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Office of Defense Transportation

American  

noun

  1. the World War II federal agency (1941–45) that regulated the transport over public routes of goods considered vital to the war effort. ODT


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By year's end, the Office of Defense Transportation predicts, only 23,750,000 privately owned passenger cars will be operating v. 29,507,000 in 1941.

From Time Magazine Archive

Office of Defense Transportation Director J. M. Johnson announced that freight-car production in October reached a postwar peak of 8,394.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the Office of Defense Transportation ordered a 25% reduction in coal-powered passenger service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, the Office of Defense Transportation made it plain how much worse they might get.

From Time Magazine Archive

WPB finally answered the pleas for help of the Office of Defense Transportation, jittery over the truck shortage.

From Time Magazine Archive

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