Faulted Fortress Flight Over Clark Field Story
Pilot Lt Col Kortz recalls the fatal day at Clark Field in the Philippines when a Flying Fortress was shot down and another strafed. Survivors describe hasty evacuations to Mindanao as Japanese forces landed. Squadron commander Major Gibbs disappeared in a secret sortie, navigator Harry Schrei serves as narrator.
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Lient
Col. Kortz
Rem
Tella
Philippines
Petoré
Parracks
Clark Field
Mindanao
Gibbs
Harry Schreipar
del Monte
Australia
General MacArthur
Pease
19Th Bombardment Group
Godman
Sharp
MacArthur
Fease
Clark
Java
Radio Tokyo
Batchelor Field
Darwin
RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force
West Texas
New Mexico
Uttle Port Darwin
Qantas Airways
Wake Island
P Batchelor
Rescue at Del Monte: WWII bomber battle and crash landing
An eye witness recounts a perilous mission near Del Monte. With two planes out of formation, pilot Jack Adams and navigator Van Deventer press toward a Japanese convoy. They shoot down four Zeros, dodge incoming fire, and force a crash landing among rocks and trees, narrowly escaping with crew intact.
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wAbout
del Monte
Shorty
Formoon
Pease
Lee
Jack Adams
Yvan Devanter
Jack
Vandevanter
Ito
Bill Railling
Flying Fortress Crew's Escape from Japanese Pursuit
A pilot recounts crash landing in a Philippine rice paddy, then dodging Japanese mines and a hostile arc of boat and ground combat on Mindanao Panay and Davao. He joins a Filipino artillery unit with underarmed youths, navigates to Del Monte Field, and boards a Fort in a tense retreat to Australia.
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Masbate Island
Panay
Therm
Chynoweth
19Th
Mindanao
Australia
Jack Adams
Bil Raikting
Manila Bay
Caaygayen
Davao
Relativity in Sport Turns Value From Stars to Game
Grantland Rice argues in sport columns that all games remain meaningful beyond any single star. He notes baseball's past legends faded but the game endures, with competition and effort defining worth more than fame.
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Mr. Einstein
Mike Jacobs
Louis
Conn
Gans
Leonard
Nelson
Greb
Mike
Army
Navy
DiMaggio
Feller
Dickey
Cochrane
Gordon
Keller
Ted Williams
Mize
Wagner
Mathewson
Lajoie
Cy Young
Rube Waddell
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Joe Jackson
Christy Mathewson
Joe DiMaggio
Bill Dickey
Hans Wagner
Frank Frisch
Bob Feller
Jim Thorpe
Bronko Nagurski
Sammy Baugh
Sid Luckman
Pudge Heffelfinger
Chicago Bears
Notre Dame
Cobbs
Ruths
Notre Dames
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Harry Yardon
Devereaux Milburn
Dev
Milburn
Dempsey
Corbett
Tunney
Grange
Thorpe
Ruth
Cobb
Vardon
Jones
Sewell brothers shine in baseball lore from Alabama
Those Sewell boys from Titus and Decatur, Alabama, shaped baseball history. Joseph Wheeler Sewell, Luke Sewell, and Rip Sewell advanced from local roots to major leagues, with Joe aiding Cleve to a world series win and Rip setting a consecutive games streak during the Gehrig era.
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Sewell
Alabama
Joseph Wheeler Sewell
Luke Sewell
Titus
Ala
Rip Sewell
Decatur
Joe Sewell
Cleveland
Lou Gehrig
Elephants Are Finicky And Differ in Appetites
The article notes elephants are omnivorous but fastidious about food. Some prefer oranges while others refuse them. some like onions, many dislike them and may crush onions and return them. Monkeys favor fresh eggs, unlike the curate who accepts only fully good eggs.
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W.hlu
Old del Monte Field
Grantland Rice
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
San Francisco 6
Calif
Joseph Aspirin
Demand &T
Joseph
Xnethe
Kelloggs
Maxfield Feed & Seed CO
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sue
Fleischmann
Telon
Ase Fleischmann
Standard Brands Inc
Grand Central
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