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...Japanese supply lines. For most of his naval life, Java-born Admiral Helfrich has done nothing but study war with the Japanese. His Navy* was designed for shifty, aggressive action within the narrow East Indian waters. In the first 54 days of war his ships and cooperating Dutch planes sank 54 Japanese vessels. "Ship-a-day Helfrich," the Dutch soon called him. His ideas dominated the enlarging and equipping of Java's main naval base at Surabaya, where heavy cruisers (but not battleships) can be fueled and repaired. For the Helfrich plan to succeed, Surabaya must be held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Dutchman's Chance | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

Cornell was setting the pace 37 to 28, in the second half when the Crimson put in its bid for victory Ed Buckley and Art Scully sunk two field goals to put the team within five points of the leaders before Bill Stewart sank a free throw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Red Defeats Varsity 40 to 34 | 2/19/1942 | See Source »

...operating in the Gulf of Mexico brought a complete blackout along 100 miles of Texas coast. The success of counter-measures was the Navy's own secret. Just one hint was allowed to slip through. The Navy released a terse report of one unnamed flyer: "Sighted sub, sank same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: End of a Lady | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

...line that the Greeks have had in the last months has been a little Turkish steamer, the Kurtulus, which sailed weekly from Istanbul to Peiraeus with wheat, corn, vegetables, dried fruits and a few medicines. A fortnight ago the Kurtulus struck a reef just off the Turkish coast and sank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Hungriest Country | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

BATAVIA, N.E.I.--Notherlands Indies fliers said today that they sank what apparently was a Japanese battleship with a direct bomb hit amidship in the first day of the now famous battle of Macassar Strait...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 2/3/1942 | See Source »

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