Show vile e Al VI Copy for This Department Supplied by bythe bythe bythe the American Legion News Service MAKE AKE MOST TRAGIC COLUMN Missing Men List Tells Story Any Pen Would Be Unable to Portray Little stories stories stories-of of the world war that bring home to a n land now at p peace ace the sacrifice of men who gave their lives Jives on on the battlefields of France and the sorrows of of gold star mothers are coming to light every everyday everyday everyday day In the search that goes steadily on for tor the missing and f for r Information information tion Uon regarding the deaths of ot soldiers overseas From every section of ot the country and from every state come these queries to the American Legion Weekly which In Its Missing Men column places where all may see an array of Items back of which lie He some of the greatest tales of the war Missing Men Is In itself the most tragic column in the world Into Its short compass Is compressed a host of heart throbs and a sweeping human human human hu hu- hu- hu man emotion that the pen of ot the most gifted novelist would be unable to por por- tray The Items are short of necessity necessity necessity sity but in the few words th that t go to tomake tomake tomake make up each volumes are spoken Take for for- example such communications as these CO I Private I-Private Floyd huts Hiltz died July 29 1918 after having been wounded at Vaux on on July 1 Government bureaus can furnish no other Information JIls lIs mother died last November while mourning for tor him Details of ot his death are sought by sister Mrs Florence las Iss ss 83 Bridgeport avenue avenue Devon Conn hID CO PrIvate Private Elmer P P. Hughes was reported wounded wo on October OctoberS S S. S 1918 but a later letter from the adjutant adjutant adjutant tant general said that he had died on October 4 t. Ills His mother believes that he may still be alive alive- and wants Information Lion tion from his buddies Write Private MIchal Second company D. D B B. Guard Fort Leavenworth Kan amuel Samuel Du Bols Dols Owings died in an English army hospital at Rouen on the Flanders front on or about October 21 1918 Last word from him s said ld he lie was In good spirits after suffering an attack of ot gas Information about his death Is wanted by Philip S S. S SIchel Mamaroneck l avenue Mamaroneck l IV K T Y CO CO A. A A. Private Private Charles 11 t. Smith was waS reported missing In batUe battle near the town of Villette on the morning of Dt August 25 1918 and has not been heard from Crom since War department has reported report report- ed him killed In action but has riot not been able to locate his grave or find anyone who saw him fall Further details from hIs buddies are desired d by his brother Omar II H. H Smith West Fifty-eighth Fifty street New York City 4 These items picked at random from froma a typical column of ot Missing Men are only a few v among th thousands of a similar sim sim- liar ilar tenor They tell their own stories and add themselves to the long list of ot mysteries of the w war r that may never be solved Others however have b been en solved through the medium of ot MIss l Ipg pg Men and many letters letters have have come comento Into nto the office of ot the Legion magazine containing the Information sought In Ina Inn ina a n published query |