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Show CHRISTMAS CABLE MESSAGES SENT TO FRIENDS AT HOM2 By the Associated Press. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY TN FRANCE, Thursday, Dec. 20. The rush of Christmas cable messages from the American soldiers to their homes began today. Company commanders sent to the telegraph offices thousands of messages for the soldiers' mothers, wives, sisters, sweetiiearts, relatives and friends. The first of the Christmas concerts and entertainment for the children, especially espe-cially the little refugees, will be held Saturday in a theater in a town where the correspondents have their headquarters. headquar-ters. The entertainment has been arranged ar-ranged by the American officers and the subprefect of the town, and a noted singer will be brought from Paris through the efforts of the French staff. There will be a Christmas tree presided over by a Pere Noel, or Santa Claus, who oji other days is an American officer. Many American soldiers contributed to the fund for the purchase of the gifts, one machine-gun battalion alone having raised 000 francs. |