Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1949 — Page 1
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CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 2
(UP)—Six persons were killed and seven others were|
overcome or injured. early to-
Pscaipps—-nowar] 60th YEAR_NUMBER 25
She Didnt Forget—
Singing for
Phyllis Wilcox
Has Busy Life By EARL WILSON...
NEW YORK, Nov, 2-—-Whéir 1 Wrote about Audrey Totter's plea for hospital shows for vets, a reader sent me this letter: “lI think you should know about a pretty Indianapolis girl named Phyllis Wilcox, who's
Earl ‘Wilson, Times Broadway
| columnist, will be in Indianap-
day when fire swept the upper| ulis. Friday ta. address inembors
floors of a three-story down-| town tenement.
08 regional advertising clubs in
| the Hotel Lincoln. Mr. Wilson's
Firemen said five of the dead daily column is on Page 12. N
burned to death in their third-|
Pint-Sized Indiana Girl
The Times’ Broadway Columning, -
. FORECAST: Cloudy, colder’ tonight. Clearing, eool tomorrow. Low tonight, 30. High tOMMOrTOW, 45.
Fntered as Second-Class Master at Postoffice Indianapoiis;
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1949
Divers Hunt L ~
eparate Pact
Veterans |
Confusion Clears Over Death Toll; Now Believed 55 | “WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 |(UP)—Navy divers plumbed , ; ; the Potomac River today for -
|eight ‘bodies still unrecovered t Indiana’ s Codl Crisis
after this country’s worst airplane disaster. The crash here yesterday cost | the lives of 55 or 56 persons—38
floor apartments. The sixth vic-| peen making the patients at
tim died after she leaped from th top floor.
None of those injured or overcome was believed in serious con: |
dition at General Hospital.
e Bellevue Hospital in New. York a little happier. “I saw her there, dressed in her best clothes, walking among t the paraplegics and singing.
Firemen said the blaze started The expressions on their faces when a cigaret was accidentally | were her reward.”
- dropped .in a couch in a hallway
on the first floor: ~The flame,
So I went down to see the S| pint-sized Hoosier singer who's
shot up the stairway, trapping been bringing happiness .to the
occupants on the upper floors.
_ weary and the ill. She shares
Damage was confined mostly a tiny apartment with an aspir-
to the third floor and firemen
ing actress in a brownstone
estimated loss at $2000. Fifteen house right oF Central Park.
persons lived in the building.
Carl McBeath said his wife! saved his life by pushing him | back. home
from a window. She and he son, James, died-in the fire,
McBeath was burned slightly.
Cold Front to Send
Mercury to 30
aniliyiin
citar
N. Webster Ave. A graduate of , Company, too. Ibe of Bolivia” still didn’ y _ LQCAL TEMPERATURES | srgenal Technical High School, “Asti’s is a wonderful place today 3 Bolivia Stil) didnt Anov: More coal mst be produced . . . and quickly. “$a m... 40 9a m. ene 31 she studied singing with Mrs. for ravioli—you know, the kind so many persons. * x = Tam... au 1 a m... 1 Williah Devin at 1322 Parker of place where you hear ‘The Eric. Rios Bridoux. Bolivia's | HE Operators 2”. Indiana's biggest coal mines have Somme ~ FAVE ENE Wong vUlte scholar me POet=— BORG GUM dg terrae ret Vi he selv to the 9a. m., . 47 1 p.m, . .50 ship to Indiana University. She often.” EE ae po offéred thei ines “free reely To- thé “State of Trdians
) A cold front ¢ tonight will cloud Indianapolis skies and send the the
30,
mercury dipping<._to today.
Weather Bureau sa Mostly cloudy .skies
day's high-of-53.-
As skies clear tomorrow. the
mercury will rise to 45.
Frost missed Indianapolis last| night, but an earlier front here b
invaded the deep South, Seca
tered frost reached as far as New| Orleans, where the mercury dipped to 38, and Meridian, Miss which 32. Frost expected
recorded here tonight.
Strikers Agree To Street Paving
Mayor Al Fenney made a deal today with" striking ready-mixed |
concrete truckers to finish —-gurfacing two streets.
