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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
4
The Benson Arizona port office records show an entry dated May 12 1906 concerning second matter filing by editor L Rucker.
A motivational piece argues that combat readiness and success depend on personal effort rather than distant front lines. It emphasizes that the greatest rewards come from the most effort, warns against expecting advance payment, and frames hope as secondary to intelligent effort.
United States Land Office Phoenix announces Chas EK Veiz of Benson contests Martin A Hollister. The claim alleges abandonment for over six months and failure to provide final proof, requesting cancellation of Homestead Entry Serial No. uzizol for E4% SE4 and other sections in Township 17 S Range 19 E. Respond by twenty days after the fourth publication.
United States Land Office at Phoenix Arizona given Carl Koerts of Frenson Arizona filed notice of intention to make five year proof to establish claim to New NW4 W4 NEM Sec 18 Township 17 South Range 20 East G S & Meridian. The claim is to be proven before H G Brown U S Commissioner at Benson Arizona on the Sunday of May 1918.
Public notice from the Department of the Interior listing letters remaining unclaimed for the week ending April 31 1982. Callers are advised to pick up advertised items at the post office, with delivery fees as required by postal laws and regulations. Leonard P Bedfield, Postmaster.
The article lists standard ordnance bureau vehicles including ammunition trucks repair trucks artillery tractors and a tracklaying armored transport. It notes constant standardization across services and ongoing civil service examinations for bookkeeper and clerical positions with salaries up to $1 000 a year. It also covers pay car plans projected funding for shipbuilding and wartime purchases from the quartermaster kitchen and food programs.
The report notes over 100 new Japanese concerns in Shanghai in 1917 and rapid Japanese population growth to around 14. Aerial oil castor bean farming covers 70,000 acres. U S Army and Navy expansions include an American sector on the firing line and stockpiles for a year, 14 inch guns of 95 tons, a 35 000 ton cruiser at 35 knots, and 10 000 new army trucks. The army pay exceeds 500 million dollars annually. naval rations drop from 0.87684 to 0.438 per day in 1917.
A sweeping wartime plea urges American volunteers to support the fight in France with their full financial and patriotic commitment. It warns against pacifism and slackerism, calling the German threat a mad dog that must be killed and urging rapid funding to deter invasion.
Excerpts show wartime appeals urging Liberty Bond purchases and national unity. Speakers urge borrowing when needed, pledge strong penalties for jury neglect, and frame the conflict as a family affair with soldiers as sons, stressing duty and sacrifice for victory.
Grace Parker argues American women should share war work like English and French women. At a Dallas meeting she praises female labor in ammunition, farming, shipbuilding, nursing, and driving. The Southwest is urged to secure a huge over subscription to the Liberty Loan to aid soldiers and Allies and to fund war needs.
A county child accuses a neighbor of being pro German and failing to subscribe to the Liberty Loan. The speech targets men who have not purchased their full quota, suggesting even children criticize such actions.
At a Liberty Loan meeting in a Louisiana parish a speaker urged duty to the France service men and urged economy. A prominent citizen handed the speaker his $500 diamond ring and urged selling it to invest in Liberty Bonds.
Otto Meissner of Copperas Cove Texas describes organizing a meeting, selling bonds at a public house, and then campaigning door to door to meet his quota in three days. He credits enthusiasm and effort as the spirit to support the Third Liberty Loan.
A wartime appeal urges Americans to buy Liberty Bonds, stressing each dollar matters now to fund war needs. It lists bond tiers and purchases from ambulances and horses to X ray equipment, medical supplies, rifles, grenades, and surgical instruments, stressing direct link to frontline effort.
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