Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 16, 1919, Page 4

PAGE FOUR 53 s b (e i s 1 | ] e RS i CITY DRUG STORE NORTHERN GROCERY CO. GOLDEN WEST BOTTLING WORKS J. J. OPSAHL D. J.. STANTON W. G. SCHROEDER STRAIGHT FROM GERMANY An advertisement originated and produced for the Victory Liberty Loan by members of the American Expeditionary Force. BEC%'IDJI ELEVATOR & MILLING O'LEARY-BOWSER CO. ARD BROTHERS GEO T. BAKER 0. J. LAQUA WILSON'S FAIR STORE J. J. PFIEFER GILL BROS. BARKER’S DRG STORE FRED E. BRINKMAN THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER “Sergeant Burr Speaking, Sir” HE “war’s over, but— “Sergeant Burr speaking, sir.” It happened on the drive from the Ourcq tq the Vesle. Thekid had just been made a Sergeant and hadn’t time to sew his new chevrons on before he was sprawling on the ground out in No Man’s Land just before dawn with a squad of signal corps men. His job was to set up and maintain communica- tions, under the German machine-gun fire, until his : unit advanced. It had been an anxious half-hour at regimental headquarters before the buzzer rang. “Sergeant Burr speaking, sir.” Everybody safe? None of them safe, but they were all right. How far had they gone? As far as their wire would reach. Where was Fritz? About a hundred yards away. What was he doing? Throw- ing over shrapnel and gas, and taking pot shots with machine-guns. A big bunch of machine-guns, according to Sergeant Burr. 1 As it turned out later, there were 18 nests T of them in one little patch of woods. Finish the Job— “Sergeant Burr speaking, sir.” At the end.of his report, Sergeant Subscfibe to the He's, speaking to you, sir — he's Burr was directed to station one man at the telephone, with instructions to Victory_l:ibergy Loan -regular American STICKS, s SRy ) p 23 Liber This space contributed by @ Caiant CUPE ,.-m,’»'-s“ ,.‘—-—--.u-n‘ - o gt A f A ty LQ WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1919 P F; ) ‘call Up every five minutes, then to take the other six and make for the nearest shelter. An anxious five minutes passed. The telephone buzzed. ' ' “Sergeant Burr speaking, sir.” “I thought I told you to take cover; what are you doing there?” “I'll be hanged,” saidl Sergeant Burr,“if I'll ask any man to gtay in such a place as this. No other change, sir.” So it was Sergeant Burr who made the reports every five minutes in order that regimental head- quarters might know that the wirec was still open. Sergeant Burr is still in the Army—andhewears the red, white and blue ribbon of the Distinguished Service Cross now. He is with the A. E.F. guard- ing a bridge-head along the German border and he’s going to stick until the finish. The war’s over, but— speaking now — he’s saying that a 23 W u PRI - L b DENISOM & BURGFSS FIRST NATIONAL BANK FAKMER'S STATE BANK BEMIDJI PIONEER THE GARMENT SHOP G. D. BACKUS C. E. SECURITY STATE BANK SHAVIT(CH BROS. 0 MOON C. w. JEWE'IT cOo NORTHWEST OIL COMPANY _ BEMIDJI. GAS CO. F. W. RHODA M. E. IBERTSON GIVEN HDW. COMPANY ™ A. T. CARLSON ANDREW JOHNSON H. M. CLARK _ . __ |HUFFMAN & O'LEARY GUST BROWN EARL GEIL E. F. NETZER KOORS BROS. CO. a NORTHIZRN NATIONAL BAMK HENRY MILLER N. L. HAKKERUP A. V. GARLOCK 2 LYCAN & CO. }M!NNESOTA ELECTRIC LIGHT &|{J. T. TUOMY J. W. DIEDRICK RED LAKE K R. N | POWER CO. HARDING-WHALEY CO. F. G. TROPPMAN Defectiv