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Show jr k w War-ravagedNationsNeedFood A few weeks ago a physician said that the British people were starving starv-ing to death on their present rations. We know what has been happening happen-ing these past weeks in Germany. Other European countries are in no better position, some wor9e. I have seen what being too hungry hun-gry does. I have seen it in the United Unit-ed States army, on shipboard and among foreign peoples. It does something to your brain that Just ;an't be explained in terms of everyday, every-day, easy American language. The American people will do their part, collectively, to help the rest of the world over this ugly gulch, partly because we are decent people, peo-ple, partly because we don't want that "something strange" to happen hap-pen to their brains which will make them the prey ef any evil political Influence which exists. The American people. Individually, can help In another way. They can send some food to the people whose addresses they know and they can do It efficiently, cheaply, quickly, through an Institution called CARE C-A-R-E stands for Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. Eu-rope. It is a non-partisan, non-profit Institution In-stitution which has the blessing of the United States government. Through CARE you can send packages, well packed, containing carefully chosen food of the kind most needed and other mnWInls of which there Is a tragic lack. A 10 food package delivers 40. DC) calories. (The minimum ration In Germany la 1,500 calorics a day. ITiey aren't getting that.) A blanket package at the same price provides two all-woo! army blankets, scissors, needles, thread snd two sets of heels and soles for thoai. A new package, same price, delivered, de-livered, contains 17 yards of cotton goods, needles, thread, thimble, scissors scis-sors and thread. And how they want cotton goods! Clothes are still not available. Here are the countries to which I you can send the cotton package: Austria. Belgium. Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Greece. Italy, Hun- I gary. Netherlands. Norway, Poland. I Romania and Germany 'all zones except Russian). The food packages can be sent to all the above, plus England. Wales. Scotland and northern Ireland. You'll help Uncle Sam's food problem, too. If you send a package to someone whose address you know In these countries if you CARE. I - |