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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKM. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 19?,'. PAGE FIVU E IN E U.S. E Eight Chapels and Eleven Monuments Commemo rate Part Played by U. S. Forces in Great Struggle WASHINGTON. D. C. (SpU Sixteen years ago. on November 11. the last shot of the greatest war In history was fired. Today on the bat tlefields of Europe eight memorial chapels and eleven monuments com memorate the part played by Amer ican military forces In the great struggle. Although they rise on for eign soil they are. with the possible exception of the Ampltheater at Ar lington. America's largest and finest war memorials. "Armistice day directs our atten tlon to these shrines, which range In size and design from the towering Doris shaft, topped by a statue, on the hill of Montfaucon. to the slm ply effective monument, near the town of Ypres, with Its low lines blending with tho plains of Bel glum.' says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. Where tiermans Were Stopped "The major battlefield memorials were placed by the American Battle fields commission, under the chair manship of General John J. Persh ing, in three historic localities on the Western front where American forces in large numbers engaged In active combat. They are known as the Aisne-Marne. the Meuse-Ar-gonne, and the St. Mihlel battle fields. "To help stop the great enemy drive of May 27, 1918, which began north of the Alsne river, American divisions were hurried Into line In the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry, di rectly across the German advance toward Paris. Of the 300.000 Ameri cans taking part in this operation and the counter offensives, 64.000 were killed or wounded. Therefore, on historic Hill 204, rising Just west of Chateau-Thierry, has been construct ed perhaps the most impressive of the American war memorials, with . twin, rows of majestic square" col umns, and a huge, modernistic carv ing of an American eagle. "Near-by are two American mili tary cemeteries. One, the Aisne Marne. is located at the northern side of the hill on which stands the famous Belleau Wood. The other, the Oise-Alsne, is near Fere-en-Tarden-ols, Just north of the Ourcq river. "The St. Mihlel memorial marks the first operation of a complete American army as an Independent unit In-the World war, although tills offensive did not begin until Sep tember 1918, and was halted .in two months by the Armistice. Tbe circu lar Doric colonnade, on an Isolated hill, Montsec, can be seen for miles. Eight miles away, at Thiacourt, Is the third largest of the American , military cemeteries in France, mark ed by a marble chapel. "The famous Champagne district, center of the last French drive, lies between Rhelms and the Argonne Forest. A monument to the activities of the American troops In this area stands on Blanc Mont, near Somme - py. Monument Built Over Canal "A unique American war memorial Is the Belllcourt monument, built over a suction of the old St. Quen tin canal. Just north of the city of St. Qucntln, in the region of the Somme, the canal flows through a historic tunnel used by the Germans in the Hlndenberg line defenses. The monument commemorates the ac tivities of the American 27th and 30th Divisions, which went into the front line with the British army to attack the formidable Hlndenberg line. "On this part of the front the Hlndenberg line followed roughly the St. Quentln canal, and made use of that obstacle as a primary feature of its defense system. For more than a tunnel, which the enemy converted Into a huge underground shelter and storehouse. "They dug comfortable bomb-; proof rooms into the tunnel walls, j and by means of numerous passage- i ways maintained communication j with their machine-gun nests and , trenchee above ground. Canal boats. I tied up in the tunnel, afforded other living quarters and a fully protected magazine for supplies. Scene First American Victory "The Somme American cemetery Is located at Bony. At its lower end a simple, effective chapel has been ded icated to those who sleep there. Some 40 miles southwest lies the little crossroad town of Cantigny. There the First Division went Into line in April 1018, and a month later made the first American divisional attack 1 of the war. In 1923 the National Geo- ' graphic Society presented to the vil lage of Cantigny a complete water supply system and memorial foun tain. The fountain was removed to make way for a national monument erected by the Battlefields commis sion to mark this first American vic tory of the World war. "In the Meuse-Argonne. where our main body of troops was concentrat ed, was written the foremost chapter in American overseas military his tory. The battle which