Col. Walter S. Pollitz was named by the Rev. Dr. Mark A. Matthews, Seattle’s Red Cross head, to the supplies and shelter and housing and industrial committees. Alfred Shemanski was appointed to the clothing committee, and Mrs. Max A. Silver to the women’s clubs committee.
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