| Show more than million in twenty states slates fed by red cross volunteers hot S school chool lunches and balanced R ration a t i 0 n a given to drought victims seed programs instituted on wide scale more than persons persona in d ought stricken counties of 20 states State came under the care ol of the american red cross in what developed into the most extensive relief operations in halt a ot of ministering to mt humanity measures to lessen the severity ot of the blow inflicted by drought drough t were taken as early as last september when seed was distributed to more than families lor for the planting ot of rye ry and other pastures and to more than families tor for the planting ol of kitchen gardens gardena the expenditure for or this purpose amounted to green vegetables were made available up to the th first ot of january early in february another red cro crom garden program got under way and packages ot of seed were distributed in 15 states quarter acra acre plots were planted to beans beets cabbage carrots collard sweet corn kale lettuce mustard okra 0 kra onions oklona peas spinach squash tomatoes and turnips once again were farm arm families given the opportunity to participate in their own salvation salv atlon A comparatively mild winter contributed to the success of the spring and fall seed campaigns many habitual tingle single croppers were introduced to the advantages ot of kitchen gardens balanced cropping and balanced diet numerous landowners land owners have expressed the olIn opinion lon that this constitutes the th one apparent blessing to come coma out ot of the drought catastrophe the united states department of agriculture and the local county agricultural agents agent and home demonstration agents cooperated in making this part ol of the operations outstandingly successful balanced meals served red cross feeding was aimed at adequacy and scientific correctness as we well 11 as simple economy in large numbers ot of schools where children were found to be attending with little or nothing in their lunch boxes hot meals were served at noon A typical menu consisted of vegetable soup and bread one day thick beet beef soup or stew blew with vegetables another day cocoa or milk and cheese peanut butter or jam sandwiches a third day in some places where lunches not served in the schools hut were pro vidal for in the re regular ular tood food orders each ich N family h abing children re extra staples for school lunches lugii hea including peanut butter raisins prunes and es lied fled C ross rosa nutritionists I 1 In led bothers in the lie preparation or of him lies ciles cannily health olli cers aud and private alil iii I 1 ins alio t P a adequacy ade quac of rations procured pr inured on orders isiura hy by laed C ross chap chapitis icis which wera fillod nt at loial local stores besides the ibe usual usually hi hapl ta i pi pl is seeh sin h as corn c meal icil ii flour lard cinat leans 1 pans and pota po lovs such items as canned salmon Kil nion wilhite cabbage il hite tomatoes vego vegetables tables and milk were provided each 01 ador ilar bring aildred ail pled to the hie special nims of the I 1 he fai family rilly tor for whom it was issued where eliere poll ra threatened eggs yeast and other preventives were gavvn thousands of volunteer workers many t thousands thou h 0 u a sanda a n d a ot of volunteers through their local cited cross chapters gave freely of their time experience and efforts as in other red cross disaster operations they searched out needy casca in their communities nl nimy ny being restrained from asking assistance because of pride chapter committees investigated clr cam stances distributed food and clothing moio alore than carloads of foodstuffs were wera contributed these were given tree free haulage by railroads farmers of 0 more fortunate sec sections tiong embraced the opportunity to help their pastoral cousins ot of the affected ared shipments shipment ranged dom live poultry to fish from grain to grapefruit carloads Car loada ot of flour eggs beans vegetables onions rice corn and mixed vegetables were in 0 eluded r As aa the result ot of coordinated co red cross chapter efficiency eOl clency not one au rase case of starvation as a 1 result it of drought has been uncovered large quantities of new and used clothing were distributed in direct c consequence sequence on many school children re s umed their studies who had been kept at home tor for lack ot of sufficient protection from the elements in some instances instance rural schools that had been closed were enabled to reopen as a result ot of red cross relief work states involved were alabama arkansas georgia illinois indiana kentucky Loul louisiana slana maryland misola missouri montana north carolina lina north dakota ohio oklahoma pennsylvania tennessee texas virginia west virginia many of these theae states bad been hard hit by a succession of floods crop fall fail urea low prices and economic depression and drought constituted a climax to the cycle of distress wherever I 1 went wrote one observer 1 I made a point of 0 asking what would have happened it if the red cross cro had not been able to respond in wide ly scattered points from leading citizens came the answer that undoubtedly there would have been many deaths directly from starvation with epidemics preying apse the tk ad megs tiled |
