Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-06

Fifteen miles from St. Louis is one of the great
aviation camps - Scott field. -
All factories in the St. Louis district 3,4o0 OF them
have given a good portion of their capacity to war
production work.
St. Louis has completed raising a fund to send a
male quartet to France to sing for the soldiers.
The y. N. c. A has trained 500 auto-mechanic
recruits, and is training another class of 500. In the
Railway y. NJ. {. A. hut near Union Station more than
$4,000 soldiers have been entertained on their passage
through the city.
St. Louis was asked to get $50, 600 Red Cross menu
bers, and responded with $4,000. 1t has 10000 Junior
Red Cross members.
The quota Of Red Cross members for the South
western District, with headquarters in St. Louis, was
1852, 1905; it gave $3.50, 600 members.
St. Louis and Missouri are leading all cities and
states in the sale of War Savings Stamps.
St: Louis , had the st first Food nu CONSERVATION m tra aGnr oFe "a ,h;s
Committee, there has been a reduction OF the c'tys
garbage, in six months, of S,ooc,0 coo pounds.
In st. Louis 342, 600 women signed the Hoover
pledge - more than in any other city, regardless OF
size.
Last year 700 acres of back yards and lots in ST.
Louis were pIowed tip for thrift gardens, from which
movement the national thrift garden carnpaisn was
started, resulting in the production of s5oo'oOo'ooo
worth of food in 1917.
aviation division.
A school fer plastic surgery has been established in
St. Louis and $50 officers already trained.
St. Louis raised a fund Of 500, 900, in one-half day,
to finance two Home Guard Regiments, and IN ~ days
recruited and equipped two regiments OF 5000 men.
One of the first hospital units to land in France was
from St. Louis and was Quilted by the st. Louis
Chapter Of the Red Cross at a cost of 500, 900.
Scores of st. Louis men and women are devotine
all or part of their time to Government work, being
classified as dollar-a-ycar men.
Twenty-eieht thousand st. Louis wonle1, are regis
tered to do knitting. More than 5000 work daily on
hospital garments, and II ,OCO Gu surgical dressings.
These agencies have supplied over LOCO, 900 articles
to the army in France, besides those sent to local
barracks.
One thousand women have been given a course in
nursing by st. Louis Red Cross chapters.
Twelve trained social workers, employed by the Red
CrocS have made more than l. 600 calls on dependent
families of soldiers.
The st. Louis Chapter of the Red Cross is spending
$4,000 a month on war service.
st. Louis is the headquarters OF the largest Ked
Cross division in the country, which embraces Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, and
has under its jurisdiction GS3 chapters, 1850 branches
and 900 auxiiiaries. This division has under its juris-
diction the largest number of camps and environments
in the country and is serving $4,000 men.
St. Louis is the center Of the supply department
which furnishes material to the entire division.
Germantown population OF St: Louis Is 6.95 per
Detroit, Csc; Buffalo, 1884; Milwaukee,, 1888.
Foreien-born population of st. Louis is Is per cent;
Detroit, 80 per cent; Chicago, IS per cent; New York,
Al per cent. !.
St. Louis is American in heart and sympathies and
in all its activities. i
Compare the wonderful record of St. Louis, item
by item, with that Of any other city, and measure Its
patriotism and loyalty by the result.
St. Louis has not done more than it should, nor all
that it expects to do. 1t will continue to respond
mental and humanitarian demand made upon It
until Prussian militarisn is overthrown.
statistics compiled and guaranteed
r of Commerce, and Is. paid for by
St. Louis, Mo.