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This terrain is the newest of all the country's national scenic areas. Although set aside some years ago by the National Government, this area was not accessible until three years ago when the Union Pacific built a spur from Land, Utah, to Cedar City. This new train service was opened by President Harding on his ill-fated western trip from which he never returned...
Major Spatz: "The pursuit squadron is under command of the commanding officer of the Sixth Corps Area...
...commanding officer of the Sixth Corps Area, Major General William S. Graves, a member of the Court, "twisted his hands in nervous rage," and began to ask questions seeking to fix the blame...
Despatches asserted that outside of Damascus the French forces held a secure grip upon only six cities on the railway between Aleppo in the North and Dera in the South. The Druses were said to be in control of an area as large as the state of New Jersey between Mount Hermon and Wadi Ajami. At Aleppo Miss Elizabeth Sill of Pittsburgh, in charge of the local Near East Relief, was reported to have been appealed to for help and protection by literally thousands of refugees...
General Sanjurjo's sector at Melilla has been entrusted to Brigadier General Castro Girona; while the exceedingly important Ceuta area has been entrusted to General Berenguer...