Evening star., 1940-06-09

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The District Red Cross, its drive
for a 100000 war relief fund past
the $4,000 mark, urged volunteer
workers yesterday to forego usual
weekend activities to continue So
licitation. The message came in a
telegram from Bruce Baird, general
chairman OF the campaign, who
has been attending the District
Bankers Convention at Hot Springs
Va.
The nationwide collection drive
Chairman Norman H. Davis an
nounced, reached $8,724,379 yester-
day. The agency began buying ST.
100000 worth of foodstuffs, ambu-
lances, medical supplies and other
relief necessities for war refugees
in France. The goods will be loaded
on second mercy ship" the first
ship, the McKeesport, will be loaded
Monday in New York. The second
ship will be loaded within 10 days
after the McKeesport sails. The
United States Maritime Commits
sion will help the Red Cross obtain
the second ship.
Contributions in Churches.
That the Washington fund col
lecting campaign will continue to-
day is assured by the activities OF
several groups. Many churches are
paying special attention to the drive
at one or both services and several
have arranged for Red Cross repre-
sentatives to be present and accept
contributions. Other workers are
planning to see people that they
have been unable to reach during
the week.
At the Earle theater this week.
the Roxyettes are staging a Red
Cross act as part of the stage show
The girls, attired in the Roxyette
conception of a Red Cross uniform
recite an original verse prepared
by Earl A. Nash, chairman of the
Chapter Public Relations Commit
tee, and following it with rhyth-
mic dance to the music of God
Bless America"
Receipts at Chapter House yes
terday amounted to Sl4,744.O6,
which, added to previous receipts
Of sl68,935 68, brings the total to
date to s1S3,679.74 The booths in
the banks and stores accounted
Tor $l,155.95 of this amount.
Other Special Gifts.
Other special gifts listed were:
Washington Post employees, s97;
American Automobile Association,
5000; Lucius Wilmerding. 500: Cow
enant-First Presbyterian Church,
$400.45; Luther Place Memorial
Church, SAT; Gen. Sherman Miles,
800; Miss Helen Byrne Lippman,
$3.50; Mrs. Hattie Strong, $500; Rob-
ert OBrien, s1OO; Peoples Life
Insurance Co., s100; Federal Serv-
ice Finance Corp, s827.75; City
Bank, $182; United States Chamber
Of Commerce, $36810: American
Council of Education, $10O.5O; Re-
publican National Committee, $5l 10;
Southern Wholesalers, $50.
Contributions from Government
departments were as follows:
Post Once Department, $l,517.38:
National Archives, $37l.80; White
House ONCE, $31.75; Walter Reed
Hospital. $l48.25; Agricultural De-
partment, SAB; Federal Housing
$98.95; D. c. Water Survey, s27.25;
D. c. Health Department, s93.45;
Federal Trade Commission, $202 so ;
Department of Commesce, 81, ,466 so !;
Treasury Department, 50 ,992 20; War
Department. $1,05135 Justice De-
partment, Sits: Federal Reserve
System, $205.95; Pan-American
Union, 5000; Electric Farm Home
Authority, s13075.
Nursing Adviser Named.
The American Red Cross obtained
the services of Miss F. Elizabeth
Crowell, formerly director of the
Nursing Service of the Rockefeller
Foundation in Europe, to be nurs-
ing adviser to the American Red
Cross delegation in France. Miss
Crowell now is en- route to Paris
from Rome, where she has been
living. Miss Crowell, who has led
IN nursing education in Europe
since the World War, has worked
with all nursing staffs in France
and will be invaluable to the Amer
, lean Red Cross, it was said, in its
work Of aiding in the nursing OF
sick and wounded refugee popula-
tions.
More than $4,000 surgical dress
ings and $4,000 refugee garment.
shipped on the S. S. Washington
have been received in Bordeaux, tie
Red Cross was informed. The sur
gical dressings were delivered tt
the French Red Cross and the gar
ments already have been distributed
to men, women and children refu-
gees near Bordeaux.
The Red Cross has allocated an
additional 100000 for the purchase
Of drugs, medical supplies, surgical
instruments, etc., in the United