Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-06

Hanson Post II the American Legion
md the women ~ charge 81 the WORK
fer Oh. Texas Childrcn's Home and AZ
Sucicty will Join forces today IN selling
inga In Amarillo. The American Legion
tags ate a. be- sold to raise money TO
build iubcicular hospital ~ Kerr
Vile Tex. The money raised IN III"
sale Of tags by the children's society ~
10 be used In helping homeless children
and giving them educational adNan'
tages
II was not known until yesterday that
the two dates confllctod and as n WAS
too late e. change either ~ them II was
decided that the committees from cacn
would work together.
The students In the lflEh school have
boon organized by ". u. Estes. poat
commander ~ Hanson Post. Ia help ~
thc sale ~ the American Legion tag
Gordon nu,lcr IL chairman NJ the CON
rnittre. and VILLA Heard vice Chairma1.
The steering committee IN composed ~
Durcle MOrgan. Jessie Dawson and
Hates witt. Carl Thomson and ialJh
TrOlIngcr will act az operators. II"
senior class viii assist them IN selling
The tags.
Quota for Teas.
The amount a. be- raised IN Texas for
the American Legion hospital II $3.50.
O00. 81 which Amarlllo's part vii u"
$500. The name 81 each post that
raises M much az $500 will be- placed
on O bronze tablet ON the new hospital.
Mrs u. o. MaS,crson has been a..
pointed chairman Of the Texas Child.
ron's Home and Aid Society work. Tho
two trcasurcrs are Airs H. $. GOoch
and Mrs. ll W. Galbraith. and Miss -
NAV Drown and Margaret Patterson
ara the secretaries. Ten ladies' 90 Anna
ilio have been appointed captains ~
teams tu carry on the work today. and
have been given different Territories
over the city.
Butter boxes Ised.
" H. Estes uf the American icgiur
desires ~ cali the attention Of nll WI,
contemplate contributing Ia the pro
poacd hospital fnr tubcrcular cx.soldi"r'
To- the fact that the plain tin cans which
6, had boon intended 10 use for the con
tribu,ions for the hospital today we've
not secured. and that the mis,lctoc bu'
tor boxes which are circulating abou
IN" streets today are taking their place
Therefore. when making your contr.bi
ton for tubcrcular soldiers rcmrmhc
that II should 30 into the little mis''e
too butter boxes which viii De- pr,
senicl Tor your Offering
Captain liClhrook ~ the SalNatiu
Army. who ~ acting MS chaplain % IN
American Legion In Amarillo. ana VII
has been IN France. stresses the iu
portancc az providing those who hav
been 'over there" and have come haCl
broken In health and tubcrculous. wi;
the assistance they sp vitality need I
enable them to make the great fig'
for the recovery Of their health. Say
the captain:
Many BROKEN In Health.
There are In Texas today hundred
81 'N.soldicrs, native Texans, who wcr
into the service when the call ~
their country came. strong. health
S,rappinE mcn--otherws" they Coul
not have gotten into the nrmv---ar
who ar. today broken In health and d.
ing slowly from that dreaded Will
plague. the tuberculosis
Prom my own personal observation
can say that tens 81 thousands of mc
have spent az much rs three week
without at any time during those thr'
weeks having had on suit of dry M
dcrwc1r Everything was mud. mt
and water: the boys wcr" IN action ~
tho big thing was to defeat III" q"
mans. \ dry uniform and dry suit
underwear could come after the ''''
mans had given over their attempts
drive through IN" Yankee lines. I
thoe devoted heroes the only thin
that natt.rcd was the holding Of the
uOn lines OF the taking 81 the cncnI
entertainments. as the case might lie. .
Many Ga>SsSl.
The consequence uf this is co
iinucd tho captain. that today thr'
are llrgr number of tuhcrcunr me
~ Texas who obtained the disease du
Ing weeks ~ continuous exposure du
ink the critical periods Of the wa
There ara others who we're g1ssc
They brca,hcd IN q quantity ~ =.
during q gas attack. ar when p1ssir
through q hollow. on gas pocket
which the sas fingered. and. though "
quantity hrcathcd IN may have bee
lot a small unc. IL burned the linir
II their threats raw; Il Was inhaled inl
theIr chests and the chemical actio
which took place there was such ny
leave the lungs In DISEASED and wca
Cned condition.
"rhcsa soldiers aic nov scatter
Ground nll over the United States
Texas has her share of them MANY