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Show MANY HOMELESS IN MISSISSIPPI Relief Work Is Delng Done by American Amer-ican Red Cross Society Now Orleans. Approximately 70,000 men, women nnd children are homo-loss homo-loss in Missl8Bippl nnd Louisiana as tho result or the Misslsslpp flood, and of this number 40,000 aro being fed, sheltered and clothed b the Red Cross and other organizations, it was officially stated Monday by various relief bodies. No provisions have been made to aid tho 80,000 persons who have not reached the refugee camps, tho statement said. Rations, aro now being issued to 18,504 Individuals, who were driven from their homes In Louisiana. In Mississippi the committee plans to feed 20,000 porsons In the Yazoo valley. The committee nfs mass moeting Sunday declarod its funds wero "pitifully "piti-fully Inadequate" nnd docldcd to ask President Harding to Issue n nationwide nation-wide cull for contributions. Refugee camps established In Louisiana Loui-siana nnd Mississippi aro taxed to capacity ca-pacity and additional refugees aro arriving ar-riving dally as the flood wators continue con-tinue to reach out into now territory. |