . j i r ;; . .... : q . .. i ' : i , m i - ' - I I- ' v 1 .....,;:.;...:...;. ..... First war poster of the new World War, painted by the distinguished artist James Montgomery Flagg, carries an appeal for a $50,000,000 war fund to aid the victims of aggression upon the United States and its island possessions. To aid the victims of warfare being be-ing waged upon America and her island possessions, the American 3.d Cross has Issued an appeal tor $5'), 000,000 war fund, Chairman Norman H. Davis announced from tha national headquarters in Washington. Wash-ington. Mr. Davis urged men, women and children to give to this mercy fund through their local Red Cross Chapters. Chap-ters. These funds will support the Chapter's war work with the familial fami-lial of men in the military services, a well as the broad relief program of the national Red Cross. President Roosevelt, who is president pres-ident of the American Red Cross, Issued a proclamation urging all eltltens to give to the Red Cross war fund. In launching the appeal, Chairman Chair-man Davis said: "There are millions of our citizens citi-zens who desire today to demonstrate demon-strate their will to victory over the enemy. Not all can be In the armed forces, and not all can volunteer their services for humanitarian work, but all can volunteer their dollars to arm the Red Cross to be their representative at the scene of battle and distress. "Today is the day to demonstrate our high morale, our unity, our determination de-termination not alone to support our President and our fighting men at the front, but also to insure to our wounded, homeless and suffering suffer-ing fellow citizens In our Pacific Islands that we stand one hundred per cent ready to aid them through tha Red Cross." |
