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Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
MOVE ON CAPITAL.

MOVE ON CAPITAL.
The Stockholm announcement in
dicates that Germany is moving to
carry out this threat. Reval is the
capital Of the province of Esthonia.
1t is situated on the Gulf Of Finland
and has been one of the principal
Russian naval bases for Baltic opera
tions. It had a population before the
war Of between $4,000 and 10000.
The Germans occupation of Riga
last fall and the extension of their, in
vasion northward gave them posses
sion of portion of the province of
Livonia, including virtually all the
coast on the Gull of Riga. Its area
is l8,800 square miles. Immediately
to the north bordering on the Gulf of
Finland is the province of Esthonia,
1900 square miles in area.
Aim at Petrograd.
These two provinces, together with
the province of Courtland, which has
for some time been in German pos
session, comprise the Baltic provinces,
possession of which by Germany in
the peace settlement has been insisted
upon by the ultra<annexationist fac
ton in the empire.
Occupation of Reval would natur-
ally be one of the first steps to be
taken were a military advance upon
Petrograd in prospect. A railroad
runs thence along the coast to--the
capital, which is about zoo. miles
distant.
Split in Teuton Alliance.
London, Feb. ia deep, serious
schism has been created between
Germany and Austria Hungary by
the termination of the armistic be-
tween the central powers and Russia
and the renewal of state of war,
according to the Copenhagen cores
pondent of the Exchange Telegraph
company.
The Austrian press continues the
correspondent, is warning Germany
against the re-opening of hostiities
in which Austria does not wish to
participate.
Austria Out of 1t.
Die Zeit, which has intimate con-
nections with the Austro-Hungarian
foreign office, is reported by the
correspondent as contending that
Count Czernin, the former minister,
can continue to act as a negotiator
with the west. "For our monarchy
it says, "the war is in the main
finished, and for one of our antagon-
lists it has virtually not begun. Mil
lions of thinking people now point to
Count Czernin and President Wilson,"
The article concludes with a SEN
t~nce which the correspondent in
terprets as being plainly addressed
to Germany, reading:
From Gus side the pre-disposition
to positive negotiations has never
been interrupted and it is to be
hoped that the negotiations will not
be interrupted from the other side"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
Sixteen Killed in
German Airplane
Attack on London

London, Feb. 1S.-Sixteen persons
were killed and 81 injured in the
aerial attack on Dondon on Saturday,
it is announced officially.
Six German airplanes attempted to
attack London Saturday night, but
only one of them succeeded in reach
ing the capital
This raider dropped one bomb in
the southwestern district. One of the
German airplanes fell into the sea.
On Sunday night London was raid
ed again, a number Of bombs being
dropped in the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
WITH
IN
BIG SUIT
Former SaIoonkeeper on Stand
Denies Accused Commissioner
Had Interest in Peters
Wrestling Match.

