Show Red Cross Head Urges Highway First Aid Work Wark SAN As FRANCISCO FRANCICO As the Amer r American lean ican Red Cross Roll Call CoIl was brat brot bratto to a 11 close November 25 A L L Schafer cr or er Red Cross manager In the Pa Pa- Pa Pacific cilia area said early returns Indi Indicated an enrollment ing approximating half haIr a n million members in the Pacific states toward the nation i nl al objective of five million mern- mern mem members benz bers Voicing a note of Thanksgiving to the public for its Increased SUP support orl orlof of Red Cross activities Mr Schafer er er emphasized tire the urgent need to- to today today to today day for more help In the campaign to save lives by reducing the num sum sumber number ber r of accidents on highways and andIn andIn andIn In homes At the same time he ho called up- up upon upon upon on every Red Cross unit every TIed Red RedCross RedCross Cross supporter to concentrate their efforts during the next two n on the establishment of 01 I InDre more Highway First Aid stations Mr Shafer Sharer said National statistics show a nine percent iii ui automobile Ia- Ia fa during the first nin nUl months month of the ear ear 28 as against 25 25 a year ear ago go Prevention of this tremendous loss calls calis for greater effort on the part of every esery individual Individual dual who can lend assistance The The Red Cross has fixed stations and mobile units In iii the Pacific Patine Area all oper- oper operated operated by volunteers Nationally there are 1 1990 fixed stations and 1175 mobile units Some of these volun- volun volunteer teer leer first alders have saved lives of auto crash victims others have I greatly alleviated suffering of In- In J persons A good start has been boon made but more stations and more workers are required I l 4 Stations now extend along the I main highways from the Mexican I to 14 the Canadian borders and arid from the Coast to the within the Pacific Area San Diego Call Call- I orals fornia Chapter whose hose jurisdiction extends the farthest south has es- es established I ten emergence first ala aia eS 1 Flattens i The Washing Washing- Washington Washington I ton Chapter the farthest north has nine These tire are top marks to for lother oIlier Red Cross ClOGS unIts to achieve Mr Shafer announced that spool sped I r Il Bl al and general s field cs throughout the Pacific Area dur- dur durin durIns dur in Ins tile the next two months wIll eive I special help to some Red Cross I units which have not vet et reported I the and I anco ance of highway emergency first I aid stations The largest tics co covering ering fixed highway 1 mer emer- emergency emergency gency fust aid stations shows shown Ari- Ari Arizona Ansons Arizona sons zona 11 California Idaho I 28 Nevada 10 Oregon 66 Utah 32 Washington 78 I Of the mobile highway first aid units California has 54 Utah a 6 and Washington 53 |