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        "logicalDate": "1938-04-08",
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    "ocrText": "San\nS\nM\nu.\n1\nJ\nF\n5\nit\nan\nD\ncis\nI\nMiss White, Director of Nursing, Pacific Division\nJuly 25, 1919\nsee,\n'e\nMiss Noyes, Acting Director, Department of Nursing.\nL\nRE:\nAlico V. Murphy - #17931.\nYour telegram of July 24th was received this morning,\nand we were indeed distressed to discover the error in the re-\nport of the death of Miss Alice V. Murphy, No. 17931.\nYou\nhave doubtless received my wire in regard to the matter, a con-\nfirmation copy of which is attached.\nUnder date of December 19, 1918, the War Department\nadvised us of the death of Miss Alice V. Murphy on October 7th.\nUnfortunately we had two nurses by the name of Alice\nV. Murphy enrolled (one with the San Francisco, Calif. Local\nCommittee and the other with the Ann Arbor, Michigan Committee)\nwho were both serving in Europe, and at the time of receiving the\nabove mentioned notification of death, we had no way of determin-\ning whether the nurses mentioned were both at the same Base Hospital.\nWe have just discovered however, that it was the Miss\nAlice V. Murphy of Michigan who died, and Miss Alice V. Murphy\nNo. 17931 is still alive, as far as we know, and in all proba-\nbility will be returning to this country very soon. Our\nBureau\nof Personnel has just confirmed this statement, having received\ninformation in regard to the nurse as late as the 24th instant.\nI assure you that we deeply regret this error and I am\nwriting to the nearest relative of the nurse, as given in her\npapers - Mr. Edward F. Murphy, Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Washington,\nconcerning the matter today.\nI am also enclosing' the number 2 card of Miss Alice V.\nMurphy #17931 to be refiled with the San Francisco, Calif. Local\nCommittee.\nWe shall be glad to have you advise us when this has\nbeen done, and all records concerning the death of this nurse, which\nmay have been made in your office, have been destroyed.\n3\nAgd/md"
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