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The Washington times., 1937-02-22
POISONED KIDNEYS

Stop Getting Up Nights
To harmlessly flush poisons and acid
from kidneys and correct irritation Of
bladder so that you can stop getting
up nights" get Q IS cent package Of
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules and
kidney and bladder weaknesses are
scant, burning or smarting passage
backache-leg cramps-puffy eyes.
The Washington times., 1937-02-22

ADVERTISER ENT
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
FEDERAL CONTROL OF MILK
Is Opposed BY Farmers Residing
on the Eastern Shore

Opposing viewpoints on federal
control of milk production and
prices were tried before 800 dairy
farmers at the annual meeting of
the Interstate Milk Producers Co
operative at the Benjamin Frank
lin Hotel in Philadelphia last week.
Federal control of milk markets
was seen as "the real solution of
the milk problem" by Arthur H.
Lauterbach, L general manager of
the cooperative, which represents
$500 milk producers in Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland. Lauterbach declared
that serious solution exists in the
Philadelphia milk shed, with pro-
ducers in Maryland and Delaware
getting 8 and 10 cents less per 100
than the Pennsylvania pro-
ducer. John Carvel Sutton, of
Kennedyville, Kent county member
of the cooperative, accompanied by
Edgar Pennington, Harry Williams,
Stanley Sutton and ]. D. McVean
were present.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Good Advice To Motorists
and Others on Care and
Caution on Highways
IN INTEREST OF SAFETY

ITO walk facing oncoming traf-
fic is a cardinal safety rule long
advocated for those in rural areas
where no sidewalks are available.
And if it is necessary to be on a
rural highway after night-fall,
common prudence as well as the
law requires that pedestrians carry
a lantern or f1ashlight so as to
make sure that the motorists will
observe Them" declared Mr.. Hugh
F. Gallagher, of the Delaware
Safety Council, in a radio address
given over Station WDEL.
According to Mr.. Gallagher, a
Connecticut study of the pedes-
trian fatalities revealed the start
ling fact that over a period of five
years 1888 pedestrians were killed
and of this number only 48 had ve-
hicle operating licenses. 1t is thus
indicated that perhaps pedestrian
vehicle conflicts result in part from
the walkers ignorance concerning
the difficulties of handling motor
car in heavy traffic. Is it not pos
sible that non-drivers underesti-
mate vehicle speeds and overesti-
mate their ability to stop. The
facts are that only A per cent of
the 1888 pedestrians killed had any
knowledge of the operation or con-
troll of a motor vehicle.
Mr.. Gallagher offered the follow
ing ten Commandments for Safe
Driving:
L. Give consideration to the
other fellow.
2. Invest driving time as you
invest money.
8. Preparedness prevents acci-
dents.
4. Eyes fail on curves and hills
Use the horn.
5. The fifth wheel and right
foot saves or kills.
6. Drive only healthy cars and
trucks death follows the un-
healthy.
z. Use the wheels as you use
your feet. Keep off the other fell
lows toes.
8. Courtesy cost less than a
minute.
9. Brakes, like shoe leather,
wear out. Accidents from worn
brakes Illness from worn shoes.
10. Perform honestly with your
self. Drive carefully.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN
WILLIAM r. ALLEN

