Word: richmond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francisco, a thousand miles away, a scandal-sniffing House subcommittee nosed into Kaiser's Richmond No. 3 yard and had its muckraking charges against Kaiser blown back in its face...
...carriers were not the only gamble Kaiser had on the board. A year ago he gambled that he could build his Richmond No. 3 yard in time to turn out a new type of ship (a troop carrier) by this summer...
...Richmond $105,000,000 had been spent, and not a single ship delivered; the yard has enough cable and welding iron to supply four other Kaiser yards, has hoarded so many materials "it is small wonder other shipyards are delayed"; workers quit 15 minutes early, costing the Maritime Commission $15,000 weekly in lost time...
Snacko. In Richmond, Calif., William Ashe walked into a bank, tried to deposit a paper napkin, belatedly realized he had thrown away a $71 roll of bills after a snack in a cafe...
Motorists were hardest hit in Washington, D.C., where filling-station operators hung up "no gas" signs and went home. (Buses to Mt. Vernon were discontinued.) The Richmond Chamber of Commerce persuaded business offices to stagger working hours to ease peak loads on public conveyances. Philadelphia's OPA inspectors, quizzing 1,000 suspected pleasure drivers, found a surprising number of gas users on their way to (or just returning from) their grandmothers' funerals. Manhattan Sunday bus service was slashed deep: Fifth Avenue was empty...