The Dolores star., 1918-01-18
HELP INVALID SOLDIER
HEALTH CONFERENCE CALLED
~ STATE BOARD.
Meeting viii De Held at the stass
Capitol 0uiidine on Thursday.
Jan. "a,
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Denver-Steps to establish an edu-
cational bureau in connection with
the Colorado Health Board are to be
advanced at a conference at the CAPT
tol called for Jan. "a. The object of
the bureau is to comply with the re-
quest Of the War Department in car
ing for tuberculous soldiers who have
been sent home. To date the Army
and Navy Departments have sent
back It's soldiers.
The conference will be held between
members of the health board, DR..
Eric E. Kennedy, secretary: city and
county health officers. county commits
sioners and officers OF the local med.
ical societies throughout the state.
The presence in the city Of county
| commissioners and other officials to
attend the National Western Stock
Show has assured Secretary Kennedy
of a large attendance at the confer
ence.
The health board at its last meet
Ing passed a resolution urging Gov
ernor Gunter to appropriate $4,000
from the war funds to aid In the es-
adjustment Of the bureau and to rem
der medical assistance.
The proposed bureau Is based on
the recommendations of the War De-
partment and Endorsed BY the health
board as follows:
l. Establishment OF bureau for
tubercular and social diseases by state
health departments.
the suppression of social evils and the
isolation and treatment Of individuals
in public Institutions.
3. Commitment to institutions of
diseased persons for industrial train.
ing.
4. Compulsory and systematic
treatment OF all infected persons
when necessary for the protection Of
health.
). Establish in principal cities So
cial disease clinics.
6. Posting certain placards in var
ious places.
7. Lectures and educational exhib-
Its by health board.
| 8. Elimination OF advertising spec
ialties of mems diseases and sale Of
disease nostrums.
An especial appeal to Colorado for
the adoption OF the foregoing program
has been made by the United States
Public Health Service; the War and
Navy Departments: Rupert Blue, SER
geant-general of the health service,
anu H. Frahhh Maroh' chairman ..
.ne aus'eoiy ooh.'ee o. 'ne Couhc'i
VI tHa'ional leiense ~ washington.
w "es's'e'eo va" e"s'o'e 70 en''ss.
Many men OF draft age have mis-
interpreted the conditions OF army
enlistment at the present time Maj
c. N. Barney said, mo registered man
Is eligible Tor voluntary enlistment IN
the regular army. except medical, dem
tai. veterinary and engineering stu
dents who are already enlisted IN the
reserve corps. to be withheld from the
by the examining board to be aviation
cadets" Voluntary induction into mil.
itary service. through the draft law,
into the ordnance. Quartermaster and
aviation sections, has been closed
since Jan. l, according to q telegram
received by Maj. w. A. spangler Of
the provost marshais starr.
|
Naturalization Of Thousands invalid.
The first papers in naturalization
granted several thousand foreign born
SOC. 900 such residents of other states
previous to Sept. 81, 1906, when the
present naturalization law went into
effect, are invalid, through a decision
of the United States Supreme Court,
| according to a bulletin received by
naturalization OF the Department Of
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