Fortunes of a Flying Fortress in Java and Australia
Lieut Col Frank Kurtz recalls the Java defense and evacuation from Jockstrap field to Malang and Broome. The 17th Pursuit Group suffers losses yet escapes to Australia aboard a Fortress as Dutch-allied forces fight with dwindling odds in the Pacific theater.
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Frank Kurtz
Philippines
Australia
Java
Java Sea
Houston
Warrenfeltz
Jockstrap Field
Anameet
Jockstrap
Malang
Anamaet
Bill Bohnaker
Eddie Green
Bill
Eddie
Frank
Broome
Malang Field
Gideon’s 300 Show Power of God in Judges Campaign
Lesson based on Judges 7 4 7 15 21 and I Samuel 14 6 emphasizes God over human strength. It highlights three questions Quantity vs Quality Man’s power or God’s and Running or Standing, urging trust in the Lord, not reliance on numbers. The story frames courage and obedience as keys to victory.
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Jockstrap
Air Corps
Australia
Gideon
Israel
Jesus
Satan
God
the Lord
Diana Brown’s Desperate Love For Married Lieut Kron
Kathleen Norris recounts Diana Brown, nineteen, pursuing married Lieut Kronschmidt Baker known as Kron, with a wife and three children, while Diana’s parents confront scandal, push patience, and weigh harsh measures seen in similar cases across the country.
Final Java defense as Dutch and American fliers clash
In the pre-dawn rush to Gnoro, Dutch and American pilots launch a last stand against incoming Javan barges and shore batteries. The air battle features P-40s and Hurricanes, and the odds grow dire as the mission nears its finish and a perilous crossing to safety looms.
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Frank
Java
van Oeyen
Gnoro
Surabaya
Australia
Jack
17Th
Anamaet
Heartbreak Ahead in Diana Browns Forbidden Romance
Diana Brown a 19 year old pursues a married 42 year old army officer father of three as he faces a New Mexico posting. She hides her meetings with Kron and asks his wife for a divorce while her mother weighs how to act. Tact and patience may guard against tragedy though drastic steps are hinted at by Miss Norris.
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Diana
Lieut
Kronschmidt Baker
Kron
Brown
New Mexico
Betty
Stanislaus
Masher
Stan
Diana Brown
Miss Norris
Lesser Disgrace Preferred in Exposé Debate
A persuasive column argues harsh scrutiny of a middle aged man who ruins a young girl's life. It contrasts cases of Diana and Betty and warns that exposing abuse may be better than silent tolerance. The piece condemns infidelity, forgives some husbands, and calls for accountability.
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Gaged
Stan
Diana
Betty
Pullets Thrive In Open Fields For Summer Rearing
Dr Willard C Thompson of Rutgers University urges pullets be raised in wide open fields with ample sunshine and shaded relief from heat. Provide juicy greens alfalfa ladino clover red clover grasses plus constant mash and grain, plus clean cool water in a shady, comfortable spot.
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Willard C. Thompson
Rutgers University
ASK ME ANOTHER A General Quiz
The quiz covers earth as a chess board water squares number plateaus United States four water squares five cooling elephants first national hymn tonnage of steel per warship main battery Peeping Tom identity poetic term for vessel carrying rich merchandise
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United States
Answers Quiz Results and Odd Facts Revealed
The list presents the answers numbered one through eight with topics ranging from a math result and state abbreviations to a curious pestilence aboard and a peculiar method of cooling blood with moving air. It also notes a patriotic tune, a weight estimate, a historic spying claim on Lady Godiva, and a mention of Argosy.
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Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Columbia
Lady Godiva
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Queens
W.N.U
Vandevanter
Madiun Field
Major Fisher
Amentines Reuweiler
Lord
Red Sea
Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
By Kathleen Norris
Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Cuiecco
Western Newspaper Union
Baker and Baker's Helper
Paul
Main
Columbus
Ohio
John Brown
W. Mth Bt
Cleveland
Chester Body Repair CO
Chester Ave
RAD ¥ Corporation
Euclid Avenue
H. C. Petree
Cronem Weth Farms
Rt. 2
Traverse City
Mich
Radio Company
Weedland
McCormick-Deering
Russell Bishop
Rt. 4
Findlay, Ohie
New Post
Adv
seck'Neal Co
Nashville
Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E. Pinkham
WNU
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