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Evening star., 1942-12-18
New Yorkefs Requested
To Cut Use of Cos
By the Associated Press

oy tI.e ASSOClhteQ Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Com-
mercial and industrial users of gas
in New York were requested by the
Consolidated Edison Co. yesterday to
curtail consumption because of a
serious shortage of oil needed in
gas manufacture.
Notice was sent by the company
to all large wholesale customers, in
Guiding bakeries, restaurants and
hotels stressing the necessity of cut
ting down on gas use.
The company explained its re-
serves of oil were far below normal.
"A large part of the gas supplied by
the Edison system requires oil in
the making.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
United States Treasury Position
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Cotton
was firm and active today, trade and
commission house buying being
stimulated by the rising opposition
against price control policies and
expectations of more liberal treat
ment of farm prices when the new
Congress convenes.
After rallying to gains Of as much
as so cents bale prices eased off
on profit taking and persistent
hedging, although the pressure was
light.
Late afternoon values were 20 to
As cents bale higher: March, 1894;
May, 1882. and July, 1871.
Futures closed to 35 cents bale
oh
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Special Dividend Voted

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (P.-The
Standard Cap & Seal Corp. an
neunced today a special dividend
of Is cents a common share would
be paid December 20 to stockholders
of record December %. 1t was the
first such payment since 1910.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Washington Stocks

SALES.
Washington Gas $3.50 pfd.-lO at
81.
AFTER CALL.
washington Gas $3.50 pfd.-10 at
81, 10 at 81, 10 at 81, 80 at 80.
Capital Transit Co.'S at 25L,
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Dec. 1s P.-Poultry. live.
26 trucks: firm: young tom turkeys under
Is pounds, 36I5: 1923 pounds, 35; over
% pounds, 33; No. 2. 20; other prices un-
changed.
Butter receipts 1894; firm: prices as
quoted by, the Chicago Price Current are
UNCHANGED
Eggs, receipts. 9,967; nrm: prices un-
changed.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Chicago Cash Market.
sample Grade yellow. eo-85: No. 4 white.
1.9Io l9S sample sradsi Whit nld 7e old NO
l white, 1.1OA. Oats, No. l mixed IS;
No. 2. -: sample grade white. 80. Bar
a. nomin.i. fieid seed. esn'n Der hum handre1- Cd
weight. nominal; timothy. 4.75-5 90;
sslsike. 1s;00-22. 50; fancY red top. 100
7:0O-S.OO: alfalta. 20 6O-35. 90.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Dec 1s-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index of
35 commodities today declined to l02 27.
Previous day. 102 As; week ago, 101 81 !;
month ago, 0.50; wear ago, 94.3S.
1942 1941. 1910 1933-39
High - 102.4S 95.l2 1925 9S.14
Low "a 77.03 $3.50 41.44
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Report
FURNISHED by the


District Coumbia-Coder
80 degrees; diminishing
Maryland and Vrgna-Slightly colder tonight
Evening star., 1942-12-18
weather In Various Cities.
Temp.
uf9h Y4N

Save time. Save money. Use Star
want Ads" for quick resalt& Ma.
5000.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
November Sales I'm.

The Census Bureau estimated to-
day that sales of independent re-
tailers in November were 7 per cent
higher than during the same month
last year but 8 per cent lower than
those in October. The estimates
were based on reports from 1858
independent stores in "a States.
JeWelry stores showed the greatest
gains, reporting sales increases last
month of go per cent over Novem-
Der, 1941. Sales of dry goods and
general merchandise stores were up
80 per cent, eating and drinking
places 80 per cent department stores
% per cent, drug stores 26 per cent,
food stores % per cent, apparel
stores 10 per cent and furniture
stores per cent.
Automobile sales were off ga per
cent and filling stations sales 4 per
cent.
With the exception of filling sta
tions, department and jewelry stores,
all independent retail trades listed
reported November sales below those
of October.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Heavy Yu|e Spending
Boosts Store Sales
To New Records #
RetoiI Stocks Reduced
Rapidly, Particularly .
In Arms Centers
BY the Associated Press.

