Evening star., 1940-06-18
D. T.. Red Cross
Speeds Effort
To Reach Quota
SIockening Of War
Does Not End Fund
Need, Official Says

Frances peace overtures have
brought no slackening of demands
on the American Red Cross for aid,
it was announced today by Bruce
Baird, chairman of the District Of
Columbia Chapters War Relief Fund
campaign, whose quota is $500 900
in the national campaign for $780,
900 900.
Late yesterday the National Amer
ican Red Cross announced the war
relief fund had reached the sum of
Sl2,l78,202. Included in this sum
was contribution of 100000 from
countess Barbara Haugwitz- -Revent-
low. simultaneous with announce
ment OF receipt of contributions,
norman H. Davis, the national
American Red Cross chairman. an
nounced Red Cross aid to refugees
and War-wounded in France will
continue after cessation of hostilities
II the Red Cross is granted liberty
OF action in getting help to those
Tor whom it is intended
In the House yesterday Repre-
sentative Bloom of New York intro
ouced legislation to amend the Neu-
trallty Act to permit vessels char
tered by the Red Cross to enter bel
hgerent ports without assurances of
safe conduct"
Mr.. Baird urged his workers to 20
with renewed vigor after the re-
manning some s45, 900 needed to COM
plete the local quota, stressing that
washington is called upon to help
load two more mercy ships" with
supplies of all kinds for sufferers in
Europe. He expressed the hope the
remaining sum to bring the local
quota up to 100000 will be received
by the end of this week.
Yester d avs District receipts
amounted to $9,6l2 SO, which brought
the total to date to s254,85O.85. or
within few dollars of IS per cent
OF the goal of 100000. A factor in
the days receipts was an anonymous
gift of $4,000.
Other gifts included those of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wade Henshaw,
81 900; Miss Esther van der Gracnt,
$500; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
sl0O monthly for war relief: Miss
Julia Bolt, s100 Second contribu-
tom; Washington Hebrew Congre-
cation, Sl00: Eastern Building and
Loan Association, sl0O: CAPITAL
Transit Co., $500; St. Roses Tech.
nical School, IS for children's fund:
Girl Scout Troop so of the Ben
Murch School, $3.50.
In the Government departments
the Security and Exchange Commits.
sion sent in s43 and the Justice De-
partment SIT.
Booths in the stores and banks
reported a total Of s72764 for the
day.
Newlyweds Give $1,000.
A check for 81 900 was received
Yesterday by Chairman Davis from
a prominent Washington couple. re-
Gently married. 1t represented
wedding gift a friend wished to
make to them.
Locally, additional aid for the
Red Cross is to include proceeds
from the third annual moonlight
cruise on Friday of the Industrial
and Ordinary Insurance Agents
Union of the American Federation
OF Labor. The cruise will be on
the Potomac River aboard the
steamship. Mount Vernon.
Red Cross workers of Wesley
Heights and Spring Valley will
meet at l:30 pm. tomorrow at
the Metropolitan Methodist Church
10 sew. Sewing machines are needed
by the group, it is announced.
Girl Scouts of Troop at the
John Quincy Adams School added
SlO25 to the war relief fund CT
the Red Cross which they raised
by presenting play last week
entitled Three Girl Scouts in
Queen Elizabeth's Court" Part of
this amount was raised by Anda
Bagger and Nancy Clinton, mem-
bers of the troop, who sold lemon
ade at the performance.
Receipts of game carnival last
week in Chevy Chase, Md, held
under committee of five young
boys, ranging in age from 10 to IL,
was also added to the Red Cross
fund. Included in the committee
were Hunter Creech, Albert Sharp
less, Dick Guy, Robert Duncan and
Bill Hollister, at whose home the
carnival was held, 6302 Beechv ood
drive.
| Nine girls. from to 10 years old.
OF the Shepherd School, Fourteenth
and Kalmia road NV, donateI
$3.50 to the war relief fund of the
Red Cross this week. The mem-
bers of the club are John Schneider.
Nancy Perau, Geraldine Fogel, Mar
lorle Blanker, Sandra Schneider.
Regina Gutenberg, Helen Foge.,
Beverly Kluft and Gay Handelman.
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