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PAGE EIGHT Pf « —— j Hl''-' • • v . • X II {,. . ■ . s' Written Into The Records ... " Os Human Mercy — V* these chapters of the great work of the Red Cross in dicate the tremendous scope of its activities—world wide in its range, yet ready even for the little hidden pains of human beings—thhe Red Cross asks your sup port for the varied tasks it has undertaken —r ea d about them below. • / la fire and flood, tordado In. the past II years it has expended $46,000,000 for relief work following disaster- It lias and earthquake, disaster directed or participated in relief work in 90 disasters the past year ✓ of all kinds v Service to Disabled of Since the Armistice it has expended $53,000,000 for services to the disabled veterans of World War and— oi Id ar and to the men of the regular Army and Navy. It is now assisting an av erage of more than 100,000 disabled veterans and their families each month. • ~ V- • • Men of the Army and lo more than 549,000 soldiers, sailors and marines on active duty it continues to give Nay y le same supplementary volunteer relief and Home Service it gave during the World War. ' In other lands Abroad it represents the American people in works of mercy when great catastrophes cause abnormal suffering. It was the agent of America in extending relief to disaster suf ferers in ten foreign lands during the pa.-t vear. Naval Reserve maintains an enrolled reserve of 42.000 nurses available in emergency to the Annv, Navy. I . S. Public Health Service and \ eterans" Bureau, and for service in epidemic. Public Health Nursing \\ ithiiMhe year Otto Red Cross public health nurses have aided in the care ‘of the sick. guarded the health of children and fostered understanding of personal and community hy giene. 1 Home Hygiene 51,121 women, girls and boys lijive taken courses in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick under Red Cross direction the* past year. More than 500,000 have received this in struction since the activity was initiated. Nutrition Through Its Nutrition Service it helps promote individual and community health bv V teaching the principles of sound nutrition ; 138000 children and 20.000 women "have been taught the importance of proper use of foods the past year. Life Saving and Fir<U *V pre ,h f n 41UM>0 m * h ' and have received training in effective methods of Aid rescuing and reviving the dr.nvmrtg; 20.1*00 completed the Red Cross course in first aid dur ing the year and 150,000 were reached with demonstrations by the Red Cross First Aid Car Family Work I„ 500 communities the Red Cross Chapter is the only family welfare agency. .. , . c \ t dunteer workers have produced in the past vear 183.3:10 garments. 1 358 036 suroi. ii Volunteer Service dressings. pages of Braille for the blind; they have made H.22o\noiofcarr^ fed 24.840 persons in emergency canteen service. * / % v . . . d * n dle Junior Red Cross enrolled school children are learning the value of ser- American Junior Red v j C e to others. W ith tlw children of 10 'other countries thev are creating bonds of friend t-lOSS ship and Understanding. * i ' The Red Cross Helps Everywhere— Help the Red Cross by your membership <* ' ' v * Red Cross Annual Roll Call, November llth-26th JOIN NOW! A DOLLAR ENROLLS YOU if - 1 ' A ' "■ 1 * t 'c ■ - '- —a .... ] \ / • ' . , The Speedway and the Signboard. Wilmington Star. When the new Wrightsville specd- V'uv is added lo the chain of hard surfaced roads which honeycomb New Hanover chtinty the disfiguring sign board with its flaunting colors and screaming type should not be ignored. A suggestion to this effect was tnndc some days ago by Mr. Herbert Jsyucb, speaking before one of the lo cal service chibs, and the idea is one that will Jetul itself admirably! to the civic .pride of similar organiza tions in Wilmington. , • 'Jfite Wrightsvitte road will be some thin* M a aileut seLffug titlk to WU *§ i s.-. 11 . *- mington visitors. It must be con ceded that it will attract the major portion of the tourist travel that pours into Wilmington's beaches during the summer mouths, and for this reason alone if for no other, it should lie’ one of the sceuic routes of the coun* ty. . *• It will traverse a stretch of ter rain unexcelled- in eastern North Carolina for natdrnl beunty. It will extend over gently sloping knolls and through patches of forest almost per fectly aligned 1 ; It will afford glimpses Os attractive residences, but the beau ty of these will be as nothing if the signboard is to strjg its ugly length* j_gM.iM.Mfl! i _JSW.m_j!!aßfeJ» iB along the right of way ,of the neut ron te. The suggesttion of Mr. Lynch is worth earnest consideration. Tl»e road might be divided into four sec l tions, with one section assigned to each of the tour service clubs, the duty of which would be to beautify the section assigned. v The spirit of friendly rivalry thus engendered would mean mnch to the appearance of tin* highway; would be a Visible proof to visitor* to thp alert ness ant civic spirit of the clubs and ’igonld impress all with the cleanliness of Wilmington ami Us environs. So far as the bill boards are cbti cetujd they add nothing to the beautv. THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE ,of any Iniulscape, and their disap-' liearance from all trunk line highway* could not bo considered a public loss. Old-Time ('ustoiam Revived in It a tier's Dozen Sale. - How sweet is the memory of years ago when as youngsters we would pur pose u; dozen biscuit buns fsom the baker and Twelve thirteen—one extra, on the way lioSie. Tlie idea wa* popular then because it gladdened the people's hearts. Ho with the same motive in mind, we are going to revive the baker’s dozen idea in connecCfttn with our Canned Foods] Week sale November tttb to 21st. | j— — I HI —— Buy a dozen cans at the special prices we offer, and the additional con we give will make the value still greater. JUd-Crma Rod Call. Washington. I). C., Nov. 11.