The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO Be OPENED AT
DINNER TOMORROW
Dominick Announces En-
gagements of Speakers.
Ministers to Call At
tention to Drive


tenti0n to Drive
The Red Cross roll call drive will be
formally opened at a dinner in the ball
room Of the Tutwiler hotel tomorrow
night at which every general and ev-
cry worker in the allied armies. Field
Marshal J. Frank Rushton. County
Chairman Val J. Nesbit and other mem
bers Of the campaign committee will
be present
1t is announced that addresses will
be made by one or more able speakers,
and that final details of the drive
win then be announced. Active can
.vassing for members Of the Red Cross
viii begin Tuesday morning. when ev-
cry worker in the various divisions of
the allied armies viii take the field
Frank Dominick. chairman of the
speakers bureau. has announced the
following speaking dates:
November S-Lyric first perform
ance. George w. Yancey: second per-
Torrance. Leroy Percy. Bijou. frs
performance. Erie Pettus; second per.
Torrance, Jelks Cabaniss. Alcazar,
Fred Fite. Majestic. l. M Engel
Strand, A. Leo Oberdorfer Princess, e
l. All. Best, J. A. Simpson. Colonial
l. Nj. Engel. Trianon, Frank Willis
Barnett. Odeon, Hugh Locke Rialto
Ben F. Ray. Elks Hall, Ensley. Rod
erick Beddow,
November 4-Lyric. first perform
ance, Hugh Black; second performance,
Frank Willis Barnett Bijou, first
performance, Frank SPAIN second per-
Torrance, Phares Coleman. Alcazar.
NJ. p. Hollingsworth Majestic. Walter
Brewer. Rialto, Alvin NJ Douglas
Strand Phares Coleman, Princess
Fred Fite Best. Quimby Melton. Co.
lonial E. L. All. Trianon a. Leo Cher
dorfer. Odeon. NJ. r. Hollingsworth
November Lyric. first perform
ance, A. Leo oberdorfer; second per-
Torrance, Hugh Locke Bijou. first
performance. Fred Fite; second per-
Torrance. Borden Burr Alca2ar. sid
Smith. Majestic, Leroy Percy. Strand,
Walter Brewer. Princess, Qumby Mel
ton. Best John Morrow Colonial,
j. A. Simpson. Trianon. Harry Denman.
Odeon, d. X. Pegues> Rialto Ben F.
Ray. Temple Emanuel, l. NJ, Engel
FIELD WORKERS ACTIVE
Field representatives have been act
i've during the past week. going over
their respective districts and getting
the organizations in working order
They will be out in their districts again
this week to see that the campaign
is pushed with the greatest vigor
Speaking dates for the field agents
have been announced as follows:
Miss Hannah S. Eaton-Troy, sun
day; Samson. Monday Geneva. Tues
day; Hartford, Wednesday.
Mrs Mary Willis--Aliceville, Mon
day; Marion and Greensboro, Thurs
day; Vernon and Fayette. Friday.
judge W. w Brandon win also speak
at these places.
Miss Amelia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Moulton and vicinity, Monday and Tues
Marion county, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday
Miss Hortense Bissell--Clanton, Mon
day; Montevallo and C'o1umbiana. Tues
day; Hamilton and other places in
son and DR. j. H. Hooper of Roanoke
will assist Miss Bissell at her appoint
ments.
Miss Mary Kearney-Jacks on Mon
day; Monroeville, Tuesday; Camden and
Selma. Thursday Gen, Virgil Evans
and Or. w Harper of Selma will ac-
MINISTER'S TO HELP
At the request OF the national or
Tan'zafion, ministers of all the
churches are expected to call special
attention to the drive at their serv-
ices today. 1t is stated that most
If not all the ministers in Birming-
ham will either preach sermons on the
subject or call attention to it in short
f1lkS hpfDra Of a
Henry p Dawson. former chairman
OF the war council of the American
Red Cross. has made the following
statement in order to clear up certain
Observation-Disclosures
AS former chairman of the war coun-
Gil of the American Red Cross and now
as member of its executive committee,
address THIS statement to the American
people concerning the financial basis az
the appeal of the Red Cross during the
next week for members and for new
fund of SIS 600 600
when tile war council on February
y last, turned over the MANAGEMENT
Of the Red Cross to the permanent ex-
ecutve committee, the records showed
book balance of S127.000.0e0 still remain
ing out of the two war fund drives or
this amount s39 00no00 was in the hands
of the t0n odd chapters for their local
work and $4,000 o0o was represented nv
goods for relief abroad either already in
Eurore or in process Of shipment. Some
$500 00 remained available for new
purposes
ION February Is, the expenses Of the
Red Cross were at their peak, this peak
continuing for some 30 DAYS subsequently,.
During that period practically our whole
army was under arms or in process OF
rehabilitation and relatively few men
had been discharged from our hospitals.
The work for families of soldiers did not
attain its peak until April l. These sit
nations entailed very great expenses to
the Red Cross.
DEVASTATED AREAS
Abroad the coming of peace opened
u pareas unbelievablv devastated. par
ticularlv in the countries in eastern Eu-
rope. Such was the MAGNITUDE of the
task of administering relief that for
awhile the Red Cross feared that the
funds on hand would be insufficient to
last until this November. The effective
work OF those directly in charge of the
activities enabled the Red Cross to wind
IN more rapidly than had been antici-
rated that portion OF the work which
was susceptible of being Terminated and
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