Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-10-31
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO OPEN NOV. Z
OFFICIALS LOOK FORWARD TO
PLACING DIVISION FIRST
LOVER THE TOP"
o M WORKERS ENROLL
Campaign Managers Say That Present
Drive Is One for Membership,
Not Funds.
!. RED CROSS ROLL GALL FACTS

: RED CROSS ROLL GALL FACTS :
Begins, Sunday, November 2; =
Z closes, Armistice Day, Tuesday, u
= November II. ~
= Objective: 100000 900 member =
Z ships in the United States; =
= 2,000. 900 memberships In the =
4 Southwestern Division-the states ,
z Of Missouri, Kansas. Texas. Okla +
E homa and Arkansas. Cost Of +
+ membership, one dollar. q
Purpose: To maintain Red =
+ Cross at present high state Of =
+ organization and efficiency as =
+ permanent national relief agency. =
+ One million volunteer workers :
+ to assist in campaign activities. =
+ to be enrolled previous to opening +
+ of drive. =
+ Soldiers. sailors and marines to 7
+ aid by speaking and writing Of =
4. the work Of the Red Cross in the +
+ camps and overseas. Fighting +
+ men, in some cases, directing =
4. campaign. +
f. "Four.minute" men, returned 4
+ service men, lawyers, newspaper +
f. men and others qualified. will +
4. speak during drive, in theatres, i
I. hotels, moving-picture shows. +
1. clubs, factories, mills and stores. +
+ National advertising campaign +
!. being waged as preliminary to +
+ intensive drive. Newspapers, +
T. posters, window displays, flags. +
+ cutouts, moving picture films. +
+ dodgers, advertising slides, all I
1. carrying Red Cross messages. +
When the Third Red Cross Roll Call
of members Is completed on Armistice
Day, November II. 1t is expected that
1000, 900 persons in Missouri, Kansas.
Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma-the
states comprising the Southwestern
Division of the Red Cross-will have
answered here and have been en-
rolled as annual members of the
organization.
Inasmuch as this is a decrease Of
1886, 619. members under the record Of
last year, when 2,385.619 members
were obtained during the Christmas
Roll Call from a population Of approx
imately 13. 1925, 900, Red Cross officials
look forward to putting the Division
first "over the top" with comparatively
little difficulty. The nationwide cam
paign this year is expected to yield
more than 10000, 900 members. As In
all previous camnaigns, the foe for
yearly membership is 81.
Red Cross Sunday.
The campaign will open formally
Sunday, November 2, which has been
designated RED Cross Sunday" On
that day the story Of the Red Cross
will be told from pulpits all over the
nation. Special programs will mark
morning and evening services.
Vigorous preparations are being
made, as evidenced by the rapid en-
rollment of thousands of women work
ers who will serve as volunteer can
vassers during the campaign. More
than 1000, 900 such workers are to be
obtained throughout the country, whose
aid will determine to an appreciable
extent the successful termination Of
the coming campaign.
Reports reaching the Division office
in st. Louis tell also of the cooperation
being extended by hundreds Of sol.
diers, sailors and marines, who are
able. many Of them, to tell FIRST per
son" stories Of what the Red Cross
did for them while the fighting was
going on. These chaps are being en-
rolled as speakers, writer's and active
workers. In addition, "four-minute"
men, lawyers, newspaper men and
others qualified are scheduled to
address audiences during the campaign
on the subject OF the Red Cross appeal.
Advertising Campaign.
Enthusiasm in the campaign Is be-
ing stimulated by the appearance Of
thousands Of posters, window displays,
Red Cross flags and other adjuncts Of
the countrywide advertising campaign
now being carried IN. Newspapers
are carrying page, half-page and!
smaller advertisements bearing the
Red Cross message. while periodicals.
magazines and billboards, as well as
street cars, trains. mercantile estab-
lishments and department store win
dows, all carry their olota of Red Cross
advertising. Moving picture shows are
exhibiting Red Cross films In a ggan-
tic motion picture campaign that has
for its object the education Of the
American people to the p~resent-day
needs of the American Red Cross.
Red Cross campaign officials have
announced that the present drive is
one for membership. not funds. In
view of the large amount of work still
to be completed abroad and the re-
newed activity incident to the incep-
ton in America Of the Red Cross
peace program along the lines Of First
Aid, Junior Membership, Nursing and
Home Service. those in touch with the
drive situation say the prospects are
favorable for increasing Red Cross
membership to q figure well over that
n sina d last WAR