Lunch Bucket Brigade in a Growing Cafeteria World
A first person essay traces a boyhood lunch habit from home meals to school lunches, then follows the rise of self service cafeterias in Phoenix. It laments higher restaurant costs eroding noon breaks and mocks new self serve trends while defending the pleasures of home cooking and the lunch bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Shamrock
Miller’s
West Adams
YMCA
Central
Luhrs Hotel
Jay’s
Central and
Jefferson
First Ave
Monroe
Shades
Fosters and
Comptons
Thompsons
Chicago
Automats
New York
U S Seeks Return of Alleged Kidnapper
Paris Aug 6 AP A U S Embassy attache said extradi tion proceedings will start against Mrs Philomine Kreisler Kirkwood a 27 year old New York mother if she refuses voluntary return to face kidnapping charges. The charges stem from her former husband George Kreisler a Manhattan nightclub entertainer. He alleges she planned to take their son Tom 8 to Berlin then Russian occupied Germany to raise him as a Communist. Mrs Kirkwood was detained in Cherbourg aboard the Homeland with the boy and spent the night at the Cherbourg police station awaiting the warrant arrival. The Cherbourg commissioner said she would be released if the New York warrant does not arrive.
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Paris
U. S
United States
New York
Philomine Kreisler Kirkwood
George Kreisler
Manhattan
Kreisler
Berlin
Tom
Flowers Dropped Over Hiroshima On Sixth Anniversary
In Hiroshima Aug 6 1951 a US B 26 bomber dropped two laurel wreaths over the ruined Industrial Promotion Hall to mark six years since the atomic bombing. Three Korean War veterans manned the plane, Capt Ernest Jones and gunners Sgts Gabriel Verdi and John Harris, with wreaths supplied by Third Bomb Wing personnel. The ceremony recalled the 100000 dead as shrines filled with mourners and aid for orphans took place amid rebuilding.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Ernest Jones
Omaha
Korea
Gabriel D. Verdi
Bronx
N Y
John W. Harris
Rochester
N.Y
Verdi
Harris
Cuba Senator Chibas Shoots Self In Radio Protest
In Havana Aug 6 AP report Senator Eduardo Chibas, a sharp critic of President Prio Socarras, shot himself after a radio broadcast condemning the regime. A bystander in the studio, Romelio Hernandez, 29, was accidentally wounded. Chibas, 43, was gravely injured and received last rites as about 5,000 people gathered outside the hospital. He reportedly urged Orthodox Party unity before fading into unconsciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Eduardo R. Chibas
Carlos Prio Socarras
Prio
Romelio Hernandez
Chibas
Jose Pardo
Dada
Pardollada
Orthodox Party
Piio
Cheese Industry Gains Ground in Arizona
Arizona adds cheese making to its industries with the formation of the Arizona Cheese and Cattle Co. Inc. Plans call for plants at Yuma and Scottsdale. J. P. Zuest directs the project and the firm will produce cheeses now imported from Italy France and Spain.
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Arizona
Arizona Cheese and Cattle Co., Inc
Yuma
Scottsdale
J. P. Zuest
Italy
France
Spain
Train Collision Kills 8 in England Near Ford Junction
Eight people died and more than 50 were injured in a holiday train crash at Ford Junction, England, when a southbound electric locomotive rear ended a stationary electric train. Victims were vacationers bound for the seashore during the August bank holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Junction
Eng
London
Planes Collide In Westchester Airport Landing
A marine corps aircraft and a private four seater Cessna collided above Westchester County Airport in Harrison. The impact damaged one engine and removed a propeller from the Cessna as both planes sought to land. The pilots executed skillful crash landings with only one of five aboard injured. The Cessna veered into a wooded area while the marine plane landed on a single wheel. neither aircraft caught fire.
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Harrison
N. Y
Marine Corps
Westchester County
Marine
Gunmen Steal $800 From Midway Drive-In Theater
Two armed bandits held up the Midway Drive-In Theater cashier after closing Saturday night in Tucson. They forced the money from her at gunpoint and fled on foot across an adjacent vacant lot. An area wide search continues for the suspects.
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Tucson
Aug
Midway Drive-in
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Joe
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Hascock
Vinson-Co
England
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Eid
Pde
Ilingerie
Rak
Bank of Douzins
Travel
Bevereg
Rystal
Teete— Lergenel Om
FURN
Martin & Braton
Phome
Rosenz Meigs
First Avenue
Dick Steinman
Money Store
1St Ave
Western Auto
Peole
Little Loans Corp
N. 1St Ave
Mesa
Ed Vetter
West Main St
Walsh
Guthrie
Ahbaaw
Adams
First ST
Desert Fashions Shop
Prescott, Scottsdale
Dan River
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