|U|)t* ( 0:111 iliiil lull .
U'aWiietT.t*.- !, .11 c |' k* 11 -
Pnion Service
Union Churi-h Sen . • will
Sunday i*\ . . August
. Weldon
N ' mi h Tin lii .11. 1..
Ml pivacli.
filed In Action
|lld Mrs. II.
I UVe been •,
Is"" 1.1. Kim
I "ho hit,I I,,.,,;,
aa$ killed ,]i
IV. July 7tl
P;"'vn was pilot a Li
I Umber. II,. ... . . omplet
f '.>l)in« and
|n awariitol th,. ,\„ Med.d.
■sides
1)..
1 ’ l It
‘ 1,1 i111111«j11. V i.
fsbiirg Man
es As MP
ritish Post
pl'th AAK
.^••Auk. i:,
iv>.,
imdrtary polieenia,
i
F a,lli lil'l'pllllf de
Fltl'01’ He i
fuar'l ami a
l1f|).i'ilitv
prd.
S ^ Hcdh in ip,
I ;'t"l HI Itlulil
1
I ’1'1'1" Theatre ,,
rrpfa! Holm,
r;>'T. R H
,af-v''ui-k. v i
T Went of
I »«.Houn
|i, , ore
I Vu1|M"'ul '
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THEY GIVE THEIR
LIVES . . .
VOL LEM) VOI K
VIONE)!
m V RONDS
Seventy-Eighth Year
1 •
Published £><• >..•
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don, iti
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THURSDAY . AUG. 17th., 1911
jlookiiij** Uvei
Disl
r
s
- v
liv
Hit. \\ . K Mr DOW I.I.I
For years Mow tin; p
< hinu have been on the . a : f ,
tile great flying bird that
death and destruction on i
Pi<‘. S • J "lav stand .1 • ;
' ' —''"‘i
• • ..liken onrst-lv
10 ilicsc guards ol‘ ’ ■ ■■ pi
of China.
Our duty is ahv,i\ to
to protect our coniniunit ir-'
One job wo must never tir ..
the constant watch for . ,,..
places of 1110 mosqu i .0. \\
inosi|uito does not earn '. ,,.,
ho harbors the malaria 1. , p
dostruction is not a- nois\ a
flying- bomb, but often a deadl-.
Wo must st rive to rid o
munity of stagnant pools of ,,
t logged drain pipes and op "i -
or traps, f. wo remove the
mint pools in our 1 -oniai ■■■ -
proper drainage, then w .• m 1
cover them with oil. T e ,
el's the mosquitoes and toe
die. All of thi.-, informal io
new. but, only a remindc
of our home flout dutie.
l.asl week I Ir. \\ . 1). Hal .
ident of our omuls modii ,i ,
tv spoke Oil " Mental lie,1 e"
the regular Health In
Radio I’rogram at 11•: 1 Vs
day morning This week M So
l nderhill, sistoi of M rs \i
llrown of Roanoke Rapid .
on “Sleeplessness in Chil i ■ " i
those programs wo are Ir
discuss the health problem ' i
wo fool interest you. Our '
\uli ition t 'ommittoe met t
with Mrs. Cusiek, State 1
and .Mrs. Ki^ it. National
man, present. I 'Ians wore
ed lor a roll n ty wide 1.1
stressing the basic seven a
during the month id' Sep
•Mi's. Foster Wheeler was •
ele > man of the e muni.t e.
Mrs. J. A. Hux
Flint* nil <r\\U r woiv < •
this afternoon from Iu• i <o.; a
1 la I i fax for Air . I A 11.
u ho died Tuesda 1
rites were conducted l»y ; K v.
Frank Walters, a. - i : ■ 1
Rev. t F. < ’rawfoi d *•!’ \ '!••! i.
Burial followed in t e i ■ :
cemetery by the side n? r ' i
hand who died three v.1 • •*.
Survivors include Fuir ilaa •
eis A1 rs. dames Clark an 1 A1
Nancy Hell llu\ id’ lb>> \ Ah' . i
Alls. Aladie Melvin and A1
Laurie Flux of 1 lair ax. tour
Ceor.ue Hux. Thomas llu< a ■!
dohn Hux of Halifax. Paul 11. Hux
of Cam]) Cordon, Fla., als > a
er. Ali>. C. M. Dennis of Ad as e.
a brother, Charles (iraham «d Sal
is bury and four ^rainleaddreu.
