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Show RED CROSS WORKERS- HEIR hi REPORTS Enormous Increase Noted in Output of Surgical i Dressings. FORCE GROWS DAILY Plans for Junior Branch Membership Drive Are Outlined Here. Kviilom e of returns.- to Ihe request by national ofr'ieiais of the American Ked Cross tliat the various surgical dressings rooms the countrv over be worked at capacity during the month of February is found hi fipures now-available now-available at the local headquarters. According to reports the output of surgical dressings for all the rooms in the Salt Lake county chapter was 10SV S7o dressings for the mouth of January. This was considered a good record for the work under the conditions that prevailed pre-vailed with no' demand upon the supervisors super-visors that they keep the rooms occupied occu-pied and busy mornings, afternoons an.l evenings, there being no emergency call sent out. tfhortlv before the first of February the call 'for woj,k at, capacity did come from the national headquarters and the supervisors ot surgical dressings of every chapter were requested to direct their instructors and assistants to, wherever posMblo, work the rooms at capacitv for a monrh. tin the part of the local chapter, as presumably in every other chapter ov the country, the request was complied with promptly and the remits are as promptly appareut. In the five days from lat Monday morning until the close of work Fri.iay night, the main gaue room iu the Amidia pa'.a.-e heaquarters turned out 14..V54 dressings, an average of 2wi per day. The exact f.j.ircs from the other gau.e rooms of the co'inty are not available, avail-able, but it was stated by the supervisor that it was certain the work throughout the countv was showing a surprising increase in-crease in volume as well as unusual excellence ex-cellence in ii:n!itv. T.aat Fri.iay night the central cau.'.e room was overtaxed bv the nurilier of workers, there being 117 in attendance. More workers were there, but had to be turned a.vav. .More Rooms Available. It is the desire of the. local chapter j officials that all the workers be pro- i vided with suitable and roomy quarters i for their ork. By reason of the ex-! ;.eue attached the executive eouimi'tee; lias sen fit to !n.... the cauteen kitchen I quarter- nt Soli West t-o:ith Temple j street, where the workers have made an ! excellent re.-ord. The supervisor there 1 said yesterdov that during the last week a few more than looo articles, dressings i and bAu-lages. had been manuta' tured there and i: was with deep regret thnt j she heard the deeiMon to close. This. : however, will be overcome by some ar- raitL'ement of working hours and bv tiie formation of a i l.'rs in surgical dr-'j-s- ings at the auili'oriurn of the Ladies' i Library ci-ib Tuesdav evenings. Mrs. .1. totfcr, chairman of the Lehi hapter, was a isitor at !o--a! headquarters head-quarters vesrerdav. arranging for the organization of a class in sUrg:eal dress- iims there. A certified instriicLtr will be sent to Lehi tomorrow. Materials: Sent Out. I'lirii:: the hah u.iy tluit the 'iiiply. room va open eterday the i d:ici( al ennin meats of materials j-ent oat were: alt l.ake stake relief auxiliary, six beti .hirt;; Catholic Women's leiine. six hanks nt wool tor socks; Liberty st ake ndiet', 1 lili t h ward au x ilia ry. eiht bed shirts; Meal auxiliary, two suits nt pn ianuM. t wo bed sin ri s. Ainoi'i; the finished artic les turned in l the following were the principal eon-- eon-- i'ii ment -: Fir-t Prebvteria n chu r. h auviliary, Ihir'v two miIi of so.'ks, one niutfler. eijdit sweater-; lra;cr Mothers Moth-ers club au xibarv, t wen: y four bed h irt s ; Fn si en st a t.e rel i cf an xi liar v. Tweli '.U Thirteenth ward, ei-ht bed shirts, eiht pairs (if socks, two pairs of wristlets; Mid vale brunch, five sur-jt sur-jt eons' towns, nine bed siiirts. since the ebwi of 'he can t ecn kitchen for e-nu 'e wok the tenerul board of the V. I.. M. I. . b: tians- ferre.l idl thisse t. the .-ci t;al L'.'Ue (loom with the ii-cnl heir's: Mondavs nt p. m." Wednesday nt b' a. in.. Fridays Fri-days at 7 . in. All who can make it convenient to nttend Wednesday evening eve-ning rM'her than Friday morning are reneted to do pn, on ncrount of the crowded condition of the room nt the latter time. The Wood row Wilson club auxiliary of the Ked ( ro-s will hold lt next meeting meet-ing Mondn v niu'ht at S o 'flock at 1 he home of Mrs. A. Piercey, -'27 J street. Plans for the junior membership Ked |