The American Red Cross said today it had no knowledge of typhus epidemics in the Jewish quarters of Lodz or Warsaw, as reported by Dr. Joshuah Gottlieb, former Warsaw editor, upon his arrival in Paris.
The Red Cross said that it has been 20 days since one of their representatives has been in Warsaw. The latest word concerning health conditions in Poland came two days ago from Berlin, where Red Cross representative James T. Nicholson, in a radio interview carried in the United States over the Columbia Broadcasting system, said:
“What the Poles need is medical supplies and warm clothing for winter. The chief need is to prepare against epidemic which always threatens following war in this part of the world. There is no sign of typhus, the most dreaded epidemic, as yet. The German authorities and German Red Cross and the Poles are working hand in hand to improve the health conditions.”
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