News Of Prisoner
Son Received
By His Parents
Scotland Neck, Ana. - I " Hr
information concerning tic
camp where their son is repo,-: d
lield liv the Japanese has heen re
ceived by Mr. and Mrs. II. J"
son of H. F. 1*.. Scotland X
Ami it is good news.
IJent Byron Lee John ■ m ",i
captured by the Japanese a mm 1 u
Philippines fell, and such p ■’> 1 :
mail as has been received i n"ri
him came from Prison I'anip No. -.
llis parents, however, had no a
surance that what lie wrote wa<
of his own free will, and ■ 1,11
ics concerning Jap atrocitiv have
kept them very much worried
However, a few men e.eapedi
several months ago from P :. 1
Camp No. J in the Philipp'.a mm
the Johnsons have succee led u ]
communicating with one o: I.h "
men. Lieut. Col. Austin 1 . Su ’ >'ei
of the Marine CiVps. Colonel Shol
ner wrote from Ids present otc
seas base somewhere in tiie 1 a1*
fie area that while at l’ris n < amp
No. 2 he did not meet an olli >■
named Johnson hue he hc.iid l. >■
name mentioned several times, and
it is probable that it may r.n\ ‘
ferret! to Byron Lee Jo’a’ ■ mi. I
he is at Camp No. 2. -aid * 1'‘■
Shofner, he is fortunate b manse
it is the best of the three pi-on
camps in the Islands.
For cheaper and bettor led.
plant a grazing crop aboui He|
ember 1, Seed relatively and tci
tilize well.
A narrow perch in front ol ihe
hen's nest will keep her te i
cleaner. Result - less stained and
dirty eggs.
f>°ard of {-.duration
i o Meet Foday To
Vote On Uniform
Later Opening
it.
ih 0
•d
■ ho > t 111 ■ i [' i;. J| ( I
”il1 »«*et t hi - i.r:,THoi)ti
1 Ihiueuticili 1! ■
lM' :i m-nimnonda-lion fi
1 ; v. i: /
Ii'.-it. that a uni...nn <h.-l
date ha ,-et . ,:,l
sf 111 ii > 1 s uT | 'in S: ad- no a - , ,
infantile jinvah , ;
i1i;> 111>111 .. .
Sl'ui"'l- not in- nne.'ied 11j-i,i , y.; ,
teinhei Is.
A' ; ' - I'e.u'uh: I- A ..'ll I
Ih* hoard at Kihii'ai An . . j ‘ ,
l"'ivo the inattci I,!' ’ ■ i
iua- in tin' hand ,,f l,u ai . , i
11 ■' li1 t'el;! !y, I mV, ov !■
’Ilnii I liauiL’li ’ mi 111 ill'll Ida' ! i J
tteyimidis' I'ecoininundation Ii ■! I
lowe11 a|'|or several In al and
0 Hill- had Voted In n i n d |
on si'lmdaln.
I*r linynold I'nllor., d i. . |
ei nor art ion \\ i i ii a 1 -
that lie would urn-,. p;m.; ’
l.ocii their ehildivn out ■'
unf il ! in1 judin dam r . .
-i "old his run imniondal 'on i ■
follow Oil.
There was ,n
I’.nar.l momh. ■
rni lii*r thi- nnud a a in !
authority jn jL v ilalo ; .
O' srhonls.
I ■' hoard tine- in.
or. Id nr tn Id d.
VO. tod in hn-aI ■ in ’i d
the Id 1:! (ion i ill V
dnjitod tin- follow i lia' :
to the Solinol Aiaf ii
“Full authority I lie ■
the Si.it.. Iliia d i.i' 1
iny an,,' peiiod .■, i. ■
order yeneial aid. ;
1 xtended rei'o nr a.i.i
of till' |HII• lie , i Ini’nl- i i
I mu of tlio St a to u here I!
ii;y or har\ o ' :
other onieryt'ii.w ,■ ndlltn
l ilt'll a tii'ii no -e a ry."
I inamo ( onimitto
The I'.11 uitv < .110 :i! it
I!-’a 111 i■: !. i ;'
this niorniny In mi i> in a It;'.
Id aula ry aolioilul ■ 1 nr a : -a it
the 00111111.* i o . n 11j>I.■, i ■ ii a.,a
.-idl'iatinn til.- Hint 11 i 1 iO'. a 1 0 al
lneinlod -olnain will ho !>>'■ as -
to the lull ho.ml fm a; inn
'1 l ■
atternoon.
