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Oh boy.' It was tsifttte supper. m, had a pot of salad made by Mrs. Hill. Wienies, buns, milk, cookies and candy. After supper we played games and had an Ograde drill. Thursday, May 15, 1930 Troop 32 will hold an overnight hike to the cabin in the woods mm ing Friday afternoon at 4:30.-David Jenkins, reporter. PRIZE WINNERS IN WAR STORY CONTEST Two Illinois Writers Among Those Chosen by Legion Magazine Twu' Illinois writers won prizes awarded by the editors of the Ameri- can Legion Monthly, as being among the best submitted for the May issue, just out, in a contest entitled "Their'; Bitt Moments." The American a7ii/ Monthly is paying $500 every month in prizes, $100 being the largest. for what the editors judge are the most interesting experiences of the World war days. The stories are not to ex- ceed 250 words. The prize winners from this state and their contribu- urns follows: by H. S. Robins, Danville, Ill, a "In the tomb of the Unknown Sold- ier there is a body, To me it can only he that of one man. It hats. pened in August, 1918, three days after the Rainbow Division had taken the wheat-covered slopes of the Ourcy River banks. The first haml- ion of the 166th Infantry had estab. lished headquarters in an old chateau, 200 meters from Sergy. " "It was just getting dusk when a white-faced runner bust through the (For. His eyes Were panic atricken and his fear w» infectious. "They're coming through' he shouted. "Oh, Major!" by Guy B. Woodson, 1152 N. La Salle St., Chicago, lil. "He wns no doubt the most popular major, or st least the best-known major, in the entire Army. Every soldier in the division, even the new- est replacements, seemed to know the major by his large pot belly, his pointed board Ind the dignity and uniquences of his painstaking but not altogether military sslute. "Runners, observers and men lost from their outfits huddled in groups on the fioor. There had been a lull in the furhtintr that day. The strain, lack of food and no sleep had ex- tracted a toll from these men. "A "movemvent of fright stirred through the room. Each face told of its owner's first thoutthts--of escape. " Men,' he said, 'you know damned well they're nnt coming through as long as there's anybody Ieft__up U!ere.' "Buy a tall, lanky soldier arose from their midst. _ “The exact words that followed are fnrgctten ' ' . they wouldn't describe what he meant now, anywny. But he finished with 'i'm going up to the line.' When he went out they all followed. "Sergy changed hands nine times that night, and I passed through the survivors at dawn. Not many were left, and none was as tall an that soldier who still haunts my though“. "fhe mljor Ind, his byttalion wen lying in the tall grass waiting the (Can'tinued on page M) early morning zero hour which VI” to take them over the top from Meta. point, or, u the mujor had expressed it while making his eustorory in- spection of the men, ‘Get ready you red-blooded Americana. and we'll go over ttnd get those sopl.’ "The zero hour clme. The util- lery opened up with the usual Bre. works, and by 10 o'clock the objective, a smell hill bordering tt lightly wooded plot, was reached with very little re- sistance. All of the boys then lay down to get what they considered a well- THE PICK OF THE MARKET Floor Lumpmm‘ puma brunt. bose. Silk shade; in all the new." color combi- na'lom. Special at $17.65 Foursomo Toblo Plumm- you uu four "porch opplioncos or ono 'imo.Only $1 with any purchooo of $3 or over. /r)s) PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS THE PRESS AT BARGAIN PRICES 51 South St. Johns Avenue earned rent. The major lining much the same though did likewise. It wu not his canton: to try and nah I an out of his newly constructed foxhole and besides they were not getting any counter fire. "h runner Icon came up to the spot where the men were digging in and after looking around caution-1y stood up Ind yelled at the top of his voice, 'Oh, “dot! "The mu‘or was quickly on his to" and getting up from his resting plug about 60 yards away. yelled back " THROUGH a fortu- ne” cmngomom with a well-known manufadunr, we on able to offer an un- usually fin. unort- mont ON"'""'"" lamp: 013 money- scving who: dorm. our once-tryout MAY SALE bridge panic: and other occasions making plan" of webdifhmqd light. May Solo Spoclcl Lamp price only . . .31275 'tte pm"! bronze be“ and minimum dud. “about“ WM! colonel Mat. - 0 $11.30 ”Bridge” lumpy.» What thin country and! II no" wild life in the open um- and a bit Ion in the clues. - Dayton (Ohio) Journal. _ the runner to tut the whole battal- ion could hut him, ‘How my thr- have I told you not to all Inc “We!" while we're on the from. Don't you know thet every German minor in thou woods in looking for union? If you want to “are“ me we on. “Come here, you old my whiakend “Com here, you son of a what? " MANY OTHER LAMPS, NOT PICTURED, ro SELECT FROM "