Stalingrad’s defenders send thanks to U.S. women for warm garments
Scarfs, hoods, sweaters and mittens knitted by Americans
New York –
From the frontlines of shattered, burning Stalingrad, where German attacks are fought from block to block, American women all over the country have recently received letters from Red Army men, thanking them for gifts of warm winter garments.
Hundreds of wool scarfs, hoods, sweater and mittens were knitted by American women volunteers. They were made last summer at club meetings, bridge parties, during vacations, lunch hours and even on subways and buses going to work.
The gifts arrived in time to bring warm comfort to the fighters as the dread Russian winter settled its icy grip on the front.
Russian soldiers and ambulance girls, upon receiving the parcels, look first of all to see whether there is a note or a letter of some kind, according to the New York Russian Relief office, which recently received the “thank you” letters by transocean Clipper.