Letter From Roy Merrithew from Camp Lewis May 1918
Roy Merrithew writes from Camp Lewis on May 18 1918 to Harold Hale Elko Nevada. He describes Liberty theatre entertainments and visiting performers including Cyril Maude and Maude Adams. He lists camp units and personnel transfers, notes government job classifications for recruits, and comments on troop movements and the outlook of the war in Europe.
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Camp Lewis
Harold P Hale
Elko
Nevada
Harold
Ekman
Fist Claes Entertainment
Liberty Theatre
Orpheum
Gas attack and raids mark tense May front in France
American artillery northwest of Toul and Gerechamp wood delivered a sudden local gas attack on German positions, filling their cantonments with poisonous gas within minutes. German raid on Paris failed to reach the city. casualties occurred on its outskirts. British raiders seized trenches north of Arras. French fronts endured violent artillery and German troop movements along the Amiens to Albert sector as Germany readies a renewed major offensive.
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France
Toul
Gerechamp Wood
Paris
Picardy
Flanders
Berlin
Arras
London
Routh
Amiens
Ottawa
Albert
Copper Industry Seeks Small Price Increase
On May 22 representatives of the copper industry meet with a War Industries Board committee to set copper prices for three months starting June first. The industry reportedly favors a modest rise over existing prices.
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iMeet
War Industries Committee
Washington
War Industries Board
Government to Supply Tobacco to Troops Under New Regulations
The government will include tobacco in regulation rations for soldiers. Previously bought by troops or issued by Red Cross and other groups, the change follows General Pershing's amendment. The order will take effect within the next few days.
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Pra
Red Cross
General Pershing
Pardons Denied in Utah Case as Friday Execution Looms
May 22 Salt Lake City state board refused commutation for Toward De Wee, condemned for murder. Letter from Pvt Roy Merrithew of Camp Lewin, Washington, describes morale and requests support while awaiting execution and notes he encloses an Orpheum program.
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Salt Lake City
State Board of Pardons
de Wee
Walters Still Evading Posse Near Jessup Camp
Fallon May 21 The posse pursuing Paul Walters who shot Sheriff Wildes near the old Jessup camp reports difficulty locating him. Fresh horses were scarce and many hid in the hills, with possible hiding places in the hills forcing Walters to emerge for supplies. Sheriff Wildes is not in immediate danger though weak from loss of blood.
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Fallon
Paul Walters
Wildes
Jessup
Tian
Walters
Lovelock
Witles
Eastern Cities Exceed Red Cross Quotas
Early returns show several Michigan South Dakota and Delaware cities surpass quotas on the second Red Cross drive to raise one hundred million dollars.
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RED Cross
Washington
Michigan
South Dakota
Delaware
Creed
Two U S aviators killed in collision near Gerstner field
Lieutenant Nathan Park of New York and Spencer Williams of Buffalo died when two planes they rode collided at about three thousand feet over Lake Chanles Ta on May 22. The crash occurred here late yesterday with both aviators killed on impact.
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Lake Chanles
Nathan Park
New York
Spencer Williame
Buffalo
Gerstner Fell
Forty Eight Names On Casualty List
Washington report lists forty eight casualties with three killed in action two died of wounds two died of disease thirty eight severely wounded and three slightly wounded in today’s casualty list.
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Washington
Campaign for Smileage Books for Elko County Boys at Camp Lewis
The Independent calls for Elko County residents to subscribe to 25 smileage books to provide theatre access for Elko boys at Camp Lewis. The letter by Private Roy Merrithew notes theatres offer entertainment amid limited pay and urges local subscriptions, starting with 212 books as a target and collecting at the office.
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Roy Merrithew
Jetter
Elko
Camp Lewis
Smile Age
Ganpaign
Eike County
Splett
Puch Menmore
Merrithew
Elia
Elko Yeiy
McAdoo reshapes rail heads and appoints federal director
President appoints a federal director with responsibility to protect stockholders and maintain railroad integrity. Two new operating districts are created, including the Allegheny region east of Pittsburgh, excluding the New York Central, with Markham named to oversee the south.
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W Wington
United States
McAdoo
Mitteburgh
New York Central
OCE
Markham
Pocahontis District Trunk Lines Reaching Haropten Roads
The Pocahontis district extends along the vast trunk lines culminating at Haropten roads, outlining a network expansion path through the region.
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Pocahontis District
Haropten
Proceedings of County Highway Board Bid Rejected For Bridge Work
The County Highway Board opened a bid by A Ta McGinty for bridge construction near Mile Covele. The board rejected the bid as too high, citing expensive materials and overall cost. Clerk EOP. CARVILLE noted no further business beyond approving payroll and adjournment.
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Highway
Denordanes
White Wits
Tee Pom
Buard
Potet
Evans announces candidacy for Congress in Nevada
C BR Bryans declares run in Democratic primaries to aid war effort and national development. He pledges to promote resources, agriculture, mineral wealth, and state recognition while urging respect for law and free speech. He seeks Nevada’s nomination and election to Congress.
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Weshington
Mir
Nevada
C. BR. Byans
Iowa Tornado Toll Rises With Des Moines Losses
Des Moines May 22 Nearly a score of persons are dead and about a hundred injured after Iowa's second tornado in four months swept over central regions. Property damage exceeds a million dollars as telegraph lines were down, limiting details on the storm's path and victims.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Martial law in Bohemia amid mass imprisonments
Dispatch from Berne cites Daily Mail quoting the Slovenski Parod reporting martial law now in force in Bohemia. The measures have led to numerous imprisonments under the new regime.
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Bohemia
Daily Mail
Berne
Slovenski
Senate Breakavoided as Substitute Approved
Washington May 22 with under two minutes of debate the threatened breach between President Wilson and the senate disappeared as a viva voce vote adopted an acceptable substitute replacing the Chamberlain resolution. The president contended the original proposal would appoint the senate receptacle of the war conduct committee.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Chamberlain
Sen Abilitacy Affairs Committee
London air raid toll rises to forty four dead
A supplemental statement reports forty four killed and one hundred seventy nine injured in Sunday night's German raid on London.
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London
Reward for Paul Walters Dead or Alive Declared
Governor Emmet D. Boyle announced a one thousand dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of Paul Walters after he shot Sheriff Mark L. Wildes during a resisting arrest incident on or about May 18 1918 in Churchill County Nevada. Federal authorities join the hunt as deputies search from Reno to Fernley and Wadsworth with two agents selected for the posse.
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Boyle
Paul Walters
Mark L. Wildes
Churchill County
Walters
Churchill
Nevada
Hin
Emmet D. Boyle
United States
Knight
Reno
Carson City
Emory Morgan
Dan Mere
Wadsworth
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