New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1928, Page 5

CHATEAU THIERRY 1S ALL REBULT Few Traces Now of Terrible Battle of 1918 w BY WEBB MILLER Chateau Thierry, France, Now: '15. (UP)~—Nature and Man in ten years have alinost effaced the vestiges of the battles of the Marne salient. The story of the battles will reechq in American history through the gen- erations but today there are few traces of the passages of a quarter- million Americans who suffered 30,- 060 casualities in three months’ fighting in this triangular sallent measuring about forty miles on cach side. Chateau Thierry is a country town. Nearly all the war damages have been repaired. If you search you will find scars of the Seveath Machinegun Batta- lion's bullets on the trees beside the placid Marne. The smashed bulldings around the Town Illall are rebuilt, There is a brand-new Tqwn Hall in place of the old one “il\l" the Germans mounted their machineguns in the belfry. The bridge “which was blown up while the Germans were actually crossing is repluced by a handsome new stone brigge. The ruined buildings at the énd of the bridge where the Seventh machinegunners hid and blazed away into the ad- vancing Germans are reconstruc- ted. Just here on the riverbank is the public washhouse and old women gossip while they pound their washing. Third Division Monument Across the Marne on the main street only a few yards from where Lieutenant Bissell and his handful of men were cut off when the bridge was blown up behind them, is an impressive monument to the Third Division, A cafe with tiny sidewalk terrace occupies one of the buildings where Bissell's men hastily barricaded themselves. 014 men sifently fish by the hour in the placid waters where many Germans and Americans were killed or drowned in the fight for the passage of the Marne. Here and there marks of shells show on the buildings but they have been nearly repaired. Besides the monuments the only visible evidence of America’s share in liberating Chateau Thierry is a Methodist Memorial in charge of Doctor Wadsworth, which operates & creche and teaches the young- sters of Chateau Thierry the Eng- lish language. On the slopes of Hill 204 peas- ants are doing their fall plowing. The deep shell holes are refilled and the fruit trces which were not shattered by shells are bearing. Along the road the rows of great trees which were felled are re- placed by saplings now about the size of a gardemyhose. Vaux Entirely New The little village of Vaux which American artillery shelled from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. on July 1st, 1918 and blasted to the ground before the Second Division attacked it is today cntirely new. is impos- eible to find a vestige of the bitter hand-to-hand fights which occurred in the concreted cellars. Bour- esches is an isolated farm hamlet| Tucy-le-bocage is rebuilt except the church. Belleau is reconstructed. The state of Pennsylvania donated a small waterworks system to the village as a memorial. ‘Through the efforts of the -L»l- leau Wood Memorial Association the historic woodland where 1063 Americans were killed and 7,321 wounded in the space of about 150 acres is negrly restored to the state it was left after the battle. Dur- ing & few years after the war thick brush grew up in the wood and hid the debris of war. Under the direction of W. B. Iitts the under- growth has been cleared away, paths cut through the wood, and the old trench lines uncovered. The paths have been named for the divisions and generals partici- pating in the bhattle. The “fox- Poles” and trenches are left just as they were found littered with bul- let-holed helmets, broken rifles, torn bandoliers, rotted German and American shoes. German machine-guns stand where their crews were killed or driven out. During the sumnier months this sleepy year from 500 to 1,000 Americans per day visited Belleau Wood bat- tlefield which is the most access- ible from Paris. . Fifty Bodies Unfound Many bodies of Americans are still unfound in the wood. It & estimated there remain about fifty. In July the body of a Marine was foumd beside the path where tens of thousands of American visitors have passed since the war. A few days later the body of an officer of the Second Engineers was found, also a French soldier. Army author- ities estimate there still remain about 3,900 unfound American bodies throughout the battlefields in France. Under the brow of the hill below Belleau Wood is the cemetery con- taining 2,268 American graves. Eight years labor has transformed it into one of the most beautiful burial spots in France. The slope 13 nicely sodded and the headstones are arranged in thirteen concentric quarter-circles facing Belleau vil- lage. During the past year the temporary wooden ‘' crosses have been replaced by permanent marble crosses. ,Graves of soldiers of Jewish faith are marked with marble monuments in the form of the Star of David. Of the 2,268 graves there are| 250 contaiging