Show FAMILIES APPEAL T TO RED CROSS UNITS F four 0 ur thou thousand 9 and f families a mill on n number U mb 0 r ing persons persona have applied to tho the american rod cross crosa tor for assis tance while trained disaster relief workers press forward in the move more to quickly rehabilitate destitute homo home owners in the california see sections stricken by the earthquake march 10 the manager tor for the pacific area today reported that rehabilitation la Is well advanced at compton whore families have been registered working with R A shepard the area director a local ial advisory committee is iq materially assisting the work of at restoring the residents I 1 of that community y to normal con dit editions ions As rapidly as rehabilitation la is effected in the outlying districts work will be concentrated in long be beach leh where a majority of the families require assistance experienced welfare workers are learning tragic details and harrowing experiences ot at the earthquake refugees two beneficiaries are an 11 boar old girl with a fractured skull and her mother who suffered a paralytic stroke during the temblor an expectant mother an earthquake refugeo refugee was rushed to a hospital by a red cross worker when it was wag found she had no funds for medical assistance another disaster worker discovered an aged widow crippled tor for years and unable to call at the or headquarters for aid food and clothing wore were immediately provided still another call upon the relief organization camo came from a man who appealed to emergency head for food when his story was told it was wag found he had lost hla his job while taking his children from the disaster area to relatives in the south hla his wife was in a hospital expecting a baby ills his entire family including hla his m mother other had been rendered helpless until other provision can be made the red cross la Is caring for them A woman with a lo 10 months montha old baby aby was grateful that both she and the baby had escaped the wrecking i cf f the family automobile and home the demolished cat car sold for as ag lunk junk when that money was consumed cone conr umed both mother and baby were without core care until the woman applied at red cross emergency headquarters |