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Christmas Brightened Bv Public’s Gifts The generosity of many people in their contrwutions of items to be distributed as Christmas gifts has added greatly to the en joyment of the holiday season by patients at the U. S. Army Hos pital, at Camp Pickett. The leading contributors are tile people of America, who. both directly and indirectly, have given hundreds of gifts to the Service. Edgar Bergen's "Operation Santa Claus," and the American Red Cross- have acted as agents for articles, stationery, Christmas the public by distributing the do nated gifts to the patients. Hos pitals Special Services has supple mented these agencies by distri buting hundreds of thousands of cigarettes contributed bv business organizations, groups, and indivi duals of Virginia too numerous to even attempt naming. People from surrounding com munities have sponsored parties for the patients at which gifts do nated bv individuals in t fie group were distributed. In every in-, stance, the men received the gifts of cigarettes, citrus friuts. toliet Cards and the like with great en- j thusiasm and joy. Patients and hospital personnel: express their gratitude to the j many who have given generously; that Christmas here would be merrier for all The way Truman's blasting people It rather seems to me His initials should be T. N. And not II. S. so he. Because of his explosiveness. Would then be T N. T. —L. D. W.
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