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moitrtanth 7 | PARIS. Feb. 10.—(Correspond-npleU enee of The A. P.)—The American »mh al soldier wants, more than anything* thfi else in the world rlacht now, to g«:utur* home. For the 600,000 or nn •who still have weary weeks ahead of them here and with the army of occupation the next best thin* In to )in,on 8ee pictures of their home towns, it I These pictures are being shown 'h ,r!‘ to them in the miles and miles of *ctuur called Smllea” distributed toay m I the camps by the Community Motion mbcrs I Picture Bureau of the Young Men's Com- Christian Association Probably •rnor there STS a hundred miles of the films.jtton» The movies are taken everywhere,vmnln from T,rTlfl* S'l|,ar* to thp C,,ffHouse. They show the familiar state streets and the familiar landmarks* the and the familiar faces and then they wst. are rushed over here to the boys andrnlnr to say that they are welcome is put-LJftJ ! tine it mildly Indeed. IThe pictures are now shown in* | discriminate^. When a picture from New York, or Kansan City, orSeattle, or anywhere el3e, arrive i it is sent Immediately to the military organizations hailing from that particular locality and it only needs a simple announcement to the and I effect that a home town movie will East be shown to pack the Young Men's nciat Christian Association hut or and theatre to the limit as many times fy of ah it Is possible to show the film hi before taps blow*, f * Some days ago in Coblenz, while what ® picture from Chicago was being shown, a soldier rose from his seat it i and shouted. Thire’s my dog, j rted, then, after a pause he added, and ante* | that's my brother with h!m.M* of* Many a boy over here has seen v ‘Tf jsome of his relatives in these plc-j turns and,they are more successful srous I ^an ^he latest humorous film or Igan {the newest drama.atmltatc«busUpconah«*enMis* 3kU-idded i the Id b« nent.
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Mar 07, 1919
Page 7
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