Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-09
RED CROSS

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RED CROSS /
Hundreds of Letters. 4
According to the report Of the Red
Cross home service bureau Of the
Northern division headquarters.
bureau, over 500 letters have been
written In the last two months to SOL
diers;' telling them Of the condition of
their families. Mrs. H. G. Evans, Min
neapolis, a director in the bureau, ex-
planned that the foreign correspond
ence was reorganized by the Red
Cross since the armistice was signed
in order to give American soldiers
news Of their families. I'VE are un-
able to forward ordinary mail" said
Mrs. Evans. Our correspondence
nels. In cases of acute anxiety, of
course, cables are sent to the sol
'diers." -t 'H
A message was recently received
from Washington, the national Red
Cross headquarters, telling how rela-
tives of a soldier dying in service may
obtain his personal effects. If a SOL
der died in the United - States his
family may recover his personal be-
longings through the quartermaster
general at Washington, d. c.: in case
be sent to John E.. Nelson, effect quar-
termaster, Hoboken, N. J. In claim
ing personal effects, families are
asked to send the name Of the soldier
concerned, as we'll as his rank, serial
number, company, regiment, age, h
date he entered service, n the ap-,
proximate date of his death. a 80
Sell Garden Products.
School, District No. 1, ear Cando,
N. D., consisting of only IL pupils.
has turned over SIS to the Red Cross
as a result of the sale Of vegetables
which the children raised during the
summer months. In addition to its
Red Cross g~ardenings this school be-
came noted for it's knitting, one small
boy having knit seven pairs Of socks.
Women Operate Garage.
A complete automobile garage
manned thoroughly by women is to-
American Red Cross Women's Trans
port corps, according to a telegram
received at Northern Division head
quarters from Washington. D. c..
The corps. headed by Mrs. J.. Bor-
den, Hartman, who recently arrived
in Paris, supplies all drivers, a gar
age manager, an assistant, a gasoline
recorder, a dispatchers, a night
manager and a night force. Fifty
American girls are now engaged in
running the plant.
Must Have Return Address,
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following statement: tsa.ssss
The Secretary Of Wa has requested
the postmaster general to Issue i&Ii..
structions that no mail will be accept
ed by any p%ostofice in the United
States for dispatch to members of the
American Expeditionary Forces with
out a return address in the upper left
hand corner Of the envelope.
This action was requested in order
that proper disposition may be made
ofsmail which arrives in France for
units and individuals who have been
returned to stations in America, and
mail should be forwarded is no long
Err available In France II
Telephone Order. 81
Mrs. Frederick Bennett, chairman
Of the distributing department a,
Red Cross headquarters, again wish
es to call to the attention of circle
chairmen the fact that orders for
material should be telephoned to
headquarters at least one day before
the material is needed. Frequently
a circle chairman will call al head.
quarters a short time before a work
meeting is to start and ask for mate.
rial to be made UP during the after.
noon. 1t takes time to fill an order
Of this kind, and if chairmen would
telephone the day before the meeting
the material would be ready when
called for n a good deal Of dslay
Many Parcels. !
A total Of 2~,212,531 Christmas par.
cells, was forwarded to the American
Expeditionary Forces overseas, which
makes it practically certain that every
fighting man., nurse and Red eros:
worker received holiday reminder
from relatives and friends in the Unit
ed States. The parcels. which wer,
were going overseas for fully q month
1.-THE final consignment leaving her
on December 10-a date early enough
to insure their distribution. The wa
department was responsible for tn!
delivery OF, the parcels on the othe
side, Inc "to facilitate distribution
had them sorted at the Hoboken ter
rninaltand shipped Joy company units
About $4,000. sacks were required t
Garry the good cheer.
WHERE THE FLAG CAME FROM
Edinburgh Scotsman: A British of
ficer, just returned from the newl
liberated portions of France and Bel
GUM, tells a curious tale regardin,
tho FLAGS uith which fho reonlo coJo