Two surprises awaited the first American contingents that landed in I ranee. One was the long wait before admission to the "shooting gallery," and theother the absenoe of pie. A United States "casualty," reading the war news to a pal the other day in a ixradon canteen, announced phonetically that the Freiich had captured 'Tjucky beggars," cried the listener: "there wasn t a smell of it down our alley."-
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16416, 9 January 1919, Page 5
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69Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LV, Issue 16416, 9 January 1919, Page 5
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