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Cal in Chi when i get Home never no to and i it Ever again want ight with ave that to pop i do feel ought to have a vets organization we Are Young and we will the the legion and vow at have our 2 Vav v when we assumed the role of Soldier we not Lay aside the role of George 1945 the stars and stripes 6 Page 3 darkens cities 1 Brownout of All outdoor lighting will conserve coal1 from tomorrows Bureau new on main streets from Maine to Oregon will go out As of february 1 under the new nationwide which Are predicted to save 2 million tons of Coal a the conservation issued by War mobilization director Means elimination of All illuminated outdoor and ornamental and display lighting where electricity is supplied by Coal affect dare such Bright spots As theater lights de b i 11 b o a d hotel signs and display even some Street lights will go and theater and hotel marquees Are limited to one 60watt this will make theater districts of new York and other Large cities appear no flashier than a residential Street in More than distributors of electric Power come within terms of the conserva Tion which translated into current will mean a saving of 3 billion kilowatt included Are private Utility com cooperative Munich pal and Large stores and Indus trial plants which generate own Power by fewer miners now need for conserving Coal was pointed out both by Byrnes and Harold solid fuels Ickes said there Are fewer coalmines now than there were two years and that this Man Power situation in mines has resulted a looming shortage of 25 million the nations stockpile will reach a new Low of 22 Days Supply by april Ickes he added that the december output of soft Coa had dropped 13 and called on miners and operators to Bend every Effort to get out More certain areas in the United states Are supplied with Power from giant hydroelectric projects such As grand Coulee and Bonneville and do not use Coal As a source of Energy for generating those probably will not be exempted from the As it was explained that such Power could be transmit Ted to other any one can ask an exemption from the Brownout but there seemed Little Chance that Many applications would be granted by the War production in addition to electric lighting covered by the new the web asked for maximum efforts at voluntary conservation and for in use of electric web director Krug said that elec tric Industry of the both Public and has pledged its wholehearted co operation in support of the fuel conserva Tion hotel and theatrical agers in new York said the new Brownout will Broadway gloomier than it was in the first dim out of even there was no doubt that sailors on Shore on furlough would have any great trouble finding their Way International fews Day big american signs like this one on Columbus new York will Blaze out with prewar maintenance men keep them ready for that smokes shortage drives Femme to dealers to from tomorrows Bureau new with the War and the smokes Are a big topic of conversation in the United states As the fund of classic stories about the fags builds and some individual tobacco dealers turn to their own rationing these dealers Are issuing their own ration and so far there has been no move in the direction of government control of cigarette the opa thinks that no really workable system can be the shortage was obviously the result of com plex wartime Over buying and hoarding by transportation population ship ments overseas and manpower limits in f a Acme Hepler looks at Chicago store which says no in nine and Chester Price adm Nistra was inclined to believe that the fear of shortages rather than actual shortages was responsible for a substantial share of the present situation in the Early Days of the cigarette Scarci Pip and Cigar smokers were amused at the frenzy of cigarette but manufacturers now Are warning that All forms of tobacco May become scarce unless More manpower becomes even those who Roll their own Are Short of Robert l Industry said at a meeting of the National association of tobacco distributors that in the last three months women smokers hive bought 000 Rise in demand tobacco Supply itself apparently is not the heart of the cigarette but is one most factories have Reserve tobacco to maintain top the Core of the problem is the huge Rise in plus the difficulty of increasing the output under War in seven manufacturers have almost doubled Plant but even that expansion has fallen behind the swiftly rising no real setup in such shortages As and sometimes Cartons and paper for seems probable while War some stores throughout the country Are trying to spread what few packages they by Selling them Only one or two hours a customers lined up for the Privi lege of buying whatever Odd products the dealers had in and the popular brands had All but Dorothy known for her told newspaper men she was now smoking something called strange fruit one old gentleman fired up a and thought it was rather then he looked at the Revenue it read Odt cuts rail service As fuel Supply dwindles by Jack Caldwell tomorrow staff writer drastic curtailment of nonessential rail Road travel was ordered by Washington this week As the office of defense transportation moved to Check the nations dwindling Coal the sweeping directive cancelled All schedules of passenger trains providing seasonal service to resort areas and effective March any train on which the occupancy of seats did not average 35 percent during novem the move to conserve Coal already has reached into the Homes of and John fuel supplies have been Cut and householders have been urged to keep temperatures in their Homes at no higher than 68 the transportation curb is expected to Cut even deeper into Winter tourist travel to already at a Mere at the same time it appeared to have sounded the death Nell for Trade shows and other groups meeting after have to show How the War Effort would suffer if the meetings were not before Green Light will be Given them to use transportation declared col Monroe Odt colonel Johnson pointed out that suburban and interurban services were not affected and passenger equipment attached to Branch line freight trains would be continued under the Odds Coal conservation he predicted the 35 percent occupancy would eliminate Many Branch line trains operating on a year round sched ule to resort areas will not be but the order will eliminate seasonal schedules not already discontinued under a freeze order of the freeze required Odt approval for operation of Spe Cial and excursion and Odt has cracked the whip in carrying out the direct since its issuance no excursion and very few special trains have been the Odt chief said of non essential Railroad schedules to save Coal came at the request of James War mobilization and declared fewer people will be Able to the Coal situation is critical and every Means must be taken to conserve this important War