German Refugees Plan Mass Trek Through Country
German refugees, led by a hard core of survivors from nine million displaced by war, plan a mass march toward German highways. Leaders say up to 300000 may join, creating vast columns likely to sweep through the country as late April or near May. The exodus follows displacements from Soviet and Polish zones and the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia.
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Desperate Refugee Trek Surges Across Western Germany
Desperate refugees in western and southern Germany press toward reshaped camps, led by Reinhard Noback and Rudolf Breske. About 500,000 live in marshland camps in northern Bavaria and Schleswig Holstein, many expelled from East Prussia and Pomerania. Organizers seek urgent Bonn action to halt the march as refugees plan to occupy public squares and seek housing.
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Fields W S C S Dinner Brings Talks and Plans
A noon spaghetti dinner opened Fields Women’s Society for Christian Service meeting hosted by Mesdames Leslie Dreger Pearl Myers and Pat Underwood. Mrs Ima Walker reviewed So Sure of Life and Mrs Jean Jones discussed missionary work. Pat Underwood led the business session and Mrs Cleo Myers chose the Twenty third Psalm for devotions. Plans included buying and sending story books to a Kentucky missionary home and a bake sale set for April 12 at The First.
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Leslie Dreger
Pearl Myers
Pat Underwood
Ima Walker
Violet Wood
Jean Jones
Cleo Myers
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