Spud Marketing Adopts Idaho Style in Maine
In Presque Isle Maine March 2 Merchandising has hit the potato trade as Maine joins Idaho and Oregon in a marketing surge. T M Hoyt promotes two grade packing with peck cartons and bushel boxes using an automatic grading system and a starching byproduct as undersize tubers are diverted. Hoyt ships two carloads weekly and distributes a booklet Twenty tasty ways to cook Maine potatoes daily for health.
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International News Service
Presque Isle
T. M. Hoyt
Aroostook County
Maine
Idaho
Hoyt
Oregon
South
California
Grocers Form Amarillo Buying and Advertising Group
The Independent Grocers Association of Amarillo, formed last week and perfected at a meeting last night, will operate as a cooperative purchasing and advertising body within weeks. Seventeen charter members include Fred Cornelius City Market and Central Grocery, with leaders Lee McSpadden president and M M Merriman secretary. several longtime local grocers joined, aiming to aid buying public. A line notes a church shaped like a stadium in Amsterdam.
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Independent Grocers Association of
Amarillo
M. M. Merriman
Lee McSpadden
McSpadden
Fred Cornelius
Central Grocery
Harton Grocery
McIlroy’s Market
Reitman and Son
Hallmark Grocery
Barton Bros. Grocery
Bungalow Grocery
City Market & Grocery
J. H. Harris & Sons
W. L. Harris
G. G. Laing
Laing Grocery Company
Mellroy's Market
North Buchanan Grocery
Polk Street Grocery & Market
Reitman & Son
R. L. Williams
Jordan Grocery
Minister of Mines Dies at Victoria B C
William Sloan BC minister of mines died in Victoria after a hemorrhage he was 61 years old but the article notes his sudden illness and death in the capital city on March 2.
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Mines
Victoria, B.C
Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
William Sloan
British Columbia
King Herring Caught In Schooner Nets Near Boston
Unusual catch reported by Captain John Shea on the schooner Nina B a King Herring weighing about four pounds and first of its kind in Boston in eighteen years. It was taken off Highland Light Cape Cod amid a large herring haul.
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International News Service
Boston
Nina
John Shea
Daily Bulletin
Boston Fish Bureau
Frying Eggs for Navy Breakfast Hard Job
Navy cooks on the U S aircraft carrier Lexington face a tough task feeding 1500 men. They fry about 3 000 eggs for breakfast daily with two eggs per man, and Fridays are the busiest as cooks aim to serve hot, timely meals without delays.
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NAVY
International News Service
Boston
Mass
U. S
Lexington
Commissary
Poland and Lithuania Agree on Conference
London reports from Riga that Poland accepted Lithuania’s proposal to start negotiations March 13 in Koenigsberg Germany. The talks aim to settle long standing issues including a proposed League of Nations role and the method of negotiation between Warsaw and Kaunas amid lingering difficulties.
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Associated Press
London
Riga
Kovno
Lithuania
Poland
Koeniga_berg
Germany
Last of Cork Cutters Plying Trade in London
Leopold Garas, famed as the last of the hand cork cutters, shown in Warsaw, still works in a one room shop in London. He suggested two methods for settling pending matters. In Nottingham the civic hall walls will be padded with American seaweed to improve acoustics.
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League of Nations
Caras
Koenigsberg
Garas
London
DY Lottrewane
Eas Dervier
Leopold Garas
Warsaw
Poland
Nottingham
England
Walla
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