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Show :FIU USES ; ARE GREATLY III DEMAND Survey of County, Asked by Government, Halted Pending Handling of Cases of Spanish Grip TUE -local Red Crog chapter has received instructions from Washington to make a survey sur-vey of all trained nurse in the county in view of supplying nurses for foreign service as well as In the Eastern cantonments, but this will not be undertaken until the epidemic epi-demic of Influenza has abated. Man-ger Man-ger R. J. Shields Is of the opinion that a situation of- life and death, as is the case of the Influenza epidemic, should receive first attention, and therefore the survey will not be made until a future date. So far fruit pits havs not been re-; celved outside of the local'chapter. The Red Cross here Is the assemblsge cen- j ter for the intermnuntaln region and Red Cross ' branches. chapters or schools which hnve collections of fruit pits are urged to forward them at once to Fait Lake In care of the Red Cross. URGENT CALL. There Is a great shortage of nurses to handle the cases of influenza developing de-veloping hourly, and all women with any experience at nursing are urged to register at the Amelia palace. An emergency auto truck has been equipped by the Red Cross for general use. The business of the Red Cross shop st 113 Main street has increased about 66 per cent since moving from Regent street to its new location, according to Mrs. Oeorge Miller, shop manager. More is taken in at the shop In one day at, the new location than was in three or four days while on Regent I street, Mrs. Miller reports. -SHOP RECEIPTS. In the last fourteen days the shop has sold $2400 of merchandise, while for a like period of time in the old location only about $800 would have been realized. More people are donating discarded or slightly, worn articles for sale for the benefit of the- Red Cross since the shnp was moved to Main street. |