I
Curings Are High
Quality Of Tobaoc. >
< '; 11 ■ i 11 . ! . ■ !:1 ! 1
is well until*!* vv:r. in t bis , j
: 111 (I s t • i • i! o 11, and is 11; i': i i 11 •1
yield of far bet tor t ban a
in *111:11.1 \. ai 'srrdino to ■, '"i
( '.HUM ! I! • I" •
fourth to oji«* third of 1 •• i
has been ha !'\'e-a .‘d.
r \■ i < ■ t -1 : ■ •1
looking' i'I'O ■ ■ 1
in this section the pres
F une think it is c., n is■'
the ris111 of IS s', son! t■ns
the time to iisi . ■ sen t ne
ever pi educed innva ■ ■ s . -!
over, < ii
is that I hr] ,• i- “ • 1 1 1 ,
yield, tine ■ ' 11'
growing inn i t, ■
thorized last • 1
tneiil coin i ", ie
Ktlilis lla
pi iate ! mi, .
and there luivi
", t nights’ |
tii>n of exei
The auelioi 1 111
son and thru .• - n the M
Belt begii i
every pro.- pe-1 l!|,' 1 ' j
prices equally :l
yeai if lioi e'en „ 1 ■
Ceiling At $3.60
I
On White Potatoes
Raleigh, A - 1"' ! - ■' ,A
day, the ceilin'/ | ii -e i>"'
potato, grot n i' 1 '
sii.r.n per hund -ed pounds,
higher than the «l i-smS
by t he OPA, hi —
of ill,- marl
State l)e;i:.rl '■
said today.
The new pi ho will apply. b" iid ^
only to the moot It 1,1 Aiu" >■ - '
Which it Will be reduced t > •
j11 i hundred patinds.
\\ 11V F11Vi" : V3 Silt51!1 cl
7 > o Tf “ wr n ■*
- t. .i*r-> v, ar HosKis
In 1«. llrmie
/Vi
MoiiUnui !..tf (lolJpf'fi
•I /
n.TMXCr finnr. 1 r •• '• rvi a
i;.( c! I debts. »*•-•!;) g to
i ‘
. rc all good ]■•■:• ion ^ why
1 : War
;• a
I of :,1 farm :
■ - .a,!. War if . arc sui'e
':• a and J re .1 as
.
•h •. After 1 last war
! 1 if r: r.i Uv, ; ■. y have
■ . 1 ,..!r a- . If. Ll
i Am rican 1 ers lost
': ; an-’O 1' > m;;kl n-u
- the economic ; orm. No
t ...r is rr uv < 'Wait for
u 1 y ■ ■■ y- • and bad,
I
:e re
1 the i
j 1!• •: in obtaining needed man:rials
! a .d a . or i>11' fuse < ■ ad lures
c n i'.i i'i U bitlkiilW. d O d'd
i 1 :.a.it to wear out i d.r during
war ; than i . aw a .me.
U i-'iWTs can wad ' ill s.hvjc
;,; o arum dm war c W to make
• e nairs and in - •von units,
th idollars should 1 - da.• r than.
'. \s ill ii.imodia 1 to lowing
war. nod belter duality ira
U ; will ; Wbably e .iw. hiblc.
veuves. 1.;j r;>. ' i or lurced
V; v: Boi ate*
h- ai ( r the v/ar couM ert e a
F-M-a.as situation. and e .ainbnte to
■ ;-v.i ’ hili;m. . ; . ho!;iin i
B<1 Is to maturity 1 1
blv W the r-iv:ncr to - ... e his
i veep: sit ’ey onc-f atiii through
: [in!ert 1. £ anoth
: ., t -
that tend* will be av.u! : he f"i
the be-..: when they - : •
sis l them ill SOttiiJi; e?
pea . hme ; its.
Ior* ‘j.. !■ ■ e
l.inu-tenn niisi;; ■ i.et’t oui
- i- ; ■ .
t y. I is v i
now in : i .
fanne r . > 1 : •.
and at tin- : .".i ■
lata t '-■ is:,i 's n Si : , -
able him to i •• .
in a la, in si-:,i •
,
1. ■ -
:'"-i sm-c v. a. > t. . . . •;
the si'sairy i. ' ■ , ,■ - -
<: i<: a < l d : , : .
lira-- la,n;i : , .
