The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-03
Walter WincheII
On Broadway i.


Barton, foundner of the American
branch. had her hospital next to
Major Leonard Woods tent at ST.
honey. One day, fellow-officer
OF Major Woods stamped into her
hospital with sack In his hand
-. Il have some sick men In my
regiment" ne beloved, land they
want whatever delicacies you have
here. I'll pay for them out of M
cwn pocket. VIII you sell them to
me?" -. mot for million dollars"
Clara replied 81 NEED that
Stuff" protested the officer, SHOWING
out his jaw. i think a lot of my
men. I'm proud of them" Z.
We're proud Of them, too" re-
torted Clara. "But we can't sell
hospital delicacies. We give them"
Chuck,ing, the officer filled
his sack and stamped out Which
is how Col. Teddy Roosevelt became
Red Cross fan.
The Red Cross already operating
eight emergency hospitals in the
Philippines, is building twelve more
there to assure adequate n edical
attention for General MacA-thur's
valiant men g.. . Critically injured
soldiers have heen removed to Aus
tralia .. 10000 refugees from the
war areas in The Philippines have
been moved back into the noun
tains and are being taken care of
by the Red Cross at a cost of $40
000 a day One hundred addi-
tional American Red Cross nurses
were shipped to Honolulu last week
to cope with any emergency that
may arise in that theater of war
The slogan of the Red Cross
is preparedness. (And they're not
kiddingD
War prisoners of all nations are
looked after and protected by the
international Red Gross, which sets
minimum standards of treatment
and makes inspections of prison
camps The Red Cross handles
all communications between prison
ers and their families. Every ma
lion at war sends the names an.
addresses of their prisoners to the
International Reu Cross headquar-
ters in Geneva, Switzerland, where
an index of information about
prisoners is kept for the benefit of
relatives The Red Cross delivers
packages of food and clothing to
war prisoners free Of pos age. The
prisoner must sign for the package
himself or it isn't handed over.
(And the sender receives his signed
receipt) ;. The Red Cross stand
ard food package. which costs $40,
contains evaporated milk, biscuit,
cheese, cocoa, sardines, pork, beef,
chocolate bars, sugar, powdered or
ange concentrate, prunes, coffee,
cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
A red cross can be displayed only
by the Red Gross society accord
ing to an act Of Congress. with
the exception of Army, Navy and
Marine Corps medical authorities,
anyone else who uses a red cross
is liable to a $500 fine and year
in jail.) There are million
and half Red Cross volunteers
in the United States. Volunteers
receive no pay and must buy their
own uniforms. whats more, they
must serve 100 hours before they're
permitted to put on their uniforms)
On the bulletin board of the
Red Cross in L. A. is this reminder:
Don't forget that Thumbs Up can
be done with one hand, while the
other hand Digs"
Once, after lot of excitement
lad been caused by a tornado,
Charles Evans Hughes, the former
Chief jus ice, ran into Mabel Board
man, secretary of the American Red
Cross. "Gosn," gosh'd Hughes, Il
read about a tornado this morning,
and the same paper had photo
graphs of the Red Cross doing res
cue work. How cid you get there so
fast?" The Red Cross" was
the reply, doesn't have to get
here 1t is there!"