| Show RED CROSS AIDS IN 13 FLOOD SWEPT STATES new flooded areas in tennessee kentucky crid and indiana have brought the total number of stricken families 1 now receiving red cross aid in ea eastern tates states to numbering moie than persons A L schafer cr red cross manager in the pacific I 1 area is advised by admiral cary T G grayson rayson chairman of the Nt national ional red cross while chairman grayson is making a personal survey suncy ol of the at 13 flood torn states red cross chapters chap teis and individuals individual divi duals everywhere are responding to his appeal to in increase crese by f fifty if ty per I 1 cent all original flood relief quotas the need havin having more than doubled since the first call for assistance more than red cross guises ate aie oaring for sick persons in emergency shelters in districts threatened with scarlet fever and measles or in Endling If insulations a against inot typhoid fever in the devastated areas twenty nine rail railroads in the east central states are shipping bip ping food clothing and medical supplies without cost for use in the flood adeas on authorization of the american red cross andi As the magnitude of the relief and rehabilitation task grows additional disaster relief workers who have leen cell held in reserve in the pacific area have been called to the stricken cities five social 0 oase s to I 1 help family rehabilitation have gone from the pacific earst national headquarters at wishing to 0 P I 1 C reports gifts of 1000 from the he Cans canadian dian red cross and the san SIvad iv adolean otean red cross and from rom the hawaiian islands and other gifts gift s from to 10 cents each donor expressing a willingness to hep the stricken in every way possible while the steamer wiliom rockefeller bound for baltimore bucked an atlantic gale radio brought news of the costern flood officers and crew of the ship collected and turned it over to the baltimore chapter mrs louisa gix of Pet Aikey michigan sent a 5 check direct to president rodsevelt sevelt for the relief fund saying 1 I am 76 ye years ars young but I 1 never heard or saw anything iny thing tike like this flood aiom rom chicago a woman sent 1 writing it is a very sm smell 11 donation but my husband has only recently round found employment we tote know what it means to be homeless A similar sum ws sent by a man mail from detroit who wrote for relief of the homeless I 1 hale hae a wife anil and four children and we know what it is ito to bo be in need I 1 was out of a job for n ong time and on the relief rolls thanks to t god I 1 am back working and only wish I 1 could give more the MA anuska valley land colonists at palmer alaska sent it a gift of 51 two dimes c itne from a ten year old invalid girl at richmond ca i fornia wha said she geive it cheerful y bad and with love mr schafer announced pacific area ahei contributions monday noon totaled tale as chapters sped onward in their campaign camp campt ign for the coz As quota in the national re ile lef fund |
