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Ll. Gen. Buckner
Defender Of
Alaska
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
ner, Jr., the successful defender!
of Alaksa, was born near Mun-'
fordville, Ky., July 18, 1886. Bear
ish, Buckner has been comman-!
dant of West Point, executive of
ficer of the Army War College.
Last war saw him command air
training at Kelly Field; Taar*«
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| between wars he headed recruit
I ing in Colorado, taught at West
I Point, commanded infantry, went
to Alaska in 1940, a brigadier gen
! eral.
When ten, Buckner stood be
I side his father at the Sound
Money Democrats’ convention
j (1896), when Buckner, Sr., was
nominated for Vice-President.
I The convention acclaimed him:
1 “The Child of Democracy.”
World War I left West Point
| without upper-classmen. Buckner
; inherited a senior’s job of disci
1 plining cadets. He was so unyield
ing the cadets, to get even, ar
ranged a wrestling match with
the Academy’s heavywe i g h t
champ. He won easily.
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Preparing Alaska was a heart
breaking fight against terrain,
weather, the need for materials
everywhere. But when the Japan
ese struck from air and sea, Buck-,
ner sent planes aloft from secret
bases. The enemy fled.
DISTRICT COURT ADJOURNED
The District Court was ad- j
journed for the day due to the
death of Judge Kehoe’s brother.
Judge Kehoe made a special trip
to the States last month to visit
his brother, A. J. Kehoe, who had
been in very poor health for a
long time. His home was in
Medford, Ore. 1
Aleutian Planes
Attack Tomari
Cape In Kuriles
ALEUTIANS BASE, April 16,
Delayed-—(TP)—Rocket firing Navy
planes attacked Tomari Cape on
northeastern Paramushiro in the
Kuriles, pouring rockets and ma
chine gun fire into Jap installa
tions at a low level. One plane
went in so low the debris of the
rocket explosion struck it as it
roared over. All planes returned.
Three Jap planes were seen but
not attacked. The flak was scat
tered and inaccurate.
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