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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-07-22

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oen Geiiel an oen Iurner nno
lbn,iidt bic 5enlterbriiihmgen NIT
blnten 8inoeln. Die Rramer fnar.'
rem ibre 8uoen auf, Der Bfarrer
lbreitet nit benz RauherfaB in Die
Stride. 8eItern bat oer Sigriit in
Dem beinobe 2O0O Meter boben @ban>
ooIin oen1 5lpeitb0blten &ir6oorf Der
Sbmeio, nod ben Strnng ge5ogen.
bente lautet er Ben 8erelbmalben in
Der ,,gtobIe contree" ben englilhen
@rub. am Morgen itiiraen bie Siib-
ner li6 anf bas lang entbebrte Sc.
piirme nno Grim fntter in BEN Wtdt.
item nno sadern beiier nno per'por-
rem, balo aber i'm alten @eleier nno
Gbptbntus oen @ieriegen. &arlte ipaib-
len it be,t 9iingerbaufelL Die Wfanl'
there traeen Sic gefiiIlten 0iingerfodc
in sic Hebberge bina,ts. Sino Die
@runbltiide bearbeitet, 10 iperoen in
eemeinlamer .6ron sic @emeinoereben
in anariff eenommen. Sblbon Die
5rauenbano Ionlt niGt geihont miro,
NIT ser @enteinbefron miro tie rtibt
eebiiroet. ltuo bas bat feinen @rnno
in Der militdriiden srt Ser Mltsfiib-
rung. Se6s llbr nrorsens ltellen
Sronlnller i,no Yfeifer iib an bic
Spite Ser Mrbeiterldar, llno mie por-
benz nit SpieB uno Salbaroe, per-
lannleIt 1ib Die Srllppe nit bent
8in5eraerGt nnter Dem &onlnlanoo
oes Hottennleiiters. Die 8in5er ira.
gen bas lrltdnOige sSerf5elg ibrer
abnelt bonn glei6en Sol5 uno Shnitt
llno fiibren auf oeln bon Sano ee5o'
genen @dgelden ein SdBfen Wein,
.3innfannen uno bol6er1e ge6er nit.
Ser Sabrer ibipingt oas Banner,
Sromuel uno gfeifen mnii5ierert, i'm
8pgen lhlpenft ser Bug IN Die @alie
bineill mitten I'M 9orf redtiplnfliJ
binoui gum Matteli ipo er einen
areis beibreibt, SABINE, @euiif, nno
SrnB in Die Wtitte lib pflan5en. Damn
fallen tie alle aufs &1rie, atno Der
GrGi iioent ipridt bas @ebet. Sn aipei
@eipaltbaufen idlpdrnt bie 8in5er.,
l6ar in sic Heben. 8ieoerlrm aunt
Saft Ser Wuiif febren lie abenos beim
lmo lalIen cine Stlnoe noer alpei, ie
nah Dem @rtrag oes porigen Sabres.
6en Sol5be6er freiier.
Gah orei, bier 8oben raumen oie
Annipiarben oie SGnse bon Si0ers
uno aieben iib in oie 8erae auriid.
goh niht in sic Dorfer. sSsn oen meiit
tiefer liesenben Naieniaben beiteHen
fie Die 5eloer, lteden aartoffel nno
Soubobnen. iden Hoesen ,,no Sanf.
Don,it iino Sic 8onoerunsen nod
lanse nidt abseidloiien. 80 oie @ii-
teraulammenieeung nod nibt DoIl3o-
gen 1T, ipanbert Der Annipiarbe Ell
sentIih oas eanae Sssabr. Wsan mag
I'M Sommer, 5riibling o6er Serblt
oas Sal o'annipiers betreten, INNER
miro man einiee @eiler einiam nno
perlaiien finoen. Oas giee,,t,fm 1T
oerort aeritiidelt, Oab es 5amiIien
gibt nit iiber 100 sSledlein Qanoes.
5reilid tperfen iie oft faum mebr als
elm Saeesfltter ab, lieeen aber St,in-
ben- nn6 Sasesreiien auseinanoer.
Nab Der @rnte5eit erfolst abermaIs.
nie I'M Sriibiabr, sic ansmanbernng.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
International Red Cross Aids,
Helps to Locate War Prisoners

