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Show FROM Tl PHILIPPE ISLAND 0! I ViSIT lOPIEiiS Utah's mild weather not nearly as salubrious as the mild climate of the Philllppino Islands, Mrs. Ward H. Rice, wife of Sergeant Ward Rice of the second aerial squadron, says after having hav-ing been in Ogden a couple of days. Mrs. Rice is visiting with her parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Spencer, 3051 Grant avenue, having Just arrived from the islands with her husband, who, however, went on to San Antonio, Texas, with his aerial squadron, where he will be stationed until further orders. or-ders. Mrs. Rice will visit her parents about a week and then join her husband. hus-band. Sergeant and Mrs. Rice have been stationed at Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I., about a year and a half. Mrs. Rice says that she has been distressed to some extent by tho cool weather of Utah, for after coming from the mild Philippine climate, the change was severe. Tho climate of the islands, Mrs. Rice claims, is the best on earth and she was somewhat reluctant reluc-tant to leave. While in that part of the world, Mrs Rice traveled quilf extensively in China and Japan and has a fund of experiences to talk about. Corregidor, where Sergeant and Mrs. Rico were stationed, is rich in historical histori-cal association as it was hore that. Admiral Dewey outwitted the Spanish in one of tho greatest pieces of naval generalship ever accomplished. Sorgoant Rice has been an aviator seven years and flew considerably before be-fore joining the government service. He is in the squadron as a mechanician at present but expects to do active air service when his squadron gets to the front. The voyage from the islands was mado on the United States transport Sheridan and the trip was delightful, Mrs. Rice says, stops being made at many interesting ports. |