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GEORGE M. DAVIDSON '80, Charles R. Webster '82, Elias Mayer '00 and Edward D. Bohman '30 died within three weeks of each other. Major Jay Eugene Tremaine '24 died last fall in the sinking of a Japanese freighter transferring American prisoners of war from the Philippines. Lt. Walter A. Jacobs '42 died in action in the South Pacific. Robert Hobart '43, on leave from V-12 training, drowned in Lake Michigan when a squall overturned his sail boat; his friends say his bad luck was proverbial. Captain Arthur J. Bamford Jr. '35 had several providentially near misses but was hit the day before V-E while commanding a company of tanks in Germany. He is recuperating from the loss of both feet at Bushnell General Hospital, Ward 11, Brigham City, Utah. At the end of this paragraph no comment could be adequate.

Major William C. Chamberlin '38, Marine Corps battalion commander, has been given two Silver Stars; the first for conspicuous gallantry at Saipan and the second for his action at Tinian Island. Previously he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart for his part in the capture of Tarawa. Kenneth Saunders '48 and Bennet B. Young Jr. '49 reported to Parris Island for boot training in the Marine Corps. Fifty attended our luncheon for entering freshmen and their fathers. Jack Childs '09 returned to Chicago after eight years in Cleveland, Stan Newcomer '20 of Monroe, Mich., was in town; he raised 1920's 25th re union gift of $20,000 to the college without the shenanigans of holding out something from other oversubscribed funds.

Major Laddie Myers '20, who spent the last two years in Europe, recently was in Chicago awaiting his future. Major George Rand '19 stopped over on his way to New York after two years in the Pacific. John P. St. Clair '26 of Detroit ate lunch with us one Monday. Major J. E. Cavanagh '29 passed through Chicago on an air-borne nationwide junket to sell war bonds. Charles T. Rothermel Jr. '41 is glad to be back in civilian life. Marine Captain Jim Tredup '40 had a short stay in Chicago and still is trying to shake the malaria bug he picked up at Guadalcanal; Cupid, too, is after Jim. John C. Redington '00, now of Connecticut, has completed a two-year survey of the nation's lumber supply for the American Forestry Association. John fought across Germany's Remagen bridge in World War 1. Lt. Donald McKinlay '37 saw the whole Okinawa action from some nice hot spots a few miles off shore. Rick Crabtree '45, who was missing in action and a prisoner of war on his 111 th mission, is back and engaged to Dorothy Schmidt, which is a handsome reward for both of them. They expect to be married in August. Dr. T. W. McElin '42 married the former Sylvia Dennison of Smith College and Newton, Mass. Send news items to me at the University Club.