B’nai B’rith’s flood relief committees are extending direct relief to victims of the current catastrophe in the Missouri and Mississippi River valleys, it was reported here today. The report said that the Supreme Lodge of the B’nai B’rith has made financial grants for this aid, enabling the committees to bring food, clothing, medicine and other supplies to Jewish and non-Jewish families affected seriously by the flood.
Dr. Abe Greenberg, of Omaha, is representing the Supreme Lodge for flood relief purposes. In Kansas City, Daniel Brenner is chairman, and Mrs. Hy Kornbleet is co-chairman of the BB flood committee. Dr. Greenberg reported that the Supreme Lodge Fund is assisting 25 Jewish families in Council Bluffs, Ia., who were hard hit by the flood. Mrs. Kornbleet heads a group which is bringing direct relief to 20 non-Jewish families in Wolcott, Kans., near Kansas City. Other families and individuals are being aided by the B’nai B’rith flood committee in the numerous small communities in the area.
At St. Joseph, Mo. , the B’nai B’rith lodge is sponsoring a canteen to serve the needs of the many rescue workers in that stricken section as they work to reduce the catastrophic effects of the receding flood waters. B’nai B’rith members in Medicine Hat, Can., aided by special funds, are joining in community efforts on behalf of the hard-hit flood victims there, the report said.
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