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Show 4 f ' A HERO EVERY DAY ! Brave Deeds of Men in America's Fighting Forces. 4 ; 1 A thirteen-Btar service flag lias just been raised in Baltimore. It represents thirteen inseparable companions. One star is golden and honors the memory of I.ouis Cohen, a boatswain's mate on the U. S. S. Mart ley, who made the supreme sncrh'icc when his ship and a British vessel ves-sel collided somewhere in the Atlantic. The other- twelve slurs represent his mourn Ins" companions, who are now preparing- to go over there." Jtout are in the navy, one at Camp AUClellan, Annls-ton, Annls-ton, Ala., and another at Camp Meade. Md. The flag' hangs from the window of a store kept by "A. Mankowitz. at 1430 West Baltimore street, where the "crowd of thirteen" used to meet before being-called being-called to the colors. Cohen was a son of Louis Cohen, living" at .13 -Ridger place, New York. The Manley colllson occurred March 19 last. A depth charge aboard the ship was exploded by the impact, killing' kill-ing' one officer and three enlisted men and Injuring n number of Others. |