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...Flip Coin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KIRKLAND SWEEPS WRESTLING TOURNEY WITH SEVEN FIRSTS | 4/1/1943 | See Source »

...Fraud!" cried Frederick D. Powell '44, yesterday, and a world which had been lujled into belief that Flip Corkin's message had been cracked legitimately, snapped back to attention. Although he mentioned no names, and claimed to consolation prize can of beer, Powell thinks the whole thing is a fraud, since at least one newspaper appeared with next Sunday's edition solution on the new stands yesterday. The solution was OK, Powell admitted, muttering something about "there are ways, and there are ways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'It's Easy If You Know How' Thirsty Muckraker Screams | 2/4/1943 | See Source »

...think that's silly. All Flip said was that he had a cute babe with him, and that's the straight stuff. Dowst got a first sentence that made sense, and then dissolved into gibberish. There's still time. Lot's beat those stuck-up Boston papers. Let's go to press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Corkin Lingers in Danger As Harvard Sleuths Ponder | 2/2/1943 | See Source »

Killer. They sent Buzz to Australia to fetch more planes that were not there. By the time some P-40s arrived Java was being invaded. Charles ("Bud") Sprague and Buzz were told to flip a coin to decide who would go to Java, who would remain in Australia to teach some green pilots just arrived from the U.S. Sprague went to Java, where he was killed. "You won the toss?" a newsman asked Buzz. "No, I lost. Bud Sprague was my friend," said Buzz, his blue-green eyes ablaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Death of the Nonpareil | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

...peashooters are attacked by Zeroes and new I-97s I see six go at Sawyer. He makes a head-on run at the leader, pours in a couple of bursts. The I-97, camouflaged with bright green paint, falls away in smoke. Five others do a quick flip to get on Charlie's tail, but he dives and pulls rapidly away and then comes up again on the corner of our tails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: FLIGHT TO THE RISING SUN | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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