1Pete" Loeb, former wrestling pro.
moter and proprietor of saloon op.
posite the court house, who said he
had been the intimate friend of coun.
ty Commissioner Johnny" Lynch for
the last 20 years, submitted to a
gruelling cross examination at the
hands OF Frank Howell, attorney for
Sheriff Clark, when he took the stand
in behalf of Lynch in the Lynch
Clark custer suit, Monday afternoon.
Loeb admitted he had had conver-
sation with BILLY" Nesselhous and
Tony Hoffman at his house and at
Hoffman's Office in the city hall the
day the clark-Lynch case came up for
trial. ::
Didn't Nesselhous say to you upon
one of those occasions, Above all
things, Loeb, don't tamper with the
juryP" Attorney Howell demanded.
"And didn't you reply, Billy, you
know I'm one of the best little jury
fixers in this town, and I've fixed
many Of them for Johnny"
LOCH DENIES.
Loeb denied that he had made any
such reply.
Didn't Nesselhous say to you, III
you are forced on the witness stand
what are you going to swear to-? and
didn't you reply, I am going to swear
to the TRUTH" Howell asked.
HUo. o,J kLokte ,,,,b,+ ,,,, Jos%. - ~
sand didn't Nesselhous further say
at that time, If you do, you know
you've got to swear to seeing Johnny
in that gym room with women and
that there was liquor served over
there, and about Johnny's connection
with LakesideP" '-,.
Il never did" .ls... .I.-,,,e.... r
.. Didn't that conversation take place
between you and Nesselhous and in
the presence Of Tony Hoffman, and
didn't Nesselhous say to you,, Tony
tells me you are off Of Johnny" 7.
Further Denials. >,-
"No, I said I didn't know whether
they could use the, statement | made
to Lynch's attorneys or not"
Didn't Billy Nesselhous ask you
what the statement was, and didn't
you answer, 1T is lot, of lies and |
am not going to get up on the stand
and swear to themT"
II did not"
"In. that conversation with Tony
Hoffman at the City hall, didn't you
show him a check for $2,400 from
]. J. Hess and company of Council
Bluffs?"-.
I did"
Didn't they say to you. Pete, what
defense has Johnny got in this case :
and didn't you answer, I don't
know?"
"No."
"They did ask you that question,
didn't they
eyes, they did, and l said, No
Saw No Woman.
On direct examination by J. A. c.
Kennedy, attorney for Lynch, Loch
denied fatty that he had ever seen
any women in the gymnasium" and
said he had never been served beer
there and had never ordered Glenn,
his bar keeper, to serve beer to Lynch
in the gym.
GHe maintained that the wrestling
mat and gymnasium apparatus be-
longed to him and that he merely OBJ
tanned Lynch's permission to- store
it" in the northeast corner basement
room of the court house when they
began tearing down the Crounse block
where it had been formerly used.
No Interest in Lakeside.
"Did you ever have any proprie-
tary interest in Lakeside?" Kennedy,
Lynch's attorney, asked.
fCoDfirued on Pare Two, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
T. r. Likes Grandchild.

New York, Feb. 18.-Colonel Theo~
dore Roosevelt, who is convalescing
in hospital here, said he. was per
iectly delighted when a long dis
tance telephone message from Boston
today brought word of the birth in
that city of his eighth grandchild a
boy, born to Captain and Mrs. Archie
Roosevelt. s
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
PERSHING MAKES OFFICIAL
INSPECTION OF AMERICAN
POSITIONS AT THE FRONT
Finds Sammes Contented With Conditions in Trenches;
No Complaints About Food; Ranking Officer of
u. S. Forces Slightly Injured; Watches
Batteries Hurting Shells at Foe.
(By Associated Press. }

With the American Army in France, Sunday, Feb H.
General Pershng has completed days inspection of the
American sector, northwest of Toul
In "tn hat" with gas mask swung his chest at the
alert position the American walked
through the first line trenches plashng through mud and
slipping ice.
He dropped into dugous and visited batteries busy hur
ing "iron rations" at the enemy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
Congress May Appropriate
$100,000,00O for Warships

Washington, Feb. l8.-Supplemeil-
tal appropriation estimates submitted
to congress today include new naval
emergency fund of Sl00,00O,00O, to ex-
pedite ship construction and for pur-
chase and construction of destroYers.
submarines and similar craft.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
KAISER LAUNCHES
FIRST THRUST AT
SLAV PROVINCES
Germans Renew War With Esthonia and Livonia mmedi
ate Objectives May Push on Petrograd; Austria and
Teutons Split on Renewing War; Warlike
Press Scores Point.
(By Associated Prees.)

Stockholm, Feb. 1S.- The Germans resumed meas
against Russia today the Social Demoraten states Their
first the seizure of Eshona and Lvona it declares
"Within a week will occupy Reval" General Hofmann
German military representative the Bresttovs peace
ference reported told the Russians late in January
when they asked what would happen they did
Germany's final terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
Arrest French Senator

Paris, Feb. lS.-Charles Humbert,
senator from the Meuse and proprie-
tor of the Journal, was arrested this
morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19
COOK DISSATISFIED.

