Show red cross facts A summary of red cross relief operations in the drought area as of 0 february shows that approximately persons in counties of twenty two states being fed or otherwise aided by the organization on that date this Is an increase of more than over the number being aided as of january 31 and Is believed by officials to represent the peak load while some chapters have been able to cut down the number of families being helped because of government loans becoming operative some employment opening up and financing of farmers and planters being resumed in the plantation country other chapters in more northerly states were meeting an increased burden of relief because many families who had been able to carry on now found their resources exhausted the number of families receiving aid during february was as agai against ns t families in january local chairman mrs airs M A kopp re reports only a little over a fourth of the park city quota has been collected so far or 52 50 the mines contributing of this amount the past week |