-
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Booming
Christmas holiday trade this week
caused record breaking sales and
sent store trafi1c to a new peak
for the year, Dun & Bradstreet said
today.
Customers with large gains In
income-particularly in war pro-
duction centers-bought literally
and rapidly reduced retail stocks
which generally were running
nearly at last years level.
Turnover in the West had risen
to exceptional levels just before
December effective date Of gaso-
line rationing-but most merchants
reported sales unaffected by the
new restrictions.
Consumers willingly made substi-
tutions for available goods as
limited supplies and broken assort-
ments of merchandise grew more
pronounced. Some sales curtail-
ments were noted in durable goods,
electrical appliances, food special
ties and groceries. Deliveries were
said to have affected hosiery and
sportswear volume. A food sales,
aided by demand for holiday spe-
claltles and the rise in prices, re-
mained comfortably higher than
1941 although scarcities of meat.
butter and canned goods increased
throughout the country.
Brisk trade was noted in items
such as perfumes, cosmetics, ties
and handkerchiefs. Activity in fur
coats improved considerably and
home furnishings moved satisfac-
torily.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Holy Trinity Church In Warning
ton, England, has announced It will
accept war savings stamps In the
collection plate.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Spot cotton closed STEADY, 10 cents .
bale higher. Sales, 2,459: low middlins,
1898; receipts. 1899: stock, 315,911.
Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Baltimore Stocks
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Dec. IS
Sales STOCKS. High. Low. Close
1876 BALTIC Transit 125 125 1875
635 BALTIC Transit pfd IL IL IL
10 Consol Pow COM 56 56' SO
200 Dawson Chem 1924 12K 12M
Fidelity & Deposit 127 1877 1877
100 Guilfd RI pf - so 80 so
100 New Amster Cas- 22A 22k 22A
80 Pa Water e. Pow 81 SO 81
21o Fidel { Guar 30h 3o,s 30h
$4,000 BALTIC Tr deb As A 60h 5Oh sou
1000 BALTIC Trans bs A 5Sh 66h 56h
1000 BALTIC Trans IS B 101 1O1 1Ol
Evening star., 1942-12-18
New Orleans Prices

new orleans fr1ceS
NEW ORLEANS Dec IS (4S. Profit
taking from the long sid eraeed most Of
thte early advances in cotton futures here
today and the market closed steady. 5 to
90 cents q bale higher
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Senator Brown
To Head 0pA as
Henderson Resigns
Price Administrator
Blumes III Health
In Decision to Quit

Continued From First Paee.)
Evening star., 1942-12-18
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY.
STOCKS
PUBLIC UTILITY.

MISCELLANEOUS
Ter Rf&W Cp 1st 4hs 194S 1894
Evening star., 1942-12-18

1926 average equals 1OO.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

Selcnty-two teams will fire the
initial shot, in Johnny PauluS
eleventh annual Class b $50
bowling tournament AT
Chcnc-TlombIy Recreation Sa'ur-
day Secretary Ted Markell am
nounccd today
\ new record is certain with
between 900 and 1000 teams cN-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05
Buy "A Bomber
81, Leo FivesWins

81. Leo trimmed ST. Cecilia.
1920 m a First Division game,
and Sacred IIoNrt triumphed over
81 Vincent. II -. in the Third
Division basketball games in the
Catholic League last night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05
buy "a Bomber
Coach Unhurt in Crash

LAFAYETTE, Ind Feb. ;
INSl Ward Piggy ) Lambert
was back drilling his Purdue
basketball FIVE today following a
narrow escape when his ag'omo-
bile plunged down q iD-foo' ON
barkmcnt and overturned ON rhc
outskirts of Indianapolis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

