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Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel of Topeka, Kansas, announces that Axis prisoners of war held at the "Camp Phillips Internment Camp" are available as laborers for farm or construction work. Interested farmers were instructed to contact their county extension agents for applications and information. The prisoners were to be paid eighty cents a day. This work program was controversial in the local communities because of security concerns and a preference to keep sons at home to help with the farming.
Creator: Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Date: May 18, 1943
Item Number: 207206
Call Number: Governor's Records, Schoeppel, Box 64 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 207206
Agriculture - Labor - Prisoner of war labor
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Military Facility - Camp
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Date - 1940s - 1943
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Prisoner of war
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Forts and military installations - Camp Phillips
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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