Japs Capture Sinchanghsien in Eastern Chekiang
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces seized the river town of Sinchanghsien about 50 miles southwest of Mingpo and 200 miles south of Shanghai. The capture came after 3,000 troops moved from Singhwa without fighting, as part of efforts to secure eastern Chekiang for bomber operations toward Tokyo.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang Province
Tokyo
Sinchanghsien
Mingpo
Shanghai
Chinese High Command
Singhwa
Mingo
Nazis Poisoned In Netherlands Reported
Radio Moscow said a German secret police agent arrived at Flushing to probe the death by food poisoning of 16 submarine officers. Two more officers fell ill after eating ice cream at another restaurant. owners of both eateries were arrested.
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London
England
Radio
Moscow
Netherlands
Flushing
Monow
Portish offender Richardson jailed for bad check
Wilbur Richardson, 23, of Washington, was sentenced by Justice of the Peace J. K. Bovee to 30 days in the county jail for passing a false check. He was arrested Thursday night by Deputy Sheriff Walt Kiesey.
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Wilbur Richardson
Washington
Justice of the Peace
J. K. Bovee
Walt Kiesey
Certificates issued for canning sugar and tires at county office
During the first five days this week 6541 certificates for extra sugar for canning were issued and 190 sugar rationing books granted. Over two weeks 825 certificates and 405 books were issued for the second canning period, with the period to August 7. Ten tire applications this week and seven for the month were received and listed by the rationing board.
British Renew Egypt Attacks
Allied air and artillery forces renew an attack on the enemy front and rear lines near El Alamein after a week of aerial operations. United States bombers supported raids on axis targets in Crete and the north African coast as ground activity remained slight yesterday. Reports from London said the British withdrew from minor gains due to intense axis artillery fire.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States
Crete
North African
London
U S Troops Reported Arriving at Basra Gulf Port
Stockholm dispatch, citing Ankara sources, reports United States troops are arriving at Basra on the Persian Gulf in a developing Middle East posture. The Bela news note frames Basra as a strategic entry point for American forces in the region.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Tidningen
Ankara
United States
Basra Riaq
Persian Gulf
More sinkings in Atlantic reported
Washington July 25 The navy department announced sinkings of American ships bringing the unofficial total of merchant vessels sunk by axis submarines and mines in the west Atlantic to 419 to date.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
West Atlantic
Truck Tire and Tube Rendered for Oil Trucker
General trucking operator Lane Oscar receives one truck tire and one truck tube for an oil and fuel transport vehicle. Mariners Rendering works provides rendering service for the tire and tube replacement.
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Hays
Don G
Trucker
Dana
D. W
Farmer
Hochsettler, Ora
Lane
Oscar
Mariners Rendering Works
Hoover seeks public aid to capture Nazi saboteurs
Director J Edgar Hoover of the FBI urged public help to arrest three associates of eight Nazi saboteurs on trial in Washington. Hoover named Walter Katte Joseph Schmidt and Rheynold Rudolph Barth as the three suspected trained for sabotage and ordered by the German high command to strike U S war industries. He said it was unclear if they had landed on U S soil amid trial length complaints.
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Washington, D. C
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hager
Hoover
Walter Katte
Joseph Schmidt
Rheynold Rudolph Barth
Dutch Harbor Casualties Reported by War Department
The War Department announced 41 American soldiers killed at Dutch Harbor in early June, including six officers and 35 enlisted men. Names are released for the first time from the Alaska theater, with earlier Navy communiques listing about 44 killed in raids on June 4 and June 8.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Air Raid Siren to Be Heard Monday in City
The Iowa Southern Utilities siren will sound Monday at six o clock to cue members of the citizens defense corps in Washington wards to take their posts for a test. A later steady tone will signal all clear. The siren also announces the second citizens defense corps school at the high school from Monday evening, with sessions for five weeks on Mondays and Tuesdays. Commander Norton and Mayor Lytle urge lodges and clubs to suspend social events to allow attendance. Oil companies report sending men to the defense school and Norton expects every local business to have at least one student.
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The
Journal
Iowa Southern Utilities
Citizens’ Defense Corps
Washington
Norton
R. L. Lytle
Defense School
Pipeline Company Wins Mahaska Case
Judge Frank Bechly ruled in Oskaloosa that the Iowa law on eminent domain for pipelines is constitutional. The decision found Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America a public utility and upheld permits for a 75 foot right of way including loop lines to accelerate gas flow.
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Frank Bechly
Oskaloosa
Pipeline Company of America
Iowa
Mahaska County
Washington County
Bechiy
State Commerce Commission
Franklin Roth and Cora Mae Hotle Tie in Washington County
Franklin Roth of Cedar Rapids and Cora Mae Hotle of Keota obtained a marriage license at the courthouse today. This marks the second license issued in Washington County this month.
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Franklin Roth
Cedar Rapids
Cora Mae Hotle
Keota
Court House
Washington County
County Completes Road Oiling for Year
The board of supervisors completed oiling most county roads for the season before a government order halted further work. Only two miles north of Riverside remain, and 33 oil cars were used though 50 were available. Authorities cite material shortages and airport use for the stoppage, with Washington plans affected for street surfacing.
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Board of Supervisors
Ihv
Riverside
Harve Wilson
Washington City
Defending Route to Caucasus
The Red army fights back against Axis attacks at Rostov and along the Don. German reports claim Rostov and Novocherkassk have fallen in heavy street fighting while a major battle rages for Don bridgeheads as Axis forces press toward the Caucasus and Stalingrad.
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Joe Alex Harris
U. P
Red Army
Rostov
Don River
Caucausus
Stalingrad
Novocherkassk
Don
Moscow
Nazis Destroying European Towns
London reports Nazis and puppet regimes burning whole villages to curb guerrilla activity. A Polish official said four towns were seized and residents executed before being sent to camps. A Yugoslav spokesman said Crete’s puppet government, under Italian direction, decreed destruction of villages unless patriot activity ends.
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London
England
Central
Europe
Jugoslav
Crete
Sunday Union Service in Central Park
Rev. Alfred Trenerry will preside at the union service in Central Park Sunday evening at eight o'clock. Invocation by Rev. George Kerr, Scripture reading by Dr. F. W. Eastwood, benediction by Rev. E. S. Hebner. Dr. R. G. Keagy to preach on "The Harvest Is On" with Boyd White directing congregational singing and a youth chorus. If weather fails, the service moves to the Baptist church.
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Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist Church
Central Park
George iXerr
United Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
E. S. Hebner
R. GC. Keagy
Methodist Church
Boyd White
Washington
Oil for City Streets Delayed By Cold Weather Hold Up
The city’s street oil project, begun last year and halted by last fall’s cold weather, now faces unavailability. Most streets are already topped with rock to reduce mud, but further paving awaits supplies.
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Erial
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New York
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