BUSINESS HELPED--Presid
Roosevelt has been devoting his
time to aiding the worker and
farmer. Now he is starting his
work to aid the business man. He
met with a group of outstanding
business leaders to try and start a
program that will stimulate con
struction by private enterprise of
housing units for sale and rent at
low costs.
FARM BILL Committees were
not ready with the draft Of the
farm bill and for this reason. it is
likely that governmental reorgani-
zatioE will be taken up first at the
special session. The farm bill was
scheduled to be first. The Commit
tee has removed several provisions
in the revised draft and has made
several changes.
HOUSING There is a shortage
in this country Of low-cost dwell
ings. There is also a great deal of
private capital waiting for safe in
vestment that will bring fair re-
turns. If guaranteed by the Gov
ernment, this capital would be
brought out on an interest basis
that would be sufficiently low to
bring about 41a per cent loans. It
is generally believed that Congress
will approve plan Of the Admin
isrration to encourage creation of
mortgage corporations, which
would be government guaranteed
and would be sold to the public on
a 31aGo interest basis. In return
the Corporations would, at 41aR
interest, lend money to individuals
who wish to build homes.
ANTITRUST LAWS Because
Mr.. Roosevelt said that delays of
legal procedures and interpreta-
tions by the Courts of the Anti
trust laws have made them less ef-
fective, and because identical bid
ding on Government contracts are
proving a problem, it is likely that
the antitrust laws will be revised.
Mr.. Roosevelt has made clear his
desire to have these laws taken up
at the special session.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Radiant Living
PASSING THROUGH
SAMARIA
By Rev. c.. M. Griffeth
Pastor Calvary M. E. Church
Sudlersville, Md.

In his Gospel, St. John writes
this unexplained statement con-
cerning Jesus: land He must needs
go through Samaria."
st. John does not tell us why the
Saviour felt that He needed to go
through Samaria, but he does tell
us that because He did pass
through it, Samaria was brighter
and a happier place.
It happened at the noon day hour
as He rested alone by the old well
of Jacob after His long journey by
foot from Jersualem. A woman
from the nearby village came to
draw a jar of water. At His re-
quest she gave Him a drink. And
in the conversation that followed
Jesus gave her the ability to drink
deeply of spiritual truth which re-
suited in a transformation of her
life.
His disciples could not under
stand the interest which Jesus
took in this unknown woman. All
they were thinking about at this
noon day hour was something to
eat. They were perplexed that in
His eagerness to help a stranger,
their Master had even lost His in
terest in the monday meal.
my food" explained Jesus to
them, lis to do the will of Him
that sent me. Behold" He enthus-
ed at the abundance of opportunity
to do good, "the fields are white
unto the harvestr
Do you know that we too, are
passing through a Samaria? This
Samaria is today's life. All day
long we too are surrounded by
fields of ripened opportunity to
touch lives into higher living.
AS we pass through this Samaria
of today's life, shall we be as the
disciples interested only in some
thing to eat? Or shall we try to
leave behind us, as did the Christ,
a trail of happiness in the lives of
others?
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
INCREASE IN CANNED GOODS
Season of 1937-38 Shows Is to 20
Percent Gain

A IS to 20 per cent increase in
the total supply of canned veget-
ables for the 1898 season was
estimated recently by the Bureau
Of Agricultural Economics in its
annual outlook report. And a re-
duction was urged in the 1888
planted acreage of several impoIG-
ant crops a level ranging from
Is to 25 per cent below that of
1887. The Bureau said the 1898
supply appears to be somewhat
larger than necessary to provide
for normal domestic consumption
and to replenish carryover stocks.
Chiefly because of this large sup
ply, average wholesale prices Of
canned vegetables are 20 to % per
cent below tthe level of a year ago,
it was stated. These lower prices
are likely, the Bureau added, to
cause Gamers to contract with
growers for less acreage il 1898
THAN in 1887 at prices generally
below those prevailing in 1887.
Supplies Of vegetables, snapbeans,
sweet corn, and green peas, We're
reported larger than in 1896. Sup
plies of canned tomatoes are at ap-
proximately the level Of 1867,
and prices are about the same as
a year ago. Unfavorable growing
conditions ID August and Septem-
Der reduced tomato yields, 50 that
the production of tomatoes is in
to be about 10 per cent be
low that Of 1886.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Dover Building Code for Theatres

Another move in the march of
progress for which the City of Do
yer is receiving much credit these
days, was the recent enacted or
dinance by City Council providing
a strict theatre building code. I'm
der terms of this code a building
to be used for theatre purposes
must be constructed of iron, steel,
concrete or brick and have suffic-
lent areaway on each side to pro-
vide for the easy passage of pa
irons in case of emergency 1t is
doubtful If any existing building in
the city could be rebuilt and re-
modelled for theatre purposes, due
to requirements of construction or
outside passageways.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Mail Truck Caught Fire

