Word: loading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fact was that the overburdened railroads were facing an overwhelming freight load, plus a passenger-train redeployment of 21,000,000 man-moves (an average of seven trips each for 3,000,000 men). For months to come, neither soldier nor civilian was likely to find traveling in the U.S. much to his liking...
...still carried the big load. By the end of the first week in July, the Twentieth Air Force had burned out more than 126 square miles of 25 Jap cities...
...load after load of returning soldiers ... we find 80% of them listen to the gospel with more scepticism than . . . ever ... stay away from religious services . . . with less scruples . . . curse more and with a finesse unbelievable . . . gamble with more avidity and defend it with more vigor . . and find it difficult to hold an extended conversation without defaming womankind, even though unintentionally...
...Face? In Lincoln, Neb., an amorous aerial gunner noticed the name "Helen" and a phone number on the wall of a booth, dialed, was greeted with, "Hereafter save your nickels and buy war bonds." They Also Serve ... In Manhattan, Gristede Brothers, grocers, sent two boys with each pushcart load of orders - the extra one to stand guard over the butter...
...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 would have to be taken from civilians...