Douglas MacArthur's tobacco
Sailorman Jack
the Army Dougas MacArthur smoked whatever was on sale at the PX -- that I
learned this from reading something an aide of the general had written. I also
said that he smoked a tobacco blended for him which is sold by a tobacconist.
Now I have specific information about this which I learned from an impeccable
source.
It is not one tobacco blend; but two, as follows:
Harkness F
A cube-cut burley with some Virginia and a trace of Latakia
supplied by Colonel Ralph Rumbo Tobacconist of San Antonio
Harkness D
Red and bright Virginias with more Latakia than in the above blend
Supplied by the Humidor of San Antonio
Fair winds,
Sailorman Jack
Port of New York
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Robert Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."
Ian Rastall
Jack) wrote:
>Harkness F
>A cube-cut burley with some Virginia and a trace of Latakia
>supplied by Colonel Ralph Rumbo Tobacconist of San Antonio
>
>Harkness D
>Red and bright Virginias with more Latakia than in the above blend
>Supplied by the Humidor of San Antonio
Hi Jack. What is the significance of "Harkness"? The word sounds
familar, but it doesn't ring a bell. Is it related to WWII?
Ian
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Sailorman Jack
>familar, but it doesn't ring a bell. Is it related to WWII?
>
>Ian
I knew I should have taken better notes. Oh well, from memory the Harkness name
of the MacArthur blends comes from the name of a posh room in a top San Antonio
hotel.
Jack
Jesper Klith
> On 07 May 2004 11:11:11 GMT, chantym...@aol.com (Sailorman
> Jack) wrote:
>
>>Harkness F
>>A cube-cut burley with some Virginia and a trace of Latakia
>>supplied by Colonel Ralph Rumbo Tobacconist of San Antonio
>>
>>Harkness D
>>Red and bright Virginias with more Latakia than in the above blend
>>Supplied by the Humidor of San Antonio
>
>
> Hi Jack. What is the significance of "Harkness"? The word sounds
> familar, but it doesn't ring a bell. Is it related to WWII?
>
> Ian
Harkness, hear the angels sing?
Cheers, Jesper
Ian Rastall
Jack) wrote:
>from memory the Harkness name of the MacArthur blends comes from
>the name of a posh room in a top San Antonio hotel.
Oh, well I wonder why they use it ... maybe it's a surname. And I
wonder why MacArthur has his pipe blends named after a swanky
hotel room ... :-)
Sailorman Jack
>wonder why MacArthur has his pipe blends named after a swanky
>hotel room ... :-)
>
>Ian
Who knows? Here is a guess. He may have owned he hotel.
Mac was a wealthy man and never had to rely upon his army salary or even the
much more generous salary as chairman of Remington Rand. When he was in the
Phillipines he owned the company which made the most popular beer. He also
owned a railroad there.
Jack
Ian Rastall
Jack) wrote:
>Mac was a wealthy man and never had to rely upon his army salary or even the
>much more generous salary as chairman of Remington Rand. When he was in the
>Phillipines he owned the company which made the most popular beer. He also
>owned a railroad there.
I can see that the cob really was for show.
Charles Perry
"Sailorman Jack" <chantym...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Ah yes, San Miguel: good beer. The MacArthur family still owns a large
interest in San Miguel, which owns the distribution and production rights
for many beers in the pacific (including many US brands). San Miguel also
owns many distilling interests.
Charles Perry P.E.
Dave and Karla
"Sailorman Jack" <chantym...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I received a sample package of tobacco from Larry Hines of HOW a few months
ago and these 2 tobacco were among them. If you want to see what his blends
were like you could contact Larry and I'm sure he'd help. BTW I was watching
a program on the Discovery Wings channel about the airwar in the Pacific and
it showed a brief film clip of MacArthur and Nimitz, with the general
smoking what looked to be a large Kirsten???
jlruble
desired. And, woe be unto the aide who had to tell him it was out of stock.
JMHBCO.
SCOTTY
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Robert DOnnelly
Hi Jack,
Very interesting,.. your knowledge always amazes me,...
All the Best,
Robert
Roger Penrod
HELLO ALL. IM CAPITALIZING THIS TO MAKE IT STAND OUT FROM ALL THE CHARACTERS ABOVE.
I AM IN ALASKA AND RESEARCHING THIS BLEND HARKNESS D AND F AND LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION I CAN FIND
I SEE THIS POST ABOVE METIONED BOTH OF THESE BLENDS COME FROM LARRY HINES OF HOW. CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE THIS HOW SHOP IS LOCATED OR CONTACT INFORMATION
THANKS FOR ANY INFORMATION ON ANY SHOP THAT ACTULLY PRODUCED THIS. I HAVE MANY POSTS SPECULATING WHAT GOES IN THESE BLENDS AND VARIOUS RECIPES BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A SHOP THAT HAS MORE DETAILED HISTORY.
BEST REGARDS,