Freezing Temperatures Strain South Fuel Supplies
Winter’s chill grips the South with temperatures in the mid twenties and as low as 16 degrees in places like Macon Georgia. Fuel oil and coal shortages strain households and industries, with gas supplies cut for residences and schools in Florida facing closures. The Atlantic Gas Light Company warns of low pressure as pipelines run at reduced capacity and emergency measures are set to aid heat and food needs.
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Shipbuilding Industry Faces Shutdown Without U S Construction Plan
President and Maritime Commission mull immediate shipbuilding program per Advisory Committee. Officials warn the industry will shut down within six months unless Congress approves subsidies and expanded construction, with targets for 1948 49 and 1952 and changes to the Merchant Marine Act.
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Wm. Penn High to Meet Omega Fraternity Five Tonight
The Wm. Penn High School basketball team hosting Omega Fraternity Five of A. and T. College in the school gym at 8 p.m. showcases a special game pitting a local high school against college students in an unusual matchup.
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Man Charged With Kidnapping Held In Greensboro
Greensboro January 15 The U S Attorney will decide today where Edward Dillon Dean, arrested for kidnapping a Gainesville salesman, will be tried. Three state troopers arrested Dean and a companion on Highway 158 in Rockingham county and handed them to the FBI. Dean is accused of abducting Ira Parence Dorn on October 24 and leaving him in Enka N C stripped of his car and clothes except his underwear. William Bryant of near Greensboro, 26, is charged as part of a separate motor vehicle theft case.
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Enka
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Comet Tails and Earth Safe Through Repeated Encounters
Scientists note that comet tails sweeping past Earth have not harmed the planet as gases from tails have not penetrated the atmosphere in multiple historic near-misses.
Norfolk Doctor Pioneers Horse Breeding Methods
Development of artificial breeding methods for draft horses credited to Dr. G. L. Carlson of Norfolk Nebraska who was born in January.
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Jan
Five Main U.S. Forest Regions Named
The article identifies five principal forest areas in the United States: the Northern Forest, the Central Forest, the Western Forest, the West Coast Forest, and a fifth regional grouping.
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United States
Northern Forest
Central Forest
Western Forest
West Coast Forest
Forest use reaches seven trillion board feet in U S history
An estimate places United States consumption of forest products at nearly seven trillion two hundred billion board feet since discovery, reflecting long term strength in timber supply and demand across the nation.
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