Show Christmas Boxes 1 Being Being- Packed For Men Overseas American Red Cross volunteers will start packing Red Cross Christ Christmas Christmas Christmas mas boxes for overseas on Septem Septem- September ber 1 and finish them on Septem Septem- September ber 24 it was announced by A. A L. L Schaefer Pacific area manager of the Red Cross Every American sol so dier sailor and airman aboard will get Jet his Red Cross package for Cor Christmas Included in each cacti holly-decked holly box only 8 by 4 by 3 inches will be bea a pencil memo book cigarettes Christmas cards candy chewing gum um and a minature game The lat lat- latter latter lat lat- latter ter may be anything from front a tiny checkerboard to a jeep board made to tie on the tile knee during play and containing 15 complete games and puzzles This comes in a one by three-inch three box In the East the Red Cross is al al- al ready in the midst of Christmas preparations for prisoners of war in European camps For the past three weeks about 2000 Red Cross volunteers have been working in shifts at the prison e C war packing centers in a num num- number number ber her of nf cities to stan dard third food packages for holiday dis dis- distribution distribution dis- dis distribution to the war prisoners in Europe who are receiving aid through the American Red Cross Decorated with Christmas motifs in red and green colors tie the t e pack pack- packages packages ages altes will be shipped early earl in Sep Sep- September September as it will take about three months to reach their destination in held enemy-held countries In addition the New York center is packing extra Christmas boxes for United prisoners both mili mill military military tary and civilian held by the The latter boxes will contain bak bak- baked ed cd ham cheese fruit cake fruit bars I jam army spread peanut butter coffee coHee sugar-coated sugar and sweet cho- cho calate hard candy candied nuts cigarettes and one game These special packages for United States prisoners are paid for by the army and navy and private orders Borders arc are not accepted from individuals the I Red Cross announced |