Word: trains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pocket, at $1.50 a day for each member of his party, the price paid by every officer in the wardroom mess. The $25,000 White House travel fund will come into use when the President lands at Portland, starts back across the continent to Washington by special train...
...game, a national convention dinner given by his brother Elks, a theatre. Next morning he kissed a few babies, made a 20-minute rush inspection of the post office, shook hands with all employes, demanded "How are you, young fellow?" or "Are they treating you all right?", caught a train for New Mexico...
...teakwood and cream enamel Royal Train parked one night last week on a siding near Knowsley Hall, vast Lancashire estate of Edward George Villiers Stanley. 17th Earl of Derby.* There is no other peer with whom the King would rather dine and sit up late over a whiskey-soda. But scowling heavens loosed a cloudburst just as the Royal Train drew in. Terrific thunder claps, incessant lightning and sheets of lashing rain kept Their Majesties aboard the train all night. Next day amid brilliant sunshine Lord Derby was their guest as they chuffed off to open the most exciting feat...
Never had Queen Mary looked more regal than when Their Majesties alighted from the Royal Train at Liverpool. Hours before more than 1,000,000 subjects of King George had turned out to pack-jam the sidewalks under a sizzling sun. They roared and thundered an ovation which seemed unique even to the most popular sovereign on earth. All day long the crowds kept it up until the King simply had to tell his people how they had made him feel. He spoke to Lord Derby and Lord Derby spoke to Liverpool newshawks and Liverpool newshawks spoke to the world...
...made a lightning decision. "Tell the boys to be good!" he snapped. "This quarrel must be limited to the men involved, not their parties or the Government. I shall leave now on my vacation and should anyone act rashly they must bear the blame. Au revoir, Messieurs!" and the train chuffed off with Gastounet...