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Show I li "I in ijjku.i i ii a ' ' yj i nminun ' "l 1 I ! n li I ; L'l M,;.-;:f3ADGE' ; . - " v :- ;THE AMERICANfeD HOSS L - - aW ffal ttii.fiia., wmm . i -a)ffrli: ' i, W aWaWWl M WMU III WOMEN KNIT AND SEW FOH REDCROSS RELIEF Volunteers Aid Through Motor and Canteen Corps Send Gifts to Service Men. Recalling, th dart. of the .World War, many women still make pajamas and other hospital garments, many knit sweaters, and more than 1,600,-000 1,600,-000 surgical dressings were rolled by volunteer workers tor the American Red Cross Chapters all over the nation, na-tion, In the year Just closed. ' The hospital garments are given to veterans and the surgical dressings go to civilian or Veterans' Bureau hot pltalt, or wherever needed. Many Chapters also maintain well stocked closets of surgical dresslngi and garments, gar-ments, in order to be prepared should disaster strike their communities. Volunteer workers make children's clothing and layettes which are distributed dis-tributed . in time of major catas- i tropbes. The Motor Corps of Red Cross women and tue Canteen Service, Serv-ice, also first created during the World War, still are maintained by many Red Cross Chapters. Last year the various Motor Corps, tome with ambulances, am-bulances, answered about 30,000 calls, and the Canteens served more than 20,000 persons. They were especially active where floods or forest fires or other catastrophes called for feeding refugees or firemen engaged In active work fighting disaster. Another activity of women volunteers volun-teers Is that of filling Christmas bags small ere twine ditty bags to tend to toldlert and sailors who are stationed sta-tioned at posts or ports abroad. More than 40,000 of these are eent each year for distribution to the Americans at Christmas time. |