New York. Aug. 12, The petrol curfew whereby sales were halted from 7 p.m. to 7 am, nightly has failed to reduce Sunday driving, For the sixth time this year, Coney Island. fad more than—10000 visitors last Sunday, Jones Beach. which is 35 miles from the centre of the city, had 118,000 visitors. Rockaway Beach had 1.000.000 visitors while Atlantic City—125 miles from. New York-—thalked no an attendance of 550,000 or the largest in 10 years Several hundred thousand motorists were also reported in up-state parks and resorts, Many experts continue to, sti, the only "solution to the current shortage is through rationing, Companies send their reports to. Washington t0- dav on the first complete week of the curfew order in an effort io determine if the night closing has suc-reeded in cutting consumption by one-third as the Government wishes, Tt was believed that if rationing is introduced in the eastern states, it ill commence. in, September when United Press, holiday motoring us to wane— and x 1 ut ofa The first part of programme. was. of concert. musie but emphasized. War.
This started an impressive and moving "declamation" of war slogans alternating with poets. by the famous actor. Blot, and These patriotic mem were frequently burst into use, Later, visibly. stirred the. E: which a famous woman singer folk songs and a, new "Partisans sian folk-song song of a peasant whose cows. are stolen by the Germans and whose wife and children. were burned alive in his hut. He weeps bitterly, then thirs for' revenge prevails over his grief and he joins guerillas, This poignant. song is one example of how the present war has stirred the sian_people's imaginations, acting as a powerful. creative stimulant. Tt is a significant, psychological, phenomenon and one. of the psychological guarantees of victory.—Reuter.
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