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Show been given authority wherever it seems absolutely necessary, to eliminate for the time being train service, but in order to provide for the essential business needs of the country no general curtailment of train service is contemplated. "'the maintenance of the public transportation trans-portation service is of paramount importance impor-tance In order to serve the countless needs of the general public,' and interruption of that service should be minimized as far as possible." UTAH COAL MINES SITUATION REMAINS AT NORMAL STATUS tVlth the threatened coal shortage In Salt Lake nnd Utah averted, at lenst for the present, because ttah miners re-I re-I mained at work and because officials Instated In-stated that the 6oaJ being mined should be distributed, attention bus been drtWrn to the possible drain on the I'toh fields to fill requirements of other sections. The railroads hove already taken one coal for their own uses, with the proh-.hilltv proh-.hilltv that mom will bo required us long ns tile coal strike lusts. Retail dealers hav bc. n given some supplies or coal during the past two days, "'id are lory endeavoring t" cnleh up with their back orders. Thus for there has been no curtailment cur-tailment of Industry or other MliOUl dislocations dis-locations of the normal In Club, while ills-tress ills-tress Is being felt in many other 'fflone. The following communication from the director KSnSraJ of r.illrond was r veil by the Denver Bio Grande and the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line railroads: . "The machinery set up by the rerllroad ndmlnlslratlon to distribute the COflJ held 'n transit bv the rallronds In nccordnnce with the directions of the fuel administrator. adminis-trator. Is In lull operation, and. a result re-sult wherever possible 001 ll being dll trlbl'ted In Kerordonre with the priority list established bv the fuel administrator Whor S'l'h COHl H llb'iollltely needed. Therefore, where there Is real need for eon the problem should be token up Immediately Im-mediately with the rollroiol or.lliiiirlly supplying the coal, and every erfoit will I,., made, by such rnllroiol to meet the demand. de-mand. , It is of course essential, both because of Ho' prceot bituminous eon I strike nnd In order Unit the need,, fo; the eoiolog winter rny be looked after, Mint fin 1 be ,., ..eonombnlly 10. possible. .Should .,i, i. remembered that tha ralli Is ,11,1 ,,oi iiit.irete with the ,i. .iivori ;' roal To conserve ooal as much us l-1,1,. l-1,1,. regional dlec.lOs of inllrondi have |