THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16.
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THE W'AYN ESV1LLE MOUNTAINEER
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RED GROSS RELIEF
AIDS DISTRESSED
IN 123 DISASTERS
Help Given in Fires, Floods, Earth
quake and Epidemics Fart
of Year's Task
71' A?:-. rW.v.: : .1 C'r.wsli;..: r..t-!i-I
ir.to ::'.!- (1 laUlion families
in the- past year v.ith m; tn'i'.oyment
and disaster relief, Chr.'rxv r. .7.-h:t r;ar
to Payne announced.
"As the year elosnl th- organization
continued in readiness to erve in the
forthcoming winter at the point, of
greatest need and to adjust its service
to meet the calls of the emergency of
unemployment and disaster," Chairman
Payne stated.
In a year of greatest economic dis
tress in the nation's history, in which
the Red Cross ably discharged a relief
task in distributing flour and clothing
to distressed families in all but six of
the nation's 3,098 counties, the organi
sation also was called into action in 120
disasters, of which 96 were within the
borders of the United States.
Earthquake, floods, hurricanes, fires
and other cataclysms visited death and
destruction upon the Uvpa and homes
of thousands of people. Red Cross sta
tistics showed that in the 120 disasters
almost a thousand lives were lost, 148,
340 homes were destroyed or damaged,
13,275 persons were injured, and Red
Cross relief was given to 452,879 indi
viduals. In giving aid in these disasters, in its
unemployment relief and in handling
the distribution of government wheat
and cotton, the Red Cross expended
from its national treasury the sum of
$1,070,284.
During one period of twelve weeks,
46 disasters occurred in 23 states. Red
Cross disaster workers were hard
pressed in meeting all of these needs
occurring at once, but everywhere mis
cry was promptly relieved.
Support of the Red Cross work is
through its annual roll call, conducted
by chapters in the period from Armis
tice Day to Thanksgiving Day, Novem
ber 11 to November ;S0. Every citizen
who joins the Red Cross as a member
aids in carrying relier to disaster vic
tims and in other Red Cross services.,
such as preservation of life, child wel
fare through the Junior Red Cross, and
direct service for the public health.
RED CROSS CLOTHES
THE NATION'S NEEDY
Flour, Bread, Clothing Reach Into
More Than Five Million
Homes of Jobless
The greatest task over undertaken
by a -relief agency in the history of
private eh-.rity is '-drawing to a close
with th" final' uMri-butlan of cotton
clothing to ' in'ore ih;:ti five million
families by the Aaieri.-an Red Cross.
At the 'direction -of. the Congress, be
ginning eighteen months ago. the Rod
Cross undertook to convert the- wheat
aBd cotton :. of the Farm
Board into .food and. clothing for 'the
unemployed and needy. In . the con
sequent operation, this relief agency
entered upon a commercial enterprise
greater than any single commercial
firm has eve:-' undertaken in the same
period of !::: .
In the ensuing months the Red
Cross converted S5,ooo, 000 bushels of
wheat into Hour and bread and gave it
to S.SO'l.f'OO families. The distribution
was through 3,700 Red Cross chapters
and hundreds of other charitable agen
cies. During the severe northwestern
drought of . 1931 the Red Cross also
; gave wheat in the form of food for live
' stock to 184, 1S8 families.
. The clothing - dresses, underwear,
overalls, jumpers, sweaters and stock
ings for men, women and children, and
even blankets and comforters was dis
tributed to 5,465,410 families. More
' than 54,000,000 ready-made garments
and 92,000,000 yards of cotton cloth
were given to the needy. This clothing
came from 844,000 bales of cotton.
The wheat distribution was conclud
ed in June, 1933, and linal distribution
of cotton thing is occurring in the
fall months.
In handling those tasks voted to it
by Congress, the Red Cross will ex
pend from lta own treasury $?3i,000.
At the same time the organization car
ried on its regular program of disaster
relief; of service to the veterans of all
our wars; of educational and welfare
work through the Junior Red Cross,
of health education and public health
nursing and of life paving and first aid.
Funds for this work come from the
membership roll call the Red Cross
chapters conduct from Armistice Da;
to Thanksgiving Day. when every one
is invited to join the K"d Cr.oes and aid
in this vital relief work.
