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...gone to work for the mission. Under their tutelage, the mission built airdromes at Ogelbeng, Ega, Asaloka and Raipinka-but missionaries would naturally want to carry the gospel into the interior jungles. When World War II broke out, they flew the mission's single-engined Junkers plane, Papua, to Dutch New Guinea and hid it in the bush. Then-it was reported-they proceeded to Germany...
...Glee. In Papua, natives laughed excitedly and clapped their hands as they paid their taxes (according to a magistrate's report...
...battle fleet, its maneuvers completed, its next job not yet laid out. Beyond the battle fleet and across the Pacific many a U. S. businessman cast an uneasy mind's eye. For south and east from the foot of Thailand (Siam) across the Java Sea to Papua lie The Netherlands East Indies, whence the U. S. gets major portions of two strategic materials: rubber and tin. With The Netherlands at war, Japan might cut off that supply, alternatively might exploit a grab by controlling production, prices...
SAVAGE PATROL-J. G. Hides-McBride ($2.75). British Patrol Officer Hides recounts his experiences as defender of the peace in Papua, land of cannibals and headhunters. Some thoughtful observations for those who may wonder, with the author, what fun remains to the headhunter when he learns that murder...
First Straw. As everyone knows, cane sugar producers in Louisiana must fight diseases, blights. Untiringly, U. S. government experts have sought hardier, sturdier varieties of cane. And last week the Department of Agriculture announced results of an 11,100-mile tour of exploration through Papua and New Guinea, by air plane, canoe, foot. Explorer E. W. Brandes had discovered 167 varieties of sugar cane...