Evening star., 1927-11-24
TORNADO VICTIMS
GET HOLIDAY GIFTS
Thanksgiving Brings Joy as
Red Cross Delivers Funds
and Fooda to Sufferers.

Thanksgiving day dawned ausp-
cious}v for the destitute families in
Washinctons tornado stricken areas
| today.
Volunteers Of the Red Cross Motor
Corps dispatched by the committee on
awards visited % families this morn
| ing to extend them immediate and ade'
uuate financial help in the reconstruc-
| ton of their damaged homes. Other
couriers of Thanksgiving day brought
| to scores of homes baskets ladened
with provisions for holiday feast. SO
that none of the unfortunates was for
| gotten in the midst of plenty.
| Meanwhile, subscriptions to the tor
nado relief fund continued to filter
| into the office of The Evening Star.
total of $416 having been added to the
| fund since yesterday. This brings the
grand total $2,671 nearer the $4,000
| quota set by the District OF Columbia
Chapter of the Red Cross, of which
s.. 1854 has been acknowledged by The
| Star. Contributions received by the
local Red Cross since yesterday were
not made public today, but it is believ-
ed the amount when it is known, will
swell considerably the total relief
| fund c0llecte0 10 GATE.
Two Give $3.50 for Fund.
Among the latest contributors to the
relief of the storm sufferers were the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.,
which sent in $50, and the firm Of
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc, which con-
tributed s100.
Red Cross workers at the Hine
Junior High School headquarters were
busy visiting homes in the tornado
| areas today to see that no family
| should suffer from neglect. Owing to
| the closing of all Government depart
ments and most of the business estab-
lishments, the committee on awards.
which Is passing on all worthy cases.
was not in session.
| The awards committee, however,
met last night and considered 4S cases
and as result 16 awards were autnor'
| lied. One other case is to be recon-
sidered when the committee meets
again tomorrow afternoon.
In making these awards and the
seven authorized the previous day. the
committee inquired thoroughly into
the financial ability of each family 70
help itself Each Of the % cases IN
which awards have been authorized
was represented as being entirely un'
able to get along without outside as
! siStance.
Handicapped by Holiday.
The work of the committee was
handicapped yesterday afternoon De-
cause the building loan associations
and other places of business at Wnlch
II was necessary to make inquiries
concerning families, had closed early
There will be no real delay, however
hv reason of the brief committee re.
cess. for individual cases are being
investigated today to place the facts
before the committee at its next meet
ing.
Fear that some of the destitute fam
lies in the stricken areas might go
without a Thanksgiving dinner
brought offers of assistance from a
number OF churches and other organ
izations who volunteered to PROVIDE
dinner baskets Names of more than
a score of destitute families were 1ur'
nished them by the Red Cross.
These baskets were taken to hornes
nv committees representing the Giri
Scouts. the Girls Friendly Society OF
the Good Shepherd Church, st. PAU $
Methodist Episcopal Church South
and the Powell Junior High School.
The motor corps Of the District or
Columbia Chapter. under the leader
ship of Mrs. c. III. Jewett OF 1883
| street. is playing an important roie IN
the relief activities by furnishing
Transportation for supplies and work
erS.
New Cases Uncovered.
In passing on awards for reconstruc.
ton work the committee uncovered
|
heretofore known because of the pride
of families in falling to make their
needs known to the Red Cross. One
of the most desperate cases which
have been assisted is that Of widow
whose sole means of support is a son
incapacitated for manual labor by an
automobile accident just before the
, storm. Her home was badly da mas ged
! and repairs will be made at once
: through the Red Cross.
In previous accident. this woman ;
: son had lost four fingers Of one hand
nd in the recent accident he shattar
t ed an arm SO badly that it was neces
! sary to amputate 1t. The mother Is
= cid and in i'll health.
9 Another case involves woman .,
years old. without relatives, whose
$ home was made practically unlnhabit
2 able during the storm. She was ~
: jured while trying to get to her house
I and will be incapacitated for s1Nera
5 weeks. A third woman. whose case
was passed upon favorably last night
G works az a charwoman to keep three
= of her children in school and fourth
n at home IN the care Of d neighbor. Hel
only assistance is through anothe
y daughter who is just beginning as /
II typist Practically all the clothing q
e this family was lost during the stor,,
!. which partially wrecked the rome.
n Tarpauiins Cover Homes.
T, Through the cooperation OF tn
u War Department a number of tar
> pdulns were furnished houses iai
II night through the roofs Of which III
q Ill MOANING These ware SnreaI