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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
7
Editorial opinion notes are attributed to the columnist as analysis from the Western Newspaper Union. The piece signals a weekly digest of current events and viewpoints without direct reporting details.
FBI rounded up eight German saboteurs trained by Nazi experts landed by submarines at Amagansett New York and Ponte Vedra Florida. They carried large amounts of explosives and $170000 in currency to fund acts against New York bridges water supply and other targets. Accomplices were arrested in Chicago.
German forces launched a new offensive near Kursk about 120 miles north of Kharkov and 280 miles south of Moscow as Soviet defenses in Kharkov and Sevastopol faced intensified pressure. A Soviet communique reported fighting began in the Kursk direction after German forces crossed to the offensive from entrenched positions. Kursk, on the Moscow Crimean railroad, hosts anti tank gun works and an artillery and rubber plant. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko announced the halt of a German push east of Kupyansk.
Axis forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel pressed toward Suez with three armored divisions backed by artillery and infantry. The British ninth army held a stand 15 miles west of Matruh as Axis units bypassed it. Reports state Axis forces reached the coast road beyond Matruh and captured prisoners while aiming for Alexandria and the Suez Canal.
The navy department announced a decisive Midway score with at least 10 Japanese ships sunk including four aircraft carriers. Additional sunk ships include two cruisers and three destroyers while losses for the Americans included a damaged carrier and a sunk destroyer.
Office of Price Administration officials hint a moderate sugar ration increase, possibly half a pound per coupon. A U S survey shows consumer stocks 50 percent below a year ago, distributor stocks 20 percent under 1941, and total on hand one third lower than last year. Final decision on the ration remains pending.
A paper covered with mystic figures fell from a worker’s handbag at an air craft factory. Experts failed to decipher it until the manager’s wife solved the code, revealing a knitting system for a sweater.
A set of trivia prompts asks: 1. the earliest flag of the American colonies what is it called 2. the familiar cross used by the Red Cross what is it called 3. what do Australians call a strict blue law advocate 4. how is a viva voce vote conducted 5. do governors have power to veto legislative acts 6. which city lies on the Golden Horn 7. what Scotsman means by burn
Readers can trace the outlines for a project described as pattern 79481 priced at 15 cents. The item involves thin lumber cut with a jig coping or keyhole saw, assembled and painted to form clever holders for cacti, succulents and other small plants. Orders are requested.
Capybaras, the largest living rodents, can bite through corrugated iron. The Steganopodes include pelicans and gannets and lack nostrils. Chow dogs and polar bears have black tongues. Frogs and toads cannot swallow without closing their eyes. Minks and weasels eject a malodorous fluid when angered.
Spiders and some wasps preserve meat without ice by injecting a paralyzing liquid into their prey. The fluid stupefies but does not kill, allowing a live supply for future meals. Wasps similarly paralyze caterpillars and spiders to feed their larvae.
Collier's notes the leatherback turtle Der mochelys coriacea lives in warm seas. It is the sole turtle species without a hard shell, having only leathery skin. It is also the largest turtle, often nine feet long and over 1,000 pounds.
A brief survey lists items including The Cambridge flag and a Geneva cross as notable emblems. It notes that only North Carolina bans the governor’s veto power among states. The list also mentions Istanbul and a rivulet as referenced terms.
Ecclesiasticus quote about remembering the end of actions to avoid wrong. Reflects moral warning on stewardship and consequence. Quotation emphasizes conscience guiding land and resource use with lasting accountability.
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