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...went ahead on its own, Federal soldiers chased the shovelmen away. In 1852 Congress relented-the discovery of the fabulous iron ore reserve of the region had been made. Since then the canal has been enlarged, new locks have been added: the Weitzel Lock (1881), Poe (1896), Davis (1914), Sabin...
...MacArthur Lock is not so long as the Davis or Sabin, but it is deep enough for the new 16,000-ton Maritime Commission ore carriers. It can be filled or emptied in six minutes. And it opens in a critical month in a critical year. A late spring delayed opening of the ice-choked St. Mary's River, whittled 8,000,000 desperately-needed tons of ore shipments. How much the MacArthur Lock increases Soo capacity is a military secret. But steelmen know the increase is enormous...
...Named for: Engineers General Godfrey Weitzel, General Orlando M. Poe, Colonel Charles E. L. B Davis, Louis L. Sabin, who helped build the locks...
...ranking U.S. tennists were in the armed forces. This year the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association has again lost its headliners, though not to the war alone. Four of the first ten (Don McNeill, Ted Schroeder, Gardnar Mulloy, Bitsy Grant) are in the service; three (Bobby Riggs, Frank Kovacs, Wayne Sabin) turned pro last winter; and third-ranking Frank Parker, who-with Riggs and Kovacs out of the way-might at last have won the National title, is unwilling to leave his Hollywood...
...Victor Seixas, 18-year-old University of North Carolina freshman; the North & South Singles tennis championship; defeating Harris Everett, another Tarheel, in the final, 2-6, 6-8, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2; at Pinehurst, N.C. Since Bobby Riggs, Frank Kovacs, Welby Van Horn and Wayne Sabin have turned professional, and Don McNeill and Joe Hunt are in the Navy, young Seixas may be a leading contender for this year's national championship...