In all places the general asked in
Vulnerable question of the men, espe-
cially with regard to food, how they
were and how they like conditions.
All except one cook agreed that they
were perfectly satisfied with every
thing.
To the cook General Pershing said:
"You are getting enough to eat?"
"No, sir" the cook replied.
"Wkat7' sxid the general.
"You the Cook and do not get suf-
ficient food? Il never heard of a cook
in such a condition before"
"Well, sir, I did not mean that ex-
actly. / mean not enough variety"
General Pershing asked what he had
had for dinner today. The cook re-
piled that he had roast beef, potatoes,
onions, white bread, coffee and rice
pudding.
Wanted Green Vegetables.
THAT seems like a considerable va
riety," remarked the general. what
else do you want?"
"Well, | would like to have some
green stuff, sir"
General Pershing then turned to a
long line of soldiers and asked:
do you men get enough to eat out
here?"
"Yes, sir" was the reply.
The general next appeared in regi-
mental headquarters in a dugout in a
town which has been riddled by shells,
called for all trench and other orders
and all papers.
He sat down and read every one OF
them.
In the dugouts General Pershing
suggested some few changes here and
there and in the trenches he also di-
rected that some small changes be
made.
Metz Visible from u. S. Sector.
From a well-situated point through
glasses General Pershing inspected
Mont Sec and the German observa-
ton posts on top of it, from which
the enemy has the American lines
under observation for 20 miles when
the visibility is good.
Because Of the haze the general was
unable to see the spires of Metz,
which are visible on clear days from
a certain place.
Many soldiers in line recognized
the commander-ln-chief as he passed
them or stopped to question them,
but others did not.
One young infantryman, after Gen.
eral Pershing and the general in COM
mand of the particular brigade had
passed, asked
who is that with the four stars
on his coat?"
Pershing Slightly Injured.
A comrade informed him, where
upon the inquisitive one replied:
as that so? Whoever saw a COM
mander- -in-chief of an army walking
around in a trench asking some pri-
vate whether he had enough to eat
or his feet were dryi 1t is not being
done"
1t took a lieutenant to convince the
doubtful soldier that it was General
Pershing he ha, seen.
Throughout the inspection tour
General Pershing limped little, his
ankle having been injured slightly a
few days ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19

Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday :. 46 % 43 45
Lowest yesterday E. 26 80 ~
Mean temperature $. 26 IS 36 AZ
Precipitation .....f.0 90 90 90 .05
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
Excess for the Observation-Disclosures. Il
Total deficiency since March 1........ .631
Normal precipitation .......... ..02 inch
Deficiency for the day ........ .02 inch =
Total rainfall since March /. 2334 inches
Deficiency since March 1....... I'll inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1915 1909 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915. 10 inch
Reports from Stations at p. NJ.
Station and State Temp. High Rain
nS Weather n m estfall
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The Weather

Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour De
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19

Comparative Local Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-19

- indicates below zero.
'. A. WELSH, MeteoroIog.st
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100000 MEN TO
QUIT THE ARMY
Include Overseas and Home
Troops, Says March,

