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to quell” if it is not ended within 72 hours, The effects were felt swiftly. Within a few short hours, steel mills and other industries began closing down in the East and thousands were thrown out of work, Industry's life-lines had been cut. More industrial shutdowns were anticipated today. The shipment of food was reduced to a trickle, Already housewives had begun stocking up. In large metropolitan areas, commuters— dependent on suburban service of strike-bound roads—had a hard time getting to work, Thousands stayed home. Travelers on streamliners and crack trains found themselves immobilized in such isolated whistle stops ‘as the desert town of Carlin, Nev., population 750. There two sections of the Southern Pacific's Challenger came to a stop. A spokesman for the Associaiion of American Railroads said the walkout ‘had resulted in “almost a 100 per cent shutdown.” A few trains were being run by foremen and supervisory employees and in some cases by members of non-striking unions. But these were only a few of the 17,500 passenger trains and 24.000 freight trains run normally each day.

CAN'T WORK 24 HOURS WASHINGTON, May 24 (U, P). —Federal safety regulations will prevent a few strike-defying train crews from working around-the-clock to keep some of the trains rurining.

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(Continued From Page One) believed to be in no danger of starvation rations, even if the strike is prolonged. Certain foods, most of them of perishable varieties, probably will disappear at least temporarily, Handlers in the area indicated. But supplies of canned goods and resumption of the flow of other foods as emergency facilities get into operation probably will keep the local populace eating. “Except for meats purchased from local packers,” said William A. Coleman, local sales manager for A. & P. stores, “practically all fresh foods are brought to us by box car or refrigerator car. “When supplies now on track in Indianapolis are exhausted, there may be a short lapse in supply. Shippers were under a hold order during the past two days and it is likely emergency shipping’ facilities will need a day or two to catch up.” ‘Better Than Most Cities’

Hanly Blackburn of the Hoosier Brokers Co. expressed belief supplies obtainable within a 300-mile radius would suffer no delays in reaching Indianapolis, Confirming the belief that a temporary food shortage might result from the two-day-old “hold” order clamped on railroads as the strike became imminent, he said: “Indianapolis still is better off from a food standpoint than most | cities of its size, especially in the East, I feel certain there will be no really dangerous food shortage here.” First to feel the sharp reverberations of the strike call were truckers to whom appeals were made for shipping space. Reports from docks | in Cincinnati indicated within a few hours of the strike deadline that |truck space had been saturated. | The government priority system

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be observing food and other priority arrangements voluntarily. . Gasoline Outlook Bright Possibly- the brightest spot on the entire rail strike picture came from the oil companies, Spokesmen here passed out encouraging word that virtually all gasoline supplies, vital to running trucks and busses, were brought to Indiana by pipeline. “Pipelines from the south and the lake ports and refineries of the Lake county area can keep the state supplied at about a normal rate,” one spokesman said. “The amount of oil and gasoline the railroads haul in here is negligible.” The Chamber of Commerce reported the rail tieup, added to the ravages of the coal’ strike and the resultant local curtailment of gas for industrial use, would have a devastating effect on industry. The chamber reported most local industries would hold out for a few days, dipping into backlog supplies and storing finished products on loading docks, but that once they began to close down, they would close with .a rush.

VERSAILLES TREATY ORIGINAL IS LOST

PARIS, May 24 (U, P.).—A foreign office. announcement said today {that the original copy of the Ver- | sailles treaty was destroyed or lost {by the Germans. The treaty and other documents connected with the peace after the first world war have “disappeared,” the official statement reported. The papers fell into German hands when Paris fell in 1940.

CHICAGO ‘L’ FARE UP CHICAGO, May 24 (U. P)—A two-cent increase in fares, boost-

An engineer may work on shipping already was in effect|ing the rate to 12 cents a ride, went

only 16 consecutive hours. Then and trucks who had not yet re-|into effect today on Chicago's ele-

he must take an eight-hour rest.

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here from the federal prison at Terre Haute to face charges of inflicting personal injury in the commission of - a robbery. The charges alleged they’ stole Bennet's pistol after he was shot. Hopkins at first insisted he alone picked up the trooper’s pistol. Steele, after discussing technicalities of the law with Bartholomew Circuit Judge George W. long, also entered a plea of guilty. Mr. Bennett was not in the court room, ‘ The Negroes were apprehended in Detroit after a three-state search shortly after the shooting. They commandeered three automobiles in their flight across Indiana to Michigan. They were both sought for robberies at Louisville, Ky., Cincinnati, O., Gary, Ind, East Chicago, Ind., and Calumet City, Ill. Federal Marshal Julius Wichser sald they would be taken to Leavenworth, Kas, to complete their five-year terms.

