Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-21
$4,000 GOES
TO RED CROSS
ON FIRST DAY
Three Thousand Field Workers
Back on Job Early Tuesday
With Renewed Enthusiasm
and Spirit.

With $4,000 piled up to
their credit in the first day Of
the second Red Cross drive in
Douglas county,, 5000 trail
blazers, after a rest last night.
early were back upon the field
of action with yesterdays slo-
gan-$2oo,ooo before tn e
week-end-still ringing in their
ears.
"On with the drive, you're
doing fine" was today's order
by E. Buckingham, chairman
Of the war fund campaign COM
mittee, to his determined
forces.
Workers declared last night Omaha
responded like virgin territory-as IT It
were the first time the people had
been asked to support the war with
financial contributions.
They had missed the plant, I've
given once"
Enthusiasm ran high throug ghout
the first day and people gave with
spirit of pleasure.
Tornado Call Gets Action.
Early Monday afternoon the Omaha
Red Cross director, Frank w. Judson,
rushed a corps of physicians, nurses
and supplies to Crofton, Neb,, to aid
the injured and homeless victims OF
Saturday night's>tornado.
A telegram from Jasper Knight,
Red Cross chairman at Crotton,
reached Chairman Judson at / o'clock
and in less than two hours assistance
was OIL the way.
Mr.. Knight wired that two persons
were dead, the homes of eight fam
lilies destroyed and many destitute in
the farming district near Crotton. ,
Bedding and clothing we're carried
to Crofton by the Red Cross rescue
party.
Congressman Sloan Here.
Congressman Sloan Monday at
noon dedicated the Red Cross minia-
ture hospital, which is nearing conf
pletiofl OH the court house lawn. w.
+. Baxter presided. This will be one
Of the principal headquarters for re-
ceiving subscriptions.
An army ambulance from Fort
Crook was driven through the down.
town streets at noon Monday and
stopped at corners where patriotic
songs were sung bv Mrs. Oliver
Eldridge. Miss Madge West played
the violin. This was the idea of Miss
Daphne Peters. She and Miss Meme
Davis were also OH the ambulance i'll
Red Cross uniform and held a stretch
er upon which the audiences threw
money for the cause. The ambulance
will appear every dav at noon.
Tonight and every night during the
week real vaudeville show will be
given at Fifteenth and Douglas
stree.s. An auto truck will serve as
a stage. and performers Will come
from the Orpheum and Empress the
aters. Accompanying the show there
will be an auction.
Major Sterns Forgets.
j Major Walter Sterrs, property off,
Ger at the quartermaster's depot in
Omaha, has discovered that absent
mindedness is expensive. The major
promised contribution to Red
Cross worker and then forgot it. An
other woman approached him upon a
similar mission. Another promise.
Result-the minded major
must ay double toll.
Special Red Cross services were
held in the local Danish churches at
Twenty-second and Leavenworth
streets and Thirtieth and Corby
streets Sunday. At the former Rev.
Mr.. Jensen was in charge and with
the assistance of T. H. Hermansen
and Axel H. Andersen of the Red
Cross committee substantial subscrip-
tions were obtained to the fund.
During the evening services at Pei
la, church, Thirtieth and Corby streets,
patriotic addresses were delivered by
Rev Mr.. Bertelsen, pastor of the
church, and Frank V. Lawson. A lib
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