Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-10-25 | Page 3 | O D T Places Ban on Extending Delivery Routes

IOD 0 DY T Places Ban BanOn BanOn BanI I On Extending Delivery Routes V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Oct 25 UP- UP The office of defense transportation tion describing the truck transport situation as increasingly critical Monday fonday prohibited extension of present routes and delivery areas and ad banned inauguration of any new truck operations without prior prioro o 0 D T approval The action affecting all operators operators opera opera- tors performing performing- over the road the road local local lo lo- cal cartage and pick pick and and up-and ery cry is effective immediately The increasingly critical truck situation now makes it mandatory mandatory mandatory manda manda- tory said sald 0 D T Director Joseph B B. Eastman that a careful evaluation evaluation evalu evalu- atton of new operations requiring additional mileage be made in the I light of their value to the war effort effort ef ef- fort lort and civilian economy