| Show I Army Paper Tells Of Utah Clothing Sent to Koreans Under the h heading e a l d din i n g Idea Iden Swamps Chaplain With Clothing Clothing Clothing Cloth Cloth- ing the Pacific Stars and Stripes army newspaper for the troops in the Far East Enst recently published publishes a n very interesting ar nr article tide about Utah's Clothes for Koreans drive which shows the clothes are reaching their in intended intended intended in- in tended destination The clipping was sent by Major Major Ma Ma- jor Morris 1 E. E to his mother Mrs 1 Elmer of Ephraim Major is I presently assigned as ns one of the truce negotiators The clipping also mentions C Chaplain h n a p pIa l a i n Timothy H. H Irons Many l in this area aren will remember remember remember ber him as ns Tim Irons of Nephi who attended Snow College in in 1933 The article follows WITH U. U S. S DIV DIY A suggestion several months ago by two captains in Korea Koren that thai Utah people s nd clothing to needy Koreans has snowballed into a drive that has hns kept Chaplain Chaplain Chap Chap- lain Inin Capt Timothy II Irons Salt Lake City overwhelmed with work Soon after the drive beg began n. n Army postal officials were deluged de de- deluged with Utah clothing packages packages pack pack- ages until the Deseret News o of Salt SnIt Lake City appealed to Chaplain Irons' Irons wife Mrs Mrs- Doris W V. V Irons She asked her husband husband hus hus- band chaplain of the Medical Medical Medi Medi- cal Battalion to disperse the gifts to the Koreans The Officers who had suggested suggest suggest- ed the original plan Capt Capt- Jack Adamson Salt SnIt Lake City and Capt William Rawcliffe Provo Prove Utah of the lOth Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion had started something they couldn't handle When Chaplain Irons w was n a s brought into the picture by the Deseret News which has continually continually continually con con- sparked the mercy Cam cam- 1 f several SC Cl plC pieces t o VI clothing were on hand The people of Nephi Utah Irons' Irons original home had pledged ed pounds of clothing to the drive Utah's Gov J. J Bracken Lee proclaimed a Clothes for Korea Korea Koren Ko Ko- rea ren week and the Deseret News and Radio Station SnIt Salt Lake City spurred the cam cam- Several Utah schools including including including ing Lincoln High school ii in Orem and William Penn school Salt SnIt Lake City were were cooperating and cities and towns outside Utah had joined the clothing drive including Las Ve Vegas as s Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho Falls Byron Wyo and San Sai Francisco When the packages arrived ii in great numbers in Korea Koren Irons the only Far East Enst chaplain o othe of the Church of Jesus Christ o of Latter Day Saints contacted several orphanages the YMCA and many other charitable organizations or- or or organizations in Korea Koren to distribute distribute distribute distri distri- bute the clothes He conducted the work in addition to his regular regular reg reg- ular duties with the Medical Medical Medical Medi Medi- cal Battalion Recently Chaplain Chapin in Irons re received received re- re a n letter from Mrs 1 Milton 1 J. J Neu New York City who heard of the captains captain's wor work through her nephew 1st Lt Arthur E. E Carlson also attached to the Medical Battalion It is hard to realize when we arc are so warm and comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able that poor little children Continued on last page pagel ARMY PAPER TELLS OF UTAH UTAI CLOTHING SENT TO KOREANS Continued from Page 1 are arc suffering so but I am nm sure through your generous help some of them will be warm and comfortable comfortable com com- Mrs Neu wrote She decided to appeal to churches in New York for contributions to Chaplain Irons' Irons flood of friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship parcels Theres There s no telling what will happen next Captain Irons de declared declared tie tie- dared as he surveyed another large stack of clothing packages unloaded from a truck by his volunteer workers |
