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GRAYSON RENAME RED CROSS HEAD Roosevelt Aiso Appoints |} Taylor and Moore to Rep- resent Departments. Reappointment by President Roose- welt of Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, U. 8. N, retired, as chairman of the American Red Cross was an- aounced today. At the samé time it was announced | that President Roosevelt had ap- pointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Wayne C. Taylor as a rep- resentative on the Red Cross Central Golden Wedding COUPLE OBSERVES ANNI- VERSARY AT PARTY. MR. AND MRS. HARRY BURTON LEARY, Who celebrated their golden OCommittee from the Treasury De- partment, and R. Walton Moore, As- sistant Secretary of State, as a rep- resentative of the State Department. ‘The Central Committee announced its election of Taylor as treasurer of the Red Cross. The appointments were announced in connection with the annual meet- ings of the Central Committee, Board of Incorporators and chapter dele- gates. Membership Jumps. Admiral Grayson reported to the board yesterday that the gain in Red Cross membership as & result of the annual Roll Call, just completed, amounted to more than 500,000, rep- | resenting & 22 per cent increase | within the past two years. | Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes presided at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Incorporators. At this meeting Will Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Dis- tributors of America; James B. For- gan, chairman of the Chicago Chap- ter of the Red Cross; Lioyd B. Wil- son, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephorne Co.; George L. Harrison. governor of the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York; Mrs. George H. Capen of St. Louls and Mrs. Rob- | ert C. Barnard of Cincinnati were elected members of the board to fll vacancies caused by deaths or resig- nations. Met Disaster Demands. The Chief Justice, commenting on the work of the past year, declared that it is encouraging to note, in the face of unparalleled disasters through- out the period that the Red Cross has responded successfully to all de- mands made upon the organization. “It seems,” he said, “that the Red Cross has untold reserves of efficiency and strength to meet any possible de- wedding anniversary Tuesday at a luncheon at the Shore- ham Hotel. They were pre- sented with a wedding cake by Mr. and Mrs. John H, Small, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Leary, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Whit< ney Leary and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carvel Leary, rela- tives, who were present. —Underwood Underwood Photo. NEW CAMP FIRE MANUAL INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chair- man, Recommends Conservation Activity for Girls. BY the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 10.—Mrs. Pranklin D, Roosevelt, chairman of the Camp Fire Girls’ National Ad- visory Council, yesterday introduced the organization's new manual, re- written for the first time in 15 years. At the Camp Fire headquarters here, Mrs. Roosevelt recommended that the girls choose conservation activities as the first to follow in the new book, by planting trees throughout the country on Arbor day. Mrs. Lida Foote Tarr of Cleve- land, Ohio, former president and now first vice president of the Camp | Fire Girls, told Mrs. Roosevelt of the changes in the manual, dealing | with business, health, the home, na- ture lore, camping, handcraft and citizenship. mand which exigencies may present. 1 suppose that the American Red Cross stands pre-eminent as an or- ganisation which in the presence of disaster shows the capacity of the American people for eficency as well as for their generous instinct.” At this meeting George E. Scott of Chicago and Alfred E. Smith of New York were re-elected to the Central Committee for three-year terms by the Board of Incorporators. Howard ‘W. Fenton of Chicago, Harry G. Meem and Corcoran Thom of Washington | were re-elected to the Board of Trus- | tees of the endowment fund for four- | year terms. With Admiial Grayson presiding, ehapter delegates met yesterday and re-elected Mrs. Henry P. Davison of Locust Valley, N. Y., and Henry Up- son Sims of Birmingham as members of the Oentral Committee for three- year terms. Bicknell Porirait Presented. A portrait of the late Col. Ernest P. Bicknell, formerly vice chairman | of the American Red Cross in charge | of insular and foreign operations, was presented to the Red Cross by mem- bers of Col. Bicknell's family. Wil- liam Fortune, chairman of the In- dianapolis Chapter, member of the | Central Committee and close friend | of Col. Bicknell, made the formal| presentation. 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The portrait was unveiled by Ernest Bicknell Wright, | 11-year-old grandson of Col. Bicknell, | F. W. Huber, Inventor, Dies. RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 10 (P)—Prederick W. Huber, 87, who developed a method for extracting potash from cement during the World War and donated his patents to the Government, died today. Huber, a Cornell graduate, was widely known for his inventions. its prompt action on throat and bron- chial membranes. Put the Pinex into a pint bottle, and |' add your lymn. Thus you make a full pint of really better medicine than you could buy ready-made for four times the money. It never spoils, and chil | dren Jove its pleasant taste. And for quick, blessed relief, it has Mo equal. You can feel it penetratis the air passages in a way that means business. It loosens the phlegm, soothes the inflamed membranes, and eases the soreness. Thus it makes breathing el:fv. and lets you get restful sleep. ust try it, and if not pleased, Yyour money will be refunded. 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