The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-01
.6OO PEOPLE DIE
 !. EVERY DAY NOW IN POLISH CITY
Typhus Ravages Warsaw Unchecked as Helpless People See Little
 Ones Die


 Team workers in the Jewish War Relief campaign of Great
 CT Birmingham nave Dcen --g- mented as result of a meet ing of zone directors held at local headquarters, 408 North Twentieth street, yesterday
 evening at 5 o'clock. They will, this morning, again attack" in full force.
 The teams of the Rotary Club have
 been assigned the territory south of
 second avenue and west of Twentieth
 street to thoroughly recomb it, while 1 the Civilians have been instructed to canvass south of Second avenue and east of Twentieth street. The Masonic 1 lodge teams will work north of Second avenue and east of Twentieth street. The Kiwanians, who have practically completed the previous task assigned to them. will not canvass the territory north of Second avenue and west of Twentieth street.
 Women workers of The Daughters | Of Israel" as we'll as the "Hadassah,' directed by Mrs. A. Blumberg, have also I been organized into teams, and will i canvass residential sections and special | assignments. All teams. men and women. will gather Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the mems grill room of the Tutwiler hotel
 | Among the larger subscriptions re- ported yesterday were: Loveman, Jo- seph & Loeb, s1,20o; Caheen's, $500; l Berger Dry Goods Company. $500; J, Elach & Sons, $500; MT. and Mrs. R. BUmfeld, s30O
 l As a result of meetings begin held at various mercantile establishments addressed by John R. Hornady, Monte I N Ullman and others, it is also an- Sens have contributed $46S, employees of l I.cveman, Joseph & Loeb, $500, with more to come, and Saks and other | stores also to be heard from, with sub stantial totals.
 received was one from Sam Lit of May | lene, who sent a check for $25 to R. Blumfeld.
 Determination was expressed by all 1 zore directors at yesterday evening s meeting that more energetic efforts must be made to bring the cause to | the attention and the hearts of the peo- pie of Birmingham. This determination was heightened when message was received from Montgomery to the eff | feet that more than $17,000 had already heen raised in that city, under the l chairmanship of Simon Gassenheimer. "Many of the best people of this city were robbed of their all first by the Germans and then by the Russians, who advanced and re- treated four different times, md they even had to dig their own | graves before they were shOt,' | reads part of a letter received Wednesday by R. Blumberg of this city, from relatives in Dvinsk, or 1 what was formerly known as Denn- | burg, in the province of Latwiln. | The letter also tells of horrors of starvation and disease, of the dying of | thousands of infants and children from | lack of nourishment and makes an 1 earnest appeal to MT. Blumberg to To- cate Robert Garry and Sam Garry, for ne1 residents of Birmingham, so that lthe writers may call on them for help. l Other advices from Poland received | by others in this city during the past ! few days tell of the continued ravages Of typhus, which now is claiming 600 victims a day in the city of Warsaw alone whole sections of that city and adjoining towns being depopulated by | the disease, and no means or medical appliances to even put up any kind of l a rattle against it's ravages, which are 't tightened by the undernourished con- dition of the victims which it attacks. | 'T am confident that the people of Birmingham will not fail to feed this great call" says Dr. J. H. Phillips the head of the general committee. and J trust that they will not wait until the committee or teams call on them. but | will bring their contributions to head | quarters, 40S North Twentieth street I or send their checks to Leo K Steiner treasurer of the Birmingham zone. Let | it be remembered that this is a nom scetarian campaign and that the charity l here obtained will also be distributed | 10 those most in need regardless of creed or nationality"