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Show rtr ,.? 1 frr r v I? . TH HUES Saturday, February 1, 1930. smr TVMHOor When they died they went to And a meaner place this side of The number of parades we made heaven, for theyed done their 1, would be mighty hard to tell; I know it can't be found hitch in But theres still one consolation, But well not parade in heaven, for weve done our hitch in 1 gather closely while I tell: When we die, we're bound foi When the final taps are sounded and we lay aside our cares, heaven, for weve done our Weve killed a million cooties that hitch in 1. And we do our last parade, parhave - tried to take our cots; ade right up the golden stairs, And shaken all the scorpions We've built a hundred kitchens And the angels bid us welcome from out our issue socks for our cooks to stew our beans Weve marched a hundred thouand the harps begin to play Weve stood a hundred guard-- . Peace on earth, good will tosand miles and made a thoumoants and cleaned our camp ward men, you will hear us sand camps. -l- oudly say. latrines, Weve sat up many a stormy hear St. Peter tell Wev& washed a million mess kits night sewing buttons on our It Isusthen wellwith a yell loudly and" peeled a million spuds, pants. Just take a front seat, Mister, Weve straped a million blanket But when our march on earth Is for youve done your hitch done our friends behind will rolls and washed a million in h-tell duds 1. h-1- III NICARAGUA Paradise Boy Finds Writing Poetry, Fighting Cooties, Standing Guard and Chasing Bandits. All in The Life of a Fighting Marine. , J 11 Five Power Naval Conference Now Face To Face with Figures or respite today took a week-en- d and left conference activities virtually at A standstill. They may not even reach time the question of . ratios as between greater and lesser navies. But they understand fully that they cannot much longer delay coming down to cases on some of the more remote' but no less definite incalculations mathematical volved inevitably in their labors Some one or more concrete proposals may emerge into light when the conference, sitting as a committee of the whole, assembles again Tuesday for-som- (Continued from Page One) est to cutting away and limiting the growth of sea armaments. It is true the conference Is not yet ready to hear proposals as to how many ships can be scrapped or as to how . many must be built. Probably none but the principal delegates were 'With concerning themselves at all such' advonced statistics as they -- - r I Mvom h-1- PLENTY OF ACTION SEES x.Lwnnn smnvn ttvjji ALGER I. ALLEN r"" i PAGE SIX PRIVATE ? TMRS. NUTTIlFOBKAY mail The first htler to naih our town fiom Nicaragua by air Allen their fiom son, Alger Flank Mrs. and vh retei cd In Mi. in that territory. J wno - living with the U. S. marines in the Matures in December, 1928, for four n tte Mien enli-le- d The ceu- - He wa stationed at San Diego, for three months. niuindei ot the time he has spent at Nicaragua in Central r- li Anieiu.i. Pman A.lui ins liecnm on cuUmg thelr bodies up. One the.guardand jun duly ami mil on panel th( bandtt!s was captured by gn s im uh the marines A marine gunnery bandits ,U ergeant compelled hijn to dig b. es shot P"!' bvU lv.Ls grave and sland in it- He and' lusg ottn has hdpu. dig their r th(?n shot down. This was buiv Hum done as a warning to others ot H, alK of a 'ompany nt the J the bandit gang nos hrough the, m.iH liuij; nmii sent Pnvate Allen with s t a 0f comrades is stationed lungKs aung nj1w a number the here a They lanm to at a coffee plantation, guarding r.e trail t'Kk trail fenced he ct)ffee mlU which is owned and some another andLb while pr Americans where one hundred by noircl y cccdivm (Ttpioiplj are emDloyed natives of shot fol'owul by a ciy He teils 0 one time while he their enmu'des had bien fatam and a marine companion were shot The following lines weie sitting talking, his companion was composed and dedicated to the handling a hand grenade. It exlqenioiy of tl.p fallen connade ploded and almost tore his companion to 'pieces, while Private A Fallen Comrade Allen was unharmed. They took man fifty miles Dedicated to the memory of the injured pack Pnvate Michael Salvlhch, U. S M through the mountains by miles mules and then one hundred a band In the hills of Nicaragua by airplane to a hospital, where ot heroes wearily marched he died shortly after arriving Through the treacherous Jungles there. Private Alien made a hunwith its vegetation parched dred and twenty-fiv- e mile trip by The a.r was hot and heavy, the airplane as a witness to the cause heat of he sun was crue, of his deaths Ibnvever, they were determined r It takes about a month for mail to emerge as uctois of this- ,0 Come or go as transportation duel is very slow on account of so Slowlv darkness was descending much rain and the mud is about with its refreshing breeze, knee deep along sofaie parts of That cheered the men immensly the trail. There they have about the as it murmure through seven months of rainy weather and trees. of very dry hot five months Oh1 but out of that twilight gloom W'eather. The provisions and mail a horde of bandits stole. bags are brought in on what they Nearing our unsuspecting men call bull carts. They are awkwho were now tftetr chosen ward looking, two wheeled carts drawn bv- - the native cattle. goal At a bend where the trai had The airplanes fly over once a narrowed and forked into w eek and drop the press news from the states and the Brigade News many more, They slowly proceeded, cautious- pubhshd by the marines at Nicarly where a buddy would live agua. no more. Private Allen relates that when Suddenly, the jungle stillness was the