Miracle Ice could boost world fish supply and reduce spoilage
Seattle developed a bacteria retarding white formula ice that slows spoilage in holds and markets. Tests on halibut and cod show fish remaining fresh 15 to 20 days, with no odors, preserving texture and flavor. Officials see wider uses for fruit and vegetables, including lettuce extended to 21 days.
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Bob Burandt
Central Press
Seattle
America
Pacific Coast
Kodiak
Alaska
Seattle Pacific College
Harvey C. McMillen
Foreign Economic Administration
Lima
Peru
Charles F. Shockey
Clarence Anderson
Washington State Department of Fisheries
R. W. Clough
Association of Pacific Fisheries
Peter Jorgenson
Pete Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Norway
Canada
Central
South America
Pittsburgh
California
Export-Import Hearing To Start Tuesday
Senate banking committee to begin hearings Tuesday on increasing the export import bank lending authority from 700 million to 3 billion. The move aims to finance international trade before the Bretton Woods bank is established and could extend 1 billion in credits to Russia. Chairman Wagner expects a brief hearing and swift Senate action next week.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Bretton Woods
Russia
Wagner
D-Ny
Banking Committee
White Man Paid Real Money For America
Interior head Ickes reports that since 1790 about 800 million dollars has bought 95 percent of public domain lands from 66 tribes through 389 treaties. Some 2.6 million square miles were acquired, including Manhattan’s $24 purchase jokingly noted.
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Washington
America
Ickes
Interior Department
Manhattan Island
Government land sales and investment loss on Indian lands
The speaker noted that investing the Indians' money at 6 percent compounded would now buy back the island at current values and still leave $400,000,000. He added that large tracts bought from the Indians for $1.25 an acre remain unsold, with many parcels leased at nominal grazing rates.
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Gested
Ickes
Bootleggers Blamed In Store Burnings in Georgetown
In Georgetown Georgia two liquor stores burned early today near the Alabama line. Sheriff O D Kaigler said store operators blamed Alabama bootleggers. Town population about 400, and many locals think the shops were supplying bootleggers across the border.
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Georgetown
O.D. Kaigler
Alabama
Salvation Army youth program in High Point supports sports and music
City Salvation Army runs eight youth teams with about 200 players under standard rules, plus 742 youngsters in swimming in a new pool. A large band under Benne Waters trains 35 musicians. G M Nicholson oversees athletics. W F Byerly handles crafts and army property. Mrs H M Ling coordinates morale mail and letters to servicemen. The unit also houses visiting servicemen with extra beds, meals, and refreshments.
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Benne Waters
Old Trinity College
Benne
Gershwin
Nicholson
H. M. Ling
Home League
Salvation Army
Collins
WAVES Third Anniversary Day Proclaimed in North Carolina
Governor Cherry and Mayor E N Phillips set July 30 as WAVES third anniversary day urging NC citizens to honor women serving as WAVES. He notes Navy needs two thousand new WAVES monthly, and about half to assist casualties. Salvation Army remarks follow on juvenile services and charitable support.
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WAVES
North Carolina
Navy
E. N. Phillips
Cherry
Pacific
Navy Waves
North Caroline
Timberwolf recalls WWII patrols and Halle airfield relief
A veteran recounts marching with the 69th and meeting Russians near Torque Germany on V E Day near Halle. He earned the bronze star delivering Ruhr pocket supplies and witnessed Nordhausen camp horrors. He recalls return to the states, war trophies, and planned Pacific duty after amphibious training in California.
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Torque
Germany
69Th
Carter Colton Cigar Company
Roy Hutchens
Gordon
Halle
Hitler
Ruhr
Nordhausen
Europe
States
Stanton Island
William Burris
California
Pacific
Sugar substitutes in canning recipes discussed
The note states honey can replace up to half the sugar and corn syrup up to one third in canning recipes. Saccharin may impart bitterness. For more canning guidance, contact Mrs. Kimrey at the county building.
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Cardoning
Kimrey
Gasoline Ration Holders Count By Category Reported
The system lists 22,800,000 holders for category A, 8,800,000 for category B, and 5,600,000 for category C as reported by A. The data outlines allocation tiers and distribution among the categories.
Restricted Feed Supply Threatens Livestock Production
Industry spokesmen warn that poor corn crop prospects will tighten feed supplies and limit meat dairy and poultry output for 18 months. The council, after meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, urged diverting wheat notes to feed and subsidizing wheat to ease shortages in New England mid Atlantic and the southeast where imports exceed 75 percent.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Agriculture Department
New England
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Soap Sale Triggers Riot in Jacksonville Store
In Jacksonville Florida a crowd of women over 1 000 surged into a downtown drug store responding to a soap sale. Four policemen struggled to restore order as two plate glass windows shattered and the interior was wrecked. The store reported 47 cases of soap flakes and a large supply of toilet soap evaporated within about two hours.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Austerity Wins Windsor Magna Carta Plate Run
London racing at Windsor features six events with Austerity owned by J. B. of the United States capturing the $1,000 Magna Carta plate. Ridden by Sam Wragg, Austerity holds off Audentes, a British owned rival, to win by a length and a half.
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London
J. 8
United States
Windsor
Sam Wragg
Audentes
Farming was Japan prewar's biggest business and rice primary crop
Prewar Japan relied on farming as its largest economy with rice as the principal crop driving rural livelihoods and national food security.
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Japan
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