Hey Jack!
Just caught up with this thread, 60 years later and I feel bad for your mother having to go thru that! But I'll bet they couldn't get the smile off of her face when she talked to your sister, huh!

I know what you mean when you talk about cold, I spent 2 years living in that area working on a hog farm in Rock Valley, IA. It's bitter cold out there!

Take care Jack!

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This is a pair of Dutch resistance crystal radios, built into a small metal can, and a matchbox. The image is from a postcard bought at a Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam. The matchbox is marked in Swedish, but Swedish matches were sold in Holland for many years..
Scott