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It seemed strange to know that, although our summer was
over and winter was approaching, their winter was over in Sydney
and summer was approaching. Also the sun seemed to rise in the
west and set in the east. it seemed that way because, actually, it
rises there in the east but circles around in the NORTH all day
(instead of in the south as we see it up here) because they are in
the southern hemisphere.
I was really surprised to see that Sydney is a great city
of over TWO MILLION population. Melbourne is just about two
million. Australia is a vast continent, almost as large as the
United States in area.
During the six days in Sydney, arrangements were made to
gradually add 39 additional stations, with DAILY broadcasting.
This will mean we shall cover thoroughly the areas in which about
98% of all the people of that continent live.
It seemed very strange on Sunday night as we left Australia
to realize we were starting to cross the vast Pacific Ocean. From
London we had travelled east and southeast--always, so it seemed--
travelling farther and farther AWAY from the Pacific. I had left
the Pacific Ocean when I last had left Pasadena, and had steadily
travelled farther away from it all the way to London. And from
there I was still going on east--and now, all of a sudden, I
realized I was 'way WEST of Pasadena, instead of east. It really
seemed very strange. I had been going constantly farther EAST of
Pasadena, and now here I was WEST of it! Well, I was now really
SURE that the earth is ROUND!
During my brief three days at Headquarters in Pasadena, I
approved going on our second station in CANADA. Since my last
semi-annual letter, The WORLD TOMORROW has gone on the air in the
FRENCH language. We already have been on the air around the world
not only in English, but also in Spanish, German, and Russian. And
now also in French, starting in French-speaking Montreal. We are
going on Radio Luxembourg to reach all France in that language as
soon as that station can clear time for us.
Plans now are being laid to thoroughly cover JAPAN, on
several stations, in their own Japanese language. This will have
to be a big undertaking. Our advertising agent feels that both he
and I ought to spend at least a month there making preparations.
We must first try to bring into God's truth a Japanese man with a
good voice and, if possible, radio broadcasting experience, to
translate the Messages and speak them over the air. But God will
supply the man for this job, impossible though it may seem.
One reason I wanted to write this letter before leaving New
York this evening is to tell you about our NEWEST booklet, "WHO
will rule space?"
Edward Teller, the "father of the H-bomb," says our
greatest national danger is Russia's real secret weapon. Russia is
working feverishly to control OUTER SPACE--just as Britain once
ruled the seas! This is a mad race for survival!