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Nowhere in the U.S., for love or money, could a motorist buy a new tire this week. Wartime rationing had begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSUMERS: The Pinch Begins | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

Plea. In Frankfort, Ind., a motorist wrote to the License Bureau, confessed he had lied on his application in saying that he had had a license before, begged: "I am going to leave this old world one of these days and I want the License Bureau of Frankfort and everyone in the State of Indiana to forgive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Helpful. In Kansas City, a friendly motorist gave a push to a stalled car, pushed it in front of a freight train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 24, 1941 | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

...miles east of the field, a motorist saw the horrible finish. The big ship came out of the overcast in a long glide. It never leveled out. With a terrific roar it struck the ground in an open field, smashed into a deep ditch, lumbered out of it, burst into bright fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHES: Ice | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...motorist found the plane's pilot lying on the grass, in front of the wreck. He was screaming, "Get them out." It was too late. The wreckage was a gasoline-fired furnace. Not until six hours later had the last flames died away. Later Captain Bates explained the strange casualty that had ended a period of two years and nine months of fatality-free operation by Northwest. On the way down the ship had picked up ice. It did not appear dangerously heavy, but he could not pull the DC-3 out of its glide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHES: Ice | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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