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...paper explained that blue crab canning has heretofore been impracticable because the crabs have unstable protein molecules, which, in the heat required for canning, release copper, cause blue copper oxide to form. By dipping the meat in a solution of sodium chloride, lactic acid and aluminum salts, the new process seals the copper into the crab proteins...
Robert Donald Fitch of the State Department was at the pier in Manhattan to meet square-chinned Chief Constable Albert Canning of what is properly called the Criminal Investigation Department. He is its first chief to have risen from the ranks. C. I. D.'s Canning proceeded inconspicuously to Washington to discuss with the Secret Service plans for the safety of George VI & Queen Elizabeth on an itinerary of some 1,500 miles with many ticklish spots...
Chief Constable Canning would not reveal how many of his own men he plans to deploy along his charges' route, but admitted the number was between ten and 20. "It's not like your Secret Service," he explained. "We have a couple of men near by, but we work chiefly in the crowds. I mean, there's where we have our men. We've found that is the most successful...
Heavy with fruit last week were 51,000 acres of California cling peach trees. Heavy too were their owners' hearts. The Peach Protective Association telegraphed Attorney General Homer S. Cummings: "You respectfully are requested . . . to investigate the activities of the Canning Industry Board of California, an association of about two-thirds of all canneries in the State, which has blocked the issuance of the marketing order proposed by the State Department of Agriculture. . . . The result has been that, notwithstanding this year's crop is the smallest in three years, the price offered growers is the lowest...
California produces about 80% of the nation's canning peaches and every year has a surplus problem. Growers first tried destroying trees, then pegging prices, once got rid of their crop only through the aid of nationwide promotion by chain stores (TIME, Jan. 31). Last year, at the industry's request, State Director of Agriculture A. A. Brock appointed a Canning Industry Board which was partially successful in pegging prices, but left a carryover of 5,000,000 cases. Last week the industry failed to accept Director Brock's plan for limiting the pack of this year...