On the heels of a series of fires
in and near Seaford recently a
short circuit started a blaze in a
small truck, driven by Samuel P.
Fields, veteran mail carrier there
after he arrived at the postoffice
with a truck load of mail from the
station. Employees in the postof-
flee grabbed a fire extinguisher and
put the fire out. Fields escaped
burns by jumping from the burn
ing truck. All the mail bags were
quickly removed from the truck
and the bags and contents saved.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Nurse Joins Student Council

Miss Kyle Laramore, student
nurse at Woman's Medical College
of Pennsylvania, East Falls. spent
a visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Wilkinson near Rising
Sun, Del. Miss Laramore has been
chosen as a member of the Student
Council. Among the friends present
were Misses Mary Jones, of Mag
nolia; Ruth Anne Bailey, of wy
oming, Mary Hartman. of Camden.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Lauds Truss Appointment

4 duPO1t declared that Gov
IN 6. McMullen had acted
N IN appointing James r.
! as bis successor, and he paid
Fe 10 those who had worked
fhim in the tax Office. Tn the
Ften years, Delaware has en-
\ a total state tax reduction Of
n sl6,5OOOOO, he said One
nj this, SS,25O,OOG, applied to
ftiOn in real estate taxes, and
DOO to the abolition Of the
ktiun tax and to a temporary
Eion in the state income tax.
kWed that current annual ex-
Etures for public education had
Fsd 1928 per cent in the past
years and the largest increases.
for public charitable institu-
land public highways.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
BAYSDE FARM, MARYLAND
1874 Acre Farm Purchased BY the
Y. Nj. G. A. of Delaware

DR.. and Mrs. Weaver have sold
their bayside farm near Chester
town. Md, to a purchaser repre-
senting the Y.M.C.A. of Delaware.
This farm comprises 194 acres and
is located next to Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Harris, near Still Pond. It
has several miles of waterfront.
The purchasers stated that they
will use the farm as summer head
quarters for the Y.M.C.A. The
price was not disclosed.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Announcement of Wedding

Announcement has been made Of
the marriage Of Miss Elva Car
penter, Of Milford to Mr.. Charles
Holiday, Of Frederick, Saturday,
October Both. The ceremony was
performed at Denton, Md, follow
ing which a reception was held at
the home Of the groom's parents,
Mr and Mrs. Louis Holiday. Mr..
and Mrs. Holiday are making their
home near Frederica.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Doubts Load That High

1T is very doubtful that the re-
lief load in Delaware would have
equalIed this amount" Mr.. duoPnt
concluded.
He was introduced by Dr.. Viii
liam H. Kraemer, chairman Of the
day. Charles w. Bush, president,
presided. Those at the speakers s
table included GOV. Richard @. Nc
Villa mduPont, Jr., Sec
retary Of the State Charles u. Ter
ry, Jr., Mayor Walter w. Bacon,
former GOV. G. Douglass Buck, and
j. z. HIATT, and William N. Pippin,
Rotary Club secretary.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25

should have expanded our former
budget Of current expenditure and
nermanent improvements of about
e 25O 900, to about $15,000,00O an
nually.
Possible Aftermath
suppose that our current in
come had fallen to three fourths of
the receipts as did the income of
tbe federal government, Delaware
would then have received about &c.
900 900 annually with a consequent
deficit of $9,OOO,OOO and a bonded
debt of $45,OOO,O0O at the end of
five years.
Mr.. dupont showed that the CCC
expended S4,6OO,0O0 in Delaware,
or "a per cent of the amount spent
on elementary and high schools
during the four year period of the
CCC. Delaware's direct contribu-
tion to its emergency relief" was
S3. 3.459. .2O8, a third more than the
federal contribution.
The total benefits contributed
by the federal government to Del
aware since 1888, totalied $28,40O,-
900 or 17.5 per cent of the states
contribution to federal Golfers. In
that amount is $7,5OO,OO0 for riv-
ers and harbors work which would
have been done by the government,
regardless of the depression.
If this were deducted there
would be a"balance of $2O,9O0,OOO,"
Mr.. dupont commented, (which
would be the equivalent of employ
ing on relief $500 men five years
at 500 a month and aiding $3.50
families five years at $50, about
the average amount received under
relief program"
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25

