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...hours. Major General William Kepner (the Eighth Air Force fighter commander) flew around in a stratosphere balloon. Spaatz himself commanded the famous endurance flight of the Fokker monoplane Question Mark. In his crew were Lieut. General Ira Eaker, now Allied air commander in the Mediterranean, and Brigadier General Elwood ("Pete") Quesada, Ninth Air Force fighter commander in Britain...
...Armed Whacker. Pete Gray of Nanticoke, Pa., a regular outfielder for the Memphis Chicks, knocked a homer over a 20-ft. fence 330 ft. from home plate in a Southern Association game at Chattanooga's Engel Stadium. He has no right arm. Batting against Pitcher Bob Albertson of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the cocky, 28-year-old slugger let two wild ones go by, then clouted his way around on the kind of pitch he dreams about-waist-high and a little inside. Said Gray: "It sure felt good...
...Pete Gray's right arm is cut off close to the shoulder. He plays with sleight-of-hand artistry. In fielding a ball, he lets it hit his glove, flips it into the air, tucks the glove under the stub of his arm, plucks the ball from the air, and throws it-all in one continuous, rabbit-quick motion...
...Hans Pete Mortensen and wife Lorraine operate a brothel called the Nifty Rooms lodging house, in Grand Island, Neb. (pop. 19,130). The Mortensens considerately took two of their girls to Salt Lake City for a brief vacation. The girls relaxed, had an innocent good time, returned refreshed to their work in Grand Island. But the Government convicted the Mortensens of violating the Mann...
Notes About Town--The Ken Club is inaugurating a new policy calling for guest stars from New York every Sunday. Frankie Newton was featured last Sunday. Frankie stayed over Monday and dropped in on Pete Brown at the Savoy...