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Elmer Coulston to Family - May 27, 1933
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Elmer Coulston to Family - May 27, 1933
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- Date
1933-05-27
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Paper
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Correspondence
- Language
English
- Summary
Elmer to family. 1933 May 27, Sabbath afternoon. ALS, 4 pp. -- Mentions receiving many letters from home – from Dad, Father Wenke, Randal Wenke, and Mother. Remarks how he wishes his parents’ trip had brought them by China, as they could have had a lovely visit. Talks about the Chinese soldiers that have been fighting the Japanese, retreating through town; bandit troops moving about outside the compound, guns mounted on a hill, troops at the north wall, a soldier who had accidently shot himself through the thigh. Martial law was declared which could have prevented him from going to the clinic, but he rode his bike through the sentries with their swords, guns, bayonets and pistols. Upon his return he discovered the local government had been changed and all weapons taken away from the police; General Feng Yu Hsiang has asserted authority in North China. Talks of the surgeries he has performed recently. Hot dry weather making gardening difficult. The Russian nurse is proving quite helpful.
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Brooks, Leatha Wenke 1905-1997
Coulston, L. C. 1879-1976
Coulston, May Mynderse 1873-1957- Topic(s) - Organizations
North China Sanitarium and Hospital
North China Union Mission- Topic(s) - Place City
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