The news in pictures up to the
minute, that's us! And even before
the minute, if possible! For in
stance, if were not getting too grue-
some, here is picture of that
Thanksgiving turkey as it will look
along about November so. This will
be after the family has been sur
feited upon turkey hash, turkey Gro
quettes, turkey soup, turkey salad,
turkey sandwiches, turkey creamed
on toast and turkey heaven-knOwS-
what, until they hope to goodness
they never see a turkey again-un
I'll Christmas. that is.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Cites Federal Record

\ financial condition Of Della
! !Iduring the past ten years has
stable and even keeled one
ktTast to the federal govern
NJ. dupont said. From
Et0 1880 inclusive, be shc Yed.
kde'al government had a pret-
pay annual income Of four
! dollars and spent about
p9OOOO less than that amount
ltderal public debt was also
RI ABOUT eight billion dollars
y the period.
4 ne contrary" Mr.. dupont
I'M 'ln the five years, 1882
,'e lhe average income
'liee billion dollars and The
81 expenditure aTmost se,,a,, i.
\ with an increase 4, eo5oi 4 q,
! debt Of aImost i aa,-a,s.. elal
! dollars 'eii'een
hd the state of DaIon,... s-,
i'm NJ Ine federal gov
80 ~ said, 1--WE
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25

When we realize that every sec
ond an average of 80 tons Of Amer
lean soil are lost by erosion, it's
easy to understand why we need to
keep our soil On the farms of the
men who paid for it,"
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
ELlVARE RA1 PAY
70 s.RELlEF
Fl.,ss h Five Whole
/ Years
| !. ,oo ooO BACK

kl'sais va federal government a5t.ra u
II ,,l1ins sns the past five re- years years
E,.esIrsi e@ri only SIS. 100000 30 ridonl ipon.
ssSsssi government; f. for -1,TOos- rTUos-
|s1sls, '.sargeScy, and relief pqIpos, n.pezo
snleis g,as revealed by Pierre
|, popt. p former state tax Rotarr com
E.ss- 1s-i n ADDRESSING the Rotary GTsa:1
Irreseon 1r'l meeting in the Hotel
" ID'1lf wilmington, last week
IT, ,4.ts with only O.2 Of the ma
!. 'nrr nopulation, should have glvI
H. s8O.OOO,OOO on a national
'.9its y, tax basis, he said. ana
I saP.,r .sns basis the state Wonla
I r.ceived c s82,OOO,OOO from the
I-msrt. Mr.. dupont pointed
Fsat delaware has maintained
T. financial position during
Isgiods Of heavy capital ex-
ltrre and depression at a cost
's9OOOOOO at the same tlme me
tmlting almost $4,000 'OOo
4 rslief in other states. HIS
/, reDresented to some extent
'.orrtirg Of the states inanc-
'ring bis 12-year term as tax
ri,,ioner. Mr.. dupont explain
n Delaware has emerged
hi; 12-year period Of large
caDital expenditures, coincid-
, part With a six-year period
Iticnal depression with a bal
budget All state obliga-
are paid except about " 'COo-
! tate hnnds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
HENDERSONVILLE VETS WERE
SCATTERED FROM FRANCE TO
SIBERIA AS ARMISTICE SIGNED

1O2nd infantry, 2Gth DIVISION
IL was in Il German prison camp
at Observation-Disclosures, Ger
many. | had been captured on
July %, 1918, ut Epicds, a small
village. We had advanced about
- kIlomctcrs and had not rccciv-
cd orders that the advance had
been held up. Our battalion con-
tinucd to advance while the flanks
and support did not. We were
surrounded by Germans and cap
turcd. When captured | was one
of only three officers left in the
entire battalion
Walter Allison, L. $. navy
II was about 500 miles off New
port News, Va, returning 10 the
United States from France for
more soldiers. | was a member of
the crow of the L. S. 5. Acolus, Il
German vessel taken when war
began and converted into Il troop
transport (Mr. Allison m2dc Ii
complete Atlantic crossings dur
ing his servicc.)
Clyde English, sergeant 9th
infanry.-"I was in 4 boNcar,
and the boXcar was i'm Siberia. We
had been sent to Siberia from the
Philippine islands in the campaign
against the Red Russians. We
fought the Russians and anything
else that turned up
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
RANKS OF WAR
LEADERS THIN
Few of Generals and Arm
istice Signers Are
Still Alive
By RALPH HElNZEN
United Press Staff Correspondcnt

