The Red Cross Centenary
Tags: INTERNATIONAL organization; RED Cross & Red Crescent; DISASTER relief; WAR -- Relief of sick & wounded; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; NATURAL disasters
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- American Red Cross. // Monkeyshines on America;Dec1997 California, Part 1, p40
The Red Cross is an international organization dedicated to war and disaster relief. The Red Cross also collects blood and supervises blood banks, provides food and medicine to people who have suffered natural disasters, provides aid for those injured in war, and serves families of members of...
- NOTES OF A RED-CROSS MAN. Maloney, John // Saturday Evening Post;11/9/1940, Vol. 213 Issue 19, p18
Presents an article about the experiences of an observer for the American Red Cross before the invasion of France by Nazi Germany in 1940. Distribution of relief goods to refugees following the German seizure of Poland; Contribution of Balkan countries to the accommodation of refugees;...
- Inspiring Hope. Fischer, Audrey // Library of Congress Information Bulletin;Apr2004, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p70
The article focuses on the keynote address delivered by Mary DeKuyper, national chairman of volunteers for the American Red Cross, at the 2004 Women's History Month at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on March 23, 2004. Red Cross societies has existed in Europe since the 1860s, but...
- THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN PEACE PREPARES FOR WAR. Staerk, Melanie // America;8/2/1941, Vol. 65 Issue 17, p460
The article focuses on the role of the Red Cross in serving nationalism in the U.S. Red Cross is an instrument of mercy and charity, yet is an auxiliary of war. The American Red Cross was recognized in 1905 on the basis of a charter granted by Congress, and since then has taken a steady upward...
- A Disaster in the North. Lee, B. J. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);5/3/2004, Vol. 143 Issue 18, p4
Reports that an explosion at a railway station in Ryongchon near the Chinese border in North Korea killed several hundred people and destroyed 1,800 homes. How the cause of the explosion is unknown; Importance of the railways to the transit of oil and food aid from China to North Korea;...
- A Disaster in the North. Lee, B. J. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/3/2004, Vol. 143 Issue 18, p4
Reports that an explosion at a railway station in Ryongchon near the Chinese border in North Korea killed several hundred people and destroyed 1,800 homes. How the cause of the explosion is unknown; Importance of the railways to the transit of oil and food aid from China to North Korea;...
- THE RED CROSS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Hamburger, Kaete // Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press);Oct42, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p22
This article discusses the importance and future of Red Cross in the Nineteenth Century. For a century the Red Cross has been one of the most familiar institutions of the civilized world. The meaning of the Red Cross is known to everyone and, if in peace time its organizations remain more in the...
- Asia: Warnings of aftershocks as tsunami deaths soar. Devraj, Ranjit // New York Amsterdam News;12/30/2004, Vol. 96 Issue 1, p2
The article reports on the aftershocks of tsunami disaster. It reports that the tsunami waves have killed more than 25,000 people in South and Southeast Asia, and the death toll is expected to rise further as the extent of the disaster sinks in, casting a pall over year-end celebrations across...
- How your RED CROSS DOLLARS are working. // New Republic;6/8/42, Vol. 106 Issue 23, following p805
Presents the manner in which the funds collected by the Red Cross are budgeted. Views that a major part of the budget being utilized for the armed forces; Provision of buildings, equipment, trained personnel for the fighting force; Expenditure on hospitals attending the wounded and sick...
