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Word: abdullcadir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...uptilted eyebrows in civilian defense and war relief in Manhattan was little Raden Ajoe Abdullcadir Widjojoatmodjo, Javanese princess, refugee from Jap-invaded Batavia. Air-raid warden, Red Cross worker, lecturer, maker of surgical dressings, she remembers a legend that foretells a better day: "Three hundred years ago, a king of Java prophesied that yellow people would invade Java-but not for long. Look at that-not for long. Means they will not be there long, the Japs. It is good omen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Society Note | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

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