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|T H ECC UBA REVIEW 



Madame Mariana Scva de Alenocal, Wife of the i'resideiit of L'uba. 



CUBAN RED CROSS 



The Cuban Red Cross Society, of which 

 Mme. ^lariana .Alenocal, wife of the Presi- 

 dent of Cuba, is chairman, has begun the 

 work of equipping a 100-bed hospital unit, 

 manned by a staff of Cuban physicians and 

 nurses for active service on the western front 



in France. This enterprise, which will reach 

 completion at an earlj- date, is to be financed 

 by a fund of .11,000,000 which Cuban women 

 prominent in society here, have set them- 

 selves out to raise. 



Announcement of the ambitious plans of 

 the Cuban Red Cross followed a special meet- 

 ing this week in the presidential palace here. 



