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Show - THE READER'S DATE BOOK The American Red Cross has designated the entire month of March for its annual fund campaign with which to finance its civilian activities during the coming year. much of its time , During the past year the Red Cross has given to collecting blood for. the armed forces. This program has cost millions of dollars for the operation of bloodmobiles, nurses and assistants. " I Be Sure to Write Today program. Shown in the picture with Commander Hilton is John Vandercook, news commentator of the Liberty Broadcasting System. The network is actively cooperating in the V.F.W. project by announcement on a number of programs, accompanied by the playing of Be Sure to Write Today, which the V.F.W. has adopted as their special theme song for the project Home town organizations could make this project their own during to men the coming year in service from their area. So we call our project our by-writi- ng ac-itu- i V.F.W. Sponsors Letter Farm Loans About 275,000 farm families have Red Cross Plans Fund Drive ; Wildlife Week Is Scheduled Recently, at Bloomfield, N. J , the Red Cross conducted a demonstration in citizenship when 450 wide-eye- d members of the high school graduating class watched 144 employes of a local industry donate a pint of blood each. The students were assembled in the gymnasium of the school to watch the donors, all employees of the Schering . C o r p o r ation, go registrathrough tion; temperature, pulse and weight; fruit juice; medical history, blood pressure and al (hemoglobin; venipuncture (the donation of one full pint of blood); and canteen, the strength-givin-g sandwiches and coffee after 'donation. For the Red Cross It was a .bumper day. A Bloomfield quota tof 125 pints for the armed forces 'was exceeded with the yield of an jeven dozen pints. And it was a 'demonstration in citizenship for the high school seniors that will not soon be forgotten. The home town that does not have a local Red Cross chapter will find the state organization cooperative in establishing one. In times of disaster the American people traditionally turn to the Red Cross. ,For the nextmonth the Red Cross will be asking the nation for help. PI The Drzerton Tribune, Drazerton. Utah WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951 National Wildlife Week Observance March 76-2- 2 National Wildlife . Week in 1952 will be dedicated to preservation of a species of wildlife about to pass from the American scene the diminutive Key deer of Florida. Plans for the annual observance, were scheduled for March announced in Washington by Carl D. Shoemaker, conservation director of the National Wildlife Federation. Chairman for the week will be Ed Dodd, creator of the popular newspaper and radio outdoors feature Mark Trail. National Wildlife Week has been an annual observance since 1933 when it was proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and is it federSponsored by the ation as a means of calling public attention to the broad and pressing problems of natural resource management. The 1952 celebration will mark the beginning of a new series in which each year a particular kind of wildlife some species con16-2- 2, obtained loans from the Farmers Home Administration during the past 12 months. Some of the . most successful borrowers have increased their crop production from 40 to 60 per cent per acre as a result of the loans. Leads Both Not only does the United States produce more cotton than the rest of the world total, but it also is the largest consumer of cotton goods. During the last five years, consumption has averaged 9,132,000 bales, almost three times as much as India, its nearest competitor. Cold New Tork New Yorkers often shiver in winters far more severe than those in Reykjavik, Icelands capitaL An arm of the warm Gulf Stream con- tributes to Reykjaviks average in January, the years est month. ee cold- , For Tar Paper Roofs Diamond Dead Tar paper roofs are usually, Diamond Head, Hawaiis famous been formed have painted with asphalt raints containheadland, may within a few hours or at the most ing fibrous asbestos or with the a few days, scientists now believe. newer aluminum-aspha- lt paints It is a tuff cone resting on reef which are black asphalt varnishes limestone, and was built up of drst. in which aluminum powder or paste When applied, the cinders and rock fragments dur- is mixed. aluminum flakes float to the top and when molten violent a explosion ing lava burst through wet coral. Now give a metallic lustre to the coating.' weathered and quiet, the Waikiki Besides having good, durability,' landmark Is many thousands of these paints reflect the suns rays and keep a buildin- - appreciably years old. cooler in warm weather. Florida Ceded Land Of Lets It was on February 22, 1819, that Not all Hawaiian leis are garthe treaty was signed with Spain of fresh tropic flowers. Many lands the which ceded that country by treasure leis of eastern part, by far the larger part, island of Florida to the United States. iridescent peacock feathers worn Spain abandoned all claims to west twisted into women's hair or around Florida too. The treaty was called mens hatbrims. Other antique leis the Adams-Oni- s treaty, having been are of polished shells and sarved negotiated by Secretary of State kukui nuts. Travelers to the islands John Quincy Adams and Luis de generally catch a climpse of all three at Hawaiian parties and Onis, Spanish minister to the United States. old-time- rs Telegraph Demonstrated 21, 1838, Samuel Morse demonstrated his first telegraph for the President of the United States. Tbls demonstration resulted in the passage of a bill appropriating $30,000 for determining On February the telegraph's practicality. Well-Tailor- ed Modern tipples prepare coal to the different specifications of power plants, railroads, industrial users, and the coal that goes into home-heatin- g furnaces, stokers, stoves and boilers. Cost Of living November 1950, steelworkSince ers average hourly earnings have increased nearly 11 per cert, about twice the increase in the cost of living. Department of Labor figures show. mines, mills and smelters is interested in ink. We all want to see our company end up with black ink not red. That means profits, and profits mean a better life for all of us. Even people who aren't remotely connected with the industry benefit from its profits. They mean payrolls, supply purchases and tax payments that help everyone." - - i sJTriVS J - MIJJIJl non-prof- Writing Campaign V. F. W. Commander - in Chief Frank C. Hilton, (seated) reads some of. the many letters which prompted the current Veterans of Foreign Wars Be Sure to Write Today project urging letters to our servicemen in distant stations, es- sidered in critical or precarious pecially Korea. Our armed forces in Korea, in Europe, and in distant posts in .this country eagerly look for letters (bringing news from home, said Commander Hilton in announcing the project They are writing to newspapers throughout the country 'saying they are lonely for a letter from home and home means just anywhere in the United States. condition will be given special attention. Every home town sportsman Is aware of conditions In his own locality. And while the 1952 goal will be to save the Key 1 deer from extinction, here Is an opportunity to Impress upon the public local needs for wildlife preservation. As part of this years observance, the federation has created a special fund, known as the Key deer fund. Contributions will be used first to keep a special protection officer on the job in the Key deer area. This will supplement an effort already started by the Boone and Crockett Club and the Wildlife Management Institute in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Also, the federation will use the fund to help 'improve the Island habitat of the deer, through such measures as constructing water holes for tle animals and protective fences along highways. There are only about 30 of the unique toy deer still living. They cling to a precarious existence on the coral islands known as Keys off the southern tip of Florida. Menaced by illegal hunters from the mainIn a newspaper in a town, I land, hounded by dogs, and Imvisited recently, there were the periled by forest fires, the deer now names of nearly' 60 men men in face a new threat all branches of our armed forces adBecause of the centuries-lon- g who had written to the paper ask- justment to its own island backing for mail from home. In other ground, the surviving herd cannot cities I saw similar lists. I read be transplanted. some of the letters. National Wildlife Week will Initiwe are be marked by proclamations by That is why state and local governments, ating this project, a project in which I feel confident not only speaking programs throughout oar own membership but all the country, window displays, Americans will want to take an advertising campaigns and active part. Each time we put other media. off writing a letter, some lone.The National Wildlife Federation to turn is away going was organized in 1936. ly man empty-bando- d from mail call. 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