Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...started out at Des Moines, at a plowing contest," said ex-Plowboy Harry Truman, "and there were just about ten acres of people in front of the stand where I spoke ... I went to Denver and there were 100,000 people . . . went on down the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and over to Salt Lake City...
Prosperous Pennsy. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., which had to dip into reserves last April to pay a 50? dividend, was doing well enough by the end of August to pay another 50? out of current earnings. Its eight months' net of $10,706,283 (v. a $4,666,689 loss in the same 1947 period) amounted to 81? a share...
...Crimson's three railroad cars left Boston last night at 10:30 p.m., but not before the team had engaged in possibly their most thorough workout to date. The emphasis was on pass defense and on all phases of offense...
...H.A.A. also made known final plans of the football trip. The Crimson's three railroad cars will leave Boston at 10:30 p.m. Thursday and arrive at Ithaca Friday morning...
Heavy Freight. The railroads, whose freight rates have gone up 41 to 43% since war's end, will ask ICC for another 8% boost, railroad traffic executives decided at a Chicago meeting. If granted, the increase would add another $400 million to the nation's freight bill. (The total increase so far: $2.1 to $2.5 billion...