Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-15 | Page 2 | Fifth Winter of War Will Bring Many Hardships

Fifth Winter of War Will Bring Many Hardships HAVRE, Oct. 14 The fifth winter of the war will bring greater demands than ever for civilian relief in Belgium, Bel-gium, according to a statemerit of i Lieutenant Colonel Erugst P. Bicknell. ! American Red Cross Commissioner for Uelgium, In winch he announced that the commission has supplied more than $100,000 worth of clothing to Belgian Bel-gian refugees in the last nine months. "There aro more Belgian refugees in France now than at any time during dur-ing the war." Colonel Bicknell said. "Prices are higher, rent is higher, and large numbers of people, who, for the first year or two, rotained their vigor, are tired, prematurely old, discouraged, dis-couraged, sometimes almost helpless. "There is probably no piece of service ser-vice that the American Red Cross can render to Belgian people which will help more efficiently to assist them in properly clothing themselves." oo "You know John has to be in Washington, and I'm to live when John's salary is."