Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — REPATRIATION OF WAR PRISONERS [ARTICLE]

REPATRIATION OF WAR PRISONERS

New York, Aug. 6.—Plans for repatriation of nearly 35,000 former soldiers of the central powers, held as war prisoners in Siberia, was announced here tonight by the Siberian War prisoners fund. Allied governments, with the cooperation of several American relief organizations, have arranged for a ship to leave Hamburg for Vladivostok on August 15 to return the first contingent of prisoners, it was stated. . . Arrangements for repatriating all the prisoners are being made under the direction of Dr. Friddtjof Nansen, who investigated the matter at the request of the council of the league of nations. It was announced that the following organizations have united their forces in support of the fund: American Red Cross, American Friends, Service committee, American Relief Committee for Hungarian Sufferers, American Relief for Austrian war prisoners, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, joint distribution committee for American funds for Jewish war sufferers, National Catholic War Council, the Y. M. C. A. and the National Lutheran council. I Born, August 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Harve J. Robin Son, of Liberty, Miss., an eight-pound daughter, who has been named Joan. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were formerly residents of this city and now have four children, three girls and one boy.