Milford chronicle., 1934-06-01
Red Cross Continues
First Aid Teaching In
Federal Work Projects


erican Red Cross is extending it,
first aid teaching, as part of tht
safety program, to the EWR, sue
cessor to the CWA. All chapters IL
Delaware are now receiving notices
from the National Red Cross Head
quarters to offer to the new federal
relief groups the same facilities for
training first aiders as they so sue
cessfully gave to the old.
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explosives, hauling and traffic. In
fections from small wounds consti-
tuted a further menace. The Relief
- Inn
and cautiOning, found it necessary
to have trained first aiders on hand.
Because the Red Cross gives cOur-
ses in emergency treatment of the
injured to many thousands annual
Iy, the director of safety of the Ad-
ministration, Sidney Williams, ar
ranged for training with the ma
tional director of Red Cross first
aid, Harold F. Elbows. BY this ar
rangement, men selected from each
project would receive special train
ing so as to be able to act promptly
and intelligently in accidents until
the doctor arrived.
The basis of this training was
the Red Cross First Aid Textbook, |
of which an entirely new edition, |
covering the latest findings of sci |
ence and the best technique, was |
published last year. The first aid |
instructors also followed the Red |
Cross outlines for teaching. The
number of textbooks distributed in |
the CWA affords a reliable index of
the number of trainees. Altogether,
IS 900 books were placed in the
hands of trainees over the country.
After the close of the CWA work,
the National Red Cross received
commendatory letters from safety
directors of the various State units
of the Federal Relief. The director
for Maryland, in which 681 men
were trained, said for instance that
in the four months ending with
March, only seven men had lost time
because of infected injuries out of
l2.999.7S7 man-hOurs. I'VE cannot !
emphasize too strongly" he wrote,
1.-The importance of continuing a
Red Cross first alder on each pro-
ject."
The following estimate of the val
ue of first aid instruction came from
the State Supervisor of Safety of
New York:
1--WE do not hesitate to credit the
first aid training program with
large measure of the success which
has attended our efforts in accident
prevention. This, however, is but a
small portion of the benefit which
the people of the State of New York
will ultimately derive from such
training. 1t is readily recognized
that the men so trained as a part
of their employment with the CWA ,
will sooner or later again find
themselves employed in private in
dustry. The new aspect of safety ,
which has been inculcated in these ,
men during their employment with
the Civil Works Administration will
ever be present, not only in their
new endeavor, but in their social ,
and home life as well. :
1.-THE service which the American
Red Cross has contributed in this
great program is of outstanding
worth to the community, and with L
out question it will be recognized
as the greatest undertaking of its
kind which has ever been carried
out to date"
The new Emergency Work Relief !;
plan does not contemplate the en- u
ployment of the great numbers of
men who were helped through the y
crisis of the winter. Opportunities
for outside employment have in :,
creased with a general revival of -
agriculture, industry and trade, II
which absorbs many of the unem- h
Moved. Furthermore, the govern a
ment has restricted its projects to II
men who have no resources what ~
ever as well as no opportunity for n
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Lawson spent =,
Sunday afternoon with friends at m
Berlin, Md cl
The Ladies' Aid will hold a bake h,
Saturday, May 26th. in front of a,
Philip Johnson's store. for the bene- n
it of the church.
Sunday School. Sunday morning 10
It 10 O'Clock. Preaching at IL. ~
outside work Still. those who are n,
employed will be subjected to the *
same hazards as before. And, at the n
request, the Red Cross G,
4 continuing it's first aid teaching a,
IN these groups. CO
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