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Show 3,000,000 FAMILIES AIDED BY RED CROSS Distress in All Areas Met by Giving Food, Clothing and Other Help. More than 3,000,000 familiei throughout the nation were given relief of various types by the American Amer-ican Red Cross iu the past winter, to aid them in their distress caused by unemployment, disaster or other misfortune. A major relief task, due to unemployment unem-ployment and other unusual conditions condi-tions in the bituminous mining counties coun-ties in twenty states, was met by the Red Cross chapters alone, or participating with other agencies. In these 143 counties, the Red Cross aided 90,000 families through giving giv-ing groceries, school lunches, cloth-lug, cloth-lug, flour and other necessities to combat privation. Flour, milled from government wheat turned over ,to the Red Cross bv Coneress. was civn tn 15.1)1)0.- 000 persons in the period from March to June oO. the close of the fiscal year. Flour will continue to be given through the winter of 1932-33, and Red Cross chapters also will give cotton clothing, made from government cotton turned over co the Red Cross for distribution. "The Red Cross face3 the busiest winter since the days of the World War." Chairman John Barton Payne said. "It Is organized in virtually every one of the 3,072 counties in the United States, and will cooperate co-operate with all agencies to meet distress whereve. fouLd. The flour has proved of great benefit, and the cotton clothing will be given wide distribution." While carrying on nation-wide these unemployment and other relief re-lief measures, the Red Cross also was engaged in its regular peacetime peace-time activities in public health nursing, service to ex-service men and their families, teaching home hygiene, life saving and first aid. The Junior Red Cross, composed of almost 7,000,000 school children, also rallied to the support of tl e society's relief efforts, and the children aided others of their age in practical ways, formed sewing ' and food canning classes, and were ol great assistance in chapter relief re-lief work. j While the wheat and cotton were given by 'he U. S. Government, no money was provided to pay for the necessary work entailed. The Red Cross will meet this expense of almost $300,000 from its treasury. Citizens can aid by joining as members mem-bers of the local Red Cross chapter during the roll call from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day. |
