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Starvation death shocks Polish émigré family in America
Mrs Kalman Sodden of the city received a letter from Poland detailing the death of her father and mother from starvation during wartime conditions. The letter describes their once comfortable farm life, decline under Russian occupation, and final deaths as hunger and privation overtook them. Mrs Sodden, formerly in Poland, later settled in America with her husband and four children.
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Kalmas Godden
Markos
Third Streets
Retter
Morris Kaplan
Ae Tetter
Sodden
Poland
Wey
Smmall
Tally Bell
East Third Street
Amorica
Daldiamore
Tho
Haasian