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MONDAY, AUG. 20, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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LA GRANDE,
OREGON.
Red Cross Appeals For Over
A Million Knitted Articles
American National Red Cross Paci
fic Division Bulletin No. 15 Bureau
of Promotion Letter to Chapter
Re Large Knittink Jod.
To all Chapters Pacific Division:
An appeal has come to the Ameri
can Red Cross from Major Grayson,
M. P. Murphy, Ded Cross Commission
ers for Europe, for 1,500,000 knitted
sets comprising sweater, muffler,
wristlets, and socks, and we in turn
are about to call on the Chapters
throughout the United States for the
production of these articles.
; To simplify the knitting as much
as possible, we now have in the
printer's hands a new and complete
manual of instructions for making
the several articles "required.
The Red Cross Supply Bureau is
arranging for a large supply of yarn
and knitting needles to meet the re
quirements of the Chapters.
Within the next two weeks we ex
pect to have the knitting circular
ready for distribution to the Chapters
and large shipments of yarn will be'
coming into the various brunch
supply houses.
Desperate need will exist for these
articles among the soldiers and civil
population of France and our other
Allies before we can get these articles
made.
. To expidite the 'completion . of the
work, we should like to have you start
at once and without waiting for the
new knitting manual, to prepare for.
the work and" we suggest the follow
ing: ' . -
1 Form in your Chapter a Com
mittee on knitting.
2 Mobilize all available knitters in
your Chapter, Branches and Auxiliar
ies, so that when the knitting manual
is received, every one who can knit
will be prepared to start work im
mediately. 3 Make it clear that we seek the
aid in this big undertaking of all
knitters, whether they are members of
the Red Cross or not.' :
4 A group of persons qualified to
instruct in knittinsr would be a great
nelp to the committee.
As soon as we learn what propor
tion of the total of this large order
is to be cared for in each section of
the country, we shall advise with you
as to the share of the total which
your Chapter should undertake.
Please have all your members un
derstand that ,we do not want the
least cessation of the effort of work
ers in the production of surgical
dressings and hospital garments. It
will be your problem to organize so as
to get more workers interested and
the more constant effort of those who
are now giving so much of their time
to the work of the Red Cross.
Please also impress upon everyone
who is now knitting that we do not
want them to discontinue any work
which they have in hand.
Have them work industriously on
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most daintily with
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all knitting they can turn out pending
the receipt of the new knitting
manual.
Please report to this office within
one week the approximate number of
knitters who will be available to give
steady or part time to this rush order.
In order to prevent exhausting the
first supply of yarn by our sending
more of a supply than is necessary,
we should appreciate it if you would
advise this office what quantity you
could use in a month.
Remember: This will be a rush
order Quick action Quick results. .
Very Truly Yours,
JOHN L. CLYMER,
Director Pacific
Division.
DO YOU KNOW A MARINE
WHEN YOU SEE ONE?
New York, Aug. 20 (Special) A
group of youngsters were playing on
Riverside Drive. A military man,
dressed in khaki and accompanied by a
young lady, approached the group.
The boys stopped their playing and,
with nudges and gesticulation, were
evidently trying to indentify the man
in khaki. . .
As the young lady and he escort
drew nearer, one youngster with an
air of superior knowledge informed
his companions: "He's a United States
Marine."
Overhearing the remark, tho young
lady questioned the small boy: "How
do you know he is a Marine?"
"Wny lady," exclaimed the young
ster, "He wears aan ornament on his
hat showing an eagle, globe, and an
chor, but doesn't wear any hat cord."
The colored hat cords, yellow, blue,
and red, help many civilians to re
cognize at once a cavalryman, an- in
fantrymnn or artilleryman. However
ths U. S. Marine dressed in khaki is
still an enigma to many persons who
lack the powers of observation dis
played by the small boy cn Riverside
Drive.
LETTERS FROM HOME.
Major Smith Wilt B Poit
muUr For tho Sammios.
Photo by American Press Association.
Major Frank W. Smith will handle
the letters for the Sammies tn France.
He received his appointment recent
ly and planned to leave at once for
France.
.Coffee Futures Are Barred
WOUNDED SIX TIMES WANTS TO GO BACK.
. ' "i
London, Aug 2, (By mail) Lance Corporal Ernest
Grimes is wounded again, his sixth time, but says: "111
soon be ready .to go back and do another bit. "
Grimes enlisted in the regular army' in 1910 and was
drawn from India' when the little army settled down to
tne hrst winter of trench wariare.
' His first wound came at Hill Sixty when he was hit by
a hand-grenade iragment. Five months in a hospital.
The second, a bullet wound in the arm, took six weeks
to repair. Last summer, on the Somme a shrapnel ball hit
Grimes in the leg and put him away for two months, and
another grenade wound in the back suffered in the fight
ing at Moquet Farm, sent him to the hospital . for the
fourth time.
A man with four wound stripes is usually retired into
some non-combatant job, out of danger, if he is still of
some use to the army.- But Grimes thought he could do
more damage in the .trenches so he went up again and was
wounded in the toot by a shell at Lesboeuts.
His latest wound came in the big push at Messines. An
explosive bullet hit him in the left leg.
New York, Aug. 20 (U. P.) Trad
ing in coffee futures was suspended
Saturday on the New York Coffee ex
change, at the suggestion of Herbert
Hoover.
Advance Fall Model of Blouse
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ONE of the new fall waists shows
how dark crepe de chines and
poplins are to be adapted to com
plete the new three piece suits. Pip
ings accentuate the clever cut of the
front, while a bobbed pepium and a
white pique ascot add distinctive notes.
