Tales From Surabaya Air War With Dutch and American Flyers
Frank Kurtz recalls perilous days in the Java theater. Fortresses clash with Japanese raids over Surabaya and the Dutch field Gnoro. Dutch pilots defend Surabaya with nine fighters as ten P-40s arrive from Australia led by Captain Connolly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurtz
Coloel
Nihe
Ad Sprague
Philippines
Buzz Wagner
Buzz
Australia
Awa
Bud
Hhim
Nyone
Gnoro
Sud
Sumatra
Salaya
Andir
Java
Kendari
Sam
Java Sea
Borneo
Straubel
Malang
Surabaya
Brett
Surabaya Hospital
Halson
Navy
PBY Flying Boats
Patrol Wing 10
Timor
Bali
Will Connolly
Timor Field
Connolly
Brisbane
U S War Prisoners Seek Escape in Camp Doings
A Washington column on American POWs in German camps describes two escape types, literal and literary, and details camp life at Stalag Luft III. It notes Red Cross reports, prisoner humor, theater productions, sports, and daily routines, plus mail and food package support from the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Germany
War Department
Red Cross
Reich
International
Kipling
Webster
Kriegie Times
Stalag Luft III
Sagan
Our Town
Tobacco Road
Stalingrad
Flieger
Kriegie
Army
The
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Marseille
Switzerland
Lisbon
BRIEFS Special diet packs aid POW hospitals
Bankhage notes special diet packages sent to German POW hospitals. Captured prisoners go to transit camps with Red Cross capture kits including brush comb and razor. Normandy POWs volunteer for British harvest. Youth groups mobilize milkweed pods for floss to replace kapok in life jackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Red Cross
Kit
Normandy
Great Britain
Sewing Circle Patterns for Girls Pinafores
Sewing Circle promotes Barbara Bell patterns No 1972 for sizes 11 to 19 and No 1992 for ages 4 to 10 with yardage details. Orders cost 28 to 25 cents per pattern, plus 25 cents mailing, and delays due to high demand and wartime conditions are noted.
Salt Trade Drives Caravans Across Sahara to Timbuctoo
A vivid passage describes vast camel caravans bearing salt across the Sahara to Timbuctoo. The text notes salt's crucial role in founding Timbuctoo’s prosperity and its reach over large regions. It mentions Western and Central African merchants bartering for wives in exchange for salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Timbuctoo
Western
Central Africa
Electrification Presents Some Difficult Problems
An article notes that a nine‑inch overhead clearance is required to prevent arcing from trolley wires during transport of large equipment on electrified rail lines. When tunnels or bridges reduce this clearance, power is shut off and trains must coast or be moved by steam locomotives to pass safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.N.U
Ink Kurtz
Macassar Strait
Robinson
U. S
Beardshear
Batavia
Ingapore
KNILM
Bud Sprague
Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Royal Dutch Indies Airplane Company
Baalerts
Moro Kambangem
Singapore
Cavite
Old Baalerts
America
Samarinda
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Yank
Bankhage
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
King’s Heralds
Junior
Sraulle
Spaniem
EGAL
KFBB
KGVO
KRJF
WDFN
KWYO
EFBC
KSEI
EFIO
KGCU
Los Angeles
Calif
Kellogg's
Uncle Sam
Clarion
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