The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
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'A great net of mercy drawn through
an ocean of unspeakable pain"
Your Red Cross Fighting Dollars
Your Army and Navy fights to make the "World
safe for Democracy."
Your Red Cross fights to make it fit for Democracy.
Fights for your soldiers—yours and your allies—in
trench, canteen and hospital.
Fights for the little children, to save them for the
nations' upbuildings of tomorrow.
Fights for the swarms of homeless, dazed refugees
and "repatriates" thrown out from the wars black whirl-
pool.
Fights the white plague, tuberculosis, that takes a
greater toll than lead and steel.
Fights in every war stricken country to uphold a
wrecked and suffering humanity in its struggle for a free
existence.
One hundred million dollars to "carry on.
No power of taxation, no interest rate to urge those
dollars.
Each one a volunteer, sent willingly and by the heart
alone.
The noblest fund of all the billions of this war s vast
budgets—because the freest given.
What share is yours? What sacrifice to mobilize
those Fighting Red Cross Dollars?
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Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Cross War Fund goes for War Relief.
The American Red Cross la the largest and moat
•(Relent organisation for the relief of Buffering that the
World ha* ever seen.
It ts trade up almost entirely of volunteer workers,
the higher executives being without exception men ac-
customed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases
giving their services without pay.
It 1s supported entirely by Its membership fees and
by voluntary contributions.
It Is today bringing relief to suffering humanity,
both military and civil, in every War torn allied country.
It plat s tomorrow to help in the work of restora-
tion throughout the world.
It feeds and clothes entire populations In times of
great calamity.
It Is there to help your soldier boy In his time or
need.
With Its thousands of workers. Its tremendous
stores and smooth running transportation facilities.
It Is serving as America's advance guard and thus
helping to win the war.
Congress authorises It.
President Wilson heads It.
The War Department audits Its accounts.
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthual*
astlcally endorse It.
Twenty-two million Americana have Joined It.
Patriotically Contributed, to the RED CROSS by--
Dr. D. W. Griffin and M. B. Shives
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1918, newspaper, May 23, 1918; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc113756/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.