AMERICAN RED CROSS
CANTEENS FOR LONDON IMMEDIATE PURCHASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. (Received Sept. 10, at 10 p.m.) The Red Cross ordered the immediate purchase in London of 12 mobile canteens, each composed of eight vehicles, at a total cost of 65,000 dollars. These could be-used to rush hot foods to bombed areas. Since'May the Red Cross has sent to England 151 ambulances, 5,000,000 surgical dressings, 2,138,000 dollars’ worth of medicines, thousands of pounds weight of canned and dried foods, and 470,000 pieces of clothing.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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84AMERICAN RED CROSS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 8
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