from KingWorldNews:

February 28 (King World News) – “On this day in (+ 1) 1944, in the pre-dawn chill, a freight train pulled out of Balvano, Italy. Now this was not a particularly good year if you lived in Balvano…or anywhere in Italy. As you history majors will recall, 1944 was a very active year in something called World War II. The Allies had landed in Anzio and were busy killing Italians to get them to surrender. Meanwhile, the Nazis were busy killing Italians to prevent them from surrendering. Thus the over/under on being a current Italian citizen was not quite a chalk bet.

That brings us back to Balvano and this day. As that freight train pulled out, several hundred of the local folks, hoping to find a place better or safer, scrambled aboard the freight as it slowed on its first upgrade.

But the train was not quite the Silver Bullet. As it chugged along, it labored and labored behind its double locomotives. You must remember…it was war time…the locomotives were like Spam cans and the coal was somewhere between Bituminous #1 and kitty litter.

Art Cashin continues @ KingWorldNews.com