Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-22
What Soldiers
Ask From Santa?
MP Tells Ideas

What do seryiccmen want for
Christmas
Many DetroiterS packing Christ
mas boxes 10 send their own boys
or packages for the Santa for
. Servicemen program to he distib-
uted 10 men in this area-haye
raised this question,
The Santa for Servicemen COM
mittee has provided many answers
to the question through the coll
umnS OF The Detroit Times, but
today an even more concrete re-
Spouse comes from one OF the
servicemen who will receive such
a box
Under the project sponsored by
the Times, Detroiters are asked
10 pack Christmas boxes, costing
no more than So each, for dis
tribution at local army camps,
naval stations, and army and navy
hospitals Christmas week.
ADVICE FROM SOLDIER
Reading the Times stories about
the campaign, and the gifts sug-
geSted by the committee, Pvt.
Jean M. Fontaine, a military po-
liceman stationed at Camp River
Rouge Park, writes TO the Times:
"While reading your paper L
came upon the list OF articles
suggested nv the Santa for Serv-
icemen committee. Being "A serv-
iceman. l Immediately saw that
n few OF the articles suggested
were easier for us to obtain
than they were for civilians.
"Such things as laundry soap,
taIcums, foot powder, shampoo
soaps and powders and shaving
equipment can be bought I'm our
post exchanges at about half
the price civilian would pay
outside.
But there are many things
we servicemen need that are
inexpensive for civilians TO buy
and much more useful to us.
1 do not wish to prove migrate
full but merely want to pass
along TO you this information.
DESIRABLE GIFTS LISTED
az would like TO suggest such
things as stationery, air mail
stamps. razor blades, white cot
ton or linen handkerchiefs, sun
tan eek les. comb, clothes
brushes and hair brushes, shoe
polish (such as Esquire or kiwi
brands which we cannot get I'm
the PIX, and candies and mixed
nuts of all kinds.
As you can see, most or
these things can be bought at
low price, and they are very
useful TO us.
when we have too many
boxes or bottles I'm the limited
space OF our foot lockers, our
officers make us weed things
out As we are constantly on
the move, we must keep things
compact, but such things IA the
items I've suggested can always
he used and are much appre-
ciated.
I'VE thank you very much for
the wonderful things you are
doing for the servicemen. i hope
you will not think we don't fully
appreciate all these fine things
because 1 have made these sug-
gestiOns. Wishing you the best
OF luck In your camapign."
So--there you have it. Mr.. and
Mrs. Detroit. from the serviceman
himself, Just what your soldier,
sailor, marine and coast guards
nan wants most for Christmas.
GET BEHIND PROGRAM
To help make the thousands OF
servicemen in this area like Pvt.
Fontaine happy. get behind the
Santa for Servicemen program.
Pack box and leave ii at the
nearest receiving depot: any police
precinct station in Detroit, High
land Park. Hamtramck or Crosse
Pointe, any department OF parks
and recreation center, or the lobby
Of the Times.
The box or boxes you pack
along with thousands OF others
will be delivered Christmas week
at the special parties which are
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