Macao Once Rich Gambling Haven Faces Modern Changes
The piece paints Macao as a neon lit, gambling dependent port city resembling a distant Concord or Coney Island. It notes the colony’s shift away from major commerce toward government controlled gaming revenue, opium and prostitution histories, and evolving tourism as Hong Kong and Canton rise nearby. It contrasts glossy image with limited industry, while praising public works funded by gambling taxes.
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Macao
Aerotech
Cao
Lit- Us
Hong Kong
Can&a
South
Ita Tong
Ita
Concord
Mass
Reno
Coney Island
Kong
Can
Gamblin
Navy maps postwar defense: 319 ships and 3487 planes
The Navy unveiled its postwar blueprint for national defense with 319 fighting ships and 3,487 aircraft. The Pacific would host 176 warships and 20 carriers plus a 45,000 ton battleship concept, while the Atlantic would include 143 ships. Plan calls for two main fleets, rapid mobilization, and layered active ready and laid-up units.
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Washinon
Pacific
Atlantic
Secretary of the Navy
Truman
Eseafriern
New 45,000 tonners join postwar fleet list
The article notes three new 45,000 ton ships the Corsines the At lantic the Midway and the Franklin D. Roosevelt, with hundreds of other craft planned in postwar fleets. It mentions naval orders spanning both combatant and support vessels and all reserve categories across Pacific and continental fleets. It also references an ancient document detailing 68,936 vessels, dating back to a deed involving Sicily circa 1102.
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Atlantic
United States
Boxer
Sicily
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Pure Milk Country Tall Club
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9Th Street Market
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