The Mayor called Edward ark,
son, president of the ready-ml
unit of the Teamsters Union ig got permission to use city trucks and truck drivers to haul wet concrete fo the -W. Morris St. and | N. Pennsylvania St. resurfacing |
projects.
There are five days work on] W. Morris St. and two days on the Mayor
N. Pennsylvania St., said. About 100 wet concrete haule struck yesterday for a 10 cen
_an hour increase, tying up several million dollars in big construé-’
tion, and several hundred unfi ished homes.
Fruehauf Co. Seeks To Build Plant Here
The Fruehauf Realty Corp. Detroit, Mich., mission to build a $215,000 bran
manufacturing plant in Indian-|
apolis.
The company filed for-a zoning variance between 3101 and 3313 The area’ is partially zoned for residence and par-|
English Ave.
tially for business: « The company plans to erect tratler- manufacturing plant on
.six-acre plot between Indianapolis | and Pleasant
Union Railways Run Creek.
Mr. |
d colder weather tonight will foHow to-
today asked per-
“I USED to i +5 hospitals in Indianapolis, r! too,” Phyllis said. “During the war I entertained at the Ft. | ‘Benjamin HarFgon~ hospital and at Camp Atterbury. : “People do forget so quickly, don’t they?” Phyllis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilcox, live at 36
sang in Indianapolis summer opera. She was one of the three finalists in the “Hour of Charm” search to find the
and finished second. YWhat happeéenéd tothe win: ner?” I asked. “She got married and had a and goodby career” laughed. NG 8-8 ». “BUT TFve kept up with my singing.
t-| Phyl
as I'd like to. ™N
country’s best coed vocalist, A
In fact, I'm so busy that I haven't been able to sing in’ the hospitals as ‘much
“1 sing at Asti’s Nn Green-
jen. 15 women and two or three| to face with the most serious fuel crisis in Indiana children—aboard a four-engined
| Eastern Air Lines plane, | history. So far. 47 bodies had been One more week of normal November lepevatuves sl |
So, far. for. Of these, 38 had bring widespread. suffering. been identified. | Two weeks of real winter cold can mean Basler. Fasiern Av Lines. passenger There are city water supply works in Indiana without
list showed only 53 persons aboard the transport—51 passen- fuel to run for 10 more days. There are electric power
ge and four crew members. rose Plants that may have to shut down in two weeks. All over
possibil [that Nor ay 56th, Hy ama ithe state schools, hospitals and public institutions will begin’
amigo mros a now in sight. Thousands upon thousands of Indiana fam-|
that of a boy about 2. Thelilies have empty coal bins and no prospect. of fuel to heat| only children listed among the their homes. ? = passengers were an 18-month-old| girl, whose body was found and lidentified, and a 9-month-old boy. Condition ‘Good’ However, tentative identifica- crisis. {tion today indicated there were
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«Phyllis Wilcox
“wich Village three nights a week and I'm an usheret at the City Center Theater an- {only two small children other three nights a week. And [not three. But at best it can bring only slight and temporary relief |
I sing with the Village Opera | The man known as the “Lind- to the worst emergency situations,
coal there is was a necessary first step to meet this
Recently Asti’s asked Phyllis
hi produce coal, without profit tg their owners, for as long as| e
| {plane disasters. He not only survived, but his condition today was the emergency lasts. {reported “very good.” Indiana’s {United Mine Workers, idle for the past 45 The Alexandria, Va., hospital! ‘said that he was not Jujied as severely as first reported.
to work there more often. turned them down. “I'd make more rfioney at Asti's,” she said seriously, “but I enjoy ushering= That's how I get. to hear all the _Operas. 1 “never miss we rca a—
I LOOKED at my notes and said, “I may have to call you for more information later.”
days, have been asked to man these mines r.Pay they have ever received and produce for the state "lator NL: Be ID ge Sl he ... a bare 20 per cent of normal production . . . not enoug {kept in ignotapee of its frightful to keep any factories running or anybody at work in a job, |
wis Ready te
| “The confusion arose because closing next week unless they ‘get fuel supplies that are not | 0
tions, told the Governor he|’ lwould “call “association mem- | bers; together immediately.
