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Navy cooks and storm signals two world topics
An article extols US Navy cooking on ships with ample naval kitchen gear and strict quality control. It contrasts American naval meals with British fare, notes rapid, hot service to 700 sailors, and outlines pay for cooks and bakers. It also covers an international London meteorology conference proposing uniform storm signals and wireless weather reports for global maritime safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
United States
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Jack
Uncle Sam
His Majesty’s Armorclads
Messien
Missouri
W. N. Shaw
British Meteorological Offee
A. Augat
Central
French Meteorological Service
French Meteorological Service; Rev. L. Froe
Shanghai
China
Admiral Wirz
Deutsche Seewarte
Hamburg
Germany
H. Mohn
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
K. Nakamuray
Meteorological Service of
Japan
Messrs. Aligat
Hirz
Moore
Rykatcheff
Central Physical Observatory
St. Petersburg
Russia
France
England