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Show 110 DISASTERS IN YEAR ENLIST RED CROSS AID Nearly $400,000 Spent in United States Greek Refugee Work Completed. For lis preparedness to render ro-llcf ro-llcf through effective and generous aid to thn sufferers from disaster the American Red Cross Is universally regarded re-garded as the ona organization from which rosponso to appeal for help In Immediate In the hint year, according accord-ing to the nnnual report of the Red Cross, lis disaster relief operations were carried out lu 110 localities In the United States. This work, with activities carried over from the previous previ-ous year, required the expenditure In the Unltod States of $397,408.04 by the American Red CroHH, Its Chapters and Branches. In the emergency following fol-lowing the defeat of the Greek forces In Turkey and the burning of the city of Smyrna, which entailed the rellof of nearly 900,000 men, women and children. Red Cross National Headquarters Head-quarters expended $2, 605, 696. 09. The food distributed in Greece aggregated 25,000 tons; garments, 809,000; blankets, blan-kets, 48,550; new shoes, 5,000 pairs; medical, hospital and sanitary supplies, sup-plies, 301 tons. In the feeding of the refugees there was listed upwards of 82,000 children uuder three years of age. The disasters In the United States during the past year reported 240 persons per-sons killed, 991 Injured, 12,691 rendered ren-dered homeless. The total property loss was estimated at $20,710,000. Relief of suffering caused by disasters disas-ters of such magnitude as to overwhelm over-whelm the resources of the communl- , ties In which they occur Is fundamen- i tal to the charter of the American Red Cross. In addition to making ap- , proprlatlons from Its treasury and assigning as-signing trained personnel to relief work, the Red Cross in disaster cen- , trallzes and makes more effective relief re-lief funds and supplies contributed by the country at large. Since 18S1 the Red Cross has administered ad-ministered more than $20,000,000 for the single purpose of disaster relief. That It may continue to accept the responsibilities re-sponsibilities which grave emergencies emergen-cies place upon the American Red Cross appeal Is made for a nationwide nation-wide renewal of membership during the annual roll call, which opens on ! Armistice Day, November 11, and closes on Thanksgiving Day, November Novem-ber 29. |