NEW YORK: Two in a Plane

Summertime is headache time for the parents of many a U. S. moppet. Small fry with no lawn to mow nor soda-pop stand to keep them busy find time sticky on their hands. At Massapequa Park, L. L, swarthy, stocky Bernard Byrne, 15, and sandy-haired, stringbeany Donald Blood, 14, bored with summer idleness, decided to join the Canadian Royal Air Force, help fight the Battle of Britain. On Sunday they marshaled their cash reserve—$1.25, which Don urged out of a toy bank at home—and set out for Canada. They didn't intend either to...

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