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Show Cigarettes Are Showered On. To Soldiers SHOWERS of etffarsttes fell from the skies on ths American flsrhters driving; ths .Germans ( out of the St. Ml hi el salient. This fact wss announced In a cable- - gram recerved by William J. MnlHgan chairman of the Knlghta of Columbus committee on war activities, at national na-tional united war work campaign headquarters. From American airplanes, Se,9oo -parkag-rs of cigarettes were dropped Into the bands of Infantrymen and artillerymen pressing; forward In their victorious squeese which dislodged the enemy from the strong-hold they had held for mors than three years. Each package was stamped, "Compliments "Com-pliments of ths Knlg-nts of Columbus." Colum-bus." At the same time, cable dispatches ftnitoum-e. Y. M. C A. workers oti 'not moved among the soldiers, hand- 1 '' " hnroltfe end cigarettes. m fend and In ths Olr, these fearless ... i vlth the Amerl- tn f'srbtere moving forward In the flrat of fe naive exclusively executed by cur troops. The airplane service for distributing distribut-ing cfsrA'-ettes to tha soldiers while the battle was In progress and the orrtinnry foot or motor methods of reaching; the men In the1 front lines were unavallabla waa estsibhahed by Martin V. Merle of 8n Francisco, a K. of C. secretary, with the cooperation coopera-tion of an American atrplnn unit. After the flrht. soldiers related how pleasantly a ur prised they had been when cigarettes dropped from on high. Thev declared no eerv.ee In their behalf be-half had ever pleased them aa much a a t h i a ul tra - modern deli very of "smokea." |