The Private Keynote in a World of Many Faces
In a crowded scene Barbara and a visiting suitor discuss life’s guiding theme while plans unfold for a journey to Borneo and the Philippines. The dialogue shifts from romance to impending marriage as Croft probes care, and Hugh plots a cautious honeymoon and farm stay before the December wedding.
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Philippines
Barbara
Borneo
France
Italy
Egypt
India
Pacific
Hugh
Hugh Roke
Croft
Departure and Disaster as Barbara Leaves Home
Barbara and Hugh part for a voyage with Croft flying her away to married life. A typhoon wrecks the plane near a reef, killing the crew and leaving Barbara shaken as she learns Croft survived but all others are missing. The pair endure shock and search for a path forward amid loss and trauma.
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Bob
Barbara
Hugh
Mrs. Field
Alan
Darbury
Lake Cottage
Martha
Tom Westwoods
London
Croft
Philippine Islands
Man Without a Name Becomes Consul Hope in South Seas
A beachcomber at Quava-Quava foresees a German threat in the South Pacific. He warns officials after visions of a real bombardment lead to Quassia island occupation. He returns to claim a new name and vows marriage as he heads home on six months leave.
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Quava-Quava
Polynesia
Isabel
Schwarz
State Department
Washington
Germany
United States
Tessia Island
America
Quassia
Man-Without-a-Name
Schwarz's
Man
Man-Without
Harvard
States
Honolulu
Pacific
South Seas
San Francisco
South Pacific
Tassia
Man- Without-a-Name
Man- Without-a
Quassia Island
Man-Michoud
Boad
James van Riebeck
Mr. van Riebeck
Himmel
Air voyage plots tempt heroine in Darbury
Barbara Stockley, daughter of a widowed mother in Darbury, plans a daring Australia trip with aviator Major Alan Croft as pilot before her upcoming marriage to Hugh Rochdale. Barbara is drawn to Croft by his lively, unconventional demeanor unlike her village’s norms.
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Darbury
Barbara Stockley
Hugh Rochdale
Barbara
Australia
Alan Croft
Croft Barbara
Glittering Dragons Flight Near Airdrome In Summer Trial
A crowd and reporters watch a giant four propeller plane during trial trips near the airdrome. Barbara, in a beaver-lined flying cap and leather coat from Hugh, stands with the aircraft crew as she feels the mix of excitement and nerves. Mrs Field has recently left for Central Europe to aid famine relief.
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Barbara
Hugh
Dawn Awakens in a Seaside Cave Mystery
In a lagoon cove a drenched girl lies unresponsive as a man tends her with brandy. He discovers a jagged temple to ear wound and blood on his own face, pausing amid a tense recovery scene on a jagged promontory.
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Barrier Reef
Bad Day for Beggar With Ironic Sign Display
A man pretending to be blind and crippled attracts sympathy with a harshly ironic sign. He claims to have gone 24 hours without food, while a passerby rebukes him and hurries onto a street car.
Cost Of Rust And Corrosion Bill Reaches Billions
A leading construction company superintendent says annual costs to counter rust and corrosion total about 2.5 billion dollars. He warns this waste strains iron ore resources and signals rapid metal decay in industrial use.
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Part
Clive Arden
Dolly
Carbury
Jenny Grant
Aunt Dolly
Western Newspaper Union
the Rising Orchestra
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