IN HOMES, bars, restaurants and hotels all
j. over town, you are giving convincing evil
dence of your preference for William Penn
Blended Whisky. You are ordering it again
and again! And bartenders tell US that once
you try William Penn you seldom switch TO
any other brand.
There is good reason for your acceptance.
William Penn is the blend with the Just.
right balance has the same proportion
OF fine base whiskeys as the oostliest blends
yet IS moderately priced IL has the keen,
clean flavor you like in cocktail, highball or
straight drink
If you don't know William Penn. get
acquainted today Ask for it at your favorite
bar. You'll like it from the first tasty sip
GooDERHAM s. woRTS LTD. PEORIA. ILL.,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

Their faults.- Too many have "a spend Too muCh
time learning the long way
ROY MILLER. secretary Of Metropolitan
Classic Bowling League: THE clubs in cir
cut just like race horses. You never know
how'll they run until they ret out on the track"
WALTER BURkENO. star amateur golfer
now IN the army. Those courses on which star
golfers on the winter circuit scoring in the
Sos aren't difficult championship laNoutS
But the stars encounter everything from rain
TO snow. weather which would boost scores of
lot of good golfers to the sos"
JACK ADAMS Rcd Wing manager:
Resides being great hockey PLAYER, the injured
bit Clapper il leader who inspires his mates.
Bruins viii know how the loss Of EbbiP Good
hhIn a nln q a tho mo 4 no
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

orr NeIofu Bros Service. West Fort.
Duwrtr. Ma0co 1r Rainbow Tavern.
P.r mon Cry John Schrank Class O.
Aftttk club Whittier House. q. Hutch-
.rNr $50 our SAY Jour. Bon Spaun-
r.r- Tool Makers. Murray Inter Plant,
r4.nr Gone Class D-Forf Pontiac sales.
Wa. urras. Vince Kuchhrr1yk Cslca-
tr-rs I-rHcfaktrs LOYAL Wing Fred ne
$780, CadUIa, Tavern r. warren lr.
Hr|-r SID Pollard
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05
MOONLIGHT PARTY SET

Thcrcll bc q county jail the
village pump and all the hNug>
for an evening of skating IN the
country. Another moonlight SkaI-
ing party is S,t for tins rink SAT-
urday night from L. go untll CO.
New race winners al Rouge
Park RolIcrdromo are Richard
LewandowSkI. Brucc Landlord
DoloraS Shoocho and Dura> Burd
Second showing of The DouoI'
Figure Skating club carnival
stars and STRIPE again played
10 Il packed house a. Arena Gar
dcn> Tuesday night.
Peter Nuluolldud was one ol the
chaps n the conga line for Latin
American Tcmpos just q, b.
came OF the floor q member OF
ms family mot INN wr'r Urwy Df
serious illness ln the family He
had 10 leave right thon and there
and that irft a gap ln 'hc comedy
'WaShWonan number
The other boys dlGn' kno" gust
what 10 do about j.. so they APP
preached Bruce Towio who l> tine
state figure skating champion and
asked MIN 10 do the comedy nHul-
bcr WITH them Bruce agreed
although II came JUST TWO numbers
before his free skating program
-RuN "A Homber-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05
Record H'in Entry
Chene TrombIy $50 Tournament Opens Saturday
With Between 900 and 900 Teams
BY HAROLD KAHL

h'S 256 and Walter Meyers 2i5-
2l6 in 65i were highlights In the
Orient House.
Hoyy UciDbcci spaicd l0i-9i}-
81 for GCS az the Dcpby SCuo,
H0USC.
Ray Schonshck followed l7i-l9S
with 25S for a new high single IN
the Buff Division Of the Graphic
Arts aS Thomas j. Henry regis
tered 2723. a new second Bill Lane
led the latter with 232-2O6-2Ol for
go
Marvin Lohr's BfoWnclI ou>lcd
Blatc Rogers Detroit from the top
IN the Green despite the Eaters
now high of 95S. Bill Becker and
Cecil Jourdan divided honorS with
% and 200 IN $40
Jimmy Glidden il hack in the
drivers seat of the individual aver
ages Of the Metro All-Star Classic
with 1922. closely pressed by
Henry Weber. l9Iii, and Angelo
DamicO, l9l,l2.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