I.K'ilt,
Tre e\.1 ) - , ;
turi's req : re : to carry on i , an
total war c cs ; • 1 • • a
! Ivor, which ctm '■ rwal v., : . as
C as of nat: or: J 1 a 1 a! i a bail' - y
t mil jivii'os \i!d. i ( in ;
tile Inn war a: i a . -a \ . :
ing II e i. ■ ■ va • i: e
I U i V V
; i privet : , Hr :
(U: ; :■) ■
c::;: -■ v,':,v I -
flafioiun'y pi, : a - a: c v v. a y
helps d
Buil-Jin . i
in a i • ia:
c: ary,a a- : ' . - m . r
!
there is si hi
why fa a- • . r
lie:, Is mail ii i , ;
pmlriolic a - . t arc , . J
in a v ry . .i • :-re
serve dm:: ns. J i r v, ay of
life. The a a ‘ i . • i \ 11 : :
V.Sil' lilt! )r a; a 1- l J s
and daa a :er: v i ■■ ■ ! a O.
y nil j ar. a
ini 1 .! :h d: , : O' . r’ ti •
world, ant! il i : • tv each ore of
11s on the hoi ... 1: ,,L to nice all we
. "Ujsaii.s <>£ money : •'
V. a- B, . all the
limit otj - : i Cfs v 1 mt 1! %
wo can !whi ilai ; , v.wr at an
< lly t a. I
V. S, T a • •
Sweet r o'; x .oes At
iiigi'ier . 5 iiow i
( olll r ■ S : ! ;n; , Raleigh, A I '
1-I--Tl!t* first large diipiacnt nf j
Lit* lit! I (rap i r .veet patatoe. I
Id II II X ■ ■* 'Ll <'.**; ’ ha * I 100.0 !
iraiin liy i\. ti**■■*msueker ni j
(L - * * 11, in S ■ !.* ;ai i-iianty, an.i I
tilt* in tt.. . :. iii*i* n>|i *i*l- .1 I
Y. l.a I i:.. * Itu- j
i I*. <>:' ill * Mail* 1 allege IX. L*n-1
ion Service.
“I! rowei - uisiat i l * ]
Mi: iand are fr a . iag to a;al mi!
i!'a i*.n*iy inarlmi 1 *i■ • *a'i■ *._■ tin*
.\ ,i .*.*.,si n-iling i : a oI' eLSa i.
a*..a: 11i:in :-»i mil other turn,
liar:air mu* ma1 i. ‘:ng •'*on.' |
'• l a.i -a.*. .*. "! : - iana is re- ■
po. t i'il in :■ ■ * ll'oal l.‘» I*',
: . 1 a a li t\ a * a t i. nrgia i i also
n i a!.. l m** a inn a* ' :'i to raaeii l lie
mai Is el . p * Me.’
Application-, o r
Ballots A:
Raleigh, .'.a***.
Sti.it C? Till! I I
a iv.-niil Sul.a! ol
i\ ■ i' iiallols l\,i .
women l<> list* i1
I.-* ! i n XuVi-nJ . r
til,S 1 i 1«> J ■ M111.
Tills lll’AfS! '
iota! «>i i.'ilO i <
i nn m ti*UiI i
cat inn - 11 «>m 1 a i
t«> L.c -<•<
ak
.iXI today that
* aaplieal in:.*
\ a mca anil
* ■ general e
i .1 re re. ei ■■■'■* I
ed Sat
el* *1, appli
;■ ill e'*. I :e
ay raid.
Roanoke Rapids Toy
Now Second Lieut.
]).*milie* Ann; 1 ield, Or
i, x. 'd. i: K Nortt ington
, M,d' Mr. and Mi . U. N'lfth
i- toy. Ii In .. I'* ■ '‘’hr X.ipid *
North Carolina ; i * mi Sh'twl * *:
. .| id iml I '*. :1 i * Ai * 1* i'il.
••Tl e A A I*"* Hr. liomha'-di. r
Sell....I" 'il wn anil.' I! end !i re re*
eeiitly l.y t el. Milton M. Murphy I
ei nil ma inlin.u* .. line r.
