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Show v Kich County Reaper, Randolph. Utan. Army, Navy Leaders, Others Endorse Red Gross War Fund ! WASHINGTON, D. C. Jap, Money, at New (Continued From Page One) . President Roosevelts appeal to the nation on behalf of the American Red Cross to fulfill the $200,000,000 Red Cross War Fund goal for 1945, Ameri-- i cas foremost military and naval ers, the press, and educational, religl- - were in Ogden Saiturday. Save your tin cans for the school children. Help them help the salvage drive. The basketball game played at Lyman was won by South Rich high school. Mrs. Glen Rex has been ill for several days. Mrs. Elma Rex is teaching in her place. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hoffman did Adm. King business in Evanston Saturday. Forrestal Mrs. Edna Smith returned home bers knows that the Red Cross is confrom Salt Lake City Friday. stantly at that loved ones or friends e The Frontier' Studio did a ; side in his time of need. last in business Randolph AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED; : : Stimson Gen. Marshall ; ous, fraternal, industrial and labor groups pledged unstinting, support! Secretary of War Stimson expressed his gratitude to the Red Cross for dis' charging its responsibilities to the Army "with efficiency and humanity throughout the war. Chief of Staff General Marshall added: The Red Cross has kept pace with the growth of the Army by enlarging its services to meet soldier needrboth in this country and overseas.. . Secretary of the Navy Jametf V. Forrestal, citing Red Cross war contributions of blood plasma, prisoner of war food packages and civilian war aid, said, In the blackness of war,' the Red Cross stands as a beacon of mercy of which we can all be pvud. Never has money been put to better use." Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chie- f of the United States fleet, pointed out that every time the Red Cross assists a man in the armed forces in any way. There can be no doubt that the humanitarian activities of the American Red Cross have a direct bearing on the outcome of the war. Both the American Newspaper Publishers Association and tle National Editorial Associations presidents promised complete cooperation from the : American press. Among groups endorsing the War Fund are: AMERICAN LEGION: The Red Cross has exemplified the fine, traditional spirit of American helpfulness. The approach of the postwar reconstruction period will not lessen the calls for Red Cross services. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR: We are determined that the by land-offic- - ERATION: "Such vital Red Cross programs as home nursing, nutrition, disaster relief and other helpful activities during recent years have combined closely to identify this national organization with rural life in America. The American Farm Bureau Federation . . . urges every member to give it wholehearted support through the organizations local chapters. FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: It is obvious that the world situation at the present time will make greater demands upon Red Cross than ever before.. We commend to the churches of the various communions in the United States the appeal for the American Red Cross War Fund in 1945. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS: American businessmen stand ready to assist in every way possible the American Red Cross in its fund raising efforts. NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE: The great worth of the American Red Cross has become more obvious as the war develops and as our fighting men testify. Gladly, therefore, we recommend every generosity on the part of the American people in the 1945 campaign. ... CENTRAL CONFERENCE Heroes OLLENDORFF - eJULIAN . Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoffman and son Eldon were Evanston shoppers last Friday.,-Mrs- Moroni G. Smith returned from Brigham City last Friday. Rone Smith returned from a short trip ,to Salt Lake City, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.' Layton Marshall of Ogden came Saturday and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jackman. Mrs. Jackman, who ha? been in Ogden for several days, came home with them.. