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College Men Held by Mexicans
Three former Minneapolis men, graduates of the University of Minnesota, are held prisoners by federals in Lower California as prisoners of war. Arthur Barks, Harold L. Downing, and Ralph Clawson wrote letters from captivity via bribed lines, their later escape attempt ending with a thigh wound and recapture. Passports, obtained through Burgess in Guadalupe, proved worthless after regime changes.
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Minneapolis. Minn
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Lower
California
Norman RK. Roberts
Arthur Barks
Harold L. Downing
Ralph Clawson
Downing
San Diego
Calif
Clawson
Mexico
Federale
Burke
Endiardo
Sonora
Guadalupe
Robert Burgess
Minnesota University