Letter from World War I soldier describes front moves and ports
Carlos Durand writes from France to his parents detailing movements from Le Havre to Bordeaux and Verdun to Metz. He recalls Beccarat Chateau Thierry San Mihiel and the Luzemburg frontier as censorship lifts allow location sharing. He mentions training, rest, and hope for home in spring.
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Carlos Durand
France
Y Durand
Sth
Tucson
Carlos
Michigan
Kinland
Ile
Verdun
Metz
Luzemburg
Mercila
Engeland
le Havre
Bordleaux
Beccarat
Chateau Thierry
San Mihiel
T Ble Court
Cleremont
Varennes
Chatel Chevery
Auzeville
Cattle Drown After Crossing Ice at Colter Ranch
In Colter's Lake on Fred T. Colter's ranch near St Johns a herd of 45 thoroughbred Hereford cattle froze through the ice while seeking water. The 45 drowned out of a couple hundred herd. one bull valued at 750 dollars, others 100 to 200 each. Herders attempted to recover the animals.
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Colter
ST. Johns
Fred T. Colter
Springville
Land selection for returning soldiers in Arizona updates
Prescott reports T. G. Norris named to the state soldiers settlement committee and Grace M. Sparks chosen as chair of the Yavapai subcommittee. Five members will study county lands suitable for soldier housing and irrigation using storage gravity flow pumping or other methods for dependable crops under local rainfall.
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Prescott
T. G. Norris
Soldiers’ Settlement Committee
State of
Arizona
Grace M. Sparks
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Bootlegger Shootout Halts Car Load of Whiskey Near Black Canyon
Deputy Munds and a boy with a flashlight stopped a hot Dodge below Black Canyon. A youth fired with a pistol, Munds fired, injuring the gun hand of the assailant. Two other bootleggers surrendered as deputies searched two cars containing autoloads of whiskey. All were armed.
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Jfrome
Black Canyon
John Munds
Verde
Munds
El Paso Banker Missing After Mountain Search
T. J. Stafford cashier of the American Bank and Trust vanished after leaving El Paso for Deming New Mexico on business. A 24 hour mountain and foothill search by Fort Bliss troops Texas Rangers sheriffs and friends failed to locate him or his body. His wife and baby stay in El Paso with no word on his whereabouts.
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EL Panu
T. J. Stafford
American Bank & Trust Company
Penne
N. M
Fort Jisse
Texas Rangers
Stafford
Robert Moore
Dewing
Deming
Louisiana
War Trade Board Loosens Coffee Import Licenses
The War Trade Board announces reallocation of import licenses for coffee with no need for sugar equalization board consultation for imports from non enemy countries. The change affects purchases previously controlled by the Sugar Equalization Board.
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Washington
Sugar Equalition Board
United States
War Trade Board
Sugar Equalization Board
Checks for veterans’ entitlements lag as arrears rise
Secretary Glass reported that out of two and a half million checks for dependents allotments and allowances only 650000 had been mailed. October payments were made and the two months’ checks would be sent before month end. The bureau is issuing cover payments for November and December to reduce the arrearage.
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Chris
Troens
la Pallice
St. Nequire
Brest
Roe
France
Ceasar
South Oo
Panama Canal
Troins
Paris
Wilson
Midwest
Jis
Flaes
Fennec
Meetem Mesheni
Eveire Witt
Chefs de Devertment
Washington
Nobel
Glass
Senate
National Bureau to Coordinate Export Lumber Trade
A new foreign trade organization named the National Bureau Wholesale Lumber Distributors Export Corporation was formed in Philadelphia. The body aims to handle virtually all foreign lumber trade delegates and related dealings for distributors nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization OF Lumikremen
Philadelphia
Wholesae Lumber Distributors
Mabv
The
National Bureau © Wholesale Lumber Distributors Export Corporation
Frank Adams Resigns as Colorado Safety Chief
Frank Adams, superintendent of the Colorado department of safety, tendered his resignation to Governor Gunter, saying he wished to dedicate his own interests after years of wartime service. He has held the office since its creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Adams
Denver
Colorado Department of Safety
Gunter
Adams
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