Show Newspaper Man Wins Cross of 01 French Legion By Oy United Press PATHS PATHS' May 4 Henry Henry Wood United tress Press staff start correspondent with the Drench armies In the field ie d was decorated decorated Thursday as a chevalier ot the Legion of ot In recognition in of pt his work on the F French h front during the past twe twenty ty months The cross cross was bestowed ved best ved at lr jeneral headquarters with We the traditional ceremony by a an n ajor general of ot the French staff The rhe honor was conferred by the French government at atthe the request reque t tO of O General Petain Henry W Woods Wood's home is fn n Omaha and his first newspaper exp experience was on the Omaha Daily News Later he worked on several al 91 Ohio newspapers He has beer the United Press about ten He was in charge of ot the Rome bureau ot the United 1 fat Presa the he time of othe the death o of Pope Pope Plus plus X and scored a famous b beat on the event events He was after afterWard after Z ward f rJ-ager rJ ager of o the Paris bureau and arid has been in the field with the French armies about two ye years rs Tho The Le ono of Honor is an order c of ot merit created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 2 as a reward for civil or military service it has ha five cl clashes including the cheva- cheva Herr |