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In These United States
June Again Set for National
Dairy Week in United States
With production and distribution of milk at the highest levels
in history, "Dairy -Month" is celebrating its tenth anniversary
through the month of June. Again the dairy industry calls atten
tion of the public to the vital part played by milk and dairy prod
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In the beginning, however, the
observance was neither a "month"
nor was it June. In 1937 the dairy
industry promoted a national milk
week for November 14 to 20 in an
effort to sell more milk and ice
cream. Everyone was urged to pur
chase an extra quart of milk on Fri
day of that week. It was not until
1939 that dairymen, fountain opera
tors and others decided to promote
dairy products one month of the
year. June was selected because it
is the time of year when milk pro
duction is the greatest
Milk cows were first brought to
America in 1611 for the Jamestown
colony. In 1624 a few cows arrived
for the Plymouth colony. The first
regular shipment of milk by rail
was inaugurated in 1841, from
Orange county to New York City.
Pasteur experiments were started
in 1696, and since that time .the dairy
industry has made rapid progress.
The milk bottle was not invented
by Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher of Pots
dam, N. Y? until 1884.
Fluid milk was not included in the
army diet until 1933, but during
World War II the use of milk and
dairy products by the armed forces
was a must.
Trade Idaho Spads
For Rica Bananas
BOISE, IDAHO. ? The fast mo
torships on the Caribbean run, which
bring bananas to the United States,
take Idaho potatoes back to Costa
Rica, says C. G. Rice, Idaho adver
tising commissioner, who visited
Central America recently.
Idaho housewives who buy Costa
Rican bananas as soon as they ar
rive have nothing on the women of
Central America who await ship
ments of Idaho potatoes just as
eagerly.
Rice checked several shipments
of the potatoes and found that they
arrived at Costa Rica in. first-class
condition and the trade there bought
them up the minute they were put
on the market.
15* TEARS OLD ... Not the girl
?bore, bat the city of Cleveland,
Ohio. Mary Dublin, blue-eyed and
21, has been crowned Sesqnieen
tennial Queen to reign over Cleve
land's 150th birthday anniversary
this year.
College Students
Taller than Gls
BERKELEY, CALIF. ? In the
western part of the United States,
the average young woman is 5 feet,
3ft inches tall and weighs 127
pounds, while the average male is
5 feet, 8ft inches in height and
weighs 153ft pounds.
These averages were gathered in
a measurement survey by Dr. Theo
dore D. McCown, University of
California anthropologist, for the
committee on prosthetic devices of
the National Research council. The
study was made to obtain average
arm and leg measurements, and
the standard statistics obtained will
be used in the improvement of arti
ficial limbs.
The 1,000 young women measured
were college students and WAVES.
Men measured included 800 sol
diers and sailors, 700 college stu
dents, and 300 males from the gen
eral population. Greater differ
ences were found among the col
lege students than among the sol
diers and sailors. College students
were about one inch taller and two
and one-quarter pounds heavier than
military personnel.
'Sailor? Have a
Girl in Every ?'
CHICAGO. ? A bluejacket re
cently walked Into a Loop candy
store and bought 14 boxes of
candy. He left instructions to
have them sent to 14 different
girls in all parts ef the U. 8.
When he was asked if It's
tree that a sailor "has a girl in
every pert," he grinned had was
SKI BILLETS . . . White hickory,
used for making Norwegian skiis,
grows in Florida, the tropical
playground state. J. S. Adkison
of Ocala, Fla., is shown sizing up
ski "billets" before shipping to
Norwegian manufacturers.
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>WlAnON NOTES
AIRPORT CHATTER
A municipal airpark has been ap
proved and licensed at Plainwell,
Mich. . . . Use of Lamesa field.
Lamesa, Texas, as a municipal
airport for that city has been al
lowed on a temporary basis. . . .
Some 48 CAA towers are now guard
ing the 131.9 megacycle for private
flyers and the number will be in
creased to 100 by June 1. . . . Re
member, July 1 is the deadline for
the annual inspection of aircraft by
the CAA. Owners or operators of un
inspected aircraft will be subject to
penalties of the civil air regulations
after that date. . . . Howard W.
Sinclair, who has been with CAA
since 1942, has been appointed as
sistant administrator for aviation
training. . . . Col. Fred M. Glass,
wartime chief of staff for the Pacific
division, ATC, has been appointed
vice president in charge of PCA's
southern region.
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Students of meteorology,
eloud formations and other aero
nautical subjects at the Midloth
ian elementary school, Tinley
Park, Chicago, are given a
plane ride by Lester Palmer,
their teacher.
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SOLOS BY ITSELF!
At Fremont, Nebr., recently a
pilotless plane took off by itself
when its engine was left running.
For nearly three hours it flew over
Nebraska and finally landed 42
miles from its take-off point with
only a damaged wing and tail and
a broken propeller?and its gas tank
empty.
