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Show The Verb Salvage. The verb "to salvage" did not pass out of existence with the disbanding of the A. E. F. Its synonym, "to manage." man-age." Is still recognized as part of the language of Legionnaires. George R Anderson post of the American Legion at Ardmore. Okla., recently "salvaged" "sal-vaged" a library of 2,000 volumes. As In the army days when anything from a mess kit to a five-ton truck might have been acquired mysteriously mysteri-ously with the simple explanation " managed for it" or the equally cxpres sivo "wo salvaged it." the post no quired the library. During the wat t!'o people of Ardmore had colle-te a large number of books t i be shi:u e. to army camps for use of siMirrs. I''i' after the volumes were mlloeie.l ::r. " boxed thoy were never ,.;'.;.... T; .i were discovered reeem1'.- in a s' ;-. room by n ir.einl.er iT ;ne i.- : i and It dh' rj.t ta!;e le::;- to : r them. |