Describing the Belsen Camp Horrors by Allen Describes
Lewis M. Allen Jr. writes from Germany about visiting the Belsen concentration camp. He details barbed wire fences mass graves lack of latrines and the grim death toll while contrasting SS luxury with camp squalor and urging public awareness of the atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis M. Allen, Jr
L. M. Allen
Germany
AFS
Africa
Italy
Young Allen
Belsen
Geny
German POWs Paid Canteen Allowance in U.S.
Under the agreement with Germany no salary is paid to privates who are prisoners of war in the United States. Each soldier receives ten cents a day for canteen and eighty cents a day if he works.
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Germany
Wehrmacht
United States
Fruit Growers To Form New Organization In Winchester
County Agent I Fred Stine announces the Fruit Growers plan a new state incorporated association. The June 28 meeting at the County Court House in Winchester will elect six directors and one public director with a $5 annual membership. V P I economist Gordon Ward will assist. A H Teske and E Blackburn Moore attend. foreign labor needs discussed.
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Fred Stine
Winchester
Frederick
Gordon H. Ward
C. Irvine Cather
E. R. Marker
Stewart Bell, Jr
Walker McC. Bond
E. Blackburn Moore
Tute
Washington
A. H. Teske
Best Loved Stories For Children
A 32 page children's publication gathers classic tales and verses for young readers. Includes riddles paper folding and scrambled names designed to entertain and evoke childhood memories. Priced ten cents postpaid.
Information Bureau Request for THE CHILDREN'S BOOK Copy
A reader encloses ten cents for a copy of THE CHILDREN'S BOOK from the Information Bureau of the Winchester Evening Star. They provide mailing details and payment wrapped in paper.
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The
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Fuel Oil Supply Remains Tight During Pacific War
The Petroleum Administration for War warned the fuel oil supply will stay tight as long as the Pacific war lasts and may worsen. It will deny requests to convert heating systems from coal to oil, citing growing military oil needs for the Navy and other forces. The report argues shifting war focus to the Pacific increases nationwide fuel oil demand.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Adams
R-Nh
Europe
Pacific
Government help for veterans starting a small business
Government guidance for veterans planning postwar entrepreneurship. Veterans may consult the Department of Commerce at its Washington DC office on small business issues or visit one of the department’s 26 field offices in major cities nationwide.
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Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Department
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Belsen Prison Camp
S88 Officers Club
Vienna
Time
Vandenburg
Groves
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun
Riley’s Market
Valley Ave
Bor
Ooctagon
Octagon
Ceanse
Home Stoker
Fruit Growers
L. E
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Spring Co
Newville, Px
D. A. Gordon Company
Cloverdale Soft Deinks
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
Virginia
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