Two new shipments of American Red Cross relief supplies valued at more than $100,000 are being rushed to Poland to meet urgent needs of the suffering population, Chairman Norman H. Davis announced today.
One shipment containing 88 bales and 198 cases of blankets, clothing, hospital garments, bed clothes and surgical dressings left New York last week, Davis said.
Another shipment containing 252 cases, 203 drums, 37 bags, four barrels and four bags of medical and hospital supplies will go forward on a boat next week, the chairman said.
Purchase of 25,000 suits of underwear for Polish women and children has been ordered and shipment may be made at the same time, Davis said.
These shipments will make a total of ten that the American Red Cross has consigned to Poland. Eight shipments already have arrived in Poland and are now being distributed by Wayne Chatfield Taylor and James T. Nicholson. Two other American Red Cross workers are en route to Europe to aid in supervision of relief distribution in Poland.
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