Word: batavia
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...night last summer, a small sailboat crept out of Batavia. Aboard were three Dutchmen, the first and (so far) the only white men on record who have escaped from Java since the Japs took the island almost a year ago. Last week one of those Dutchmen, safe in the U.S., told what it was like to live under Japanese military rule...
...Dutchman worked in the electric power plant. He stayed at his job on March 5, 1942, when Batavia announced its surrender. The remnants of the Dutch and Allied armies had withdrawn into the hills. That night the invaders arrived...
...Tokyo radio announced last week the formation of the Greater East Asia Virgins Association, with headquarters at Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Said the broadcast: "Positive cooperation of Javanese girls deserves attention." The Japanese hope that 200,000 virgins will cooperate positively with Japanese troops in building the New Order in Asia...
Fifty-five ships had been scuttled in Batavia harbor, the Japs themselves announced. They said that "50 days of hard work" had opened the harbor to ships of 10,000 tons or less. In Surabaya harbor they were raising 219 scuttled ships, at the rate...
...thing to do instead of tying up shipping, was to load ships with war supplies and load them fast. When Army-Navy bickering caused top-heavy loadings, sent empty beer bottles to Batavia instead of planes, Bridges scurried to Washington. He wangled appointment of a labor-management board, got a Navy tribute for record shiploading...