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Show • THE CHIEF EXEC UTIVE ENRO LLS- Presid ent Hoove r, who also is preside nt of the Ameri can Red Cros.s, is among the first to join the Red Cross. SHEL TER AND MEDI CINE FROM THE AIR Army anJ Na\"y airplan~: aiJ R~J Cros..; disaste r rdit>f hy drop , f()()[) , pint! supplit>s at isolat~J nlot~~s m tlooJs . Red Cross train, demon stratin g first aid, travels method s. teach life SERV ICE TO THE DISAB LED Red Cross contint res service work for the World War veteran , '2 S' ,000 of whom are in hospita ls. Disaste rs AI, most Doubl e in 1929. Red Cross . relief . was gtven m 1 16 disaste rs and $800,0 00 was spent in this work from Red Cross funds. Food, shelter , clothin g and rehab i li ta, tion in their h .o mes was given more than 15'0,' 000 person s. A reserve army of 48,000 Red Cross nurses stands always pre, pared to answe r the call during any emerge ncy. BUILD ING HEALTHY BODIE S School childre n, under Red Cross nutriti on rules, .soon learn the value of· a proper diet. |