The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-15
Insular and Foreign work.

States, Insular and Foreign work.
Foreign Work
Below is given bit of information
on the foreign disasters to which the
Red Cross contributed funds from Ma
tional Headquarters:
$2,500.00 was sent by the National
Organization to relieve suffering caused
by the Floods of Latvia during the
summer of 1928. 5000 persons were
affected by these floods.
100000 was contributed by the Ma
tional Organization for relief for
afflicted by loss in the hurricane of
Haiti during August 1928
100000 was contributed by the Ma
tional Organization for the relief for
$4,000 for the sufferers of st. Eusta-
titus Island after the hurricane of Sept
ember Is, 1928.
National Headquarters contributed
81 10000 toward the Costa Rico relief
program which was evidenced as a
result of floods in that territory during
November 1928.
During the month of November the
Red Gross also assisted in giving aid
to those affected by storms in the
Dominican Republic. 100000 was
sent from National Headquarters for
this purpose.
s25,O64.10 was contributed to Chile
to assist after the earthquake of Dec
ember 1, 1928. 221 persons were killed
and $50 injured as a result of this
disaster
January II, 1929 an earthquake oc-
CURED at Cumana, Venzuela, killing
IS persons, injuring 800 and causing
$4,000 to be left homeless. S6,993 19
was contributed toward relieving the
distress of these people.
Macedonia and Thrace were visited
by floods in February 1929. AT this
time National Headquarters spent
100000 for assistance to those af-
fected
S5,00000 was expended by Ma
tional Headquarters in Northeast Per-
STA after the earthquake of May 3,
1929. 1000 persons were killed as a
result of this earthquake.
Possibly the greatest way in which
the Red Gross has helped to convey
health to any people and given them
hope that once again they may stand
on their own responsibility is when
National Headquarters contributed
s15,O00.00 this year toward the install
lation of the Armenian refugees into
new quarters in Syria.
The American Junior Red Gross con-
tinued to support various projects in
foreign lands, the most outstanding of
which is the Albanian Vocational
School where we spent s18,27722 dur
ing the year. This school affords a
technical education to many Albanian
boys and is real contribution to the
progress Of that nation During the
year the American Juniors sent so 31e
Christmas boxes to children in foreign
countries.
Service to Ex-Service Men
and Women
Red Cross workers in So government
hospitals assisted over 10000 disabled
veterans monthly by solving home and
personal problems that interfered with
| their medical treatment, by entertain
ment events and in many other ways
| Our program in these hospitals sup
| plemented the regular governmental
| program Red Cross workers in thes.
| So hospitals performed numerous ser.
| vices that the government workers ar,
not permitted to do under existing
Congressional appropriations. Ou
work in these hospitals is real con
tribution to the whole plan of re-es
| tablishing our veterans of the Worll
War in the peace-time walks of life
A monthly average of 51.091 servic
men and ex-service men and thei
families were assisted by the Red eros
Home Service workers in chapter.
camps and hospitals. Our Red eros
home service workers helped these ser