Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
By PAUL Y. COLLINS.

as to Just what Is needed-not to
cover the losses, for no effort Is made
to do that in full, but to ascertain
what is required to set the victim on
his feet and put him In the way Of re-
covering his own ability to carry
on"
The emergency workers quietly as
certain and record what actual CON-
ditions exist. II the victims are farm
ers, what implements do they lack?
Do they need plows, or horses or cat,
tie? Dc. they need clothing or food or
shelter? Medical care?
Then appears an official who re-
ceives these data from the emergency
workers and he talks with the victims
as to how best the needs be met. Per-
haps a barn is needed. Perhaps a
house must be built to shelter the
family. Maybe the farmer has long
thought of a better site for his home
and barn than just where they werep
before the hurricane; all that Is dis,
cussed. If livestock is needed the
experts Of the State experiment sta.
ton select It.
About the time such details are set,
tied, over the hill comes q Red Cross,
caravan--50 to so men, equipped with
tools and skill and organization. In a.,
few days the rebuilding IS completeds
by this trained company, and IT,
marches on to the next beneficiary. :
49, .
There are nearly 5000 900 boys
and girls in the Junior Red Cross. !.
When the hurricane destroyed Lo-i
rain, Ohio, in 1928, the juniors saveda
the community from an epidemic, fors
| the boys Immediately took uponH
themselves to protect all wells FROM,
rats. The girls gathered in schools
/ houses to sew and make over gar-a
ments under the direction Of adultsas
Everybody was busy in Red Cross re-,
lief. And the work began within a.,
flew minutes after the storm, forI
Chairman Pond OF the local chapter,
i broadcast q call by radio for his conn.,
lmittees to meet him Immediately ats
| his Office. The organization was al,
i ready formed; It went to work within
out preliminaries. Within two or.
three hours q steamer in the Cleve-sI
land harbor was converted into hos.
pital, with all surgical, appliances !,
i took aboard 100 nurses and severalsii
doctors and four complete Lightning
Iplants, with which to illuminate the
devastated region, for It was nights
when the storm had struck.
When the great storm occurred ins
i Illinois and Indiana, at midnight the
Red Cross workers soon discovered
that the entire supply Of tetanusa
serum was exhausted; none in Chi
cago. Vice Chairman James L. File.
lser of the national headquarters
CHANGED to be in Chicago. He called
/ up Chairman William Fortune OF the
Indiana Red Cross after midnight;
and begged that he would get tetanus
serum to the scene before daylight.
i Mr.. Fortune routed out a chemical
lfirm and an airplane, and in three
lhours the serum was doing duty IN
Illinois, saving scores from lockjaw
storms are anticipated by means OF
warnings from the Weather Bureau.
| and Red Cross emergency workers
sometimes arrive before the storm
does. y.
This emergency, service is not all
that the Red Cross does. 1t Is con-
stantly doing flrst-aid and life-saying
tduty. and In the last eight years has
!, scientifically trained 800 900 women in
| hygiene and nursing. 1t aids wound 4
| ed veterans OF the war in getting re-
| Mobilization and compensation-at g
cost last year Of $1,526, 24o.95..
| Copyright. 1896. by Paul v. coliins)