Liberator Crew Faces Fatal Odds Over Nauru Mission
A damaged Seventh Air Force communique honors Lt. Russell A. Phillips and his crew on a May Mauru raid. The story features Lt. Phillips, Lt. Carlton Copperwell, Lt. Robert Mitchell, Lou Zamperini, and medics like Staff Sgt. Harold Brooks who died after wounds. It recounts the bomber's critical fight against four Zero fighters, the loss of a tire, no brakes, and dangerous landing as the plane limped home.
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Eadquarters
Seventh Airforce
South Pacific
United States
Mauru
Russel A. Phillipe
Stanley P. Pillsbury
Nauru
Harold V. Brooks
Lou Zamperini
USAAF
Lou
Russell A. Phillips
Camp Picket
Carlton H. Copperwell
Long Beach
Calif
Robert H. Mitchell
Urbana
Iil
Louis Zamperint
Torrance
N.C. 4-A
N.asa.a
Donald FL Nelean
del Monte
Khia
Tech
Clarence KK. Douglas
Hague
Stanley PP
Pillsbury
Shapleigh
Clarksville
Mich
Frank Graseman
Chiengs
Raymond Fh. Lambert
Cantonsville
Tril
Zamperini
Mitchell
Tillsbury
Tao
Phillips
Brooks
Lvine
Plane lands after heavy damage with many holes
A damaged plane made a slow, careful landing described as beautiful. Six crew members coordinated the abortive approach fearing fatalities. Ground crew counted 594 holes the next day and marked them with chalk to track the damage.
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Tojland
Congressman Claims Japanese Army in Los Angeles on Pearl Harbor Day
Rep J Parnell Thomas says records show a Japanese army unit trained in Terminal Island and a Japanese American veterans association act as a division of the Japanese army led to Pearl Harbor. He urges exchange of relocated Japanese for Americans held in Asia and criticizes contemporary policy.
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Los Angeles
J. Parnell Thomas
Dies Committee
Pearl Harbor
Terminal Island
Thomas
Washington
Ayers Addresses Topeka Optimists On Haskell Institute
Solon G. Ayers superintendent of the Haskell Institute spoke before a meeting of the Topeka Optimists club at noon in the Florentine room of the Hotel Jayhawk.
Pressure Cooker Gauge Testing by Miss Schroeder
Miss Dorothea Schroeder home demonstration agent tests over 20 gauges and finds most run two pounds high, risking undercooked food. She calls for valve cleaning, notes dirt may cause sticking, and plans Baldwins May 17 inspection at the Methodist church. Records will be kept at the Farm Bureau for yearly follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Schroeder
Miss Schroeder
Baldwin
Methodist Church
Farm Bureau Office
Paroled Edward Murphy Faces Drunkenness Vagrancy Charges
Edward Francis Murphy was arrested on drunkenness and vagrancy charges, fined $15, and sentenced to 60 days in city jail this morning. The 60 day term was suspended if Murphy left town before noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Francis Murphy
Murphy
K U Fine Arts Faculty Member Receives 200 Award
University of Kansas music teacher Robert Palmer in the fine arts school receives a $200 grant from the Koogsevitzky Music Foundation to compose a chamber work dedicated to Natalie Koussevitzky. Palmer earlier studied at Berkshire Music Center in 1940 under Aaron Copland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Palmer
University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
Koogsevitzky Music Foundation
Natalie Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Berkshire Music Center
Lennox
Mais
Palmer
Aaron Copeland
Harry Wood Dies Father of the Newspaper Comic Strip
Kansas City mourns Harry Wood a 72 year old Star artist whose 1907 Pup feature helped launch modern comic strips He had been away from his desk for three months due to illness and is survived by his daughter Virginia Wood Culbertson of Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Harry Wood
Kansas City Star
Wood
Pup
Virginia Wood Culbertson
Governor Commutes A R Kagi Sentence
Governor Schoeppel commuted A R Kagi’s life sentence for stealing an Arabian mare to 17 years. Kagi, convicted in Douglas County, remains in state prison.
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A. R. Kagi
Schoeppel
Douglas County
Kagi
Douglas fir specimens spark age and origin questions
The report notes tree samples from Canada identified as Douglas fir, estimated at over seven centuries old, amid mention that the subject served nearly 11 years and two prior terms for grand larceny.
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Canada
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K. U. Fine Arts
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Samoa
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Municipal Auditorium
Harry Kauffmann
Gene Tierney
George Montgomery
Lynn Bari China Gir
Victor WetAst
Fifi
Fala
Tigress
America
Fearless “Flying Tigers
William Saroyan
Mickey Rooney
Frank Morgan
With J. Carrol Naish
John Shepperd
Lynne Roberts
George Zucco
John Howard
Henrys
Nyoka
Alc
T. Cargon CS
Lita Blase
Rite’ Young
Persone
Mischa Auer
Jane Frazee
Nee Gwynne
Robert Paige
Ernest Truex
Richard Davies
Cassidy
Allan Jones
Judy Canova
Ann Miller
Jerry Colonna
Buster Crabbe AS
Billy the Kid IN “the Mysterious Rider
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