[ RED CRjOSS NEWS NOTES [
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In a Nutshell
The local chapter remains In its
present quarters, this being agree
able to the fire boys.
The allotment of refugee garments
completed; new one due next boat.
Pajama allotment in make at homes;
no sewing for present in work-rooms.
Chairman of military relief on a
vacation; headquarters closed for two
weeks.
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A Red Cross tea shop has been
opened in Peking, China.
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The American Red Cross has estab
lished work-room in the Rue de
France for the manufacture of cloth
ing.
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The Junior Auxiliary of the Ameri
can Red Cross at Hoquiam, Wash.,
has accepted the whole chapter allot
ment of sixty infant layettes.
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American Red Cross workers
formed an important part of the “re
ceiving line’ that awaited President
Wilson when he arrived in Paris.
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Shipments made by the local chap
ter since December 1: 106 outing
flannel dresses for women; 40 pairs
winter underdrawers for 12-year-old
boys; 30 bedside bags for hospital; 10
convalescent robes; 200 pairs knitted
socks; 123 sweaters.
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Sheepherders of Denio, Ore., have
erected a monument to the memory of
Mrs. Alice Nellis, the nurse who was
sent to them by the Red Cross in Se
attle to help them fight influenza, and
who contracted the disease and died
at Denio in December.
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American prisoners now in the big
concentra^on camp at Vichy say
that the boxes of food sent to them
by the American Red Cross while
they were in German custody practi
cally saved them from starvation.
Many of the American boys cherish
these boxes as the most priceless
souvenirs of their experience. They
are using them as lockers for their
personal effects.
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John Smith of Cass Lake, Minn., a
full-blood Indian, has joined the Red
Cross at the age of 128 years. Smith
was born during the first administra
tion of George Washington as Presi
dent. He was a young man of 22 when
the war of 1812 began. At the time
of the Civil war he was too old to
serve and there was no organization
of the magnitude of the Red Cross
then through which he could help.
Perhaps that is one reason why he
has welcomed the opportunity to
serve during the present conflict in
whatever way he may.
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The number of Red Cross Magazine
subscription? secured during the
Christmas rc 11 call is far short of the
rern'i"ed number needed to keep the
mag izine effective as an educational
force for maintaining and developing
public iiitf est in the Red Cross, and
also as a financial asset to the or
ganization. The magazine plans for
the comling year include some of the
most interesting phases of rehabili
tation and reconstruction work. Such
well-known writers as Ida Tarbell and
William Allen White are among the
contributors. The Red Cross Maga
zine asks the support and indorsement
of every member of the organization.
All present subscribers are asked to
renew their magazine subscriptions,
and $1 annual members are urged to
pay $1 additional and secure the mag
azine.
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The greatest enthusiasm ever
known was displayed throughout the
country during the Red Cross Christ
mass roll call. The Red Cross dem
bnstration in New York city on the
Wednesday night when Fifth avefnue
was turned into an “Avenue of Mercy”
was not only one of the notable events
of that week, but the most notable
affair of its kind in the history of the
American metropolis.
At the national capital one particu
larly striking feature was the presen
tation daily on the steps of the treas
ury building of living posters repre
senting the real posters made for the
campaign. The models were selected
from among the handsomest of Wash
ington’s young women.
In Chicago Roll Call week was ush
ered in by the blowing of ail tne whis
tles in the city, after which 10,000
Red Cross workers set forth to put
their fellow-citizens on the books.
At Terre Haute, Ind., the policemen
arid the firemen started out on the
Monday morning in a race to see
which department could get the most
members.
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At Chateau Thierry
Instead of the gray-green legions
that not so long ago poured into Cha
teau Thierry, there is a different army
fast occupying the famous little
French town. The American Red
Cross, that practical institution, is
shipping ducks, chickens and rabbits
into the “shell-shocked” city that is
fast returning to normal life. Barn
yards whose population had been evac
uated along with other refugees are
once more lively. Cheerful and sig
nificant "cackles” greet the French
housewife, and chanticleer once more
summons the rosy dawn.
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EAGLES, ATTENTION
An Important meeting of Cordova
Aerie, P. O. E., will be held on
Wednesday evening, and all members
are urged to be present.
GEORGE DOOLEY, Secretary.
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Joe Kelly has received a new ship
ment of Chesterfield underwear, suits,
gent’s furnishing goods and ladles’
waists. He also has a fine assortment
of furs, which will be sold at reason
able prices.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
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Win the prize waltz at the firemen’s
ball, by taking lessons at our schools.