He has l oin enmmi toned a 2nd
lieutenant and av. ai ded silver ^
I,, 'idi.n-dier wine'*' after sucres* al
ly undergoing O’*' ! l : i‘l 18 'Vl ok
course in high alidade precision
P,milling as well a- important
phases of navigation. Prior to it is
a dgnment at 1 > A A. I1' ho hud com
pleted training in aerial gunnery
Before eat'*] ing tlu* Array An*
Knives, Lt. X'orlhington aiti *nle i
Roanokt Rapid II ;h S ho I.
iv€$p i h;j Siii-ps
i it To i t;-lit i
I * a. !i—: i. \~r L'-H
Uoy 3 Do’, -n Now 1
i;:;■ .:r, i ;.K ! X. si M \.. v
The n:
!>)-, 1. us aiul our ii 1 >er
S ipply !!-;•: -Wo TeJ • v H •'!,
Ill . ::h . 1 )ur '.i • i 1 .1
To })1K V'ille tJU‘ IU“.m] M.l :U:U1|> ?
• :■ .<«{ >• . -! :
<: !v;- . Ne y J • i •• :=. :ut '• ■ :
i rpri-1‘ . il is sie
ti v»t si iit • exi:ei;; intl.ividu; i i r •
dom in seiefiiiu*. a .!*•:*. i
(■!ia11 s a i V. i! h e oak a rs. ■
p e of c.miuu-iimr 1:
i.-aa i-.* .; i «■'.>;'! any • •
could y : a ai .mil h-n >
v. isliail. Iii' .va- Is. ■ in
oppiu 1 aa'' y |.o i '• 11
nomiauIi’sa i .iii1."
sola j a!;o ... in V ; .■
him. l:.U I. ■■ ■
tinn ■ .1 . . ■ 1 ■ ■ i : 1 ■
for ai! of i1 : Loo to a
um-otlimonil ac.mll ill a ■
<ii\ i i u in to Lon.it r the- os. 1 o
of ; !!.
T a li:i! i-.n " , ;i.L' 1 i ' . :
son for I OP! ■ '1 ■;
V. ll Id (lochia, ill t aa In:..' I " • >
... t wol ki l s ala. I'llipKy si' til"
Sfiv. s i i'll 0. : .O. t. A" V ‘
aval voile of u y :
to , ns A, l;s! . in : . .! ' t " 1 t' ■
tun ova a.. ' I . - : a - o' " ■
i . . •
of our vaunt).v. our • V :
cousin ami fi i •
the lx.;, fi ni •
1. ,
tile U. S. Kmnloyitiei ' ('
KoUtloi.a Kay.,'
Cool, yy a i
muse. In :>M fa ‘
yet foiiy,'!’ anal lea: iiai y v. '•
cook al at t■ i li sa a heat.
■ g
; ; - 9$ ft
. J \sg>’ is '
;jV
sg t:
Jackson
^ here On Sunday
. L>. B. Everett !
5"led Vice
man Of
e Committee
! '• C 1 of i Uuham ■
... \ « l-chair-i
K\»‘ciitivv* ('em-,
c; i I e; attended )'V j
ii: i- : '»n aild b- l.V !
*ett of Palmyra
i . vice chairman.
, laid opp->siturn.
< e 1 iie 1 wo officers con
ic i; i i easiness before
mil lee. The
i..a v. as closed with
■iii.ii u’i of it. Gregg Cher
nominee for gov
V. i’a!ientine. Dom
aiaee .or lieutenant
id the committee that
cmam 1 he machinery of
; unction smoothly
i n.e campaign, He
member devote
■ , • ■: a i,._i for complete
. ice.it the state in
• ! the party and
•i : he State."
r (iuVeiuiio' de
• a---' joui- yar-- will
crucial in the
It. believes
( n i la IIS to join iU
■ a fit place t"
and daughters
. o:i the battle, ields
" < berry pledged “to
- ‘ : re of governor ami
i le a 1 Lie silp
, i ;,. ■ i• i!i'. e of ail mem
;. ive Committee.
: am liiiai’k mnuune
.. . <m of A. 11. Harris,
ui,’ 1;. x ecu live v oiniiiii
,.. ; .a ;ylvania. The enm
! to defer .filial.a1 of
. a a pmc i dig !'• ■ • m pi. of
i.a lone rum the e.xeeu
miuee of Transylvania,
is, o] Durham placed
name in nomination,
.uinui I >»»i \\ a - >■. mided
: . a mm of i.lD hoi o.
