Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-08
IOWA RED CROSS
week MAY 20 TO II
Hoped to Raise at Least Two Mil
lions. States Quota Placed at,
81, 100000.
A BIG PARADE
PLANNED FOR MAY 1S.
Planned to Have Many Banners
Telling of the Great Work
Being Done by the Red Cross

The second Red Cross war fund
campaign which will be waged
during the week of May 20 to 27,
will be handled by the best organ
lied force of campaigners Iowa has
ever sent after funds.
sIowa's quota of the S100,000,O0
to be raised has been placed at
S1,500,000, based on the popula-
tion of the state. the per capita
wealth and interest and ability
shown in previous campaigns for
funds for war work.
This quota was figured out sew
eral months ago." said State Chair
man John P. Wallace, ''and is
really lower than it would be if
made at the present time, owing to
the tremendous expense of the re-
cent work on the western front"
On May Is big Red Cross pa
rade is planned for each of the 16S
Red Cross chapters in the state.
This parade will feature floats il
Illustrative of Red Cross work.
1t is also planned to have many
banners telling of the great work
being done by the Red Gross; po-
licemen and firemen in uniform
city and county officials, all civic
and military organizations; school
children Junior Red Cross mem
bers and nurses in uniform. Chair
man Wallace desires each and
every chapter in the state to ar
range for a creditable parade.
Sunday, May 10. has been desig-
mated as Red Cross Sunday, al
which time all the churches will
include special services for the Red
Cross, and the ministers will pre-
sent strong appeal for loyal sup
port on the Red Cross drive durin g
War Fund Week.
In speaking of the coming cam
paign Chairman Wallace said: "We
are confident that every chapter is
so organized that when the cam
paign starts May 20 every home in
the state will be visited by mem
bers of the organization and the
appeal of the Red Cross presented.
mo cause means more to our
boys over there, who are fighting
our battles. Getting behind this
campaign should be considered a
privilege, for it's for the purpose
of procuring the best care possible
for, the boys at the front. The care
attention and assistance rendered
by the Red Cross will enable many
of our boys to return home who
otherwise would be lost, as witness
the testimony of many soldiers who
declare they owe their lives to the
Red Cross.
This will be campaign tC
save the most precious thing in the
world-human life. Not only the
lives Of our soldiers, but the live:
of homeless children in Europe. Ii
many towns ravaged by the invad
ing Huns the Red Cross saves tn,
widows and orphans from starva
tion. Surely no one will neglec
doing all possible for the Red Cross
so that the noble work of savins
lives and relieving distress ma.
continue.
Iowa should raise at least 50
100000 during this drive, for thi
Is a wonderfully wealthy and pros
porous state. l believe If each o
the 16S Red Cross chapters of tn,
state do their utmost the drive viii
total more than $2,O00,0Oo.
And it will all go for war work
every dollar of it. All expenses o
the campaign will be borne by thu
Red Cross Chapters. twenty-five
per cent OF the funds are kept her'
for the purchase of materials, sucl
as yarns for socks and sweaters. ma
terials for surgical dressings, band
ages and such supplies as are need
ed in the work"