Show REO RED GROSS BELIEF AIDS distressed in DISASTERS help given in fires floods earthquake and epidemics part of years task tha the american red cross has reached into the homes of six million families in the past year with unemployment and disaster relief chairman john bar to payne announced As the year closed the organization continued in readiness to serve in the forthcoming winter at the point of greatest need and to adjust its service to meet the calls of the emergency of unemployment and disaster chairman payne stated in a year of greatest economic dis trees tress in the nation nations s history in which the ked red cross ably discharged a relief task in distributing flour and clothing to distressed families in all hut but six of the nation s 3 counties the bation also was called into action in disasters of which 86 96 were within the borders of the united states earthquake floods hurricanes fires and other cataclysms visited death and destruction upon the lives and homes of thousands of people ked red cross sta showed that in the disasters almost a thousand lives were lost homes were destroyed or damaged 13 persons were injured and red cross relief was given to 19 andl visuals in giving aid in these disasters in its unemployment relief and in handling the distribution of government wheat and cotton the red croes cross expended from its national treasury the sum of during one period of twelve weeks 46 disasters occurred in 23 states red cross disaster workers were hard pressed in meeting all of these needs occurring at once but everywhere mis cry was promptly relieved support of the red cross work Is through ite its annual roll call conducted by chapters in the period from amis armis tice ties day to thanksgiving day novem her 11 to november 30 every citizen who joins the red cross as a member aide in III carrying relief to disaster vie tic tims and in other red cross services such as preservation of life child wel tare fare through the junior red cross and direct service tor for the public health |