poo'cd 20 bc enrolled before the
FIRST squad starts al = 80 p. n.
when tho entry dcadlInc IS reached
Tie event attracted $50 fycS, ga
doubles and 1913 singles last year
Official opening exercises are
scheduled FOR : p. m. with Judge
john - Watts pres ding Guaran-
trcd dl-t prt/c> arc $500 m tho
hyr-uon. 500 IN Tho double, and
so ~ 'no singles
From all Indications Kenny
BnrL~hi, who has been rolling a
little more than year, IL going 10
bc I'm demand ~ "A substitute.
shooting with Fort Boulevard in
the travelling, he tipped 2jj-223,
20 for COB Filling in the Find
later loop, he blasted 23I250-2i2
for 123.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05
WHAT THEY SAY

OSCAR XEMON. former municipal tennis champion: "The
why Young players fail To develop
because Of the lack of who and correct
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

Ca,.a. Mann. or,o.a,,I 10, FRO
.,.s .,a..a aa,a< o ~. Cad lac
d .'.''.' .''' '''' ''''
Cu...,s Nrk,rlc, : John Bor-
man j, SON ...,.a the ,nn IN tho
f5.t--r- f7----.-r ot-rlir r,r4JifIIc tItS
~ H.. Never. was INCH with l3j.
,r..., L.rrsrsr. 80 enabled
,...,. c..,.,. 80 o,r,p Elmer
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'.,,... 49,. y.
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M ~, u 80. 800. w. ... - i''''
,
k"h'rt H nan COO "n'PI'u n m..',
W. -. - I"' W" a. =, ,''. W..
var" hr,''" ,,., >,'n OF" =, w., ""
West Fort. But Naiieo failed L"
make the hlgh scoring hoard
~ rg ..,r.y 49,. -.-
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d.. o....s
-.o TI.,g.,, .a5..Jg IN G75
0.. r..,nr,.nJr larII 5. am.a a1c
CO.. -, -. -.
t,'.,.,. - -..'-- H., 80, o..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

ROIIiH' Around
Arcadia Stages
Roller 'Rube
!, Party Tonight
BY MARGARET RUSSELL
NEWS OF THE Kinks


Flint Rollcrdromc'S hOckc y
team. which had an suspicious
starting game winning p from
the unbcatcn Edgcwatcr Park
group lost to Edgcwatcr in the
second Set-to, 6-3, at Madison
Gardens.
The Old TymcrS' party which is
set for Saturday night n Arcadia.
is a Scllout Skating 10 old.timc
music viii start AT l2.3O on that
night and Will continue until Skat-
crS are ready 10 quit
The second annual rube party is
set for Varsity Gardens tonight
TWcnty-fOur prizes VIII hc gwen
for the best rubc costumes. which
can be either comic fancy or ORG
NAL Slogan for the party is 30
minutes at tho county lalr. 30
miles from nowhere
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

Now the Boston
fellow hurt III.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

CIoNcrland'> 1872 and 1850. new
second and third highs; Leo \iSu
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

Mike de- Pixies FIVE defeated
tkhardt \ Becker Sales Force bN
III pins AZ Chrnr- TromhlN. rolling
21lj to 800. Ralph OZARK and
Marvin Danielc>N topped the win
ncrS with $50 each.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

