Dutch and U S Forts Clash Over Timor and Macassar
The narrative recounts Allied efforts in the Pacific theater as Japanese forces threaten Java and Timor. Dutch bases defend against air and sea assaults while American crews scramble to cover a crippled submarine and protect Dutch fighters. Forts at Malang and Balikpapan engage in desperate combat as carriers and Zeros contest air superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timor
Australia
Carabaya
Malang
Navy
Koommander van der Straaten
Gmbh
Java Sea
van der Straaten
Bud Sprague
Bud
Corregidor
Philippines
Bataan
Laing Work
Rumey
Margo
Marga
Frank
PRY
Macassar Strait
Balikpapan
Borneo
Java
Eubank
Macas Sar Strait
Tarakan
Balikpapan Field
Macassar
Sky Queens
Shorty
Colin
Clark Field
Adams
Major Robinson
Pattie
Sergeant Boone
Toughest Game: The Ring Or The Football Field
In this excerpt boxing giants and weight counts dominate talk of who would win and who trained best. It argues the ring is the toughest arena and that football lacks the solo burden and risk faced by heavyweight boxers, citing Willard Carnera Greb and more to frame boxing as the ultimate test of nerve and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Corbett
Gene Tunney
Billy Conn
Jack Johnson
Willard
Carnera
Harry Creb
Harry Greb
Greb
L.D.H
England
Ring
Hospital gift bag for bedside use described
A bedside bag for reading material and personal items is illustrated. Made from heavy cotton upholstery remnant in green with red pattern and matching sateen lining, it includes a hanger hook stitched to box springs for easy reach. The sketch shows the bag’s design and practical features.
Odd and Even House Numbers Originated by Whom
The trivia asks who proposed separating street sides by odd and even numbers. It also queries meanings of new terms and distances, plus details on US pawloffs, engraving firms, nose dimensions, compendia, medals, lake depth, and Lincoln’s burial location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Aleutians
United States Army
Great Salt Lake
Lincoln
Washington
Fragments from a Reader Quiz and Home Craft Notes
A collage of trivia and DIY directions including Napoleon, church disendowment, a distance of three and a half miles, a 2 806 000 estimate, nose geometry, Paul Revere, a condensed summary and oak leaf cluster, a coat hanger bedside bag design, and a note about obtaining the ebook series with 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Paul Revere
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Abe Lincoln
Springfield
Ilinois
Two Frenchmen Duel in the Air in 1808
In 1808 two Frenchmen fought an aerial duel using balloons and muskets. One shooter scored a direct hit, gas leaked, and his opponent plummeted to his death from several hundred feet. The victor's balloon landed miles away and he stepped out as the air ace.
Ruled Our Territories By Five Foreign Powers History Sketch
The territories making up our 4 percent states were governed in earlier times by as many as six foreign powers. Parts of twenty states were under Great Britain, twenty five under France, nineteen under Spain, eight under Mexico, four under the Netherlands, and two under Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Spain
Mexico
Netherlands
Sweden
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W.nlu
Florida
Eliey
Ieee
Ile
Emselves Bae
Ant Jim Worl
Aia
Iar
Amie
Pagan
Eera Eeers
Prima Carnera
Max Baer
Joe Louis
Louis
Damon Runyon
Eddie Walker
Big Ben Moroz
Big Ben Moraz
Philadelphia
Big Ben
Moroz
Charlie Friedman
Charlie
Jess Willard
Primo Carnera
Dempsey
Ottawa
Carl Morris
Fitzsimmons
Ed Bunkhorst
Tring
Jim Jeffries
Jeff
Corbett and
Tunney
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford
New York
Mris
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Pinkhat
Lydia E. Pinkham
Foster D. Saefl
Ice
Achicle
McKesson & Robbins
Joe
Bridgepore
Connecicut
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