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WASHINGTON: ViceAdmiral Forrest P. Sherman, It present deputy Chief for Operations, hasf been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the United States Mediterranean Fleet. He"will succeed ViceAdmiral B. H. Bieri at the beginning of February. Admiral**} Sherman was commander of tiie Pacific Flea in 1945. * ;j * ORANGES MADRID! A contract has Jeen signed between tie British Purchasing Commission on fcehalf cri the Ministry of Fold and the Spanish Fruit Syndicate for the ritrehase by Britain of 100,000 tons of Spanish oranges. Shipments will begin next week. •
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Northern Advocate, 7 January 1948, Page 2
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