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Under tough, practical Hal George were only a few P-40s and Philippine Army training planes when U.S. troops retired to Bataan for their last stand in Luzon. He used them as if they were bombers, hid his anxiety for his youngster pilots by working at his hobby: woodcarving. His "Lady Bataanin," a shapely reclining nude, became a luck piece which pilots touched before going out after the Jap. They needed luck. The Jap bombed the two makeshift fields endlessly, was always overhead with fighters when they took off because he was close enough to hear their engines warming...
...special afternoon program the Crimson Network will present Miss Dorothy McGuire, youthful star of "Claudia", today at 4:30 o'clock in an interview with Dick Kleeman and Hal Fleming. Miss McGuire who is said to have created the stage character of Claudia is reportedly the same cute, naive girl in real life that she is behind the footlights...
...Coach Hal Ulen announced last night that the following men will be the Crimson entries in the Nationals: Captain Tom Shrewsbury in the 50 and 100 yard free styles; Captain-elect Bill Drucker in the 150 yard backstroke and the 300 yard Medley Relay; Bus Curwen in the Medley Relay; John Eusden in the Medley relay and the 50 and 100 yard free styles; Brad Patterson and Shaw McCutcheon in the high board fancy dive; and Dave Barnes and George Christman in the 1500 meter free style...
...Coach Hal Ulen of the Harvard Varsity swimming team yesterday named the following men as his entries: John Eusden in the 50 and 100-yard free style swim, Captain-elect Bill Drucker in the 150-yard backstroke, Bus Curwen in the 200-yard breastroke, Dave Barnes, George Christman and Captain Tom Shrewsbury in the 440-yard free style, and a medley relay team composed of Drucker, Curwen, and Eusden. Shrewsbury will also compete in the 220-yard free style race...
...Coach Hal Ulen's lone "star" of the meet was "Big John" Eusdon, who defeated Yale's Britton in 23.9 seconds. According to some officials, moreover, had Eusden squeezed in another quick stroke immediately before the finish of the race, he might have cut down his time by as much as a half a second...