Show WORLD WAR YARNS by Frank E. E Hagan The Boomerang liked ed Its The rhe ninth Eighty division dl old man man Gen Gen Frank An And because those men from Kansas and Missouri l and Colorado liked him they made him the butt of many a son sour song and Joke jole But it seems scorns that the general general general gen gen- eral didn't have c a very ery keen leen sense of or I humor humor humor-at at least from the of of- I I view of the jokesters Ask AsI Carter Vaughn now a Missouri newspaperman newspaper newspaperman new man but in WIS a n soldier In the Eight ninth Eighty and the composer of a u song which he used usel to sin sing on frequent fre fluent quent occasions The thousand and andone andone one verses of this song told about all nil the things that were wrong Hong with bis outfit and every other line would wIndup wind windup up tip with General Vinn Is the cause of it Before he lie r realized It Vaughn and his singing had become famous throughout the division One day he lie received an nn I Invitation to visit division ision headquarters and demonstrate his vocal before the general In the presence of that personage e Vaughn suddenly b b came carne bashful He Ile had a bad cold cold cold- and besides he had left his music at home home also also he had been smoking so much that his throat was a n bit sore sore sore- more than thun that he just naturally didn't feel In the mood for sinning singing But But the general en era I insisted that ho ho he do his stuff So the singing soldier soldier cleared his throat threw hack his head and with great gusto fusto fir nail and 11 I much feeling sang his I song Besides General Vinn Winn his audience consisted of several hl high h ranking ln om officers cers and they didn't seem especially fally to appreciate his efforts In fact fart there was no applause at nt all nil But General Winn n as was proper took command of the situation What Is your name he asked Corporal Carter C. C Vau Vaughn hn sir was as the reply reilly You are mistaken said the old I man In a n quiet tone It Is Private Dt Carter C. C Vau Vaughn hn a s His First Victory Ask one aviator about the time Ume he downed a 0 h ranking ln flyer Iyer I in his first night over the till lines s durIn during dur- dur i In ing ng the war and you yon may he surprised at the result Heres Here's the story HS is Maj Reed need G. G Landis Americas America's second sec see ond onel living ace nce tells it This young chap chup says Major Lan Ian Landis dis was towns assigned to n a l British air squadron for training After about i three weeks behind the lines lints hi he learned earned which end of his machine gun 1 was dnn dangerous erous and other useful features features fea fen tures of air warfare One day a German observation balloon was up ull was spotted by bj the British The w weather ather was thick bur but burthe burthe the sausage was observed above the murk mur and its position carefully marked on a map Then the American aviator aria avia tor was ordered to get Jet out ont his plane and shoot the enem enemy balloon The merican drove his ship through the murk murl ani finally arrived at nt a point where he estimated the observation observation observation ob ob- ob- ob balloon would be Sure Sur enough there was a 8 balloon The fl flyer er dived at It and sent enough h bullets through h the skin kin of or the sausage e to send It d down wn without however however setting fire to It lt Two men lie Ice ie perceived E d clambered over the side slee of their haslet basket nn an ano floated to the ground with h chutes Much Mach elated the American returned returned re re- re- re tur turned led to his Ids squadron and reported his ils successful onslaught ht LIe He hind had hardly completed his report when an nn automobile hearing bearing the fhe Insignia of the rhe British air forces drove U up And out stepped an Indignant British lieutenant lieutenant lieuten lieuten- ant colonel When f the tie colonels colonel's rage partly subsided suh sub sided It was learned that he hail had selected the thick weather as ns an ex time lime to make malce his lIis monthly hal loon oon flight The flight ht was vas necessary if he wn way was to draw his flying dying ln pa pay But Bur Burth th the American flyer er had hm upset all nil that by becoming confused In the fog og mistaking mistaking mis mis- taking his balloon for a German sausage sau sausage sage and sending a stream of bullet Into nto It until the astonished and ami Indignant indignant In in- and his lIis aide had han been forced to seek safety in their parachutes a 0 a a aThe The Gas Alarm A certain ambulance unit In France PranCe whose members will recognize this yarn was equipped with hand sirens similar to those these employed In I the hp Allied trenches to 10 warn of gas as attacks Obviously It wouldn't have hn done to sound the sirens near the front where folks folk grew more touchy on the sub suh subJect jest of gas ns alarms t the he Ibn er r they h y stayed In the line So o when a new driver Joined the unit he was WitS given hen rhe the uS InRI Instruction instruction ruc- ruc tion You mu must t not riot use e the hand siren it 11 Is the gas gu call culL culLWell Well when d da Ct we use them 1 the fhe new driver dri seriously When we e run out ont of gas gas I En l 1530 1770 Welt ern Newspaper Union D. 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