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Show EARL HOB M EHHCR: Earl Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Taylor, S41 Washington avenue, J has been awarded the Croix de Guerre, i according to news contained" in the last letter his parents received from the i young man. Young Taylor is a pharmacist's . mate in the United States navy and Is i probably the first sailor from the ; state to bo so honored. His letter con- ; tains no details of his signal honor. ; Taylor enlisted1 in the navy shortly ! after war was declared and was sent J to Mare Island for preliminary train- ing. Ho was assigned to the navy tu- bercular hospital at La Junta, Colo., jj but later spent several months la tie medical s.chool of the University of Minnesota and left there for actlre service on a U. S. ship on the Atlantit ? Ho has made several trips overseas 'i with transports. r oo . i |