Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-11 | Page 9 | 'Colonel's Lady' of Marines Leads U. S. Women in Shanghai Foreign Area by Using Knitting Needles in War Work

Colonels Lady of Marines Leads U U. S. S Women in Shanghai Foreign Area by Using Knitting Needles in War Work First Sweaters to Go to Soldiers Soldiers Sol Sol- diers Arrived From Philippines By ALMA EKINS Copyright 1932 by United Press SHANGHAI Feb 11 Led Lcd Led by our our colonels lady of or the marines American women in the international settlement have entered war work with knitting needles flying Although Mrs Richard Hooker is the wife of Colonel Hooker and he heis heis heis is commandant of the marines here the first beneficiaries of her new knitting corps will be doughboys of the Thirty first army infantry COLD COID THREATENS The doughboys just arrived from Manila to reinforce American defense de do- tense units during the Sino trouble were threatened with mONa monja by the China climate which is much colder than that of the Phil And so Mrs Hooker has found her mission in knitting warm sweaters mufflers and mittens for lor the soldiers just as she and millions of other American women did during the World war I sought soucht an interview with slender bob haired gracious Mrs Hooker and found out just how determined a person person per per- son she is When I came away I carried car ried ned knitting needles and wool wool wool-a a full fledged member ember of her knitting corps This may be a mans man's war but the women must get in it it she told meI meI me I first wanted to drive a car or run runa a canteen but Colonel Hooker said there was was' no need for lor that work BRITISH SERVED TEA The wife of the British brigadier General Fleming head of the foreign foreign for for- eign defense council commandeered a truck and toured each afternoon with tea for the British h soldiers But somehow our boys are not enthusiastic tic about tea The doughboys like brown clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing but the Chinese like the brightest bright bright- est colors We had to scour the town to get enough brown woo wool More than women representing represent represent- ing lag several nationalities are arc members memo mem bers of the corps corps One was a little dancing girl from the cabaret cabaret cab cab- aret who knits between dances Mrs Hooker is a rapid knitter herself her herO self turning out a sweater in two days But the sister of her amah governess who is a refugee from the war torn Chinese section oi of I holds the record of one one sweater a day t