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Show utjih studs high ii record of 10 . cross gifts ! Utah has beten weli up towtrds ihe top in the record of 'he slates' re ird- i ing Red Cross gifts. Tlu- total of the Red Cross drives-in :he past amounted io .273.239.7fiS 9S or $2.37 per capita. Utah contributed in thest two drives sl. 161 .275 fin or S2;5C per .capita ''rahj -bus led the natlojial record b 15' cents per person :K-la are led '.ho rv.'ion in per capita uins, her amount being (15.09 it porsnri. Utah has iu2..Nf'i persons vho are members of the Red Cross or 22 7 jii lent of her populaiiui an R-: Cross! members. .This is ' the aduit mem-lersblps mem-lersblps for the children have t ne much better for 3G. 5 pe. cent of he i school children are Red Cross sup porters by junior .uembershii .- of every dollar given to ihe Red' Cross drives f-S. ! ce vts was 9pent for . actual relieC work. Within the past month the nierii an , Red Cross, according to local roll vail officials, ha.s been e.iiled jpon to pro- ide various large appropriations to! airy on iis activities in ihi ctOURiry ;'.nd abroad. One of the mo-1 re- nt appropriations was lor lOjl.OOu i airy on its camp service 'n t! js coun try Camp service Includes Work In Ihe hospitals of ho country, wherein there are Mil 30,000 soldiers ill or Convalescing Although it is not realized Lv many ' people, ilu- canteen ..i rvic of the Red cross has jo.-i appropriated 1210.000 to carry on this par i. ulai activltv un til the end of the ycr. Fighting Typhus. Anion? the o!hei largo ay. propria lions that fhe Red Cross b.s h -en called upon to ma'te is l.ffOOOOU to combat the spread of typhis, vhich is, claiming thousanls ind ihousnnd. ol lives in Sr-fbia The Rod Cross also has se1 isido a substantial appropriation to piv its services io ihe soidiors along lie Mex ican border. Much of the relief and' recreational activitj a the Red Crust, in the border region is carried on by he personnel-of the noun tain mis on, with headquarters i.: Denver "he governmcnl tii jupi recei.tl Mimed over to the R-d Cross a. ore ihan $10,iMiu.0(Hi worth of food and medicine for distribution overseAa Tart of the fund i f $15,000,000 that 1 "he Red Cross will raise :n it - na'ion A ide campaign, will be devotej to 'the ! . dministi.ition of these supplies. |