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Japanese bombers ravaged the hot and busy streets of Surabaya in eastern Java, heralding a seaborne drive at the Indies' No. 1 naval base. The U.S. Asiatic Fleet was based at Surabaya, and before the bombs came U.S. sailors strolling among the stucco shops, the bright roadways, the bungalowed suburbs thought it was all remarkably like home...
...northern approaches to Java the Jap strengthened his footholds in Borneo and Celebes. From ruined Balikpapan patrols fought southward toward Banjermasin on Borneo's south coast, 300 miles from Java...
Japanese planes dropped their first bombs on Batavia, the capital. Slowly the lines tightened about Java. The Dutch bombed back, claimed the sinking of a Japanese cruiser and a transport. A few U.S. P-40 fighters joined a few U.S. Flying Fortresses in the Indies air. A few hundred more could save Java...
When & if Jap wins Java, he wins the Indies with their riches and mastery of seaways which link the Western Hemisphere, Australia, Africa, India, Suez and their imperial routes...
Crocodiles & Cannon. This week a new book about Java and all Oceania appears: Australian Paul McGuire's Westward the Course! (Morrow; $3.75). Author McGuire is a professional traveler, lecturer, writer of mystery stories. His book was written before the Jap struck, but Westward the Course! is a timely introduction to the coming Battle for Java...