Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Cathwel

Hi!
Can anybody tell me what is the word about?
I have it stamped on an old flour sack dating back to post WWII. It was 
a gift from the "People of the United States of America". "Cathwel - 
Naples" was stamped on it.
I've been looking around. Cathwel seems to be something related to 
adopting a child in far East, or feeding him.
I wasn't able to find anything else.
Thank you for the help
-- 
 >Giovanni

 Can anybody tell me what is the word about?
I have asked some friends, this is what they said:
I believe it refers to this: 
http://crs.org/about/history/
Catholic Relief Services ...
Maybe the word is a combination of Catholic and welfare.
I wonder if the "Naples" was Naples Florida or Naples, Italy? I would 
guess that it was labeled from the origin which would have been FL.
1947 Friendship Train Newsreels
http://www.thefriendshiptrain1947.org/friendship-train-newsreels.htm
..................Pearson wanted to be certain that the Europeans knew 
unequivocally the source of the food. In order to accomplish that 
objective, the Friendship Trains also carried tacks, hammers, tapes, 
and nails so that they could display the banner of the cities and 
states which had donated a particular boxcar even though many of the 
cars already had them. He wanted absolutely no doubt that when the 
French and Italian trains and trucks transported the gift-laden 
boxcars, the source was the United States of America. Also, in keeping 
with his objective, European movie theaters ran newsreels taken in 
America which showed the Friendship Train's cargo being loaded in 
numerous cities. Additionally, Pearson had sent a team of men in 
advance of the train so that they could foil Communist interruptions of 
the distributions. Reducing black market activity as much as possible 
was also their goal.
American agencies, primarily church groups, distributed the food. Some 
of the organizations were the American Baptist Relief, American Friends 
Service Committee, Brethren World Service, Church World Service, 
National Catholic Welfare Conference, Congregational Service Committee. 
France gave 90% of its food allotment to children and orphans and the 
remaining 10% to the elderly in distress. Italy distributed 75% of its 
allocation to children and orphans and 25% to widows of veterans, and 
to blind and disabled veterans.
France ran ten trains throughout the country. (In both Italy and France 
the trains were called Friendship Trains). These trains stopped in 
Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Brest and Lorient. Local ceremonies 
were held wherever the train stopped.
In Paris about 50 trucks laden with the foodstuffs drove down the 
Champs Elysees past the Arc de Triomphe--the first occasion in 
peacetime when trucks were permitted on this famous thoroughfare--then 
down Rue de Rivoli to City Hall. The Mayor of Paris Pierre De Gaulle, 
brother of the General, greeted Pearson and his committee. After both 
spoke briefly to the large crowd, the Mayor provided a sumptuous repast 
for the American benefactors. They received another honorable reception 
when President Auriole greeted them and invited them to lunch. Pearson 
stated that the President spoke eloquently in appreciation of the 
Friendship Train.
Pearson stated that although the Italians were at first not as familiar 
with the Friendship Train as the French, at the end of the experience 
they were probably even more exuberant than the French. In Rome 150 
trucks drove from the railroad station past the Palazzio Venezia and 
the Coliseum to the Campidoglio. Four Friendship Trains went through 
Italy: from Rome to Milan to the Yugoslave border at Gorizia; and from 
Genoa to Venice, and south from Naples through southern Italy; and from 
Palermo to Sicily..............
http://www.thefriendshiptrain1947.org/index.htm
-- 
groetjes Renée
The way to know life is to love many things.
 Vincent van Gogh

 Maybe the word is a combination of Catholic and welfare.
[...]
That sounds more likely than an adoption agency in the Far East. :-)

> Can anybody tell me what is the word about?
It could be, but I still find it so strange that I was able to find the 
word "Cathwel" anywhere on the Net (except the adotion agency...).
I myself own several of these sacks, and they all come from a remote 
town in Abruzzo were my grandmother lived during WWII.
In time, they have been used for everything, mostly to make new cushion 
covers.
Some are in B/W, some are colored, written in blue.
The point is that I've never heard of such trains, and I doubt a train 
of this kind could have reached those places (the nearest big town is 
L'Aquila o Teramo).
I'll have to ask my grandmother.
Thank you
ciao
-- 
 >Giovanni

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Actually I've just found out that they are connected.
"The Catholic Relief Service of the United States started the Taiwan 
Branch under the name Cathwel Service."
http://www3-fetch.globalhand.org/en/browse/regions/Asia/organisation/organisation/26136

 "Cathwel" anywhere on the Net (except the adotion agency...).
That's just because you haven't searched hard enough :-)
Try
"Catholic Relief" Cathwel
on Google and on Google Books.

 ciao
Let us know what she said?
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 on Google and on Google Books.
I find things by looking for "Cathwel" alone, but only things related to 
Taiwan, that's what I was puzzled about.
-- 
 >Giovanni