Show Red Rea Cross Active I I In Flooded Areas i i I It will be at least a month before most of the flood victims in Eastern Washington Wash Wash- I Ington Idaho and Montana can return to their homes according to reports received re- re rei i here today at Pacific Area Red lied Cross Headquarters Certain areas in Washington have been harder hit than those in Oregon according to Red fled Cross Cross Cross' disaster workers from the twenty nine i counties throughout the affected areas I Rehabilitation will probably be even longer in Vanport and In the lower I Columbia river region between Portland and Astoria because there is small hope j for a complete recession of flood waters wat- wat waters waters ers within the next few weeks Vanport a government housing project pro- pro will not be rebuilt and the slow Blow difficult process of relocating these 4 4 Vanport families must be en In the tho Immediate emergency period Red led Cross CroM reports today indicates that from eighty to eighty five eighty five per cent of the he northwest flood victims will call upon Red Cross CrOM in one way or another another another an an- other to provide needs Jn In food clothing shelter and medical care term Long Red led Cross aid ald including repair and re rebuilding rebuilding rebuilding re- re building of homes furnishings medical medical medi medi- cal care and occupational equipment cannot be fully estimated at this time Hardest hit of the northwest region except for Vanport la le Benton Denton county Washington near the conflux of the Columbia and Snake rivers More than 1700 families in to this relatively unpopulated unpopulated area are affected with the town of Kennewick having the heaviest des des- 1 county in the most northern northern northern north north- ern part of Washington reports J families hit by the flood with the towns of Brewster Pateros and Methow still isolated and damages unknown In In Clark and Cowlitz counties Washington along the Columbia river reports show an hourly increase in tragedy throughout through- through out ut this rich farmland Here more than homes have been damaged or destroyed destroyed destroyed des des- troyed and 1100 families affected The crest of the flood has passed Red RedCross RedCross Cross CroM Is la planning registration of all citi zens zens I Tho The governors of Washington Oregon and Idaho have officially designated the American National Red Cross as the re relief relief re- re lief lIet coordinator to cope with the entire re I floor catastrophe |