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CURB REPORTER Continued from Page One Collins, Fort Benning Ga.; Mose Bradley, Dana, N. C.;; Mrs. Mc- Duff Turner, Spartanburg; Pvt. Robert Adams, 89th School Squad ron, Barksdale, La.; ;Dr. C. Ar thur Lincoln, 211 Norwood Ave., Deal, N. J.; Clarence Wilson, Val halla, N. C.; Mrs. W. A. Schil letter, 3600 Monroe St.,. Colum bia, S. C.; Mrs. Peter Call, Den ver, Colorado; J. J. Pittman, Try on; ;Archie Feagan, Harrington, Delaware; Henry Shankle, Jr., Portland, Oregon; Colbrcn, Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Try on. .... Some people think fcTapan and America about to sever pliplomatic relations. Ambassador Grew says the Japs will have to recant or they can’t get any where ..... The Germans con tinue their march into Russia, 75 miles from Leningrad in the north and are surrounding Odessa on the Black Sea in the south, but the Russians say the Germans are paying a big price for their vic tories .... Roosevelt signs bill exempting draftees over 28 years of age. The President Returns By L. G. Harkness Smith Rockland, Me., Aug. 18. (Spe cial). —Your un-inhibited reporter decided today tc do as all good newspaper men are doing, and armed with his trusty Tryon Bul letin press card arose betime and Wn the rain and fog of early morn ~ing left Boothbay Harbor for this picturesque maritime village. Arriving at an early hour, in fact five hours too soon, he was pushed around from one spot to another by secret service men, state troopers and plain ordinary oolicerpen till they got so accus tomed to him they didn’t notice him any more. Columbia Broadcasting, Mutual and National were very busy get ting their compl’cated sound ma chines in operation, but neither they uor any one else knew when the President would arrive. It was a “misty moisty morn ing” and everyone had a before breakfast grouch. Now and again a steamer whistled in the fog and there would be a rush for the pier, where the indomitable sec ret service invariably said, “We will take care of you boys later” and no one knew if that was a threat or a promise. Tiring of these excursions which were becoming monotonous we struck up acquaintance with a chap who had a lot of magnificent snake skins and a remarkable collection of high-altitude photos, of most of South America. He is Captain W. H. (“Bill”) Wincapau and he has been flying for 20 years. He has 12,000 hours and many millions of miles behind him. He is the personal pilot of the President of Bolivia, and pos sibly he was a good-will ambassa dor frcm one President to anoth er. He didn’t say. When Lindbergh disappeared cn his honeymoon and was “lost”, Captain Bill found him. Every Christmas the Captain travels 6,000 miles from South America in order to continue a 12 year old custom and act as "Flying Santa Claus” to 123 light houses and outlying stations along the Eastern seaboard! The pack ages weigh 18 pounds each and are dropped by parachute, and the Captain never misses his mark although he has no bomb sight in his big plane. * * * The day wore on, the sun came out, it was hot and sticky, there was nothing to eat. and still no It was 2 p. m., the secret ser vice decided to start taking care of us, so they asked me if I knew Mrs. Coolidge in Tryon and when I said “Certainly” they let me on the pier, which was just as hot and sticky, and rid j . nr: with the odors of many a long forgot ten cargo. Bob Trout was doing a fine job at the microphone making talk about nothing at all, and nobody knew anything. But at 2:45 the Potomac show ed up on the horizon and at 3:11 she made fast to the dock and about 150 newspapermen and cameramen trooped aboard. The President was jovial, but Continued on Next Page
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