Apply at American bakery. tf
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If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
NENANA 1
AROUSED BY
CURTAILMFNT
The committee appointed by the
Nenana Commercial Club to take
appropriate action with a view to
remedying the deplorable state of af
fairs existing as a direct result of the
curtailment of work on the govern
ment railroad and the laying off of
a great many men held a meeting
and dispatched the following telegram
to Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane and Delegate Wickersham:
"Nenana, Jan. 26, 1919.
"Curtailment operations Alaskan
engineering commission Fairbanks
division due exhaustion appropriation
has thrown majority railroad work
ers this division out of employment
at time when other work here unob
tainable. Because excessive cost ma
terials and supplies, due war condi
tions, mining operations other activi
ties Interior Alaska at standstill. As
result of this condition discharged
workers must seek employment in
States, leaving serious shortage labor
here for future operations. These men
are without funds owing liberal in
vestment war relief and government
securities which they must sacrifice
to exist. Suggest immediate action
provide funds continue railroad build
ing pending regular June appropria
tion. Delay in this matter will retard
development Interior Alaska and
jeopardize success railroad enter
nrido
“Nenana Commercial Club.”
The committee, composed of R. G.
Southworth, Dr. R. R. Myers, Herman
Anderson, Andy Hoey and Ralph
Waechter, also Bent copies of this
telegram to other government officials
in Washington and to the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and the press
in the States where it will do the
most good.
The matter was also taken up with
Charles L. Thompson of Fairbanks,
a prominent member of the Fairbanks
Commercial Club, who is now on a
visit to Nenana, and the support of
that body is. assured.
The Commercial Club of Nenana
took the initiative in the flatter, as it
was felt that the curtailment of rail
road operations constitu^d a serious
menace to its resumption In the
spring, when, with ample funds, labor
would not be available. There Is no
choice for the men affected by the
slash in the force but to lay around
in idleness and spend what little they
have been able to save, to live on until
spring comes again, or leave the
country immediately and take a
chance on getting something to do in
the States; and the majority of them
arc figuring on leaving the country.
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REGISTRATION NOTICE
The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the comer store, Michelson & Cur
rier building, First street, Cordova,
every day from 12 o’clock noon until
8 p. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. m. Saturday, March
29, 1919.
C. H. LAMPREY, Registrar.
Mr. Business
Man
By the recent addition of many new
type faces and other equipment we have
made of our JOB DEPARTMENT one
of the finest in Alaska. We are now in
a position to handle your orders with
even more neatness and dispatch than
before. How about that order for sta
tionery you were wanting right away?
Just step to the phone and call us—
we will do the rest.
Prices? Well—, you will find them
always RIGHT.
Cordova Daily
Times
COMPLETE fRNS IN
FOR FOURTH DIVISION
The full election returns for the
Fourth judicial division have been
received by the clerk of the court, the
only outstanding precinct, Mitarod
city, being the last to report and com
pleting the division.
The returns received confirms the
former report, Wickersham 23, Sulzer
10, and leaves the result of the race
just where the dopesters had figured
it out, Sulzer two in the lead. A
total of 2,579 votes were cast in the
Fourth • division, of these 24 were
either rejected, or not cast for the
candidates for delegate, but 2,555 be
ing totaled. The full and completed
returns for the various candidates are
as follows:
For Delegate to Congress—Con
nolly, 121; Sulzer, 1218; Wickersham,
1216.
For Senator—Hess, 1338; Pratt,
998.
For Representative—Callahan, 760;
Colbert, 644; Collins, 1111; Dunn,
1149; Good, 271; Hilleary, 289; Kil
gore, 977; Laughlin, 482; Nordale,
1232; Pennington, 1296.
For Road Commissioner — Ross,
1035; Sheldon, 1126.
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Advertise in the Daily Times.
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The Daily Times Job plant is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
Y. M. C. A. HUTS IN ENGLAND
TO BE PUT TO GOOD USE
LONDON, Jan. 5 (by mail).—The
Young Men’s Christian Association
huts to the number of about one thou
sand, dotted all over the country,
which have been erected for the sol
diers, are to continue their usefulness
fn another sphere. Plans are being
made for the huts to be moved Into
villages and turned into social clubs
for the improvement of social life in
industrial and rural communities.
There’s a Reason Why
People Go to the
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