Japanese Special Service Section Exploits Occupied China
War correspondence details the Japanese army elite Special Service Section profiting from occupied territories. It reports narcotics, licenses, taxes, brothels, kidnapping ransoms, and opium trafficking in Shanghai and Nanking, with officers sourcing funds for undisclosed operations.
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Washington
Philippines
SSS
China
Shanghai
Special Service
U. S. Treasury
Nanking
Night Watchman Credits Hoyt's Compound for Recovery
An elderly night watchman, J. R. Webster of 313 Prospect Street Arsanno, declares Hoyt's Compound cured his long battle with weakness and leg failure. He reports improved walking and restored strength after using the remedy sold by Cretney Drug Store Amarillo with mail order options and pricing at $1.25 per bottle or two for $2.00.
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Hoyt
J. R. Webster
Prospect Street
Arsanno
Cretney Drug Store
Sixth and Polk
Amarillo
Every Fit Man May Be Called
Chicago January 8. Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Battley urged draft occupational advisers from 11 states that every man fit for any job may face eventual military service. Employers must fill war roles with workers not acceptable to the armed forces, with women and trained replacements emphasized as essential to sustain production.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Battley
Office of
Army
Navy
Battley
America
Japanese Use Tennis Balls or Bombs
Singapore report says the Japanese employ a delayed action bomb with a round rubber nose resembling a tennis ball nine to twelve inches long with a white painted nose. It is triggered by vibrations from vehicles or by a time mechanism, officials disclosed.
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Singapore
Jan
Netherlands Minister Takes Post in Chungking China
Baron Casper Van Breugel Douglas, former Netherlands minister to Athens, presented credentials as minister to Chungking to President Lin Sen. He strengthens ABCD representation in the Chinese capital. He had served as secretary to the Netherlands delegation at the Washington conference in 1921.
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Chungking
China
Casper van Breugel Douglas
Netherlands
Athens
Lin Sen
Washington
German Naval Bases Hit Again by RAF
RAF raids hit Brest where the battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst have been attacked, and the port of St Nazaire raided again by strong bomber forces. All aircraft returned.
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London
Jan
Brest
St. Nazaire
Air Ministry
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