Germans learn democracy as POWs plant, work Kentucky farms
INEZ ROBB reports Breckinridge Kentucky IN S prisoners of war from Hitler’s Africa corps reorganize into democratic units within three compounds. They elect spokesmen, form associations, cultivate gardens, and plan to work on U.S. farms under U.S. contracts. Prison pay goes to the U.S. treasury while uses for labor and discipline are locally managed.
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Africa Corps
Nisia
United States
Nez Robb
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Chester Reyand
Kentucky
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U. S. Treasury
U. S
Coronel Chester
Onel Chester
Germany
Chester
What You Buy With WAR BONDS A wartime plea in a fragmentary piece
The text urges buying war bonds to save soldiers lives and notes sulfanilamide kits costing 18 to 30 cents. It mentions U S Treasury, prison labor requests in Louisville region, and describes guards frisking prisoners with soldiers patting heads upon return to camp.
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U. S
Treasery Department
Louisville
War Department
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