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LEAGUE OF HOME pAILlES
National Adlertis Representative
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as Lexington Ave. New forK
&5 r Wacker Drive. tlicago
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER "a. 1912
CEN. D. D. EISENHOWER
who is G n. Dwight David Eisea
hover?
lie is the commander OF the
American Army in Africa. as You
all know lie is a man who from
birth has been doing the uneXpeet.
ed He is a Kansan who went 10
Texas 10 be born This early indi-
eaton Of uupredictability should
explain 10 Hitter why Ike appeal
ca IN North africa when he was
expected in France.
Ike" was expected to be born
in Abilene. Kansas Through the
cooperation OF the Information i
CORRESPONDENCE Schools where
Papa Eisenhower polished OF
course in engineering and Texas
temporary employer, the EisenhoS-
er family moved 10 Texas just about
long enough for Dwight David 10
be BORN there.
He was the third OF six brothers,
all nlckuamed Ike" and II you
would like a little more confusion
at this point. both tyler, Texas
and Denison. Texas claim to De
his birthplace. Abilene, probably
because the other Eisenhowers
were born there, also sets up an
occasional futile clamor for recog-
milton.
Just one more note Of confusion
now and we will go right along
he has been known as Dwight David
all his life but he was christened
David Dwight.
The first Eisenhowers or Essen
hauers were Germans but by the
18th century they had transplant
ed their roots to Switzerland.
"Ike's" ancestors came 10 America
and settled in Pennsylvania in 1882.
Their descendants helped roll the
frontier Of America back TO the
Midwest and stopped off there.
And out Of the Midwest came
IKE" Eisenhower to roll back the
frontier OF democracy threatened
by dictatorship.
Born Oct. IA, 1890 to David J.
and Ida Elizabeth Eisenhower,
Ike, the future general, was a
husky. normal Kansas boy in dis
school days.
He went to public school and 70
high school. He played half-back
and semi.pro tirst base and when
he could connect with q sparetime
job he connected.
The Eisenhowers were good,
middle-class stock who always had
enough to eat on the table and
they brought up their sons TO
know the value Of a dollar-and
also how to earn H.
Ike" cut ice In the winter, pitcn-
ed hay In the summer and kept IN
top-notch CONDITION doing both
He still turns out 1t farm-Doy hours
ant tie stiit is in teP-Retch ceHdl--
ton.
Part OF his earnings went into a
sort Of family pool for educational
purposes and the idea was for each
OF the Eisenhower boys TO get
college education but when Ike
was u he still hadn't gotten there.
Then younger friend suggest.
ed that they botn try out for Anna
polls. Ike" found that he was too
old for the Navy school hut that he
could make West Point.
So the Navy lost d future admiral
and tne Army gained a future gen
eral. ScholastiCally he was IN
the hrst third, but not a top man,
In football, he slipped IN easily a.
HIS old post OF haif-back. And he
was goou enough 10 be considered
worthy OF the full attention OF Jim
ihcrye's Carlisle Indians. In one
game he was carried OF the field
with a broken leg Later he broke
tne sane leg riding horseback.
lie was gradua ed in 1915 anl
was COMM stoned a second leu
tenant OF infantry II anybody nal
to.d Inn then that he would be 4
top-fli%ht gen -ral he would Ia 2
grinned
lie aIinA a lot. except when some.
louy e.. hm lie IS a second
lel1hihg'
He was willing to be the third
OF six likes in his family bit he
doesn't want 10 be the second VI
anybody else, and 1t doesn't seem
likely that he viii be.
buy lore War Eonds-
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