Word: splicer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grog. But now U. S. sailors go to sea to keep the peace. Josephus Daniels and others have told them that grog is not good for peaceful men. The U. S. S. Memphis, about to depart from Baltimore for a southern winter cruise, last week installed a main-brace-splicer which improved even upon Mr. Daniels' famed grape juice. She was equipped with a $7,000 soda fountain and ice cream plant. The Navy's domestic scientists estimated that, in Caribbean weather, the Memphis crew of 435 would consume 80 gals, of ice cream...