': Seven hundred t'ton-atd women vol
ttnteers ur.ecr t':o. Red. Cross baiino:
sewtd fir t li- i r
many :thous'intk$ .-a'.M s.nS ct;.;l3 cot
frn narmcnts far ' thoi'r 11? 'I ''
chapters. .
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Timely Questions
And Answers On
Farm Problems
Preddz'-:c Son ?Iow an Aero Cop
Que-te':: H-.w much ariiik-i :! li'.'ir.
.-h. ;'.:! !. pn. voice :: the layinir h-a i
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.si '.!: :..en in. -he- in ijiam; w and
f.ur .in - .i v .-h-u!tl ' provided
! each I'll!,.. 'j h;- fight .-hollld
i ivirula'ed t!; .; the l-inls- have
from twclv,. ' fourteen Ivauv a day
to c;t-
Quest ii Hi : I, it too la;,, to put in
grass seed !:: lawns?
An-wor: No. While it would have
been better ii" the seed had been sown
in September, it is not yet too late
to fret a good st itui especially if there
is a moderate winter. In seedinjr,
however, be sure that there is suffi
cient seed used. About -Jo to (
pounds should be used to the
After sowing, the seed should ' ; j
thoroughly harrowed or raked itv.n
the soil and covered uniformly at a'
about one-half inch. These condi- i
tions apply only to th(. central and
eastern sections of the State as it is
too late for fall seeding in the mountains.
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Question: Should hogs lt. fed be
fore they are killed?
Answer: No. The hog should le
kept without feed for at least 24
hours before they are killed but
should be given plenty of water
This allows timp for all feed to pass
out of the stomach. It is easier to
get a good .bleed when the system is
not gorged with food and the meat
always cures better when the small
blood vessels are free 'from food par
ticles, and blood- ;
Question: How can size of eggs
bp increased?
Answer: l'hcif are many factors
that influence- the size of eggs. The
tendency to produce large eggs is in
herited and for that .reason the poul
trynien should be careful in the -.selection
of eggs for hatching and
should olinate all hens from the
breeding Hock- that . produce small
eggs. Proper feeding also has an
influence in the production of large
eggs. Milk feeding and. protein from
animal sources are recommended as
part of the poultry feed for increase
in g egg size- .
"Ye-, we rai-t'd some .Mapper corn
i.i-t fall'
"Why Mapper corn?"
"We couldn't see th
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Question: How much silage and
hay should be provided for each dairy
cow for the winter months?
Answer: The silage requirements
depend to a large extent upon the
weight of the individual cow but
thP average animal will consume
about three pounds of silage a day to
each 100 hundred pounds of body
weight. Multiply the weight of your
cows by three and then by the num
ber of days thev will lie fed and you
will have the amount of silage requir-
ed for the herd. The amount of hay
also depends to some extent upon the
weight of the cow and the length of
the grazing season but under ordi
nary conditions two tons of legume
hay should be provided for. each an.
imal in the herd-
Elliott ltoosevelt, son of 1'resldent Eoosevelt, and nviation editor of the Lo
Angeles Examiner, recently Joined the Los Angeles police department's 'aen
squad." In recognition of his services to the development of aviation, Chief ol
Police James B. Davis pinned a regulation aero police badge No. 22 on his coal
and told him to be ready for call or technical service at any time.
.:. i o -.. e-ll your ne:,hbor will be gUd to !-t you
'- ovc- i: tt.k-;:i:',::e. .That's when you c:d: the Telephone
C :;. to trd.r a tek-phene of your own.
Or course your naijbbor probably doesn't mind when you
: z'.'. to ".:c ras tc.'tphone, even though you arc borrowing- some
thing you cannot repay,
But subscribers who consider how often the telephone saves
them time rr.d money know its value outweighs its small cost, and
they ere always glad when another of their friends joins the
telephone circle.
Thin!; it over. Consider how convenient it is to have your
frie.-.ds only a few seconds away and to knew you have a ready
way to summon help in an emergency. You will no doubt agree
that the value of telephone service is so great and the cost sq
reasonable that it really doesn't pay to try to do without it.
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November 23rd, And Will Be Sold
on The Second Monday in Dec.
In Order to PreventProperty from
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Not Paid 1932 Taxes ToPay
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