; Mail Reaching
’ Yank Prisoners
In Japan
Thousands of Letters Delivered
to American Prisoners in
Far East
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
American Red Cross has an
nounced that there is substantial
evidence that letters written by
the next of kin to American pris
oners held in Japanese prison
camps have been received by
them in considerable number.
The greatest assurance rests in
the fact that relatives within the
last week have received letters
from prisoners held in Japan ac
knowledging receipt of mail.
Among these was Mrs. Royal
C. Johnson of Washington who
received a letter from her son,
Lt. Harlan T. Johnson, Navy
aviator, held in Zentsuji Prison
Gamp, Japan. Writing to his wife
and his mother he said “I have
received six of your letters. It
is impossible to say what letters
mean to us here. It is such a
grand pleasure that it hurts at
first. Then you read re-read and
re-read the letters until you are
again happily at home.”
The American Red Cross urges
next of kin to continue writing
regularly to imprisoned members
of their families, even though
they .may not yet have had a re
ply from the Far East. The dele
gate of the International Red
Cross Committee in Japan has no
tified the American Red Cross
that many thousands of letters
have been delivered to the Amer
ican ed Cross that many thous
ands of letters have been de
livered to the Americans, as well
as other United Nations prison
ers held in the Far East.
The mail route has been long
and difficult, but the American
Red Cross announces that s new
and faster route has been open
ed only during the past month.
This new route is capable of
handling only a limited cargo of
first class mail, so the American
Red Cross emphasizes the import
ance of using the lightest weight
paper and envelopes, thus per
mitting a greater volume of let
ters to go through. Censorship is
expedited if letters are typewrit
ten or block printed.
Relatives are requested to fol
low closely directions issued re
garding the proper addressing of
mail to prisoners of war. Publi
cation ARC 316, available at all
local Red Cross chapters, gives
full directions.
FATHER HUBBARD ENDS
ALEUTIAN ISLAND TOUR
JUNEAU — Father B. R. Hub
bard, S. J., and Ed Levin arrived
in Juneau from hte outer Aleutian
Islands. Before coming to Alaska
this year, Hubbard spent an hour
in the White House with Presi
dent Roosevelt discussing Alaska
and some of the post war prob
lems of the Territory. He con
tinued the discussions with Sec
retary of Interior Harold Iokes.
The current trip to Alaska of
Father Hubbard and Levin was
made with the direct authoriza
tion of Robert P. Patterson, un
der secretary of war. Hubbard
is returning soon to Washington,
D. C.
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CANDLE RESIDENT NOW
LIVING IN MICHIGAN .
Mary Frances MacDonald
Hayes, daughter of the late Dun
can MacDonald of Candle, is now
living at 105V2 S. Hickory,
Owosso, Michigan, where her
husband is with the Owosso Ar
gus-Press in the news depart
ment. At her wedding on the 5th
of June, Catherine A. Anpher of |
Jersey City, N. J., was her maid !
of honor. She had also been an !
attendant at the bride’s mother’s
wedding in Nome in 1920.
Yanks Adopt
Iran Urchin
(By Clyde A.: Farnsworth)
SOMEWHERE IN IRAN—This
is Matthew.
He used to be Hassan, or Mo
hammed or Alie or something
like that but now he’s Matthew
-—Matthew J. Casey, about 10
years old, though no one knows
his age for sure.
He used to sleep on the floor
at the railroad station (if some
one didn’t boot him out) under
an old .piece of gunnysacking
which in his waking hours he
used as a coat, but now he sleeps
in a soldier’s ibunk, under a mos
quito net.
The American soldier-railway
man used to call him a little
yakahoola but now he calls Xh'gti
big yakahoolas.
He used to wear filthy rags but
now they have been burned and
he has a set of drastically cut
down uniforms and he takes a
shower four times a day, not to
mention brushing his teeth morn
ing and night.
Banker Now
He used to dog the heels of the
Americans, whining for back
sheesh, but now he has a slotted
taffy an under his cot where he
keeps his savings and—noblesse
oblige—he will dig down and
lend a soldier a few tomans
pending payday.
“No papa, no mama, no bun
galow,” he used to chant at the
Americans, and he will still do
sa, on request, for a laugh. It’s
funny to hear Matthew burlesque
his old calling.
So far as anyone knows, in-!
eluding Matthew, he has neither
parents jr home (bungalow)— !
or rather. ! adpt until he grinned
his way ir.'.o the hearts of the \
Americans. He has been unoffi- !
cially adopted, his particular
i sponsors being Privates Jack
Robinson, 26, of Lewistown,
i Mont,, and Kenneth Charles
Burke, 30, of 2623 Market Street,
| St. Louis.
Inducted Properly
It was a great day when Mat
thew came to live at the camp,
j He was inducted with a haircut,
a bath and the destruction of his
old rags He got a full broadside
of the serum shots that the sol
diers get, had one tooth pulled
and others filled and passed his
j Wasserman test with honors.
A second lieutenant named
j Martin J. Casey, who used to be
at the camp, contributed two of
his names and suggested Matthew
for the first name.
Matthew has learned to salute
officers (with somewhat more
style and dispatch than some of
his foster parents), attends
church when the chaplain comes
to camp, and as part of his rudi
mentary English knows how to
count to 100.
Earns His Keep
He earns his keep by taking
his Turn at KP, shining shoes and j
running errands. He seems to be |
a completely happy little boy, as
smart as they come, an example
of what a little kindness could
do for a lot of people.
Robinson and Burke say they |
would like to legalize the adop
tion, jointly, and take him home j
with them when it comes time,
but there are natural complica
tions .
So they figure, sometime, to
see if an American mission school I
at Teheran couldn’t take over
and finish the job on Matthew J. j
Casey.
Iran has need of all the Mat- I
thew J. Caseys she can find.
The hellbender, 18 inches long,
is the largest river salamander
in America.
The revclving printing press
was invented in 1846 by Robert
Hoe.
CAT PROVES IT
HAS NINE LIVES
SUFFOLK, Va. (AJP)— O J \
West believes now in the old 1
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adage that a cat has nine lives.
West, a farmer, started to drive
his automobile and had proceeded j
only 50 yards when he heard the
fan rattling, the radiator hum
ming and the cries of a cat.
The farmer opened the hood of
the car, and out jumped a big
white cat. The fan was tom to
bits, the radiator was broken,
and the car wouldn’t run.
The cat didn’t even get a
scratch.
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