Show St. St Louis Retail Trading Cut by Transit Strike ST. ST LOUIS June 17 Down UP-Down- Down Downtown town retailers Tuesday estimated their trade 30 to 40 per cent below normal as the strike of streetcar and bus operators which has paralyzed paralyzed paralyzed par par- public transportation entered entered entered en en- Its fifth day While most workers managed to get to their jobs by sharing ride and hitchhiking thus holding absenteeism absenteeism ab ab- ab- ab to about normal spokesmen spokes spokes- men for many downtown stores described business as poor Ioor oo |