RECOVERS ON GIRLS AID REALTYSALES Marv R. Smith Trust Hit By War Inflation Sells Off -Oflklaul Prtiexiv4Fu nili to Rehabilitate the The battle to keep the Mary Tt. Smith trust in existence lias heen won. Not. only will it continue to provide a home for the seventeen etirls it now cares for, but in n short time will etiiaree its activities and take in more wh'b need aid. aoeordiner to Mrs. Fvolyn 101-lis Smith, wife of 1". M. Smith and. trustee of the foundation. "The Mary Jl. Smith trust was founded in 19uL'." said Mrs. Smith. "The purpose of -the institution is to care for homeless or needy girls under twelve years o apo. All little tots, as you see, but it Is these pirls. we believe, that need the most rare ami attention. The proper help at this at;e will do more to make healthy, resourceful women of them than double1 the time and 'money expended at a Later date. "Followinp the foundation of the trust, which fs located at Turk boulevard and Cottape street, work propressed rapidly. Many children were taken In nrd others, although not liv'.r.sr at the Institution, were piven aid. "Then came the ' years of the war. with Inflated prices and increased costs. We were confronted with the problem of either fully carins: for a small number, or partially takinc care of a'creat many. Wp chose to. do the former, and have been workinp on that basis ever since. "A short time aco. due to the rlsp in properly values in Kast ; Oakland, we decided to sell off our property and establish our- j selves in a location not quite so costly. Some of the property has air. -ady -been sold and negotiations made for most-of the rest. Within a year and ."Thrrlf tit t!r fct-fV trust hopes to be established in a new location. nen tn:s is i , : tnf. seventeen cirls we. are now caring for will 1 e increased many i fold, and th" activities of the ! trust increased." TV'n-t. 1