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ways bus terminals seethed with
people, frantically trying to battle
their way into buses. Pennsylvania
Greyhound, which would normally
have carried thousands Of passeng-
ers to Northward points, is still on
strike. But Greyhound buses to
the South and West were loading
to capacity. ~. a,..,1'.s
A lull in bus travel at the two,
terminals came about pm, when,
all those who had been waiting had
been placed on buses. Later crowds
gathered again, and officials ex-
pected todays traffic to be heavy.
Marines Denied Train Use.
Among those at Union Station
waiting for railroad accommoda-
tons were some Marines carrying
furlough orders which forbade them
to use trains. The orders, it ap-
peared, were the result of some
official confusion.
| Appended to furlough orders of
Marines from Quantico, Va, is this
paragraph:
Il understand that travel by rail
IN the performance of travel neces-
sary in the execution of this vaca-
ton between 21-25 December, 1945,
and % December-2 January, 1916,
will be an infraction of an order
duly promulgated by the Secretary
of the Navy"
F0rrestal Disclaims Order.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal,
through his press officer, said no
such order had been issued. What
really happened, according to Ma
rine Corps headquarters, was that
the Interterritorial Military Com
mission, which handles train avail
ability, told Marine commanders
throughout the country to schedule
their furloughs over the holidays
in way that would minimize travel
between December 81 and Is and
December % and January 2.
Later the Navy announced that
the order was not intended to pro-
hibit train travel by Marines when
such travel was unavoidable. Ac-
tually, the Navy said, furloughs
were extended in many cases to
comply with the intent of the order.
At Union Station, the loudspeaker
Kept up an inceSsant chant, an
nouncing train schedules, paging
harried travellers. admonishing the
crowds not to run, push or shove.
Invalid Comes to Station.
A pretty brunette entered the sta
ton in wheelchair. She said she
had been bed-ridden for six months
because Of weak heart. Asked If
it wasn't just little risky to get
mixed up in the holiday crowds,
she said:
eyes, but it's Christmas"
i Eloise Adams of 9l2 Seventh street
| NE. left her house at 4 pm. to
catch 6 pm. train. She was still
waiting at 1880 pm.
i Marine Pvt. r. L. Petty came to
the station with his discharge papers
and his. dog Smudgy on his way
home to Miami. He said he couldn't
go home without the dog, but he
had forgotten to muzzle him prop
erly as required for the train ride.
A kind baggageman solved the
problem by improvising muzzle out
Of rope.
i 1t was inevitable that people
should become separated in the mob.
A quartet of girls, travelling to-
gether, lost one of their number.
4 The others had the missing girls
baggage. They began to scream fran
tically for Mary A serviceman
lifted one of the girls on his Shout
ders. She spotted Mary far away
| In the crowd. Another man in
uniform lifted Mary up. Then the
men passed Mary's baggage over
their heads.
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