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VETERANS OF HITLER’S AFR1KA CORPS NOW IN TEXAS PRISON CAMPTlio thing that, a trikes .vJsIl.orK most about tjio•■'German prisoners of. war bplngliold at (iio UnlleU Stales Army hjtcruiuonl cump near .Fftfrttytille, Teius.Js tbcir extreme yuuth.._,. -'j’heao veterans of the .vaunted AT* rlka jCorps, many of whom fought tho'flussians in below veto weather before they came to the end of their marital trail under the blistering desert Bun oC Tun is, for the most part,yWe Just like kids.According to Don Hinga, veteran Houston, Texas newspaper reporter, Who recently yisited the internment 6£inp the prisoners look like youth wo sec still in the -States out of uniform. Hinga said: “You gain the Impression that Hitler must be Bcrnp-.lug :]ir«LLy cioso to the bottom of the barrel when he sends youths like these rovlh to battle.Col. J. H. Carvolth, in command of the camp, says they drill like old-timers and their discipline is Jill that the hardest boiled t.op kick could ask for. Some of the most youthful looking have jagged 3cars— srmviners of Russian and Africa haltlos. A few wonr their Iron crosses given for valor.The prisoners me allowed a measure of self-government— they elect their own stockade leader, police hoir camp area, run . their canteen, ind do Lheir own cooking.Prisoners are not allowed to he ntervlewed, anti guards are not flowed to talk, to Germans Aliy prob* Pius that arise are settled through be stockade leader, with Army offie*513. *'Most of the prisoners are kepi iniay doing chorea arouml the camp. However, several of them are being worked in fields around HnntfrVlllo and farmers in that section would like to have, more field hauds. However guard personnel la limited and transportation to the farniB limited.The prisoners who are farmed out ore. paid SO cents per day In coupons which . can be spent in their canteens. All aro anxious to get fnnu Kvork and make a- liHlft spending money. •They suup to attention when American officers come by. An of fjcer can barely get his foot inside a bnrrack uiil.il soino non-com shouts, AChtiing (iiUehtinn) and the men leap to tlioir feet with clinkingheels. •ncy• ——— - Article 1107 of the HoukI Code provides punishment forjhofio who habitually loaf. loiter ai)d ,IcJle in :ary public place for th? Jailer portion of lheir. time, without any regular employment and without any visible incans of support.There Jiavo been several complaints registered with this officeaud others concerning' persons who .-dial)itiially loaf and wlio refuse lo.vWqrk at any price. This Is no time for pcrsong to be guilty of such acts’ when there are so mauy fine boys giving up their lives. There are jobs, availftblo for evory person who te ^physically able. !VVg me reliably informed that other counties are inferring ibis VAG-llAJN-CY law Blrlctly,. and it will be our policy to do likewise. .COTmrcTT AKINS.'’Sheriff OUFFOtip's. Ttow; Co. Atl’y\v. s. cRAWFoan.County ;Judge.... .• ^dren. Although happy in Texas, Mrs. Knight always dreamed of visiting the scenes of her childhood. Tn 11)211, ‘when the Cnnfederate* Veterans' reunion was held in Charlotte, her dream was realized and accompanied ly a grnmhlaughtev, she tfintted her native stale. Sbo was then D3 year', old.Tn HUG she celebrated her con ten-nary with that of her adopted slate, and was honored hb llie oldest citizen in a historical pageant given in iSnu Augustine. ‘ :She still is actively interested h public affairs. and loves to h*vlt;her fi*iend3 vlsil. her. Each year shi attends iho annual memorial scrvic* held at hlcMnhon’s Chapel, one o Lho oldest churches in.the state,, am in her own words she says): 'INuw ‘n the evening of life 1 cun enjoying th love niicl companionship -Of children grand children ami friends. Ueminls ceiices of my past life give me muc pleasure and even the hardships nr .mellowed by the passing years an the events of my pusL life, su e bleni cd into a pleasant panorama wine
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Carthage Panola Watchman
Carthage, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1943
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