Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-22

Jack Rowlands; R. F. Garrett. chair
man, B. w. Getsinger, R. NJ. Tuckey; !
S. ]. Nicholson. Federal Bldg; w. B.
Park, Water Users Bldg; John
Whitewell, Indian school; Miss Edith
Jacobs court house; Avery Thomp
son and Howard Claflin, city hall.
Mrs. Thos E. Campbell. chairman
of the City Enrolment booths, is as
sisted by Mrs. Van Leuwen, Mrs.
Smith, Mrs. Cecil Boyce, Mrs. Edgar
Stephens. Mrs. McElroy, at the Central
and Washington street both.
Miss Lucille Banta, Miss Katie Heg-
lund, at Washington and LIST avenue
BOOTH
Miss Yndia Smalley, Miss Mary HUI
lett Miss Sylvia Lewis at Adams and
list avenue booth
Miriam Davidson at the Washing
ton and LIST street
Miss Clara Hazard, Central and
| Adams.
Miss Lois Tuckey. Miss Marion Pas
coe, Five Points.
| Mrs. l.. Emmerson. Boston store.
Mrs. c. H. Valentine, Donofrios.
Lois Leecraft, Gertrude Cartnell,
/ post office.
/ chairman for the Christmas Roll Call,
Mrs. Hal Prince, associate county
chairman; district committees are as
| follows:
Washington: Mrs. 81. L Conner,
Mrs C. 0. cambridge, Mrs. H. C.
Lockett, Miss Stella cambridge, and
Miss Freeland.
Cartwright: Mrs. Dora Reed and
Mrs G. w Forman.
Osborn, Madison Mrs. E. L. King.
Peoria: Mrs. C. A. Robinson, and
Mrs. James B. Hudson.
Valley Heights and Paradise Valley:
Mrs c. f. Black and Mrs. Frank Ell
well.
Murphy: Mrs H. G. Roberts and
Mrs. ]. a. higgins.
Balsz: Mrs. Frank c. Brown.
Wilson: Mrs C. T. Thompson.
Cashion: NJ. H. McCalla.
Fria: Robert Holmes.
Morristown: Mrs. H. n. Cox.
Roosevelt: Walter Strong.
independence: Miss Mary E. Rig
gins
Creighton: Mrs. Powers.
Aguilla: Mr.. Frank Speiger.
Aqua Caliente: John B. Modest.
Laveen: Mrs. Ray Nichols.
Maricopa Indian Reservation: Mrs.
]. o. Brand.
A shipment of six cases was recorded
! by the production department of the
Red Cross on Monday. Mrs. W. K
James chairman of the department
stated that the shipmrnt contained
! 1898 refugee garments and that an
equally large number of articles oil
) like character will he forwarded to the
Pacific division headquarters this
week
The supplies that are furnished the
Red Cross from the sewing rooms OF
the headquarters in the War Work
building and from the various
branches are forwarded to the Pa
: cific division. 1t will be of interes
to the thousands of women workers Of
the association here to learn how the
transportation bureau handles tht
overseas shipments in their division
The information given in the officia
Red Cross bulletin follows:
: All Red Cross supplies produced II
the Pacific division have been shipped
by the Bureau of Transportation di-
rectly overseas, thereby saving the cos
o Transportation across the continent
and reshipment from the eastern Goa s
to Europe These shipments have
: been taken from the Pacific ports free
of cost to the Red Cross.
= Permission for free transportation
was obtained from the shipping board
in December 1917, and later it wa!
extended to the northwestern division
at the request of the Pacific division
, bureau. National Red Cross head
quarters had previously instructed. al
Red Cross divisions to forward thei
supplies in carload lots to Atlanti
> ports for transhipment to Europe.
Last spring when transcontinenta
> shipping was seriously congested il
T. the east, there was diverted more thai
5 $4,000 cases of Red Cross supplies from
central points. and shipped oversee
> from Pacific ports.
The Pacific division bureau of trans
> portation is also responsible for an i'm
l. mense saving of money to the Re-
d Cross by its protest. made in October
q 1917. against the payment of war ia,
l. on both freight and passenger service
!, This protest was approved at the an
|, nual meeting of the Red Cross Wa
u Council in December a year ago, an
; was sustained b ythe commissioner Q
r; internal revenue in April, 1918. TIL