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Peart and daughter Sally, are home again after spending a month at Tooele, Utah. Mrs. Priscilla Reed of Laketown. was a business visitor at Randolph Tuesday. Achel Jacobson had the misfortune to have a horse fall on him Thursday, breaking or spraining his foot. He was taken to Evanston by his wife Friday to consult a doctor. ; , OF AMERICAN RABBIS: 'The Red Cross is the most appealing philanthropic cause before the American people today. May. the outstanding success of the 1945 Red Cross War Fund campaign demonstrate the spiritual calibre of the American people. (Continued from page 1) Arthurs forces landed on Luzon. The city became a blackmarket paradise, Bustos said, as the worthless Jap money was made even more worthless with news of the swift advance of the Philippines campaign. A visit to Manila for a day costs at least 1,000,000 pesos for three meals and a bed in a hotel. Fried chicken, coffee and rice, cost 300 pesos, excluding tip; extra rice, 75 pesos; coffee 25 pesos a cup. The cheapest room rent was 80 pesos a ' night. basic food of the Rice, people, costs in Japanese war notes 15,000 pesos a cavan of 62 kilos; mongo, 12.000 pesos a cavan; com, ground, 12.000 pesos a can; pork costs 500 pesos a kilo; beef 750 pesos a kilo; fat laying hens 1,200 pesos- - each; eggs, 35 pesos each; a small package of matches, 30 pesos each; cigarettes local make, 10 pesos to 40 pesos a stick, depending on flavor and quality of wrappings; laundry, 10 pesos for a pair of pants, 5 pesos for an underwear; native sugar at 300 pea kilo. Jewelry and second hand cloth were very much in demand in th Ten peso jewelry boom market. before the war would sell at 1000 pesos; khaki short pants at 1,000 pesos a pair; second hand American Shoes at 2,000 pesos. The Japanese army and navy were buying new model trucks at half to three quarters of a million pesos a truck,, and automobiles, large new models, were selling at sos . . 300.000 'pesos. - - Tt was estimated that the Japanese forces were spending in Manila alone at least five hundred million pesos daily to buy second hand military needs. This amount, plus the money paid to laborers, ad other expenditures, was the active instrument of balloon prices in Luzon, and, possibly, throughout the archipelago. Similar ballooning prices in the worthless Jap invasion money have been reported from other towns throughout Luzon. , ; EVANSTON GLEANERS ENTERTAIN MOTHERS The Gleaners of the Evanston Third Ward entertained their mothers at a dinner party Saturday evening, February 24, ait the home of Mrs. Leland Stevens. The table was beautifully decorated, carrying a. patriotic theme. Covers were laid for twenty-siAfter dinner games were played. For high award, Mrs. John Peart for mothers and Miss Lucille Rice for, daughters, won. The consolation prizes were won by Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall for the mothers, $nd Mrs. Scott Taggart for daughters. Those present were: .Ruth Marshall, Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, Mrs. J. I. Williams, Edythe Harris, Mrs. Harry Harris, Mrs. Melvin Peart, Mrs. John Peart, Mrs. Frank Post ma,. Mrs. Scott Taggart, Christine Brown, Mrs. Alice Brown, Mrs. Percy Hudson. Ellen Hudson, Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. Robert Neilson, Mrs. Reuben Brian, Lucille Rice, Marion Warburton, Mrs. J. B. Warburton. Mrs. Roy Crompton, Mrs. William Stevens, Mrs. Leland Stevens, Mr3. Bryan Field, Mrs. Betty Griffith Sarah Bagley, Mrs. Donald Cromp ton and Mrs. N. B. Johnson. war x. - 'hen a tanker rammed the SS Uruguay with 4700 troops aboard. Chief Officer Pardoe dropped into the pitch black flooded depths of his vessel and yanked trapped and injured men from certain death. Disregarding all danger, he directed the construction of a temporary bulkhead that enabled the ship to make port. Chief Officer Pardoe wean a Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his bravery. Buy War Bonds to u. s. Treasury Department bjek the men who ferry our troops to battlef ronts. WOODRUFF NEWS Low In Manila Mir.' nad Mrs. Gene McKinnon war shall be won. Let us be equally determined that the Red Cross shall be visited in Randolph over the week enabled and permitted to measure up end. Mrs. Leo McKinnon and Mrs. to the needs of the situation and the Frank McKinnon retured from Oghigh standard which we have set for it den with them. CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORMr. and Mrs. A. W. Thornock GANIZATION: Each one of our mem- - In answer to A ids .. ,.y , Sunday in the Coalville hospital a baby boy was born to . Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lloyd. Berths mother and Lucille Reese accompanied her to the hospital Leo is the in the navy. We were all very1 glad to see in the Tfilbune an item 'given in by Mr. and Mrs. George' Eastman stating they had received a letter from their son Conray, who has been a Jiap prisoner since the fall of the Philippine Islands. ; We hope Con is among those prisoners who have recently beeh liberated. We know his parents would be very grateful. Con was bom in Woodruff, and after his folks moved from here, he returned several times, being employed by several ranchers here. iMr. and Mrs. Earl Nebeker and sons spent Sunday visiting with Maude Cox, Bob and Ivy. Mr.v Manwaring of Randolph attended Sacrament meeting Sunday, and spoke in interest of the Red Cross. This, is a wonderful organization and we will all do our part in this drive. ; Wilburn Bowns of Evanston, a member of the stake presidency, Dalton Spencer and Mr. Gerrard, were speakers in Sacrament meeting. We were glad to have these men meet with us, and may we put into practice the instructions which ' they gave us. Miss Edith ancj Nilda Longhurst are Salt Lake this week.' We are wondering if these girls are shopping for Junior Prom and gradua- tion clothes! ' A motion picture was given Tues day night at the church house by Mr. Passey and Mr. Stuart. ; The machine belongs to the high school. Tbv showed the picture, Abraham Lincoln, which was very fine and enjoyed by all present. A letter was received from Howard Putnam, who is a hospital in have California, that the braces ben taken off from his jaws and that that really seemed good. Letters were received from Dee and Roy Cox, Loraine and Carl Dean, Arvel Eastman, Leslie Frazier, W. B. Anderson, Lorin Bohner, Carlyle Bryson and perhaps more of the boys who we dont know about at this writing. We have been having cold nights . . ; - . but : perhaps the this 1''rl weatherman is giving us this so we will appreciate more what we get later. ; Mrs. Clara Dean, who has been helping Theora Jones at Randolph for a few weeks, is home now. We are glad to have her back with us. Death Kate of Prisoners of War Reported Dropping NEW YORK, N. Y. John F. Cotton, assistant director of relief to war, prisoners service of the. American Red Cross, said that the death rate among American servicemen held by the Japanese has declined in the last year. Cotton told approximately 300 relatives of American war prisoners that 42 of 600 prisoners died in eight months at a single camp in 1942-4but from August, 1943, to August of this year, only 12 of the remainder have died. He said that the Japanese were believed to have 20,000 American ft prisoners, including 9,000 civilians and that several thousand still were held in the Philippines. Cotton said Signal Corps Photo that medical supplies were limited Signal Corps linemen reel out to in most camps. set up an emergency communications system on Munda. The cour age of these men drove the Japs Big Brother Makes the from this New Georgia base. Keep Relationship Quite Clear up your Bond purchases and these A men will be able to keep up their PENINSULA, OHIO. in brother his progress toward Tokyo. Buy an exboy, tra Bond today. Step up your pay- a buggy to anwheeling reparlor, V. S. Treasury Department roll savings. membered that he had forgotten his money. He asked another' youth to watch the baby while he dashed home. Returning, he found a third boy BERN MEAT standing beside the baby carriage. - . 3, - uah mbs MM ONPS OVER AMERICA seven-year-o- ld Side by side sleep SO,' 000 service men and women in this American bivouac of the v ice-crea- Arlingt on , m .s l. v, o n dead," where rests the unknown dier, and the heroes of many generations. Vvv k Vdy-S1-s- v v;ir i ' CURING PLANT ;.h Prepared to Handle Meats, from now until later part of June. Four cents per pound Salt Cured and Smoked. .V Untold tnflBom uncoffined, - Buy an Extra $100 Bond in September rsfaep unknelled in Hitler graveyards from Tromso, Norway, to Candia on the Greek Isle of Crete, men and women like ourselves who sought only tt make the world a bet- ter place. Marine Corps Photo Fighting goes on a .few miles 5 Miles West of Montpelier in- land, but the Marines bring ashore supplies 'and equipment to this Jap pier on Saipan. The bulldozer will soon be at work clearing landing strips for our planes. War Bonds Are you bought this equipment. buying more than before and buying regularly? t S. Treasury Department Phone 175-J- 4 ROBERT SCHfiRD BERN, IDAHO This stranger. your m the baby?..-inquire- d ; Naw, replied the big brother, I aint even married.. Soldiers Banged PARIS. 'Two soldiers convicted by courts martial of rape were hanged at Fort du Roule in Cherbourg, the United States army announced. 'T Buymoi fJe 1E7 ity, too! c r W.-I- . |