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9 9Butler’s “Ace Who Was Citedifla[was in .the service he piloted-'seven different machines, all of which‘were fi put out of commission by the Huns while tlying or when compelled to • make a landing in nn unfavorable place. Lieutenant Kunder is well known in Hamilton, having played for two seasons on the old Hamllton-Kicbs baseball team, with Landry,| Pierce und Crist of Miami athletic lame. . •Lieutenant Kumler was awarded' to the war cross for bravery in action on August 10, 1918, when he was g. attacked by five Hun planes and sue- ic cecded in shooting down one of tho.m ; and making a landing lnmsclF witji \ his plane full of bullet holes. 1Lieutenant Kurrdor’s citation reads y, as follows: “Citation of. Honor, toSecond Lieutenant Kbmlcr, 12t.li Corn-puny, Group of Bombardment 9, Es-cadrillc. 123; an American obseri^r, remarkable for his speed, ‘courage pnd ability. The 10th day of August, 1918, he gave proof of an admirable coolness, and of . the most splendid scorn of danger; and in- carrying on a ’violent fighL with five enemy aviators he probably brought down one I of them, and returned with Ids machine, shot full of bullet holes.” •^VAHWiV^tUWVWA'The MarketsLIEUT. HARRY W. KUMLER. * Lieutenant Harry Kumler of Oxford, the only warrior from Butler County to win-the Croix dc. Guerre, has arrived in New York- and is expected at h}3 home irr Oxford within llie next few -days.Lieutenant Kumler graduated from Miami University in 1916, and until the time of his enlistment was employed in the general offices of the Pennsylvania Railway .. Company, in Columbus, lie- enlisted in the air service at. Columbus and was trained in ground work at Ohio JSlalc University. He landed in France December-8, 1917, and was attached, to the French Air Forces practically the entire time he was on the front, being commissioned a -second lieutenant in the United Slates air service but remaining withper(Bj Carr Milling Co.) Wheat per bu.. $2;20: ■ Com—?1.25- - •Oats—70c.Telephone Floury wood, $13.30.. 'Bran per 100 lbs, $2.90; Middlings per 100 lbs., $3.15.i • — ’(Rupp Packing Co.)Hogs—$17.80.bb!*»LOCAL MARKETS. (Quotations by Canning and G«iy.) Eggs, 35c.Butter, 42c. .CHICAGO GRAIN.CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Com—May ; $1.23 1-2; July $1.18 5-18. Outs-May 59 i-2; July 57 7-8. ■. FRIDAY'S LIVESTOCK. . Cincinnati . Union Stock Yards, Feb. . 21.—Cattle—Themarket /* isMay l«, J'J18. out re»mn....Br, t an,J heifer* dull; cows, the French forces until .almost the •last period of the war. During the - time Lieut.istendy.- .Shippers $33(516o0; butcherKumler'^- «*»»• «M@15.50, good choice. $12lt;5H.to
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Hamilton Daily Republican News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 21, 1919
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