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ER, 1, 19iaYANKS WILL SEE OWNIGAS SIAT ]imbitc sFWithiarles- Miles of Film Will Show What c%ilt;i wed.Men Here, There and Everywhere Are Doing at Front.1servicestampsParis. Oct. 13.— (By Mail)—To Ice to-i Oenei*al Pershing belongs the credit nth of!°f showing to the soldier* of the Am-,*a|e*erican Expeditionary Force their ownnd 17, f *n an-activities through the medium of motion pictures. By miles of news himmaster lt;n the spot the various “actors'*| in this greatest drama will be able to by the?JS*e what the men in distant sectors in pro*iare doing and what they themselves * MT.IV ,ook Hke when practising the art ofe sales r sev-lat the Kana- iith itswarmaking. The newest film news\ shortageled by «gages cmbans in ] yecially personsheat ant fluenza i gas shot In thlt; vised th these to IndustrW to dome Membservice is to be famous as the Over- j n,ucj, C(seas Weekly and is to be released twice a week, showing in even' Y. M. jC. A. hut as the latest of the many I friendly acts of the seven service organizations combined in the Unitod ** Sfos ' War Work Campaign. Paris will be * c °8.e: headquarters of the news film and' Homer Croy of New York will direct nt ***' operations.i o io American army is now scnt-1 ^ ^ c *eretl throughout the length and acts orj breadth of France. The Yanks in TH*pntyof thisson. andhave tolargely lt;trial pis flcient sTle total, tbe trenches and the reserves frombut a part of the immense forceTice in-i that has come overseas and is in-StDepitly, the i creasin£ daily. There are engineer- | Howery 51,9o5jjng units building railways and docks;No. 3 flt; stamps, antj buildings; companies of lumber-I Ohio, hnber. 1 a- large not in-John FGlass. 1 Stanley, Young. Gtblin, (F!•ed Byj men arc busy in isolated portions of rural France felling trees and converting them into board feet againstthe needs of the army; large number^ of men in olive drab are quartered in every large city from the (into sei front lines to the bast ports, handl- county I ing supplies of every description. The base ports themselves are now almost American cities, with miles of docks, and warehouses and railway yards.The men in the,Service of Supply, j as the army designates the forces be- j gar ra- hind the lines, are apt to feel thattheir work is not appreciated by the soldiers up front; to think that they j are out of the picture. Their idea of warfare in the trenches is gained only through heresay. Similarly, the \ flghting-men are curious about their jistrator \ eceived rvrt an-Depuf ed by ' they ar alleged Hunting?d eachalso ificates nington lent ofthe al- . brethren who try to keep a steadybe sup-sumers■istream of food, ammunition, and J clothing pouring into the reserve warehouse just behind the lines. Iftent of j the work of the various units that fcead of; comprise the great American army e when u, visualized on the screen this stateManypounds.BY.PnetThainu Bejress) emitted strictly that it at theyPresi-i someof affairs will largely be remedied.The Overseas Weekly plans to release two films a week, which will be shown in every Y. M. C. A. hut in France. One reel, will depict the activities of the Yanks in France; the other will record events in America that will show the folks at home are doing to back up the boys “over there’*. Every member of the A. E.F.f from cook to general, will know from week to week exactly what the American nation is doing to win the i by a war. \ 7**Homer Cory, of New York, heads j £J,action 1 the new organization. Mr. Cory has , tbrcughoa reputation as a writer as well as *no a producer of excellent film. He was connected with the Kansas City Star.The cefluan?a iclearly tl the snap! avoid ini it* deve cure, it di»«*ase.The be the firstease will rapidly, tomorrow You will does not It is!n was d Jan-* * Leslie’s Weekly/ and the Delineator. When-- ____ ,_____•yester- *itativesf their n mat-for some years, and founded and edited the Magazine Maker of New York.KHIXE VALLEY IN WAR ZONE.[.unction jIsMojft Significant Development illRecent Allied Ogensivea.the near famous of a hot a little v vice into Hyomei i Just b your nos ticle of a will he balsam. You ci! night ing will j day youF tlOfiTl
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Charleston, West Virginia, US

Fri, Nov 01, 1918

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