Flying Fortress crew battles Japanese fleet over Davao and Java
Lieut. Col. Frank Kurtz recalls the Philippines raid in Old 99 with eight men killed as his squadron sinks three smaller ships and damages a battleship. After returning to Java they face Navy suspicions while tactically pursuing oil field targets around Tarakan and Balikpapan and plan further action over Borneo.
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Frank Kurtz
Philippines
Australia
Brereton
Java
Davao
Pearl Harbor
Jim
Davao Harbor
Messerschmitts
Malang
Frank
Celebes
Navy Department
Washington
Borneo
Macassar Strait
Tarakan
Balakpapan
Ited
Nything Spaat
Java Sea
Into the clear after a cloud canyon in a risky mission
The narrator describes flying at 14 500 feet through dense fog and cloud canyons while coordinating with Jim and Bill to reach a target. They regroup in a three ship circle, face engine trouble, and press toward the objective as flak and enemy fighters loom, with a cliffhanger ending.
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Old Jim
Connally
Kurtz
Jim
Bill Bohnaker
Golden Dream Castle
Combs
Los Angeles High School
Bill
Frank
Borneo
East Texas
Sid Franklin and the Hollywood Shadowed Circle
Hollywood chronicler Ladner recalls Sidney Franklin, top M G M producer, whose career spans The Good Earth and Mrs. Miniver. He describes Franklin’s rise from San Francisco gates to directing and producing, mentoring writers, actors, and crews, and even naming a Douglas C-47 plane Hedda Hopper in tribute to his colleagues.
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M-G-M
Sidney Franks
Irving Thalberg
Sidney
Barretts
Wimpole Street
The
Chips
Mrs. Miniver
Madame Curie
White Cliffs
Sidney Franklin
Sid
San Francisco
Selig
Hedda
Franklin Unit
Hedda Hopper
Birds of Mercy
Asta
Astor Hotel
Sherry-Netherlands Hotel
Astor
Baby outfit set pattern 8592 for small child sizes
Pattern No. 8592 offers a complete baby set in white rayon silk or fine handkerchief linen with a matching coat and dress. For older children a pastel or navy flannel coat and bonnet with a dimity or organdie dress is included in sizes 1 through 5 years. Size 2 needs 2 3/4 yards of 39 inch material for coat and bonnet and 2 1/2 yards for dress and panties.
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Dimity
Whole Industrial Plants Shipped to Russia
Colliers reports the United States sent two complete industrial plants to Russia last year in crates to save time and shipping space. One was a 1.9 million dollar refinery handling 240000 barrels of crude per week and the other a 5.6 million dollar tire factory producing 85000 military tires each month.
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Russia
United States
Collier’s
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Chapter
W.N.U
Hobart Bosworth
Sid Detail
Harold Lloyd
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Altoa
St.Joseph
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
Bfgoodrich
Kellogg’s
Kes
Rega
le Royal
Royal
S.A.S. Phosphate
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