The Glenwood post., 1918-05-18
SLOGAN OF RED CROSS
CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED

Considerable curiosity has been
aroused during the past week over the
appearance of the mysterious word,
"Otommif' with a red cross following
it. On the streets and in the local
papers it was much in evidence. 1t has
been certain that it had something to
do with the Red Cross drive scheduled
for the week of May 2 Oto 81 to raise
one hundred million dollars Many au-
swers were turned in by Glenwood
boys and girls in response to an offer
by the Glenwood Motor club of prize
of two dollars in thrift stamps to the
one coming nearest to guessing the
meaning of the mysterious letters. A
correct answer was not received but
the prize was awarded to Mildred Bell
as being the nearest correct.
DR.. Pepper, in a short address at the
Odeon Wednesday evening, announced
the meaning of the letters, which is
Gone Thirtieth of My May Income for
Red Cross" In other words, it is the
slogan which the campaign manage
ment wishes every wage Garner to keep
in mind the week beginning May 20
1t is the basis on which the citizens of
this community must contribute to the
National Red Cross in order that we
may raise the quota of five thousand
dollars assigned to the Garfield County
basis, one days pay, as the minimum
from wage earners and those of small
income and with the larger contribu-
tions from those of greater means, the
campaign management hopes to realize
their quota.
Father Carrigan also gave a short ad-
dress and in his eloquent manner pre-
sented the audience with some idea of
the great work that is being done by
the Red Cross. After the short talks
by Father Carrigan and DR.. Pepper, a
reel of war film was shown and the
audience was then addressed at some
length by Rev. Phillip A. Easley. Rev.
Easley proved to be very impressive
and forceful speaker, holding the at
tention of his audience steadfastly to
the great underlying principles back
of the American Red Cross. Not only
was the great work of this humane
organization pointed out, but in a
striking word portrayal of some of tf1
happenings "over there he forced
home the fact that the treacherous
Huns have refused to recognize the
Red Cross as a neutral organization of
mercy, and systematically attempt 10
sink its hospital ships, destroy hospi.
tails back of the battle line and at
every opportunity direct their fire en-
Red Cross workers. The Red Cross has
lost in this war through German meth
DDS the neutrality which it enjoyed IN
past wars While not partaking in the
actual conflict, the Red Cross has be-
come valuable aid to our army in the
saving of mems lives, and it is for
this reason that the Germans treat them
as combatants.
These depredations against the Amer
lean Red Cross make it all the more
necessary that it be supported without
stint by every citizen. 1t means too
much to our allies and our own troops
to be driven from the field of action
by German outrages. To show the
Huns that their terrorizing tactics have
no effect on us, we must Oversubscribe
the one hundred million asked by such
an amount as will let the German peo.
pie know that America is in the war
to win and is supporting our war ac.
tivities to the limit. No wage Garner
need hold himself to days pay if he
can give more. A days pay is only
the minimum that is need to barely
raise our quota and this community is
surely going to do more than that. We
can never go wrong in oversubscribiny
our assigned quota by large margin.
1t is what the National Red Cross ex-
poets of every community and we
should be among the first to do it. In
any event, let every wage Garner not
forget during the coming week that at
least one thirtieth of his month g wage
should 60 to the Red Cross and as
much more as he can possibly give.