Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-03

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About 100000 boys and girls, com
posing nearly half the school popula-
ton Of the United States. are members
Of the Junior Red Cross, which Is help
Ing the children Of Europe, while ut
the same lime II Is doing an important
work here al home Haitian Ghetwolf,
who wears the engaging smile shown
In this picture, Is the son of an In
dian guide and trapper lie Is the
youngest Junior living In the neighbor-
hood of Juneau, hlaska--and he sends
greetings 10 fellow Juniors of the Unit
ed States.
Her Twentieth Child Arrives.
The Great Mother IN the World"
has temporarily adopted the Great
Mother in Vienna" She Is Frau
Stepanek, who has just become the
mother of her twentieth child The
American Red Cross unit in Vienna
celebrated by presenting the baby with
complete layetfe. The organization
also is helping Frau Stepanek to care
Tor her family of twenty by supplying
sent 10y the Red Cross chapters in the
United States.
Central Europe, the chief sufferer
from the conflict, today Is facing an.
other winter of famine. pestience and
ruin. Typhus decreased much during
the summer months where last winter
IL had Its greatest stronghold, but ply
slcians who Investigated tine situation
at the behest OF the League of Red
Cross Societies have given their I'M
qualified opinion that this coming win
ter will see recurrence on an I'M
preeedented scale. The Red Cross
feels 1t must continue preventive meas
ures abroad 10 keep this and other
deadly maladies from the United
States.
Millions for Work at Home.
When the disease was sweeping Cen
trail Europe last winter the American
He'd Cross, with the aid of the govern,
menfs of afflicted nations, undertook the
fight against II. Hospitals were estab-
clothing were distributed TO the I'M
dernourished populations. who by rea-
son OF their undernourishmeat were
easy prey 10 the epdemlcs. Where
+. Iisorgapization contributed last year
tosthe great inroads made BY tie dis
ease, by virtue Of its knowledge of the
disease and the presence Of we'll es-
tabllshed hospital centers. the Ameri-
can Red Cross this year will undertake
the work with new confidence.
Including the total of s11.00oo0O in
supplies left from the last fiscal year
the S3l 5000 is SCI .O0O, 900 less than
the expenditures for 1920
Appropriations for domestic actlvi-
ties total sl6.7o0,0o0
The largest item of this "home"
budget Is S7.s00.000 for civilian relief
work. This includes service and as
slsiance fer families Of soldiers sail.
ors and marines, and work incidental
to DISASTER OF Che total apnropria-
ton for eiviljan relief. s5,o00.Od0 Is
held in reserve for the carrying out of
actual disaster relief
Reduesd Overhead Expense.
The Red Cross invariably IS tie FIRST
thought Of a community visited by ca
lamlty. with this in mind, It was de
termined by the Executive Committee
IN preparing the budget Of $4,000 to
have a fixed reserve fund fgom which
10 draw In these instances.
For assistance to soldiers. sailors
and marines In hospitals and In camps
this year Si,90o,000 has been set aside.
-Four million two hundred thousand
dollars has been appropriated for i'm
provenent of health and prevention
OF disease throughout the United |
States during the current twelve
months. The Red Cross Is co-operat-
Ing fully with the United States Health I
Service In this work and through It's |
Junior Red Cross is doing much Ia |
spread among children the principles |
OF sanitation. An appropriation of ST. |
100000 has been made for developing |
the peace time program of the Red |
Cross by service to its chapters In all |
regions.
The appropriation OF $4,000, 900 Is |
exclusive of the local expenditures Of |
the 5000 or more chapters.
Administration expenses this year
viii be $1s0o,000. Last year they
were s2,300,O00.