Seaway project backed by backers amid vast power plans
The article outlines Seaway ambitions linking Labrador O res and Lake Superior ore flows with a two billion ton annual shipment estimate. It notes a planned international hydroelectric project promising 13 billion kilowatts, with debates over power facility ownership and a cost now set near 1.5 billion dollars. It recalls prior wartime era settlements and Army Corps estimates from 1927 about cost shares between the U.S., Canada and New York.
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Labrador-Quebec
Lake Superior
Mesabi
Atlantic
Chicago
Deluth
Humphrey
D-Minn
U. S
Canada
War Department
New York Power Authority
New York State
Army Corps of Engineers
New York
Agitation for Seaway gains from ore needs and expansion plan
The article notes renewed push for the St Lawrence Seaway as iron ore supplies loom large for rearmament. Bethlehem Steel unveils a 200 million dollar program to add 2.6 million tons of capacity, stressing ore and coal and limestone development. ore sources include Venezuela’s Cerro Bolivar and other continental deposits, with Lake Superior and Mesabi prospects also cited. A new Detroit River plant by Gibraltar Steel would use Steep Rock ore in Ontario, with 100 million tons from Steep Rock ranges. Additional regional deposits in Mexico, Texas, the southeastern states, and Newfoundland are mentioned as potential supply.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Bethlehem Steel
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem el
Detroit River
Gibraltar Steel Corporation
Cyrus Bator
Ontario
Canada
Eaton
Bureau of Mines
Burea of Mines
Mesabi
Mexico
Texas
Newfoundland
How's Your I. Q. A British cabinet memory quiz
A quiz page lists ten questions spanning politics art language and literature. Emanuel Shinwell's cabinet post is asked as well as terms like yarborough and interim etymology. The item also asks about Parker House rolls origin and classic definitions.
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I. Q
Emanuel Shinwell
Angelus
Sir Nigel
Parker House
Kidney Fatigue Pain Relief Ad
An old ad touts Kidney Fatigue causing backache and ache from overworked kidneys. It promotes Whompson's Borsoma Tablets as quick relief, claiming wide use and cheap price with 60c at druggists.
Twenty Years Ago News From Journal Files February 13 1931
News items from the Journal files reflect community events in Cargill and Renovo. Mill funds aid undernourished schoolchildren through PT A Cornell. Renovo yardmaster shift planned February 16. A boy survives a close crash at Spring Brook streets. Mrs. Norton dies after long Corny residence. Ruth Bennett to graduate from Penn State in June. Theta Phi Alpha member and rifle squad participant. Keystones defeat Meadville’s Company B 49 to 22 in St Edward’s High court game.
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Ruth J. Bennett
Charles Bennett
Dunne Street
Pennsylvania State College
Bennett
School of Education
Theta Phi Alpha
Solon cites need for good five cent nickel
Los Angeles Feb 18 Rep Dewey Short urged a strong Lincoln era image while at a Republican rally. He called for Spain Greece and Turkey to be involved in defense plans and warned that deficit financing could erode the dollar to ten cents. He cited the U S Public Health Service as the main federal health agency.
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Los Angeles
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Short
Kane Girl Missing After Week as Police Seek Kidnappers
Kane Feb 19 A Kane city police report says 11 year old Jane B Gerhart daughter of Mrs Christine Gerhart has been missing for a week and may have been kidnapped. Police Chief Bernard Rose asked eight states to watch for her noting leads strongly indicate kidnapping. Investigators recall a man about 30 who spoke to her at a 5 and 10 cent store where she worked and another elderly man, after work they went to a diner and later entered a car.
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Kane
Bernard Rose
Jane B. Gerhart
Christine Gerhart
Union City Woman Gera M Goodwin Dies at 58
Mrs. Gera M Goodwin 58 died at home 58 Putnam Street Union City on Sunday February 11 after a year long illness. Widow of Rodney Goodwin she belonged to the Christian Alliance Church. Surviving are two daughters May Wright and Myron Kimmy of Union City a son in law Flossie Kelly and brother Henry Schrevkengost both of Centerville. Also 14 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at Glenn Funeral Home Union City conducted by Rev Freeland at 2 pm Interment Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Union City
Gera. M. Goodwin
Putnam Street
Rodney Goodwin
Christian Alliance Church
William Wright
Myron Kimmy
Flossie Kelly
Henry Schrevkengost
Centerville
Crosby Under Knife for Kidney Operation in Santa Monica
Bing Crosby is booked for a week at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after surgery for a kidney ailment. Doctor F C Schlumberger operated yesterday and Crosby was reported resting comfortably. He is expected to be hospitalized at least a week.
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Crosby
Santa Monica
Calif
Bing Crosby
Booker
St. John’s Hospital
F. C. Schlumberger
Bill would ban crime topics from comics
Harrisburg February 13 A House bill aims to bar crime topics from comics sold to under 15 year olds. The measure, by Reps T Luke Toomey and William E Brown, would outlaw portrayals from assault with deadly weapons to kidnapping with penalties up to 800 fine or one year in jail.
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Associated Teeas
Harrisburg
General Assembly
T. Luke Toomey
R-Perry
William E. Brown
R-Chester
$150 Theft At Jamestown Office Safe Break-In
Jamestown burglary leaves a small safe at the downtown Anderson Gleaners office emptied of about $160. Entry gained through the front door and discovered at 6 pm by Patrolman Andrew Larson. No further clues or items reported missing beyond the day’s receipts as investigators review the scene.
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Jameslown
FEU
Yeggs
Sevtal
Ansierson Gleaners
Andrew Larson
Sydney N. Anderson
Lakewood
F. Bernard Clark
Clifford Drake
William Lee
Burglary at office with sledge battering safe
Authorities say burglars used a sledge hammer to batter a floor safe in a small rear room after the office closed at six. The burglary is described as professional in nature. The Grand Canyon National Park opened in 1919.
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Yeggs
Grand Canyon National Park
Ice jam causes overflow near New Wilmington farms
An ice jam on Little Nesha nock Creek two miles south of New Wilmington threatens nearly a dozen farms. Lawrence County officials sent crews to dislodge ice floes damming the creek’s waters above flood stage.
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New Wilmington
Little Neshanock Creek
Lawrence Corn
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