Word: dowagiac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before he can leave the U.S., Yankus must sell his100-acre farm near Dowagiac in southwestern Michigan, finish paying off $4,562 in penalties levied against him in court by the U.S. Government. His offense: raising for his 5,000 chickens more wheat than he was allowed under the average-quota system...
...Lawrence Rix of Dowagiac, Mich, had only done what many prisoners do: he stole food. Somebody squealed, and he was stripped almost naked and forced to stay in a cold hole for two days. Pfc. Joe Allen told of a "pro" who reported him when he tried to escape with a buddy. The guards picked them up. Allen signed a confession, but his fellow escapee decided to hold out for a while. The Chinese put him in a damp cellar. Said Allen: "A few days later they carried him out of the camp. He was dead, and he had blood...