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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1941
Page
7
A Russo-Czechoslovakian agreement signed in London provides for an exchange of ministers between Moscow and the Czech government in exile. It calls for full mutual aid against Germany and for formation of Czech military units in Russian territory commanded by a Czech officer but directed by the Soviet high command.
Washington dispatch reports that New Hampshire had a single registrant with the draft number 196 after the first drawing. The state’s only district to reach 196 men registered marked the sole top number holder across the state.
In Philadelphia five men registered as 196 while New York holders included Chinese men Wong Yee Choy and Yuan Chong Chan who later served at Fort Dix. Charles P. Craig, formerly Rutgers star, and Albert Hertel, an AP photo clerk, were among 98 holders. Hertel predicted being No 1 in his district, and David Short of Oklahoma City noted his wife was due to have their baby as he faced the draft.
The War Department constructs a vast two mile long runway at Wright Field. Part of the strip will be graded for experimental downhill hop-offs as a pioneering aviation project.
A practical guide to planning a family canning budget, workload, and safety. It stresses heat processing at 212 degrees for acid foods and recommends steam pressure canners for nonacid vegetables, with rules on sourcing, preprocessing, and record keeping. Miss Lucy Simpson of the Community Nutrition Service offers free help.
Judge Harry S Johnson in police court Friday morning sentenced a 16 year old boy involved in a traffic crash to a suspended $100 fine for reckless driving. The youth faced charges after the collision and received the penalty as his disposition.
The youth William Jenkins of 824 A Avenue NE faced Judge Johnson after being found driving without a license. Jenkins admitted taking his father's car with three others to Solon, and a $100 fine plus costs was imposed but suspended on payment of costs if he agrees not to drive for a year. His father Claude Jenkins was ordered to appear with him.
Berlin reports via DNB that Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering congratulated Lieut. Col Werner Moelders for receiving Germany's highest military honor. The dispatch notes recent rumors of Goering falling from Hitler’s favor amid mentions of a Moscow broadcast claiming his confinement.
Seven of 33 indicted on espionage charges tied to Germany pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court. Twenty three pled innocent, two failed to appear, and one had pled guilty earlier. They were part of a nationwide roundup marked as the nation's biggest spy suspect sweep. Bail set at 25000 each for those pled innocent. trial date September 23 set by Judge Clarence Goldman.
London AP reports British submarines in the Mediterranean destroyed an axis convoy. The target included one schooner and three large caiques carrying German troops gasoline and ammunition.
The Red Cross reported that two of six American nurses missing since a June sinking have been found. The survivors are Miss Margaret Somerville of Catskill New York and Miss Helen Jurewicz of South Amboy New Jersey.
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