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* John L. Lewis’ told Gov. Schricker “today. that he " 'willing- to meet with Indiana coal operators independently OV. SCHRICKER'S call upon all ie us "to * have what of the rest of the industry. = His telegram opened the way toward a possible break It had to be taken. -It will have the full support of in the nation-wide strike, if the mine owners agree. The aboara, [Very decent citizen of this state. | Governor immediately advised Hoosier operators of Mr. | |Lewis’ offer, which held the possibility that Indiana Tight _|become the “Bethlehem Steel” of the coal strike, : Harvey Cartwright of the Indiana Coal Operators Ase ‘sociation, who represents deep mine operators in negotia=
Heeds Schricker Plea Com ‘weather = mn Editoria wroaght us ace FP or Attempt to Avert ‘Hardship, Suffering’
Governor Suggests State House Meeting; Parley May Lead to End of Strike BULLETIN ; Indiana Coal Operators, meeting at Terre Haute this afternoon, indicated they would reject John L. Lewis’ fler to negotiate separately with Indiana. They said they would negotiate only at national level
Xm a]
Doubts Xeceptance
said.
-they-indicate-such-a-desire, our ‘representatives will- promptly meet with them to work. out a tentative agreement which will be : licy commi y Ernest Agee, Indiana Coal Pro- Rad A ea of
at the hi est ducers. Association, who repre- hen it gh 'sents strip . mine operators, fold | America for approval wi ae
1 The Times he doubted that the! I Rios -was-unable to. give. L — enough coal to keep. their Hoosier neighbors from suffering Hoosier industry would break hh |AWEY “fromthe industry's so {front nationally.
sembles in’ Shienss next Monday afternoon, Nov. T. 5 (0. L. Scales, president of the diana Coil Trades Association, - yesterday members of his
“We are obligated by the na- | anization which includes most
“ " rR i ‘but enough to keep water supplies going and families’ from tional contract committee in these Surely” Phyllis said.” But | ig cp Who. interviewed, g p pplies going negotiations,” he said. “This ap- of the major mine operators of if it's Fridays, Saturdays or | that freezing in their homes. - pears to me to preclude the pos- [the state, had been “ready to Sundays . .. you'll have fo meet | oubted - that would - be}, ‘sibility of a separate deat.” negotiate a contract since last
me in the sstond balcony of the We hope they agree to do so.
Center Theater. “Those are _ nights.”
{able to talk ration: X before to-|. {motrow or Friday...
my usheritig’4
Ser— ~ Michigan St. Bridge
iA Legal Question— =
Marriage, but Now
! Mrs. Lois Mae Eads. Ric When she heard he was dead, Now she has heard he is
And at the same time, she ta
n { John Miller, sums up the situ
| ation As Senate Ave.
Lois Mae Eads.
after three ‘months. Lode of s =» = SHE RETURNED to her par
chi
er by trade, hit the road. In July of last year, Lois Ma
a| that Benjamin was dead.
Scribner last July 16.
Wife Doesn't Know if First | Husband Is Dead or Alive
Report of Death Leads Her Into Second ,
#8 Benjamin Lloyd Riche dead or alive?
divorce in Superior Court Judge Walter Pritchard's court.
rs| | vise to Orville Junfor Scribner, = = the man she married when she believed. Benjamin. .to. be dead. This is the way her attorney,
823 8. she married Mr. “Riche, “but separated from him
.ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Eads at the 8. Senate ‘Ave. address. Benjamin, an overland truck-
met a mutual friend on a street downtown. The friend reported
a| After«‘exhausting every avenue of investigation.” Mr. Miller said, Mrs. Riche married Mr,
To Be Open od Nov. 15. Workers Union as well.
o OR There is plenty of coal in the ground in Indiana. pening o ie new $838,000} : inn i bo 24 |W. Michigan St. bridge has Yoon) There are plenty of men willing to mine it. . + . with {set for Nov. 15, Mayor Feeney or without union permission.
id tod 4 . a3, ge" was original The state of Virginia already has fully met its own
scheduled for opening this nally [coal emergency by non-union production under police proDelay was necessary, engineers tection after the union refused to produce coal there.
sald, to allow completion of drain-| lage and concrete work. The We believe the people of Indiana would rather do it
|project, one of the city's major with the co-operation of the miners union.
