Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS
By J. t. JONES
TcmnIrS OF Nprcy
By ]. L. ZONES
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\ study Ot the entire realm of
lhilauthropIc activities throughout +
tho world will reveal no greater
work than that which has been car
ricd ON during the past twenty
years in the fifteen Shriners hos.
pitfalls for crippled children located
throuGhout North America.
This remarkable chain of TEN
plies of Baby Smiles as they are
alfoctionatcly termed, have since
their inception in 1922 been stated
with the finest orthOpcdic surgeons
%yailahlc and with nurses especial
~ trained in this service of love.
To date more than 100. 600 MAIN
ed children. all from Americas
poorest homes and all admitted re-
GardlcsS of race. creed or color
have been either entirely healed Ol
greatly improved in these great in
stitutonS. Last year alone 20.SSS
children were treated at Shrine
clinics apart from the bed patients
and in a single year the hospitals
prOyiycd l,776 braces: made 1000
N-raye: received 5000 cases: gave
nearly 10000 physical thcrapy
treatments; performed $500 opera
tions on 700 patients: DISCHARGED
> 900 little boys and girls who. in
noble sense. were lifted from the
ttlk shadows Of hcIplessncss and
giN,H complete confidence and
strong normal bodies, and spent
over a million dollars accomplish
ing this record.
Most people know Shriners by
their red fcz and Colorful costumes,
but behind all their fun and frOlic
is the burning desire 10 help their
tcIloWmon regardless of race, creed
OF color.
Much of the credit for these hos
pitfalls GOES 10 W. f'rccland Ken
drick of Philadelphia who inspired
the Shrine To undertake this re-
markahlc philanthropy.
As the world grOpcs today for
peace on earth. here is one frater-
nal organization planting the seed
0t brotherhood and tolerance of
which the Shrine hospitals are liv-
inS examples 1t is such endeavOrs
that will bring mankind together
in a united. prosperous and peace
iul world.
Intapped Agricultural Frontiers
The untapped agricultural from
; ticr is not so much in untitled acres
OF land. but in lOw-COst production
and more efficient output as levers
, to a hi2her standard of living" Sc
At&tcs recent magazine article
and the statement rings true.
Despite the undCniahlc fact that
agriculture is our basic industry
because most of our raw materials
and all of our food comes from the
+ land. the great majority of farmers
are using Out-modcd methods anC
tools. They live and labor in the
| machine aGc. but are not part of it
p Nochanization will open up untap
ped frontiers to them. This is one
+ Of the great developments sure tC
! come in the postwar world.
, Thousands of young men are re
4, turning 10 the farms from service
! and war work trained and cXper
o fenced in the use of modern tool
q and machinery. They bring Will
them knowledge of the new tech
4 ltiQucS. and impatiencc with the Olt
o ways. In the decade Just ahead the.
70 can he counted upon to assist ma
tCrially in the movement, alread
+ we'll started. to bring agricultur
|. into the Twentieth Century.
e DO We Want More Imitation.
Every person who earns his o
+ hcr own living, either as an EN-
plOycr or an employee. will agre
II that living expenses are doubl
It Whit they were when the New Dea
was put into effect a dozen year
F" AGO That was the time when tn
4" Federal Government backed tn
d States and all of their institution
! eff the map. and started to ru
e "veryhody's private affairs an
.e businesses The real damage to on
Ir economic stability was hefor
II Pearl liarbor
It Everywhere you go there is a
> cutlery against the dangers of III
employment especially for return
: ING soldiers. The cry is the lOude!
u III WASHINGTON This morning
~ leading Washington newspapt
" contains eight columns in agat
i type of ads. each from to 6 to
~ lines long for Help Wanted"
!' lalt dozen years ago there wei
lS that many columns of ads undt
Io the heading of "Iohs Wanted"
u thlS particular paper there are
As applications for Situations. Mer
n and / applicants for situation
VI women in the same paper TT
iG advertising pages in other metr
III polltan areas tell the same story
Ut condition of a scarcity of wOr|
efS, most everywhere