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Show O Mayor Repuests Cooperation With Red Cross Mayor J. C. Forsgren of Preston this week appealed to the citizens of Preston to fully sup, orf the Red Cross Roll Call, November 11 to 30. In a press statement Mayor Forsgren stated, "The RoTl Call has a very special significance this year. In addition to providing funds with which to implement the work the society is doing in war stricken Europe, its purpose is to sustain, through membership fees, the! regular Red Cross programs at home and to keep the organization organiza-tion prepared to meet any emergency emer-gency which may -confront us." "Donations made to the Rod Cross war relief fund during the past summer are being u::ed exclusively ex-clusively to succor distressed foreign' for-eign' populations. Likewise, the foodstuffs and other supplies made available to the Red Cross by means of Congressional impropriations impropri-ations are earmarked for European relief. Now it is necessary to insure in-sure the normal functioning of the vast Red Cross machine in America Ameri-ca by supporting the Annual Roll Call membership drive. The multiple mul-tiple and invaluable services the Red Cross performs in our own country must not be forgotten," ho said. |