Show RED CROSS DISASTER SERVICE An n estimated e pieces of residential property representing a city the size of San Jose Calif Calif- Cali ornia were wre destro destroyed eu and were damaged in disasters disasters disasters' oc- oc curing in 44 4 states during the 1945 calendar year ear according to figures received from National Headquarters of or the American Red Cross Croos by Jy Joseph Williams disaster chair chairman man of the local chapter Almost ery e section of the country is housing conscious these figures n take on added ance Mr Williams said I think they thc also point to the importance tance of disaster preparedness in our own community Some Sonic dis dis- disasters disasters dis- dis disasters asters cannot be prevented pre but their effects effect fE-cis fE can be minimized with ith an nn adequate program The Red Cross Disaster Relief committe is fully organized in Davis is County and is ready leady read to give gi prompt when such an emergency arise In the th recent Oregon flood we had a good example of or chapter Red lied Cross work workers ers and US U.S. Engineers' Engineers personnel moving mo with the floods flood's advance evacuated 2000 persons in the tor torrents torrent's torrents torrents rents rent's path saved thousands of dollars warth of furniture and other personal possessions accord accord- according according ing to reports given cOo Other figures recie ed by the disaster chairman from Washing Washing- Washington ton showed that in the 1945 disaster disaster disaster ter total there were fires 54 floods 47 tornadoes 17 storms two hurricanes and 35 miscellaneous disasters including ics train tram wrecks explosions wind wind- windstorms windstorms storms etc At A t the present time the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross is right on the job on the doing all that is possible to relieve relie e suffering over oer in the countries that have been so badly hit with the recent earthquakes and Tidal Tidal- w waves aves |