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Anzac Clipper ReachesField In Hawaii SafelySan Francisco——The Anzac 11 Clipper, with 28 persons aboard, j IIJlanded safely at an unnamed airport in the Hawaiian islands thisafternoon.The big flying boat took off from t San Francisco at 12:56 a. m. CST t« this morning and was estimated to , be more than half way to Honolulu * ! when the Japanese attacks on J Pearl Harbor began.Aboard were 17 passengers in- ( eluding Burmese Premier U Saw ; and his aide U Tin Tut and 11 ^ crew members. lt;,There was some speculation here the Japanese might try to waylay . the giant clipper in order to take c the Burmese statesmen as host- j. ages.As a precautionary mlt; airways officials said, the rs the clipper was shut down.Other landing bases in the Ha-| I waiian islands are available for 1 emergency landings and Pan American officials said there was a good chance the Anzac Clipper would not put into Pearl Harbor as scheduled, but would use one c of the subsidiary bases. j ^F
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Dec 07, 1941
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