| Show ia feimst 1 BE t CROSS 4 fr A la l A A tta ift i ft fc 1 ari BELIE WWW lly i jai w acost y R aw u ayt gt 77 ti t i az ii j n y rf are 0 N aff on jn rl A 9 jear 1 Cs 7 raga ass I 1 headed the list of af dibas united swea la th past year i the report pt of red crasi ap operations era t ons for t the year ending jane 30 1 showing ng 29 great tomps we were second im ha abo Olith 24 beenk rec recorded rde for the same bamo ph nt Sd ahta Th ta record d does 0 e s not include the tornado occurred art tha r addad as ald a num hum bero sto rina ind and disasters nee in whit h th e elrad red cross oro vad f included a the list of lot III disasters covered by tha acord of the yeara t bellet iterations lone 01 of L the hed cross are barth explosions I 1 m disasters I 1 a cloudburst a hailstorm storm urea fires 1 flouda hurricanes a rail road wreck a scarlet fever epidemic typhoid epidemic tornadoes toina does and s typhoon tb the latler occurred lo 10 the tha philippines bat la Is included iq in the operations in all aalthe ape the bcd cross IN services in 77 ian jor disasters lq ij the united states and in t hii a L hurricane over rr cavan t j cuba and the igle ot pines one I 1 la the bahamas and ad nth til ers through aloun west indian re alons glons ito v s tire ire in forto nac rico another ly in H haiti alti earthquakes in 14 Ar armenia japan and albania floada in 16 jugo and mexico the organization conducted retugio relief operations in syria bulgaria and china the latter largely dur due ato to fact faction ova alt 1 1 wars war P foul fought oyer over various parts af pf ot past p ast year 1 two wo 0 outstanding dis disasters a at t home were the Florida ride hurricane and the Mississippi Valley flood rehabilitation tation n operations of the latter disaster are arest still fil in progress under the red hed cross A national appeal far for funds was made in both dla disasters asters resulting in contributions for relief amounting amb to more mora than the mississippi good la Is the ahe put standing disaster in the whole history of the tha redcross red cross Crass disaster relief ie ertice 1 ry in this one oie catastrophe the or sanitation raised through il subscriptions by the people of the coun country try and foreign nations 4 approximately for relief usa aided by this funa I 1 it fed cloi clothed bed sheltered or jtb otherwise assisted more than au U man beings fed and cared tor for ap proximately proximate li head of livestock and established refugee i camps the flood inundated approximately equale miles and affected counties in eight states some tso homeless persons were sheltered shel la ila cross camps when the emergency was waa fit 0 its height the red cross cros was serving more than a million meals a day so 80 vast was the work imposed on the red cross and agencies conducting rehabilitation that tills this phase of the flood relief task la is expected to extend well into the coming izoar year vp up to september 15 families fa illes lirtie flood zone had been bee given rehabilitation assli assistance tance by y the be red cross and aid acres of flooded cropland crop in seven states bad heen been rep replanted 1 anted with if red ea cross aid there had been expended or j committed for expenditure in connection with t this h I 1 s relief and rehabilitation work atonal a total of the appeal tor for m nationwide nation wide membership increased to adult members it was pointed out la based on the realization that demands on rod red ross rosa r osa service such as occasioned by disaster relief are increasing each year for that teason reason especial importance Is lent leat to the eleventh an nual dust roll call of the organization to be held from armistice day novem her bar 11 II to thanksgiving november 24 during which this membership will rebuilt be built ap |