—The auuuul Bed Cross roll-call campaign for funds begins throughout the Unit eel States today and Will be continued until Thanksgiving.' The network of committee* seeking to raise the funds comprise an army of more than . r >.<XM* workers, both men and women. Maj. I lien. James U. Harbord, U. H. A., re j tired. is the general cbairiuati direct* |iu»tbo campaign. BUCKS THE WORLD --FOR DAD call h' a m B|&, -—. tyOTSi jnHBBH .Bg c^» JOHN WORTHINGTON, arriving <it prison BT ROY J .GIBBONS , NEA Service Writer Chicago. 111., Oct. 11).—"The world.” said Alice Worthington, "may call him ‘Wolf — "But I shall always call him Bad — and love him!” And written on her face were all the inarticulate sorrows that follow, for womanhood, in the wake of hu man misdeeds, human selfishness. In her face was mirrored poignant ly the lesson that with a single pound of ttesh the laa seldom is satisfied. No wrong has been committed by the 22-.vear-ol<t girl. She is the vic tim. unable to strike back. ui«»n whom blind justice inflicts its indirect} un merited vengeance. Site's Daughter of “The Wolf”-*-So the World Is Hostile Daughter of J-n Halle street's “Lone Wolf" is Alice. As such, she is bucking a hostile world—forVDad's” sake. “Long Joint" and "Lean John' ate the "Lone Wolfs” other nicknames. His tru«w.natne is John Worthington, ami no slyer, craftier buccaneer ever plied his trade in the hectic field of frenxird finance, so Chicago police will tell you. For years “The Wolf” was bunted Can’t Alford a Baby. Editor Mirror: I have been mar ried five years and have no children. Sonn> of m.v friends criticize me be cause I keep a dog and won’t be bothered with a lafhv. They don't realize that I want a baby but can't afford one. My husband earns #OS a week. I earn #.'lo. It takes the entire sl)s a week to run our apart ment and keep a modest ear. Last HUDSON-ESSEX WORLD’S LARGEST SELLING “SIXES” * New Low Prices HUDSON Quality Gaye This Volume Volume Gave These Prices /»,• COACH *1165 The Brougham *1450 The 7-Pass. Sedan T 650 Freight and Tax Extra And for those who desire,, these cars may be purchased for a low first payment. The re maining payments • conveniently arranged. Concord Motor Co. * - jfe? j§! 1 fill' i»y 1 ' ' 1.1 mmb+Mm Jfie Ja.wy<?r » ROBERT LCOHAN AI far and near h.v the authorities. At intervals the chase would stop. Then it would be resumed again, following a new depredation. "The Wolfs” tongue was oily and his manner glib. They say he talked "suckers” out of millions ill fake stock deals. One day he tufned his hand at ft game which involved misuse of the mails. That finished him. He w r as captured, convicted aud sentenced to federal prison. '' But the wolf strain in Worthing ton. which so long had urged him to freedom, still would not abide a pris on term. He appealed, keeping outside a cell to the very last. Wlica his appeal .was Inst in the highest court of the land in; played the fox and became ill. Stays of execution kept hltu on his supposed deathbed out in Los Angeles. Offlt •ers wnited for his recovery to) start him to a federal penitentiary. But "the Wolf had othel- pluns. Five months ago he disappeared across the Mexican border. “The Wolf" must have -laughed heartily at his getaway. The federal mifhorities could do untiling to bring him back because of treasty reservatiofis. Alice stayed behind. Hite had abandoned her career'as a movie act ress to manage her father's affairs. year we talked about how nice it would be to have a son but when 1 inquired into the cost I found 1 Would have to pay about #250 for hospital expenses. SSOO for doctors' fees and several hundred more for in cidental expenses. We simply couldn't aeord it. I really want, a baby but wbut can J do'f CHILDLESS. lor oite tbiiflf you might get along Thursday, Nov. 12, 192$ * - ITaLI Bvs" /sov^lMbß %<? dauoAier, '* LICE WORTHINGTON A million and a half dollars, it was reputed, was the hoard the "Wolf had saved. t Then the otiter day inexplicably "The Wolf’ came back to Chicago TO face the music. He went to the of fice of his lawyer, Robert L. Cohan. “Ho Is Innocent, and I Shall Fight Hie World For Him” Another stay of execution was sought for Worthington. He still was dying, the courts were told. But this time, "The Wolf's” pica fell on deaf ears. „ A few days IntA he was being help ed from u train at the federal peniten tiary in Atlanta. • ' Alice remains behind with a copy of iter father's will, which he drew amid much publicity just before the trill started. It disposes of a purport ed estate us $2,500,000, representing .the spoils of a lifetime in “The Wolf’s” rise from southern grocery clerk to a master's degree in crooked finance. "The world may call him ‘wolf,' bu\ I shall always call him Dad—aud love him," says Alice. "He is innocent of any crime, mid I shall fight the world for him, since he can no longer fight for Irthself. "And I don't care what the world thinks or says about it, either." ■ without that ."modest ear" for awhile. ■\ few mere might be in or der, too. More thun !H) per cent of the families inNhe T.’nited States live on incomes of less than SOS a week. And some of them have 12 children. Just where did you feet your figure# oh the cost of a baby?—Ed. Malay Ittet'ents*never punish tiieir children. > _! /
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