forwarding lists of those captured in
the Philippines.
III after q reasonable time you
have received no word Of man be-
Heved captured, you can ask your
Red Cross chapter to help You fill
out an inquiry form and the Red
Cross will make every effort to OBJ
tain q report.
Each nation also agreed to pro-
vide suitable prison quarters, with
adequate heat and cooking facilities,
and food similar to that given to its
own soldiers in barracks, and to al
low the prisoners to write home and
receive mail and parcels. War pris-
oners are confined in camps, or
compounds, usually surrounded by
barbed wire and armed guards, in
which they may move about COM
paratively freely, but they may not
be shut up, as in jail.
Prisoners are allowed to send a
limited number of letters or post
cards, depending not only on the
country but the camp in which they
are situated. Prisoners of war and
civilian internees held by the United
States, for example-German, Ital-
ian, and Japanese-may send two
letters and one postcard per week,
and may receive an unlimited
amount of incoming mail.
Letters from German prison
camps are sometimes received
within two or three months, but OBJ
viously mail from prisoners in the
Far East must be expected to take
much longer.
Parcels Delivered.
It has also been possible to deliver
weekly standard Red Cross food
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
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Cocoa tastes best when the CO.
Goa, sugar and salt are mixed well
with the water, and then boiled
for from 5 to 10 minutes before
adding the scalded milk, and all
heated together.
Ivy will grow in water in the
house. It requires light but no sun.
When mending sonny's sweater
or woolen scarf, use bodkin in
stead of a needle. It will weave
in and out much easier and do
much more satisfactory work than
the sharp-pointed needle.
ise5A
Shoes that are old and do not
polish satisfactorily should be well
rubbed with methylated spirit or
petrol. Allow to dry thoroughly
out of doors, apply paste, and pol
ssh in the usual way.
The trick in ironing sheets and
pillowcases is to keep the hens
straight and even, and pillowcases
should be ironed away from the
closed corners.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06

Civilians as well as prisoners of
war benefit from the cargo Of
Red Cross mercy ship. Evidence of
distribution, through Red Cross
channels, of cracked wheat is seen
in the garments worn by these Chi
nese children.
parcels to supplement the diet of
prisoners in Germany, Italy and oc-
cupied France. These supplies are
distributed through the Internation-
al Red Cross committee at Geneva.
Delegates of the committee are al
lowed to inspect the prison camps to
check on whether the prisoners are
being treated in accordance with
the international agreements, and to
see that the parcels reach them
safely.
Contents of The parcels vary from
time to time, but at present each
package, weighing approximately IL
pounds, contains milk powder, lib. !;
cheese, s o.; liver paste, or. !;
corned beef, IL or; pork meat, IL
or; raisins, 16 o.; sugar, 8 or;
lemon powder, IL or; cocoa, 8 or. !;
coffee, s o.; chocolate, 4 or; can
dy, 6 or; cigarettes, 40; tobacco,
IN oz.; lunch biscuit (type c., Z
or; matches, 2 boxes.
The sending of packages to Japan
is a more difficult matter, due to the
refusal of the Japanese government
to allow neutral vessels in the west
ern Pacific areas. It is hoped that
eventually arrangements may be
made for the shipment by the Red
Cross Of regular supply Of stand
ard food parcels, cigarettes, clothing
and medical necessities.
In the meantime, the American
Red Cross has been able to send
food parcels for trans-shipment to
the Far East on the neutral Swedish
vessel, the Gripsholm, sailing to
Portuguese East Africa, where
American and Japanese diplomats
and other noncombatants are ex-
changed.
On her first sailing the Gripsholm
carried 10000 parcels, $4,000 worth
of drugs and medical supplies,
100000 cigarettes, 10000 tins of
smoking tobacco, and large quanti-
ties Of clothing and toilet articles
supplied by the army and navy de-
partments for their respective de-
partments.
On her second voyage, the Grips
holm carried $4,000 of the 11-pound
food parcels, 100000 cigarettes,
over $33, 600 worth Of drugs and
medical supplies. $4,000 worth of
The midland journal., 1942-11-06

