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Show THIRTEEN MILLION JOIN THE RED CROSS WASHINGTON, Icc. 22. Scattered return? re-turn? received up to noon today at national na-tional headquarters showed an enrollment ; of 13.fHJU.0iii persons in the Christmas roil call oi' the American Red Cross. This represented reports from 40 per cent of! tho chapters in twelve, divisions, with no reports from any chapters in one dlvi- ' sion. When the campaign ends at midnight tomorrow night, Med Cross officials be-llnve be-llnve that the total enrollment wiil equal the 22.000, fioo of last year. The roll call has been handicapped by influenza and tad weather in many parts of the country coun-try and the final day tomorrow will be devoted to roitndine up all perrons who are xnot wearing the 1?19 Red Cross button. The central division. Michigan. Illinois, Iowa, Wipeonsin and Nebraska, was stili in the It-ad today with approximately 4,-OOO.iiuO 4,-OOO.iiuO enrollments. Tho Atlantic division. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, r'-laind second place with close to 3.0V5V0 tnmbe-rs. No returns have as yt been receivr-d Tr'jm the northern division, Minnesota, North Dakota and Moncann. |