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stand why Santa Claus did not come
to them last year :"
Another woman writes, saying:
There Is = family Of eight minor
children living ut which would
be nice family for some club or girls
sorority to take At Christmas. They
are very worthy bunch Of lovely chill
dren. The mother Is doing everything
IN her power to do all she can for the
children under great handicap"
Wheel Chair Needed.
A request for = wheel chair has
come in. Do you have one not in use?
The police report = family with a
boy who was injured recently He
must stay in bed long time unless q
wheel chair, which his parents can
not possibly afford, is donated. II
you have one to give you may call
Mrs. Ada Minnix at Metropolitan
l779 h the daytime.
In the meantime Washingtonians
are rallying to make this the happiest
Christmas ever for the poor Of their
city.
Maj Ernest W. Brown, superintend-
ent Of police. today offered 4 motor
cycle police escort to see that Santa
Claus gets from the airport to the
Shoreham Toy Ball Friday night, De-
cember 49,
Mr.. Oscar Coolican, president OF the
Packard Washington Motor Car Co.,
today offered a car and driver to take
Santa Claus from the airport to the
Shoreham.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
president OF the board of commission
ers, District OF Columbia, consented
today to be present when Santa Claus
arrives at the Shoreham ball room to
present him the keys to the Nations
Capital. All of these happenings will
be broadcast by NJ B. c. from 10 pm,
when Santa arrives, until IL: 80.
Santa Claus, It turns out, will come
to town in An American Airlines
plane, dispatched to the North Pole
to get him. (Attention Bureau Of Air
CommerceD And on his way South
he'll stop in Hollywood to pick up
packages sent by Warner Bros cinema
folk featured in toy matinee perform
ances scheduled for the following
morning
Radio Broadcast.
Last night the radio public heard 4
broadcast from Matt Windsor's Club
Volga Boatman on behalf of the cam
paign, preceded by = talk by Hud-
son Grunewald, Sunday Editor OF The
Star and campaign director, in which
he quoted the inspiring Christmas edi-
torial that was first published in the
New York Sun in 1897. 1t answers 4
question put to the editor by an g.
year-old girl, rs There 4 Santa
CLAUSE"
Yesterday another offer for assis-
tance arrived. Any one who wishes
to contribute dressed dolls to the cam
paign may do so by furnishing the
doll and dress material to the Works
Progress Administration, according to
Mrs. Mary Steele, director of the di-
vision Of women's and professional
projects of the District w. P. A. Bring
the material to their sewing room at
John Marshall place and c street
NV, the old Metropolitan Methodist
Church, and the finished doll will find
its way into some needy home on
Christmas. Stuffed animals and dolls
will also be put together
On Monday night there will be a
broadcast by the Police Boys Club
from precinct five over WMAL from
7:15 to 1880 O'Clock, with Maj. Brown
making 4 talk on behalf of the cam
paign.
Your part in seeing that no child in
Washington Is forgotten this Christ
mas and that no family is without a
Christmas dinner can be managed In
the following ways:
Ways TO Help.
l. Attend . toy matinee Saturday
morning, December 10, At any Warner
Bros Theater
2. Leave = new toy, new article of
clothing, or non-perishable food
Canned food is excellent) at Federal
Building collection centers, at any
Peoples Drug Store collection box or
ut any night club toy party. Dona-
tions made at all of these places 60
to The Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. G.
Christmas campaign.
;. Deliver food, clothing or toys to
any police station or call National
1000, ask for precinct five and ask
that . squad car be sent to your home
for anything you wish to donate.
John ]. Payette, general sone man.
ager, Warner Bros. Theaters, an
nounces the programs for the toy mat
inees, all Aims having been contributed
by their local distributors.
Earle-Gene Autry in Boots and
Saddle" . Republic picture.
Metropolitan-LAurel and Hardy In
M-G-M.'s way Out West"
Tivoli-Errol Flynn and the Mauch
twins in Warner Bros Prince and
the Pauper."
Ambsssador-Joe Z. Brown in R.
KOS ''When's Your Birthday"
Savoy - william Boyd In Para
mount picture, Trail Dust"
Avalon - Spanky Mcfarland in
M-G-Ms General Spanky."
! Uptown Laurel and Hardy in
M-G-Ms way Out West"
Calvert-Joe Z. Brown In Warner
Bros Polo Zoe"
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