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Show RED CROSS ACTIVE IN DISASTER RELIEF YVhe. disaster bit a community Ore, flood, earthquake, axploaleo, bad wreek or tornado tbs American Had Cross ran ba 6nded upon to fallow right at Its beets with help for the stricken people, Bed Cross reJJaf Is itliuott Immediately fort -reining too4, clothing, shelter and funds: doctors, nurses and special workers ivllb loug experltnc Iu bundling similar traublt eltewhsre. Durlm; the last year, ending Jane Ws llieia was an average of four disasters a mouth In the United States. One hundred and fifty otuultlt lo twenty-sevea states suffered. The lnr.nl and most destructive of these were tut lldnl wave at Corpus Christ!, Texas, aud teruadv-M in Mississippi, LouUlsua, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, ludlaai sud Illlntts. Iu thest events tf horror 800 fic-r- reus wtrt killed, 1,500 were Injured, I.'I.IXK) wtrt umdt homeless, about SO,-(XXJ SO,-(XXJ families Deeded help, the property loos wst uearly $100,000,000 aud almost al-most $1,000,000 In relief fuuds, nut In. eluding tiuergeucy supplies wua expended. ex-pended. To tht sufferers from all disasters during tht year, the American Bed Cross sent $1.0,000 worth of supplies, sup-plies, 110 Bed Cross nurses and seven j special relief trulns. To mett the I needs of the stricken, tho organization set up ten relief stntlons, operated thirty food ennteeus and ns many emergsucy hospitals. One hundred , and tweuty-flvu Ited Cross chapters gnvt disaster relief service. 1 It disaster ever strikes this town or 1 county, the citizens can be absolutely I sine the Bed Cross will he right on j bund lo help Iheiii n every ny. .,. |