{flood control . jobs, was financed . iwith federal job. Maintenance| But-we do not for a moment bélieve they will stand by
and right-of-way costs Pledged b by the city: Tog
She Hears He's. Living
he Scribner isn’t sure any more. she remarried. » alive and has" filed a petition. for - cause a distant union leader says No.” It
will seek an annulment of the mar:
~ MN - Bank k Robbers Take i health dnd the welfare and the safety of the people : "$14,000 in Virginia of this state come first, before the aims of any union; FALLS CHURCH, .Va., Nov. ) or the objections of any mine owner. JuRiartwe men -earrying-
AULO~ pen matic !pistgls held up "The mine owners have shown, they réalize that in offer:
THEY TOOK up residence in 1611 Lafayette Rd i ‘But on Oct. "25 “WHITE Mee . Riche-Scribner was window . shopping" downtown she-met the- ‘branch of the ‘Falls. Church Bank ing to turn over their mines.
“fifend” once again. {today and escaped with approxiThe first report, the “friend” ee $14,000. The United Mine Workers can show they
Ht the east
apologized, was not exactly They fled in a 1942 sedan head- it, too, by accepting the offer of the state. true. About" Benjamin being [ed toward Washington, about sev-| “Heo m till rtaf 1 di te dead. that. is. len miles east. . osier common sense can still avert a fuel disas er. , Benjamin, it how -appeared, Joy not try it?
- was very mueh alive, but the ‘Times Index
“friend” was. rather vague on
| his whereybots. {Amusements 16 Mrs. Manners 15 Su ol T: te o Add |. . » “THIS was toy much for Lois |Bridge ...... 9 Needlework .. U " ay Imes o Mae. She immediately told her {Childs «ssese14 Othman ..... 5 husband and together, they pre- [Comaes «veees23 Pattern ...J0.. N
sented the problem to Attorney Crossword ...10 Radio ...... Parade Magazine
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‘Down the Slipstream of Time'—
- Shadow of Tragedy Falls Once More on Rickenbacker
News of Fatal Crash Reaches EAL President
As He Gets Citation; Faith in Future Unshaken- |
By BARRY STILLERMAN
A SIMPLE, dignified man stood on an élaborate,
speaker's rostrum and said:
‘Two decades have gone down the slipstream of time. The soft rumble of his voice was slightly shaken, closed no outward signs of tragedy which seemed to shadow his
“dates with destiny.”
The man speaking was Capt.) an engag-| in- Capt. Eddie was adrift for 24 days, berg, - Firestone, Mercer and MaxHis , plane well, , was downed on a special missi .- =n |to inspect air combat groups with THE RISKS he ook on ‘the|
Eddie Rickenbacker, “ing personality, a ‘leader in dustry, a builder whose faith the ~~ future, was limited, approach clear.” He had accepted with hum gratitude an American Legion ci tation yesterday honoring . company, Eastern Air Lines,
employment of disabled veterans. “They had every right in the world to feel sorry for them-
selves, . . ”
Lingo St _ Passengers and. f
It os ‘the second tatal crash
‘of an EAL ship in 62 days. “He didn’t concentrate on
“prepared: speech for several minutes. He felt deeply the terrifying
“visibility un-|
impressi
But he d
pt It is the first major addition'to The Sunday Times “editions “| since they first were published & year ago. Partial completion of Times building construction, which makes available more space and gréater mechanical facilities for handling and distribution, have made it possible. ese eet Parade, the only ‘“streamlined” picture magazine in the Sunday field, nw reaches more than 13 million readers each
To better serve The Times and the other 26 metropolitan news papers presenting Parade, a | plant at 8t. Louis has been
man is In his thinking and in in-the-Ring” ensignia.. This is the | his doing. 7" .” Imark of “his Eastern Airlines. Eddie Rickenbacker grew up The mark of the plane that went with automobiles. He helped make. down yesterday. .
ve horseless carriages by lamplight: “ . “you can “only exert In- | Sunday, as part of 27 major Added to the Philadelphia and [He studied engineering through fluence through strength; « +” |" metropolitan Sunday news. Louisville printing~centers for " ‘ » |correspondence. This was before, » “| papers. Compact and fast-mov- the magazine. |
is- the new century. { By 1910, after his job at a4 Indianapolis auto factory, he b
CAPT. EDDIE Titaned to civilian life to become a top executive In the automobile industry.
