Iowa
Old Press
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie co., Iowa
November 26, 1944
Prisoner Boxes Arrive in Japan
Basil O’Connor’s announcement that the
American Red Cross supplies for prisoners have arrived a Kobe,
Japan, from Nakhodka, a soviet port 100 miles east of
Vladivostok, comes as good news to relatives of 12 of the men who
are prisoners of the Japanese from this area.
Of the 12 prisoners of war in this area, eight are from Council
Bluffs. They are: Capt. Albert Neir Brown, Pvt. Earl E. Briggs,
Don W. Butler, Pvt. Frank H. Devivo, Pfc. Frank Ruba, Sgt. Alan
A. Sydow, Cpl. Edward E. Tripp, and Pfc. George L. Wood.
The southwestern Iowans include Sgt. Orville James Cain of
Carson, Sgt. Charles F. Caster of Underwood, Clyde R. Miller of
Macedonia, and Morse I. Rowe of Oakland.
The cargo reported to have reached its destination contains food,
medicines, clothing, and some recreational supplies is valued at
$1,500,000.
[transcribed by L.Z., January 2015]