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Page 8 York County War and Welfare Fund NEWS - Advertising Supplement to The Gazette Daily UNCONQUERABLE [[image 1]] This Chinese guerrilla (note his camouflage) is typical of thousands of these "hit and run" soldiers who have been so vital a factor in disrupting Japanese troop movements in China. The Japanese cannot defeat them because they fade into the hills when pursued. Casualties among these brave men are very high and the only medical aid they can receive is from "guerrilla" hospitals, hidden in caves, or mobile medical units that move with the troops. United China Relief supports their hospitals, provides schools and shelters for their children. Sixth Year Of War For China Aid To The Chinese Will Beat The Japs. War Chest Will Provide Medical Supplies And Chile Welfare Care. China has been taking it ono the chin the longest of all -- seeing its territory devastated and occupied, its people slain, and doggedly holding off the demon Japs the best if could, for years. That the Chinese and the Japanese are a couple of nations of yellow-skinned, slanted-eyed people over the Pacific, with heathen manners and customs entirely alien to out own, is an entirely outmoded idea. The Chinese run to plumpness and good humor, while the Japanese run to teeth and pure poison. The Japanese are entirely lacking in honor, honesty, decency and sportsmanship, and the only way to deal with them effectively is to exterminate them. But the Chinese are something else again. The Hon. Joseph C. Grew, late Ambassador to Japan, in a speech on his return to this country, said in part: "United China Relief symbolizes the of the American people for the Chinese people It is the efficiently humanitarian unifier of many generations of American attitude and effort. American sympathy for China has become an integral part of the American tradition. It is based on the intuitive perceptions that our two peoples hold many things in common -- our respect for the individual as a man, our abhorrence of fanaticism, our allergy to the idea of the State as a religion in itself. Long before the American nation was compelled to gird itself for war in the Pacific, United China Relief showed where American sympathies lay, and did its part to comfort and help the innocent victims of brutal aggression in a country which we felt to be a moral ally." United China Relief has requested $7,000,000 to help provide medical and surgical supplies, child welfare care, educational relief, economic restoration and general relief. The organization is a veritable community chest with a standard budgeting for these purposes among eight much older federated organizations. All money donated to this cause will do its full quota of relief work for the Chinese, but will also help to slap down the Japs, our common enemy. Campaign Highlights Mass Meeting Wm. Penn Senior High School, 3:00 P.M., Sunday, November 15, 1942. Concert by Spring Garden Band. United Nations music. Speakers from Britain, China, Greece and Russia. Program will be broadcast both by WORK and WSBA. Meeting open to the general public of the entire County without charge. Active solicitation begins Monday, November 16th, and continues until Tuesday night, November 24, 1942. UNITED STATES IS AT WAR. Scrap Metal, Rubber, Rags and Fats are Needed Turn Yours In Today [[image]] Through the British War Relief Society, help is being sent, not only to British air-raid victims, but also to the refugees of occupied countries. The photo shows a group of young refugees from Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, who have just been fully outfitted by the BWRS. War Prisoners Cheered By Y.M. Athletic Equipment And Books Sent to Prison Camps To Build Morale. The War Prisoners' Aid committee of the Y.M.C.A. needs $1,479,000 to keep up the spirits of the "out of luck" soldier, the prisoner. These prisoners, for the most part, are not professional soldiers ... They are the thousand-one different types of men who go to make up humanity. They are fathers, brothers, husbands, sweethearts. They are doctors, merchants, teachers, clerks, common laborers, peasants, and scientists. They are just ordinary folk dressed up in uniforms. That is why imprisonment is so difficult for them. Why is it necessary to do anything to make a prisoner a fit citizen of tomorrow? Here is why! This is how an actual prisoner of war, who may be your son or brother or father, explained his case... "It is scarcely to be expected that the prisoner of war will avoid a bitter sense of uselessness, or incompleteness. A prisoner of war finds that for the first time in his life he is free from all the ordinary responsibilities of civilized human existence. His income, his family, his job, have become things beyond his control. He lives in a new world that has been created solely for him. He has ceased to be the master of his fate. This may lead to stagnation and the atrophy of all his natural powers. He may, like a codfish in a tank, lie low and grow flabby and useless... "It is essential to realize how easily our perceptions may become sterile in the monotony of our small, unreal existence. We have to combat an attitude of morbid resignation to an evil fate. The task is to preserve mind and body in a fit state to be a power in the world whenever the moment of may come. "With nothing to occupy our time, we spend whole days walking 'round and 'round the prison yard. We get a desperate longing for the solitude which is never obtainable in the life of a prisoner of war. Many of the companions say it is worth committing some minor offense to enjoy the solitude of a prison cell... "But through all this, underlying every thought of every prisoner, there is a spark of hope. Somewhere, far away in the future, perhaps, there is a ray of light. our only hope is that some day we shall be back