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...North America the Mackenzie River, second only to the Mississippi system, is the historic commercial highway of northwestern Canada. It begins to be navigable at the head of rail north of Edmonton, and flows almost straight in the direction of Japan and China. The Yukon is the third longest river highway of the North American continent, [and] the Mackenzie, 300 miles from its delta, is only 300 miles from the head of navigation of the Yukon." Stern-wheelers have long traveled both rivers, which (claims Stefansson) winter freezes into ice-paved roads for sledge-pulling tractors. During a three...
...Memorial Hall show, Network men said, set up a new record for the College radio station in the number of hours of consecutive broadcasting. Before Thursday the Network's longest period on the air had been the six hour stretch in May which, carrying the Kirkland House Dance broadcast, lasted until 1:30 o'clock in the morning...
While the Japanese have had some success in coordinating transportation in Occupied China, Free China under Chiang Kai Shek has built thousands of miles of roads, including the great Burma Road and the Chinese-Soviet highway, one of the world's longest...
...electrical cable filled with gas is now carrying high-voltage current for seven miles from a Detroit Edison Co. power plant to nearby arms factories. Built by General Cable Corp., it is the longest gas-filled cable in the world: a steel pipe through which run three one-inch copper ropes, separately insulated and packed in nitrogen gas at a pressure of 200 lb. per sq. in. There are a few other such cables, the first of which was installed in the U.S. by General Electric for the Yonkers (N.Y.) Electric Light & Power Co. as a refinement on oil-filled...
Bill Kissel, Ted Cohn, Bill Frothingham, Howio Ezell and Lin Burton made short shrift of their respective singles matches, and to Johnny Burton fell the distinction of playing the longest individual set of the afternoon before defeating his opponent...