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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
6
Amid wartime effort plans emerged for a large Buna S synthetic rubber facility at Texas City. The project would convert styrene and butadiene, sourced from ethylene and benzene, into Buna S, powering U S rubber production. Construction demands included thousands of tons of metals, thousands of workers, and a vast underground plant network.
Washington June 5 The Army announced 26 688 enemy war prisoners are held in twenty one U S prison camps nationwide The total includes 22 110 Germans 14 516 Italians and 62 Japanese at Camp M Coy Wis Germans and Italians are held at Crossville Tenn in separate compounds The ten other camps for Germans include Camp Breckinridge Ky Camp Chaffee Ark Camp Grober Okla Hereford Tex Huntsville Tex Roswell N M Stringtown Okla Angel Island Calif Camp Blanding Fla and Fort Meade Md The Army says some camps are temporary while others are permanent with a combined capacity about 55 000 The War Department says reporters may visit camps descriptions of camps and prisoner activities will be allowed but interviews and photos of recognizable prisoners are forbidden The stockade is a fenced enclosure with guard towers and three compounds housing about 1 000 prisoners each The typical camp housing 4 000 requires 506 officers and enlisted men stationed outside the stockade to support operations
Local social updates note visits by Downey and White families, plus Doris Patrick and Regenia Summerfield visiting relatives. UT University of Texas professor Dr. Manvel urges balanced study and recreation in schools, warning youth overstate rights. A wartime labor plan details internees to work in large squads under civilian guard with private employment paid at prevailing wages. Poll results show Beer ousted. two alcohol sale proposals pass, including malt beverages limits. War restrictions affect fashion with New Zealand mutton sleeve ban.
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