Intensified Japanese drive on Kiukiang meets firm Chinese defense
Reports from Shanghai say Japan mounted an all out push by air land and sea to seize Kiukiang on the Yangtze but Chinese defenders held the port. Guerrilla bands harassed Japanese garrisons as US and British gunboats remained nearby to protect citizens and property.
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Shanghai
Japan
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Lake Poylang
Kuling Mountain
Kuling
Kiukiang-Nancha
Teian
United States
Monocacy
Coeckwhater
China
Wuhu
Nanking
Sunkiang
Cothran Heads Entry List in Biltmore Invitation Tourney
Asheville N C July 25 Today's qualifying round in the Biltmore Forest women's invitational golf tournament drew a star studded field. Defending champion Jane Cothran of Greenville headed an entry of more than 50 players including Dorothy Kirby last year's runner up Kathryn Hemphill Marion Miley and Al Nene Hoover Flights of 16 will be drawn after medal test with finals set for Saturday.
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Asheville
N. C
Biltmore Forest
Jane Cothran
Greenville
8. C
Dorothy Kirby
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
S. C
Marion Miley
Cincinnati
al- Nene Hoover
Thomasville
Linville
Look and Learn by A C Gordon Q&A Sanctioned trivia
A column presents trivia questions with answers including merchant John Wannamaker and sessmology defined as the science of earthquakes. It notes a Texas ordinance requiring horse lights after dark and cites England’s 4,600,900 elementary students. Also promotes BC formula for period pains with 10¢ and 25¢ sizes.
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State of
Union
John Wannamaker
Nevada
U. S
Mystery on the Lazy R ranch
Nikki Jerome travels with Steve Mallory to her aunt and uncle’s Wyoming Lazy R ranch. A night gunshot and a shadowy figure near Bancroft and Sarto deepen the danger as Nikki and Steve confront trust, hidden motives, and a veiled Jerome family link.
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Nikki Jerome
Steve Mallory
Nikki
Wyoming
Peter Jerome
New York
Dude Ranch
Rto
Bancroft
Stee
Steve
Jerome
Sarto
Father
Uncle Jim
Donald Fiske
Chicago
Fiske
Jim
Bancroft and
Honors Planned for Asheboro Scout Cubs
Asheboro plans an achievement night for Cub Pack Three to be held with a picnic by Boy Scout Troop 27 on Wednesday evening July 27. Cub Master Bill Coffin announced the details and schedule at the meeting.
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Asheboro
Boy Scouts of
Troop 27
Bill Coffin
Nisin Eee
Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Lessons in English by W L Gordon discusses usage rules for subject verb agreement and pronunciation common misspellings and vocabulary building. It notes corrections like five and seven are twelve and urges daily word mastery with examples and encouragement for readers to advance their language skills.
Traveling wedding attire and party drink guidance from a bygone column
The piece asks if a bride may carry a bou quet in a traveling dress and answers no. she should wear a cor ae. It lists summer garden party drinks lemonade punch ginger ale iced tea coffee and chocolate or coffee and notes travelers checks as modern money. It also defines servile as servant like and cites a Greville quote on imitation.
How Can I Substitutes Castor Oil And More
A reader asks for substitutes and remedies. Prune juice is suggested as a castor oil substitute after soaking and stewing prunes. For rancid butter a two hour soak in cold water with carbonate of soda cleans and freshens, then form into a roll. To restore dull buttons, brush with colorless nail polish.
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Kuling Resort
Barbara Langley
Miami
Irmgard Dietel
Christine Shoemaker
Cothran
A. C. Gordon
Cleburne
Tex
England
Tarnation
W. L. Gordon
By Roberta Lee
Greville
Anne Ashley
No-Mead and
Archer Fine
Flarllee
Wayne
Zone Reed
Miss Reed
Marshal Wayne
Elnora Greenlaw
Elnora
Harold Sickles
U.S. A
Marshall Wayne
Leon Mullen
G. A. Langley
Alton Barnes
Cecil Claybourne
Copricacht
BR. J. Bernolde
Tobeces Gompene
Winston Salem
Norte
Caroline
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