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WAR WORK COUNCIL
ARMY AND NAVY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS "With the Colors"
- 3 to write in they furnish the paper and ink. To night as I am writing they are giving a concert for the boys which they all enjoy very much. Beside now I got liberty every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7:45 next morning and on Saturday from 12 oclock noon till Sunday night til 9:30 p.m. Del reminded me to write to the Mrs. Burke thanking her for the cake which I will try and do to- night. Have not recieved any pay yet and maybe by next letter I can tell you more about it. Sometime ago I made out my allotment of fifteen dollars and they add on ten that make twenty five which will come directly to you. There is not much more to write so will end. Hoping every one is in as good health as I am in. With Love. Ray.
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San Pedro July 22nd
Dear Ma
Don’t know what is the matter with the mail service down this way. You say you was looking for my letter and I was looking for this letter I got to day since Friday.
Very sorry to hear the way Elmo is acting because he promised me faithful he would do what was right. And that promise meant a lot to me, because if he doesn’t do right by you he is hurting me just as much. As I will all ways hold him to that promise and never recognize him as a brother if he don’t for full it.
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Recieved the magazines all right butt expected a letter with them that was last Friday but Ma I won’t get a chance to read any books except the ones I have to study for a long time.
I got paid to night but so far I don’t know how to figure it out I got three dollars in all for one month pay. Of course that means they sent you the allotment of 15 dollars and take out ten dollars on your clothes. Some pay they take out half of the allotment of the
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second months pay out of the first months. That means then that the first month they would take 22.50 out for allotments. Could not asked any questions on it to day but will find out to morrow. Glad to here you took in the show. Yesterday I went to Venice it cost 54 cents from Los Angeles. It is some place like the old shutes us to be only on a large scale. I walk through Venice to Ocean Park were I got a bathing suit for 20cents. Cheap huh.
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When I got to Los Angeles I had 4 cents left and I made a peddler give me some apricots for them. Am sending a few pictures that was taking by one of the boys I came down with.
Maybe a week from next Thursday I will be in Frisco for a few days maybe longer. I can’t tell in the mean while if I found out I will leave you know by postal. There is not much more to say. I guess the weather up there is like here swell.
Ray