The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-07

ton Commission vas planning to impose a br0Wnout on most of the state. Details of power conservation measures were to be announced to- day.
 The White House went back 10
 its wartime brownout. President
 ial aides said hLr. and Mrs. Tru-
 man would keep their Tights
 dimmed for the duration of the
 strike. Electricians removed
 large bulbs from floor lamps, cut
 off every second light In eOrri-
 dOrs and blaclEed out the pOr-
 ticOs, l0bbieA and grounds of the
 executive mansion.
 The New York Central Railroad announced it would withdraw l26 passenger trains from service be- ginning Friday in compliance with orders from the Office of Defense Transportation. The cut in pas- senger service will affect many of the roads crack trains such as the Mohawk, the 1roquois and the Ad- vance Commodore, which will be consolidated with other trains or suspended.
 The Chicago and Northwestern announced 1t would cut suburban Chicago runs 25 percent tomorrow by discontinuing about 30 trains. The suspension followed discontin- uance yesterday of 34 Chicago Burl- ington and Quincy suburban trains.
 At Washington, the OD.T. pro- hibited movement of circus and car- nival trains beginning Friday, when passenger traffic in general will be cut 9 percent. Another g percent reduction has been ordered for May IS.
 Meanwhile, the number of un-
 employed was mounting rapidly
 by thousands as the nations
 factories cut production or shut
 down completely.
 A spokesman for U. s. Steel said that 27,000 of the company's 5O,000 employees at midwestern plants had been laid off or were working only part time. He said two of the worlds largest steel mills, at Gary, Ind, and South Chicago, ILL, would close down June if the strike had not been settled.
 At Youngstown, O., the Carnegie Illinois steel plants closed for lack of coal, and it was estimated that between 10000 and 25,0O0 YoungS- town workers would be idle by the weeks end.
 The Iron and Steel Institute es- timated that the steel industry was operating at only 58.7 percent of capacity.
 Detroit was ready to join the
 list of cities which have dimmed
 out to save cOal-generated elec-
 tricity. The city council meets
 tonight to pass an ordinance
 plunging the great autOmOtive
 center into semi darkness.
 More movie theaters closed in Chicago today, and only scattered few of the city's 334 theaters re- nained open.
 At New York, the operator of one of the city's largest refrigerator warehouses warned that New York may lose 3OO,O0O0OO pounds of per- ishable food if electricity is curtail- ed.
 At Boston, Gov. Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts asked naval bases in New England to share oil with industry to stretch scarce coal.
 The Illinois Manufacturers
 Association estimated that Chi
 cagO and, Illinois will suffer a
 production loss of $75,OOO,OOO
 each week the brOwnOut cOntin-
 ueS. The association estimated
 that 1,O50,OOO factory employees
 throughout Illinois will lose
 $29,OOO,OOO week in pay. Under the brOwnOut, factories can
 operate only "A hours 3 week.
 At Binghamton, N. Y, Endicott- Johnson Shoe Corp, employing 17,500 workers, prepared to close down Friday when the government embargo on non-eSSential rail froio1ot Iaoouoae affoo&;ya