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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
9
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western president warns against postwar rail detoliation. Speakers at the Atlantic States Shippers Advisory Board urge railways carry heavy military traffic, predicting changes ahead in policy and car efficiency.
Kendall notes potential yard and track abandonments but expects no major drop in operated mileage due to cost limits. From December 1941 to March 1944 railroads moved 21 million troops and hauled 150 million tons of Army freight, far surpassing World War I numbers. Ship and car efficiency groups push for prompt freight release while shippers urged to support loading and unloading to meet demands.
Britain and the United States tighten neutrality measures by cutting steamship service to Ireland after April 24 and suspending travel permits. They press Spain over oil, Turkey over chrome, and Portugal and Sweden over exports aiding Germany, reinforcing Hull's warning that neutral dealings with the enemy are unacceptable.
Report says Lieid owned companies in Tetuan seized stocks belonging to Anglo American Shell and Vacuum Oil after they refused to pay a small special tax. The tax was imposed for use by British forces in the Caribbean oil delivery to Spain last January. Stocks involved are believed to be small.
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson warned that men classified 4-F should be pressured to enter war essential industries and suggested they be educated into war work from the moment they are rejected at induction centers.
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