Word: railing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...National Disaster." President Truman, warning the people of serious blows ahead, called it "a national disaster." Hundreds of factories closed; many hundreds more were about to shut down for lack of coal or materials. Partial paralysis was creeping over the rail lines. Belatedly, drastic measures were applied. The Government declared a rail freight and express embargo, effective May 10, on all shipments except food, fuel and a few other essentials. Most industries could no longer ship or receive materials. Rail lines were ordered to curtail passenger service by half, effective May 15. Several lines, close to the bottom of their...
...foot, rail or whatever conveyance is available, the migrants pass from "station" to "station" (usually farmhouses or barns off the beaten track). Before they get out of eastern Europe, the travelers have usually been despoiled of their meager belongings by bribe-taking frontier officials. Munich, in the U.S. zone of Germany, is the great clearing center for the semi-final lap to the Mediterranean...
...peacetime paint, the Army transport Thomas H. Barry eased out from Manhattan's Pier 84, nosed down the Hudson to the sea. Aboard her, goggly with excitement, 349 Army wives & children milled through the maze of corridors and companionways, clustered on deck for photographers, clung to the rail with last, fluttering farewells. The first contingent of service families was off to join the occupation forces in Europe...
During the war the tremendous volume of rail traffic alone saved the roads' bacon, boosted revenue faster than operating costs. But last year traffic began to slacken, has fallen off so much this year that operating revenues will be 23% below 1945. In this crisis, the roads wanted the new rates effective on May 15, subject to later juggling by the Commission when more complete hearings are held. The proposed new rates would cost shippers another $625 million this year, would take the roads out of the red, give them a net income...
...Chinese Government troops, aided by 5,000 local auxiliaries, were inside the city. Outside was a Chinese Communist siege army, 60,000 to 70,000 strong. Slogging up from the south to relieve their beleaguered comrades was the Government's crack, U.S.-trained First Army. At Kaiyuan, a rail stop 115 miles away, the 40,000 regulars broke through Communist lines in the first serious battle between China's factions for control of Manchuria...