Navy coffee and mugs spark breakfast mix up tale
A 1944 Oakland Naval Air Station breakfast for Col Otis Page triggered an official exchange. The coffee was criticized as not coffee and the cup lacked a handle. Gen George and others weighed coffee density and mug design in a humorous closing memo.
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West Coast
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Otis M. Page
Naval Air Station
Oakland
Calli
Parker Houses
N. C. Lee
Col. Page
James F. Dyer
Naval Air Transport
Dillon
S.C
Navy
Donald F. Smith
George
Army Air Force Transport Command
OPA Announces Small Increases on Canned Fruits and Refrigerators
The Office of Price Administration approved a 1 to 7 cent rise per can on peaches pears apricots plums and prunes and a 6 percent boost on standard mechanical refrigerators. The fruit price hike is not a cost of living rise and retailers may charge only after wholesalers ship new stock. OPA officials said further increases on canned applesauce citrus fruits cranberries and Concord grape juice would follow. The refrigerator increase ranges from $10 to $312 and becomes effective August 21 at the manufacturers level, passing to consumers as stock moves to retailers.
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OPA
Concord
Australian Says Russ Want War
J. Maloney a former Australian minister to Moscow says the Soviet Union seeks war or forces democracies to attack it. He claims Moscow will not permit peace while it can prevent it and notes he currently holds no government position in Australia.
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Sydney
J. Maloney
Moscow
Soviet Union
Maloney
Princeton Bicentennial set with 2000 scholars to attend
Princeton University announces its bicentennial celebration opening next month and running through the 1946 47 academic year. More than 2000 scholars and world figures will participate in events across campus and forums during the anniversary year.
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Princeton, N.J
Ins
Princeton University
Straits Crisis Deepens As U S Backing Affects Transit
A U S note to Moscow opens the way for freer Black Sea straits access while Britain backs similar steps. Turkey, guardian of the Dardanelles, blocks warship passage during war per Montreux terms. Byrnes signals U S support for unrestricted wartime and merchant transit.
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Turkey
Russia
Black Sea
Fedor Orekhov
State Department
Moscow
United States Prefers Broad Conference on Montreux Treaty Revision
State Department proposed attending any international conference to revise the Montreux Treaty and urged settling the future control issue in line with United Nations principles. Britain values Turkey ties and Mediterranean stakes. Indications point to a White House decision, after a meeting with President Truman and top military and cabinet officials, to reject Moscow’s recent demands on Ankara.
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Orekhov
United States
United Nations
Great Britain
Straits
Turkey
Moscow
Ankara
White House
Truman
iPrimary and Westchester Debates Highlight New York GOP Contests
The New York State Republican primary centers on renominating iPrimary candidates with Dewey backing Coudert over Baldwin. In Brooklyn, Pier Scrim between Steingut and Seiderman draws on Dewey era grand jury reports. Katherine St George vies for the 29th District, while Marcantonio aims for Harlem seat against Bryan. Overall, 21 Congressional races, six Senate battles, and 34 Assembly contests color the primary map.
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Joseph Clark Baldwin
Frederic R. Couvert, Jr
Coudert
New York County
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Baldwin
Ein
Brooklyn
Irwin Steingut
Paul Seiderman
Seiderman
Steingut
Dewe
State Supreme Court
Daniel F. Smrle
Hedson
Ham Fish
Katherine St. Georgi
Augustus W. Benne
Rpublican
Ham Fis
Rockland
Orange
Sullivan
Delaware
Fish
Renae Marcantonio
Patrick J. Hannigan
Marcantonio
Tammany
A.lp
Senate
Assembly
Lare
John Taber
Auburn
Carrollton A. Roberts
Geneva
W. Sterling Cole
Bath
F. Clifton White
New York
Walter G. Andrews
Edward J. Elsaesser
John C. Butler
Chenango Ballot Picks Narrow Line in Senate Nominees
The day decides the race for the Republican nomination in Chenango County honoring the seat vacated by Irving M. Ives who has retired. Janet Hill Gordon faces Earl B. Clark as the county votes. In state senate contests four incumbents seek renomination Arthur H. Wicks Kingston William Bewley Lockport Robert S. Bainbridge Staten Island and Edmund P. Radwan Buffalo seek another term.
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Janet Hill Gordon
Earl B. Clark
Chenango County
Irving M. Ives
Senate
Arthur H. Wicks
Kingston
William Bewley
Lockport
Robert S. Bainbridge
Staten Island
Edmund P. Radwan
Butfalo
Super Pool Helps New York Dairy Farmers Get Premium
Albany reports that the metropolitan New York milk supply will receive a 54 cent per hundredweight premium for July deliveries under a state backed super pool. State Agriculture Department trustee Laurence T. Clough said dealers who joined last July 9 paid before the deadline and that failure to pay would void the agreement. The premium boosts the July price from 3.83 to 4.37 per hundredweight, offsetting the loss of federal subsidies.
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Albany
New York
Laurance TL. Clough
State Agriculture Department
Clough
Teachers rally support for federal education program
ST PAUL Minn Dr Floyd M Reeves urged about 400 delegates at the American Federation of Teachers convention to back a ten year federal education program proposed in a bill introduced in Congress July 31 Reeves is a professor of art and spoke at the session urging strong backing for the initiative.
Best bill for education praised by Chicago University admin
A University of Chicago administrator lauded a proposed measure as the best bill ever drafted to meet the nation’s educational needs, underscoring its potential impact on schooling nationwide.
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University of Chicago
Snake causes forced landing in Burton England flight
An amateur pilot Cecil Packer forced a landing after a hitchhiking snake slithered into his cockpit at 500 feet. The reptile coiled around the rudder bar and inched toward the control stick during the flight.
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Burton
England
Cecil Packer
Packer
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