The White Falcon - 01.05.1943, Qupperneq 8

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Songbird Jane Froman was
seriously injured in crash of
Yankee Clipper. She was on her
way to entertain troops in North
Africa as was Tamara, profes-
sional dancer, who was killed in
the crash.
Low tide on the Tagus River at Lisbon, Portugal, revealed this
wrecked cockpit and motor of Pan American’s Yankee Clipper,
which crashed on landing. The plane carried 39 passengers, 24
of whom were reported dead or missing.
Pvt. Malcolm A. Beers, 21, of
Arlington, Mass., set what Army
authorities believe is a national
record in the standard intelli-
gence test given all recruits when
he recently scored 159 points out
of a possible 163.
Stripped of her Atlantic luxury
trade trappings and decked in
plain grey war paint, the Queen
Mary, bearing lend-lease cargo
of American troops to a war
zone, pauses at anchor in a South
African port after a record 12
day run from New York. The
record had been 19 days.
Major Levi R. Chase (left) a
25-year-old Cortland, N.Y., la-
wyer who shelved his legal ca-
reer for the silver wings of the
USAAF, has shot down 10 enemy
planes to make him America’s
leading ace in North Africa.
Vice President Henry A. Wal-
lace (right) of the United States
chats with President Juan An-
tonio Rios of Chile on a visit to
Santiago, Chile, while touring
the South and Central American
nations. Wallace speaks Spanish
fluently.
Sheriff points to spot (arrow) where the bodies of two young
Golden, Colo., boys were found. A 16-year-old Denver youth ad-
mitted, the Sheriff said, he had pushed the boys from the top
of the cliff where men are standing.