Hobbs proposes a Panama alternative canal through Mexico
Hobbs outlines a ship subway canal from Puerto Mexico on the Atlantic coast to Tehuantepec lagoon on the Pacific. The 126 mile route would include eight tunnels with the longest 14 miles and a 185 foot wide, 75 foot higher center ceiling. He claims it could cost less than 3.5 billion and be finished in under ten years, with air protection, local oil fields, and dam lighting features.
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Puerto Mexico
Atlantic
Tehuantepec Lagoon
Pacific
Panama Canal
Hobbs
Tropics
U. S
Atlantic Pacific Tunnel Through Mexican Mountains Proposal
Prof Emeritus William H Hobbs of the University of Michigan proposes an Atlantic Pacific tunnel through the Tehuantepec peninsula in Mexico. The plan claims 3000 mile coastal distance savings 126 mile tunnel segments with rock cover and two way traffic. He argues Panama Canal risks under attack and Congress may study the idea.
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Mexico
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.P
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan Geology Department
Mesabi Range Area To Set New Record
Mesabi Range area expected to ship over 67.3 million gross tons of iron ore in 1948, a peacetime high and third highest in 67 years of mining. State director Ray D. Nolan bases the estimate on a 3.83 million ton margin over 1947 production and notes rail shipments not included.
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Minn
U.pi
Minnesota
Mesabi Range
Ray D. Nolan
Lands and Minerals
Nolan
Lesson in Fractures St Louis Up
Police Judge Clyde M Criger of Maplewood fines motorcyclist Albert C Werner 167 dollars for speeding and sentences him to five days in the county hospital. Criger believes the driver will gain an object lesson as a patient in the hospital's fracture ward.
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ST. Louis
Clyde M.criger
Maplewood
Woman Tires Out Boyfriend After Fight at St Louis U
Miss Eula Rose Percival tailed her boyfriend at St. Louis University campus and let air out of his car tires to force a confrontation. Police caught her tampering with the automobile as she sought to compel a talk.
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ST. Louis U
Eula Rose Percival
Drunken-Driving Misread Sparks Police Car Mix-Up
State police received multiple calls about a drunken driver weaving through a street only to discover the vehicle was a police car sold to a red car dealer two weeks earlier.
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