Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — RED CROSS WORK IN ITALY [ARTICLE]

RED CROSS WORK IN ITALY

Organization Performa Big .Task in Helping the Unfortunates In That Country. Washington.—ln the historic Palazzo Vecchio of Florence, Italy, the American Red Cross distributed clothing to more than 40,000 refugees and pov-erty-stricken Italians in two days. The contents of each parcel covered a wide variety of needs, from underwear to layettes for children yet unborn. Part of the silpply came from this country, part from stocks in neutral countries, where Industrial Red Cross agents have been able to satisfy a portion of their needs, and part from the Italian market, now nearly exhausted. In addition, orders for food were distributed to persons whose needs were guaranteed, small certificates good for five lire worth of rice, canned meat or condensed milk, when presented at the city storehouses. To pay for this draft on the municipal provisions, the American Red Cross deposited 20,000 lire with the city assessor. The press of the country, commented on this relief work of the American people as “the greatest single gift on record to any Italian city during the war.”