* On the occasion of glorious Christmas, the Lebanese Red Cross, following its traditional custom of every year, held distribution ceremonies in the capital through its three dispensaries in Gemmayzeh, Achrafieh, and Musaytbeh.
The distribution ceremonies in Beirut were attended by the honorary president, Mrs. Laure Khoury, wife of His Excellency the President of the Republic, by the Marquise de Freige, the acting president, and by all the ladies of the central committee, who with their own hands distributed 1,800 articles of chil
dren's clothing to 725 families of the deserving poor...
They likewise distributed large quantities of foodstuffs — bread, lentils, sugar, and sweets — to the same public...
Nor was the distribution confined to the capital's three centers; it extended to all the society's branches in the Lebanese provinces, and a distribution ceremony was held in each of the following districts: Jounieh, Damour, Furn al-Chebbak, Beiteddine, Ain Zhalta, Tripoli, Halba, Qoubaiyat, Zahle, Baalbek, Rayak, Qabb Elias, Sidon, Tyre... The total distrib
uted in these districts came to 9,000 articles of clothing, given out to nearly 3,000 families, along with 62 barrels of powdered milk, each barrel weighing 110 kilos...
The sight of the poor receiving these gifts from the president and members of the Lebanese Red Cross was one to bring tears of gladness to the eye — an acknowledgment that humanity is still alive in the hearts of our ladies, working with energy and love for the happiness of the poor, for the safeguarding of their welfare, and for the raising of their standard of living in general.
• Mr. Norman Blake, director of Pan American World Airways for the Middle East and Asia region, announced that this week the company opened the fastest air-freight route across the Atlantic Ocean. On the said route the huge aircraft of the DO DA type are being used, which cover a distance of 300 miles in a single hour.
This is the first air route across the Atlantic on which aircraft fitted with special internal air-pressure apparatus are employed, to insure that goods arrive safely. These aircraft can carry animals and perishable goods from one place to another while preserving and maintaining their speed as they fly at towering altitudes.
In addition to the air-pressure apparatus inside the aircraft, the company's competent administration has equipped it with special localized heating and cooling apparatus, so that the temperature can be varied during the hours of its flight through the skies. And this type of aircraft has a special advantage for transport, in that its doors have been made huge and wide to admit goods of every kind.
Odorono
Do men look at you with admiration — or do you find them whispering about you?
The unpleasant odor of perspiration in summer drives men away from you.
So try today
ODORONO — Odorono
cream or liquid — and notice the difference
Agents and depot: Baroudi Bros. & Co. — Beirut — Damascus