Hi!!. Oil of .Vi ;■ . Ixvolit t
... Da ’I. J./lli, HI of
m'oluki 1 * \ K. 1*.
> ■ i . ! !ia m an. | A! r . Dt in i
k 1 j 'a • V>• i :,C atvs County.
.v* i e. I pi c~ .i 1 a 1 at the
hit meeting,
. • • f ■! .email M oil
■ i 1 a a. e ae. id. Redden
i o t no comm: t too t in: lie
:.i ! i a cm.irman.
Lee:: ..an presided after
presented e
•a, p a a. • ■ ! unanimously
app;v< iation for the*
a ami -er\ it <.* of < ’hail
: . i Dm rk read a lettei
.ilr ugliton, who
:ii - . ip; ov, io the new of
(■■■c. ul ive emu m it tee
iif party in the coming'
, .;am campaign. Tin
. • a in Kcidsviil ' last
; ; He an Red Cross
3 hi Life Saving
ater Safety
] , vil and U ..
.. i ::1 . ompleted L’O
; , a a s. II
i' ! I i'll 1 ■ \ Miss
i i Ann flu:e.
Senior ( lass
a; ,u- I-it -u-ridiert*.
l-Vlion Parker.
IlH' Miller.
Ti I i.a K. Nowell.
.junior ( lass
.a ,. K, Joyner.
I,i-r (I. Williams.
Susan .1. Shepherd.
Pa il 11. Jayner.
! 1.>-anl II. Chappell.
William Thorne.
Lloyd Williams, Jr.
Charles Ihinitl.
Hill Longniyor.
' •• meiuhei .- onjoye I this
: 1 appreciate the service?
s by Mr. Crumpler am
.Ms-..- Core.
Wi v.ant to thank all who help
• : ... .s this; class a success.
Mis. Win. Knight.
n 1 pound of corn a day
.. yia/inu crop of soybeans
. . , aed a pound a day gain
That’s cheap feeding.
'1 he Weldoi Baseball Tenm will
play the Jackson club there Sun
• lay afternoon. The game will he
called at 1 o'clock.
W . J. Boseman, Jr., former stai
11 her of the Weldon High School
-a -email team will pitch for Wel
don against Jackson. He has been
;n the Navy for the past lit# mon
th' and l- now ,-tationed at Nor
folk win*] ' he can yet week end
leaves to come home.
W. J. pitched a brilliant three
hit hall game against Jackson
three weeks ayo. hut lost when his
team-mates failed to convert theii
ten hits off Boyd, the Jackson
pitcher, into runs.
Playing with W. J. Sunday will
he two o', his Navy “buddies" who
helped him compile a pitching
recurd of twelve wins against two
losses with a Navy team in Puer
to Pica where he was stationed
last year.
Boyd, the Jackson pitcher, has
been pitching winning baseball
lor the strong Jackson club and
this game should be another pit
cher4 s duel.
Japan Agrees To
Receive And Deliver
Packages To War
Prisoners In Japan
Good news lots come from the
Pacilio area to those who have
relatives interned in the Far East.
•Ja|>n has agreed to receive and dis
tribute, with the help of Swiss
representatives, Prisoner of War
Packages and medical supplies to
both military and civilian intern
es.
Through the offices of the Swiss
government an arrangement has
been worked out whereby such
materia’ can be shipped to ’’us
sian Pacific putts, by the L't.,.ed
States where it will be picked up
by Japanese vessels and carried
to the interment camps. The actual
distribution of such packages and
mail will be in the hands of Swiss
representatives, thereby guaran
teeing that they reach the party
for whom they are intended.
Russia hits made aaviluble a
number id’ ports both to the U
nited States and to the Japanese
and has offered trans-shipment
o goods overland if so desired.
Relief supplies valued at appro
ximately $2,000,000 are now wait
housed at Vladivostok. Food, med
icine and clothing constitute the
main items awaiting trans-ship
ment to the United States and Al
lied prisoners of war and civilian
interns held by Japan. Substantial
reserves of food packages are
now available and together with
| $250,000 worth of medical supplies
are being shipped form this coun
try.
The only supplies that have
reached prisoners in Japan have
been carried by the echange ship
Gripsholm on its two trips. Now
there is assurance that regulai
shipments will be made and the
meager diet given prisoners in
Japan will be considerably aug
mented by food packages. Those
having relatives in the custo iy of
Japan need do nothing to insure
packages reaching them. This