PARCELS BY LORRY
FOR BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.
GOOD WORK BY AMERICANS
ißrilUh UHlrtal Wireless.) RUGBY, January 8. I As the result of an interesting and i successful experimental journey undertaken privately by Mr. Clairdorne Pell, son of the American Minister to . Lisbon, etforts are being made in co- | operation with the Portuguese Red Cross to establish a monthly service by which more parcels may be delivered [to the British prisoners in Germany. : Mr. Pell left Lisbon on December 12 by ; lorry and arrived after nine days at I Geneva, where he jiosted to British prisoners in Germany a large number | of parcels The Swiss postal authorities guaranteed their delivery within three days, which meant that all would be delivi cred in time for the New Year and even jx-ssibly for Christmas, Mr, Pell • arrived back >n Lisbon on January 3 after a journey made in the most dilTi- : cult weather conditions. The next journey will bo undertaken ' by Miss Elizabeth. a young American i girl who drove ambulances in France and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. She expects to leave for Geneva in a fortnight, drtving a lorry loaded with c anf-.t is and nourishing foods.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1941, Page 5
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