A Red Cross worker is shown as
sembling y prisoner Of war pack
age" Of food and cigarettes. Pre-
pairing these packages is only one
Of the many services performed by
volunteer Red Cross canteen work
erS.
blankets and toilet articles, and
large quantities of underwear, shoes
and other articles amounting to
more than half a million items.
Distribution of supplies to prison
ers in the Far East is being carried
out by International Red Cross COM
mittee delegates in Tokyo, Shang-
hal, and Hong Kong, who will make
every effort to see that part of this
aid goes to the prisoners captured
in the Philippines, even though the
japanese government has mot yet
allowed the appointment Of q dele
gate OF the international Red Cross
committee in the Philippines
There is naturally anxious specu-
lation on the treatment Of prisoners,
especially in view of reports of bru-
tality brought back to the United
States by some internees, particu-
larly newspaper correspondents re-
turning on the exchange ship, the
Gripsholm.
Political Suspects.
These latter were detained by the
Japanese equivalent of the Gestapo,
and were in most cases thrown into
Jail on the pretext that they were
political suspects. The Japanese did
not recognize that they came under
the protection of the Geneva Pris-
oners of War convention. The In
ternational Red Cross committee
delegates are strictly limited by the
Japanese government to efforts to
protect the interests of the men of
the armed forces held as prisoners
of war and of civilians interned in
recognized camps. ,v
These are held in prison camps
or compounds. International Red
Cross committee delegates permit
ted to inspect these camps in Japan
and occupied China, and to speak to
the prisoners, have reported that
conditions are satisfactory and that
they have received no serious COM
plants. 81
Any report Of i'll treatment of men
in the armed forces who have been
captured usually applies to the Pc
riod when the prisoner Is still on
or near the field of battle, when the
animosities engendered by HOSTILE
ties are still strong. As soon as the
prisoner has been placed in an or
ganized prison camp governed by
the agreements made at Geneva,
his situation is usually much inn
proved.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06

THE illustration shows what be-
4 came of a mirror and piano
stool. To the, mirror and stool
were added two wooden boxes
from the grocery. These were
placed on end about 18 inches
apart and shelf of half-inch ply
wood was screwed to the top. A
frame was then screwed to the
back of the boxes as shown. A
curtain rod was placed across the
top and the mirror hung length
wise under it. An arm was then
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
SONG FOR AN OLD
METAL DRIVE

II.
Farewell, my third string teapot!
You're out for victory;
And what you will be boiling
For Hitler won't be tea;
A thing so calm and placid
So plain and so mundane
Whoever dreamed you'd ever
Help out some bombing plane!!I
III.
Flatiron SO prosaic-
To war you'll now make
tracks
The shirts that you will iron
will be ON Axis backs;
You now Join freedoms battle
know you've got the stun;
Henceforth no one will tell you
You are mot HOT ENOUGH!
w. aY
Old iron bed, get ready!
You're just fine antique
But here's your chance, old timer,
If you some glamour seek;
This job is down your alley
A rendezvous you'll keep:
In some new form ana moQel
You'll put some Japs to sleep.
".
Come rake, come hoe, come shovell
The Axis you must mace;
And you will look so pretty
Smack in the Fuehrer's face.
Lawnmower, long you've served
me,
But fighting is the style
So 60 and clip the Jappies
On distant Kiska Isle!
vi.
And, iron fence SO ancient,
Around the old estate:
At you I blow the bugle-
And you won't hesitate;
You merely kept out chickens
Now in the war perhaps
You'll keep out Nazi madmen
And keep out wild-eyed Japs.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06


This strange device is circular
fling machine. Installation Of ma
chimes Of this type was made neces-
sary by the large number Of mes
sages passing through the Red Cross
inquiry service at Washington, d. G..
transmitted at once to the central
information bureau of the country
interested.
The provost marshal general Of
the United States keeps a perma-
nent official list Of all names re-
ceived from the International Red
Cross committee, and arranges for
notification to the next Of kin. Names
of some prisoners captured by the
Japanese have been received, but
there has been long delay on the
part of the Japanese government in
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
International Red Cross
Grew Out Of Eye Witness
Story of Italian Battle

In 1862 Henri Dunant, a Swiss
who had been an eye witness, wrote
graphic account of the Battle of
Solferino. He told of the suffering
of the wounded soldiers and dis
cussed the possibility of organizing,
in all civilized countries, "perma-i
nent societies of volunteers" to care
for the wounded Of all nationalities
in time of war.
A lawyer from Geneva named
Gustave Moynier read Dunant's
book. AS president of a local philan-
thropic society Moynier appointed
committee of five members of the
society to consider the possibility of
putting Dunant's plan into action.
The Committee of Five" then is
sued an invitation to all European
governments and military, medical
and philanthropic societies to send
delegates to a conference to be held
at Geneva on October 26, 1868.
The SO delegates who attended the
now famous Geneva convention rec
commended that relief societies be
formed in each nation, authorized
by the government of that nation
and cooperating with its army.
The original COMMITTEE of Five"
became the International Red Cross
committee. In 1919 the League Of
Red Cross Societies was founded,
thus uniting all the separate ma
tional Red Cross societies. And in
1928 was instituted the International
Red Cross conference, governing
body Of the International Red Cross.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06

hinged to the front Of each box.
Paint was next. White, because
white furniture. is smart andSbe-
cause it matched the woodwork.
The dressing table skirt was
made with a one-inch heading at
the top and tackled along the ends
Of the table and the hinged arms
with thumbtacks through double
strip Of the plain material.
go
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or remodeling home furnishings should
send for copy Of BOOK which contains
sketches and directions for 50 useful items
as well as descriptions Of the series Of
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for readers. Booklets are 10 cents each,
Address:
The midland journal., 1942-11-06

