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Several thousand Soviet-directed railway police yielded control of west Berlin railway stations to west Berlin police last night on order of the United States, Britain, and France. Russia protected the three-power action, which came on the fourth day of a fierce strike against the Soviet-controlled railway and elevated systems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: China Reds Seize Shanghai; West Rejects Vishinsky Plan | 5/25/1949 | See Source »

...orange paint, fan ventilators and padded seats; but underneath is the outmoded hulk of a 1926 transit car model. In general, that's what is wrong with the entire MTA set-up--it is only a veneer, covering up but not eliminating the financial structure of the Boston Elevated Railway Company that it replaced...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Brass Tacks | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...election." Jubilant Conservative politicians flatly predicted a Conservative victory at the national polls next year. Nevertheless, both sides realized that less than two-fifths of Britain's electorate had voted, that local contests do not necessarily forecast the country's attitude in a national election. Said a railway worker in Streatham: "Yer can't judge by local elections. They vote against you if they don't like yer face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wakie, Wakie! | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

South of the city, the Communist vanguard surged on to a point halfway between Shanghai and the refugee Nationalist capital of Canton. More than 350 miles of the Shanghai-Canton railway were in Red hands. Another Communist spearhead was within 150 miles of the vital seaport of Foochow. West of Shanghai, Nationalist General Pai Chung-hsi's armies withdrew hurriedly as the rugged, battle-tried armies of General Lin Piao opened attack on the industrial center of Hankow, gateway to the "rice bowl of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: The Weary Wait | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...usual for the women to be collected in cellars or other safe places. When the numbers were sufficient they were either marched or taken by lorry to a railway center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Six Who Came Back | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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