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Show Salt Lake Man Brings About Adoption-of Orphans MORF than lftl Pn mil war orphans have been adopted by American soldiers fighting In France, according ac-cording to ward received here today. to-day. t'nder the direction of a Salt leaker, a former newspaper man here, the plan for the adoption baa been worked out. The man la Harold W. Koaa, who formerly waa a reporter on the Halt Lke Tribune, Trib-une, and who left here a few years ago to continue work In hla profession pro-fession In Han Kraiwtaco. Hla pa- rents reside at 22 Rlisabetb street, thla city. Ross, who is attached to the engineers en-gineers and who Is a member of the edftorial staff of the Htars and Stripes, the official American army newspaper In France, Is given full credit for the adoption of the large number of French orphans. In a recent Issue of the Htars and Ktrlpe there appears an Item by the "officer In charge," which reads: "This week the sdoptlon of French war orphans by aoioiers of the A. E. F. under the Htars and Htrlpes war orphan plan passes the fcoO mark. This plan, which brought so much happiness to little chil-. chil-. dren In dire need, whose fathers had given their all r France, was the idea of an American private. Harold W. Roes, engineers frail-way), frail-way), detailed to the editorial ataff of the army newspaper. It ts under hla direction that the plan has been so successfully worked out." |