The Archive · 1941

To Buy Bombers

Responding to the appest by Lard Boaverbroole. British "btinister for Alrerat Production, "toll out_ the Gorsbors the Netherlands ast Indies community hax decided' te" provide bombers for the Dutch fighting forces n"Great Britain, intend of Spires, Assam of 225000 was despatched today andthe drive for funds. wil But a sense of humour is not lost in the dark-visaged les. Grinning faces und hearty laughs seem to be the rule rather than the exception. The food is good, and the work not too hard, Living quarters are usually superior to former homes of matted Hunts and dirt flooring.

If the men are married, their wives may live with them in the barracks.

The motto across the facade of the [Department of War, perhaps best ex-Presses Dutch sentiment. It reads. "it Peace is Desired, Prepare for War."

That is the present-lay philosophy Jot the Netherlands East Indies—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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