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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With estimated reserves of 300 million barrels, the Redwater field already has 135 producing wells; new wells are being completed at the rate of 45 a month. Dozens of oil companies are in the field, the largest, Imperial Oil Ltd. of Canada, which is spending $500,000 on workers'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Flowing Gold | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

The boom began at Leduc, 50 miles from Redwater, where the spouting of oil in February 1947 led to the proving of a field with an estimated reserve of 250 million barrels. Then, last Oct. 1, an Imperial crew of wildcatters struck oil on a Redwater farm.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Flowing Gold | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

Because "certain irresponsible persons" were giving the Ku Klux Klan "bad publicity and censure" by wearing bedsheets and masks in the commission of their crimes, Grand Dragon Samuel Green, Atlanta obstetrician, last week issued an Imperial Edict: henceforth Klansmen must not wear masks "upon any street, road or highway in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: The Bareface Look | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

Chief disadvantage of jet engines is their enormous thirst for fuel. At cruising speed and altitude each Ghost drinks 120 imperial gallons (144 U.S. gallons) of kerosene per hour. To get her safely across the Atlantic and allow a three-hour safety margin, the Comet will have to carry something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Screaming Challenge | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

Born. To Princess Shigeko (called Teru no Miya: Shining Highness) Higashi-Kuni, 23, eldest of Emperor Hirohito's six children, and Prince Morihiro Higashi-Kuni, 33, eldest son of Japan's surrender Premier, Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni: their third child, second son (Hirohito's third grandchild); in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 8, 1949 | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

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