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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
9
Alsatian exiles describe where Wehrmacht troops were held in Soviet camps from 1944 onward. Josef, 22, details five months in a Siberian hospital and later work in coal mines, reflecting a broader pattern among captured Germans and conscripts from occupied territories.
The narrative tracks a 20 year old freckled son of a local farmer and other German prisoners who surrendered in January 1945 near Schnei termuhl on the German Polish frontier. It follows their transport to camps at Posen Woronesh and Tambow and notes Tambow’s feared peat mine prison. It also mentions Paul a 19 year old wine grower’s son who surrendered at war end in May 1945 and later saw Kurland and Moscow. Henri aged 22 lived on a vineyard and was captured at war’s end after shifting through Riga camps.
The Philadelphia Fed warned that rising prices and wages could trigger a collapse similar to postwar chaos. It urged balance among wages, production, prices, and money supply and stressed cooperation from business, labor, and banks to sustain peacetime economic growth into 1946.
The ad promotes durable cotton gabardine workwear with minimal shrinkage and tailored fits. It highlights a linen like girdle, elastic side placket, and bow to prevent rolling. Also advertises fall handbags, a two way high chair, and a slip cover fabric with durable, washable twill.
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