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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945
Kin of Captives
Organize
And Share News
By Albert P. Mayer
' (United Pre Staff Correspondent)
Chicago ilB Next ot Kin clubs,
composed of families of Amer
icans Interned In enemy prisoners
of war camps, are now operating
In over 100 American cities un
der the auspices of the Young
Men's Christian association.
The first Next of Kin club was
started two years ago in San
Krancisco by Delmar Branch, the
secretary of the 'Frisco Y.M.C.A.
Branch was a guest at a meeting
of the San Francisco Press club
addressed by Dr. Tracy Strong,
general secretary of the associa
tion's world committee.. Strong
told of loneliness and pathetic
conditions in prison camps and
of the lack of news from home.
Branch decided to do something
about it and called a meeting to
which families of American war
prisoners' -were Invited. He in
duced Strong to return and ad
' dress this group. As a result, the
first Next of Kin club was formed
and rapidly spread to other parts
ot tho nation, ine group namea
Branch as its secretary and Mrs.
B. B. Brunn, whose son, Ray, is
a war prisoner, as its president.
Largest In ChlcuKO -'
When the San Franciscans met,
they found that most of their rel
atives were confined to Stalag
Luft No. 3, a camp for captured
allied air officers, in Germany. JVt
that time, there were nearly 8,000
Americans and a large number of
British and Canadians confined
to this particular camp.
Chicago now has the largest
Next of Kin club membership
with over 3,000 families enrolled
in 17 community units. Other
cities chiefly have only one unit.
There are over 400 families in the
San Francisco ciub. Pittsburgh
dnd Boston are also listed among
the larger clubs of the country.
The 17 community units of the
Chicago club meet each month
and there is an occasional city
wide meeting. Attendance at the
smallest unit meeting is 20 per
sons and the largest unit draws
over 300. All are under tho direc
tion of Mrs. Harriet Hester, direc
tor of the Next of Kin division of
the War Prisoner Aid service
maintained by the Y.M.C.A.
Letters Can lie Hhured
... when a family first learns
where a relative . is imprisoned,
usually through the Red Cross,
they notify the Next of Kin club
which obtains additional informa
tion for worried parents, wives
and sweethearts. .
By checking correspondence
Santo Tomas Was Never Like This
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a ,t it , '-' m mo
4 -SM
Freed from lonf? months of Imprisonment In the Philippines, these Ameri
can younKstera frolic aboard transport that returned them to the United
Btatcs. Coast Guardsmen stand at their gun lookouts as Coast Guards
man in foreground entertains youngsters with his pet monkey. Others
enjoy themselves on improvised swing rigged on deck. U. S. Coast Guard
choto.
and interviewing repatriated pris
oners, "Y" workers learned that
only about one letter in every
three sent to and from prison
camps gets to lis destination.
This explained why some pris
oners got very little mall and cor-1
tain relatives have never heard I
from war prisoners.
Next or Kin club members pool
their information for the benefit
of all prisoners from their com
munity. When each . m e m b e r
writes, he or she usually men
tions bits of news about other
people whose kin are confined in
the same camp. The prisoners
then share their letters with the
others from their home commu
nity and in this manner keep in
formed about home folks.
Group Photos Sent
When families meet for photo
graphs, every family malls one
of tile group pictures to their pris
oner in the hope that at least one
boy will receive one of the pic
tures. If he does, he shows It to
ajy,pUiChlengq boys jn thej
camp.
When a mother writes her son
she may tell him something like
this: .
"I saw Mrs. Jones yesterday.
She and the family are all well
and the married daughter has a
new baby. Mrs. Brown was 111, but
has fully recovered now. Tom
White's boy, Junior, graduated
from high school last month and
expects to enter the navy soon."
The American prisoner who
gets such a letter then contacts
Prisoners Jones,' Brown and
White, known to be In his camp,
and shows them the information
about their loved ones at home.
The same procedure is followed
by the prisoners when they write,
each man telling something about
the other Chicago men in camp.
NEW CAKKIIClt NAMED
Madras, April 12 (Special)
John Halo of Ashwood is now
carrying the mail from Madras to
Ashwood. Hale replaces Ray Cun
ningham who carried It for seven
years.
Saturday
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for
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Saturday
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(Continued from Page One)
visions crossed the Saale river
at several points in the Jena
Naumbqrg area. They pressed
on and reached the rim of the
Berlin plain at undisclosed
points.
Since Patton resumed his
march yesterday morning, the
fourth armored had gained 30
miles and the sixth armored
45 miles. . ,:. ..
A nazi radio commentator
said the allies might mass for
a concentrated push through
the Leipzig area in an attempt
to link up with the Russians.
.'A l ,r - 4 I, 1, , , - : ,
. MRS FRANKS TEACHING
Redmond, April 12 Mrs. L.
W. Franks, substituted in -high
school, Tuesday p. m. and Wed
nesday, tor Mrs. J. C. Line. She
will substitute on Thursday and
Friday for Mrs. Delia Nance in
her absence.
GRENADES FOUND
Vancouver, B. C, April 12
(BUP) Kenneth Chandlers, a
shipyard electrician, today claim
ed he found two hand grenades
planted in an ocean-going freight
er in harbor herv ..
Six Local Boys
Take Army Tests ;
Six Bend high school boys to
day took a qualifying test for the
army specialized training reserve
program, . in conjunction with
similar examinations being held
in high schools throughout the
nation under the auspices of the
war department. Those who qual
ify must enlist in the army en
listed reserve corps before being
assigned to college under the
ASTRP program, it was said. The
boys were not required to enlist
before taking the test.
Successful applicants will re
ceive from two to four terms of
college training, according to in
formation received from the war
department by Howard W.
George, superintendent of
schools. Those taking .the tests
here today, under the guidance
of Paul Smith, were:
i George Chase, Bob Conkliri, Ed
De Groot, Evan Johnson, Gail
Sigmund and Doug Wirtz. ,
BERLIN DISTANCES
IBy United Prea.1
The nearest distances to Berlin
from advanced allied lines today:
Eastern Front 31 miles (from
Zaeckrick).
Western Front 60 miles (from
Magdeburg). . ,
Italian Front -516 miles (from
near Comacehio).
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KUPPER NEW PRINCIPAL
Madras April 12 (Special),
Charles P. Kupper of Portland
has replaced K B. Stephens as
principal of the Madras Union
hioh Kchnnl for the rest of 'the
semester. The latter has accepted
a position at tne rugei auuna
naval academy on Bainbridge is
land near Seattle.
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