Wilkie Returns From World Trip HOME AGAINReturning to the United States from a rushed round the world visit to capitals and heads of allied nations, Wendell I. Willkie waves to his welcomers on his arrival by army plane at St. Paul, Minn. The last leg of his trip was from Edmonton, Canada. Madame Chiang Kai Shek (lower, right) explained to Wendell Willkie a translation of a song sung at a tea party given by Madame Chiang in the Americans honor. Seven of Madames war orphans sung the song, Welcome Welcome Willkie. October 16, 1942 Marines Dig in on Guadalcanal HIS FOX HOLEA U.S. marine digs his fox hole with boynet and shovel and places protective sand bags out beyond his front lines as mopping up operations against Jap patrols continued on Guadalcanal in the Solomons, Japs are landing in a decisive battle for the islands. Pilot on Trip MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 14 Major Richard Kight, who piloted Wendell Willkie on his glove circling trip, said today the Consolidated C 87 four motored transport plane had traveled 30,917 miles in 161 and a half hours. He said the craft was the first of its type built for the army and that it now could claim these firsts: The first round the world passenger flight via the north Pacific. The first American plane flight into China from Russia. The first army plane flight from China to Alaska and across the Gobi desert. The first American wartime flight across Siberia and Mongolia.