Evening star., 1927-11-20

the festive board for the first time in
many years.
Yet another case where the Angel
/ of Mercy was able to reknit the
| family bonds was that of an American
soldier who had married a girl in Ger
many and the couple had child born
to them before he was ordered back
to the United States. His wife lost
| trace of him entirely, but it was found
that the husband had been trying to
get transportation for her to come to
| the United States, but official red tape
had proven too much for him. Through
| the husbands mother, the Red Cross
was able to reunite the family happily.
! \ veteran has disappeared utterly
| without q clue recently and this has
proved to be one of tfa most battling
cases the Red Cross has to deal with.
| He left his home in the Kentucky
mountains to go to a hospital in Gin
cinnati and thereafter vanished from
view.
Missing Since World War.
Only one case is now on record with
| the Red Cross, of a veteran who has
| been missing since the World War
and the Red Cross is engaged in seek
| ing to locate him. He is James /. NJ.
| Jensen Uensonl, 81 years old. five feet
, ten inches in height, weighing 165
pounds. He is blond. of fair complex
| ion, with blue eyes. Those knowing
| of his whereabouts or history are
asked to notify the Salt Lake City,
Utah, chapter of the Red Cross.
AS a kind of court of last resort. in
the Red Cross Courier, the organiZa-
TONS semi-monthly organ, there IS
printed a column, giting a description
of missing men and women, on the in
side cover of the last page. This IS
done so that the 5000 Red Cross chap
ters over the country may clip this
out without destroying the magazine
have it available in case any of the
subjects of the column should apply
to chapter for aid.
There is yet another aspect of the
problem with which the Red Cross
has to deal--that of the transient
veteran, who is missing for a time,
only to flash back into the light again
for a space and disappear into the
darkness of uncertainty again. Ma
| tional headquarters of the Red Cross
keeps confidential list of. such vet
Grams, who are travelling over the
country. Some of them have escaped
from insane and other hospitals, and
some veterans have been living off
getting aid and pushing on to get
more aid at a still farther point.
One man, who has gotten a large
amount Of newspaper publicity, tells
the chapters a story of looking for
his parents whom he has not seen for
years. Red Cross officials say he asks
for money to carry him to them, but
this has occurred SO frequently that
their suspicious have become aroused.
Dangerous Lunatic At Large.
One person who is at large is de-
clared to be dangerous lunatic of
pleasing personality, who selects the
biggest hotel in town, but is unable
TO pay his bill and is put in Jail. He
tells of his war service, the story
goes, and he is put in touch with the
Red Cross, which sends him to a
hospital, only to have him escape
again. This man is said to have
travelled from the West Coast to the
East Coast and back again to the
West.
Many of these transient veterans.
swallowlike, migrate South in the
Winter and return North in the Sum
mer. Most of them give correct
names, but some have stolen dis