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Shipping Losses Cost Enough To Maintain An Army
Shipping losses in 1947 totaled about 1.2 billion dollars, enough to finance a U S Army for a year for two million men. Railroads paid 115 million in claims, with 20 million unpaid and 10 million for investigations.
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New York
United States
U. S. Army Information Service
Senator Ives
RNY
Jerome F. Gould
Acorn Packaging and Packing Corporation
Consignees
Association of American Railroads
Shipping Container Institute
Ives
Gould
Europe
Office of International Trade
Senate