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Show CITIZEN CF TWO COUNTRIES Frank Sinclair, Historian of Janesvllla (Wis.) Post, Honored by Bourges, France. The average American newspaper sporting editor considers hllnself lucky to preserve a mere semblance of citizenship, but Frank Sinclair, who holds that position on a Janesville (Wis.) newspaper, bears the distinction of being a citizen of two countries or at least of two ?it!es. ; Sinclair, who Is 1 historian of the 1 rs-.fo- ' Janesville i st of the American I.oglnn, was honored with citizenship In Ihe city of Iimri;ts, France, while a re'l-meiitnl re'l-meiitnl sri;e;int major with the Central Cen-tral Iiec-n!s ofiVo, O. II. Q., stu-ti'-n.vl in the French town. Tl.o honor, usually con f erred only ni"n hU'h uvernmental representatives, representa-tives, was piven to Sinclair f-r pro-ir.'.'i: pro-ir.'.'i: (Ims.t relations between the Yanks and citizens at Hour ires through the medium of "The Cm." larKest P't newspaper in the A. K. F., of which Sinclair v, as mnnaln? editor and cv or::a!:i.rr. The common council of r,our'cs awarded the honor. Lawrence J. Weldrnan, Huston, nnd William V. Wraicc. Brooklyn, were also made citizens citi-zens for co-operative in Sinclair's diplomatic dip-lomatic work. - SlnciuT and Weldrnan also won ronown ns the authors of "The r.ntih- of liourpes," whh'h a Paris Fnu'lish lannace newspaper said flhiAdd he In every American home. |