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...Love You." On the way to Independence the ex-President took his first crack at being "plain Mr. Truman." Leaving the presidential car Ferdinand Magellan, which Ike had lent him for the occasion, Truman strolled through the train. He popped his head in at the door of a Pullman compartment and seemed delighted when the couple inside failed to recognize him immediately. Said he: "Things are getting back to normal when that happens." Pushing on into a coach car, he told reporters: "This is the first time I have been in a coach in eight years, and in the future...
...Most pullman trains to the West and Mid-West were also reported full, but South Station officials said that extra cars may be added to several trains to accommodate the overflow. At present, however, the New England States to Chicago, the Wolverine to Detroit, and the Colonial and Patriot to Washington are completely reserved...
...give its passengers a full dose of scenery on runs between Chicago, Minneapolis and Seattle, the Milwaukee Road will put into service ten 68-passenger Super Dome lounge cars on Jan. 1. The double-decker coaches, which were displayed this week, were built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. for $3,200,000. Each has more than three times as much glass-top viewing area (625 sq. ft.) as the older dome cars. On the lower level of each car there is a 28-person dining and lounge section...
...from Germany when she was six years old. Harold, one of five children, was born April 13, 1907, at West St. Paul, Minn., where his father ran a 40-acre truck farm. He grew up on the farm, worked as a grocery clerk, bakery pan greaser and Pullman conductor to pay his way through the University of Minnesota, graduated from the law school with above-average marks in 1929 at the age of 22. The same year he married his school-day sweetheart, Esther Glewwe. They have two children, Glen, 16, and Kathleen...
CHICAGO, led by Pullman Co. President Carroll R. Harding, aimed for $9,870,000. The campaign was run with railroad lingo: "section bosses" for soliciting from large firms, trades & industries, general business; "Red Feather Specials" won "Golden Lantern" awards for best time toward "Quotaville...