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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1948

Page

2

Remains Found Of Largest of Missing Links in Africa

UC expedition reports discovery of Swartkrans man in a cave near Swartkrans South Africa. Fossils include a half human jaw with seven teeth suggesting a 9 to 10 foot ape man larger than modern humans. Researchers name the new species Swartkrans man, possibly ancestral to man.

Berkeley Calif Africa University of California Robert Broom Swartkrans Broom

West Hemispheric Defense Alliance Takes Effect Friday

The defense pact signed at Rio de Janeiro creates a Western hemisphere security zone from pole to pole and goes into effect at noon Friday once Costa Rica ratifies with the Pan American Union. It obliges signatories to treat an armed attack on any member as an attack on all, with U S Congress to decide war.

Washington Rio de Janeiro United States Western Hemisphere Pole Costa Rica Pan- American Union US Senate George C. Marshall Congress

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