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Show Governor Receives Portion Of World's Largest Cake A Transcontinal & Western Air Inc. plane took eff last week from Chicago to delivei to Governor Henry H. Blood at Salt Lake City. Utah's portion of the "all-American" cake largest cake in the world. The cake was sent from the Baking Bak-ing Products Marketing Conference of the Independent Grocers' Alliance Alli-ance of America, held in Hotel Knickerbocker, Chicago. Weighing more than a ton, the huge cake was baked state by state and fashioned in the shape of the United States map. Each of the 48 governors are receiving their stste cake through special plane delivery. A counterpart cf the "all-American" cake was delivered to President Presi-dent Roosvelt, in time for his birth-; birth-; day. ! The recle ficm which the cake ; was baked was chesen as the fav-c.itc fav-c.itc of 1,500,000 housewives who ma:'e known their preference In j 6.C00 I. P. A. stores throughout the ocun'ry. Tne "all-American" cake , is a white cake with chocolate fudge icing. Pu pese of the conference which was attended by nationally-known authorities, was to study the American Amer-ican housewives' baking choices and ! to plan a natien-iwide, two-week j sale lor heme baking supplies and : reaiy-baked products to begin March 4th. The meeting was one of a series called by J. Frank Grimes, president presi-dent cf Independent Grocers' Alliance, Alli-ance, similar to the recent Canned Foods Marketing Conference, which 'esulted in a reco: d-breaking distribution dis-tribution of canned foods to dispose dis-pose of bumper crops. |