Navy Exceeded Authority In Making Deal With Company
The Navy's December agreement with Standard Oil of California to jointly develop Elk Hills oil reserves was ruled illegal and void after the Justice Department found the Navy exceeded authority under a five year old oil conservation law. Knox noted the move aimed to conserve oil for the fleet, while Standard Oil called the deal fair and in the public interest.
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Navy
Standard Oil of
California
Elk Hills
Knox
House
Senate
Rep
Elliott
Calif
Teapot Dome
M. Littell
House Public Lands Committee
Department of Justice
H. B. Collier
Standard Oil of California
Comny
Avy
Soldiers to Compete at National A A U Track Meet
Army camp teams lead the National A A U Track Championships at Randalls Island with 18 camps sending runners and fielders. Sailors Marines and coast guardsmen from 14 camps join in the event headlined by Greg Rice versus Gunder Haegg while Army squads push for high jump honors with Williamson Berry Watkins Morcom and Peacock among entrants.
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New York
Department of War
A.A.U
Randalls Island
Charles Hlad
Michigan Normal
Chicago University Army Training Center
Milwaukee
Uncle Sam
Greg Rice
Maritime Service
Gunder Haegg
Sweden
Cornelius Warmerdam
Fred Wilt
Indiana
Columbia Naval Training School
Corp
Joshua Williamson
Camp Pickett
Xavier Colleeg
Adam Berry
Camp Carson
Colo
Pete Watkins
Sam Houston, Tex
Richmond Morcom
New Eens
Eulace Peacock
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
Coast Guard
Orion stars blaze with extreme surface temperatures
The article notes the constellation Orion contains the hottest stars with surface temperatures around 20 000 degrees. It adds a science tidbit about cigaret paper production moving from France to a North Carolina factory and mentions steel in a lawn mower could yield a 100 pound bomb.
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Constellation
Orion
United States
France
North Carolina
Talbert and Cochell Face Home Staters in Clay Courts
DETROIT June 18 Top seeds Billy Talbert of Cincinnati and Earl Cochell of Los Angeles draw local opponents for semifinal berths in the 33rd National Clay Courts. Talbert faces Bob Faught of Cleveland while Cochell meets Charles Hubbard of Long Beach. Greenberg and Evert expected to win. Betz aims for women’s final against Corbett after defeats of Peterson and Hernando.
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Detroit
Billy Talbert
Cincinnati
Earl Cochell
Los Angeles
Talbert
Big Bob Faught
Notre Dame
Cleveland
Cochell
Charles Hubbard
Long Beach
Calif
Seymour Greenberg
Jimmy Evert
Chicago
Pauline Betz
Pearl Peterson
Nancy Corbett
Mary Hernando
Trosky Ready For Return To Baseball
Former Cleveland first baseman Hal Trosky announced he was ready to end retirement and rejoin the Indians after headaches that sidelined him in 1942 disappeared. He arrived in Chicago from Norway Iowa and worked out with the St. Louis Browns as talks with Cleveland proceed.
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Chicago
Hal Trosky
Cleveland
Indians
Comiskey Park
Lou Boudreau
Chicago White Sox
Trosky
Norway
St. Louis Browns
Les Fleming
West
Fights Last Night in Fall River and Boston Card
Frankie 160 outpointed Bruley 180 in a Boston Philadelphia bout reported from Fall River. An airship loft study notes two thirds lift from wing upper vacuum and one third from lower pressure. Camels carried 250 loads from Tunis to Tripoli over an approximate 600 mile distance in four days.
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Fall River
Mass
Frankie
Boston
Bruley
Philadelphia
Tunis
Tripoli
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Michigan State College
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University of Washington
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