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First Lieut. Russel M. Church Jr. was his name, and he happened to be the first American pilot buried with military honors by the Japs. But more than that: he deliberately dove his flaming plane over a half-mile string of grounded Jap planes, and rather than jump, machine-gunned and bombed the entire line before crashing...
...Bolivia. More than once she saved his life, for more & more jealous political and military rivals plotted against him. One night, while Bolivar was sleeping, Manuela heard steps, barking dogs, "the thud of a body in the street," shouts of "Death to the tyrant!" She persuaded the Liberator to jump out the window. When the assassins broke in, she met them with a drawn sword, sent them in the wrong direction. Said Bolivar: "Today you have become the Libertadora of the Libertador...
...will open with the 35-pound weight throw in Briggs Cage at 2 o'clock, and the shot-put in Carey Cage at 2:30 o'clock. The order and times of the rest of the events are as follows: High Jump, Briggs Cage, 3 o'clock; Pole Vault, Carey Cage, 3:30 o'clock; and Broad Jump, Briggs Cage, 4 o'clock...
...high jumps, John Bunker should top the bar at a better height than his team-mates, Ed Mahoney, Chase, Garland, and Sam Haydock. In the broad jump, the Crimson is in a sorry state, for Ted Bauer is in New York and the rest of Jaakko's entries are inexperienced. Lavin and Hodge again look good in this event, while Rhode Island has several excellent...
...downhill race is set for this morning on Moose Mountain, 11 miles from Hanover, and the cross-country for this afternoon over an eight-mile Hanover course. The slalom will be held tomorrow morning at Oak Hill, and the jumping tomorrow afternoon at the big jump on the golf course...