PARIS, Nov. ll.-UP)-
Nineteen years after the signing
of the Armisticc, in the forest Of
Compicgnc, which brought the
World war to a close, only four
of the hundreds of great soldiers
who commanded the armies in
conflict. are still alivc-John j.
PcrShing, Henri Petain and Eric
LudcndOrf.
A survey Of military statistics
showed that the soldiers them
selves Jared better, and that out
of the 22,O00,000 men who went
to war more than 100000 vet
Grams of that conflict still are
alive.
Of the great political PERSONAL
ties on both sides of the war. only
three remain alive-David Lloyd
George. Newton d. Baker and
Francisco Nitti Only three Of the
score Of rulers who sat on thrones
on i'm presidential chairs during
the war are still alive, and two
of them, dCpOScd by their sub
jcctS, are alive in solitary exile
Wilhelm IL of Germany and Fer
dinand of Bulgaria. King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy is the only
ruler of wartime who is alive and
still on a throne.
The toll has been heaviest
among the generals who COM
mandcd the armies Of millions of
iigh ting men. Most of them were
old in the service when the war
started, and 20 years having
passed since they won glory on
the battlcfclds, those who have
survived have abandoned active
careers.
PERSHING IN FRANCE NOW
Two of the four great sur
Continued on page thrce)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
Death TAKES
u. Y. COST0N
Suffered Stroke Last April
and Decline in Health
Since Then

". '. Costou, -. died last
night at 6:l5 O'Clock at the home
Of daughter, Mrs. Zorro Clayton,
at Orr'S camp. on the Chimney
Rock road. He had been in declir-
ing health since last April when
he suffered stroke, and his con-
dition became critical Sunday
night.
Mr.. Costor was a native Of
Henderson county, and 4 son Of
the late Nh. and Mrs. W. 3. Cos
ton. lie was an uncle of J. {.
Coston. register Of deeds.
He is survived by his widow.
formerly Mrs. Marion LYDIA; three
sons, Fred of WmSton-Salcm, J.
\. of Durham and Henry of Ed
ncyvillc, and three daughters,
Mrs. Carl Ramsey Of Henderson
vile, Mrs. Clayton and Mrs. Fred
Ridgcway Of Cannon, Ga. He is
also survived by TWO sisters and
one brother, Mrs. Mamie Free
man of SimpsonviIlc, 5. c., Mrs.
Kittic Freeman of Barbcrton, o.,
and J. =. CoSton OF Ashcvilie.
Funeral services will be at ii
q. m. Friday,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
HONOR DEAD AS
WORLD In TURMOIL
Ry UNITED PRESS

The 10Th anniversary OF ARMS
ticc Day-No. IL, 1918, when the
World war came to an end-found
millions Of people throughout the
world today paying tribute to the
memory of the war dead.
1t also found:
In London, conference OF Eu-
ropean powers struggling to find
some means Of ending a bloody
civil war that has ragged a year
and a half in Spain.
In Brussels, delegates Of 10 ma
tons trying with scant success to
find some form Of settlement OF
an "undeclared war" in China be-
tween the Japanese and Chinese
armies for domination Of the ORR
ent.
In Moscow, charges that the
anti-communist treaty between ia
pan, Italy and Germany is a fas-
cist conspiracy aimed at redivid-
ing the world"
In Prague, capital of the war
created state Of Czcchoslovakia, a
clash between the government and
Nazi factions for control of the
key to central European peace.
In Rio de Janciro. virtual die
tatorship was established in Bra,
zil, with dissolution Of the fedora!
parliament and PRONUNCIATION of a
new constitution.
In Doom, Wilhelm ii, former
Kaiser of Germany who once com
manded the greatest army in the
world, chopped wood on the 18th
anniversary of his exile from Ger
many.
President Roosevelt today in 81
lence with bowed head placed
wreath of white chrysanthemums
on the tomb of the Unknown Sol
der, in Arlington cemetery, mark
ing the nineteenth Armistice day
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
PARADE Opens
CELEBRATION
OF EVENT HERE
World Powers in Turmoil
for Domination and
to End Wars
WREATH IS LAID ON
TOMB OF UNKNOWN