Long before this nation entered
the conflict Red Cross mercy ships
soere sailing from the United States
laden sOith provisions for the peo-
-
pies of sUar-torn Europe. Here the
McKeesport is shoson passing the
Statue of Liberty as she heads for
the open sea.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
VII

VII.
Come, bumpers from my flivver-
You've found better job
To help a valiant doughboy
Or airman or COB;
You've been a kind protector
In many little wreck,
But you'll seem even better
Wrapped round an Axis neckl
VIII.
Farewell, perambulatori
You've been our joy and pride
But soon you will be taking
Some adults for ride;
It seems that can vision
(Oh, how my fancy spinsO
Adolf and TOTO in you
The Worlds Most Screwball
Twins.
AIR WARDEN
He waketh at the witching hour,
He cometh in the night.
And gentle vigil keepeth with
"Put out that gosh darned light"
Richard SPAIN.
sT understand" says Pier,
s'that Elmer Twitchell is i'm an
awful dither over not being able
to get into his home to gather up
the scrap he had accumulated
there because of having turned
Il in all his house keys in connec-
tiOn with the drive for cid keys"
MEATLESS DAY REACTIONS
Meat on Monday? No can touch;
Sunday I eat far too much.
Tuesday meatless? I'll be quiet
That day I'm still on diet.
Wednesday beefless? Maybe So
But I'm hungry now. ! know.
Thursday sans meaty course?
Nix. Why, ! could eat horse.
Friday? Don't be such twirp;
! get fish, SO does my purp.
Saturday? Don't be clowni
That's when ! can shove it downl
Deep In My Heart It's Taxes
I'm swamped with debt.
And blood and sweat,
Up to my neck in taxes
The landlord sobs
And my head throbs,
Up to my chin in taxes
It's lend and lease,
Or "Rest in Peace"
It's tokens for the Axis.
Let freedom ring,
OF thee ! sing
Up to my ears in taxes.
J. L. McA.
buy War Bonds
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
Equipment From Britain

Since Pearl Harbor, Great Brit
ain has sent substantial quantity
of war equipment to the United
States, including the balloon bar
RACES for the West coast, a num-
ber of antiaircraft guns for the
Panama canal and many corvettes
and trawlers for patrol duty of
the Atlantic seab0afa.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
Can You Win Freedom
From Constipation?

Too many folks go on suffering
from constipation phen there's
no need IN the icorld for them to
do so! Why? Simply because
one OF the commonest causes Of
constipation IL lack Of bulk
food" in the diet. In such cases,
cathartics and purges can give
only temporary relief
II this Is your trouble, you can
expect lasting relief from con-
stipation = simply by eating
KELLOGGiS ALL-BRAN daily.
This crisp. delicious cereal sup
plies the bulk" you may need
gets at the cause Of your trouble
and corrects 1T. Start eating
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN today
and drink plenty Of water. See
what wonderful difference it
makes when you correct the
cause instead Of trying to ''rem-
edy" the RESULT ALL-BRAN Is
made by Kellogg's In Battle
Greek. If your condition is not
helped by this simple treatment,
it's wise to see q doctor.
The midland journal., 1942-11-06
Instrumental in Obtaining
Fair Treatment of
All Internees.

