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EXPECT GERMANWAR PRISONERCAMP IN AREAA ciitiip f*»i 400 German war prL^-otiH may br #* ?.abli*4vH on ih*Gettysburg battl^ftt Id nf*ar Wav*tort Hit\ 'bin; BtHiiwrhr avf*nia♦xti»rv rl if unlt; wf#**• * *f'-dav'.V'While no official on firm at Ioncould be obtained on tla* establishment of the (amp tin* field in which It Is to N placed bail been mowed fisc past w»*«k, water malic have lv*cn eon ties fed, and ir»lr* have beenplaced In the held to ix* used In making the utockade to surround the prison camp The captured enemy troopa will ix*used to relieve the expected tremendous labor shortage in the conn-tv's eannera s and In some of thelarger orchards of the county.The prison*! will live In tents inside the stockade and will be under constant guard when traveling to and from work while at workaiid durlnr ’he (xuiod when they are 111 the rampI Sl. Non-t ommitlalAn Armv offic- r has been in Gettysburg completing arrangements lor the camp for tlx past several weeks, it wa. learnedE. A Crouse head of the lor d office of the United is* ites Employment Service rein lt;d to make any statement on the camp today but said that information on the matter may be given out very soon ’ fanners and otlrers of the county 'ho will n e the prisoners have paid for tlie construction of camps in other section of tlie country and it is believed that this may be flic ease here War prisoners receive the same wages as ordinary workers at the canneries but onl* a nominal sum uoe.s to the prisoners withthe remainder going to the U S government Sunbar camps have been estab-nearbv to assist with thecrops, which farm experts believe will not be harvested and canned un-ksss additional labor is imported to do the work du** to the labor shortage in this area Three hundred war prisoners have been placed at Westminster to‘help with the erojis in that section
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Jun 10, 1944
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