Hawaii Territory in Pacific War Era and Pearl Harbor Context
The piece outlines Hawaii as a U S territory with volcanic islands, a tropical climate, and strategic Pearl Harbor naval base. It notes Hawaii’s history from discovery to annexation, its diverse population, agriculture like sugar cane and bananas, and its role amid rising Pacific conflict with a vision of peaceful intercontinental links returning after the war.
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Pacific Ocean
Pearl Harbor
Hawaian Islands
Orient
Australia
New Zealand
Iwlands
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Sandwich Islands
United States
Territory of
Hawaii
Hendrik van Loon
Pacific
Gaetans
Captain Cook
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
Kilauea
Maui
Honolulu
Oahu
Congress of the United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Canada grants three cent egg export bonus to Britain
The agriculture department announced an order-in-council authorizing a three cent per dozen bonus on grade A eggs sold for export to Britain, plus an extra half cent for oil-dipped eggs. The scheme aims to maximize quality supply for Britain next year, with contracts for 772000 cases due by May 31 and potential storage for fall 1942 shipments. The total bonus funds cover up to 1,272,000 cases.
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Britain
British Food Ministry
Agriculture Department
Cam
Canada
First White Man Describe Niagara Falls and German Rail Crashes
The note recalls Father Hennepin with La Salle in 1678 as the first white observer of Niagara Falls. It adds a trivia line: in a two week summer period Germany suffered 11 railway accidents.
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Niagara Falls
Father Hennepin
la Salle
Niagara Frontier
Germany
France Under Vichy Reform Reduces Juries and Rights
The Vichy government, increasingly Germany’s tool, uses decrees to reshape French institutions without public input. Juries lose independence as fewer jurors are chosen and verdicts occur in court, retroactivity expands to military courts, possessions can be confiscated, and internment without due process becomes possible.
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Vichy
Germany
France
New York Times
Wartime Prices and Trade Board May Remain Postwar
National administrators R. F. Chisholm and Edgar G. Burton say the Wartime Prices and Trade Board will likely continue after the war to preserve economic stability. Burton notes U S discussions with Canada and suggests features of the plan could be retained permanently.
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R. F. Chisholm
Prices and Trade Board
Edgar G. Burton
Burton
Washington
United States
England's Yeomen of the Guard founded in 1485
The Yeomen of the Guard in England traces its origins to 1485 when King Henry the Seventh established the royal bodyguard. The unit guarded the Tudor court and served as the king's personal protection in ceremonial and security roles.
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England
Yeomen of the Guard
Henry vi
56 Year Globe Trotting Hobo Sews New Life in Miami
Sandy J. Ledger a 79 year old hobo with 42 Atlantic crossings and a career as a Times of London compositor and a circus peanut vendor says his long wandering is over. He plans to settle in Miami calling it one of the finest cities in the world and notes his printing at sea as a notable achievement.
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Sandy J. Ledger
Times of London
Ledger
Massachusetts
France
London Daily Mail
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
Miami
Radioactivity Treatment Proposed for Leukemia
University of Pennsylvania scientist Dr. Eugene Pendergrass described a radioactivity based treatment for leukemia and blood diseases. He demonstrated with a Geiger counter over a patient, counting white cell activity as radiation targets diseased cells. The method relies on cyclotron bombarding phosphorus to emit radium like rays, but is not yet ready for general use.
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University of Pennsyal
Vania
Eugene Pendergrass
Pendergrass
Creamed Turkey Dressings and Baskets
Practical recipe notes for creamed turkey fillings. Includes butter, milk, flour, and diced turkey method in a double boiler. Burns lightly baked potato basket shells with seasoned dressing and mashed potato baskets, filled with creamed turkey.
Hore Belisha warns of Japan drawing war strength from Allies
Leslie Hore-Belisha, former War Secretary, told London observers that Japan's stocks of major war making commodities could sustain 15 months of major conflict. He argued the Axis still holds much strategic striking power while natural resources favor the Allies and said Japan must seize economic strength or "bleed to death" through naval power.
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Leslie Hore-Belisha
London
Japan
Agassiz Declines Lecture Fees Over Time Constraint
Louis Agassiz, the renowned Swiss zoologist, reportedly refused a Western university head’s offer to lecture on natural history. He was busy at Harvard and replied I am sorry but I cannot afford to waste my time in making money, turning down the lucrative opportunity.
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Louis Agassiz
Agassiz
Harvard
The Individual Citizen's Army
A Canadian Army feature explains why soldiers share nicknames and how the term The Individual Citizen's Army came to define the army as seen by civilians. It notes brass hats and nicknames like Nobby and Knobby, and recounts Defence Minister Ralston's plane speech that inspired the column title.
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Rudyard Kipling
John
Air Force
Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
England
House of Commons
Hansard
Citikeener
Buster
B. W. Browne
D.is
Sam
Workers in northwest England plant warned by bomber pilots
Dispatch from Glasgow quotes two bomber pilots at a shell and hazardous device filling facility saying they are always standing by on call and ready to drop hazardous devices, as workers are told to comply.
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Motherland
Glasgow
England
Estimate of air in lungs and heat content
The passage notes that an average adult male lungs hold about five quarts of air and invites the reader to judge how much of that air is hot.
Canada’s Forest Area Now Exceeds One Million Square Miles
The Dominion Forest Service reports Canada’s total forested area at more than 1,220,000 square miles, about 35 percent of land. Roughly 450,000 square miles are unsuitable for commercial operations, while 770,000 contain trees usable now or likely to reach usable size. Accessible productive forest covers about 430,000 square miles, with 45 percent merchantable timber and 55 percent young growth.
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Canada
Dominion Forest Service
Ranee of Sarawak Says Miri Oil Wells Blown Up
The Ranee of Sarawak in New York claims Japanese invaders attacked or destroyed oil wells at Miri Sarawak. She says defense is mainly by sea and that interior corridors could be guarded by head hunters if needed. She notes the long silk parachute requirement for standard RCA-F gear.
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Ranee
Sarawak
Charles Vyner Brooke
Miri
New York
Dried peaches from Australia weigh 478 tons this year
Australia produced dried peaches weighing 478 tons this year. The figure reflects a strong harvest with significant output for the fruit's processing sector and export prospects.
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Australia
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Rhodes
Clark
Colonel Clark
Clarks
Nobby
Knobby
Canada’s
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R.c.a-F
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Montreal
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