Show BLOOD BLOOD FOR FRE FREEDOM DOM Four Nurses Plan Mile Ten State Tour for Red Cross Four young women are out for blood and they are going after it in a big way First of all Union Pacific Railroad Rail road remodeled a business car attached a baggage car to carry supplies and promised to transport transport trans trans- port them anywhere they wished to go on the miles mUes of its tracks s to complete their search Next the American Red Cross furnished them with supplies and offered to have their local chapters recruit enough patriotic American volunteers to part with a pint of the vital fluid So they are ready to 0 o hit the road railroad that is on a tour that will take them through the ilie eleven western states served by Union Pacific beginning in December Wherever blood centers arc are not operating they will accept donors to supplement the national blood program Ambitious women these RedCross RedCross Red RedCross Cross nurses they are aiming at 2000 pints each cach month and will work on Blood For Freedom the name of their mobile blood collection collection col col- lection unit until they make it They must they say with typical feminine determination because every drop is going direct to the armed forces Heading the group of four nurses that staff stafI the car is Kathryn McDonough McDonough McDonough Mc- Mc Donough formerly of Waterloo Iowa She did private duty after training at St. St Josephs Joseph's Hospital in Omaha and then served as an industrial nurse before joining the blood program in September 1949 Ramona Walla is another member member member mem mem- ber of the ilie crew She lived at Linwood Linwood Lin- Lin wood Neb originally and received received received re re- re- re her nurses training at St. St Josephs Joseph's Hospital in Omaha Before Before Before Be Be- fore joining the blood program in December 1949 Ramona did private private vate duty nursing Eileen Roth who came from rom Elkhorn Neb before moving to Omaha is the third member of the staff She is another alumna of of St. St Josephs Joseph's in Omaha and was wason wason wason on private duty before joining the blood program in January 1950 Monica DeWulf of Cedar Rapids Neb has been with the Red Cross blood program since September 1950 She was also a private nurse after her graduation from St. St Elizabeths Elizabeth's Hospital N Nursing u r s sin I n g School at Lincoln Neb S S COLLECTIVELY these f to o u ur white clad nurses have worked on more than mobile trips made by the Omaha regional mobile unit operating in Eastern Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska so they have plenty of ex ex- Blood donors soon realize just how simple it is to donate their blood says Miss McDonough Men almost always joke about the possible high alcoholic content of their blood Take a gallon Ive I've got a lot is the comment Miss Walla hears from male stalwarts and knowing knowing knowing know know- ing the pressing need for blood on the battlefield she certainly wishes she could Wherever they operate the nurses will be under direction of ofa ofa ofa a local physician on their feet allday allday all allday day doing a tough job because they realize its importance Miss DeWulf summed it up neatly neatly neatly neat neat- ly when she pointed out that Giving Giving Giving ing your life Ufe for your country is the supreme sacrifice but saving a l life is certainly as important Any qualified citizen can do just that once every three months actually by donating blood for our armed forces |