South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-07
Girls! Here's Your Chance
to Tour France Free as a
South Bend Representative
American Committee for Devastated France
Sponsors Good VIII Election Which Opens
With Nominations Today Winner to Be
in Party of 80 Young Women to Visit
Famous Backgrounds.

organization. composed mostly OF
American women who have set for
themselves the task Of assisting the
people of the devastated regions Of
France 10 rehabiiitate themselves
and 20 resume the peaceful prosper
GUS community life they enjoyed be-
fore the war. The committee main
tazns a Paris Office which directs
the activities Of the workers in the
centers established at scissors. Vic
sur-Aisne. Anizy-le-Chateau CCucy-
le-Chateau and BierancOurt.
The history Of the American Com
mittee for Devastated France dates
hack 20 1917. when a group of ten
American women were taken by Gen.
Petain into the devastated regions
of northern France and stationed a
EIerancourt on the Aisne TO look
after the physical and moral welfare
OF the small civilian population stu
living there, and to help make the
region habitable for refugees who
decided 10 return. Mrs. A NJ. Dick
and Miss Anne Morgan we're the
leaders OF this band: their work was
entirely successful and the commit
tee is now helping TO reinstate an
proMmately $4,000 people on a self
supporting basis.
Given Encouragement. implements
and seeds. the French will return 10
their wrecked homes and lands, re-
Building and re-cultivating them.
making homes and providing their
own food The American Commit
tee has done this 20 a large degree.
Give the French libraries, commun-
ity clubs and other sources OF re.
viviug their cultural iife and sus-
tanning their morale and bolshevism
VIII not be able TO take root in the
war-fUrrowed soil, declare workers
Of the organization.
Germany Unable TO Pay.
The people Of the devastated re-
gions have depended upon reparation
funds TO enable them 10 restore their
land, and these funds were TO have
been raid from German indemnities.
but Germany, as everyone knows,
las been Unable 20 pay and has not
paid
France is not asking America 10
aid her. but is accepting with deep
est gratitude every American method
instruction or assistance which Will
enable French people TO bear the
burden alone Mise Morgan calls
attention 10 the fact that Old men
and young men must carry on the
bulk Of this work in the devastated
regions because 81 per cent of the
men between the ages of Is and 55
were killed in repulsing the invader.
Because the old cannot give many
more years to the work which then
must be borne by the growing gen.
Grafton, the American Committee is
stressing the need of it's projected
continuation of child hygiene and
public health nursing. Every young
life in four cautons must be pre-
served and strengthened for the for
midabfe task Otherwise there will
be years Of strong appeal to strong
America, or an addition to the i'm
migration tide of men discouraged
of making a living at home.
The American Committee has put
at the disposal of the population.
motor trucks. tractors. farm and
building implements. work shops.
travelling stores, farm material and
merchandise. In addition TO this
the organization furnishes expert
services largely volunteer, of meal
culable value. Very truly do the
peasants speak when they say-'It
is the ladies in blue who finish the
war they help US to re-
habilitate our lives and our children
shall bless them"
Nomination Week.
II is to help with the contiuuanc.
of this most necessary work that a
Good Will Fund is now being raised
i'm the United States.
South Bend will do its share
toward carrying on this movement.
Details Of the tour. together with
a history of the committee have been
tod you. How the campaign ana
election will be carried on here and
how the South Bends representative
will be elected follows
Each day this week a nomination
coupon will be printed in the News
Times Fill this out for yourself, or
for some other girl or woman whom
YOU wish TO nominate, and mail. send
or bring It 10 the Good VIII Editor
al the News-Times office, Main al
and Colfax av
This done, you or your friend will
have become a nominee in South
Bends Good Will election. with 100
votes 10 your credit.
II you mail or send your coupon
arrange 20 visit the Good Will Editor
before Friday He will give YOU
minute instructions as to how you
shall proceed when the actual bal
loting begins next Monday
When the nominations are closed
next sunday night. the Good Will
Editor Will distribute ballot books 90
each contestant. These books will
be numbered. each containing So
ballots. Sell these ballots to your
friends. acquaintance and neighbors
at 10 cents each The money YOU
Will turn in 20 the Good VIII Editor
at the end OF each voting day or the
three voting period which opens next
sunday
The Good Will Editor will turn
the money over to the treasurer who
will credit each contestant with az
many votes as she has turned in
dimes 70 the Good VIII Editor.
Table OF Contestants
The News-Times Will publish daily
a table OF the contestants. showing
their actual standing. together with
the number OF votes accredited each. /
other developments OF the contest. /
by accounts OF the many /
activities Of the American committee I
lso Will appear in the News-Tlmes I
every day.
When the voting period has ended I
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