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Word: cargo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Musick and her six-man crew. Despite this shattering setback, Pan American stuck stoutly to its plan for a regular San Francisco-New Zealand passenger and airmail service. It ordered six Boeing 314s, biggest plane ever assembled in the U. S. (payload: 40 passengers, 5,000 Ibs. of cargo), earmarked three for its transatlantic service, the rest for its Pacific venture. Because Kingman Reef and Pago Pago, Samoa, stops 2 and 3 on its original route, provided inadequate facilities for the huge Boeings, Pan American constructed new landing bases on Canton Island and Noumea, New Caledonia, otherwise held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Second Wind | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Ships of the U. S. Merchant Marine (see p. 63) picked up the message and put on more steam for port. Ships of France, Italy, Germany and many of England had for the most part already abandoned the high seas-a fact which portended a cargo jam at U. S. ports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Cargo Jam? | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Houston: Docks were clear of cargo, but shipping companies were accepting little future business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Cargo Jam? | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

...minutes later passengers & crew solemnly buried the beast at sea, steamed south for Venezuela with the rest of the yowling cargo intact. To Lieut. Burke grateful Captain Nyhoff radioed: "Many thanks for your help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Lion Hunt | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Next day most local maritime experts blamed the Itacare's, death on insecurely stowed cargo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Off Ilheos | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

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