Show RED amo q s y EAR RR M RECON i A H BELIEF fill HUGO huge relief belief work after midwest tornado the greatest in american annals DISASTERS DROP IN 1925 ranged banned from fire to earthquake and covered wide area at homo home and abroad virtual completion ot of tho the largest pence ehno almo project ot of post poat rehabilitation ever known has been accomplished complis hed by tho thia american red hed cross in less than a year us its a part of its ita relief work in tho the moro mor 0 tit than all 00 90 disasters in which it served in the past last year this great program was undertaken following tho iho tornado which struck five midwestern mid western slates last spring killing injuring 2230 2239 more and causing inestimable pro property porty loss loas it loft left a hugo huge area of devastation in III its wako wake presenting a real problem too the red cross however wont went to work on the heels ot of the iho storm caring for the injured sheltering shattering nud feeding whole communities and help ing every individual sufferer from the destruction back to normal the magnitudes magnitude of the problem lit Is in by comparison of its huge cas caa balty list hat with that ot of the entire pro coding ceding year whose combined losses were dead and not quite 2000 injured aured as a result ot of the record number of the story of the rod hod cross service in the past year recounted by tho the report ranges from aroa heading the list ot of destructive forces with 29 disasters to mine explosions tornadoes torn adoca ty photons floods and earthquakes the santa bauta barbara earthquake was among the outstanding events recorded in tho the report the red cross crosa had completed its relief organization oo on the scene within a tow hours 0 ot I 1 the disaster and in addition had launched a program designed to permanently nestoro every person affected by it to his former status once more the red ht d crass service in tho the period following tile wreck of the navy airship shenandoah was typical ot of it promptness arid and effectiveness service ice in this instance stanca In was afforded by red crons chapters la in the vicinity ot of the wreck and by of the national organization it demon strates graphically value ol of ot of the more anoro than chapters of the society which are at work in v virtually if overy every part of tire country in the facility they afford the national organization in emergencies there wore were 61 domestic disaster operations erat ions reported in which tho the rod cross croba rendered servio servi o either through chapter or national staff personnel during the year in 34 of these tho the L national organization appropriated it a total of the greater portion of which was received as direct contributions tor for tho the relief bollot of 0 specified dis ll i a the relief operations tol kotrla iio to northern ohio tor of ju june le r bore rore ore brought to a close in ill may 1015 after an arrangement had been mado made with tho the lorain chapter to provide expert ox port services to the families of any tornado why required such hsuch assistance in the next aci nci two in this single disaster the relief work as aa finally accounted reached a total ot of the mid tornado of this car ar covering co a strip of territory miles long involved an expenditure up to juno june 30 of 0 while thu total amount turned in to the through tho tha agency of the red cros choai i was in addition to this sum specifically collected for tho the pur par pose tho the red cross croaa had expended from its regular deserves i SS in all these disasters s red cross workers vor liora have been impressed by the spirit of determination and hopefulness shown by the tha people once they recovered from their grief and bowil bobil dorment they began at once to rebuild materially and otherwise an aal always on a hotter better seals scale poss possible another significant feature ot of those these occurrences as I 1 ted led in tho the retort ot of tho the red cross was the prom promptness pt with which tile tho local chapters organized emergency relief before help could bo rec received elved rota from outside sources A direct effect of 0 their ex ample has been to ti mulato disaster r allot preparedness alulong chapters all over the country tho the services ot of the tha american red hod cross are performed invariably in tho the name of the american people on the effectiveness of this during the past year rear it ali wl 1 launch the ninth annual roll call this year on november 11 to continue until thanksgiving november 28 iltz during ring vatch support through will be invited for or 1924 |