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Show RED CROSS ACTIVE IN DISASTER RELIEF When disaster hits a community Gre, flood, earthquake, exploslou, bad wreck or tornado the American Ited Cross can be depended upon to follow right at- Its heels with help for the : stricken people. Red Cross relief Is almost Immediately forthcoming food, : clothing, shelter and funds; doctors, nurses and special workers with long experience In handling similar trouble J elsewhere. During the last year, ending June 30, there was an average of four disaster? a month in the Uilted States. One hundred and fifty communities In twenty-seven states suffered. The largest and most destructive of these were the tidal wave at Corpus Christ!, Texas, and tornadoes In Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In these events of horror 850 persons per-sons were killed, 1,500 were Injured, 13,000 were made homeless, about 30,-000 30,-000 families needed help, -the property loss was nearly $100,000,000 and almost al-most $1,000,000 In relief funds, not Including In-cluding emergency supplies was expended. ex-pended. To the sufferers from, all disasters during the year, the American Red Cross sent $120,000 worth of supplies, sup-plies, 110 Red Cross nurses and seven special relief trains. To meet the needs of the stricken, the organization set' up ten relief stations, operated thirty food canteens and "as many emergency hospitals. One hundred and twenty-five Red. Cross chapters gave disaster relief service. If disaster ever strikes this town or county, the citizens can be absolutely sure the Red Cross will be right on hand to help them In every way. |