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Third Great Migration Shapes West War Effort
The West undergoes a third great migration as hundreds of thousands of troops move toward West Coast ports and the Pacific to defeat Japan. Transporting equipment equals about 7 percent tons per man, stressing highways. California truckers face potential extinction due to a burdensome 3 percent gross receipts tax, now repealed by a 10 to 1 legislative vote to aid war logistics.
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