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Local Yank(UsPlanesBeing Burnedy/re atss\%Writing under date of .July 6 fromKettig, Germany. James Towler in aletter tlt; his father, Joseph Towilt; r,stated that the re was some hone ofttiere was some getting home soon, as his outfit was under orders to start for Brett July Id. He stated that they had tamedin all their surplus equipment, andhad salvaged almost all their planet.He is with an aero squadron.“We have salvaged all the plants hut one. and it go s tomorrow/’ hlt;writes. “It’s % crime to salvage amachine like it. It’s the one 1 work on, and we have only had it a f« vIt hasn't been in the air more than a half a‘dozen times, but nevertheless we have to make a bonfire out of it,“We burned thirteen yesterday andI took some pictures of them befoMwe set fire to them and snapped some mere while th y wen burning. We tookdays.mainder oft- motors out and sawed the es of the planes and removed the gas tanks, and then pulled th»- r ■*he machines into the middle of th© aerodrome, piled themtogethi r and gave the whole works agasoline bath. W«- then got back foi some distance and fired a M.eket. Itsure made some fire.■‘This one we will fire tomorrowblase by itself, forwi?!* li I*e a nicewe are going to saturate it with ga •• and oil before- touching the match.“It looks like a shame to burn upmuch in s like this. They cost about $16,000 apiece, and they don’t get $500 for the scrap that is left* Thisis an example of what the Amrlt; icanpeople are paying for.“At CoWenx th y ar« selling stuff to the Huns, or rather giving it tothem. As an example, they are sell.ating leather Jerkins for a mark apiece,a fraction ov r f cents. If one of usfellows lost one of them they chargedus |4.80. In other words, they cost the Ge mans $4.80 less than the L*. SWe have sure had a terrible ex peri-©nee, and we will be paying for the privilege the remainder of our lives.1 don’t mind it though, if I can justget hr roe again.“We will get our third stripe before long. We put it up by July 81.“We werettmservicea,re duo tottcouldn’t makto sail July 11, butit, and f don’t knowhnow when we will sail, although it isa\*reported thae we may got jgway by July 21. In that event we - aho-uldofreach the states the first partAugust. I am hoping w* get startedsoon.“JAMES TOWLER,••IK*; Aes, A. E Germs ny.* tdanoiadlt;V\ as on I . S. S. Douglas April IThWhen She Sank Off Coast ofFrance. .10 Miles at Sea.Clarence Worland, son of former county commissioner Charles W.Wo Hand, was in town today, having just arrived home last night aftertwo years’ absence in the U. S. navy.He served a term of three years before this enlistment and has twoKmfire* VFd rs to
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 24, 1919
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