Show RED ED GROSS IS URGING BETTER BATTLE tireless in services advancing cause of freedom from human suffering ering not alone in preparedness tor for emergencies gen cies but in a tireless ali olese offensive battle for better health la is the american red cross nurse maintaining in peace time the high tradition ot of her war service As in war tho the same self effacing service tor for humanity goes on its quiet effective way con tent in its accomplishments seeking no public ne acclaim blaim enrolled in the red cross nursing service are of these misa loners of 0 health nearly 1000 carrying the lessage message ot of a finer public health to as many communities ti and 1100 1160 teaching large classes in home hygiene and care of 0 tho the sick exactly red cross nurses aro are still on duty overseas helping the struggle gleA forward toward the high standard 0 of american nurse eul clency in many countries in the Govern government men t services enrolled red cross nurses are on duty with the army navy public health service and ana the veterans bureau while the tha entire active enrollment Is maintained as a reserve for the army nurse corps and available to tho the navy in a national defense emergency nine hundred nurses were added to the roll tho last year red cross nursing however has perhaps its finest expression expresion out in the places laid waste by fire flood and storm and in the back reaches tar far from the centers of population in ev ery disaster the red cross nurse la Is firak arst called tori first to respond and the last id to leave her post of duty among the suffering victims in the isolated sections of alaska north carolina virginia idaho and among among the bleak islands of day bay me ate her ministrations are making hard lives easier and working tor a brighter future tor for the children her part in the human drama of tho the time Is increasingly important although it Is subdued by the tory nature of her work the policy ot of the Ameri american ean red pross cross to establish under chapter control public health nursing services in communities lacking such each facilities has been justify justified ed and this pioneering work is everywhere endorsed by Au authorities thorl it who are quick to take lakott it over as ag a proper municipal function and a duty of taxpayers the home hygiene and care of the sick program has further penetrated into the schools as a definite part of curriculums during the year school pupils took this red cross course cour flo three telephone corporations adopted it and graduated employed students As good health depends depend upon right I 1 eating the red cross nutrition ser vice continued to promote individual and community health particularly the health of mothers and children this service reached nearly persons persona during the year red found work to do for several thousand red cross volun teer workers |