The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-06

Fifteen miles from St. Louis is one of the great
aviation canps-Scott field.
All factories in the ST. Louis district 3,45O of then,
have given good portion OF their capacity to war;
production work.
St. Louis has completed raising fund to send
The Y NJ C. has IS trained go automcchanc
recruits, and is training another class CT eco. In the
N x nHS NJ e. a. nut near unom staten more an
through the city.
ST. Louis was asked to get 100000 Red Gross MEM
bers, and responded with 42 OO0 1t has 1900 Junior
The quota Of Red Cross members for the South.
l,le2ooc; it gave 3,25o,Ooo members:
St. lcris and Missouri arc lssdne all cities and
St. Louis had the first Food Conservation creanza
ton in the United States. Due the efforts Of this
Committee, there has been rec,ctcn Of the citys
In St. Louis $4,000 women signed the Hoover
pledge than in any other city, regardless of
Last year 700 acres of back yards and lots in St.
Louis were powed up for thrift gardens, from which
movement the national thrift garden campaen in was
started, resulting in the production of $3.50 900
worth CT food in 1917
More then 1coo St. Louis boys have enlisted in the
school fcr Elastic surgery has been established in
St. Louis ard go officers already trained
St. Louis rc.:ccd fund CT $780, OOO in onehalf day.
finance ty1o lIcrc Guard Regiments, and in 90 days
recruited ard equipped two regiments ct 200 men,
One Ct tie ras hospital u1,is to land France "a was
Chapter CT tho Tel Cross ct COST CT s5o,ooo
Scores CT e. Louis r1en and women are devoting
all Part Ct their tine to Government work, being
classified as dcl,ar-a-year men,
1wery-cilit Thousand St. Louis women regis
tered to Go nit ne. Mere than 5,GCO work daily
hospital fsrnects, ard 12CtO surgical dressings.
These a(erc-eS have supplied 1tCG,CCG articles
to the arny IN Trance, tes6es these sent to local
barracks.
Cne thcusarG women have been eive: a course in
nursing ty ST. cuts RCD lrCss chapters.
Twelve trained social workers, employed by the Red
Cross, have made than 1900 calls dependent
families CT soldiers.
The St. Louis Chapter Ct the Red Cross is spending
$4,000 north service.
st. Louis Is the heaC quarters OF the largest Red
Gross division in TIE country, which embraces Mis-
souri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, and
and 900 auxiliaries This Gs:cn has Under its urs
dction tie largest number Of camps and cantcnents
in the country and is serving $4,000 men.
ST. Louis is the center CT the supply department
which furnishes material to the entire division.
Germantown population Of St. Louis is 6.Q5 per
cent; Cleveland, 738; Cincinnati 7.S1; Chicago S.34;
Detroit, go; Buffalo, 1924; Milwaukee,, 1873.
ForegnECrn population of St. Louis is Is per cents
Detroit, 80 per cents Chicago, 50 per New York.
Al per cent.
St. Louis is American in heart and synpat.i.es and
in all its activities.
Compare the wonderful record of ST. LOUIS item
by item, with that of any other city, and it's
patriotism and loyalty by the result.
St. Louis has not done than it should, nor all
that it expects to do 1t will continue to respond
mental and humanitarian demand made upon it
until Prussan 1nilitarism is oyerthrown.
tatistics compiled and guaranteed
of Commerce, and is paid for by
St. Louis, Mo.