ThtIT IhUTIN- TOO HlahN haNF 10 NItHu 100 HIICH
| time learning the long way
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-05

a Bomber
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Immediate British Action
Urged by India Party
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Sept. IA COM
mittee of the Hindu Mahasabha,
third largest political party in India.
called on the British government
today to take the initiative without
further delay" to bring Indians into
warlike mood against the Axis.
The committee acted after ap-
pealing to the British for permission
to see Mohandas K Gandhi, spirit
ual leader of the All-India National
Congress, but it held little hope that
this request would be granted
Gandhi has been in British custody
since starting his passive resistance
campaign against British rule.
DR.. Syamaprosad Mookerjee,
Hindu leader and Bengal finance
minister who called a conference
OF the Mahasabha committee, told
the group that representative In
dian bodies from all over the coun-
try had responded to his proposal
to bury the hatchet until after the
war.
I'VE put the British government
to the test here and now" the COM
mittee said in statement, "and
call upon them to part with power
and not to persist in an authori-
tartan attitude to force down our
throats a scheme which has been
Matched behind our backs 5000
miles away without any reference
70 the people of India" -.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Army Officer Badly Hurt
In ARLINGTON Gas Blast

1t. Col. Albert A. Horner, U. S. A.,
was knocked unconscious today by
the explosion Of gas stove in his
apartment at the Lee Gardens, TIA
N. Wayne street. Arlington.
Police found him on the kitchen
floor. At Georgetown Hospital,
where the Clarendon Rescue Squad
ambulance took him, attendants said
his condition was serious.
The apartment was demolished,
police reported. +
Police reported that Col Horner
was alone in the apartment, which
was rented In the name of another
ofncer now on foreign duty. Col
Horner was said to be assigned to
duty in the War Department.
Col. Horner was born in Russia
in 1902 and graduated from West
Point In 1925, the Army register
shows.
Arlington County Detective Hugh
Jones said his wife Is visiting his
son. Robert Horner, cadet at West
Point.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Twelve Mystery Blasts Rock
Train, Speeding 70M. P.H.

Nine OF the cars suffered damage.
Air-brake equipment on three cars
was damaged and the rest suffered
damage to undercarriages.
The train did not leave the track
The explosions occurred in nat, level
country. and not on any incline or
near bridge.
Emergency repairs were made on
the spot. The train, which left Chi
cago at $50 pm. was due in Omaha
at 1:l0 am. and Denver at $40 am.
The train was held up at Nodaway
until 4:27 am. and arrived in Omaha
at 1897 am. Passengers were trans
ferred to another train and con-
tinued to Denver.
The damaged cars were sent back
to the Burlington yards at East
Aurora, ILL.,, for further inspection
and repair.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Fresh Nazi Hordes Being Hurled
At Sta|ingrad Outskirts but Are
Halted After Advance Reds Claim
War Output Is Only so Pct.
Of Capacity, President Says
Civilian Economy Must Be Stripped
To Bone, Leose-Lend Report Warns

mot until then can the United
Nations march forward together to
certain victory"
In transmitting the report, which
showed American lease-lend aid
amounted to $6,489 ,0O0, 900 through
August, the President declared that
deliveries of lease-lend supplies
will have to grow much larger" and
emphasized that I'VE and the other
United Nations need all the weap-
ons that all of us can produce and
all the men that all of us can mus
ter" The report covered Is months.
About IS per cent of lease-lend ex-
ports currently are going to the
United Kingdom, the report said,
with another IS per cent going to
Russia and 80 per cent to the Middle
East, Australia and other areas.
aid to China" the President ex-
planned, has been limited by the
difficulty of transportation, but the
development of other means of
transportation will relieve this sit
uation." .-
Lease-lend aid now is going for
ward at the rate of 81, 900 ,000, 900 a
year, the President reported, with
Evening star., 1942-09-14
Reds Raid Bucharest
As Raj Planes Smash
Al Port Of Bremen
Oil Fields in Rumuniu
Also forget; Eastern
Hungary Hos Alarm
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 14.-British and
Russian bombers, delivering a
new twin blow to the fianks of
the Axis 1000 miles apart,
smashed at the northwest Ger
man port of Bremen last night
in an Raj attack probably hun
dreds Of planes strong, and
raided Bucharest and the Ploesti
oil region OF Rumania from bases
deep in Russia.
Lone flying British bombers were
back over Northwestern Germany
again at dawn in follow-up attacks,
the Air Ministry reported, announc-
ing a total loss Of 10 British bombers
The Air Ministry said the Tooth
attack Of the war on Bremen was
delivered by very strong force
a phrase which was taken here to
indicate that bombers by the hun
dreds were used.
Returning pilots reported visi-
bility through riffs in the light
clouds was good and said they un-
loaded their tons of explosives over
the Weser River port by the light
of raging fires whose red glow they
could see for 100 miles on theil
flight back to base.
Russians Over Eastern Reich.
The Berlin radio, broadcasting the
German communiQue, said Russian
bombers were over Eastern Ger.
many during the same night, anc
quoted dispatches from Buchares,
that the Rumanian capital and tn.
(See RAIDS, Page A-20
Evening star., 1942-09-14
McNuh's Office Given
Direction Of Federal
Personnel Transfers
Monpower Commission
To Fix priorities of
All U. S. Agencies

