Hawaii Territory Described Amid Pacific War Ties
A historical survey of the Hawaiian Islands noting their location, discovery, annexation, and status as a U.S. territory. It covers climate, volcanoes, agriculture, key places like Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, and the islands’ role in global defense and trade, concluding with a hopeful note on peace and continued links between continents.
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Pacific Ocean
Pearl Harbor
Orient
Australia
New Zealand
San Francimo
Hong Kong
Sandwich Islands
United States
Hawaii
Hendrix van Lyon
Pacific
Gaetana
Captain Cook
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
Kilauea
Maui
Honolulu
Oahu
Congress of the United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Three-Cent Bonus to boost eggs for Britain exports
The agriculture department announced an order-in-council authorizing a three cent per dozen bonus on grade A eggs exported to Britain under current terms with the British food ministry. An extra half cent per dozen will be paid for dipping eggs to preserve quality. The aim is to maximize sales to Britain next year. Existing contracts call for 772000 cases by May 31, with Britain requesting higher shipments and storage in Canada for fall 1942. The bonus can cover up to 1,272,000 cases.
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Britain
British Food Ministry
Agriculture Department
Canada
Less and Less Freedom under Vichy Decrees
The Vichy regime remolds French institutions to resemble German control, sidelining public voice. Juries lose independence with fewer jurors and in court presence, retroactivity expands to military courts, and confiscations may occur without legal process, eroding liberty for French citizens.
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Vichy
Germany
France
New York Times
Canada wartime price board to likely persist after war
R F Chisholm national administrator of wholesale trade told newspapermen the Wartime Prices and Trade Board will probably continue after the war until the fear of any collapse in the Canadian economy passes Edgar G Burton national administrator of retail trade supported this view and said the best features of the plan would be retained permanently He added Washington representatives are discussing with the Canadian board and studying the situation closely U S Government will likely adopt similar measures to Canada to manage the economy.
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R. F. Chisholm
Prices and Trade Board
Edgar G. Burton
Burton
Washington
United States
Canada
England's Yeomen of the Guard founded in 1485
A brief note recalls that England's Yeomen of the Guard were established in 1485 by King Henry VII, marking the origins of the historic royal bodyguard.
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England
Yeomen of the Guard
Henry
Globe trotter ledger ends 70 year wandering life
Sandy J. Ledger a monocled 70 year old hobo who has crossed the Atlantic 42 times and worked as a circus peanut vender longshoreman and compositor said his 56 years of globe tramping are over He plans to settle in Miami and notes he printed a newspaper at sea making him the first North American printer to print aboard a ship.
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Sandy J. Ledger
Atlantic
Times of London
Ledger
Massachusetts
France
London Daily Mail
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
Miami
Radioactivity Treatment May Cure Disease With Atom-Smashed Phosphorus
University of Pennsylvania scientist Dr. Eugene Pendergrass demonstrated a potential leukemia cure using cyclotron-irradiated phosphorus. A Geiger counter logged clicks over the patient, indicating white blood cell activity targeted by radioactivity, though the treatment is not yet ready for general use.
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University of Pennsylvania
Eugene Pendergrass
Pendergrass
Selected Recipes Creamed Turkey Rings and Baskets
Simple home style directions for using butter milk flour and turkey in dressings or potato baskets. Dressing Rings mold rings bake fill with creamed turkey. Potato Baskets mix mashed potatoes butter milk and eggs shape and bake then fill with creamed turkey.
Hore-Belisha Says Japan Can Carry On For Fifteen Months
Leslie Hore-Belisha former Secretary for War told London listeners that observers think Japan has ample stocks of war making commodities to endure 15 months of major conflict. He warned that much of the world’s striking power remains with the Axis and that Japan must seize economic strength via its navy or face collapse.
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Hore-Belisha
Japan
Leslie Hore-Belisha
London
A&a
Agassiz Declines Lecture Fees Over Time Waste
Louis Agassiz, famed Swiss zoologist, reportedly turned down a Western university head’s offer of a sizeable fee to lecture on natural history. He was immersed in Harvard work and said, I am sorry but I cannot afford to waste my time in making money.
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Louis Agassiz
Agassiz
Harvard
The Individual Citizen's Army Opens a New Column
A Canadian Army feature explains the idea of the individual citizen's army. The piece discusses ranks nicknames like Clarks as "Nobby" or "Knobby" and notes the speaker’s meeting with Defence Minister Ralston. It cites Hansard on citizen recruiting and reveals the title The Individual Citizen's Army for the column.
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Dusty
Miller
Rhodes
Clark
Colonel Clark
Clarks
Nobby
Rudyard Kipling
John Citizen
8 Brass Hat
Air Force
Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
England
House of Commons
Press Gallery
Lsten
Col. Ralston
Hansard
Citzens
B. W. Browne
D.S.G
M.C
Sam
Bomb factory pilots vow to drop bombs on call
A Glasgow dispatch notes bomber pilots telling shell workers in northwest England, Give us the bombs and we will drop them, and We are always standing by on call. The piece ends with a blunt aside about the lungs of the average man containing about five quarts of air and the air being hot.
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Motherland
Glasgow
England
Canada Forest Area Exceeds Three Quarters Of Usable Land
Canada’s forested area surpasses 1,220,600 square miles, about 35 percent of total land, per Dominion Forest Service. Of these, 450,000 square miles are not suitable for commerce, while 770,000 hold usable timber now or in near future. Accessible productive forest covers about 430,000 square miles, with 45 percent merchantable and 55 percent young growth.
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Canada
Dominion Forest Service
Rance of Sarawak Says Miri Wells Blown Up
The Rance, wife of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke who rules Sarawak, told reporters in New York that wells at Miri were blown up when Japanese invaders appeared. She said the Japanese would need Os badly and suggested landing forces, then added Sarawak head hunters could defend inland if the coast is breached.
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Rance
Sarawak
Charles Vyner Brooke
Miri
New York
Silk yardage for parachutes and Australian peach output
A note records that 65 yards of high quality silk are needed for a standard parachute. It also reports Australian dried peaches this year weighed 478 tons, indicating agricultural output data for the period.
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R.C.A.F
Australia
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la Salle
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Kefk Aa
Guftet Trem
Gietress
Eads Globe
By Fred Neher
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