Word: carse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spare the Rods. In Salem, Mass., a young mother asked to check her sleeping baby and carriage in a railway baggage car, confided, "I hate to spoil him so young by letting him ride in a Pullman." A Summer's Tail. In Atlanta, a police man held up traffic...
¶For troop movements and furloughs, the Army now uses half the Pullmans in the country (total 8,753) and one-third of the coaches (total 39,244). To handle the load at its peak, some Office of Defense Transportation officials thought 4,000 to 5,000 more passenger cars...
How to Do It? The job looked almost hopeless, but ODT and the railroads were not just sitting around in tears. Last week, Defense Plant Corp. was prevailed upon to finance the building of 1,200 more troop sleepers and 400 boxcar kitchens-double the number now in use. If...
At the Georgian Terrace Hotel, Courtney Hodges and his bemedaled and beribboned entourage got out of their cars. A tall, grey-haired woman wearing a bright red hat and a corsage of orchids leaned forward as they passed. She called to the General: "Remember me?" The General's sunburnt...
Hitch. The Government's sudden 50% increase in A gas coupon values had a catch to it-tires. President A. L. Viles, of the Rubber Manufacturers Association, announced that the May quota of passenger tires to be released (1,500,000) will be 33% short of the number needed...