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New %ork, Feb. ...—Lieutenant George Puryear, of Memphis, Tenn., an aviator, was one of a trio of hardy American adventurers who were suc cessful in a wild dash for liberty from the Villingen prison camp on October 6. Sixteen men made the attempt, but only Puryear, Lieutenant Harold Willis of Boston, and Naval Lieuten ant Isaacs of Portsmouth, Va., got away. Word has just been received '\Bum C. A. headquarters here con cerning almost hopeless esca pade. The men brought back remarkable __ accounts of Y. M. C, A. work even at Villingen. * “The ‘Y’ sent us books of all kinds and even sporting goodfl,'’ said Lieut. Puryear. “We played basketball and volley ball incessantly—our space was too small for baseball and football. I tell you, those games were life savers to us, and they kept us in fair physi cal condition.’' It is reported that Puryear and his comrades slipped out of the camp through a tunnel under the wire. All but the three named were headed off before they reached the river Rhine, but the intrepid trio swam the river— a terrible feat in itself—and. made their way Vito Holland. SOUTHERN MIN BUNDED IN SERVICE Say* It Will Take Time For Public To Realize Value Of The Red Triangle Service To American Fighters. MONEY SENT HOME BEFOREJIG BATTLE Doughboys “Cleaned Pockets” for Home Folks, When Return From Fight Was Uncertain. Y. M. C. A. Has Delivered Millions of Dollars For Amex. DeRoy R. ronville. New York, Feb. ...—So unusual was the service rendered by DeRoy R. Fon- ville of Burlington, N. C., in his Y. M. C. A. work overseas that Major Gen eral L. S. Upton has written him a personal letter in appreciation of his efforts. ' Mr. Fonville has returned to his home after ten months service with the Y. M. C. A. He was with th<* Fifth and Sixth Marines and Ninth and twen ty-third infantry at Chateau Thierry, Soissons and St. Mihiel. It was while he was in a trench waiting to serve the Marines when they "pushed off,” that a high explosive shell blew par ticles of rtjck into his eye; blinding It. The same shellfire killed James A. Birchby, a Y. M. C. A. secretary from Pasadena, Cal., and woundejl another Red Triangle worker, Thomas W. Wil- but, Jr., of New Britain, Conn. The letter of appreciation that was sent to Mr. Fonville by General Upton read as follows: “I have observed y^hir work as Y. M. C. A. representative of the Ninth infantry for some time arid wish to convey to you my appreciation j of the uncomplaining and soldier like manner In which you have undergone all without the glory that is attached to the profession of arms. The work which you hate done had added great ly to the contentment of the men and thus to the efficiency of , the com mand.” £My experience gave me an apprec- GIFTS FROM T HELPED Corporal Irving Abrahams of New York has Just returned from France. Just because the Y. M. C. A. men overseas had gone out of their way to treat him well, he took the trouble to make his way to the Headquarters Building of the National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A., New York City, and found some one on the 9th floor at Headquarters to tell how much .he ap preciated the service of the Red Trian gle. This is just a part of what he said: “J returned from France on the 27th of January. Have been wounded three times. Am feeling fine, but the first time when wo landed over in France in April, 1917, we took the position up on Chateau Thierry and the Y. M. C. A. was right with us and brought up on the firing line choco late, cigarettes, and also pears, bis cuit and done the best and all he could just to please the boys. “And in August when we drove the Germans back he came up under heavy shell fire 1 'and brought us the same chocolate, cigarettes, and if the bpys didn’t have any money he would give it to us just the same. “And up on the Argonne Forest he went under heavy shell fire and brought up all the candy and choco late, and also spoke to the boys to send c^ur money to our mothers and which we did, and also he told us to send our money home and he will do all he can for us, and also the boys of the Third Division is very^ well pleas ed of the Y. M. C. A. and also thank them, ever so much* and also when we got relieved from the Argonne woods the Y. M. C. A. entertained us, gave us a grand time, and we thank the Y. M. C. A. with our full heart and we shall never forget* them. “So I don’t see why the fellows are coming back from France and kicking the Y. M. JC