New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1929, Page 12

Le Mana, France, May 17. (UP)— Ton years ago Lo Mans was the fourth largest American city, Wwith more than & million nth-rhhom:;lc‘\: asugh! wondering when the ship w:’l: come in to Breat to carry them back to Hoboken. Today Le Mans is a sleepy country town, with only a trace here and there still to be found of the Amer- jean occupation. The streets Wwhich once rang with the shouts of men homeward bound from the battle- fields are as quiet as churchyards. But Le Mans remembers the ‘American Embarkation Center, for the soldiers left in Le Mans bank accounts something around $30,000,- 000 while others took more than girls to America with ar-brides. A score of liked France, ' married French girls, and asettled down in Le Mans where today they are prosperous citizens. Of the army camps, only mem- ories remain. The great Forward- ing Camp, on the Arnage road, is new an immense wheatfield. Be- fore the American army came it was a pine forest, but the army cleared the ground and a million men passed through the tent city which aprang up there. The Spur Camp, which saw to it that the army went home with stom- achs filled and took off the return- ing outfits all the field equipment which they no longer required, has disappeared under a race course, and on June 15th several American tirms will be represented in a 24- hour endurance race on the track which stands where once great ‘warehouses held American sup- plies. The French Army has. taken back many of the properties which were rented to the A. E. F., includ- ing the dreary Classification Camp which is a gray-walled place typi- cal of all French army barracks and devoid of any comfort. It was here that the great ovens were built to bake the clothes of return- ing troops to kill trench cooties, while the men went through a aeries of baths in adjoining build- ings to take the life out of any re- maining trench fauna. The ovens have disappeared and with them the remains of millions of cooties, and in their place stands a can- teen where the bright red wines of Pordeaux are dispensed to French troops, The famous Place des Jacobins, just off the great gray cathedral once housed a dozen welfare huts. and there many of the millions of soldiers wrote their last letters from France, bought their last doughnuts or listened to the last of the wandering troups of A. E. F. players. Monument to Wright ‘Teday, the place is cleared and all e Mans promenades there on Hr&t’ Sundays, prabably seldom piieg; of the American invasten. On ene side of the place is & mon- ument erected by Americans to the memory of Wilbur Wright, who teat- ed his first acroplane in the fields outside of Le Mans. There is & piace marked out across the great aquare for & mon- ument to the memory of the American Embarkation Center, but the municipality is poor and the statue perhaps will never rise. The center of Le Mans in those days was the Place de la Repub- lique where great sheets were hung over the fronts of buildings at nightfall and free opex air movie- shows staged for the soldiers and their French girl friends. The symbolical statue of the Re- public now appears in all its glory although in those days it was hid- den under a temporary boxing ring around which thousands of trdops gathered to cheer on their favorites who included Sergeant Gene Tun- | ney, of the Marines, and Sergeant | Bob Martin, of the 83rd Division, both of whom won some fame in the ring after demobilization. The whole Sarthe department, including the country around Le Mans opened its army to the young Americans in 1918. Many a friend- ship started then which endures today, and on the occasion of Franco-American fetes there is a heavy mail exchanged between the French and American friends. The Popping of Corks Many Americans, returning to France on vacation, go to look up their wartime acquaintinces and there are always plenty of tears of joy accompanied by the popping of corks—for the Sarthe is the region | of hard cider “prime excellence.” The records at Le Mans show that more than 300 Franco-Ameri- can marriages occurred during and after the American occupation. About one-tenth turned out to have been badly contracted, the French bride having returned home, un- able to become accustomed to| | America or disappointed with their | hastily taken husbands. | But there were many happy mar- riages among the 90 per cent, and | the French parents show proudly photographs from America showing | their daughters surrounded hyf | great families of husky Franco- | American youngsters. | Several of these war-bride fami- | lies have made fortunes in Amer- | ica and returned to France to| retire. Others continue to send money to the French families