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...Powder Train. A year ago, March coffee futures were selling at around 53? a Ib.; last week they touched 72?, and the retail price ranged from...
...battle, Haitian army cadets, using up 10,000 blank cartridges and 2,000 heavy charges of powder, re-enacted the final victory over the French. Twice the Haitians attacked the French ramparts, rebuilt on the original spot, and twice fell back. Then a daring cadet, taking the role of the rebel Colonel Capois, mounted a horse and led them forward again. In the real battle, the horse was shot from under Capois; in simulation, the mock colonel actually shot his own mount. Falling, he charged on afoot, like Capois, brandishing his saber...
...nits and lice" also came in for attention. By redesigning a foot-powder can, the Army cut unit costs from 16? to a nickel for a total saving of $275,000. Wilson and Kyes found that the military carried in inventory no fewer than 5,000 different types of electronic tubes and 800 categories of screw drivers; on their orders, tube types were cut to 192, and screw drivers...
...Konrad Adenauer ... It is recognized that West Germany is the key to the economic and political future of Western Europe, and that now includes the U.S. . . . West Germany could have been a powder keg to pro duce chaos . . . and the freedom-loving people of the world owe Adenauer a great deal. My God ! What if another rabble-rouser had come to the top ? ARTHUR H. HASCHE Watertown...
...Recipe: 1 cup finely chopped nuts; 2 ounces sweet or semisweet chocolate; 2½ cups sifted flour; 4½ teaspoons double-acting baking powder; 1teaspoon each of salt and vanilla; 1½ cups sugar; ZA⅔ cup shortening; 1¼cups milk; ⅔ cup unbeaten egg whites. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add shortening, milk and vanilla; beat 1½ minutes, 150 strokes per minute, until well-blended. Add egg whites; beat 1½ minutes. Spoon 1¼ of batter over nuts spaced evenly over two well-greased, lightly floured 9-in. round layer pans. Sprinkle with...