Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nearly all fronts, were rapidly driving a wedge between Yenan and Kalgan, the key Communist bases. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces also opened an all-out drive to recapture North China's vital communications network, had already regained control of the important Peiping-Cheng-teh railroad through the seizure of Kupehkow, strategic Great Wall pass...
...bottleneck to the spawning grounds had been the roaring Fraser River chasm called Hell's Gate. Railroad dynamiting in 1913 had spilled tons of rock into the gorge, partially blocking it. Thousands of salmon swimming upstream perished in the turbulent watery so that the number returning four years later was greatly decreased. The loss to the industry was measured in millions annually...
Meanwhile, Canada's pulse of production grew weaker. Many of the nation's nail factories and foundries had closed. Shipyards, locomotive works, railroad-car shops were digging deep into their inventories. The manufacture of pipes, sinks, wires, tubs, farm implements was being choked off. Plumbing and housing, both critical bottlenecks, were tighter than ever. Auto production dropped to 5,500 so far this month (v. 20,000 in May). Now Ford and General Motors production lines were crawling. (Chrysler's was shut down because of a strike...
While full development of the community is being left to its future inhabitants, arrangements are being made with the Boston and Maine Railroad for special cars on fast commuters trains and special fares in order to keep expenses within reason and to keep travelling time for the 30 miles down to about an hour
...China the civil war flamed briskly. It was a week of military setbacks for the Communists. After capturing Chengteh with surprising ease, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's armies were closing in on Chihfeng, last big Communist base in Jehol. Purpose of the campaign: to clear the railroad from Peiping to Mukden and to free from Communist threat the Government corridor from North China to Manchuria. The Jehol offensive also put flank pressure on Kalgen, capital of Chahar province and the Communists' No.1 base...