Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-10-23
WORK DONE BY
RED CROSS IS
GIVEN PUBLIC
ORGANIZATION FEEDS $780,.
900, MOSTLY CHILDREN.
IN AUSTRIA.

WASHINGTON. Oct. ?2.--Amcrlcan
Ped Cross relief operations m Eu.nre
duiing the last fiscal year were cun-
ccrncd almost entirely In aiding other.
N'se helpless hurdles OF refugees ard
establishing chnin e chill health
units tina are r. Uulng thousand Il
bildrcn from the misery war has us.
ned upon ,.em. says the 'hnnal rciui:
~ the Rel Cross AIDE lrb'io hc,c -
day.
In Aus'rla the American lied crosr
tIugrat. r,tulted in the at .'butiol ~
ICED. clio hing aud medicsi suppl - 10
10000 t'isOns. in"hily cslircn. gay"
cnploynH ~ Ia ga-.ient m,t'ng 10 10
it, naiNc women: provia 5000. 80
ffpncs worth Of medical III ether yrp.
ilies 10 30 hospitals. 3.si' bids ~ ~.
yiitu,.ons caring for s7.p., chiId ~
nd assisted organization, rcachihI
lri .Oou persons.
In South Russia and q ,.siJntinL, l-
the 'iraL faiion Mas c.,lcu upSr 20
sudden care tor 10000 refugees. WAC
Ne, fort,d 20 LEAVE tue c..'r.a when
Nrang army c,.lins ii. .. As. ''bd.
tea all the supplies originally placed at
~ disposal In the Near Eat. 100000
."nt by the Russian Embassy n tho
A, nitcd States rnd an sdilinna. s5ce..
coo worth II supplies lrHn ia nwn 70
s,i'c fund.
In Poland. 10000 refugees ahD i'ad
Il, bore the Russian Soviet .nvas.on
v,Iv &. red for. 10000 ch.lar wee ~
-.s;cd with God and clo;hiar rcrnu +.
80 i,..-I work was cstabi.ha.d Ia many
hospitals for children. more than 1000
surgical eases were cared for weekly
md maximum Of 10000 persons were
:cd In a single month.
In Italy. the chief work Oft he Amer.
lean Red Cross last year was assistance
liv.a In the Mugello and Tuscany
earthquakes. when II had eis tents
with all relief supplies erected and In
,pcration within n hours.
In Hungary. the outstanding feature
~ the work for the year was the dis.
trihution To needy children and rcfu.
gccs OF 1900 600 articles of clothing and
he mobilization IL $4,000 native WON
IN IN "A nationwide knitting campaign.
The total relief supply distributions Of
10 R.d cfoss In Hungary for the year
averaged 10 tons a day.
| In Greece. 10000 Greek refugees
from the Caucasus were assisted with
f,od and clothing and later were given
such supplies that a large number ii
them were able 10 colombo In 81 de
serted villages and resume their normal
wcuratins. \ complete c/dhealth
program was also inauguratcd among
5000 children.
In Csecho Slovakia. the work for the
Year included a medical survey of so.
100 children. enrolment of iss. 900 chill
ly,L.n- into. q Junior Red Croepr smebi,
patton Of 1000 children into a hcaitl
crusade; the distribution of large guam
.itl,s of medical supplies and clothing
and the establishment u the first TIVE
r 81 II medical ccntcrs for child healtl
work.
In Montenegro. the work Of the Amer
itnn Red Cross was devoted to assist
irg war orphans. chilifeeiing kitchen
sawed during the year total OF owe
,o0e 900 meals. while the health Ger
,.ia SUPERVISED aud aided 10000 chil
c,-n with medical supplies and surgl
!, al treatment.
! In Serbia. relief work was cstnblishe'
I smurv the "a. 1000 wa, orphans.
The work in Eumanla was cntircl
l. among the children and consisted q
financial assistance given to Rumania
-, ganixations.
. In Western Russia and the Bait
states. i72 chlld.health ccnters wei