Show RED CROSS RESCUED FROM DEATH spent for relief of famine sufferers in china I 1 last year I 1 to help overcome conditions of acut distress in five famine stricken provinces of northern china where millions of persons were affected by an unprecedented shortage of food tile the american red cross during the last fiscal year spent more than 1000 OW of which was contributed dl recty by national headquarters and the remainder by various groups an fn n er ested in the welfare of china through the wide relief relict operations thus made possible it Is estimated that more than famine sufferers were saed from starvation to the end that similar prompt relief measures by the organization may always be possible the red cross to Is asking continued support by the american people by universal renewal of membership at the annual red lied cross roll call november 11 to 24 the method of relief employed by the american red ked cross in its opera tlona in china was particularly effective for in addition to saying saving hundreds of thousands of lives it provided china with more than miles of permanent roads that are sorely needed to pro pre vent a recurrence of famine at one time the red lied cross employed chinese workmen paying them in food tor for themselves and dependents this food being brought in from manchuria and else elsewhere here |