Evening star., 1944-03-23
Red Cross Chiefs
Step Up Tempe
OF Final Drive
Nearby Area Reports
Awaited to Increase
Compoien Totals

Progress reports from residential,
city and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia area divisions in the Red
Cross campaign will be heard at the
1890 pm. luncheon meeting today
at the Chamber of Commerce as
committee chairmen strive 20 step
up subscriptions in the remaining
nine days of the fund drive.
With the District collection to
date Sl,374,758, or 51.59 per cent of
the s2,665, 900 goal as reported at
the last committee meeting Tues
day, the general business division
leads in the quota percentage with
$470,l55, or 7206 per cent.
In Baltimore campaign officials
said the city had topped it's quota
by approximately 100000 to become
the first city in the country to at
tain a goal of s2,0000O0 or more.
Gifts Reach S2,632,26I.
The Maryland metropolis, Red
Cross officials reported, had sub
scribed $2,632,26l, against a quota
of $2,531, ,000 and was the second
city with population of 500 1000 or
more to go over the top Milwau-
kee was first this year and last. Bal
timore pulled up from the third
place it held last year, when Pitts
burgh was second to reach its goal.
Miss Peggy Donovan. Red Cross
lclub director, recently returned
from North Africa, will be guest
speaker at today's meeting. Cant
paign Chairman Lloyd B. Wilson
will preside.
At the same time campaign COL
lections among theatergoers in
District movie houses begin TODAY
and will continue until the end of
the drive on April /.
1T must be understood that a
donation offered at a theater does
not constitute an individual con-
tribution," declared Randolph G.
Bishop, campaign director. 1T is
something aside"
Red Cross campaign officials also
announced that IS booths, to be
set up in hotels, department stores,
banks and other busy centers," will
be open for business Monday and
VIII continue in operation through
Tuesday. April f.
Clean Small Gifts.
We are the cleaners" declared
Mrs. Alan Tappan, chairman of the
booths division. The division will
comprise flying squadron" of
800 volunteer workers who will
laid in cleaning the small contribu-
tons after the house toulouse and
other solicitations have been made, ;"
she explained.
The quota for the booths is
$25 900.
Mrs. Tappan will speak over the
radio the day the booths open and
will preside at rally at 1890 am,
Saturday in the Hall of Flags at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. Rally speakers will include
service men and women who have
been recipients of the Red Gross
blood plasma, Red Cross prisoner
of-war parcels and those who have
benefited from Red Cross clubs and
other overseas services.
Office Handles Problem.
Meanwhile, Ralph w. Hopkins,
Red Cross field director in charge of
the Washington Office, 8l5 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, revealed that his
staff handles about 1000 problems"
month for servicemen and women
on duty in the Washington area.
Their problems are our problems"
and include emergency loans in
cases of serious illness at home.
family and personal problems and
emergency furloughs, he explained
Mr.. Hopkins made an emergency
loan at 80 am. one day this week
to a soldier whose father was dying
The Washington Office. which is
open "a hours day, serves the
entire military district of Washing
ton. with the exception of Boiling
Field, Navy Receiving Station, the
Pentagon and Fort Myer, where in
dividual field and assistant field
directors are stationed.
Supreme Court Justice jackson
will be the guest speaker at tomor-
rows meeting when general busi-
ness and government divisions make
their next reports.