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���On the top of the hill is a lone bell, serving as a tombstone to mark the grave of the church at Les Boeufs, on the Somme River, in France. For hundreds of miles the country is like this

��The Unforgettable Fact — the Murder of France's Churches

THE mountainous mass of debris shown in the picture is all that is left of a once famous church, at Les Boeufs, on the Somme River, in France. Crowning the top of the unrecognizable heap may be seen a bell which, by some miracle of good fortune has been left untouched by the retreating Germans. It is the only thing which remains to tell the story of a splendid structure, erected to appeal to man's better self, only to be sacrificed to the insatiable greed of the war god. One of the most pathetif chapters of this war is the deliberate murder of France's churches. Some of them were erected in the thirteenth cen- ^j^ tury and were '^f/j^ not completely ^■^-

finished until nearly four hundred years The mattress of this

later. the soldier is a rubber

���The Soldier Can Now Lie Down On His Bed of Air

ANEW service bed has been designed by an English manufacturer, which will fit into a small valise when folded. It is made of a fabric strong enough to withstand hard wear. When it is to be made up, an inner casing of rubber is inflated by means of two valves. Should it be torn or punctured, the rubber can be repaired in the same manner as a tire. The bed is twenty- three inches in width, but to accom- modate those who find comfort in sleep- in" with knees slightly raised, the knee- rests have been made seven inches wider on each side. It requires about two minutes to in- flate the rubber ■section. When the bed is not being used, the air is d i s - charged fronl new campaign bed for the rubber see-

section inflated with air tion.

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