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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
12
Editor L Rucker records a second matter entry dated May 12 1906 at the port office in Benson Arizona indicating a clerical or administrative note.
The piece urges readers that battlefront effort is not limited to the front lines. Wherever you are and whatever your job, you can choose to strive over the top. Reward goes to those who apply intelligent effort, not those who seek advance payment or mere hope.
United States Land Office Phoenix Arizona issues notice to Martin A Hollister of Phoenix that Chas EK veiz of Benson has filed to contest and cancel Hollister’s February 10 1913 homestead entry for sections in Township 17 S Range 19 E G and Meridian. Contaster claims abandonment for over six months and failure to prove final proof. deadline to answer within twenty days after the fourth publication May 11 1918.
United States Land Office in Phoenix announces Carl Koerts of Frenson Arizona has filed intent to make five year proof to establish his homestead claim for the NW4, W4 NE4, Sec 18, T17S R20E. The proof will be before H G Brown at Benson Arizona on the Sunday of May 1918.
Public notice lists letters remaining unclaimed for the week ending April 31 1982. Postmaster Leonard P Bedfield directs addressees to inquire at the post office per postal laws and regulations.
Washington report details ordnance bureau motor and tractor models including ammunition trucks repair trucks artillery tractors and field guns. It notes standardized truck bodies interchangeable magnetos and a planned pay car to track pay status amid wartime needs and rising expenditures.
The report covers Japan admitting over 100 concerns into Shanghai in 1917, a rapidly rising Japanese population around 14,000, and a surge in army hospitals from seven to sixty three beds rising to 58 400 with 30 000 more planned. It notes US troops holding an American sector in January 1918, a navy stockpile for a year, 95 ton 58 foot 14 inch guns costing 118000 dollars, a 35000 ton cruiser fast at 35 knots, 10000 new Army trucks in production, peanuts production and sorting, 6 million bushels grown, army pay exceeding 500 million, and navy rations costs sliced from 0.87684 to 0.438 in 1917.
A patriotic call stresses sacrifice and total support for American troops in France. It warns against pacifism and slacking, urging readers to back the war with their finances and resolve, noting the German threat could reach U.S. shores in a week.
Excerpts show wartime appeals urging all Americans to buy Liberty Bonds. Speakers stress duty, sacrifice, and patriotism to fund the struggle, linking bond purchases to national stability and the protection of farmers and families.
Grace Parker urges American women to match English efforts in war work and to lead a large over-subscription to the Liberty Loan. She cites English labor on ammunition farms shipbuilding and nursing and calls on Southern women to fund and support the war effort to secure victory with Allied aid.
A five year old from Jills county claims Mamie is pro German while noting she has 25¢ and won t buy a war stamp. The text urges subscribers to Liberty Loan to meet their quota despite child criticism.
At a Louisiana parish Liberty Loan meeting the speaker urged economy for the war effort. A prominent citizen then offered his $500 diamond ring, declaring its sale for Liberty Bonds would better serve the cause.
Otto Meissner of Copperas Cove Texas describes a quick campaign to sell Liberty Bonds. He held a meeting posted posters and by selling bonds door to door in three days reached his quota, showing farmers can spur the Third Liberty Loan.
A wartime appeal urges Americans to buy Liberty Bonds highlighting personal impact. It lists bond tiers from 1500 to 150 dollars and the specific equipment and services each will fund such as ambulances, guns, horses, X-ray outfits, hospital instruments, clothing, rations, rifles and grenades, stressing immediate national effort and civilian duty.
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