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Show American Red Cross To Distribute Checks The American Red Cross wants to distribute ?18,946 in Utah. Now don't crowd I Lot's see first If you are the sort of a person upon whom the lied Cross wishes t bestow be-stow some of this llttlo fortune. First let it bo understood that this $18,946 consists of. It rep re-, sents allotments made by U. S. soldiers sol-diers In favor of wives, mothers, fathers und other relatives, supplemented supple-mented by government allowances. Some of those who mado these allotments allot-ments will never return. Others, more fortunate, are still in service or on tholr way out. In Utah thoro aro 341 families and Individuals who nie totally unaware un-aware that tho Itcd Cross wishes to present them with checks running as high ns $200. These checks aro signed by Uncle Sam who has asked the Hod Cross to locate, through Its 'omnipresent home service sections, .tho persons to whom they run, Being unawaro of tho wide spread activities of the-homo 'service depart mont of the Ited Cross spores of tho vory persons In Utah for whom theso government checks were Issued, aro probably passing right by tho olllces of tho homo service In their respective respec-tive communities. Homo Scrvlco rcprcsntathes In Utah havo received word from Washington Wash-ington that tho government buioau of war risk Insurance through which checks of this kind are Issued, has 50,000 unclaimed checks. Of 13,000 caBos referred to It the lied Cross, up to May 1, had located tho owners of 9,700 checks. Thruntlnp government checks on unsuspecting persons Is not tho only function of the homo service department depart-ment of tho Ited Cross, howevor. No matter what tho need of a soldier oi his family,' the Ited Cross will meet It through the homo sorrlco section. Perhaps there are persons In this community upon whom tho Red Cross would tako delight In bestowing bestow-ing a good old government check r rondering other service. |