The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-09-26
American Red
Cross Notes

Inc government sends out
the following daily bulletins:
Sept THE gift of $500 OOo
from the Ford Motor Company
to the American Red Cross
was announced today by the
lied Cross War Council The
gift was in the form of a credit
on the Ford factories for half n
million dollars worth of auto
mobiles, ambulances, parts, etc.
as the Red Cross may desig.
nate.
Sept. 2.-Henry p. Dawson
announces Il Junior Red Cross
open to all school children in
the country. Membership is to
be by schools. Wherever there
has been placed in the local
school fund an amount equal
to % cents for every pupil, the
school becomes n school auxili-
airy of the Red Cross. The
fund will be used for the pur.
chase of materials which the
children will make into Red
Cross supplies. No part of it
is to go for chapter or general
expenses.
Sept. 3.-Bccause of the grow
ing nuisance of the Red Cross
emblem, the American Red
Cross has just issued a new
warning to those who may be
violating the law regarding it.
Many novelty manufacturing
houses and stores have put on
sale large quantities of Red
Cross fans, post cards and de-
vices. An equally common
abuse has been on the covers of
patriotic songs and popular
magazines. Under the statute,
the Red Cross emblem can only
be used by authority. The Red
Cross can no longer acquiesce
in these violations.
Sept. G.-The Red Cross War
Council has appropriated $780,
600 for relief i'll the east, through
the American Committee for
Armenian and Syrian relief.
This is the second appropriation
of 100000 to this committee.
The American Committee car
ries succor to these stricken
people through the efforts of
Armenian, Swiss and Danish
missionaries. Since the organi-
cation of the Armenian and
Syrian Relief Committee in
October, 1919, it has distributed
about 800, 900 in relief work,
which has been practically rails
ed by subscription in the United
States.
Sept. 9.-Thc American Red
Cross is to ship at ones to the
Red Cross Commission in Rus
STA, % motor ambulances and
automobiles. This is the third
Red Cross shipment to Russia
since the arrival of the Com
mission there less than two
months ago. Drugs, medical
supplies and surgical apparatus
valued ut 100000 have already
been sent.
Sept. l0.-Secretary Daniels
declares that the cooperation
of the Red Cross with the Navy
is especially desired, owing to
President Wilson'S wish that
all American War Relief agen
cies be centralized under the
Red Cross.
"Dear Mr.. Davidson;
For some months a large
number of patriotic women Of
this country, animated by n de-
sire TO add to the comfort of
the fine body of youths who
have enlisted in the Navy, have
been sending useful gifts of
their own make. Some Of these
good women have done this
work through the Red Cross
and other different organiza.
tions. 1t has been suggested
that it would be wise if the Red
Cross, the only National relief
organization having official re-
cognition, he asked to extend
its sphere of usefulness by tax
ing over the direction of this
laudable work of sending tok-
ems of good will from willing
workers to the men in the navy
by creating a Naval Auxiliary
of the Red Cross -