PRISONER GIFT SHIP DELAYED WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UP)— Red Cross officials said today that the Japanese government has not guaranteed safe conduct for a ship to carry parcels to American pris¬oners of war in the far east. Possibilities of receiving such a guarantee are "discouraging" a spokesman said. Chartering of the 7,000-ton Swedish motorship Kamangoora for such a mission was announced Sunday by the Red Cross. The ves¬sel is in San Francisco, and was scheduled to leave about August 15. The prisoners of war board of the navy department, acting in conjunction with the U. S. postal service, announced special tempor¬ary instructions for mailing the parcels and urged that the parcels reach San Francisco by August 12. However, the Kamangoora probably will be delayed. Also, if safe con¬duct is granted, there will be other sailings. AUGUST 20, 1942 INSTRUCTORS GATHER FRIDAY First Aid Leaders Called To Discuss Work Methods All first aid instructors of the Weber county chapter, American Red Cross, are called to a special meeting Friday at seven-thirty p. m. in room 101, Central building of Weber college. The meeting has been called to discuss methods in artificial respiration and traction splinting, besides general items associated with the teaching of ad¬vanced first aid classes. "We anticipate numerous re¬quests for advanced first aid train¬ing this fall," Kent S. Bramwell, director, reports. "We hope each and every one who received the standard certificate will take ad¬vanced work. Everyone needs more practical experience, and that is the purpose of advanced classes." Anyone desiring standard or ad¬vanced first aid training is re¬quested to call the Red Cross office, dial 7961. Club or church groups can be taught as a unit, if they desire, the office reports. New Unit Tonight Another new advanced first aid class will start tonight in room 108-W, of the west Central build¬ing of Weber college, located at Twenty-fifth and Adams. Helen McoDnald will be the instructor. Classes will be held on Mondays and Thursdays, so that the course will be completed within three weeks. Advanced courses require 10 hours of training, and the major¬ity of that time is spent in actual practice. Those attending ad¬vanced first aid classes must sub¬mit their standard first aid cards. Urged to Read Article The 6,000 first aiders trained since January 1 of this year, and those who have ever had the train¬ing, are urged by Director Bramwell to read the article entitled, "American First Aiders . . . Be¬ware!" in the August issue of the Readers Digest. This gives an ac¬count of the experiences of first aiders in much-bombed England, and the conclusions they have come to after two years of emergency. Red Cross Lists First Aid Groups SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 — (AP)—The Red Cross' Pacific area, comprising seven western states and Alaska, certified 539,012 first aid workers during the six months from January 1 to June 30, an average of one to every six homes against a national aver¬age of one to every nine. Of the west's new first aiders, 18,511 were certified in Arizona, 276 239 in California, 13,233 in Idaho, 4,630 in Nevada, 57,498 in Oregon, 9,221 in Utah, 89,665 in Washington and 1,742 in Alaska. AUGUST 23, 1942 RED GROSS IN NEW SERVICES WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Wide World—The American Red Cross has opened a new front of activity in World War II—special services to help the victims of ships tor¬pedoed at sea. Furthermore, the Red Cross is going to sea with aid. The first round-up report avail¬able shows that since the United States entered the war, more than 2,000 men, women and children, survivors of war at sea in the 1942 manner, have been aided by the Red Cro~s on the Atlantic coast alone. Early experience showed that one of the most difficult problems of the rescue work was providing clothing for seamen who have been adrift for many days. Frequently their garments are so soaked with oil as to be no longer useable. Some men have had to abandon ship with little or no clothing. At the request of the navy, the Red Cross assembled stocks of clothing — sweaters, underwear, pants, shirts—and prepared sur¬vivor kits—canvas rubber-lined bags containing razors, tobacco, pipes, sox, toothpaste—then put them aboard the navy's inshore pa¬trol boats, convoy vessels and other vessels engaged in resue work. In addition the Red Cross now is sending supplies to island loca¬tions where survivors might be landed. Some supplies are being sent to outposts by airplane. Orning, august 30, 1942 OGDEN WOMEN CUT, SEW, KNIT FOR SOLDIERS Many Ogden women have al¬ready found their way to the Red Cross production rooms on the north side of Twenty-fourth street hill, just east of Washington. There on the hill in two pleas¬ant rooms, Ogden women cut and sew and knit, five days each week, Monday through Friday. With the coming of fall they will be there from ten a. m. to four p. m. Many find they cannot be away from their homes six hours at one time but they come in for several hours and leave when they must. There is a pleasant hum of voices along with the noise of the machines because Ogden's wom¬en's clubs and groups from churches and wards have chosen a regular day to sew. Many come in any day they can and their devotion and enthusiasm is an inspiration in this labor that lacks the fanfare and uniform and glit¬ter. Production High Since the first of the year these workers have cut and made 4212 garments. Production of knitted garments is the other part of this production work. The Red Cross, since January has sent to Ogden hundreds of pounds of army, navy and refugee yarn. The army yarn is the familiar khaki color, the navy a very dark blue and the refugee is brown, green, red and grey. From this the women have made perfectly fashioned sweat¬ers, gloves, helmets, socks, and a long scarf that the boys can wrap around their bodies to make a sleeveless sweater or use as a helmet and neck scarf. The present quota which these women are filling, asks for: 400 women's blouses, 350 men's pa¬jamas, 100 women's dresses, 200 children's bed jackets, 125 women's skirts. Before this quota is finished there will be another quota of 2200 garments waiting and to help speed the work and to contribute their part in the great national response, a number of women who work during the day are planning an evening group. This is a time when students, at least 17 years old will be welcomed. Many of these girls have had excellent training in the junior and high schools of our city. Mrs. Carlyle Eubank is in charge of the production rooms and under her direction many de¬voted workers report regularly a day each week to supervise the work, keep books that record each hour given by an individual or group, cut the garments, assist the sewers, instruct the knitters, and finally to pack great boxes for shipping to the Red Cross ware¬house or directly to army and navy posts. AUGUST 31, 1942 WOMEN CALLED FOR AUTO DUTY Captains of the Red Cross motor corps, Mrs. Paul Hodgson and Mrs. Brady Dirker, will accept the names of local women for enlist¬ment in the voluntary service Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs¬day at the Red Cross office on the ground floor of the city-county building. Only requirements for the enroll¬ment are that the women be will¬ing to take first aid and mechan¬ical training. The motor corps, which operates all automobiles used for regular Red Cross duties, including the Red Cross ambu¬lance acquired by the local chap¬ter, is reported short-handed. SEPTEMBER 5, 1942 HOME NURSING HEAD IS NAMED Announcement of the appoint¬ment of a new chairman of the home nursing department of We¬ber county Red Cross chapter, and the forthcoming visit of two area officials was made today by Mrs. Clyde T. Greenwell, Red Cross executive secretary. Mrs. Joan Emmett has been named chairman of home nursing for the local chapter, to succeed Mrs. Lynn Overstreet, who recently resigned. Miss Ruth Ellis, assistant to the director of nursing for the Pa¬cific area, and Miss Lois Goodwin, nursing consultant for the area, both of San Francisco, will visit the local Red Cross chapter on September 7, 8 and 9, to discuss home nursing and nurses aide problems of the chapter. Meetings have been planned with the various committees of the chapter to discuss numerous mat-ters. New classes in nursing are to be¬gin in the near future, it has been announced.