Chinese drive regains 25 mile wedge along Hangchow-Nanchang line
The Chinese forces in eastern Kiangsi and Chekiang provinces shattered three weeks of Japanese gains. They cleared the southeast Chekiang coast, recaptured Julian and Wenchow, and seized several railway villages. Officials say garrison thinning signals Japan redeployments toward Inner Mongolia as China presses to retake the Kangchow-Nanchang railway.
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Hangchow- Nanchang
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Julian
Wenchow
Inner Mongolia
Russia
Kangchow
Nanchang
Chungking
Air Warfare in Egypt Brings U S Air Forces into Rommel Fight
In Egypt Rommel’s drive toward Alexandria and Suez stalls for over two weeks as British and Axis forces clash near El Alamein. Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton assumes command of U S Middle East air forces directing raids on Tobruk and Benghazi supply ports while American and British planes harass Axis lines.
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Rommel
Alexandria
Suez
U. S. Army Air Forces
Cairo
Lewis Brereton
U. S
Middle East
Tobruk
Bengali
United Nations
el Alamein
Bagot
Bloodiest Battles on the Russian Front Amid Voroshilovgrad Evacuation
Soviet reports describe heavy German pressure along the Donetz and near Millerovo while defending an east west line north of Rostov. Russians claim 1000 Germans killed at Voronezh and record 211 German planes lost. American and British tanks bolster the Red Army in the perilous south with Rostov regarded as in grave danger.
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Voroshiyovgrad
Don Basin
Donetz
Millerovo
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Voronezh
Volga River
Pervozvanovka Likhaya
Stalingrad
Aleutian Showdowns Mark Grim Naval Game In Fog
Reports from the Aleutians describe a long clash between American air and naval forces and Japanese invaders. The navy noted three small island landings at Attu Kiska and Aggatu with Japanese losses totaling 13 ships sunk or damaged.
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Aleutian
Navy
Attu
Kiska
Aggatu
United States
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Northwestern
Such a Racket Couldn't Be Kept From Landlord
A landlord shows a prospective tenant a quiet orderly building. The tenant answers no children and no pets. When asked about music or instruments, the couple deny, then jokes that the fountain pen scratches when he writes.
World’s tallest, Atalanta, and white dwarfs explained
Answers cover the Shilluks of the Egyptian Sudan and a mythic runner Atalanta. The stage note omnes exeunt is given as out. Civil war state admissions list two states. White dwarfs are the heaviest known stars. a cubic inch may weigh 500 tons. A touchstone is a stone for testing gold or silver and any standard for quality.
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Atalanta
Fleet of Foot
Virginia
Nevada
Upper living and bedroom revival by Ruth Wyeth Spears
The feature describes a combined living and bedroom layout updated to use space efficiently. A plywood bedding box replaces cushions, padded and covered to blend with furniture, with book cases at ends and a painted lid. A new couch cover lamp shade and curtains can refresh a room. Book 1 offers 32 pages of ideas and working drawings.
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Terial
Pygmy Shrew Called World’s Smallest Mammal
The American pygmy shrew cryptotis parva measures about an inch and a half and weighs one seventh of an ounce. It is an insectivore not a rodent and bears litters of five to seven young. Its snout twitches so fast photos blur even at 1 200th of a second.
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Collier’s
Phosphorescent Paint Draws City Interest
Phosphorescent paints glow for hours after light exposure. They absorb light like a storage battery and release it as energy when electrons return to their normal positions, producing a sustained glow.
Historic nicknames for places and people
A note explains old terms used in a past era where electrocution was called electric sleep elevators were named vertical railways the White House the President's House and Ecuador the Republic of the Sacred Heart reflecting dated language.
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White House
Ecuador
Republic of the Sacred Heart
Constipation Remedies Promoted Amidst Doubtful Claims
A cautionary note questions makeshift constipation cures and urges readers to consider the cause rather than rushing to remedies. The piece suggests chronic discomfort may stem from longer-term health habits and calls for careful approaches.
Gems of Thought Quotes and Aphorisms Collection
A compact compilation of aphorisms and quotes from MacDonald Fuller Browning Juvenal and Augustine. The entries offer reflections on thought effort humility self reliance inner truth and perseverance. Each line presents a concise moral or insight drawn from classic authors.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
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Ote Oasis
George MacDonald
Margaret Fuller
Hulman & CO
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