EMERGENCY TRUCKS HERE HAUL MAIL OUT

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Washington, Mr. BSeidensticker warned that no such matter would be accepted at postal windows here and urged that none be dropped in mail boxes since it will only cause a jam and will not leave the city anyway. ! Such cities as Connersville, Martinsville and others normally served by truck will get mail service pretty much as usual, Mr. Seidensticker said. Air mail service will continue normal and probably will be expanded under postoffice plans to

keep first class mail on the move.

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deadline. But at 6:30 p. m, the New York Central's streamlined Knickerbocker, eastbound from St. Louis to Cleveland and New England, glided to a stop and Conductor F. H. Kenney announced :

‘As Far as We Go’ “This is as far as we're going for the present folks. . . , You can live on the train. All its conveniences are at your service. Consider it your hotel during your stopover in Indianapolis.” . Minutes later, the New York Central's Queen City Special arrived and its passengers, bound from Chicago to Cincinnati, were told the same thing. Railroad officials explained they would permit passengers to live aboard trains as long as the strike continued, because of the hotel room shortage. Two hospital cars full of world war II casualties were uncoupled from the Queen City and shunted on their way to Jacksonville, Fla. under a strike exemption order honored by the union. Exchange Stories Stranded passengers on the two deluxe trains clustered in small groups to exchange trouble stories, sipped drinks in the lounge car, wandered bewilderedly through the station. The dining car on the Knickerbocker was closed briefly when one kitchen crew walked out, but other chefs swung aboard and the steam tables were hot again before nightfall. The strike broke on the Unian station with a sort of delayed action tension. For an hour and a half after the deadline, trains pulled in and out as non-union foremen, supervisory officials and white collar workers mounted cabs and took over the throttles, Generally, striking engineers turned their engines to non-union employees calmly and without friction. Engineer C. E Slack's eyes were moist as he guided the Pennsylvania’s Jeffersonian through the overhead. He blotted his forehead with a red bandana, nodded tb a road foreman who stepped into his place and climbed down from the cab without comment. Heckle Substitute In only one instance did a commotion ensue when a substitute engineer appeared to take over. That was when the N. Y. C.’s Sycamore, from Cincinnati to Chicago, came in. The engineer leaped from the

: .' By SHERLEY UHL Sleepless adults and crying babies remained overnight aboard two strike-stalled trains at Union station as traffic through the terminal

Non-union, supervisory crews cleared the elevation of half-a-dozen crack expresses during the rush hours immediately following the strike

CLEAR TRAIN GUARDS |todsy were found smnocen BLOOMINGTON, IIL, May 24 (U.|Sisughter in the slaying of a. P.) Four train guards for the To-|in a fight on the strikebound

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City she’. ‘were patrons told what to expect. Some passengers left the Pennsy's Spirit of St. Louis, asking where they could get hotel rooms. They scrambled back on when informed the train would pull out. Many appeared resigned. All had begun their trips despite strike warnings and the delays weren't entirely unexpected, When the strike however, some of them besieged railroad officials for information about possible transfers to other transportation. One woman demanded an immediate refund. Parents with babies were deeply worried, however. One mother, Mrs. Albert Cox, wept as her husband changed a diaper aboard the Knickerbocker, Her 6-months-gld daughter, Linda Kathleen, cried fretfully. Traffic through the station was light, with most people declining to travel during the crisis. Even at the rush hour no queues were formed before the ticket windows. Last train to pull away last night was a Perinsy express from Louisville to Chicago, manned by a supervisory crew, Immediately theraffer, a Pennsy order halted all trafic on the Indianapolis division, The strike was on,

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pens during the week, Edward Falck, director of CPA's office for emergency controls, said either a rail or coal stoppage continuing into next week probably would force these restrictions: ONE: A uniform browpout of| non-essential outdoor and- display lighting. . - TWO: A 15 to 20 per cent reduction in commercial use of electricity. THREE: A ban on non-essential use of current for such devices as air conditioning equipment. States tentatively scheduled to be placed under the conservation or-|

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First train to leave the station after the strike was the Monon's § p. m. Hoosier. When the regular crew failed to appear, Trainmaster W. J. Hayes shed his blue suit with a red rose in the lapel, slipped on a pair of blue denim trousers and an old jacket, and hoisted himself to the cab. General Freight Agent Abel Marshall served as brakeman. The train pulled out 10 minutes late. Passengers Puzzled During this dramatic interlude, passengers stood puzzled, first on one foot then another, wondering, literally, whether they were coming or going. Among them was James L. Beattey, former Democratic county chairman. “Is we is or is we ain't going?” he quipped. » Passengers on other arriving trains

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