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staterman,IlSSedd la-HORTENSE McKAYstaketakeSPOKE MONDAY ATair*,”non*ectlynizednmeshereitui eCROSStai1rRnBnBr;LitBiBnBnsoneing■hereK)SSi-ringLt Hoi tense McKay, Biaineid.Me^ who was among the last armytillnuises to leave Corregidor at the time of its surrender, spoke Mon-|^c*vi nday afteinoon at the annual quarterly meeting of the organization. I,H|Lt. McKay spoke with praise of 1 i the Red Cross activities in Aus-netCh.Guitialm wheie she was last stationed.Prt and described the club* provided;^’' * to for nurses and soldieis in that’ f,ff I country. The army nurse answered ** I questions for the group. Asked di-'ro«sjr#ctly by Mrs. John Thabes. Sr., I president of the county chapter, if HPer|she had ever heard of service menRi\LotWiiDalwar*aH paying money foi Red Cross artt-lUJy-1 clss, Lt. McKay stated she had Pl,b- never heard of such a case.IsonThe county surgical dressing quo-1 in J ta is now aw-aiting the arrival of nu*f’ gauze, one report said, and will bein aready foi shipment in appioxi-llt;a*| mately two weeks. Ed Tom O'Bi len.e mTRetpresident of the Brainerd branch of the Red Cross, revealed thatf°r 625 county residents have nowmade blood plasma donations at 1,on the St Cloud dotting center. |^ar 1 ,0|0'Biien stated that donors may m*|be sent to Little Falls in the fu-Kenture for the pui pose of saving time. ' I Don Freeman, chairman of theatRed Cross wai fund campaign in ailt;*’ j Crow Wing county, lepoited that $11,182 has now been donated in the war funu drive but that $24,900t onHireOlsonitCfoT30 | emlt;clo» to lt;Oth.remains to be raised. Returns,.ivic I na\Freeman said, have thu.-' far been Ljor“disappointing.” I .herac-1 ^T\Zmed
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Tue, Apr 11, 1944
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