ing, it is‘ edited In close con- The date is Sunday, Nov, 13 | formity with Sunday Times ,..a week from: next Sunday. policy of presenting the most
Sever years ago this mon
in in thé vast Pacific.
ble) eight others.
his | perience, his spirit unbroken. -“
| for| Inspiration. nh »
near Atlanta, Ga. Pulled from the A y . 4 HE HAD just learned of the| \wreckage, he complained . wot Mitchell, chief of the Army air|Shows only somg gray hair at the crash of an Eastern Airliner near a pain in my back” when his inWashington Natioial Airport juries were described as serious. He commented later to a Bap-
our “Ttist minister who visited him an Atlanta hospital: his| in spirit.” axiom for living.
times before in his 59 years.
He survived that agonizing ex-| H . there was no future nor
IN SEDRVALY, 1941, he “survived an EAL crash TEtETTo elg!
“lI am | bruised. but not broken This was and remains today. h, He flirted with death many
|came a racing celebrity. He oe
th, develop racing cars for Duesen- —Riley 5551-—will reserve your |
copy of The Sunday Times. 27? Gnimabieeesieiamineemmeipass
Officials Move to |
His thoughts were of flying, however,
complete news and feature : coverage in -crisp, briefly writThrough Eastern Afr Transport,| ten ~ style’ for today's busy a subsidiary of General Motors,| reader. he got back into flying, actively’ ¥y 5 =»
and as an executive. He anda EN d dent - Y:lgroup of financiers bought thel vers vase 1 trot in ws nea (GUrtail Power Use lair transport firm in 1938 and| ("reader interest, and its ap | City officials moved quickly t clals ed quickly ol {Sucestatully organized Eastern Alr bod Sypihes sltestes by its |day to comply with a request by ’ growth o per cent in adver- the Governor's Coal Co-ordinat-Then his joh became speed, effi- tising fn the past year.
ciency and safety. But tragedy followed the. Ricks) FAradé contains 24 to 28
|track® in the country were many. | volunteered in the gignal corp® in 1917, but lack of college] education thwarted his efforts to) enter flying school. At the Lime he was serving as Gen, John Pershing’s personal chauffeur in
| { {
power,
nt | France. pages of pictures And stories |. Virgil Stinebaugh,.. supetin: The late Gen. William. Biny|enbacker fate. Yet outwardly he each Suni The ‘magazine |tendent of schools, called -school includes such features as “Pa--|athletic directors together to
\service then, took a. liking to temples and a line or two beneath “Rick” and obtained a transfer Nis ees. to the Alr Corps for him. . opportunity to work Is | __M, owe must open wide the most important. . 4 ; "doors of epportunity to men... ae spoke with greater -eonvio-| on now. folate t ws id he learned to” 270 py eartn and thi his risks, and became the greatest| heads. . . 7 Américan ace of World War I. | . n,n Officially credited with downing|. THE LEGIONNAIRES gave him a standing ovation. He
rade Af Progress’—a report of new products for home and personal use.” There is a page— lights. illustrated, of course--on the Mayor Feeney called theater preparation of unusual dishes | —personatty to ask for . + + & fashion page . . . numer- |a blackout of electric’ signs, He ous panel cartoons . . . Hy [personally walked through the: ‘Gardner's famous Newsreel of corridors of City Hall snapping - Humor. . sports... . human off lights wherever it, could be interest pictures and text . . . [done without causing danger. a quiz page . .. and up-to-the He an unced a meeting of city
change night football schedules to daytime to cut out use of flood-
w— g
his
He 25 enemy planes, he ‘was awarded
day came after the Governor ha asked - Lewis in meeting an “acute. and tragic emergency” in the state.
were and let their whale structure of living collapse merely be-|coal operators of Indiana that!