who place it in French land and bonds. And in some cases the French par- ents have disposed of their prop- erties here and have gone to America to join their daughters. ASKS AROMATIC DAMA! Portland, Me., May 17 (UP) — Claiming that an obnoxious odor from a nearby cleaning and dyeing | plant made them ill. killed their | cats, and ruined their foostuffs, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Landry have | filed suit against the company, seek- | ing $5,000 damages cach. e L L, s i GREAT BRITAIN JAILED | Tulare, Cal., May 17 (UP)—AIl of Great Britain was in jail here re- cently. He was a youth and would give no name but “Great Britain” when arrested. And so it was re- corded on the police blotter: “Great Britain, bounded on all sides by canned heat.” ’ ’ l‘mc Emulates Dempsey 1 Falls in Love With an Actress t fighter, head-over-heels—in love. above, now is in Prague starring in & movie, but she'll have to hurry back or lose her American citizenship. Then she expects to see Herr Schmeling, shown in inset, who has returned to this country to continuc his for the champicaship. New York, May 17 (®#—There rang German heavyweight pugilist aspires to the world championship and is coming back to America for that purpose is, according to reports from Prague, in the knocked-out class. He was brought down to his knees and didn't want to get up. Rut it was no pair of hefty masculine Czech fists that did the work for Max, but the beautiful eyes and love- | ly face of a Czech girl—Miss Jarmila Vackova. No announcement of an engage- ment to be married has been made, but all Prague expects it soon—as soon as Miss Vackova goes back to America, where she expects to see the famous German prize fighter, She's U. S, Citizen The pretty 19-year-old girl is an American citizen, having been natur- alized, and must go back soon or lose her prized cltizenship papers. Fhe has played in some smail parts in the movi campaign just finishing a Czechish film at who | Prague in which she has had the star part. Jarmila loves to talk about the movies, about the countries she has visited, and about her work in America and here, But she is a lot more reticent when it comes to dis- cussing affairs of the heart, speaks of Schmeling as a chap” and a “very good friend,” but ro far has refused to admit that the attraction presages weddigg bells. Did she meet the fighter in Amer- ica hefore they sailed back to Eu- rope? Together in Berlin “Oh no, on the Deutschland on the way back to Kurope. Herr Schmeling and Conrad Veidt were also on the ship. Herr Schmeling pleased me very much; he is such a dear good fellow. We had a nice time on the hoat. Before I went on to Prague, T stopped off a week at at Hellywood and is | Rerlin. Herr Schmeling acted as my oing Out of Business BIG CRASH IN PRICES—DONT WAIT—HURRY'! “Selling Out the Entire Stock Consisting of: Gents' Furnishings, Work Clothes, Shoes, etc. Prices That Will Live In Your Memory For Ever. Because the Sale Will Last For a Short Time Only. JUST AN IDEA THAT | MEAN BUSINESS — COME OVER TO OUR STORE AND BE CONVINCED Men’s Sealed Pacs HANDKERCHIEFS 4¢ Reg. Value 10c LOOK !! Men’s Mercerized HOSE 12'/i¢ Reg. Value 35¢ Men’s Men’s Nainsook UNION SUITS 32¢ Reg. Value 69¢ Men’s Come and Get Your Share of Bargains, Men’s Crew Neck SWEATERS 100% Wool $2.89 Reg. Value $5.50 Ladies’ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929. fuide and then promised to viait me ) mmm “Yqu were naturally pleased that he kept his word?" The little Miss Jarmila blushed and said very soft- 1 ‘Oh yes, very much! I had to show him Prague. We went every- where. Then he wanted to sce the surrounding territory and we went out in an auto and lost our way. The road seemed to come to a dead end. We got out and asked some fel- lows where the sketch of a’road led to, They impudently answered: ‘To Hell'... ‘'Oh,’ we replied, ‘we want to go in the opposite direction.’ We finally found our way to Karlsbad. We got back late that afternoon and dined at a famous restaurant. Herr Schmeling likes Czech cooking.” “And in what language did you speak with him? “Ob, he speaks English, but he is teaching me German, “And now a very personal ques- tion, Fraulein. But she interrupted laughingly: “Oh, T know what you' wish to ask, is it mnot?...we...we are very good friends He is such a dear chap this ... Herr Schmeling!" Thereupon e becomes once more charmingly rosy, egress, 110, Chases Spirits With Dishpan Macon, Mo., May 17 (®—Susin Snell knows how to take care of her- self. She’'s had 110 years’ experience. This is what she told officials who appointed a guardion for the uged negress. A slave 70 years ago, she lives alone and draws $50 a month pension. 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