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SIXWar Prisoners j To Be Worked jj In Canneries [Plan For Three Counties Certified By FennemanWestminster. April 23 —Use of j 300 German war prisoners in the j processing of canning crops in Carroll. Howard and Baltimore counties has been certified by Lawrence B. Fenneman. State Director of the War Manpower Commission.Efforts to locate a war prisoner j camp at Blue Ridge College have j been unsuccessful, it v-as learned, j and hopes of obtaining the use of j the Tanevtown fairgrounds are slim. [May Set Up TentsPians au- uuiii*, it is* uv iv» ; reestablish a tented camp somewhere (fe in Carroll County to provide aecom- j -modation? for a portion of the pri- | soners. expected to be available about the middle of May. |Officials were unable 10 neKOii-iw ate for the Blue Ridge College lora- i ft tzon because the property is still I in litigation in Equity Court.Similar difficulties were rncmin- j tered in their efforts to obtain a jlease on. the 'airgrounris property. ! recently sold under option to a | _ syndicate comprised of men located j in various sections of the country, j Delay in locating the members of ':he syndicate, ii was explained, has jcaused virtual abandonment of any : hopes of leasing the property in j time to provide housing for the prisoners iNeed 1,900 Worker* \It is planned to utilize the 3n0 j prisoners in 25 canning plants in ; the three counties. Officials esti- j mate that l.POft persons are need- i ed to man the packing plants and j prisoners will materially reduce the : manpower shortage.Prisoners certified for use m the ! three counties will be available only to canning plants within that area, j The move will benefit some farm- j ers in the northeastern and eastern j sections of Frederick County, who ; grow vegetables for the canneries • in the adjacent counties. :The prisoners it was explained, j will not be employed in the actual ; canning of food but will bp utilized in vining and husking operations and in handling the cans after processing ;Efforts arc being made tn provide similar aid for the canneries • \ in Frederick County. ! p
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Mon, Apr 24, 1944
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