Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-08-23
{ GERMANS CHANGE
OPINION Of yANkS
DIARY OF A CAPTURED OFFICER
SHOWS QUICK ABANDONMENT
OF CONTRIBUTIONS VIEW.

DEAF NOT GOOD L.::AToRs
Tests at Mineola DispeI a Widespread
g. peIusion Purchasers Now Find
Fewer Varieties From Which to
Choose, Because Of Conservation.
(F'rop committee on Public 1nfoEmation.)
washington. The contemptuous
opinion Of the Germans for the fight
ing ability Of American tEbops changes
overnight as shown by the diary of a
German officer who was CAPTURED and
taken into American lines by the ma
nnes.
The writer of the diary, Reserve
Lieutenant Tillmanns, belonged to the
Second battalion Of the Fortleth regi-
ment, Twenty-eighth division. the
fourth division which the marines
had against them in the fighting
around Chateau Thierry. The other
three divisions were so badly cut up
they could not carry out their orders
to attack. Lieutenant T1llmanns wrote:
"June AT the Front. American
troops have made coupterattacks. We
have To move to the front again. Route
Of march over Rocourt Epaux. We
are lying in the woQds to the right OF
Etrehlly, for the present in position.
In TIE night Of the sth and 9th we will
relieve tie front line. It must be
sad outfit which allows itself to be
thrown out by the Americans. In
the evening Of the day Of the 8th there
was heavy artillery IRE. Fortunate
~ the artillery fire did not reach M.
"June 8 to 9-Moved forward at
night and relieved the -Four Hundred
and Sixty.first regiment at four In the
morning in the Boise de Belleau. In
comprehensibly wide sector. Where
there were three companies we have
only one.
"June 9 to 1O-The worst night Of
my life. am lying In the thick WOODS
on an open height in little holes be-
hind rocks-for this Is heavy artillery
fire-until six O'Clock in the morning.
It is a wonder that the fellows were
all at their posts when the Americans
attacked. The attack, thank God. was
repulsed. God has again mercifully
preserved me- 81 -3 A. ~
The dairy ends abruptly here. as
the next day the writer was q pris-
oner In the hands Of the Americana.
Deaf mutes win not be acccnteds5 for
the aviation war service by the divi.
sion Of military aeronautics. Hun
dreds Of young men have been encour
aged to seek such enlistments by IN.
authorised statements which are be-
ing investigated because Of q suspicion
that German propaganda might be ut
the bottom of the agitation. !
The medical research laboratory at
Mineola, L. l., conducted series Of
tests to ascertain what effect, If any,
the absence Of the delicate balancing
apparatus that exists in normal inner
ears has upon persons who are without
them. The erroneous idea was clrcu.
lated that since deaf ,mutes possess
little, If any, sensitivity Of the inner
ear they would be little subject to
dizziness and therefore make good
flyers.
Seven deaf mutes who had never
flown were blndfolded, seated In
planes and told that after reaching q
certain level the pilot would execute
q number Of evolutions which he, the
passenger, was to record and to make
particular note In which the plane had
been turned to the right or left, up or
down. The flights included stretches
Of level flying, climbing, left and right
turns, dips and banks. e.
Being blindfolded and minus the
equilibrium Of balancing organs in
their ears, the deaf mutes failed to
note changes Of even Is much as 30 de.
grees. They could not differentiate
the deepest right from the deepest left
banks, nor notice the difference b.
tween climbing or diving in a practi.
cally vsrt10l position. They were vir'
tually lost ia space.
Members Of the medical research lab
ofatofy have reported Omc1ally that
the less the sensitivity Of individuals
to change Of position the less ehacient
would these individuals be in the air
and that 1t would be ridiculous fol
deaf mutes to attempt to fly. It hal
been determined that one who shows
by The turning chair tests that he ha.
q normal ear mechanism posSe3Sea
good detection Of movement In the air
and that one who fails to pass this
test possesses poor detection Of move
ment In the air.
Wool stocks held by dealers and
manufacturers in the United States or
June 30 last amounted to ACC, 400, O0(
pounds, grease equivalent, as com
pared with So, 100000 pounds, grease
equivalent, on the corresponding date
Of last year.