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The prettiest gingham frocks are
those In simple stylet Too-much trim
ming spoils a gingham costume, and
any attempt at drapery is sure to be
clumsy. Gathered or plaited gingham
bodices should not be cut us full as
bodices of voile or mull, though the
Hues should be roomy and easy in ef
fect. A good model of green nnd white
checked ginglimn lins a skirt gathered
slightly at the belt. Two wide bias
bauds of the gingham are placed close
together above and below the Unee, and
above are square hip pockets, also cut
from the bias. A wide bias belt divides
skirt and waist, the latter having plaits
instead of gathers ut the shoulder line.
The front of the waist is cut out In
deep square, and in this is set a chemi
sette of fine lawn and lace, a broad
collar and cults of the lace finishing the
waist.
. $ ? 4
For a practical field costume we sug.
gest a khaki or denim skirt and not too
thin cotton or pongee blouse. Kor very
heavy work a pair of bloomer overalls
to be worn with a blouse, the trousers
full and gnthered in at the knee. A
Russian blouse without a collar Is bet
ter than a smock, as the latter catches
the wind and blows up when one bends
over. A blowing sailor collar Is also a
nuisance, besides being too hot. A
brimmed pannnia or light straw of
some sort will shade the collurless
neck.
$
A charming novelty is of (lowered or
fruited jersey, simple of design, but ex
quisite of coloring.
ANNA, MAY.
BELGIAN AVIATOR
REPORTED
KILLED? CONTINUES TO FIGHT
By Henry Wood, United Press Staf .Correspondent)
Paris, Aug. 2 (By mail) Adjutant Edmond Thieffry,
a Belgian aviator, who has just distinguished himself by
bringing down two Gentian machines in the same com
bat, has another distinction of which today he is still the
sole possessor in the entire aviation world.
In the course of desperate aerial fights Thieffry has
himself been brought down no less .than five times by his
adversary, and has figured in the German official account
of these combats as having been killed. No other aviator
has ever survived an equal number of defeats.
Thieffry's career is one of the aviation romances of the
war. With the German invasion of Belgium Thieffry,
was first mobilized as a motorcycle messenger on the staff
of General Leman. He was made prisoner, succeeding
later in escaping into Holland, where he was interned,
but from where he again succeeded in eluding his guards
and making his way into the Belgian lines.
In July, 1915, he entered the aviation service and for a
year and a half went through all the more important raids
of the Belgian bombarding squadrons.
By December, 1916, he won promotion into a fighting
squadron and during the first six months of 1917 cstab-
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lished for himself a record almost without equal. On
January 24 he flew over Brussells arousing the most in
tense enthusiasm on the part of the Belgian population
still remaining there. He descended to within 75 feet of
the city's streets and dropped leaflets assuring his com
patriots of their ultimate deliverance. , ,
On March 25. be brought down his first enemy machine.
The second, followed just eight 'days later for which ho
received a citation and the Croix de Guerre.
On July 3rd, came his double exploit. He was returning
from a recoimaisance over the German lines, when he sud
denly found himself confronted with fourteen German ma
chines. Flying straight into the center of the German
squadron Thieffry picked his man and downed him.
Picking a second, he downed him in less than ,two minutes.
With two machines taken out of the center the German
squadron a "hole" was created big enough for Thieffry to
fly through their barrage, the remaining twelve Germans
refusing even to chase him. . r
The fact that Thieffry has been downed five times by
enemy machines demonstrates his qualities as an aviator
rather than his lack of them. Each time that he has been
"downed" he has been engaged in the closest, deadliest
combat with his adversary in which ,the latter merely
happened to get the advantage, the "drop" as it were, that
must come to every aviator once in awhile. 1
LIFE IN THE NAVY
(BY TOM J. SINNOT)
The ereat Kitchener said "This war will be won in the
kitchens"; Cromwell expressed the same by claiming "A
soldier's nerve comes from his belly, keep it full."
Believine: this, the U. S. Navy Department has ordered
an extra, meal served to the men on night watch, increased
the food allowance, and sent out an urgent call for cooks,
bakers, stewards, and mess attendants.
These great floating monsters, of our First Line of De
fense, greatly resemble a first class hotel, with their large
cold storage plants (stocked with fresh meats, fruits and
vegetables) and large spotless kitchens, equipped witu
the latest electric ranges and appliances.
The Navy offers a splendid position to both experi-
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enced cooks ana uaKcrs, ana non-cxpenenccu men m uae
mess department. The former will board ship at once, and
the latter will be given a complete course at the iSavy
Cooking School, near San Francisco.
This will give many a young man the chance to travel,
loam a trade, earn a good salary, and best of all strike a
telling blow at the Kaiser.
Application for enlistment can be made to any Post
master or to the TJ. S. Navy Recruiting Station, Dekum
Building, Portland, Oregon.
A WORD OF APPRECIATION.
Navy Recruiting Station
Dekum Bulding, Portland, Ore.
August 18, 1917.
To the Editor: We wish to take this occasion to ex
press to you personally, and the press in general, our sin
cere appreciation and gratitude for the noble and patriotic
response you have made in behalf of the government and
this office. In this government of free people with free
speech and free press, the force of the press is inseparable
from the very foundation of our national life, in molding
public sentiment and enabling the private citizen to give.
concrete expression of his red blooded Americanism, and
we sincerely thank you in behalf of the navy Your navy.
E. F. ECK11AKDT,
Commander U. S. N. Retired Recruiting Officer.