Show Red Cross Aid AidIn AidIn In War Hits By yit RUTH T fC COWAN W N WASHINGTON Feb 21 UP Ai The American Red Cross the Cross the greatest mother of them all all reported Friday It had furnished in In money money sup d and supplies supplies sup sup- I plies pIles to relieve suffering abroad in the first year and a half of the war Hundreds of thousands of American women have shared in knitting carloads of sweaters Tens of millions of surgical dressings dressings dressings dress dress- ings have been sent to the war zones Two chartered ships have braved mine strewn waters to deliver cargoes of food clothing clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing and medicines Night and day in Britain continental continental continental con con- Europe and China men and women have worked to distribute distribute distribute dis dis- dis- dis tribute the supplies But if all the total had been sent to unoccupied France it would have represented represent represent- ed only the the price of a school frock frock for for each of the 3 children there whom the Red Cross Friday was was informed are In great need of food clothing clothing clotho cloth cloth- o ing and medicines The plight of the French I youngsters was cabled to Chauman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Norman Davis by Richard AlI Allen n American Red Cross rep- rep in Vichy awaiting the arrival of the theS S S Cold Harbor I That vessel chartered by the Red Cross has docked at Cadiz Spain where it is unloading part of tons of whole wheat flour tons of powdered whole milk and tons of evaporated and condensed milk consigned d to Spain The shipment will be he divided between Cadiz Seville and Barcelona The ship later will dock at Marseille to unload tons of powdered and and canned milk i- i I layettes sweaters girls' girls dresses and 2200 boys boys' shirts all made of new materials materials materials mate mate- rials by Red Cross volunteers and worth of drugs and vitamins I think you'd better do yo your r I waiting out on the sidewalk Rose said he answered and accompanied accompanied accompanied nied the man as he walked off I Reaching the sidewalk however the stranger struck two quick blows with the hammer knocking the watchman to the ground Fires at Assailant The watchman grappled with his assailant for a moment was struck again and sank to the sidewalk As his senses returned a moment later he said he saw the stranger running along a near-by near alley and fired two shots at him neither of which apparently hit the mark Police radio radio patrolmen discovered Rose a short while later running along the sidewalk with his gun In hand and yelling for help They found the thugs thug's hat a scarf the claw hammer and a heavy wrench at the scene of the struggle learned the tools had been stolen from an automobile parked in a used car carlot carlot carlot lot at East First South street Still sought by police is the thug who inflicted severe head injuries on Mrs Joseph M. M Knight East Seventh South street in an apparent ent burglary attempt at her home early Th Thursday |