The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-11-21
Red Cross Notes
~ Cd III

For various reasons we have HAD
no Red Cross notes now for several
weeks, but there are many things OF
interest al this time, some Of which
are stated below and we will be
glad if you will read them.
First of all, we, like all other Or
! CARNATIONS engaged in war activities
are rejoicing that peace has been de-
clared and that our boys--those who
did not give up their lives for the
: cause, will soon be home, but that
! in no way lessons the work of the
f kin" e Of Work. From 5a" Washngtoa ton
| comes the following: THE cessa
! ton of war will reveal a picture of
misery such as the world has never
! seen before. The American people
/ will expect the Red Cross to act as
the, American people must continue
to be modified through the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Even with peace let
no one suppose that the work of the
| Red Cross is finished. Millions OF
American boys are still under arms,
| thousands of them are sick or wound
ed, owing to the shortage in ship
ping it may take a year or more to
bring our boys home from France.
During that time our American arms
must be about them and their fami-
. lies Il is further stated along
with the above message, That every
form of chapter production activity
ton of surgical dressing work. II
! is a matter Of considerable relief to
! know that there are in our store
! house in France and in the United
States ample supplies Of surgical
| dressings to meet any contingency
| that may arise.
In accordance with the above our
chapter has been called unon for an
inventory of all supplies on hand,
including surgical dressing depart
ment as well as the hospital supply
department have been finishing all
We have very little to report How
ever, we are told that a quota will
be given us at once to make up all
bolt goods on hands, and after that
we are planning a great amount of
refugee and reconstruction work,
and that is to advise all branches to
held their organization and commit
tees intact for future work.
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We have also been notified not to
stop the campaign for nuts, pits and
shells, and as all branches have
been supplied with the literature
you are we'll informed of the need
and necessity, therefore, do not let
any OF the ABOVE 20 10 waste, out
bring them to the Estes garage and
Mrs. Estes who is chairman of this
committee, will ship them to Des
MOines.
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National headquarters has sent |
out the following wire: The war |
and postoffice departments have is
sued an order extending the mailing
date for Christmas parcels to boys |
overseas to November 3Oth.'
The war department has authoriz-
ed the Red Cross to have printed a
sufficient supply of additional labels,
exactIv similar to those received
from abroad to be furnished to the
nearest relatives, who have not re-
ceived any from abroad, by applicant
signing a statement presented there
with. This arrangement will be-
come effective November 21st and
last until November 3Oth. The in
dividual may receive label from
the chapter or the branch to which
they belong by proper application.
of course, only one box
can go to one boy, but this will
mean that every boy can get one
box, if the matter is attended to as
above stated.
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On account of the quarantine be-