Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-15
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BECOMES APP lIlN :
condldon Of Children Even lloro
llarro Declares Authority
% clty''s DESPERATE Ffoht

So ~ l1sSys luz VI Sc
i. Jlvs ysars Of famine have fesulted
g aKrsatlI Increased morality and
morbidity In Wanna which bsfsrs the,
war was counted n enc of the health!
lest cities In Europe. Figures prsparsd
By Dr., Gustavs Bonn, head -of the
Wanna Health DEPARTMENT. show that
In 1913 the death rate was 168 Per
thousand. In 1915 Tho rats ~ s22.65
per thousand, IN increase Of more than
~ per cent. - | 9 - - s. sS,...
Professor Hans spsl Of the uni
:vsrsity Of Vienna, says TINT .ssvsn
moro terrible than tho mortality stn.s
stistics are those referring to tho con
dltion of children and their mothers.
Owing to undeHnourishment few moth
ere can nurse their babies, and the milk
shortage affects not only infants, but
al children IN spire of ii: that -4as
bsen done 70 help 1t Professor
Clemens Pirqust's clinic n No mi
verxity some $3.50 children were sx-
aminsd in 1918. Only 4,es7 Of thess
Or about one-thirtsenth we're passed %
akin good, int rood; 2a.00o were pals
and thin. or very pale and VERY thin.
''The health OF these children shows
most disquisting features. Skin disease,
rachitts and Barlow's disease are rife.
1.-THE chief medical onacer Of Syienna
asks, What IL going to happen to- thsse
>underlfed children, In whose bodies the
germ Of tuberculosis II latent, when
they reach tho twentie6. ut which time
It becomes activs1." ).
To combat these conditions the Amer
lean Relief Administration 81 which
Herbert Hoover is chairman fed last
winter In the city of Vienna some
100000 Of Tho desitute and under.
nourished children, supplying them
with = substantial meal of American
food, served in 4 number Of large
kitchens opened for that purposs. ]. 81 81
The conditions In Vienna are more
or less typical of those in Poland and
other countries of Central and Eastern
Europe. Last year the Relief Admin
istration was able to reach some ,600,-
600 under-nourished children and this
winter thesprograms calls for the fsed-
Ing Of ike numL er, but eight Of tho
great charitable organizations of
America have united under the name
Of the European Relief Council, of
which Mr.. Hoover Is the chairman.
The child feeding task win be carried
on not only by the American Relief Ad-
ministratiQn but by the American. Red
Cross, the American Friends' Service
Committee tQuakers), the jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, tho Federal
Council Of the Churches OF Christ In
America the Knights Of Columbus, the
r. NJ g. "a. and, r. W. @. Am mp
peal for 33S. O00, 900 shas besnamade and
the -orxenizatioos named have Joined
In raising the sum. .<,. ! . e
Miss Alpha EkdahI arriv.
ed Monday from Graceville fol-
q short visit with her parents
there. '.=zs.s'' - .-. .5.'.. -. s. !
Mrs. L. A.. Jorstad and
daughters Erenice and Marg.
aret spent Saturday in Mime.
apolis. - 49, 49, 3
Mrs. Carrie 0del1 arrived
Monday from Granite Falls,
where she has been visiting re-
latives.. ~--s@> =
Miss Ella Negaard5 and
Magnus and Olof Sandbo spent
Saturday and Sunday in Min
neapolis. - .ssS
:; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Den
ny left Monday for Marshall,
where they will make their fu-
ture home. - ~
Mrs. Edward .Odell and
Elmer Odell autoed and spent
Sunday with relatives at Gran
tie Falls. { < q s-. $500 :, :.
Mrs. Paul Leon Miller re-
turned to her home at Darwin
Monday after a visit with Mrs.
And. Patched. -. 81 ass. o.. - s. $
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First Pub. Dec..15-4t) .
Citation for Heariing O i,eti.
g ton for <Administration. " ss
Estate Of Lena Maschger,
Decedent. >SS,.s @-sez
State Of Minnesota, County
Of andiyohi, In Probate
Court. H.: /. >...:..s.s-.s S. S.
In the Matter Of the Estate