Word: sniatyn
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...other Polish tracks in Soviet hands have been converted to the wider Russian gauge. But Moscow agreed last Sept. 3 to leave the 191-mile Sniatyn-Przemysl line in standard European gauge. Over them were to have rolled five 60-car trains each day each way to haul goods between Germany and Rumania. But they were far behind schedule; as of Feb. 19, less than 700 cars had gone each...
...railroad and single highway were jammed with refugees, walking, creaking along in wagons, only a few so lucky as to have automobiles. A trainload of war-wounded, had to wait hours every few miles while its crew repaired blown up rails. The diplomatic exodus came to rest at Sniatyn, a town near the Rumanian border where there were boarding school dormitories. Ambassador Biddle got a fine "mansion" on the main street. There were no lights, of course, and no running water, but his wife and family were safe. His British neighbors across the way marveled to see him sweating, stripping...
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