Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-08
NO HORRORS OF /.
WAR PICTURED
IN CAMP PAPER
"Plane News Real Tonic
for Boys Who Grow Rest
less at Home.

Washington. May s.-There is al
most no trace of the horrors Of war
In Plane News, q newspaper edited
and printed by soldiers of the Ameri-
can expeditionary force in France.
The war anniversary issue. dated ION
received here. tells Of minstrels and
vaudeville, symphony concerts and
literary contests, and the little every-
day complaints of the mo Of the
aviation corps.
For those Americans back home
who grow weary In we'll doing, the
newspaper is one grand tonic Of opti-
the first Of the papers four pages is
the paraphrase Of Secretary Red
fields famous letter to his bureau
chiefs: "4i
Forget how things were done be-
fore the war. Eliminate red tape. We
must learn with the Germans that the
war won't wait. Delay is the kaiser's
ally"
The corps is proud of what has
been accomplished in the first year
Of war. Prominence is given in the
paper to an official communication
from Brigadier General e. D. Foulois.
chief of the air service, to. Lieutenant
Colonel Walter G. Kilner, command
ing officer Of the post, saying that
suC pIOSIcSS IIlduc Il0S IN Will lllS1 u
approval from both Secretary Baker,
whose picture sketched by my army
artist, appears on another page, and
General Pershing. An article review
ing William B. Stone of Kansas City,
Mo-, formerly Of the San Francisco
and Chicago Offices of the Associated
Press, in which he quotes a high Of
1cer as declaring confidently:
when the American airplanes are
ready for the front, we will have pi-
lots to drive them"
But it is with the recreation of, the
students and pilots that the paper
is chiefly concerned. William ia
naushek Of New York. doing y. NJ
c. A. work with the army, organized
cadets which was pronounced with
out an equal among A. f. +. shows
From rag-time, the paper turns tt
concertos for diversion. A 75-piect
symphony orchestra is being organ
lied under the leadership of Lieuten
J ant von Ezdorf. When music pals
there is wrestling, with trophies fol
the champions. For the less brawny
literary contests are provided Will
prizes for the funniest poem and tn
funniest story dealing with army life
Professional players also are IL
France to help the boys in their figh
by giving them wholesome amuse
ment. Elsie Janis was booked to ap
pear twice at the main "Y."
Then there are numerous informa
notes about some of the personnel
which perhaps never were intended
} to percolate back to the states. unde
the caption of What a Uniform Ca,
! Do" the exploits Of Harvey. 48th.
Z are recounted. 1t is alleged that h
receives thirteen letters daily an
openly boasts that he has a girl l.
Columbus. San Antonio, Arkansa
, City. st. Louis, Toledo, Cleveland
Erie, Buffalo. Rochester, Syracuse
New York, Brooklyn and T.. Flo
, some reason. the name Of the las
. town vas camflaged by dashes.
: The Height of Misfortune" ha
Z been found by the camp paragraphel
> He records: An officer and scade
9 same girl back homo, and said off
: Ger censors the. cadets MALI,
! The tragedy of war. has found tn
7 reflection, however, in the midst Q
the merrymaking! Touched by tn
, sufferings of the people among whor
! they are living. the boys have adopte
several French orphans. Chroniclin
the fact that Plane News has adopte
an orphan. the paper says 9Th
boys, from the skipper right dow
to the printers devil. have contribut
; led to the support Of the little Frenc
, 'demoiselle.'"
I The managing editor of Plane New
: is Captain F. .Kearney.