Japs Sweep Toward Vital Chinese City
Japanese forces press toward Kinhwa and Foochow as four Chekiang front sectors face fierce combat. Aerial support, large-scale landings, and multiple columns drive toward strategic railway gateways, while Chinese defenses hold in key areas amid unclear latest footholds near Foochow.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Kiangsi
China
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chekiang Front
Foochow
Fukieng
Crangmen
Min River
Shansi
Fen River
135 Girls to Get Third Swim Lesson Saturday
One hundred thirty-five girls ages 9 to 11 are set for the third lesson Saturday at 2 p.m. in the YMCA free swim school. A 15 minute review of bobbing leg kick and arm motion will precede instruction as all girls report 15 minutes early.
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Y.M.C.A
Magician Evangelist to Lead Dairy Dale Revival
Eugene Palmer, a magician-evangelist, will headline a Dairy Dale revival at the community church starting Sunday morning. Palmer just completed 16 campaigns in Kansas City Methodist churches and will conduct nightly services at 8 o clock next week. He uses magic to illustrate Bible lessons and formerly served as religious secretary at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A from 1914 to 1921.
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Dairy Dale Community Church
Eugene Palmer
Palmer
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland Cook Named Instructor at Belvoir
R Sutherland Cook son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Cook 222 Crescent Street SE is now an instructor in military tactics at the officers candidate school Fort Belvoir Va He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the engineering corps on April 15.
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R. Sutherland Cook
Robert S. Cook
Crescent Street
Officers Candidate School
Fort Belvoir
Engineering Corps
Multiple Iowa Obituaries From Belle Plaine To Strawberry Point
A batch of death notices from towns across Iowa lists William O Brand of Belle Plaine among the deceased, with services at Petters chapel and burial at Oak Hill. Other obituaries include Elizabeth McDermott of Clinton, Edward Wolfe of Portland, Mary Gallagher of McGregor, John Bakke of Waukon, Albert Reed of Winthrop, John Cornwell of Independence, and Mrs Joseph Birrer of Strawberry Point, detailing funeral arrangements, birthplaces, survivors, and burial sites.
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Belle Plaine
William O Brand
Petters Chapel
W. G. Warren
Oak Hill Cemetery
Benton County
Vinton
Citizens National Bank
Albert, Gullick
Ole Hammersness
Decorah
Marquette
St. Mary's Church
McGregor
Mary Gallagher
Mary Dora Rehm
Dorchester
John Gallagher
Elizabeth Connel
George
Walter
George Rehm
Carson City
Nev
Anna Turner
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Nash
Wadena
Minn
Emma Rehm
Mason City
Waukon
John P. Bakke
West Paint Creek
J. B. Unsuth
A. H. Roe
Center Township
Nordre Land
Norway
Isabelle Haugen-Gilbertson
Ingvold
Cornelius
Melvin
Julius
Ottenus
Paul
Theodore
Idelia Bakke
H. A. Ellefson
Aberdeen
Wash
Winthrop
Albert Reed
Fawcett
William J Macaulay
Fremont Cemetery
Polo
Buchanan County
Mary Alice Elliott
Independence
Edgar
Ralph
Vernie Reed
Howard Morehouse
Herman Merkin
Waterloo
John Cornwell
Delhi
Lettie Skinner
People’s Chapel
Virginia Wilhite
Four Square Gospel Church
Fairview
Strawberry Point
Joseph Birrer
Emanuel’s Lutheran Church
Lawrence A. Stumme
Barbara Handel
Dettingen
Germany
Fred
Jake Zimmerman
Maquoketa
Des Moines and Sioux City Read Hale America Qualifiers
In Des Moines on May 25 three golfers Bob McCrary Mathis Chase and Harvey Ingham compete in a Hale America qualifying round for one sectional place toward Chicago finals. In Sioux City seventeen golfers tee off Monday seeking eight spots for the Minneapolis sectional in June.
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DES Moines
Bob McCrary
Mathis Chase
Harvey Ingham
Chicago
Sioux City
Minneapolis
Navy operates numerous hospitals and hospital ships
The navy maintains about 30 large hospitals and two hospital ships with sick bays on every navy ship, ensuring medical care is available across the fleet.
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Navy
Will Shoulder Guns for 1-B Draftees June Call
New York City selective service director Colonel Arthur V. McDermott announced the first call for men classified as 1-B will go out on June 8. Defectively fit volunteers with minor physical issues will be drafted to shoulder a gun as part of a small scale, experimental effort to tap into American manpower.
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New York
INS
Army
Arthur V. McDermott
New York City
Selective Service
McDermott
Advice From Mary Manners on Farm Life and Love
The column defends farm life and urges readers to marry for love. It contrasts farmers with city folk, praising rural duties, canning, bread, and raising children while noting the narrator’s joy in farm work and the simplicity of country living. It also advises ending a questionable social invitation and navigating a budding romance.
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Miss Manners
Ladies’ Aid
Farm Bureau
Mothers Clubs
Grade Junior High Music Contest at Franklin
The Franklin district grade junior high music contest was held Thursday night at Franklin school. Judges were Miss Ruth Mueller Miss Gertrude Shoemaker and G L Lyman. The contest was directed by R L Moehlmann. First ratings went to several students across woodwind brass string and string group categories including Roger Spohn Arthur Mary Leigh Larson Lloyd Keyser Richard Albright Roy Stoddard Patricia Tracy Betty Boul din Helen Hampton Alberta Mueller Carlton Slick Evanglia Thomas Judith Lattner David Jacobs Rozanne Ohlman Barbara Butterfield the Arthur string trio Mary Ellen Martin and the Franklin group Mary Ellen Martin.
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Franklin
Franklin School
Ruth Mueller
Gertrude Shoemaker
G. L. Lyman
R. L. Moehlmann
Roger Spohn
Arthur
Mary Leigh Larson
Lloyd Keyser
Garfield
Richard Albright
Roy Stoddard
Patricia Tracy
Betty Bouldin
Musicians Named in Franklin Orchestra Roster
The Franklin orchestra lists musicians including Helen Welsh Wagner Shirley Clark Joan Brandt on bassoon Dick Moon flute Joan Woodford viola Jean Barvinek viola Alyce Chadima piano Mary Ann Paula violin David Linge trombone and others in the ensemble.
Libyan Front Patrol Activity Reported Across Front
A Middle East command communique from Cairo states patrol activity continued along the entire Libyan front, detailing ongoing military movements and monitoring by allied forces.
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Cairo
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Thompson
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Ray Harbit
B Avenue NE
Iowa
Lady Baltimore
First Avenue E
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Gall
Mary Manners
Fanny Farmer
Fanny
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Brenneman
Shamrock
Florida
Sunkist
Econom Market
California
P. O
161 Ave
West Side Produce CO
Cave
8Th ST
Aveue
Acme Poultry Market
Sean Roe Eitt
Ee Shoals
Polehna
Gazette
Hie Eoe Amar
Nero
Kellogg’s
Ram-Kalell
M Ave
Dial
Center Point Rd
Sixth Street
Second Avenue
BLISS
HILEX
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Hamm's
Pepsi Cola
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Ora Sala
I Ue
Tele Bros
Second Street SE
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