Liberation of Hong Kong Ends Japanese Rule
The Liberation of Hong Kong and its restoration to Britain add a new chapter to its history as a key Far East commercial center and naval base. Britain and the Allies faced several defeats in 1941, but Canadian troops defended Hong Kong and two Canadians, Captain Wallace Creery and Brigadier O. M. Kay, helped sign the surrender. The Canadian cruiser Ontario and the anti-aircraft cruiser Prince Robert fired 21-gun salutes in the harbor to mark the end of Japanese rule.
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Hong Kong
Britain
Far East
United States
Japan
Pacific
Canada
Wallace Creery
Royal Canadian Navy
O. M. Kay
Chungking
Dominion
Ontario
Prince Robert
History of Hong Kong's steady progress and development
The article outlines Hong Kong as a Crown Colony with Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula opposite Victoria. It notes 1940 population of about 1.07 million, British acquisition in 1841, and postcolonial growth including hospitals, schools, a teacher training college, an evening institute, and the University of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Canton River
Kowlon Peninsula
Victoria
Britain
China
Canton
British East India Company
Japan
University of Hong Kong
Centre of World Trade Hong Kong Harbours and Shipping
Hong Kong is described as a premier harbour and centre of world commerce with seventeen square miles of water area and docks able to carry the largest ships. In 1939 the port handled about fifteen and a half million tons, serving Pacific routes and direct links to Americas Europe Australia and South Africa. The text notes reestablishment of peacetime institutions after wartime occupation and resumed outside connections.
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Hong Kong
China
Far East
Pacific
Americas
Europe
Australia
South Africa
Pacific Ocean
Panama
Suez
Atlantic Ocean
Will Have To Wait Highland Regiments Not Allowed Kilts Yet
The Scottish Command urges restoring kilts to Highland regiments but the War Office defers. Major H. M. Douglas Home says kilts are luxury dress and will return only after essential Allied clothing needs are met. Material shortages and scarce skilled labor hinder kilt production.
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British War Office
Edinburgh Scotsman
H. M. Douglas Home
Scottish Command
Europe
Clever Inventor Harnesses Tide Power At English Seaport
An English seaport inventor gathers 30 to 250 horsepower by capturing sea water in tanks and using its fall to drive a turbine as tide levels vary up to three feet.
Smiles and Sayings in a Gentle Morning
A collection of light jokes and quips about marriage money doctors and jokes about golf clubs and peace. It includes lines about a wife and husband twice married a convalescent’s bill and a judge and a prisoner with a money versus time choice.
Renting vacant house while retaining future possession
Question and answer on wartime price controls note you can rent a vacant house for up to five months with guarantee of possession after the term. It also lists removed fancy meats and farm machinery restrictions lifting on September 28. It advises getting ration coupons for US visits via your local War Price and Rationing Board and requesting the pamphlet Consumers' News or the Blue Book.
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O- Q
United States
Consumers’ News
Prices and Trade Board
Habitual criminals costly to Canadian taxpayers
The Vancouver Province reports 188 repeaters in Canadian prisons have spent 2,037 years in confinement costing $1,348,130.76 in maintenance. With conviction costs the total bill rises to $4,607,090, averaging $25,453.24 per offender.
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Vancouver
National Clothing Collection begins in Canada with 12400 post offices
Ottawa headquarters announces the National Clothing Collection starting October 1. Some 12 400 post offices act as depots for gifts from rural areas while cities rely on central depots run by local committees. Donors are asked to bundle garments and tie footwear in pairs to avoid loss and ensure efficient delivery.
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Canada
Ottawa
National Clothing Collection
Dominion
Pacific
Atlantic
International
Arctic
Gems of Thought on Temperance and Moderation
A collage of quotes on temperance from Simms Terence Steele and others. The excerpt ends with a note that an automatic SOS alarm for vessels without a radio operator was introduced in 1935.
Ellen Chrestenson of Loreburn joins CWAC at Regina
Ellen Chrestenson of Loreburn Saskatchewan enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army Corps at Regina in June 1942. After basic training she completed a seven week clerk stone refresher course at Saskatoon and was posted in Regina as secretary to Captain Fearnley. She rose to corporal in 1943 and to her present rank in 1945 after an NCO course at St. Anne de Bellevue. She has two brothers in the service, one at Chilliwack and one overseas.
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CWAC
Ellen Chrestenson
Loreburn
Sask
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Regina
Saskatoon
District Cwac
Fearnley
Chris
N.C.O
St. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Sgt
Christensen
D.C.O
C.W. A.C
C.W.A.C
Chilliwack
B.C
CWAC Women's Auxiliaries Across Canada Support War Effort
Canadian Women's Army Corps units organize in nine military districts with auxiliaries of mothers and citizens providing home hospitality sewing curtains making uniforms and offering dances and classes. Postwar plans include civilian life prep interviews by Army Councillors with veterans aid from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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C.W.A.C. Women's Auxiliary
Canada
C.W.A.C
Halifax
N.S
St. John
Fredericton
N.B
Ottawa
Kingston
Toronto
St. Catharines
Windsor
Ont
Winnipeg
Man
Regina
Sask
Calgary
Edmonton
Alta
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Civvie
Dept. of Veteran Affairs
D.V.A
Crossword Puzzle Solution Clues Across and Down
Crossword puzzle from a historic page lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes ancient Irish capital, biblical garden, French coin, Latin poet, silk fabric, and other word pairings with standard cross number markers.
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Wyne
Hong Kong Liberation
Lydia
Pinkham
Junior
Mary
Naj
William Gilmore Simms
Terence
Steele
Mary Baker Eddy
Cicero
Timothy Dwight
Organization OF
CWA
Women's Auxiliary
Army
Penelope
Buttercup
Cyprus
McCormick
Gaul
France
Cledy
Dorit
Kellogg
London
Radio
Niagara Falls, Canada
Tintex
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