The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-05-24
Red Cross War
Relief Drive On

With the United War Relief fund
drive of the American Red Cross. De
troit chapter barely under WAY. al
ready thousands of dollars in large
and small donations are pouring into
headquarters. according Ia GuSta0IS
ID. Pope. chairman of the chapter. Gifts
of $IO.UUO have been received from the
J. l.. Hudson Company, and $1,000
from Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Il. SchlOt-
man.
Plans for the unificltiOn of Red
Gross drives of all locality and nation
ality groups in Wayne County are ra-
pidly being completed. Representatives
of l. Detloit metropolitan commune
ties met Monday at Detroit chapter
headquarters. jefferson and Dubois. TO
discuss plans for co-ordinating the
campaign between Red Cross branches
Among those present al Mondays Se>-
sion were:
InkStcr. Eta NJ Te@@c :. Worthwhile,
Mary NJ. Lester: MelViudale. Mrs. Mil
bred ElrOd: RomuluS. Stella Buckbcr
ry; Wayne. Mrs. y. &. Wilkinson;
Flat Rock o. III. Ructtingpr: Trenton.
Mary Browne: Wyandotte. Mrs. Rcu-
ben Daniels: EcOrSe. Mrs. William J.
GUodcll: Plymouth. Pauline Peck:
Wyamdottc Bert Scidig; Lin, DIN Park.
Mrs. Alma FermeliuS and Mrs. Jasper
y. IIowlrd Dearborn. Mayor John
Carey; IIamtramck. Blanche Cronin
and Peter f.. SZymrzok.
Nationally. the Red Gross has set Il
minimum quota of S1O.UOM and of
This amount the Detroit chapter is TO
raise ut least &.OO.0OO. With dOna tiOnS
If all sizes coming in even before the
campaign began. little difficulty in
raising that amount is anticipated, ac-
cordinS to GustavuS ID. Pope. chair
man of the Detroit chapter.
At The meeting of branch represent
ativeS Monday, ii w5lS decided that
residents of neighboring communities
Ey give their contributions either 70
Officers of the local branches or TO
the Detroit chapter. Efforts of nation
ality auXiliaricS of the Red Gross.
such as Polish and Norwegian. will be
united with the campaign of the he
trOit chapter to eliminate duplication.
Contributors may specify the country
for which they wish their donation
used.
besides solicitation Of individuals.
contribution boxes will he placed in
-. MI II ! nv
pected that community officials will
issue pruclamation> urging citizens to
support the United War Relief fund.
Ministers. priests and rahbiS are being
asked To SET Sunday. May ri. as Red
Cross sunday and 10 talk of war re-
lief needs. Street solicitation will be
held during the week of june ,.
Detroit banks and their branches
have arranged Ia accept donations
from individuals for the Red Cross Ii
only for cash donations. in the inter
Isl of ECONOMY.
over 1000 regular volunteers will
aid in carryin" out the campaign. This
mmber was almost doubled when the
Disabled American Veterans OrganiZa-
tinn voted unanimously to offer the
Red Cross the Use of its entire field
forces un the completion of its ANIMAL
poppy day later this month
The American Legion is lending its
support To the United War Relief
fund also by urging that legionnaileS
give il their full support. This dclrar-
1urr in Legion practice from steering
clear of Embarrassing campaigns WAS
announced last week 10y RAYMOND J
Kelly. national commando IF the IR-
"iom. and former Detroit corporation
uunStl.