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...JIMMY VAN VALKENBURG Elmsford...
Debt to Protestants. The son of a carpenter, Bea was born in Baden, became a Jesuit because "I was much inclined to the scholarly life." He was made professor of scripture in 1917 at Valkenburg, the Jesuit house of studies in The Netherlands, and four years later became provincial of the Jesuits' Upper German Province. That job did not last long. One day, the Jesuit general asked Bea why he was not sending more of his promising students to Rome. When Bea replied, "Because we have better schools here." the general made him superior of the Jesuit house...
This week in Washington the National Bureau of Standards announced that mica had been successfully synthesized by three of its scientists, Dr. Herbert Insley, Alvin Van Valkenburg and Robert Pike. The new product is equal to natural mica as an insulator, far superior in its ability to withstand high temperatures...
...more than coincidence, on the 166th anniversary of Independence the U.S. had struck its first blow at Nazi-occupied western Europe. In truth it was a token raid of things to come, but a token with a sting. The raiders bombed three Dutch airdromes in all, at Haamstede, Valkenburg and Alkmaar, damaging grounded planes, hangars, other installations...
Critical early rear-area fighting also raged in the bright tulip fields around The Hague, which the Germans bracketed with parachute parties in an apparent attempt to surround and capture Queen Wilhelmina and her Ministers.* One band was mopped up near Valkenburg. The Dutch troops with light arms and fast U. S. cars were directed to the "fallen angels' " landings by military and commercial radio...