Washington, Dec 30-With more
than half million men and 35,O0o OF
ticers in the United States already
discharged from the army General
March, chief of staff, announced ahat
more than million American soldiers
in the United States and overseas are
slated for discharge.
.We have given out dHing the
week." said General March, "the as
signment of various units in France
by General Pershing to early conveys,
so they will not be repeated, but the
sum total is 6S21 officers and l6S,239
men who are assigned to early con-
voys for return home. The number
of men in the United States who have
been ordered discharged, which | re-
ported last week as amounting to 90O,-
600, now has been increased to $4,000
by the introduction of some new units.
This number, with the 16S,239 select
ed by General Pershing, brings the
number of men slated for discharge
up to 1,005,2 5,239.
'"The sum total of men who have
actually been discharged in the Unit
ed states up to date is 533,3333334. The
number of officers who have been dis
charged up to December q is 30, 409
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goune Meuse campaign, n -,
IT, ABOUT seven hundred ID &C.,
drira [LGus'na americans c.z.,e..si y thst
for US. ''c,o'1ously
ane principal thing We are 81,
10 'nh.ng IA. OF now is how soon we arc
~ get nome. There is lots Of bars o. :
mui WI TO be done yet land lots of -
n tho noouotedly oao' be most interesting
am Well and happy. and tbink oe
''nie all the time. Love to all
.wrou sun, LAWRENCE.
'awrenee F. Simmons,
lst Lieut., s15th F. A.
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TO DISPOSE OF ARMY GAS
Supply of 270o Tons Will probably be
Dumped Into Sea.

Dumped Into Sea.
Washington, Dec. 3O.-'The future
of the chemical warfare branch Of
the army was discussed at confer
ence of senate military committee
members with officials of the war de-
partment.
All of the gas on hand, which was
manufactured for use against the ene-
my, the senators were told, will be
kept with precautions against explo-
sions until actual signatures of the
peace treaty.
1t is possible, the senator's were ad-
vised that the peace treaty will con-
tain specific reference to the use of
gas in future wars If such warfare
is prohibited the war departments
stock, amounting to 2700 tons, will be
destroyed. If not, a small supply will
be retained and the rest taken to sea
and destroyed except a small part,
which may be salvaged for commercial
purposes.
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cidentally, rejoined my regiment
there and also found my stray equip
ment, with the exception of my
oyercoat, which has never been
found. Two days later ! was order
ed to Camp de Coetguidan, an Artil-
lery Training Camp, for course of
instruction in material. While there
1 received my promotion to First
Lieutenant, to date from the thir-
teenth of June. At the completion
of the four week course l returned
to Redon and a week or so later the
Regiment moved to Camp Mencom
for a months firing on the range be-
fore moving up to the front.
The night before leaving Redon,
we were notified that orders had been
received to send twelve officers back
to the States as instructors, and l
undoubtedly could have been one of
them. but l felt it my duty to stay
with the Battery, so 1 passed up
perfectly good chance of getting
home. Lieut.. Potts, from Richmond,
was one of the men who received Or
ders to go.
Around the first of September
several of us were attahced to orga-
nizations scheduled to take part in
the St. Mihiel drive, the object be-
ing to give us actual experience be-
fore taking our own organizations on
the line. According to schedule, on
the sixth, if l remember the date cor
rectly, our troops went over the top
and after a few hours of pretty stiff
fighting the Bosche was forced to re-
| treat and from then on the battle
| became a foot race, with the Dutch
men in the lead You have long
since learned from the newspaper
reports how that salient was pinched
off after four years of occupation by
| the Bosche, and the capture of some
twenty thousand prisoners, along
with immense quantities of war ma
terial of all kinds. That was my
first experience under fire, and for
time I was just about as scared as
man ever gets. 1t wasn't long how
ever, before 1 became so busy there
wasn't time to be afraid. and from
| then on l have never given it sec
ond thought.
After that offensive l returned to
my Regiment land few days later
we loaded the entire organization On
| trains and moved up to the front.
Two days later we detrained at an
advanced railhead ten or twelve kllo-
meters behind the front. That day
we camped in a nearby woods, wait
ing for orders. Darkness came With
out the orders, and We all decided
that night at least we were to be
allowed to rest. But not so; along
about eleven o'clock our Battalion
Doctor and myself were awakened by
an orderly from headquarters, with
orders that the organization would
go on the road without delay, SO we
rolled out, rolled up our blanket
~ su3rsr r.
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NOTICE.

cen,ssu nay your you. Town Taxes before De.
starts nrar., ols.. interest at per cent.
haa1 sa, . promptly January 1st. dat,r~
1ast ~ ~ 'uiy lst Don't wait for ~
.a .as. aay. Pay your taxes now -
rlerk ~ go aualtloual cost.-C. {. Dan
o,eea - aa ana Treas.-Adv12-1s,1s.se 5
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Calendar Shifts in Jersey.

