TWO CLOTHING DEPOTS READY - Use of two buildings as depots for the collection of clothing for relief in war devastated countries was granted today.  Clothing donations may be left at the Dahlberg and Anderson garage, Burnett avenue and Main street.  Somebody will be in attendance there most of the time after Jan. 1.  Most of the clothing will be prepared for shipment in an Iowa state highway commission building on Lincoln way.  Clothing donations will be collected by trucks in the three downtown wards Jan. 12 and in the college district Jan. 19.

The Ames drive is part of a national effort to obtain 100,000,000 garments for aid of millions of war victims.  A drive in Ames last April resulted in the collection of more than a a carload of clothing.  Bedding and shoes are badly needed as well as garments, A.V. Swanson, chairman of the Ames drive, pointed out.

MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN WILL WRITE LETTERS TO GO WITH CLOTHING FOR NEEDY - Letters of friendship written by more than 2,000 Ames public school children will be produced to accompany garments collected in the January drive for clothing, bedding and shoes for relief of suffering in war devastated lands.  Announcement of the program, which will reach public high and grade school students, was made today by Marvin T. Nodland, superintendent of schools and educational chairman of the drive.  Letters will be written in English classes during the week of Jan. 7 to 11.  Letters will be taken home to be tucked in pockets of garments donated for the drive.

"I'm deeply impressed with the educational value of a project of this kind, and I think it will contribute materially toward international good will," declared Mr. Nodland.

Students will be urged to write about Ames, its schools and about American life.  Most of them will express the friendship of American children for children overseas and will mention the need for people of all nations to work together toward a better and more peaceful world.

Because somebody can translate English in practically every village and community where clothing contributed by Ames families will be distributed, it is hoped that a number of the letters will inspire answers.

Not only school children, but everybody else who contributes clothing is urged by drive committee members to accompany his donation with a letter of goodwill and friendship.  The idea of writing letters arose because a number of contributors to the drive last April included letters which brought many friendly replies from among the 25,000,000 persons already given relief clothing.

The letters from Ames will be part of 100,000,000 letters sought to accompany the 100,000,000 garments wanted by the national committee in this drive.  "I am tremendously interested in the contribution which this expression of international friendship can bring to the peace of the world," stated Henry J. Kaiser, national chairman of the drive.

Donations of clothing, shoes and bedding will be collected by trucks in the three downtown wards Jan. 12 and in the college district Jan. 19.  Persons wishing to bring in donations before those dates may leave them in the Dahlberg and Anderson garage, Burnett avenue and Main street, where somebody will be in attendance most of the time.

Donations are sought not only from Ames homes, but also from farm homes and rural communities near Ames.  "Dead inventory" items in Ames stores at the end of the year are especially sought.

TRUCKS WILL PICK UP CLOTHES IN THREE WARDS ON SATURDAY - People living in the downtown wards of Ames Saturday will have their chance to do something concrete to help relieve the awful suffering in countries ravaged by war.  Starting at 1 p.m., trucks will drive along every street in the three downtown wards to pick up bundles of clothing, bedding and shoes donated for collection.  Clothing in the fourth ward will be collected Saturday, Jan. 19.

All sorts of clothing is needed for infants, children, men and women.  Coats, suits, trousers, skirts, dresses, shirts, sweaters, underwear, pajamas, knitwear, blankets, bedding and piece goods and remnants all are badly needed.  Clothing need not be in perfect repair, but should be worth shipping overseas.  Clothing should be clean and sanitary, but need not be ironed, and woolen goods do not need to be dry-cleaned, committee members explained.  Shoes should be tied in pairs firmly enough that they will not be separated.

Saturday collection in the First ward will be made by the Rotary club under the direction of Marvin T. Nodland; in the Second ward by the Kiwanis club under the direction of B.H. Thomas; and in the Third ward by the Lions club under the direction of Herbert Fick.

Everyone who contributes clothing has been asked to write a letter to the person who receives the donation.  More than 2,000 such letters will be written by public school children.

Clothing that you may consider old can bring new life to some suffering person to whom war brought despair and destitution.  Goal of the Victory Clothing Collection is 100,000,000 garments, plus shoes and bedding.  If your contribution seems negligible, bear this in mind:  Every garment you give means one more human being saved from cold or sickness or possibly death.

About 25,000,000 people overseas received clothing collected from Americans last spring.  But for every person clothed so far, a dozen more remain virtually threadbare.  Your spare clothing will be distributed free, without discrimination, to the victims of Nazi and Jap oppression in Europe, the Philippines, and the Far East.

In 'most any town or city overseas there is someone who can translate English.  You can help build international friendship by writing a simple, friendly letter to pin to the clothing you contribute.  Dig into your attics, trunks, and closets today...dig out all the clothing you can spare...take it to your local collection depot now.

USED CLOTHING GOAL DEPENDS ON 4TH WARD - If the residents of the fourth ward tomorrow contribute enough used clothing, Ames will reach its quota of a garment per resident to help relieve the suffering in war devastated countries.  The Elks club will have charge of the collection in the fourth ward where residents have been asked to put contributions of clothing outside in a prominent place so they will not be missed by the collector, and in order that they can be collected quickly.  If bundles of clothing are left on porches because rain is falling, porch lights should be left on or some means used to attract the attention of collectors.

A collection depot is maintained at the Dahlberg and Anderson garage, Main Street and Burnett Avenue, where bundles of clothing may be left.  A number of bundles have been brought in by farm families.  Shoes should be tied in pairs to prevent them from becoming separated and worthless, A.V. Swanson, drive chairman, said.

The President's request had stated, …As many war victims have died from exposure and a lack of adequate clothing as have died from starvation… The importance of the cause demands a leader who will stimulate thousands of our people throughout the land to give vast amounts of volunteer service, as well as inspire all Americans everywhere to contribute all the clothing they can spare. I am confident your personal leadership will command the nationwide cooperation needed for success…

In April of 1945, following Roosevelt's death and the defeat of the Nazis, Mr. Kaiser and his committee involved Ames and the rest of America in their first clothing drive.  Another successful drive was undertaken in August following the surrender of Japan.  Ames Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts had earlier aided Jo Gerbracht with his "Clothes for Russia" campaign in September of 1944.  Learn more.