The Red Cross Reports. Northwest History. State History. Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief. 1907-1931. Red Cross Cont'd.

The Red Cross Reports. Northwest History. State History. Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief. 1907-1931. Red Cross Cont'd.

Spokesman Review

10/10/18

The Red Cross Reports.; The Red Cross Reports. Every one in this city should read carefully the year's report of the activities of Spokane's Red Cross chapter, because it requires perusal of that report to understand fully the wide scope of work which the organization is undertaking. From knitting to nursing, from surgical dressings to aviators' jackets, from looking after soldiers' families to running a small scale department store, there is a variety of accomplishments that arouses instant admiration. The Spokane chapter's magnitude as a business' organization is indicated by the fact that the year's cash receeipts were $277,938. The number of workers enlisted is apparent from the activity of 129 branches and 134 auxiliaries, taking in women of all ages from the elderly woman to the school girl. Enough soldiers and sailors, passing through the city, were ministered to by the canteen department to make up a couple of army divisions. Like all other war work, that of the Red Cross will increase in intensity during the coming months. As our armies grow and their overseas ordeal increases the need for the Red Cross work of relief will grow correspondingly. And so the women's enterprises here are expanding. The Red Cross shop, for example, a most valuable raiser of revenue, is under way on an augmented scale, and an entirely new department, that of salvage, is beginning work.

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Northwest Pacific--History--State History--20th Century

United States--Red Cross, Cont'd. W.W. Red Cross Ac W.W. Red Cross Act. Misc. Towns. Relief, 1907-1931.--20th Century

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