Swedesbore, N J., Dec. S0.-1
Hurff Weatherby picked a full-grown
peach from tree in his orchard on
Christmas and William LongacTs
found several fine rosebuds in his
yard. In many fields there still 4
good pasture for cows, the Win !
wheat crop is so far advanced Z :
the ~f1elds are solid green, daS !"
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STOCKHOLDERS MEET.

There will be an election
the stockholders of the Far}
Merchants National Bank OIL
bridge, Md, at their banking
on Tuesday, January IA, 1g
tween the hours of IL noon d
M, for the purpose of elect
teen directors to serve for th
ing year, and for the transat
such other business as may
come before it.
L. THURMAN PHIL
Adv. 12-16-5t. o.a.w.
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Schools To Open Next yy..,-

me public schools of Dorbesto or
o0un'y . VIII open Thursday Jannsrr
Education. e board of
JAS. B. NOBLE SEC
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MONEY To LUAN-I nave
amounts ranging from $500 tcl
for immediate investment en- fr1
mortgages. w. Irving Mace al
at-Law. I'll
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MONEY TOLOAI

MONEY TO LOAN-I am pred
lend on mortgages. in sums
borrowers, amounts ranging fr4
to $4,000. If you wish to borrI
ney, or have some you wish
apply to T. Sangston Insley. Can
Md. 2-21
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5000 to lend on flrst mortg
desirable real estate. Leroy
lace, Attorney-at-Law.
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- .children taken care of dur,na
uuls.-Mrs. Pritchett, s1S
academy street.-Adv. 2s-st.
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-AsaA' VIA
: ea' a. lnree meals per dar snS ~
TO my hearts content :, anu "na
pas, aAa m ar.er ali the hardships of
with u.ns' ts one Should be con- |
w.. WIN tnat' but, strange to saw
not. 1 desire more t,o. say
e1se u.s. to get back with my Rasi-
= De with the organization esi l
over with. fought with ana
d ne ha,o men l know. All my per- Z
~ ~ peelongings. e which have nor per- el e.
ty ~, been lost, are there. ana hOe ia. al IL
tiil better, over a mon,h. u ~nat fl:
s,n an0n of mail should be fauna rru st
sins around somewhere. par re
- 'Iiy few days will intervena so
re viii be on my wav 'ene air
want to give you a genera, ,doo tin
~ oi what 1 have been doin~ aoe
landing in France. son,o .ns inn
al already know. but perhans VI vo,' 1T bell
Oe interested in hearing ags,n uu can
. make it more complete n mI1, so
OK OK TO 9TH the day We sailed from and and
~ - NEWS. Va. Sunday after In
- was. If l remember correctlv .nen
the ship 1 was on. alone n,i.n der
'thers, passed +br, Win movi
and on ont to CO. iptoh after
lug eye of dreadnaughts and natte
'erS. Tf vo,, ,.,, u sever
IS than three dave ,at' ' IL dance
nah submarines appeared motor
'ur coast and Gov. oaied onnois
hlps in that very SPOT. So TO occ
were quite lucky afterall ! aii hn'
Ss later, at an appointed ron was nj
SIX, SIX ships, sailing from New NOM nomm
aned US, great numbar -, made
- popped up. as if by magic .eiuun
[uu speed We took nm g. lore.
cross Nothing of an excit CLOCK,
re happenad - eAclt- had orc
' of const.nt "A the delay,
and life boat drills. Two % ploke CT
from France, the CONVOY itna uelore
We entered what was caI,oS Tue guns
er Zone. part leading for use ,ease 81
ana the others. including le''e'
was on, for Brest EarIv eeiniah
orning two d.n Harly faucon.
the river leading to that er se.s.ns |
were landed without mi. thin
HIS Additions
some last m;nu.o til finally
ON Embarkation Head - eepten
export News, a few boprs I'm o"i
q ABOARD ship. I was nm nau IN
In my oreani,,t.. "S un- know hov
v the entiro 1911. ana the top
VI Oh rest for ME T, ntia uc
3 fact that NV IN the Mense
lere else .,so sease on for the
20 see it again, I really r
trip and to help things na anu as the
'sed being seasick. NV paSseo thre
ring the ont;~~ my court, Cufs
atcb in +ba Up was Cierges, Re
lrine nonnoa nest' behind Cur
W ilahe asleep at nj
locks at Brest but by my
ee miles a.. cn commission
we stavod " q rest plosive shell
,e q train for oays 1 am glad
lau town =, part of Il
AWFUL. 1n- before Verd,
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LOST