Hendersonville opened the an
nual observance Of Armistice Day,
the 18th anniversary of the end
of the World war, with a parade
this morning at 1920 o'clock, fol-
lowed by a patriotic service at the
high school auditorium.
Stores and business houses were
closed for the day, and the streets
were decorated for the occasion.
This afternoon the Henderson
vile BearcatS will meet the Can
ton Black Bears in an Armisticc
Day football game, and a dance
will be given tonight at the Ameri-
can Legion home to complete the
days program.
The parade this morning was
led by Chief of Police Otis Pow
crs as grand marshal. Following
in order in the parade were Con
fcderate veterans, Gold Star moth
crs, the high school band, the Lc-
gion color guard, members Of the
Legion and ex-servicc men. Sons
Of the Legion, the Legion Auxil-
larry, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Spanish War veterans. United
Daughters Of the Confedcracy.
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. and a Red Cross exhibit
and float.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-11
Queries Show Where Many
Of Them We're on Nov.
II, 1918

ArmiSticc day. November II,
1913, nineteen years ago today,
and the firing ceased in the World
war. ArmiSticc day, 1887. finds
Hendcrsonville's World war vet
Grams all citizens Of a small town
in Western North Carolina, but
ArmiSticc day, 1918, found them
scattered throughout the entire
world.
Some were in camps in the
United States. some on the high
seas, some in France, in Germany,
India, Sibcria-scatterCd over the
world in the war against the Ger
man empire and its allies.
\ number of eX-SOldicrS when
met on the streets this week,
were asked this question: "Whcrc
were YOU on ArmiStice day,
1912"
Here are some Of the answers:
DR.. W. +. Bracket, captain
3O6th sanitary train, 8lSt divi-
Sion.-"I was in an ambulance
dressing station, about 80 miles
east of Vcrdun, and about three
quarters Of a mile back of the
front. We were located in an
abandoned German dugout, for
mcrly a part Of the Hindcnburg
line. Although firing ceased at IL
a. M, we worked until midnight
clearing wounded for the field
hospital"
J. b. Creech, sergeant Hath
machine gun company, llSth in
funtry, 3Oth diviSion.-"I was in
the Sommc sector, near the little
French town of Tincourt. We had
been issued ammunition and were
to go to the front lines that night
TO relieve the Goth infantry brig
adc. of the 30th division"
Hal HollingSwOrth, QuartcrmaS-
ter sergeant, first 9th DCvOnshirC
regiment, British army was
i'm Bombay. India, where we had
rcorganizcd and were to sail that
night for the western front. | had
been on the western front, then
spent 80 months in Palestine"
(AIr. Hollingsworth spent four and
a half years in the British army
l.. A. Blair, sergeant 42nd Bal
loon company.-T was in the Ar
gonne sector. We were following
the advance of the American sol
diers at rate of eight to ten
miles per day and had difficulty
keeping up"
Sam KAHN, private first class,
and radio operator, Headquarters
company, field artillery, 18th divi-
Sion.-'I was at Camp Kerncy,
San Diego, Calf, where we were
organizing and training the 10Th
division for service in France
r. l.. Whitmire, sergeant Head
quarters company, 4th coast ar
tillery.-'I was just south Of Yer
dun, and our heavy artillery was
i'm support of the front line. We
did no firing on Armistice day
W. II. Oates, first lieutenant,