first mail plane brought mail in. there were three thousand marbroken by a rifle shot. Which quickly made the men ines waiting for it. He says he wa alert and from reveries be the only private that received - mail and was made exceedingly brought A second and a third were heard happy by receiving a letter from home. and then a cry of pain ' All turned quickly to the fron' Private Allen Is the only UtaUh where a buddy fell in the lan' Kiy and the only Mormon boy in At this, the men went mad wltl lis regiment. He says the Amerl-a- n Red Cross was very genrous to rage and cautiously did plat All their fighting senses to ge he marines at Christmas time, the one who had shot th', rach one receiving several presents. gallant man. At present the oranges, bananas FJnallv they gave it nn after the had shot but two: ocoanuts and grapefrut are al' to their cap ripe and grow In abundance Just Then they returned tain, awaiting something new hack of their house. "to do. Private- - Allen is sit present From the time they had gone tr the best of health, and his hunt these men. their buddj experiences In that rountrv to a had passed away, certain degree but like all other Before the tearful eyes of the human beings he would aDpreclate Doc who had treated him a visit with his home folks. where he. lay. While Colonel Lindbergh was Sientlv the men knelt down anc making his flight around , the offered a tearful praver Caribbean sea. he with Mrs For the soul of this old pal o Lindbergh and others landed at theirs whod passed to the the marine corps aviation field at land of no cares Managua, Nicaragua, October 2 Oli1 God, but life la wicked In thi 1929" and had some pictures takof land hateful dogs. en. Private Allen was there at ' Whose Tife Is nothing but des- the time. tinies even worse than that He says during their leisure lime of Jhogs. they report to different kinds of But men can It be said bv them recreation, sometimes they spend this their time comDOsing songs and that they conquered noble boy Doems. The following is one of Poor fools, thev had really been them. the cause of giving to him eternal Jov Hitch in '; Me h is ,c n ,PFT fad hr zt: ) to - -- A, J bd v: j sr Pn -- 55? ; r ' 'S, If i j vr - 'V C W A ' frx - v y ; V U1 m tonight A. ,ji c ! Ji 4 )a U u. en-loyl- fy II-- U - Ills comradeshere on en rth He has proved himself a "hero end has -- showed his - golden worth. He also tells of the negro ban-d-killing three of lhe'Tnarlnes Ls PARIS things I toleft behind. hate put on pajier things thaVS 'running through nly mind Weve dug a million trenches and JAie And ciea v XJp-- :t J Ax rf iM'VM - T Tt f v the famous farorite of th c Iloulpi'ards and Mtroadway M, & M SEE and U E Ail s m - ten miles of ground.. FILM IS TALKING ' m K j oi Id red- mmw CORK Successful stage plays, with 'music and dancing, can now be brought to millions who would not see them otherwise through the medium of, the talking screen. One of the first to be transported from the footlights to the silver sheet is Paris the musidal play whicli starred Irene Bordoni on the stage last season.! It has been made into a First .aitonal and Vitaphone picture, with Miss Bordoni starred, and it marks the first appearance of "LtHitr tidier Feb. 4, 229- N. 2nd W. this ..popular stage favorite ip motion pictures. Tans tomes t'p the Capitol Theatre Sunday. Placing opposite the star in t)ns gay lilting comedy of the French capital is Jack Buthannart, English stage star who has been ieatured in N Y. ar.d Londpn musical shows, and especially in the famous Chariots Reure which has played successfully tut both sides of the water. Otheis in the notable cast are W. R. Jones, Feb. 4, Newton, Louise Closser Hale, who plajed In the stage version of Paris; Jason Robin ds, stage and screen favorite, who was a member of the original Lightnin cortjpany ; Zasu Pitts and Margaret Fielding.Miss Eordoni and Mr. Buchanan both sing and dance in the ApMurertmd special songs were written for the screen to augment thoseof the stage vfcision. Clarence Badger diiected Paris which was adapted for the -H'lwir bv Hope Boring from the stage nlav bv Martin Brown. Miss Rordoms first screen apiearance is awaited witifinterest here, where she has a host of admirers as the result of her in , riumnh on tbe stace A "PAII fr See yourself why New Yorker flocked to pay $ ktO per seat to sea this hilarious story, by Martin Itrown, of the frantic loves of a great French ' actress and her misleading man. It's a Clarence Badger production, , with a remarkable cast including Jack - ' j f -- : Sounds fantastic Imt lls a fuel! . ; clay you can see the sights of the mad metropolis "take in a daring French revue Lear a famous Paris favorite all in one glorious ' " talking picture! "PARIS brings you a triple treat lustrous, exotic Irene Bordoni, snatched from Broadway triumphs for her first screen role breathtaking dancing and singing spectacle in all the splendor of full natural COIX3R and the sparkling comedy and romance of last seasons reigning New York stage bit! Packed with treasures of entertainment unmatched before in any single screen show, "PARIS 'sets the 1930 style for talking pie- lures! Even if you go to the movies only once in a while, "PARIS should he that "once. " - -- . !i& r HrtiiAAAX Jason BidiuTls,7an ITttaatid t.losser Hate. Color aceues by the Technicolor Process. l jL aISKSI NAI0ONAL sVHAPHiDNt IPICTUK rf ilaihonen i u the registered trademark of the I ilaphane Corjut ration Also Talking Comedy, LOOKOUT BELOW Shows at and Vitaphone Aets ( 3;a0.T:00 7:00-9- :00 COMING THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY BETTY COMPSON IN STREET GIRL AlLTalkingMelodyPieture- - |