supplies were sent through the blockade to occupied Euro-
pean countries. These went through the facilities of the
International Red Cross Committee at Geneva, the neutral
intermediary between belligerents, and were distributed in
France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Yugo-
slavia, and Greece.

INSULAR CHAPTERS

While Guam and the Philippines remained silent, seven
insular chapters of the American Red Cross continued to
function actively, paced by the Hawaii Chapter whose work
at Pearl Harbor earned army acclaim.

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THEY ASK ONLY HOW GREAT
THE NEED

HE number of hours given by the four

million volunteer workers of the Red
Cross Volunteer Special Services, in 3,756
local chapters and their 6,084 branches, rose
to a new high mark as the needs of the Army
and Navy expanded. The activity, chapter by
chapter, varied with local and national needs.

During the past year the work accomplished by volun-
teers in the Production Corps includes: the making of hun-
dreds of millions of army surgical dressings; several million
knitted garments, hospital garments and comfort articles
to meet emergency requests from the Army and Navy; the
making of sewed and knitted garments for war victims in
foreign countries in the war relief program; the production
of garments for disaster emergencies and civilian relief

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