Show red cross membership drive now in progress in kane county many people in kanab and kano kane county have responded to tile the red cross roll call which has haa been in pro progress giess since armistice day nov 11 the local officers of the org aulza tion made a house to house canvass in last week in order to procure re tho allotted quota of 0 memberships A similar canvass has haa been made in the other communities in kano county the estimated value of tile the commod ittes distributed in utah la in 1932 by tile tha red bed cross Is ll which we was divided as aa follows flour cotton cloth garden seed stork stock teed feed in utah alone cases tor for service and ex service men find and cases tor for civilians were handled bandied by the homo home service commit tee ot of the red cross the first aid committee conducted 33 classes and issued certificates ca cates tes tor for lifesaving life saving were issued and persons were enrolled in the swimming campaign the home hygienic committee conducted 23 classes and issued certificates the present red cross membership in the state of 0 utah Is or two per cent of the population of the state the state goal this year Is members from federal owned wheat almost have been partially red fed from federal owned cotton persons are being partially clothed through the american red cross as distributing agency chairman Chai iman john johnh barton payne in announcing these totals pointed out that uio the scope of this form of government aid ald to the needy aad distressed was literally nationwide flour has been given in all but of the counties in the united states judge payne said in eight efm states chapters in every county have applied tor for flour the first forty million bushels of wheat heat W which congress made available to the red cross witti with distribution stinting starting in march was exhausted e in september c P tIn ber another fortye forty live five million bushels voted in july is expected to pr 0 v ide flour tor for the needy until the spring 0 ot f 1933 the red cross crosa chairman announced the cotton distribution started stained august 0 has now totaled yards of cloth expected to make in excess of ton ten million garments and finished ments purchased numbered judge rayne payne said hardship had been greatly reduced through use of 0 the wheat and cotton red hed cross flour distribution was estimated to haye lifted front from IS 18 to 26 25 per cent of 0 the load of local chart charitable agencies since they had ex that percentage of relief funds tor for bread previous to the tree free flour distribution the scope of the red hed cross activities in converting eighty five million bushels of wheat into flour awl and teed feed for farm animals and distributing it for individual use was waa given by judge payne as follows number of barrels barrel of flour distributed or 24 pound sacks sacka families receiving flour millers employed chapters and other units applying tor for flour bushels of wheat used up to november 6 the expense of administration borne by the national red hod cross in meeting these two complex merchandising problems was given as an average of 1600 1500 a day with wheat distribution trib ution centering in chicago and cotton in washington the red cross chairman told ot of cotton mills kept open and children returned to school through the cotton cloth project the annual red hed H ed cross roll call beginning armistice day and ending thanksgiving day Is depended upon for or tile the funds to continue meeting tb the e costs costa of this distribution and to support other red cross activities |