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Show RED CROSS RELIEF IN CENTRAL EUROPE But for timely assistance of the American Red Cross during the Inst year, a large proportion of the 20.000,-000 20.000,-000 population of the Balkan States might have starved or perished from disease or exposure. Six million dollars dol-lars worth of food, clothing and medical medi-cal supplies have been sent to the Balkans Bal-kans Roumania, Bulgaria, Albania Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Greece since the beginning of Red Cross relief re-lief operations In Central Europe, while millions of dollars worth of food alone has? been sent to the needy In these states. The money expended by the Red Cross In this stricken portion of Europe Eu-rope has been used to set up hospitals, orphanages, dispensaries, mobile medi- ca units and to help in the general re-j re-j construction of devastated areas. Amer-! Amer-! lican tractors and other farming Implements Imple-ments have been sent to the agricultural agricul-tural regions where aid has been giv-j giv-j en In plowing the land. I By the last of this year probably i all American Red -Cross BgenclPS administering ad-ministering relief' In Central Europe will have withdrawn. By that time, it is believed, th people will have approached ap-proached a normal state of living and ; will be able through their own agencies which the Red Cross has helped set j up to provide for themselves. |