Perhaps you know a soldier or
sailor who is a prisoner of war?
Or perhaps you have been noti-
fed that he is missing in action
but have no official word that he
is a prisoner?
In any case you want more in
formation. You want to know
about getting more news of him.
You want to know if you can
send a letter, or a parcel with
warm clothes and some of those
cookies he is so fond of.
The best place to get that infor-
nation is through the Red Cross.
Your nearest local Red Cross chap
ter can tell you what you want to
know. If possible 60 to the chapter
yourself, rather than write. If you
don't know where it is, or can't
find it in the telephone directory,
call the city hall, or any govern
ment or municipal agency, and they
will tell you.
The Red Cross chapter will tell
you exactly how to address letter
to the prisoner, or will help you fill
in a message on a special form if
he is only listed as missing in ac-
ti0n. They will tell you, too, about
parcels. And they will explain what
is being done by the Red Cross and
other agencies to make life as bear
able as possible for him while he is
In enemy hands.
The situation changes frequently,
but you can always be sure that if
you 60 to the Red Cross chapter you
will get the latest information on
what you can do.
International Committee.
There is Of course no direct con-
tact between nations at war, but the
American Red Cross can work
through the International Red Cross
committee in Geneva, Switzerland,
which is recognized by everybody as
strictly neutral, and has acted as
go-between in wartime ever since
it was founded for that purpose
nearly 80 years ago.
Under agreements made at Ge-
neya before the war-in 1929 to be
exact-the nations promised to give
humane treatment to prisoners, and
drew up set of rules for use in
time of war. Long before the pres
ent war Germany and Italy were
among those who agreed to abide
by those rules, and in February,
1912, Japan announced that she
would observe them. E
Each nation agreed to set up a
central bureau for prisoners of war
information. The United States has
set up Prisoners of War Informal
ton bureau in the office of the pro-
vost marshal general-in the war
department. The Japanese govern
ment established it's Central Prison
ers bureau in Tokyo in December,
1941.
Cabled to Geneva.
Names of prisoners and civilian
internees are assembled by these
bureaus, cabled to the International
Red Cross committees agency in
Geneva, listed and fled for refer
ence in the committees Central
Agency for Prisoners of War, and
Evening star., 1942-04-12

was one of their ships! A fast *" tanker!
What we Americans need" you hear
people say, lis few bombs dropped on us
where we live. Something to bring the war
home to U.S."
That loud noise out in the Atlantic brought
it home to the tx" Shipbuilding Company.
suspect that it is going to be brought
home to more and more of us as the tempo
of war increases. don't think it is going to
take bombs dropped on our homes to do it.
Our tanks are going to crash into more and
more battles, and the men who made them
will ride them in spirit. Our planes are going
to swarm in ever-increasing numbers over
enemy territory, and they will take with them
not only pilots but the workmen who built
Evening star., 1942-04-12

them. Fathers and sons and brothers and
sweethearts are going to move into battle,
and that will bring the battle into our very
homes.
Certainly this much l can assure Herr
Hitler: When you hit that particular tanker.
you made it very certain that TX" Shipbuild-
ing would beat its schedule from then on. l
have that on unimpeachable authority. His
name is Mac, and he's welder. "A ship every
- days?" he said when l asked him.
Mister, raise your sights. That was the
schedule before"
didn't need to ask him before what.
As matter of fact, that "X"-built ship
was the first tanker less than 20 years old to
fall victim to the submarine warfare. Be-
tween 1922 and 1887 hardly tanker was
built in this country, and only two ocean
going cargo ships. And as depreciation tables
are figured on the basis of 20 years for the
life of ship, most of the hundreds of tankers
now plying our coasts are actually living on
borrowed time. Yet, as Maritime Commits
sion official put it to me: ANY bottom is a
bottom" We need them all.
Oil, of course, is virtually the life blood
of modern army and navy. The Germans,
Please turn TO next page
Evening star., 1942-04-12

slid off the ways, they would build up the
great American pool of power that would
eventually win the war. But, after all, what
if the submarines did sink some of the old
tubs? Soon we should have great fleet of
Evening star., 1942-04-12

these new ones. We'd send tankers
speeding through the seas 50 fast
that.
Bang! A loud explosion out in the
Atlantic, and another, and another.
And proud ne,0 tanker was a help
less cripple.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
ON THE
HOME
FRONT

Another Tanker Hit," indeed! This was
a ship that the men of *" had built. They
had watched her growing to majesty in her
cradle, had seen her slide down the ways with
champagne bubbling on her round bow. This
Evening star., 1942-04-12
oMEWHERE ON THE ATLANTIC
COAST: Another Tanker Hit" said
~ tho headlines
the headlines.

COAST: Another Tanker Hit" said
~ the headlines.
This is to tell the world, including Herr
Hitler, that those headlines were grossly in
adequate. That wasn't just another
tanker"
At least, it wasn't just another tanker to
the men at the *" Shipbuilding Company.
That's where / am now, and for obvious
reasons won't tell you its real name or exact
location. But every man here is building
tankers = nothing but tankers - more tank
ers than any other yard in the country. And
as tanker after tanker has gone down in the
Atlantic. prey to Nazi U-boats, the men
in the yard have worked the harder.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

But actually for week after week,
those tankers that were going to the
bottom were old-timers, slow and
easy to hit. The *" Company was
building fast, modern tankers - too
fast to be easy prey. You didn't hear
of any of them being sunk. Their tank
ers, the workers began to think, were inn
And so. though the continued sinking
tated and challenged, they left roor
some complacency, too. Oh, yes, tanker
more tankers were urgently needed. As