bodies of unknown | soldiers. They are inscribed “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God." This is the last of a series of ar- ticles dealing with the war zone as it is today. Turks Closing French Convent Institution Constantinople, Nov. 15 (®—Ad- vices from SBmyrna today sald the Turkish government was closing a Krench convent school there on the | suspicion that three teachers were conducting religious propaganda. The American school at Broussa was closed st year by reason of simi- lar accusations. CONDENMED Macon, Ga., Nov. 15 () — The | Georgia Peach Growers' exchange | has pronounced a sentence of death | on 1,000,000 peach trees, but the | means of carrying out the sentenc are lucking. The state and federal | departments of agriculture will bfl‘ asked to aid in financing destruc- tion of the diseased trees. With'the request will also go a plca for help | in taking a general census of peach | trees. TREE The normal life of an elm is 100 | vears, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928, DEMPSEY TO MEET PAGLING UZCUDUN Former Champion May Decide to Return {o Ring Next Summer New York, Nov. 15 (UP)—Jack Dempsey may meet Paolino Uzcu- dun or Jack Sharkey in a bout at Yankee Stadium next summer and the announcement of the former heavyweight champion’s return to the ring probably will be made after a conference with Tex Rickard at Miami Beach, Fla., in January. Those are {he paramount points which fight fans are taking for granted today after three days of conferences between Dempsey and Rickard. - “We have arranged for Dempsey to visit my place in Miami Beach,” Rickard said after the last confer- ence, “and shortly after his arrival I expect to be in a position to say whether or not Dempsey will at- tempt another comecback. There ‘s no secret about the matter now. He doesn't know his own mind yet and there is still plenty of time for hi teunake it uprone way or another.” Although everything - points to Dempsey coming back again, the thing that’is troubling both Rickard and Dempsey is that neither of them is sure the former champlon can get himself back into shape to meet a first rate contender. Dempsey is 33, according to the record hooks, and began fighting in 1915. He has fought only three times since he knocked out Luts Tirpo in 192 the two 10-round houts with Tunney and his » bout with Sharkey. 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Dempsey will return to California the first of next week and may go into the hills and start training secretly. “I don’t know myself from day to day what I'm going to do,” Demp- sey said. “If I return to the ring, it will be for Rickard and en Rick- ard's terms.” Dempsey attended a banquet given by Paolino last night preparatory to the Basque's departure for Call. Colombia, where he will meet Jack Renault, Canadian heavyweight. on December 26 at the SBouth American Olympic games. Dempsey sat next to Paolino, but they were unahle to talk to each other because the Basque does not speak English. “I have always respected Jack Dempsey as a fighter, Paolino said in Spanish, later translated by his interpreter. *“It gave me great pleasure to meet him in Paris gym- nasium in 1923. But it would give me greater pleasure to meet him next summer on June 15 at the Yan- kee Stadium.” Someone asked Dempsey if he planned to come back again and he said he didn't know, but the former champion appeared elated when someone else remarked that *“fight- ers can change their minds.” MANOEL, EXILED FROM PORTUGAL, 39 TODAY Ex-King Still Is Being Paid Hom- age 19 Years After His Dethroncment London, Nov. 15 (UP)—Manoel, the ex-king of Portugal was 39 years old today. An unusually large number of callers came to the house in Twickenham near here to- day to pay their respects to the former monarch. Manoel was born in Lisbon on November 15, 1889. Although he was only Prince Infanta, the double tragedy of the death of his father, King Carlos, and the Crown Prince on Manoel's 17th birthday placed AREFUL refining is important, of course. But no motor oil can be tougherorlonger-wearing than the crude him suddenly and unexpectedly on the throne of Portugal. The king was riding through the streets of Lisbon accompanied by Queen Amelia, the Crown Prince, and Prince Manoel when revolu- tionaries attacked the royal party. Carlos died almost immediately, and the Crown Prince lived but a few hours. But Manocel had been on the throne but three years when another and this time successful revolution deposed him and sent him into exile. This was in 1909, ‘The royal exile traveled about Europe for two years finally set- tling down in London. A small shadow court still pays homage to “the King"—19 years after his dethronement. Manoel and his wife, the former Princess Augusta Victoria of Ho- henzollern, are prominent members of London's social world. The ex- king is a keen sportsman, special- izing on golf, tennis and riding. 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