Word: carse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On the far side of Havana's crowded harbor, the, massive crane that unloads the Seatrain stood stark and still. The Seatrain itself, a seagoing ferry that brings 105 loaded U.S. freight cars to Cuba weekly and returns them packed with Cuban freight, languished at its home berth in...
Since the Seatrain started operating in 1929 the dock workers had watched with anger and frustration as the great crane plucked loaded cars from its hold and set them on the railroad tracks bound for Cuba's warehouses. Their countermove was a demand on Seatrain Lines, Inc. to hire...
Along Detroit's "Sharpers Row," used-car hub of the U.S., prices skidded as much as 40%. In Chicago, a 1941 Cadillac which would have sold for $2,700 a few months ago was on sale for $2,100. In Los Angeles, Kelley Kar Co., which boasts that it...
The drop in prices was more than the usual midwinter slump. It was dollars-&-cents evidence that the buyers' market in used cars-and eventually in new cars as well-was uncomfortably close for dealers. And car prices were still high by prewar standards. Production of "1947 models" by...
"Those who choose to park on the public streets around the Houses run the risk of police tagging, although for practical purposes, the risk there may not be as great as it is on Mt. Anburn Street and other through streets." Reynolds asserted. He added, "we have had counts made...