OCR Text |
Show RED CROSS CHAPTER WILL CLOSE TODAY Office Force and Workers at Headquarters May Rest. With the exception of New Tear's day, the office force and the other workers at headquarters of the Salt Lake chapter, American Red Cross, have worked steadily, stead-ily, virtually without interruption, since the establishment of the chapter's new quarters in Amelia palace. Other legal holidays have been ignored by the majority ma-jority of the staff, who felt that they were too busy to take the time for even a brief rest. But Memorial day is to be kept, as far as possible, by all who are attached to the headquarters, and the building will not-be open until 9 o'clock Friday morning. Attention is called by the secretary of the local chapter to the fact that tickets for the special matinee at the American theater, to which the management has invited every Red Cross worker ho participated par-ticipated in the big drive parade, have been distributed to the captains of the various committees and may be obtained from them or from the offices at the AXiishoD's buildiror. A few are still on again announce that anything saleable will be gladly received, and those who find it not feasible to bring in their do-nationjs do-nationjs may call the shop at Wasatch 9196 and delivery will be arranged for. The committee members in charge of the Red Cross shop will be busy all day today in further preparation for the opening open-ing Saturday morning. Tea will be served at the opening and a special program of music has been arranged. Heads of the committees in charge include Mrs. C. W. Nlblev, Mrs. Lester D. Freed, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. G. S. Gannett, Mrs. Dana T. Smith, Mrs. Walter Lee Post, Mrs. John C. Daly and Mrs. C. B. Diehl. hand at local headquarters. The matinee mati-nee is to be given tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. According to official information received re-ceived at local headquarters, more than W 27,000,000 surgical dressings have been sent W to France and Flanders by the American Red Cross since April of last year. It is to be noted, however, that this vast quantity has failed to supply the demand and the call for more dressings is today as urgent and imperative as it was a few months ago. Receipts of finished articles at local headquarters are undiminished in volume, vol-ume, the following being a partial list of the articles received yesterday: Granite Stake Relief society auxiliary, forty pairs of socks, 448 bags for first-line dressings; Women's Service auxiliary, thirty-five surgeons' gowns, sixty-five bed shirts, five bath robes, twenty-three bed jackets, fifty pairs of socks; Liberty State Relief society auxiliary, fifteen pairs of pajamas, thirty-five pairs of socks; Liberty Stake Relief society, First ward, seven suits of pajamas, fourteen pairs of socks; Granite Stake M. I. A. auxiliary. Forest Dale ward, nineteen pairs of socks, four suits of pajamas, three surgeons" gowns; Liberty Primary association auxiliary, aux-iliary, thirty bed shirts, thirteen pairs of socks. The committee in charge wishes to |