Romans used convoys to clear pirates from sea
NatGeo notes convoying ships trace to early Rome as pirates spurred protection. Liburnian light galleys inspired swift class with oar rows. Pompey cleared the Mediterranean, then guard networks extended to frontiers. Later, piracy shaped leagues and law, with merchant ships forming naval reserves and crews treated as POWs when captured.
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National Geographic Society
Rome
Adriatic
Pompey
Mediterranean
England
Spain
X Ray Machine Allows Mass Airplane Casting Inspection
A new mass production X ray unit inspects up to 17000 airplane castings daily using a 40 by 3 foot conveyor. It exposes six castings every 30 seconds, or one every five seconds, enabling rapid defect detection and faster delivery of better airplanes.
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America
Eye height illusion from vertical objects explained
Optical illusions make tall objects look longer than their actual height. The Better Vision Institute notes the eye overestimates vertical lines because it prefers horizontal eye movement. Demonstrating by counting 10 feet up a wall versus across shows the effect.
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Better Vision Institute
Palermo Seaport Drives Sicily Trade Through History
Western Sicily relied on Palermo as the main trade hub for lemons oranges wine sumac almonds and pasta products. The city, home to about 410000, grew from a Phoenician settlement called Panormus before Roman Byzantine Arab and later European powers influenced its fortunes.
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Sicily
Palermo
Panormus
All Harbor
Protective Coatings Guard War Equipment and Food Cans
The article explains that armor for military hardware and repair parts, down to small components, are protected by coatings from the paint and varnish industry. It notes food cans also receive protective linings to prevent corrosion during long voyages to Arctic or equatorial regions.
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Arctic
Steyskal Keeps Navy Tailor Traditions Alive in Detroit
Jack F. Steyskal seaman first class runs the tailor shop at the Detroit Naval armory. His family founded Michigan’s first tailor shop a century ago on the site of the Book-Cadillac hotel. His grandfather was George Custer’s personal tailor. The grandson now serves several prospective admirals.
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Navy
Jack F. Steyskal
Jack
Detroit Naval Armory
Michigan
Book-Cadillac
George Armstrong Custer
Easy Churning Conditions for Cream Butterfat Range
The guide notes that cream with 30 to 40 percent butterfat churns easily while thin cream leads to difficult churning, highlighting fat content as the key factor in smooth production.
Market report from Chicago hogs cattle and sheep
Markets show hogs 14 000 cattle 11 000 sheep 7 000 with weights over 200 pounds fair activity and sows steady to strong. Under 200 pounds unevenly strong to 25 cents higher. Top 5 cents lower at 13 85. Cattle lean supply with calves 1 200 and vealers firm at 16.00. Sheep active and steady with Colorado fed lambs around 16 40 to 16 50 and lambs 16 25 to 16 50. sheep very scarce.
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Chicago
Kansas
Colorado
Chicago Produce Market Report
Chicago April 4 receipts show Rees totals at 1 054 cases with unsettled market. extra firsts 33 and 40 percent, current receipts 20, dirtles 2 744, checks 27. Poultry totals include 1 car and 14 trucks. market firm and unchanged.
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Rees
Poultry in Cold Storage Cancelled for Army
The War Food Administration cancelled the order that had set aside 176 million pounds of poultry in cold storage as of December 30 for the army.
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Washington, D. C
The
War Food Administration
Army
Bids Opened April 17 1944 With Awards Within Ten Days
Bids will be opened at 2 P M on April 17 1944 and awards will be made not later than ten days afterward.
War era notices from Muscatine and Camp Peterson
Local notices list new addresses for Pvt. Robert F. Downing and Len McChurch at Camp Si bert and Camp Peterson Idaho. Families and service members including Ellis Shields reported killed in action near New Guinea and SPAR petty officer third class Marcene Shaffnit promoted in Washington.
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Harry Shields
Muscatine
Washington
War Department
Ellis Shields
New Guinea
Wm, Hindah
Len McChurch
Ben F. McChurch
Camp Peterson
Farragut
Idaho
Elmer Wells
Lola Wells Hughes
Milwaukee
Wisc
Frank Wells
Harold Duke
Chicago
Fenje Duke
Camp Hale
Colo
Mrs. Wells
Duke
Jimmy Wells
India
Junior Wells
Washington, D. C
Peanut Butter as a Cooking Fat Substitute
Peanut butter can replace all or part of fat in recipes for cream soup cream sauce scalloped vegetables muffins baking powder biscuits drop cookies cupcakes and simple frostings.
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Rex B. Swan
Mt. Pleasant
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Phope
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Frank J. Stewart
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James D. Helmick
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Food For Freedom
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Anthony Drexel Biddle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Great Britain
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STARK
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William C. Weir
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