New Refineries In Venezuela May Ease World Oil Shortage
Venezuela plans two new refineries on Paraguana Peninsula near Lake Maracaibo. Creole Petroleum and Shell aim to boost fuel oil and diesel output with large plants. Creole’s project grows from 50 to 120 million dollars and will start late 1949, with full operation in 1950 pending steel and other shortages.
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Amuay Bay
Venezuela
Nea
Caribbean
Creole Petroleum Corporation
Lake Maracaibo
Shell
Creole’s
Punta Cardon
Paraguana Peninsula
New Jersey Standard
Weed Alphabet Uses Ox House System
CINCINNATI AP reports Dr. Edward A Henry of the University of Cincinnati describes the origin of the alphabet. He explains that Aleph the ox head and Beth the house shaped the first letters, showing our word alphabet derives from the ox house writing system through Phoenician and Greek adoption.
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Weed
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Edward A Henry
University of Cincinnati
Venezuelan refineries boost U S oil supply amid war disruption
American refineries extend capacity as European plants lag. Creole, Shell, Gulf and others expand in Venezuela near Lake Maracaibo and Caracas. New wells and a Puerta La Cruz pipeline hint at growing output to meet bunker, diesel, and gasoline needs despite prior exploratory setbacks.
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Aruba
Abadan
Iran
Europe
Creole
Shell
Gulf
Socony- Vacuum
California Standard
Texaco
Phillips and
Sinclair
Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Bolivar
Texas
Caracas
Puerta la Cruz
Burglars Chosey Santa Fe Home Burglar Tale
Burglars entered the home of FE. R. Wood in Santa Fe New Mexico. They took some choice Scotch but passed up the domestic stuff.
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Santa FE
N. M
FE. R. Wood
Yakima Humane Officer Busts Busy Month Figures
Yakima County Humane Society Officer Eley reports a record month with 300 dogs impounded 94 cats captured and 1,485 miles traveled while enforcing animal welfare duties in Yakima, Washington.
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Yakima, Wash
Eley
Yakima County
Humane Sperty
Admirals Study Schoolbooks For Island Youngsters
Four star admirals plan to educate Pacific island children across 217 Trust Territory islands with English as a common language while keeping local languages in early grades. Navy-relayed schooling will use simple buildings and pattern schools, with gradual English introduction as teachers train.
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Pacific Islands
Trust Territory
Marshalls
Marianas
Carolines
Kilinginapalap
T Pacific
Navy
Pacific
Carleton Horrigcat
New York
Market St
Everg
Popular Chicken Breeds Listed in New Hampshire Rhode Island
A historical U.S. survey ranks the five most popular chicken breeds as red white doghorns and white rocks across New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The report highlights breed familiarity and regional variations in poultry keeping within the United States.
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New Hampshires
Rhode
Theory Links Magnetic Storms to Saturn Ring Belt
A theory proposes magnetic storms interrupt telegraph and cable service due to a ring of electrical energy surrounding Earth, linked to Saturn’s rings. The hypothesis notes a persistent ring of electrical activity affecting communication lines during geomagnetic events.
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Earth
Saturn
Baltimore Lookout Tracks Ships From Harbor Shack
Walter Gelbach, a 70 year old Baltimore ship lookout, spends eight hours daily watching port traffic from a hut atop a powder house. He identifies arriving vessels with a marine glass and logs times and names to alert the marine exchange and ship agents before vessels dock. He has never sailed and has no interest in going to sea.
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Baltimore
Walter Gelbach
Gelbach
North Point
Maritime Exchange
Chesapeake Bay
Marine Exchange
Pastures Good Now May Be Dry In Summer
Auburn extension dairy adviser C E Teague warns that spring pastures stay good only briefly and many farmers assume yearlong pasture quality. He urges planning now for grazing crops to support cows when summer pasture declines, to protect dairy profits.
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Auburn
C.E Teague
API Extension dairy‘Mat
Teague
China's wartime terms flood press and talk
The article surveys new wartime phrases used in China such as freezing warfare tunnel warfare and magnetic warfare. It notes how government planes allegedly hover over areas and how tunnels conceal troop depots. It recalls other phrases like scorched earth trading space for time and the Flying Tigers.
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Chine
Tae Fe
Chiang Kai - Shek
Flying Tigers
China
Transportation animals used in America in historic era
A list of animals historically used for transportation in America includes oxen buffaloes horses dogs raindeer mules camels white tailed deer and elephants.
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America
School Offers First Commercial Fishing Course
Bellingham Washington teachers a new program as the high school unveils a course in commercial fishing techniques. Officials say it may be the first such offering in the nation.
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Bellingham
Wash
Vacation travel surge hints at bigger summer rush
Amid chatter of cheaper getaways and roomier luxury options, travel experts forecast the 1948 season will see a flood of autos on American highways. Registrations rose from 30,379,450 in 1944 to 37,164,540 by January 1 1948, with agencies predicting a 30 percent increase in new cars and more tourists seeking European tours of 19 to 46 days offered by American Express, departing May through August.
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Automobild Clube Peedict
Adger
Youste
Clesara
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
American Express
Europe
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Ruby's Cafe
Washington State
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Wiedington
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Dora
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Metropolitan Hospital
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