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Show Local Red Cross Calls For Help In Making Clothes For Islanders The Iron County Chapter of the American Red Cross has just received re-ceived 1,000 yards of bleached broadcloth broad-cloth which is to be made into garments gar-ments for the people of the war-torn war-torn Philippines, Mrs. Demar Bowman, Bow-man, chairman of the Production Corps, announced today. More volunteers are needed to cut and sew the clothing according to ese, the loyal people of the Philip -j pine Relief Committee, Mrs. Bowman Bow-man states. Garments will Include bo;s' shorts and pants, infants' shirts, glrls's and women's blouses .nd women's dresses. They will be distributed through the Red Cross Civilian War Relief in the Philippines. Philip-pines. , "After three years of suffer'ng under the domination o the Japanese, Japan-ese, the loya peop'c o the Philippines Philip-pines are desperately in need of even the barest necessities of clothing," cloth-ing," Mrs. Bowman said. "Military authorities have requested nearly one million garments to be sent to the Philippines by the American Red Cross. Therefore we are asking our regular production workers and new volunteers to give as much time order that the urgent needs of the FillDinos mav be met immcd- I as possible to this sewing projec, In the Red Cross workmrcom at Red Cross Headquarters on Wednesday, afternoons, or sewing may be taken out to do at home." |