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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
9
Washington AP reports sharp cuts to July automobile ration quotas with total available stock dropping from 402000 to about 260000 for essential users. July quota set at 25000 vs 40000 in June. further cuts likely as 100000 reserved for military and other uses next year. Iowa's July quota listed as 385.
Japanese forces occupied the Nicobar islands between the Andamans and Sumatra on June 13 and 14 without bloodshed, Domei war correspondent reports from Tokyo. The seizure was accomplished reportedly with minimal resistance.
Leonard W. Swanson will join Coe College as associate professor of mathematics and take over summer session teaching starting July 6. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon in 1935, he earned an MA in 1940 from Minnesota and is pursuing a PhD there. Swanson has taught at Shattuck School, Kenyon, and the University of Minnesota, and he captained Kenyon’s football and basketball teams while earning all Ohio Conference honors in 1933-34 and 1934-35.
Linn county board of supervisors pursued petitions for two road districts and related permits on Tuesday. Names from Central City area such as Della Hill and Ella Plumly signed the effort while petitions also sought a road district in Clinton township near Covington and a report from the county engineer.
The article discusses improved gas masks for soldiers, the cost of the “can” and elephant nose mask at about $9 25, and the option to buy two masks with an $18 75 War Bond. It urges repeated purchases and pledges of ten percent of income for War Bonds, with notices of appointments and probate in Linn County Iowa.
In Detroit federal court Hans Peter Krug a 22 year old Nazi air officer testified how he evaded police across Canada and the United States over about two weeks from an Ontario prison camp to Detroit Chicago New York and San Antonio He claimed Stephan helped as a personal favor and refused further questioning after noting the defenders of Stephan said he would testify against Stephan The witness described trips to bars restaurants and gifts from restaurant owner Max Stephan a naturalized citizen and World War I veteran Also a cryptic line about a rain crow being a cuckoo.
Berlin reports that German authorities in Czechoslovakia announced a national court to try Czech politicians deemed enemies of the Czech people. The court's decisions will be final with no possibility of appeal.
Washington AP reports former Utah Democratic precinct committeeman Orman W. Ewing was denied a new trial and sentenced to 8 to 24 years in the penitentiary after conviction for rape in district court.
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