LOST-Will the gentleman wh}
my umbrella, a ladies' black eboI|
graved handle. by mistake, from
Bros store Tuesday night. Chr
Eve, kindly leave sam eat stor5
get his own. Fred Flowers.
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So I ally. got our d2fGSasffence with
. Itba+ mig behind the front. All
4 sna' night and until noon tba
! uay We plugged on. stonnina @ '
lood or water for men or anu anin no
nu destination unknown. Earlv
ai'ernoon we came out on 80
nh.ary highway, buzzing with am.a oe
iioolles, trucks. ETC.. and 49, .o
stones told us we waro oox inhe
enerai dierction of verdun snne
nousn, VI before long we passed from
- e main road into a narrow
seo one, and went into camn -
0'fip OF woods behind the ola 80
'ess and within a hundred
'ome tremendous craters mada s %
H. onos tne night before Bv tbat
,n we knew something big 49,
Dou' u take place, because of 49,
numbers of men and .,,ns
7ns concentrated in that Seoto
- - uu'n1uiiy say I have never seem
j., ns americans in all nv life
~ :, tue old expression proved +,,o 4
"ooos We're literally full of J
h' Marching by night and IN
cover during the dav ste,dn. 4
wing towards the front, s.tunsn i
l remember it well the I
@ 49,, commander and myself. and |
a other officers under the sri s
u our Colonel, piled into
VI ana went forward ror roo
'issance of the position we wero <*sS.
,oupy for the offensive, which we !
as sure to come off. That Z Ri
' nrst view of the lie Mort /
me or Dead Mans Hiun {
famous during the defense ~ I
uh oy the French three ve.rsh
:, Ne'urning that night after ten
- ~. we round that the Battery I
uefs 70 move forward without
% IN the driving rain wa I
eamp and started our last bika +
tue real play At davbre.k
ns were in position on the re- +
siope OF Dead Mans Hill - ss'ss-sss.
oniy oy its crest from the
: observation post on Mount goune Ne
Vi TWO days we laid there We're abo
III ammunition at night and thousand
lns IN shape for the big nusb drive tha
hdi guns We're comine ~ for US
= on tne morning of the 26tb The pr
7moer' when the Allied drive thinking
=, 'fiahd to the Sea began 10 get hol
mem almost hub to hub. Yon work to b
ow our infantry went over will undor
'nat morning, capturing in the occu
ucon on the left and crossine am we
&c on the right, and pusbed home all IL
e possession of the Argoune Your {
f1ghting from day to dav Lawrence F
ae advance continued u.o 1st Ii
rough the towns OF Betbin-
1sy' Montfaucon, Nantfllois Schools
0omasne and Cunel. just ~,
unel' l was gassed. NOT me publ
night, as you were afraid county will
mask being put out of T. lsls' B.
a oV piece of light ex- 1uucation'
I'll. eA-
10 TO be able to say I was
the first American Army children
dun, and through a. work hours
WV Ar Academv s+u,
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FOUND

FOUND-In the Grand Opera
Christmas night, a new gold pin
er can have same by calling
Grand Opera House and payln3
geS of this ad.