The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-13
U. }. DONATES
 100 TRAILER AMBULA AN(E5
Thanks for Juneau Cliff Is Received from Lon-
 don Committee

The trailer ambulance which Juneau purchased for the town of Helston, Cornwall, was one of 100 given to English villages through the efforts of the American Trailer Ambulance Committee, according to a letter received by The Empire today from London.
 The letter. giving report of the Committees work, is as fol- lows:
 Dear Sir
 "The American Trailer Ambu- lance Committee would be very grateful if you would, through the columns of your valuable paper, allow us to express our gratitude to all generous donors who in re- sponse to our letter of August the 9th, l94O, so generously fespond- ed and have enabled us to give 100 trailer ambulances to many vil- lages and organizations.
 Our thanks are also due to the American press for giving us this publicity, and to many editors for their invaluable cooperation. Mir. T. R. Hutton, editor of the Bing- hampton Press, New York State, by the appeal made in his journal, se- cured the valuable help of an en- ergetic committee under the chair manship of George L. Hinman, and raised donations amounting to 29 trailer ambulances, and this has been a remarkable donation.
 Juneau Mentioned
 Other editors as far apart as Juneau, Alaska; Clean, New York !; Laredo, Texas; and Wilson, North Carolina, with many others, have given trailer amnulances The kind- ness of an editor in Hawaii secured the aid of The William Allen White Committee, Hawaiian Chapter, who have donated l3 trailer ambulances, and many given by private citizens has made this splendid result.
 q feel sure that many Americans will be glad to know O. the many letters of deep appreciation which our Committee has received, eX- pressed to our Committee by the recipients.
 "The Mayor of Blyth, Nolthum- berland writes: Ambulances are very much needed, and the provis- ion of the trailer ambulance by the Misses Gilmore, will be greatly appreciated by the inhabitants, and I hope you will be able t) convey to them our warmest thanks for their generosity. Such valuable as- siStance by our friends in America is very encouraging, and it will greatly strengthen our determine ton to pursue the war to a sIc- cessful issue for the benefit Of all free peoples and deniocracias.
 Sturdy Unit
 "Dr. Gibbs Of the Dagenham Home Guard, Essex, stated in his letter: I have travelled all over the world, even when the old Flying Bedstead" Ford MIG used to trans port hundred persons in the up- per reaches of Thibet, when in the rainy season the water used to wash the floor, narrowly miss ing the oil stump, and I have no hesitation in stating that this am- bulance is so constructed that it will do even more than that
 "The extracts from these letters will give your readers some idea of the great need there has been for trailer ambulances, and our Committee again wish to thank our fellow citizens in America for their generous support.
 Our Committee do wish all Am erican citizens to know how proud we Americans are oyer here, of the help so generously given to aid the suffering in this country.
 Yours very truly,
 AMY LEA PEARL,
 Chairman.
 NORA REYNOLDS ALBERTINI, Honorary Secretary"