Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-15
Society
MISUNDERSTANDING
( REGARDING TERM
"ALLIED ARMIES

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Red Cross headquarters this
morning received several tele-
phone calls regarding the follow
ing statement from the office Of
/ postmaster general, which app
peared In this mornings issue.
Ihere seems to5sbe a misunder-
standing of the term ALLIED
are Of the opinion that Ameri-
can soldiers serving abroad are
included In the}s6roup which Is 4.
referred to. This Ii not the. case,
IA however. American soldiers are =
y not includedstnsthe term "Allied
armies, and Chri1tmaA packages +
to them must, mott weigh over 8
pounds.
Christmas cartons for soldiers
will also be accepted at head
quarters up to and including
November 2o.@
Mrs. NJ. g. Olson. chairman Of the
local committee in charge Of the
Christmas cartons for. soldiers abroad,
Yesterday received this message from
the office Of the postmaster general
at Washington, D. c.:
In view of the approaching holi-
day season. 1t has been decided to ac-
cept packages up to and including
30, without the need for
an individual or special export IL
cense. when the senders make state
ment that the articles to be trans
mitted are not in the nature Of a
transaction, but are ar
ticles sent as gifts because of the holt
day a and the packages are adj
dressed to members Of the Allied
armies or individuals serving in the
Red Cross, Y: NJ. c. A.. Knights of
Columbus, Salvation Army, or. any
other similar organizations operating
tionary forces elsewhere abroad.
Packages described above may be
accepted up to the limit of eleven
pounds when fully prepaid at the in
te~rnatlonal parcel post rate Of 12c a
pound or fraction of a pound.
Each package must be fully and
completely addressed, bear the name
dition, the words Christmas Pack
age or Holiday Package"
Packages of the above character
must be taken to the local Red Cross
the same as boxes which
are sent to soldiers abroad.
K 4
The Bismarck committee Of the
Fatherless Children Of France, of
which Mrs. N. o. Ramstad is chair
man. and Mrs. r. Worth Lurry. Sec
adopt 400 fatherless French children
to supply the funds which will
assure a mothers care for those tots
n their own, home. The amount re-
for each child is ten cents
per day or $3.50 per annum, and,
while the campaign has been con-
ducted along conservative lines, Bis
narck already has adopted almost
LOO French Riddles, subscribing for
their care more than $500.
Because it is so typical Of the re.
which the committee Is re-
and FOL the reason that it so
we'll expresses the sentiment which is
the movement, the committee
has offered for publication a letter
rom George W, Little. written on
Victory day:
Your appeal for the little orphans
and those left fatherless by the war
came in this afternoons. mail. and
read 1t in bed Cam down with
light attack Of the ,flu), I felt that
On this day of victory, peace and
it should have but one
answer-a Victory adoption from US
who correspondfngly have suffered
50 little and have 80 much to be |
thankful for, I am enclosing check
for one-half of amount re-
1uired to keep a child two years"
The committee has received so
much encouragement, that it is con-
'ident the city's goal of 400 fathers
Ind mothers for fatherless French
will be reached.
Mrs. Anna Peterson and Miss
Clara Dale were called to Northwood
yesterday by the serious illness of
Mrs. Peterson's father, Peter Olson,
who is i'll with pneumonia.
The Misses Harriet and Glare Helli-
we'll. who were called here last week
by the death Of their sister, Mrs.
A. Benson, will leave for their
home in Minneapolis this evening.
They will be accompanied by their
niece. Natalie Benson.
Miss Vera Urdahl Of Oslo, Mimi,
and Leo Ctibor Of this city were mar
ried here yesterday by Judge L. K.
Hassell.
Miss Katherine Mckenzie has re-
to the Y. w. C. A. after a visit
with her parents at Milton.
Miss Mildred Lynch arrived here
this noon from Minot to be with her
Miss Blanche Lynch, who is
III with pneumonia at a local hospital.
Mrs. H. K. Geist is i'll al her home
with influenza. Her father, A. T.
.ndyke. who has also been i'll. is i'm
Mrs. Henry Root, ST., is i'll at a
local hospital. Her daughter, Mrs. O..
Henning, and son, r. J.. Root Of
ronica, ILL.,, arrived here on Tuesday