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Show 2800 CHRISTMAS BOXES. SENT ., TO CHILDREN OF ORIENT When U. S. transport "Thomas" sailed out of the Golden Gate last Friday .on its way to the Orient,' it carried 2800 Christmas boxes, one for each native boy and girl on the Island of Guam . . These boxes are the gifts of school children of the Pacific Coast states " to he native children of the island, and are being sent to them for the third successive Christmns as a Junior Jun-ior Red Cross activity. Each box contains a number of small presents -hair bows, dolls, dishes, knives, whistles '-anil toys of all kinds, gifts dear to the hearts of the boys and girls who sent them, ! and, since Juniors are alike the ; world -over, the Chamorra boys and J girls w'll love these piescnts too. The. Island of Guam lies more than i 5,000 miles out in the Pacific. It is populated by about 14,000 people, de-1 de-1 scendants of the Polynesians, who speak the Polynesian tongue. The I majority, of the families are far too poor .to, furnish their children with : the little gifts which mean so much at Christmas time. Three yeals acro the Jun:or Red Cross members of the -.wes'.ern states undertook to play Santa Claus to these little Chamorra Cha-morra children. "' Although only 2800 empty cartons had to be filled this year, the American Amer-ican boys and girls were so generous (that they offered to fill many more than this number. . Through' "this expression of good j will-each ' Christmas ' time the Red i Cross Juniors of America are weav- ing closer bonds of friendship with - the dark-skinned children of our is-' is-' 'larid dependency. |