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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDKORD. ORE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1361 West Germany's Missing Persons Total 5.3 Million Bonn OJPD Germany's list of missing persons is 5 mil lion names long. Fifteen years ago, more than 5.5 million Germans dis appeared. ,The fate of nearly 5.3 million of them remains a mystery. Among them are 1.25 mil lion soldiers. Many are doubt less dead, but no one knows where and when they died. One-hundred-thousand pri soners of war captured by the Russians have disappeared, as have 800,000 German ci vilians forcibly removed from their homes by Soviet forces. And what has happened to 3.2 million German who lived in the eastern provinces now under Communist rule? Since 1950, the German Red Cross has traced some ,250,000 Germans in these categories. They were found to be dead, in prison camps, "or to have made their way to ..West Germany without noti fying relatives. Vanished v But nearly 5.3 million have simply vanished, unseen and untraced since the war ended. The Russians have never 'volunteered any information. JEach returnee fills out ques tionnaires, listing ' all the -German men and women he knew. The Red Cross follows ,'up these names, sometimes successfully, most times not. k West German radio stations 'help in the giant search. For 15 years a program titled ."Searching Service" has been broadcast daily. The program originated in 1945, .broadcasting the names of missing slave workers. In 1946, it was extended to all missing Germans. Since then, the program broadcast on all wave lengths so it can be heard on the oth er side of the Iron Curtain has been on the air 10 min , utes a day. Recently the pro gram was cut to five. It aver ages 30 to 35 names a day, with birthplace, age, living relatives, particular charac teristics and other personal data supplied by the Red ' Cross. Fate Uncertain Many names are those of children born during the con fused days near the end of World War II. The parents were separated from their in fant offspring. They made their way West, but they do not know the fate of their children. Added to these 5.3 million are 1.6 million others, mem bers of German ethnic groups still living in the Soviet Union. The Russians agreed to re patriate any of these persons who wanted to go to West Germany, but have now all but stopped the repatriation program. Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer of West Germany re quested Sovet Premier Nikita Khrushchev In a personal let ter last fall to use his author ity in getting the program on the move again. But a reply was still to come. . SEARS 5" THE B DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR OSS LEAVES TODAY! Sears Employees Take Over Medford Store Giv Their Friends and Customers the for 2 Weeks and BIGGEST VALUES ' EVER OFFERED! Washable Auto. Blanket! 100 .Cotton Automatic Blanket Gives you added comfort, on winter nights. Completely machine washable, and dryable. Buy now and save. JUST SAY "CHARGE IT!" 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