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Flying Baby Home as
Xmas Gift to Wife
DARWIN, Friday. — A United States
air force captain left Australia this'
morning for the Philippines with, a six-
month-old Australian baby boy as a
Christmas present for his wife.
The Air Force man is ,
Captain Leslie H. Jonas,
of , the United States Air
Force base at Clarkefield in
the Philippines. M "
Captain and Mrs. Jonas
have no children of their
own.
Captain Jonas flew more
than 8000 miles from the
Philippines to Sydney and
return to pick up the boy.
He began negotiations by
mail for a boy from a Syd
ney orphanage six. months
ago.
He legally, adopted a dark,
curly-haired orphan, Wil
liam Jeffery Jonas, and was
given permission to take
him out of the country.
The baby boy travels1 on
an Australian passport, but
it is understood he can easily
change to American citi
zenship later.
Captain Jonas said be
fore his departure from
Darwin that he expects to
be moved from the Philip-,
pines to New York in June.
"I am taking my wife the
greatest Christmas present
it is possible to give," he
said.
Captain Jonas and the
baby are travelling . in a
United States diplomatic
Dakota, and .there are II
Thirty young, people from
the Adult Deaf, and DumD
Society were guests of Con
gregational young people at
a Christmas party at Inde
pendent Hall last night.
,male nurses, including
United States colonels and
lieutenant-commanders to
look after the baby;
Yesterday morning . they
fed the baby from a bottle
at an altitude of 7000 feet,
When Captain Jonas got
the baby, four of his mates,
not wanting to be outdone,
bought four Cocker Spaniel
pups to keep Baby Jonas
company.
.Last night the baby was
the pet of Darwin Hospital,
where he was looked after
overnight by the nurses.
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