Evening journal., 1918-07-25
Defense COUNCILS
HELPING WIN WAR
Have Undertaken Many
Noteworthy Activities in
Supporting Government
DAVID SNELLENBURG
DISCUSSES WORK

Secsuse Of the desire of the State
Council Of Defense for Delaware to do
everything it can to win the war, David
f, Snellenburg, chairman OF the publicity
committee for the council, is calling
attention to some Of the noteworthy
activities undertaken by other State
Councils in the hope that this informa-
tion will be helpful to the work Of the
council in this State.
In Connecticut farm machinery ex-
perts are being sent to all farmers list
ed IN a recent farm survey as owning
farm implements, who will inspect and
: help repair the machinery. County farm
bureaus Will supply men to run the
machines. Missouri is forming give
, Clubs" composed Of five men who go
out in the fields late in the afternoon
and work until nlghtfall.
= BY governors proclamation, every
hoiSholder in Tidewater, Va, is asked
7, to-o~5 at least one sea food meal day.
In Oklahoma, both white and cOlored
men in Glass are being instructed as
. 10 their coming duties in training
camps, their chances Of promotion. the
necessity for obtaining legal advice and
= how 10 keep physically 1T.
Connecticut has recommended the
, appropriation Of 5000 for the Chi
dren's Year Committee and a number Of
i. counties in Indiana have procured the
service Of visiting nurses in the same
cause. In Indiana, also, by the ad-
= dresses OF the "Fourteen-Alinute Wo-
. men" the mothers Of the state have
. been aroused TO enthusiastic co-opera-
tion.
Kentucky is holding seml-monthly
. meetings Of the State Council in vari-
Gus towns and chairmen OF neishbor-
, Ing county councils viii be asked 10
meet with the State Council TO discuss
local organization and problems. Wash
ington has issued a model constitution.
suggested that the organization OF
. Minute Women" be included and their
work co-ordlnated with the Community
Council; that men Of draft age in de-
, ferred classes be assigned patriotic
Community Council work. In Mis-
sissippi, for the Orange Grove Com
.munity Council, a census Of all citizens
in the community has been taken. in
cluding names, ages. occupations and
= war activities. A similar census has
been taken by the Lyman Council and
. the better Of the two will be adopted
by the County Council as a standard
for other Community Councils.
= Virginia Is extending the Liberty
chorus idea to the public schools. In
Connecticut the State Council placed
8 90 per cent. OF the paid advertising de-
sired by the Red Cross among its COM
munIties and arranged for q simultsn-
eous display Of $1,000 copies Of a pos
ter. Illinois plans to teach English 10
every forelgn-speaking woman in the
State. Manufacturers are cooperating
New Hampshire will take an indus
trial census. English viii be used ex-
clusively in elementary schools. Eve
ming schools Will be established IN all
cities Of over 5000 population. Parent
teachers associations will be enlisted
for the education for membership Of
reading and writing English.
Colorado Is forming America First
Societies." among the foreign born. Ex-
.ecutive committees and officers are
chosen from each particular national
fly. Meetings are held every two o.
three weeks. Motion pictures OF an
amusing and educational character are
features. Glasses in English are TO be
opened.