among the blue bells and beech trees of home." To build up the morale of the prisoners, the Y.M.C.A. has done many wonderful things such as sending thousands of pieces of athletic equipment to prison camps: basketballs, volley balls, boxing gloves, tennis racquets, cricket sets, chess, checkers.... Also to enable prisoners to prepare for their release when peace comes, to keep their minds fresh and alert, to aid the men in benefitting from enforced leisure, the Y.M.C.A. has helped them establish "prison camp universities." Books, writing material and other essential supplies have been provided. In these prison camp schools, illiterate prisoners learn to read and write. Prisoners serve as instructors. Many captives finds an unexpected solace in religion. The Y.M.C.A. and the churches help all prisoners worship according to their particular desires. To help, these men are provided with religious literature, Bibles, hymnals, crucifixes, prayer clothes, Korans, ikons... Handicraft materials furnish an outlet for a man's personality, and to a prisoner handicraft work is doubly valuable for the therapy of mind and body. Many prisoners learn new trades to be better prepared to earn a living when peace comes. Musical instruments are also sent to the camps by the Y.M.C.A As one prisoner writes, "Music is a wonderful way to forget the barriers between us and our homes. War Prisoners' Aid Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association has agreed to raise $1,479,000 which is a very small amount considering the amount of men who are prisoners of war. The roll call of over 4,000,000 war prisoners or interned aliens, regardless of their nationality, race, creed, class or social theories are serve by the War Prisoners Aid Committee of the Y.M.C.A. Won't you help them make the prisoner of today a fit citizen of tomorrow? A STREET SCENE DURING HOLLAND'S INVASION [[image]] Queen Wilhelmina Fund Aids Dutch War Relief Stranded Hollanders in America, India, England, and military men in German Concentration Camps, are among the few channels of assistance which are being supplied regularly with vital supplies, materials and money by the Queen Wilhelmina Fund. Appointed official collecting agency during the invasion of Holland in 1940 to raise money for Dutch relief, the Queen Wilhelmina Fund has had added responsibilities since the loss of the Netherlands Ease Indies. Early in the war, the Fund learned that it was possible to aid Netherlands war and political prisoners interned in Germany with books, tobacco, games and a few other small luxuries through the medium of the YMCA. Since many of these prisoners were among the intellectual leaders of Holland, it was essential that thy sale books to ease the burden of their confinement. Now the Fund has arranged to supply packages continuing concentrated foods, tobacco, etc., to Netherlands military men in concentration camps through the mediation of the International Red Cross. The Fund also contributes to the Welfare Committee for Netherlands fighting forces in England. Formerly this organization was supported by funds from Netherlanders in the East Indies, but when that was stopped by the Japanese invasion, the Queen Wilhelmina Fund assumed partial responsibility. Men in all the Netherlands armed forces and the vitally important Netherlands merchant marine are cared for through this Welfare Committee. Also receiving aid from the Fund are the Netherland's Seamen's Home and Institutes in seaports of the United States and Allied countries. Every effort is made to make these sailors as comfortable and happy as possible while they are in port after days on the submarine-infested seas. Hollanders have never failed to recognize the importance of their great merchant marine in the Allied war effort. At Christmas time these gallant seamen receive gifts from the Holland Sailors Christmas Fund, principally supported by the Queen Wilhelmina Fund, which compensates in a small way for the fact that these sailors are cut off from their homes and from all contact with their families in Holland on that Holiday. Help is still needed for many other aids which the Queen Wilhelmina Fund helps during these critical times. Agencies Maintain Assembly Lines A share of the productive capacity of the civilian front depends on the effectiveness with which welfare chest agencies attack local problems which cause breakdown in the efficiency of the supply line. A worker who is fatigued, physically unfit, or disturbed because of trouble at home can show up or interrupt as assembly line, lose precious days of work, or be lost entirely to an industry. Lack of recreation opportunities, too, can result in dissatisfaction and impaired efficiency. A sick wife, a neglected child, and insistent creditor, lack of proper housing or any one of a number of difficulties typify the trouble spots where the social agency can come to the rescue. Alert social agencies can often prevent the occurrence of such problems through health education, clinics, day care for children of working parents, advice on family budgeting, room-finding service, recreation facilities and similar community service. The War and Welfare Fund saves time, energy and effort for use in other essential services to the nation. It also conserves tires, gasoline, paper and money which would be wasted in multiple campaigns. The War and Welfare Fund helps to create the spirit of unity and comradeship which develops from close association with others in achieving a common wartime objective. 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[[image 1: Chinese guerilla in camouflage]]
REOPENED A COMPLETED TRANSCRIPTION BECAUSE OF MISTAKES. A LOT WAS MISSING!! LEFT SIDE ARTICLE MISSING, PHOTO IMAGE INFO ALL MISSING; CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGTS WAS MISSING.
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