Return to Australia Flight Log From Far East War Zone
Lieut. Col. Frank Kurtz recounts escape from the Philippines, evacuation to Australia, and mission work aboard the Swoose aircraft. He describes journeys to Broome, Melbourne, and Port Hedland, Allied air cooperation, and strategic debates over outlying bases in the Far East.
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Frank Kurtz
Philippines
Australia
Java
Java Sea
U. S
Broome
Circle
Harry
Frank
Jack Adams
del Monte Field
MacArthur
Brett
United Nations Air Force
Wavell
Eubank
States
Air Force
Melbourne
Darwin
Port Moresby
Moresby
Townsville
Africa
Singapore
New Guinea
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Aleutians
Sydney
Borneo
Lae
Solomons
Evacuation Night Under Fire Over Australia Harbor
Wartime diary recounts a near air assault as Japanese Zero fighters strafed and bombed near Broome. A fortress B 24 and multiple planes burned while crews took cover in a ditch. Survivors describe brutal losses, daring escapes, and local defense with a single .30 caliber gun.
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States
Recco
Melbourne
Skiles
Britt
Perth
Brett
Broome
Canary Concert Exit Crashes Boston Club Scene
A tired canary, after an unsuccessful attempt to crash Club Mayfair in Boston, was cared for by an animal rescue league. It escaped the hospital during treatment and three hours later was seen giving a concert outside the club kitchen door.
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Canary
Boston
Animal Rescue League
Mayfair
Animal Hospital
Double Trouble Belies Its Name On Anzio Beachhead
Tank crew description from Anzio portrays the tank nicknamed Double Trouble as it breaches the Cisterna Rome railroad line. Sergeant Ralph Johnson and Gunner Arthur Boenze star as they press forward under heavy fire, including a German 88 shell that damages the tank. Lieutenant Walter Russell parachutes in after losses and continues the assault with a third tank.
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Anzio
Alban Hills
Sergt
Ralph Johnson
Louisville
Rome
Arthur Boenze
Route 9
St. Louis
Walter Russell
Long Island
Johnson
Russell
Boiling Eggs Dispute Ends in Fatal Family Shooting
Detroit police report a mother Doris age 40 shot her father after a kitchen argument over boiled eggs. Doris said Jacob 48 assaulted her in their home before she grabbed an army revolver and fired three times, striking him in the forehead and chest. The case is reviewed by assistant prosecutor Charles W. Jones.
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Detroit
Jacob
Charles W. Jones
Doris
Jones
Tony the fox terrier found after eight days in Newark lot
Tony, a white fox terrier belonging to Mrs. Gertrude Vachal, was reunited after eight days in a Newark parking lot. The dog had wandered from a car, worrying the sick father Edward R. Salisbury in Niantic, Conn. Firemen fed and bathed him, and Fire Capt. James J. Walsh recognized photos of Tony at the Centre Street firehouse.
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Newark
N. J
Tony
Gertrude Vachal
Engine Company 2
Beautie
Bomber Flies Four Hours With No Crew Aboard Crashes Near Denison
A four engine bomber from the Sioux City army air base flew over two states for four hours with no one aboard before crashing in a ravine two miles northwest of Denison Iowa. The crew of ten and a bombardier instructor bailed out earlier when fire broke out on the ship. The fire burned out during the flight. none were seriously hurt. The bailouts occurred near Belden and Wayne in northeastern Nebraska. Denison lies in northwestern Iowa about 75 miles southeast of the Sioux City base and nearly east of Wayne.
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Denison
Iowa
Sioux City
Here
Belden
Wayne
Nebraska
Power Through Self-Discipline Lesson Card
A 1940s style religious lesson on temperance outlines three disciplines home social and self discipline. It uses Proverbs Jeremiah I Corinthians and I Thessalonians to stress parental guidance abstinence from intoxicants and personal moral effort to live disciplined and godly lives.
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Morro Castle
Coolidge
South Seas
Peter
Jeremiah
Jonadab
Ploes
Pattern No 8663 in multiple sizes and pieces
Pattern No 8663 offered in sizes 2 3 4 6 8 includes dress panties bonnet and fabric requirements. Two and a half yards of 35 or 30 inch material for dress and panties plus bonnet fabric noted.
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Ees
Home crafts and sewing tips for everyday tasks
Practical guidance covers dampening stains with a wet sponge during ironing, painting window screens inside to obscure sightlines, adding two pockets to aprons, using a paper bag to collect ashtrays and waste when tidying, and precautions against dusty shoulders. It details hemming with a cardboard width guide, turning belts with a pencil end, using orangewood for sharp corners, and securing threads with backstitches and a single knot.
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E.waits
Port Hedland
West Texas
Jockstrap
San Diego
Egypt
Adelaide
Miami
Harry Schrieber
Chapter
Wyndham
Port
Hedland
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Council of Religious Education
Rmission
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Eletroleum
New Post
Adv
Wat Department
Begoodrich
Policeman
Post
California
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