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Show URGE RED CROSS SEAL I DAY IN ALL SCHOOLS 1 pBSj Surgeon General Blue Aeks That H Churches Aleo Join in Move- M ment to Further Sale Surgeon General Rupert Blue ha H Issued an appeal to observe Chrtat H mae Seal iKiy In the schools and in H all places of worship in the United H States, December 6, I and 7. The ap H peal follows: H "Over one hundred and tlfty thou- H sand Americans die annually from R tuberculoma. Thla is an appalling wante of life when we consider that H tuberculosa la clashed as a prevent- H able dlBeaise. Moreover, because thin loss of life occurs almost entirely In H the ranks of the young adult popula fl Hon. health authorities the world over have come to consider the eon H trot of tuberculosis as still the most j pressing health problem confronting H them Every year the Nations,! Tu hi-1 .mo Association, by selling Red H Cross Christmas seals, raises a consld H erahle sum of money to he used In a fl nation wide campaign to combat tu- B herculosls Thin year a special of- fort is helng made to intereft school H children In this work and Decemltar H fifth, sixth and seventh have been H designated as days on which the H seals are to he sold In the publio H schools, synagogues and churches. M Because of the seriouenebs of tha M situation. I trust that the campaign H this year will be particularly sue- H ceasful. H IMl-l'it i nMTK, Surgeon General, H United States Public Health serricsT. M |