[Mine Workers will negotiate with |
ment
A phone call to The Times |
{in mmittee t tail g Co 0. Sur ue .%f\antly announced that “we're go-|(
Truman Plans top At Garrett, |
June” with the Mr. Agee said he had not talked!'J th - Because if they refuse it will mean disaster not, the Governor on -Mr. Lewis'|
‘only’ for all the rest of Indiana, but for the United Mine offer up to early this asternson, o had 02 Sdmpany. a's aid. ously
Gov. - Bchricker offered
State House as the locale of "the since 1 meeting, which would set toric precedent in the move to, P settle a nationwide mine strike. “I would .be glad to have the Dave refused to discuss negotiations here if the parties so desire,”
a his-|
the Governor said. Mr. Lewis’ announcement
“go ~operation” by. Mr.l
Ready Since Last June “Your are free to advise the |
he representatives of the United|
hem -alone and independent of | he operators of any other state! f they desire to make an agreefor Indiapa; nt Mr, Lewis’ elegram said. =
. Of Coal Dwindle to Di
“Indiana watched the skies fearfully today for the. first signs pd of. snow, The state's fuel was running out, and cries sf distress were | beginning to come fom small communities. This was the situation today in Indianapolis and the state on
the 46th aay. of the coal strike.
Clo Expects Steel To Line Up Fast
Jones. & Laughlin Meets Murray
” By United Press C10. United Steelworkers officials at Cleveland, Os, confidently |
tling agreements would ba reached “shortly” with Jones & Laughlin, {of Piftsburgh and Republic Steel, Cleveland. J. & E officials, Cleveland secretly last night with {CIO President Phil Murray, re
settlement terms to the directors. The union was confident that J. & L. would settle because it has jad a non-contributory pension plan for 26 years. Republic Steel Corp. opened new talks at Cleveland. CIO District Director William Donovan jubi-
ing to work on a new contract.” Here's how other steel companies stack up: - U. 8. Steel: Experts in Pittsburgh to discuss Bethlehem settlement. No settlement expected until Monday.
tiating in New York. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.: Officials “in touch”. with the
the terms of a ia tlement.)
in Indiana.”
|schools.
Colorado Fuel-and-TrontNego-|ct
1890.
not know
Charges “Efforts at wi
The telegram called such an {agreement by state operators “a {prime requisite to operating mines ‘The reference was interpreted as | Meaning that Mr.
_! (Continued on Page 4—Col. oy
understand White House Cool to
~'Schricker's Plea for Action Suspicious of ‘Politics’ as Supplies
stress Point
and prices were
quality.
President Garett, Ind,
union.
Meeting with union in Carton, o Crucible Steel Co.,
countless “experiences in which has raced automobiles and air- thé Croix de Guerre, the Legion of [smited" that "Hat. in - the - “ Ring” minute news features. dep: ent heads to .plan sharp death carried the heaviest odds. planes. He has outraced time and Honor, Distinguished Se'rvide/smile : “lcuty in the use of coal and coal‘Risk, not “Rick,” was his name. death. “But tragedy seemed al- Cross and the Congressionial Bit he ought of the fata] alr} THREE hiige printihg plants” derived electric power. He sald Ca their future (ways to greet him harshly along|Medal of crash yesterday. i ae turn out the magazine, -and a he would issue a statement shortww 5 hopes dreams from, becom- [oe way. : CST | He was the iehder. of squadron “It's a damn shame J Fe fet produces the new, ex- |ly asking business to follow Ang ki dnile “s3 + the real measure of a 9 of the famed. feared "Hit-'bave 10 work harder.” od iting picture dtonies east weal: the city's lead. ~~ =
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Company insists Bethlehem
“Great Laken Negotiating » : Detroit: Timken Roller . Cou
art said 4 an sier party
“United Mine
Workers. Mines operated by v
(He told the conference: called y Gov. Schricker that up to | present. United - Mine -
{tract with him, and that does what new
7
ting a new | tract to replace the one which | pired June 30 “have been mated by major industrial and
| Aipancial © Anterests,”
sections to double and more the regular prices. Even black mars ket coal was mostly of low
Gov. Henry ¥. Bchricker's wire to, the White House asking Presi~ dent Truman to séttle the coal strike was viewed thers with. the :
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OR: i | CLAD 6 FI Commisstoney hn R. Hutson said a statewide blackout curtailing unnecessary use of power consideration and business and industry braced themselves for - - |thede- worst, crisis since the war, - "THREE: Several cities reported they soon would have to close They were reaching the predicted today ‘that strike-set- (Point Where. they would be asking Attica, now producing about 600 tons of coal 4 day for emergency use and rapidly falling behind the growing demand. 3 who met in FOUR: The black market was moving in on harassed business