World Happenings Briefly Told
American military government forces in Japan will retain the Domei agency for their use. Gent port, handling over 1,000,000 tons of Allied supplies since Jan 23, is returned to Belgium. Congress to open its own Pearl Harbor disaster inquiry, third to date. Norway will receive Canadian goods valued at 13 million dollars under a new credit agreement. Three British POWs awarded a national diploma in poultry husbandry. Manitoba Agriculture Minister Campbell aims for electricity reach for every farmer within seven years. Wing Cmdr Kenneth Maclure receives Air Force Cross for Polar flight work. The Thracian, a 25-year-old British destroyer, recommissioned after being found among surrendered ships at Yokosuka.
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D. J. Campbell
Manitoba
Thracian
Hong Kong
Royal Navy
Yokosuka
Italian ice cream vendor receives Victoria Cross for war service
Alfredo Domnini, an enemy alien with Aliens' ID 60058, enters Buckingham Palace to witness his son Dennis Donnini, 19, posthumously win the Victoria Cross for actions on the Western Front. The King honors the family, noting two sons killed, a prisoner, and two daughters in the ATS.
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Alfredo Domnini
Buckingham Palace
Ee VC
Ier Dennis Donnini
Donnini
Silvia
A.T.S
Alfred Donnini
Britain
Confini
ATS
Domini
Palace
V.C
Dutch clothing shortage alarms Netherlands in wartime
The Ministry of Trade and Commerce warns of severe clothing scarcity in Holland with 33 percent of average earners and 28 percent of higher earners lacking usable footwear. Food shipments arrive, but vast clothing needs loom, including 94 thousand tons of cotton and wool and millions of yards of broadcloth and shoes. Canadians are urged to help through the National Clothing Collection in October.
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Ministry of Trade and Commerce
Holland
A Definite Menace Seen By Liberated Prisoners
Australian and British officers among freed prisoners from Formosa reaching Manila said the Japanese still are a definite menace. They believed victory was complete but too many of Japan’s armies remained untouched.
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Formosa
Manila
Future uncertain for the battleship Normandie at New York pier
The 60 million liner Normandie lies abandoned at a New York pier after a fire and capsizing. Despite $14 million spent on conversion to a troopship, repairs halted and officials offer no clear plan. France’s consulate says no interest. the French line and Navy defer decisions on future ownership and sailing.
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Normandie
New York
President Truman
United States Navy
U.S. Gornment
Lafayette
United States
France
U.S. Navy Department
Sun Yat-sen Praises Hong Kong as Model for China
The St Thomas Times-Journal notes Sun Yat-sen’s visit to the Hong Kong university where he praised British governance. He urged Chinese students to apply the English example of good government at home, contrasting Hong Kong’s development with China’s past.
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Hong Kong
Great Britain
China
Britain
Sun Yat-sen
St. Thomas
Obsolete Liberty Ship Empire Simba Sends Gas Dump Pact
The liberty ship Empire Simba sailed from a Scotland harbor carrying poison gas to be dumped in the Atlantic and will not return. It becomes Britain’s first scuttled vessel in a program to dispose of gas stockpiled for potential German use. Other obsolete ships will follow with similar cargoes.
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London
Scotland
Atlantic
Britain
Henry IV Orders Death Penalty for Indigo Users
In a historic decree Henry IV of France ordered the death penalty for individuals who use or import indigo. The ruling reflects royal efforts to control dye trade and regulate commerce across the realm.
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Henry IV
France
Britain welcomes MacArthur moves to abolish Japanese Imperial Headquarters
Editorial endorses the abolition of Japanese Imperial Headquarters and censorship of domestic and overseas broadcasts as essential to Allied policy. It argues the Japanese surrender role was overstated by broadcasts and credits the atomic bomb with accelerating a preexisting decline, while praising oversight of foreign and domestic radio to counter misinformation.
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General MacArthur
Britain
British Commonwealth
Empire
Japan
Germany
Potsdam
Hazing at Queen’s University Declines Over Two Decades
The Kingston Whig-Standard notes that freshman hazing at Queen’s University has greatly diminished from brutal initiation to rare physical assault. Authors urge replacing any indignity with a public ceremony welcoming newcomers into a culture devoted to higher education.
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Queen's University
Kingston Whig-Standard
National Immunization Week urged to curb deadly diseases
Canada observes National Immunization Week to reduce diphtheria whooping cough scarlet fever and smallpox deaths. Health League of Canada and health departments promote vaccination saying 1944 tolls reached 758 from the three diseases and that vaccines offer strong protection. Parents urged to contact physicians or health offices immediately and to buy War Savings Stamps.
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Health League of Canada
Canada
The
Dominion
Plan Shows Aerial Water Bombing For Fire Damping
Ontario's Provincial Air Service tests water bombing from a float plane to dampen small bush fires. Carl Crossley pilots the craft dropping nearly a ton of water in nine seconds, then refills on a lake and returns to the fire.
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Ontario
Carl Crossley
Canada
Lands and Forests
W. G. Thompson
Crossley
Child Rescued From Tracks By Quick CN Rail Crew
An eighteen month old boy, son of a Carrick worker near Winnipeg, crawled onto CN rails as a train approached. Fireman and brakeman acted fast. Brakeman A E Rice leaped ahead to grab the child and both were clear as the locomotive passed. The mother witnessed the rescue.
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Canadian National Railways
Carrick
Winnipeg
A. E. Rice
Pharaoh Welcomes Josephs Brothers in Ancient Egypt
Sunday School lesson notes describe Jacob learning Joseph is alive and the family moving to Egypt. It contrasts Pharaoh Akhnaton's humane policy with earlier conquest, noting occupation as shepherd overcoming Egyptian prejudice and offering relief and work.
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Jacob
Joseph
Egypt
Pharaoh
Omas Mann
Akhnaton
Police chiefs urge highway speed limit until roads repaired
The Ottawa Journal backs a 40 mile limit until highways are restored and tires replaced. It argues speed should come with safety and notes the era of cautious driving. The article recalls 1886 when Alexander Buntin installed what is claimed to be America’s first wood grinder for pulp at Valleyfield Quebec.
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Ottawa Journal
Alexander Buntin
Valleyfield
Que
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Domei
Gent
Ghent
Belgium
Congress
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Norway
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
Red Cross
St. John War Organization
Kenneth Cecil Maclure
Westmount
Quc
R.A.F
Aries
Air Force Cross
King George
Windsor
Ont
Emilie Gaudette
Reg'lar
Gene Byrnes
Uealthy Canada
Sy Fred Neher
By William Ferguson
Black Hills
South Dakota
Canadian Lumberman's Association
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