Show work r th R ed ro ik 4 sf A AI A aa key ar 7 41 U v n A j kol 4 z I 1 IK I 1 wan t N L u J IW ax X A e Z practicality maryed marked all red cross work during the year benr tills this fact becomes outstanding via as one studies the lie list of activities sponsored by tho the tion in its national program oil one of tho most recent pr projects oje cis rind and one ona which tins hns aroused great interest la Is that designed to curtail automobile accident tolls tolla she utility of that lint service la Is too apparent to need selling it Is tin undertaking which requires careful development though thou gli and rod lied cross leaders have not stressed speed so nuch much ns as thorough attention to every W necessary Ic essary detail I 1 only red ned cross chapters which have adequate resources as aa to size elzo rind qualified personnel tire encouraged to undertake such a duty in their territory nevertheless progressive coin coal are collaborating with their tied crois croaa organizations in providing this novel protection for their own end and transient automobile traffic As aa may be known toso to some mb tile tho plan contemplates establishment of red cross first aid posts adequately manned 61 either by volunteer lied brosi members trained in n first ald aid or equivalent staffs and provided with emergency first aid equipment and facilities for obtaining ined medical icil oil and hos 1103 pital servi service cc in in addition I 1 to insure asure success tile red lied crosti cros tins has invited operation cooperation co front from national state and local authorities automobile trades aad associations t the profession insurance companies and other nationally important bodies obviously it Is a program requiring time and public co operation cooperation 1 equally obvious it 19 1 a pioneer step of first importance to all groups and to every orie one who wiio drives an auto approximately t people have hava qualified lunder the red atod cross crosa in farsi bid aid and life saving so that of that number it Is certain that ninny many teera will bo be available for kite posts as aa they are established in the various communities in which these experts diperta live since the world war to 16 mention another practical work i tile tho lied cros crom i has assumed respired by its charter certain responsibilities toward L ix ex service a aej n 4 service mop mon particularly tho the disabled the peak ot this service pervice had yet to pe bo r reached ached when new and sweep sweeping hn legislation atlon at tile last aalon of cou congress gress made it apparent appart it to tile the red lied cross braach engage engaged in this s field alint their already heavy duties were about to be vastly augmented sick and disa disabled bied veterans are aided la in presenting their cases to the necessary governmental bureau a process procesa which Is often beyond the abilities of the individual emergency needs are met for certain veterans et erans hospitalized while awaiting compensation ar with deferred claims of one kind or another its work in uila field has met such approval that in 16 certain communities reports indicate there Is a tendency to have work ar for their veterans and service men centralized cent rallied under the INS 4 1 t 1 t V V 1 red cross workers at a military hospital discuss soldiers needs need 2 red cross grey lady ministering to disabled vot veterans erans 3 red fled cross volunteers volun teera making surgical dressings dressing 4 learning to give baby lite ills bath with red nod cross help local lied cross chapter in collaboration with alli other agencies neen cles interested wherever the problem of the disabled service ninn or tits lila family exists to 0 o any extent this activity of th the red cited cross lins lids proven its value I 1 wile country na as a whole holc has ins been comparatively free from severe seere cata cj of f nature sach ai ti as earthquake to tornado or hood flood tit in tile the recent past vr inking g advantage of tho the lull lied cross disaster relief forces are organ lying through their lo 10 cal chapters chap lind and with tile the bucking backing of state and municipal authorities comprehensive comar plans for ithone communities iq event they should be swept by some unexpected cilia calamity nifty requiring prompt relief mena meas urea ure ap no attempt Is made here to list oil all tied lied 0 cross ross chapters rind and tile the communities t I 1 es they aliey represent which are prepared for relief work among their people Ito wever approximately lied cross chapters in the midwestern mm area 0 the lite country are taking nn an active interest in fit this birti procedure it in gen crill substantial progress has been made by tred ired cross chapters in now rm ragland gland in the southeaster southeast erit states and a high degree of preparedness exists in the tb larger centers of 0 In indiana dinna kentucky mississippi ohio and tennessee provision Is 1 view now belna made to malfo make fullest uso use of 0 every modern fa clUty tile the airplane tins baa proven invaluable on a number of occasions already ready nl and now th the vast radio caim ni munI cation resources of alio amateur stations are being organized in connection with lite local red crosa chapters to insure emergency com murk lention in case the established tele telephone olione or telegraph systems tents art nade made useless despite all efforts still another phase of red ked cross crosa work which Is of practical at we use to the individual deals with tits his health the various diets of one kind or an another other which have taken hold on oil the imaginations of a considerable number of people not only women but men too prove that the subject of food in its relation to physical appearance and condition occupies a very important place in the public mind entirely apart from the vi vital tal necessity I 1 of just eating tile the red cross through its nutrition service has for years preached the importance to the individual of studying tits food requirements eclen to get the heat best results in 1 health I 1 call it it has done more than preach it ten teaches ches and in this modern day when every one Is talking diet a correct knowledge of 0 what to eat cat Is a essential sent tit to individual and national health health in the field of national health an I 1 important contribution la Is made each year bear by the red lied cross its several hundred public health nurses assigned to communities all over the united states co operate cooperate with school authorities with local health departments and the medical profession in guard ins ing and building up public health instruction in individual u ak care of the health of tile sick in the home the titter latter instruct instruction iod intended to stipple ment ent the efforts of the family doctor in speeding the pat lent recovery eclov reco ery ry tire are other phases of red ked cross health work w ork first aid and life saving Is a pop popular and well known eclen oi taught py Y the lied cross enhancing its value to the industrial world to athletic departments part ments of schools and Vol colleges leges and municipal recreational respectively perhaps tile the best gauge of tile practical value of nil these activities to the men tin and women who annually fire are asked to enroll na as supporting lied cross members to Is the statement that approximately one person in every ot 0 tile lie count rys millions of elti citizens zeng tins lias paired through some form of lied ked cross instruction such as nutrition first ald aid and life saving home hygiene and care 0 of athe alie sick a rather large army of m men n and women equipped with knowledge ledge which Is of practical value every day not alone adoue to themselves hut but to tn their families anil and their neighbors it represents ti a very considerable percentage of tile the nations people who have had beneficial contact with the it teil cross without considering the alie other oilier thousands who have benefited on occasions as in disaster dl sister relief or us as when boing soing kiino ried red cross trained one tins ims raved I 1 n life or eased the tha pain of fill an neel occidental dental injury in the shop or homp home in the popular mind tile the word hu Is most often associated with shelled thel the lied led cross A study of some of these facts wilt will show that the particular brand of humanitarianism put out by tile ned cross la Is the ho hind which every one would like to share not only tor for himself but with tits his neighbors tile the annual invitation extended by tho the lied cross to join its ranks this year between the dates of november 11 and 27 Is the opportunity to share the lied cross its 13 work Is made possible because so many thousands feel that tha way about it and jola join evary e e ry year |