The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-07-25
THE RED CROSS

The Red Cross is still busy think
ing up ways and means to make the
sick soldiers comfortable and content
ed. The latest innovation in the hos
pitals is wireless ragtime.
By simply holding metal clasp to
the springs of his bed and putting a
small receiver to his ear, boy con-
fined in bed may revel in jazz to his
hearts content, without disturbing the
buddy in the cot next to him whose
nerves won't stand it. On the cord at
tached is small device for regulating
the volume of sound. One boy wheeled
himself out on the porch and hooked
the metal clasp on wire spoke in
the wheel Of his chair. It worked just
the same.
w. Frank Parsons, of New York
City, formerly director general OF
Red Cross Civilian Relief work at Ma
tional Headquarters, has been ap-
pointed director Of development Of the
League of the Red Cross Societies OF
the World by Lieut.. General Sir David
Henderson, director general Of the
league.
Hundreds Of youngsters have been
cleaned up during the brief stay of
the American Red Cross Commission
to Roumania, where sixty American
men and women have accomplished
marvels in lettering health conditions
in some of the worst disease centers.
But the field 'has just been scratched"
as one worker puts it.
War Risk Insurance premiums may
be paid in monthly, quarterly, semi
annual or annual installments. This
advice is issued by the Civilian Relief
headquarters in answer to questions
from Home Service sections.
John w. Studebaker, of Des Moines,
Iowa, national director of the Junior
Red Cross, has gone to Europe to COM
plete plans by which the school chill
dren of America, through their Ma
tional Children's Fund, will be able
to provide relief for suffering chill
dren in the war-swept countries. The
activities of the Junior Red Cross
along this line are already under way
in Palestine and France in farm
schools for half f-grown boys who lost
their homes during the war.
The American Red Cross appropri-
ated $4,000 worth Of supplies and
$7,143 in cash for the relief Of the
thousands of victims of the recent
earthquake in the Mugello district,
near Florence, Italy.
BY the establishment of a children's
farm colony at Lake Torgoyak, in
western Siberia, the American Red
Cross has taken a step that promises
the definite rescue of the "lost chill
dren of the Urals." These little ones,
who were sent into the country when
the sweep of Bolshevism impended,
were in many instances deserted by
their teachers and guardians and as a
result ran wild and starving through
the countryside. The Red Cross has
now succeeded in gathering together
1000 Of them to be cared for at the
new colony, it was announced at Ma
tional Headquarters today.
The report of the American Red
Cross for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1918, shows that the Red Cross
appropriated $107,716,348 to carry on
it's work abroad and at home. Of that
amount $59,788,672 went for relief
work in foreign countries, $7,688,856
for work in the United States and
$4,945,557 for relief work in various
countries on work specified by con-
tributors; $26,286,O0O was set aside
for working capital, and the balance
went for other activities of the or
ganization.