raged In this region from September 7 until the Armistice, Involved more than 900, 000 Americans, of which 123.000 were killed, wounded or missing. It Is fit ting, therefore, that the largest American war memorial In Europe should be erected on the hill of Montfaucon, the most prominent point In the area. This memorial Is a colossal Doric shaft, 175 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Liberty. "The American cemetery of the Meuse-Argonne is near Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. Overlooking green hillsides and long rows of white crosses Is the largest of American cemetery memorials, a beautiful ex ample of modern Romanesque archi tecture. Two other cemeteries, one in Suresnes, outside of Paris, and the other at Brookwood, near London, have stately chapels containing the names of those burled there. "At Tours, France, a fountain hon ors the activities of 650.000 Ameri cans who worked behind the lines in the Service of Supply. In tribute to the American navy which 'took them there and brought them back' a rec tangular shaft 100 feet high has been erected overlooking the harbor of Brest. On Gibraltar, another base for American vessels overseas, a mem orial stairway and arch marks the part played by U-boat chasers." TO THOSE BURNED OUT NOME. Alaska (UP) Nome prop erty owners were receiving new titles to their land today, alter having surrendered it to a trustee following the disastrous September fire. A re-mapping and re-divislon was necessary for the laying out of new streets, sewers and business and resi dential districts. Property owners turned over their titles without pro test, and later were assigned com parable tracts as close as practical to former locations. Site of the new federal building has been laid out. Construction will start in the spring. Tok Sweaters Fur NmmIv CINCINNATI (UP) When it was brought out in criminal court that HUMBLE FISH YIELDS VANCOUVER. B. C. (UP) A bil lion dollar industry from the deep sea may come to the nets of British he had stolen sweaters only to give I Columbia fishermen as a result of them to another truck driver whose ' tests being made with a medical pro need was greater, a suburban truck- duct obtained from two of the burn er was placed on probation by Judge bl(st fish in British Columbia waters. Stanley S.ruble. I A vitamin A and D oil, blended from oils obtained from ihe humble pilchards and greyftsh livers, has been perfected, it Is believed. Tests on school children of Prince Rupert have re veiled that the oil is superior, more potent and quicker in action than cod liver oil. 10 Cars llHuled MuiiKuuote NORFOLK. Va. UP When the British ship Carperby discharged 8. 223 tons of manganese ore from Tnkoradl. from the We?t African Gold Coast. 170 ears were required to transport It to Its destination in Alloy, w. Va. VAST RUSSIAN TRADE POSSIBILITIES SEEN S. -Soviet trade proposal which has received serious consideration by the federal government. Russian goods, rather than Russian gold, will be the medium to open up the mar ket. Prof. Donaldson believes. CLEVELAND (UPi A Russian market, having a potential annual value of 350, 000000 to the United States and $70,000,000 to Ohio alone I Is waiting to he exploited, believes i Prof. Kenneth 11. Donaldson, of Ciwe School of Applied Sciences here. Prof. Donaldson ls author of a U. MCKS COUGH Dfcp . . . Real Throat relief) Medicated with ingredi ents of Vicks VapoRub SPEEDY ARMORED TANK SUCCESSFUL IN TESTS WASHINGTON (UP) A new weapon of national defense speedy armored tanks ls undergoing rigid tests by the .tmy department. Secretary of War Dern and army officers have expressed satisfaction with tests already made. It is said to be a far more' effective weapon than the old-style tank. The first speed tank made for dem onstration purposes was manufac tured In Illinois and driven more than 750 miles to Washington. A ! crew of four operates the vehicle. In tests the tank has attained a top speed of 60 miles an hour; cruised at around 50 miles an hour, and maintained a sustained speed over unpaved ground of 30 miles an hour. The new tank Is capable of oper ation over rough ground, laying its own track. On highways It lowers retractable wheels and operates like an automobile. Army officers said the principal vahie of the new tank would be In the swiftness with which It could move from one point to another for attack or defense in battle. It Is 1234 feet long, 6'2 feet high, and 7 feet wide. Its weight is 16.000 pounds when fully equipped. It is powered with a 260- horsepower en gine, which ls air-cooled. The fighting equipment includes two ,30-callber and one .50-caliber machine guns and Thompson sub machine guns, a -Inch armor af If II l Ml rifc ' . 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