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OWNS AN AIR FORCE
Paul Mantz, a Californian who
learned to fly about 20 years ago,
owns more airplanes than any of the
smaller nations! His 509 planes
make him the seventh largest air
power in the world. He recently pur
chased 475 surplus planes from the
U. S. government, but plans to
cut his fleet down to about 110
planes. Paul holds the world's out
side loop record ? 45 in succes
sion. His planes are used for spe
cial trips of all kinds.
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Ex-Army Pilot Leases Field
The Gettysburg, S. D., city coun
cil has given management of the
municipal landing field, south of Get
tysburg, to Bob Clark, ex-army
pilot.
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PIPER PA-12 . . . Carries three
passengers. Has 1M hp motor and
cruising speed of 1M to IK mph.
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SOURCE BOOK FOR FLYERS
A guide in teaching aviation to '
youngsters, "Aviation Education I
Source Book," prepared under di- I
recti on of Dr. Paul R. Hanna, Stan
ford university, for CAA is now
available. It contains 1,400 pages and
more than 1,000 photographs. But
it coats (8.00 a copy!
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Twenty students are enrolled in
the light training coarse at the
University of Arkansas. Tie
coarse Inclades both ground
I week and light traiahag.
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The 100,000 who gathered at
Louisville for the Kentucky Derby
offered a keen cross section of the
sporting viewpoint. For they came
from practically every state, and all
are sports - minded. Outside of the
Derby itself, I found that they were
talking about the other turf classics,
the two pennant races and the
Louis-Conn fight.
It was rather amazing to hear the
number backing Conn if the odds
remain around 3 in
Billy Conn
1, or perhaps a
trifle less. One
well-known sports
man from the Far
West told me that
a big rush of Conn
money had begun
to arrive. The main
theory seemed to
be that while both
men had been away
from the ring for
four years, Conn
was still four years
younger and he could afford to lose
that much time to better advan
tage than could Louis.
So far aa the two pennant races
are concerned, mos^ of the senti
ment on the American league side
belongs to the Boston Red Sox. The
angle being that Owner Tom
Yawkey had spent too moeh money
to keep on missing pennants for
ever, and that both Tawkey and
Boston rated a flag. The early
showing of the Red Sox indicated
that they may be even stronger than
the pre-seaaon dope indicated, be
cause their pitching is better than
It originally looked.
I found that the majority with
whom I talked still don't believe that
the Yankees can get enough con
sistent pitching to win. They rate
Spud Chandler as one of the best
in either league, but they also say
that a pennant race is a heavy bur
den for the one right arm. Chandler
is on his way to beat his great 1943
record, when' he won 20 games and
lost only 4. Spud still figures he
might just as well have won 23 and
lost only 1 that year. He always has
been a hard-working, bear-down
pitcher and he still has his stuff
intact.
Lots of Dodger Fans
While 1 found that the National
league fans were naturally pulling
for their home teams, such as the
Cubs and Cardinals, their outside
sympathy still remains with the
Dodgers. It is surprising what a
strong nationwide following the
Dodgers have. The enthusiasm of
Brooklyn itself, on the baseball
side, has a lot to do with this. In
picking' a World Series contender
from the National league, the
Dodger vote would be overwhelm
ing. Their early rush to the front
only started louder cheering.
Few believe that any team is go
ing to beat out the Cardinals when
the season finally swings into a
steady grind. They look to have too
many good ballplayers to be headed
off by any team now in sight.
Almost every other spectator
wanted me to pick the winner of
the Louis-Conn meeting. The only
answer is that thus far neither has
come into his real training period?
at least, far enough along to give
any true line. The only good line
nna nan not mne4 r>r\mo
two weeks, when the tip-off should
be due.
1946 Back field Stars
I also ran into a number of lead
ing football coaches at the recent
Derby among the vast assemblage
from the 48 states. Two of these were
Wallie Butts of Georgia and Paul
Bryant of Kentucky. They were
talking about the job selectors are
going to have in naming the four
best backs of the coming season.
"For example," Wallie Botts
said, "who can name a better all
around back than Charley Trippi of
Georgia, who, as a passer, runner,
tackier or blocker, hai everything
a star back needs. And he Is ex
ceptionally good at them all."
Paul Bryant, who had a fine
record at Maryland last fall, began
to figure out the leading back?.
"Trippi is certainly one of the
best," he said. "But, in addition,
there still are Blanchard and Davis
from West Point to be remembered.
There will be Bud Young at Illinois,
Bob Fenimore at Oklahoma A.
and M.; and there also will be
Harry Gilmer at Alabama. And
don't think these will complete the
list. There will be others who can't
be overlooked. There should be at
least 10 or 12 great backs and I
don't mean merely pretty good. For
example, there is also Wedemeyer
from St. Mary's, who will have
more support than he could call oo
last fall."
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The Big Batting Race
The expected batting race among
Ted Williams, Jos DiMaggio and
Dick Wakefield finds the Red Sox
slugger showing most of the early
foot. Williams has been belting
away at a .390 clip or better, with
DiMaggio down below .270. Wake
field has been of little help to the
Tigers, with a mark under JM0.
Dom DiMaggio has been outshining
them all with an average above
.400, and Charley Keller also is
fidillg high