A., and I can speak to anybody and ask them why they are knocking the Y. M. C. A.” Copyright Mg I, by R. J. RaynoMb Tobacco Co. P LAY the smokegamo with a jimmy t pipe if you're hankering for a hand out for what ails your smokeappetitel For, with Prince Albert, you’ve got a new listen on the pipe question that cuts you loose from old stung tongue and dry throat worries! Made by our exclusive patented process, Prince Albert is scotfree from bite and parch and hands you about the biggest lot of smokefun that ever was scheduled in your direction! • Prince Albert is a pippin of* a pipe-pal; rolled into a cigarette it beats the band! Get the slant that P. A. is simply everything any man ever longed for in tobacco! You never will be willing to figure up the sport you’ve slipped-on once you get that Prince Albert quality flavor and quality satisfaction into your smokesystem! You'll talk kind words every time you get on the firing line! i , Tmppy rmd bag*, tidy r*d tin*, handtom* pound and half-pound tin humi dor*—and—that ela**y, practical pound crytal gla** humidor with tpong* moi*t*n»r top that h**p* the tobacco in *uch perfect condition. R, J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C m( 7....::.”ior :: allc : .. loi =31 g=>||o|[c=: I«1 >! 0 Paris, Feb. ...—The steady unsel fishness of the American soldier, shown by the way he “cleaned his pockets’ of money before going into action, to be sent home if he dldh’t come back, is told by W. J. Baker ,of Portchester, N. Y.. who served eleven months as a Y. M. C. A. worker with the 26th Division. His particular charge was the third battalion of the 103rd infaritry. He Joined that unit on the St. Mihiel front, went* with them to Chateau Thierry, and later was in the famous St. Mihiel ciean-up and the drive before Verdun. « “It was just before that action be gan,” said Baker, “that I saw the finest example of the characteristic unselfish-^ iation.of American men and what they ness of the boys. They ‘cleaned their pockets’ for the folks at home. They knew they were going up against the real thing, and they wanted all their money to go homo in case they never came back.' In all, I was •entrusted^ with 8,000,000 francs — upwards of 11,600,000 — before that attack; - We. handled such fnnds through the regu lar Y- C. A. service established for •eading money from soldiers to rela Uves In America.” Baker lived with his battalion, and •aw lively times, as the % "Yankee Division,” as it was called, wac kept on the fighting front almost contnu- can go through,” said Mr. Fonville. “Our division was a shock unit. It never went any way but forward. Our division alone captured 12,000 prison ers. Those men appreciated the Y. Mf C. A. and understood the diffleu! ties it had to contend with in getttm supplies up to the front. I have m complaint to make about losing tb> -Tght of One eye, that is war, but it bewilders me to have known what 1 do of the work of the , ‘Y* In Franco and then come home to learn of the criticisms being circulated here. 1 believe that in *li|e time the ful predation of th# Y. M. C. A.'a work will ^e general.” for victory »n< j Rel Triangle Man Tells Of Serving At Chateau Thierry The Y. M. C. A. has been criticized because it was said that it had no one at the fighting In the region of Cha teau Thierry.- The other day, Ernest C. Bardwell, a New York man, came back from France, broken in health because of his strenuous work in that region. Mr. Bardwell was one of a party of Y. M. C. A. risen who entered Cha teau Thierry village with supplies at 10 o’clock on the morning of July 22 and worked all day and far into the night serving the boys who were beat ing back the German counter-attacks. The last German prisoners, he said, were taken out of Chateau Thierry at 8:30 o’clock on the same morning. > — V. THE Y. M. C, A. IN FAR EAST The work of the Y. M C. A. in Mace donia is rapidly extending over the newly-opened areas, and in the present state of flux heavy reSponsibilitlet: de volve upon C. W. pates, the secretary in charge at Salonica. Centres have been opened in Serbia at Vranja, Nish, Monastlr and other towns, and in the capital city, Belgrade, the -Y. M. C. A. is now established in a good building. Percival Whitley, son of the deputy speaker of the English House of Commons, Is developing the Association’s work in Northern Bul garia, while on Turkish soil Mr. How ard Bradley has planted the Red Triangle in Cox stantinople itself. 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