Arizona republican., 1918-07-17
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

ment will follow immediately in order that no shortage in wool will be ex- perienced. Before the first of Octo- Der the local chapter has been ordered to ship to division headquarters, 2,50O pair of socks and 300 sweaters, in addition to refugee garments consist ing of 1000 chemise, 1000 boys blouse suits, 800 girls dresses and 800 petti- coats. All material is being shipped directly from the supply depot and the patterns for the refugee garments that have not already been received have been ordered.
 1 The Service Section of the Red Cross will be kept open throughout the summer months, according to the announcement of Mrs. John Dennett Jr., the chairman. Mrs. Dennett is at present in complete charge of the work, Mrs. Dwight B. Heard, who is most active in the department. being away. Miss OConnell, the secretary, is also out of town on a brief vaca- ton.
 l The last shipment of 22 cases from i the local chapter to division head fquarters in San Francisco demon strates the vast amount of work that is being accomplished by the chap l ter, it's branches and auxiliaries in the city and nearby districts. The shipment contained 1,162 hospital gar ments, 33.77e surgical dressings and 543 miscellanies
 The salvage department of the Red Cross was never so suitably located | as at the present time-its quarters in the Central School building being con- venient to the public and to Mrs J. A, Rogers. who has charge of the work of | collecting newspapers and magazines Automobiles can drive up to the plat form leading off from the room and deposit heavy loads without any addi- | tional hauling. The large room is al- ready lined with newspapers and mag azines, which will be sold for pulp and net many dollars to the Red Cross fund
 | Seventyfiya thousand blankets will /. be needed in connection with the Red Cross relief work in Italy next winter, according to the estimate of the con- mission to that country. An appropri- | alton of S229.500 has been made to cover purchases as indicated owing to the desirability of placing contracts at the present time for fall delivery
 
 The following appeal to women of America has been issued by the Red 1 Cross:
 Training and experience in modern nursing Is one of the most valuable gifts you can make to your nation.
 "All possessed of this skill must 1 no olyn I.l~ military hospitals or in home defense nursing when 32,000 nurses have been withdrawn for service in military hospitals, all of the remaining nurs- ing resources must be mobilized.
 Enroll " the Red Cross for as- signment to the military forces, or for community service, which is the second line of defense"
 The following is an extract from a letter written to Pacific Division head quarters by L. $. Williams, chairman of the Williams, Arizona, chapter:
 If it is not out of place, I would like to suggest that there was plan worked out in Williams whereby the employees of large manufacturing plant contributed a days pay to the campaign without diminishing the usual amount of their pay-check at the end of the month.
 The company permitted the en- ployes to work four two hour shifts extra, making eight hours extra work, for which the men received credit for one days pay. which they contributed to the campaign. By means of this plan every man of the over four hun- dred employed by the company (except one, who later contributed s5.00) gave a days pay, and at the end of the month his pay check was the same as it ordinarily would have been.
 -Four different interests were served by this plan: The company needed the extra days work by the men; the men were given the opportunity to perform a patriotic duty; no family suffered by reason of a diminished pay check at the end of the month, and the Red Cross received many and much larger contributions than otherwise would have been the case"