Navigators and Pilots Endure Long Java Mission
In a perilous Belem to Java flight, pilot Frank, bombardier Harris, and copilot tackle dwindling fuel and failing systems. The crew fights 11.5 hours of high altitude combat over Borneo and Surabaya, then lands at Surabaya as reinforcements arrive.
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Jim
Harris
Frank
PDI
Jim Connally
Borneo
Java
Walt Seaman
Malang Field
Java Sea
Surabaya
Malang
Surabaya Field
Colonel Eubank
Kendari
Samarinda
Far East
Frank Kurtz
States
7Th Bombardment Group
Air Corps
Muroc Lake
Africa
Asia
Tampa Field
Charles T. Reeves
Rowland A. Boone
Pearl Harbor
Hamilton Field
California
Boeing
Pacific
Manila
Hawaii
Sacramento
Brazil
Duane Skiles
Atlantic
Belem
Farm trucks keep war production moving large crops
Robert A. Hicks, head of the farm vehicle section, explains how farmers and truckers coordinate aging fleets and limited trucks to move a record crop. He notes 1.2 million farmer trucks remain, 660,000 over seven years old, with 55 percent over seven years, while civilian production dwindles to meet wartime needs.
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United States
Robert A. Hicks
DDT Division
Motor Transport
Farmers and Truckers of America
Washing walls neat and streak-free from bottom up
Advice notes how starting at the bottom of walls or woodwork prevents streaks as dirty water runs downward. It also mentions using a small knee pillow to ease discomfort for a patient lying on their side.
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U. S
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Col. Eubank
Barrow Lyons
WIU
Corresport
Washington, D. C
Krine É
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
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Chicago
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich
Bfgoodrich
Kellogg’s
Fleischmann
Easy Rec
Neutral York
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