Evening star., 1940-05-26

Gifts to Drive for
$l0,000,00o Rise
To 100000 E
The American Red Cross yester-
day cabled 100000 to the British
Red Cross to aid in caring for the
Dutch and Belgian refugees who are
reaching England's shores after fee
Ing from their own battle-torn
countries. Contributions to the Red
Cross war relief fund now total
$2,700,000. Among the donations
received was 500 from the M. G. v.
Schwaebischer Saengerbund, 1r-
vington, N. j., a group of singers
founded by persons from Swabia, In
Germany. Seven-year-old Virginia
Williams of Murray, KY, sent Presi-
, dent Roosevelt her picture and a
dime for the Red Cross.
The District Chapter, with a goal
Of $l50,0O0, had received $37 1888 Is
by noon yesterday.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nor
man H. Davis, chairman of the
American Red Cross, and Wayne
Chatfleld-Taylor, Red Cross Euro
pean representative, will open a
one-hour oast-to-coast radio pro-
gram at o'clock this afternoon
heralding the Red Gross drive for
q $4,000, 900 war relief fund.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr.. Davis will
speak from the White House and
Mr.. Taylor from Paris during the
variety program, to be broadcast
over the combined facilities of the
National Broadcasting Co. blue net
work, Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn and Mutual Broadcasting Sys-
tenn from l to o'clock. The broad
casting companies have donated the
time to the Red Cross.
Distinguished Cast.
A distinguished cast of 20 stage,
screen and radio stars will join
forces to supply the entertainment
for the program, also contributing
their time to the Red Cross drive
now being staged throughout the
country.
Broadcasting from New York will
be Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope, Walter
Huston, Vivien Leigh, Laurence
Olivier, Jimmy Durante, Gertrude
Lawrence, Lynn Murray and his
choir, Frank Blacks Orchestra, Ted
Husing, Lynn Fontanne, Alfred
Lunt and Barry Wood.
Joining the program from Holly
wood will be Judy Garland, Jack
Benny, David Broeckman's Orches-
ira. Edgar Bergen and Charlie Nc
Carthy, Fibber MCGEE and Molly
and Don Wilson.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross head
quarters received plea from citi-
zens of Greenland to aid them in
getting word of the safety of their
relatives in Denmark. Maurice R.
Reddy, Red Cross disaster relief ex-
ecutive, who was sent to Greenland |
on Coast Guard cutter to survey |
possible relief needs of the people,
yesterday wirelessed from God
thaab:
"Greenlanders want no relief now |
but implore Red Cross to get infor-
nation concerning loved ones in
Denmark. All communications with
homeland cut of. One officials
mother near death when last news
from Denmark received and other
families have worries equally Sc
rrious."
Inquiries to BE Made.
The Red Cross will make in
.uuiries through the International
Red Cross in Geneva, officials said
The Dutch and the Belgian refu-
gees for whom the 100000 was
cabled arrived in England in many
instances in small open boats after
narrowing trips across the English
Channel, Chairman Davis was in
formed by cable.
The District chapters receipts
Yesterday alone amounted to 81
289O7. Five Government agencies.
unidentified by the chapter, turned
in S467 SIS. Booths under the chair
manship of Mrs. Albert N. Baggs
In stores and banks collected $767 IL.
Additional booths will be estab-
lished today in the downtown the
aters.
Boy Scouts co-operated in the
drive yesterday by delivering Red
Cross war relief posters for win
dow display in the stores through
.out the city participating In the
drive.
Gould to Go to New York.
Sidney R. Gould, for many years
an outstanding volunteer instruc-
ftor in the District Red Cross Chap
ter's first-aid department, is leav-
ing today for New York to direct
clerical personnel in the new ware
house the Red Gross is establishing |
near Jersey City.
Among large contributions re-
ceived yesterday by the national
Office were $4,000 from the Com
monwealth Edison Co., $4,000 from
the Continental Illinois Bank and
Trust Co., $4,000 from the Inland
Steel Co., $4,000 from the Illinois
Bell Telephone Co., all through the
Chicago Red Cross Chapter. The
Detroit Chapter reported IS 900 from
the Briggs Manufacturing Co., 5000
from Mr.. and Mrs Walter o. Briggs,
S.. 900 from the National Bank OF
Detroit and 5000 from the Detroit
Edison Co.
The Sun Oil Co. contributed $10,-
900 and an anonymous gift Of $20,-
900 was announced by the Phila-
delphia Red Cross Chapter.
A contribution Of 5000 was made
to the Boston Chapter by John
Sheppard III, president of the Yam
kee New England radio network, IN
the name of the network.
l. The Montgomery (Ala) Chapter
mailed a check for its quota of slO,-
600 by airplane at II pm. yesterday,
after a whirlwind campaign in
which the progress of donations was