Southern Pacific Plans Postwar Growth After War
SP President A T Mercier outlines a sixfold rise in passenger miles and a large postwar expansion. Freight eased but Army and Navy personnel traffic remains strong as 5 000 more workers are needed on Pacific lines. The company ordered 24 million dollars of new freight cars and rails and will introduce streamlined coaches and sleeping cars. Training for supervisors and customer service staff will expand in 1946.
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Southern Pacific
A. T. Mercier
Pacific
City of
Mercier
Mexican Laborers To Be Returned Early In Year
The national railways said they would rent 30 passenger coaches from U S railroads to repatriate Mexican laborers in January February and March. Using rented coaches would allow continued regular passenger service south of the border.
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Mexico City
National Railways
United States
National Railway Office
NATS Labors To Get G. I.'s Home Quickly
Kansas City dispatch reports a swift Navy effort this month to move wounded veterans from the Pacific and Orient toward U S homes, as gigantic transports race time and Santa Claus to deliver the gift of safe return.
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Kansas City
Navy
Santa Claus
Pacific
Orient
Navy air transport service speeds wounded home in mercy flights
The Naval Air Transport Service operates a continent crossing daily shuttle for wounded Marines and sailors departing from Pacific theaters. Priority is awarded by purple heart, with planes flying via Oakland to Phoenix and El Paso following safe low routes to government hospitals. Nurses and corpsmen accompany patients on these missions of mercy with medical supplies and comfort provisions onboard.
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Naval Air Transport Service
Shanghai
Philippines
Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Oakland
Calif
Pacific
Mercy
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