FOOD AND CLOTHING
TRANSIT TO GERMANY FOR BRITISH ANXIETY EXPRESSED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Received Feb. 5, 8.20 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 4. Anxiety was expressed at question time in the House of Commons regarding measures taken to facilitate the transit of food and clothing to British prisoners of war in Germany. The Secretary of War, Captain Margesson, said he was informed that greatcoats and battledress suits had been sent for distribution to camp in Germany, and the supply provided at least one of each for every officer and man. He understood that the supply had reached Geneva, but he had not yet been able to ascertain if they had been received in the camps. The problem of distribution which the British Red Cross was trying to solve was dependent on factors quite outside British control. Mr. Stanley Adams, chairman of Thomas Cook and Sons', has been appointed managing-director of the parcels department of the British Red Cross. Captain Margesson added that the International Red Cross had four inspectors who visited the 16 German camps for British war prisoners at intervals of about three months, and these visits were independent of those made every month on behalf of the United States.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 31, 6 February 1941, Page 5
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