Show MERE PRIVATE A IE SWAYS A. A E. E F. F Jl rt Former oll Newspaper NC Milan Man Influence Influence In In- Here c Exercises Big b fluence in France trance Harold AY Ross noss former Salt J Lake ake newspaper man is highly complimented compliment ed in Inn an n article ar appearing in l' l Everybody's Everybody's Every Every- cn body's botIs Magazine Mr r. r Ross floss although only a private atc in the United d Sta States tee armr army army ar ar- my mr was wan editor o of t the he e official American Ameri Ameri- can expeditionary e pc force newspaper tho the Stars an and Stripes llo IIo Is given much credit for organizing the staff staC and making it the complete success accredited It b by all members of or the the- A A A. 13 E. F F. Tho rho article Is written b by Alexander a member r of ot the staff an ana and anda a noted correspondent No o brigadier general general had as much power as Private rh Ross RasT writes I c Mr r- r and ana surely no private vate had a Cadillac at aL Ohis his disposal au aua and amid anda amida a sergeant as a thriven driver Mr oIl accredits the unusual success of or the Stars an mid and Stripes to the tho ab absolute In Independence of oC thought and speech exerted un under cr tho the direction of Private ate Ross HOSA Tho whole tone and aud spirit of or the time paper he said was given I It b by an ane e editorial staff who derived their inspiration in inspiration In- In an und and took their sU suggestions from the troops In lime field rather than from Crom the general headquarters To the best lIest of or 11 my memory and belief boller no single article or picture or menlo mento was WIlS forced into the paper against ag the expert Judgment and over the tho protests of oC time the staff starr At one ono time Mr lit said Mr 11 Ross was arrested b by a general l because ho lie disapproved cd of or one of oC the stories printed b by the impudent nt sheet but w was s soon released following a reprimand from Crom General Pershing Grent Greatly through tho the Influence or of Private Pd Ross Hos the Stars and Stripes was WIlS accredited with being being- the tho first successful success success- successful ful CuI use of or the newspaper as a weapon of ot mo modern war and th the tho only weapon ot of an any considerable size at tho the time of or the signing of oC the tho armistice Secretary Baker Baiter declared decard that the neW newspaper was w one of or the three contributions made b bj by i America to the art of ot war |