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Show JIMMY O'MALLEY WINS SILVER CUP CHICAGO, April 30. Jimmy O'Mal-ley, O'Mal-ley, aged 16, able to movo only two fingers and his head, because of paralysis, paral-ysis, today received the war department's depart-ment's silver cup for writing the best essay on "What the Army Has to Offer to a Young Man." Tho cup, together with another from a local bang, a gold watch from the Ft. Sheridan "Recall," and ?100 from the Knights of Columbus was presented by Col. Jackson, a member of Major General Leonard Wood's staff. The presentation took place in the Spauldlng school, where Jimmy and 400 other cripples, most of them like O'Malley, being confined to wheel chairs, are educated. |