1924

Penny Haile gave a lecture at the Scarsdale Woman's Club on international affairs. Charlie and Bunny Holbrook spent a vacation at Shelburne, N. H., resting and recovering from illness. Their son expects to be ready for Hanover next year. Your secretary just returned from a three weeks' vacation on an island, fifty miles east of Quebec, in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, which was a grand place for all kinds of duck and geese. Ted Hale is a lieutenant in the Finance Department, after completing a course at Duke University. He is anticipating the return of his brother, William Hale '16, from a Jap internment camp, on the "Gripsholm" when it arrives later in the year.

Congratulation to Freddy Maguire: "Editor, One Of Eleven Newsmen In Nation Given Coveted Award. Harvard Bestows Nieman Fellowship On Fred Maguire For Distinguished Writing On Problems Of Government." Fred, editor of the Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Telegram was selected for an award on the basis of his fighting type of journalism with regard to municipal government, his successful campaign for the adoption of the "Plan E" charter for Lowell, and his expose of enormous tax owings of Mayor Joseph J. Sweeney, and his more recent successful fight to compel the attachment of the Mayor's salary to satisfy those taxes. In addition, his over-all improvements in the Sunday Telegram itself, in its news content, editorial approach and make-up, since coming to the newspaper as its editor and assistant publisher some three and a half years ago, were a factor in the choice. Fred will have a year of unrestricted activity among the rich educational resources of Harvard University, and with economic security. Fred will study courses in labor movements, history, and government. Nice going, fella.

From Miss Ford, Alumni Recorder, comes this letter for which we thank her very much. Mrs. Tremaine wrote to Hanover as follows, "The most recent word received from the Adjutant General Ulio, Washington, D. C., regarding my son Maj. Tremaine (Jay E. Tremaine) was the following telegram: 'Report just received through the International Red Cross states that your son Jay E. Tremaine is a prisoner of war of the Japanese government; letter of information follows." The letter came later and said it could be assumed that Jay was in good health and that prisoners of war in the Islands are reported receiving fair treatment. Correspondence: "Officially prisoners of war in the Islands are permitted to correspond with friends and relatives. No limitation on the number of letters which may be sent them, postage free. Letters must not be over 25 words in length and of a strictly personal nature, and, if possible, typed. V-mail facilities are not available to P.O.W. and no assurance that air mail will facilitate delivery. No packages can be sent to the Islands for the present." The form of address to be used follows:

Prisoner of War Mail (Insert name and rank) American P.O.W. Interned on the Philippine Islands c/o Japanese Red Cross Tokyo, Japan via New York, New York

Sender's name and address should appear on back of envelope. Come on, fellows, get out your typewriters and send Jay a line.

Thanks to Parker Merrow for the following: "Preston Smart has been named Judge of Probate for Carroll County, New Hampshire. This is a life time appointment with retirement around 65. He is also Judge of the Ossipee Municipal Court, handling all the police cases of several towns. Other duties are OPA attorney for the County of Carroll. He has recently been trying quite a few cases of civil litigation, sitting as Master."

Please send me some more checks for our Twenty-fifth Fund and shoot along some news at the same time.

Secretary, 45 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills 82, Mass. Treasurer, Chicago Safety Council 222 N. Bank Dr., Chicago, Ill.