The direction Of Federal en-
ployes in the war effort has been
placed under the War Manpower
Commission in an order by
President Roosevelt September
27. The order covers transfer of
personnel between agencies and
from the Government to private
industry.
1t was understood informally that
the status Of the Civil Service Com
mission would be unchanged by the
arrangement, with that organization
carrying out orders that hereafter
will come from the Manpower Com
mission instead of the White House.
A formal statement on the matter
is expected from the Manpower
Commission shortly.
The order said that transfers of
employees between departments,
agencies and independent estab-
Hshments of the civilian executive
branch of the Federal Government,
the release of such employees to pri-
vate enterprise. and the establish
ment, granting and conditioning
of unemployment rights in the
event of such transfers and re-
leases shall be governed by policies
and directives issued by the chair
man Of the Manpower Commission" !"
Another section of the order gives
the Manpower Commission authority
to order the budget director to es-
tablish priority classifications of the
various agencies, based on their
relative Importance in the war
effort. This is designed to facilitate
transfers Of personnel to duties more
important to the war effort than
those they may be performing, and
carries out a program that was in
stituted earlier in the year.
The order also specifies that re-
employment rights acquired by
workers under previous transfer
orders are not to be affected by the
change in procedure.
The new arrangement has been
under study for some time.
Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ming OF the Civil Service Commits
sion also is q member of the War
Manpower Commission.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
(Chdrt on Page B-Il.)
By GARNETT d. HORNER

The United States is producing
only a little more than so per
cent of its maximum possible war
production and civilian economy
must be stripped "to the bone"
so that we can go all out on the
factory front for victory, Presi-
dent Roosevelt told Congress
today. ...... ..'
Compared with their available
resources, Russia and Great Britain
have produced more weapons than
the United States, "in spite of the
fact that Russia is battlefield and
Britain an offensive base" Mr..
Roosevelt said in a letter transmit
ting the sixth quarterly lease-lend
report. --:.
Not until we have reached the
maximum-andw we can do this only
by stripping our civilian economy to
the bone-can our lighting men and
those of our allies be assured OF the
vastly greater quantities Of weapons
required to turn the tide" the letter
said.
Evening star., 1942-09-14
By the Associated Press.

CRESTON, Iowa, Sept. 14.-Twelve
explosions rocked the westbound
12-car Burlington Zephyr stream
line train 21a miles east Of Nodaway,
Iowa, at 1920 I'm. today. Burling-
ton officials said passengers escaped
injury and damage to the train was
slight.
There were about $50 passengers
aboard the crack streamliner, which
was travelling approximately 10 miles
an hour when the explosions occur
red, officials here said.
Many of the passengers, asleep at
the time, were unaware of the ex-
plosions.
The FBI at Des Moines is investi-
eating the cause of the explosions,
but James L. Dalton, head Of the
FBI bureau in Iowa. said the cause
was not determined.