Word: traveled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said he, in cold fury: "The airline pilots know that air travel is safe. . . . They recommended and sponsored the law that created the independent Air Safety Board . . . they have only to point to the world safety record in air travel that was established . . . before it [the Board] was abolished by Reorganization Plan No. 4. They know it can be done again by reestablishing the Air Safety Board to investigate accidents, and to make recommendations as a result of its investigations, to prevent accidents, and to make investigations into situations that may be potential crashes. ..." From Pat McCarran came a grim...
...Europe this winter no ordinary citizen will travel far in his own country except toward war or exile: coal is scarce. Few will have enough heat. Fewer still will eat enough food, for Europe's food supply is reduced 15% by blockade, another 15% by poor harvests. Not one in a thousand will drive his own car when and where he pleases or read uncensored news or listen to unpropagandized broadcasts. Comfortable clothing will be a luxury. Many will die of influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, typhus or cholera. Of Europe's 525,000,000 people, some millions, probably never...
...world's highest standard of living. Since September 1939 Canadians have watched the necessities of war nibble away at that standard - first by requiring them to turn in their holdings of foreign exchange, then by a 10% tax on imports, by forbidding the use of funds for travel in the U. S., by imposing stiffer and stiffer taxes on goods and incomes. Last week the standard toppled...
...vessels totaling 627,600 tons (deadweight) from U. S. owners (including 36 vessels from World War I's laid-up fleet). Deals are under way now for 45 more, and others may follow. Since almost any seagoing vessel is adequate for use in convoys, which travel slowly, Britain is better off buying old ships at low prices than new ones at high prices...
...statement is made with particular reference to travel in Canada, although it applies to any foreign country. Students who are planning to go directly through Canada to the western part of the United States, without stopping, for instance, do not need the permit, but those who intend to drive through or remain in Canada should have...