Arthur M. FIFER [1890-????]

Arthur M. Fifer was the Far Eastern Relief Representative of the American Red Cross and also an internee at Stanley. Before Fifer was repatriated, he devised a scheme for internees to get an outside loan so as to enable them to purchase  medicines, food and clothing from shops in the city as there was a scarcity of supplies delivered to internees. After Fifer had left Hong Kong, Red Cross relief activities were handed over to Father John Toomey.

Fifer was already on the high seas on the repatriation vessel, Gripsholm when details of the scheme was announced in the international newspapers on 2 August 1942. The scheme can be read here or at the link below for the full story.

Loan Scheme: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-08-02/ed-1/seq-17/#date1=01%2F01%2F1942&sort=date&date2=09%2F30%2F1942&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=12&words=Fifer&proxdistance=5&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=fifer&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3