The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-04
DROUGHT FU NOS OvERSUBSCRIBED IN LOCAL AREA
Juneau Chapter Reports Donations Amount to
 $l,l75-Incomplete

The Drought Relief Fund of the Juneau Chapter of the American Red Cross today reached Sl,175, or s175 in excess of the quota set by the national organization, it was announced by c. T. Gardner, Gen. eral Chairman of the Drought Re lief Committee. There are several communities in the district yet to report and the total may reach S1,250, it was said.
 The local Chapter, MT Gardner said, is deeply appreciative of the ready and generous response it has received from the people of Ju- neau and other towns in it's juris- diction
 Cordova One of First
 "Alaskans have never failed to heed an urgent call for help, and usually some community in Alas ka is the first to go over the top when Red Cross funds are needed, he declared. This time it was Cor dova. which was tied with Crockett, Calf. Their quotas were sent in the first day of the drive. Chapters successful in the first 12 hours were: Wilmington, Del, Chatta- nooga. Tenn, Milton, Mass, and Providence, R. I.
 Alaska firms give donations pro- portionately larger than some of the corporations in the States. For instance, the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company and Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company subscribed s25O while the Standard Oil Company of California donated s5.O00 for all of it's units. Will Rogers donation was of equal amount.
 Many Cared For
 up to January l5, the Red Cross had extended relief to 405,000 per- sons in $50 counties. The peak IS not vet reached. Tn the Mississippi Flood Relief of 1927, the total num- Der of persons aided was 100000, but the number of counties involv- ed in that work was only ITO.
 "The flood afflicted section was limited to portion of seven states-Arkansas Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. Seventeen states are now being given drought relief They are. Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky Louisiana, Maryl ant d, Mississippi North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee Virginia, West Virginia, Arkansas Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Okla homa and Texas. Four other states, Wyoming, New Mexic O. Georgia, and Pennsylvania, are in the drought area and Red Cross chapters there may require out side help in handling the situation.
 Stories of Want
 "Pitiful stories of suffering and want are related by Red Cross workers. particularly in Arkansas and Kentucky. In single Red Cross Chapters drought area in Kentucky, there are SIP school children in desperate need of every thing from food to clothing. Health officers of Kentucky report an- ether county with normally 300 school children, of whom only forty are now in school, and only three of whom had had lunch on the day of the health officers visit.
 Red Cross workers found that some families had derived the bulk of their food from digging any edible roots and cooking them or eating them raw One family, usual ly in a livable condition, was found existing in cave because the draught had driven them from their farm and possessions.
 From Lee County, Arkansas comes the report, verified by Red Cross headquarters in St. Louis that Al per cent of the population is facing actual starvation if the Red Cross does not supply them with food
 Lack Bare Necessities
 People in the drought area arc in actual want and in many cases