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This letter, from the head of the Concordia Mercantile Company in Concordia, Kansas, addresses the difficulties that the company has faced with regard to supplying the Post Exchange at Concordia with the necessary amount of goods. In particular, the Concordia Mercantile Company is having difficulty acquiring sufficient quantities of beer for the German POWs being held at the internment camp in Concordia.
Date: July 06, 1943
Item Number: 216747
Call Number: Coll. 12, Box. 20, Folder: Prisoners of War
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216747
Collections - Manuscript - Capper, Arthur
Date - 1940s - 1943
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Capper, Arthur
Military - Wars - World War II
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront - Prisoner of war
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Cities and towns - Concordia
Places - Counties - Cloud
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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