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line was working and the first bats began appearing=-ones that would be hard to
‘peat éven back home ; They wore trade-mdirked Pfitsch Lea Dn eere 9. Bat which
amistad is plenty of trade-mark for’ any bat. -

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“a acknowledge eS deep gratitude the Gorman beh condi Soke which

arrived: a short time ago ‘from: ‘Capt. Johriny Pfitsch; ° Thanks a miltion; John,

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I assure’ you I will use this’ sword's! sharp poins, to:dig up “any: ‘wild roots of
Nazicism. that might spzing up, around “here from “time to- tithes! Phi's’ sword is a
_ beautiful thing and I will always, oherish’ Ae, for’ “che e io fron ure Piitseh.

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Harry Morrow of the Journal. World staff just ealled me in, regard to an
AP dispatch that he received. over the telotype. ‘VWfo- learn the - distressing news
that. Lt. Howard Engleman had | réccived mulsip! .o° burné : while’ Serving: as: nevigetor

tee: destroyer escort in ‘the Pacific. ‘Mrse Beulah’ Englomam,” mother’ of Noward,

" announced it from arkangag’ City. Howolrd' s wife alid onesyear--old’ son ‘are in
Saline, ; oe a
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Hore! 's hoping, a 8 2 my, ‘boy, ¢hbt the report may be slightly exagger-

i ated.” All Joyhawker’ hoatts ‘and best wishes: go out for yu in wegbeng, yoy a
' “speady reoovory.

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: Capt. clint Kanaga, USMCR te) 42, San Francisco) was in yes faces

~ vigitang’ his ‘brother Bill, who is a V-12 tra: inee, and the Allens, Captain
Clint is looking swell.. We were delighted to have him during his visit with

his parents, Clint, Sr.o, and Mrs, Kanaga of Kansas City, Clint, Sr., wis a
Marine in the first World War, so Clint, Jdr:;, is following in his dadts'foote
steps.

Capt. Francis ‘Koppelman, as handsome as ever, dropped in town “the other

day» He is looking: swell dnd ‘is*being sent-to the Chanute Flying Fiold-as

physical training offiser: agin there. The Captain has been recruiting 'WACs

an EAR OE) 23H un ta 2. lately.” oa asked’ hin how tha wore, and he - BBE. "Some.e8

ever." . Further than that “Hé: refused to ‘ec omnit hinself. i ail T%

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Chanute Hisid ig tho'ola Rantoul Flying Field of viorld tiar I b carats I
remember . seeing those big babies take off with their high wheeis and flapping
wings, On the riittitiys as they started, they remirided me of big turkeys on

the run with the Y wings stretched wide, and as they got in the air with their

little heads they reminded mc of a snako-doctor droning over the area below.

_ 4t old Rantoul Field such oe, impression was made upon me that one of tho ships

formed a background for ny "Dream Touch down" story:when I was soashing Kansas

football back in UZO np, ‘I saw an airplane with the faces of eleven Karsas gride
fron warriors there2n ana’ i transforred then, in my dream, from the Plyang ship
on old Rantoul to one that took off on o1d McCock Fisld, I+ was the 1owa State
tean playing at. Lansas that day, a nd Dutch Lonborg, Jchrny Bunn, warren Woody,

Gordon Saunders, and Har! Loy ‘Little, the hero, who were ‘She principals of that

story. I way toll it int ho next Jayhawk Rebounds.: People didn ~ bolicve it
then, and som¢ ” not beitove it now, - but it was trues:

Since our last Rebounds was written Lt. (je) ee "Buddy" Harna was
here on an emergency call whan his wife was operasced at Bell Memoria’. Hospttale
The operation was a Success and Eiiseen made a rapid and complete F9CoP es, and

flew back. to oan Buddy ; in’ a SOS F

Capt. Bob Bene ‘of the Merchant Marine, who is the hvsband of Lavra
Rankin ‘Hag art, has bdon onjoytng son golf at the Country Ciuib eines ae” eave
the past goupie of WEEKS - -TRob che gor: in-law of our ?liustrious ond beloved
Senator Bob Ranicih! wno has cao oe a benetastcr to Law: onze eroded hig many
years of posidency et Bod “Has declawed that whort le is retired ype oes when he

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