The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-10-17
RED CROSS TO
START Drive
Collection Of Funds Will
Get Under WdY Over
Notion November IL

defense program and growing
needs for widening its regular
domestic operations, on Novem-
Der II will embark on its great
est membership Roll Call since
the days of the first World War,
Stanley A. Yergey, chairman of
the Big Horn county Red Cross
chapter, declared today.
Red Cross officials here nave
set a goal of 1000 memberships
as their share in strengthening
the services of the organization
locally and nationally.
Appealing for greater mem
bership, Mr. Yergey declared
the success of the national en-
rollment of members will hinge
upon the individual success of
chapters in attaining the men,
bership goals. He urged every
person who can to become a
Red Cross member to insure
the Big Horn county chapter of
meeting its share.
"Following the outset of "to-
tai war; last May" Mr.. Yergey
said, "the American Red Cross
asked the public for a fund of
$4,000, 900 to widen it's war re-
lief operations in Europe. This
amount has been raised and
oversubscribed, enabling the
Red Cross to ship thousands of
tons of food, clothing and med
ical supplies to the war zone
areas, where it has been most
needed"
Differentiating from the needs
of European war relief, he sta
ted that the Red Cross Roll Call
is held each year to support the
national and local Red Cross
organizations in their domestic
operations. Funds realized at
Roll Call time, he explained, will
not be used for war relief, but
to enable the Red Cross to con-
tinue its day-to-day operations
in disaster relief, first aid, life
saving, nursing and its assist
ance to the United States mill
tary and other programs.
Particular stress was laid on
Red Cross operations for the U.
S. military and other programs
fitting into the national defense
program. Last year when the
army, navy and marine corps
had skeletonized peacetime for
ces, the Red Cross aided more
than $1,000 men in uniform
with their social and economic
problems. Today with an army
of more than 100000 men i'm
minent, the Red Cross will need
heavy increases in membership
to meet proportionate needs ar
ising in its field officers in mil
itary posts, camps and naval
stations.
World conditions have promp-
ted the Red Cross to set up two
new programs since last Roll
Call. He said more than. $4,000
medical technologists have been
circularized for the formation
of a reserve corps being organ
lied at the request of the U. S.
Army Medical Corps. In addi-
ton, experimental studies are
being made for a national
"blood bank" which would
furnish blood plasma to the U.
S. military in time of emergency.
The latter pragram, he said,
was being run as a parallel pro-
ject to a program of furnishing
blood plasma to the British Red
Cross for war victims.
"At the same time, the Red
Cross must be prepared to con-
tinue the work of its other ser
vices" the chairman said. Near
ly 100000 persons received GER
tificates in first aid and $4,000
in life saving during the year.
Indications point to an even
greater training program Tor
1941."
Mr.. Yergey pointed out that
last year more than 100000 per-
sons, victims of 106 disasters in
the United States, received Red
Cross relief in being rescued,
clothed, housed, fed and aided
in rehabilitation.
Red Cross nursing service
enjoyed one of their busiest
years since the program was es-
tablished," he said. In the IL
months preceding June 80, Red
Gross nurses made more than
10000 900 visits in behalf of the
sick in urban and isolated ru-
raj areas.
1.-THE American Red Cross nur-
sing reserve, a corps pledged for
service in time of national en-
Urgency, now comprises $4,000
registered nurses" he said. I'm
view of world conditions, plans
for strengthening reserve during
the coming year will be under
taken by Red Cross nursing
c MIN i tt e throughout the
country" he added.
More than sol, 900 American
Red Cross volunteer workers en-
gagged in the program of war
relief production of clothing and
surgical dressings" Mr. Yergey
declared. "This program. while
furnishing more than 1000, 900
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