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Show News and Features oi Interest to Residents of Davis County. LAYTON, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH Front-lm- e troips relax after the Korean cease-fir- e. Hundreds of thousands of our men are still on watch in Korea (phcto On July 27th, in Korea, an Armistice was signed and the guns were silenced after three long years. Agreement to halt the war has now been reached, but thats all. The force that caused Korea is still alive. Nothing is over but the shooting. A job only yon could do: Through your support of the Red Cross, you have once more proved the willingness of men and women in free countries to help one another without thought of reward. No one pays your Red Cross, except in heartfelt gratitude. Through the Red Cross and blood banks you gave over 5 million pints of blood on which the wounded in Korea had first call. You helped save their lives. You made it possible for your Red Cross to be the link between our men and their homes to ease the mind of a GI at the front with oounsel and financial assistance, either for himself or for his loved ones in trouble at home . . . to cheer and comfort the wounded in hospitals ... to give a touch of home to prisoners of war ... i COURTESY Lift) immediately on release. Through your Red Cross you stepped in. Ah even bigger job abend: Despite the truce we cant stop now. The job is one of vigilance and waiting. Thousands of men will be in hospitals, trying to recover the health they lost in our behalf. To them, the Red Cross means kindly personal services. Men who continue in service at home and in foreign lands need your Red Cross to make life a little more pleasant, a bit more livable and normal. At the same time, the Red Cross must be ready with help for their families. And the Red Cross blood program must go on. A backlog must be built up for defense, for treatment of those still suffering from wounds, and for the growing civilian needs. The Red Cross is set up to handle this job but its success depends on your continuing support. As President Eisenhower hns said: "We have won an Armistice on a single battle -ground . . .not peace in the world. We may not now relax our guard . . . |